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might have remained some considerable time longer without grand office , and in the position of Bro . J . Savage—who had to wait twenty-four years for it—and many other good working Masons of twenty-five years' experience and upwards , who are still without the purple . Bro . Gavin Elliott Pocock , G . S . B . This appointment seems unobjectionable , and I hope will be taken as a precedent , so that our provincial
brethren may all have an incentive to exertion in the cause of Masonry , The reappointments I object to entirely , with the exception of the Grand Secretary , Assistant Grand Secretary , Grand Director of Ceremonies , and his Assistant , because the claims of many worthy brethren have been passed over quite unnecessarily , and without the slightest apparent cause . I must apologize for the length of this letter , which is much greater than I intended but the subject being of so much importance to the CraftI
; , must plead that as my excuse ; of course my opinions can only be taken for what they are worth , and will no doubt be freely criticised , but still as they arc given without reserve , without any individual disrespect to the brethren I have named , and with a sincere hope to benefit the cause of Masonry by calling attention in the proper quarter to the inconsistency of such appointments so that a like error may be guarded against for the future—I am sure that the motives by which I . am actuated will not be misconstrued ; and
that a friendly critic will not be confounded with a mere disturber of "that love and harmony which ought always to characterize Freemasons , " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally . AV . II . COLE , ' | P , M ., No , 99 G , and D . C ., No , 32 , & c . & c ,
Bro. Warren And The Grand Lodge Club.
BRO . WARREN AND THE GRAND LODGE CLUB .
TO HIE EDITOR OF THE PHEEMASOXS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC ! MII 1 I 10 U . Sin AXD BROTIIKR , —I shall neither waste my own time , nor occupy that of your readers , by any lengthened notice of the mass of hi ghly seasoned mental pabulum which you have this week provided for the delectation and nourishment of the subscribers to your valuable publication ; and should pass it entirely in silence were it not lor one or two instances of error or misconceptionon which I think you really ought to be enlihtened .
, g Whatever course may have been pursued by individual members of the " Grand Lodge Club , " that body has no more connection with recent affairs , notices of motion , or advertisements , than has the " Lincoln ' s Inn Club , " held under the auspices of the Grand Registrar . The "Grand Lodge Club" manifests its " pompous" character by the quiet earnestness with which it deliberates on all matters rclatiii" - to the interests of the Craft , and proves its title to be styled " revolutionary , " by two toasts onl '
permitting y to be proposed at its agreeable mectings / viz . — " The Queen , " and " The GnindMaster of the Order ; " and by inculcating on every occasion a due and entire dcierence to properly constituted authority , while condemning the exercise of illegitimate or usurped power by those who seek to overshadow the throne itself . With regard to Bro . AVarren ' S' application to be admitted a member of this well managed , useful , and much maligned body , f can assure him , that it was with others submitted to tho regular meeting of the club , and unanimously rejected . I trust this assurance will be considered perfectly
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Correspondence.
might have remained some considerable time longer without grand office , and in the position of Bro . J . Savage—who had to wait twenty-four years for it—and many other good working Masons of twenty-five years' experience and upwards , who are still without the purple . Bro . Gavin Elliott Pocock , G . S . B . This appointment seems unobjectionable , and I hope will be taken as a precedent , so that our provincial
brethren may all have an incentive to exertion in the cause of Masonry , The reappointments I object to entirely , with the exception of the Grand Secretary , Assistant Grand Secretary , Grand Director of Ceremonies , and his Assistant , because the claims of many worthy brethren have been passed over quite unnecessarily , and without the slightest apparent cause . I must apologize for the length of this letter , which is much greater than I intended but the subject being of so much importance to the CraftI
; , must plead that as my excuse ; of course my opinions can only be taken for what they are worth , and will no doubt be freely criticised , but still as they arc given without reserve , without any individual disrespect to the brethren I have named , and with a sincere hope to benefit the cause of Masonry by calling attention in the proper quarter to the inconsistency of such appointments so that a like error may be guarded against for the future—I am sure that the motives by which I . am actuated will not be misconstrued ; and
that a friendly critic will not be confounded with a mere disturber of "that love and harmony which ought always to characterize Freemasons , " I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally . AV . II . COLE , ' | P , M ., No , 99 G , and D . C ., No , 32 , & c . & c ,
Bro. Warren And The Grand Lodge Club.
BRO . WARREN AND THE GRAND LODGE CLUB .
TO HIE EDITOR OF THE PHEEMASOXS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC ! MII 1 I 10 U . Sin AXD BROTIIKR , —I shall neither waste my own time , nor occupy that of your readers , by any lengthened notice of the mass of hi ghly seasoned mental pabulum which you have this week provided for the delectation and nourishment of the subscribers to your valuable publication ; and should pass it entirely in silence were it not lor one or two instances of error or misconceptionon which I think you really ought to be enlihtened .
, g Whatever course may have been pursued by individual members of the " Grand Lodge Club , " that body has no more connection with recent affairs , notices of motion , or advertisements , than has the " Lincoln ' s Inn Club , " held under the auspices of the Grand Registrar . The "Grand Lodge Club" manifests its " pompous" character by the quiet earnestness with which it deliberates on all matters rclatiii" - to the interests of the Craft , and proves its title to be styled " revolutionary , " by two toasts onl '
permitting y to be proposed at its agreeable mectings / viz . — " The Queen , " and " The GnindMaster of the Order ; " and by inculcating on every occasion a due and entire dcierence to properly constituted authority , while condemning the exercise of illegitimate or usurped power by those who seek to overshadow the throne itself . With regard to Bro . AVarren ' S' application to be admitted a member of this well managed , useful , and much maligned body , f can assure him , that it was with others submitted to tho regular meeting of the club , and unanimously rejected . I trust this assurance will be considered perfectly