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Article AN OLD MASON'S ADVICE TO HIS NEPHEW. ← Page 6 of 6 Article BRO. THE EARL OF CARNARVON AND BRO. HAVERS. Page 1 of 3 →
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An Old Mason's Advice To His Nephew.
sonic world is not yet lunatic . Tix , ne cede mcd ^ iio . The la / issez \ fadre argument will never be allowed to prevail ) for the Order is in too healthy a state , and possesses too many right good and worthy Christian Brethren to permit such a result to fee
accomplished ; although , unfortunately , the advocates of the new school renounce Christ as the G . A . O . T . TL , as Jehovah , and consequently , God . I think , my dear nephew , I have stated your jcase fairly , and if you will wait patiently a few days longer , you shall have my candid opinion on the entire question , . Yours , & c ,, W , H .
Bro. The Earl Of Carnarvon And Bro. Havers.
BItO , THE EARL OF' 0 ARNAE ¥ OM AND BBG , HAVEES ,
We have been requested to publish the following correspondence ;* --10 , Beiljwd-glaceyl ^ 't tliy 1858 , My Lord and Brotiieb , —It will doubtless he in ypur recollection that at the Grand Lodge , on Wednesday last , in reply to a remark made by Bro . Whitiiiore , I stated that in an expression I had just used ^ 44 1 in no way referred to your lordship , for whom" ! added , ^ I had a high respect . ' After you had quitted Grand Lodge , Bro . Portal , in the course of some
observations upon the report of the Board of General Purposes , stated that " one noble Brother had been already driven from the hall by my impertinences . " Being called to order by the Grand Master , Bro . Portal withdrew that expression , and stated that the noble Brother ( referring to your lordship ) had told him that he would not remain longer to be subject to my insults . " Disavowing anything which could be offensive to your lordship or could be construed into aii insult , I now beg that you will be so good as to inform me whether what Bro . Portal said is to be taken as the correct
expression of your feelings , and if so , that you will give me an opportunity of explaining anything upon which you may have placed a wrong construction .
I am , my Lord and Brother , yours fraternally , John Haveiis Bro . the Earl of Curuarvotu
Sir , —I have to acknowledge your letter of the 7 th inst ., to which I should have replied before this , but for a considerable pressure of other business . As regards the particular words which you seem to think that I used in private conversation with Mr . Portal , they certainly are no those which I employed , nor do they express with accuracy what 1 then thought
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or said . Therefore , either your recollection deceives you in what Mr-Portal said in my absence or Mr , Portal , as is common to all men , in the course of discussion , repeated imperfectly and inaccurately an observation which I had made to him . At the same time , as you have opened a subject which I should have preferred to leave untouched , I must be excused for saying , that your own words—and still more the maimer of saying them—
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An Old Mason's Advice To His Nephew.
sonic world is not yet lunatic . Tix , ne cede mcd ^ iio . The la / issez \ fadre argument will never be allowed to prevail ) for the Order is in too healthy a state , and possesses too many right good and worthy Christian Brethren to permit such a result to fee
accomplished ; although , unfortunately , the advocates of the new school renounce Christ as the G . A . O . T . TL , as Jehovah , and consequently , God . I think , my dear nephew , I have stated your jcase fairly , and if you will wait patiently a few days longer , you shall have my candid opinion on the entire question , . Yours , & c ,, W , H .
Bro. The Earl Of Carnarvon And Bro. Havers.
BItO , THE EARL OF' 0 ARNAE ¥ OM AND BBG , HAVEES ,
We have been requested to publish the following correspondence ;* --10 , Beiljwd-glaceyl ^ 't tliy 1858 , My Lord and Brotiieb , —It will doubtless he in ypur recollection that at the Grand Lodge , on Wednesday last , in reply to a remark made by Bro . Whitiiiore , I stated that in an expression I had just used ^ 44 1 in no way referred to your lordship , for whom" ! added , ^ I had a high respect . ' After you had quitted Grand Lodge , Bro . Portal , in the course of some
observations upon the report of the Board of General Purposes , stated that " one noble Brother had been already driven from the hall by my impertinences . " Being called to order by the Grand Master , Bro . Portal withdrew that expression , and stated that the noble Brother ( referring to your lordship ) had told him that he would not remain longer to be subject to my insults . " Disavowing anything which could be offensive to your lordship or could be construed into aii insult , I now beg that you will be so good as to inform me whether what Bro . Portal said is to be taken as the correct
expression of your feelings , and if so , that you will give me an opportunity of explaining anything upon which you may have placed a wrong construction .
I am , my Lord and Brother , yours fraternally , John Haveiis Bro . the Earl of Curuarvotu
Sir , —I have to acknowledge your letter of the 7 th inst ., to which I should have replied before this , but for a considerable pressure of other business . As regards the particular words which you seem to think that I used in private conversation with Mr . Portal , they certainly are no those which I employed , nor do they express with accuracy what 1 then thought
3 , Park-street , Westminster , Dec . 10 , 1858
or said . Therefore , either your recollection deceives you in what Mr-Portal said in my absence or Mr , Portal , as is common to all men , in the course of discussion , repeated imperfectly and inaccurately an observation which I had made to him . At the same time , as you have opened a subject which I should have preferred to leave untouched , I must be excused for saying , that your own words—and still more the maimer of saying them—