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G . Master was about to vacate the chair , Bro . Warren entered the banquetroom , and subsequently took down , as " P . M ., 313 " states , some information from Brethren , present , those Brethren being Bros . Howells , Bristow , and Clark—Bro . Wiggington not being present , nor has Bro . Warren ever
seen him excepting on the one occasion above alluded to . The report of the proceedings appeared in our journal of the 22 nd September ; and in our 44 Architectural Chapter" of the 29 th appeared the words , " We observe that in the Prov . Grand Lodge of Worcestershire Bro . Morris , P . M . of No . 313 , has been appointed Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works . We hope he will be found zealous in the discharge of his duties , and that the Worcestershire Brethren will find work for him . At the time these words were
penned , the writer ( who we need not say was not Bro . Warren , who has never professed to be in any way connected with the architectural profession ) , knew nothing of Bro . Morris , though he did know that Bro . Wigginton was an architect . This notice in the course of a few days brought us a letter , stating that Bro . Morris was a tailor—and hence the correspondence , to which we regret having devoted so much space , as it is far from
our wish to publish anything which can engender ill feeling amongst the Brethren , and the more so as we now learn that there was an old schism between Bro . Wigginton and some of the members of Lodge No . 813 , which led to his resigning his connexion with it some time since . We have thought this explanation due to ourselves ; and here we close the subject , never to be re-opened by us . —En . ]
INITIATIONS UNDEB AGE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOE . Dear Sir akd Brother , —According to the Book of Constitutions , no one can be made a Mason under the age of twenty-one years , except in cases specially provided for , Avhen a dispensation must be obtained from the Grand Master , or from a Provincial Grand Master , or his Deputy . Cases ,
no doubt , may occasionally arise where this prerogative may be usefully exercised ; but I very much fear that some of our Provincial Officers are not sufficiently cautious in their exercise of it ; as in several instances we have had visiting Brethren at our Lodge who have been initiated before arriving at the age of twenty , and whose position and circumstances afforded no grounds for a deviation from the strict letter of the Book of Constitutions .
In the hope that our Most Worshipful Grand Master will call the attention of his Brethren the Prov . Grand Masters , to ensure a stricter observance of a salutary rule , I trouble you with these few lines , and remain , Dear Sit and Brother , Yours fraternally , A Couistu y Warden ,
Use SECOND NATURE . —You cannot keep some people out of the kitchen—merely because their grandfathers and grandmothers came out of it . A poor man and his wife walking along Portland-place , he said to her , peevishly , " What is the use of walking along these line streets aud squares 1 Let us turn down some alloy ;"Ilazlitt .
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Corbehfotoei
G . Master was about to vacate the chair , Bro . Warren entered the banquetroom , and subsequently took down , as " P . M ., 313 " states , some information from Brethren , present , those Brethren being Bros . Howells , Bristow , and Clark—Bro . Wiggington not being present , nor has Bro . Warren ever
seen him excepting on the one occasion above alluded to . The report of the proceedings appeared in our journal of the 22 nd September ; and in our 44 Architectural Chapter" of the 29 th appeared the words , " We observe that in the Prov . Grand Lodge of Worcestershire Bro . Morris , P . M . of No . 313 , has been appointed Prov . Grand Superintendent of Works . We hope he will be found zealous in the discharge of his duties , and that the Worcestershire Brethren will find work for him . At the time these words were
penned , the writer ( who we need not say was not Bro . Warren , who has never professed to be in any way connected with the architectural profession ) , knew nothing of Bro . Morris , though he did know that Bro . Wigginton was an architect . This notice in the course of a few days brought us a letter , stating that Bro . Morris was a tailor—and hence the correspondence , to which we regret having devoted so much space , as it is far from
our wish to publish anything which can engender ill feeling amongst the Brethren , and the more so as we now learn that there was an old schism between Bro . Wigginton and some of the members of Lodge No . 813 , which led to his resigning his connexion with it some time since . We have thought this explanation due to ourselves ; and here we close the subject , never to be re-opened by us . —En . ]
INITIATIONS UNDEB AGE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOE . Dear Sir akd Brother , —According to the Book of Constitutions , no one can be made a Mason under the age of twenty-one years , except in cases specially provided for , Avhen a dispensation must be obtained from the Grand Master , or from a Provincial Grand Master , or his Deputy . Cases ,
no doubt , may occasionally arise where this prerogative may be usefully exercised ; but I very much fear that some of our Provincial Officers are not sufficiently cautious in their exercise of it ; as in several instances we have had visiting Brethren at our Lodge who have been initiated before arriving at the age of twenty , and whose position and circumstances afforded no grounds for a deviation from the strict letter of the Book of Constitutions .
In the hope that our Most Worshipful Grand Master will call the attention of his Brethren the Prov . Grand Masters , to ensure a stricter observance of a salutary rule , I trouble you with these few lines , and remain , Dear Sit and Brother , Yours fraternally , A Couistu y Warden ,
Use SECOND NATURE . —You cannot keep some people out of the kitchen—merely because their grandfathers and grandmothers came out of it . A poor man and his wife walking along Portland-place , he said to her , peevishly , " What is the use of walking along these line streets aud squares 1 Let us turn down some alloy ;"Ilazlitt .