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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
^ [ THE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] MASONIC CHARITY (?)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive in last week ' s Mirror a statement , which must be authentic , that the Lodge of Harmony , Garston , No . 267 , On the 3 rd of January , voted two pounds out of the poor box to the widow of a Mason . This statement bears all the appearance of authenticity ; and a more scandalous libel on the Lodand the Craft could scarcelbe published
ge y , except by completing it with the name of the unfortunate recipient , which was most likely duly paraded in Lodge . Two pounds to the widow of a Mas 3 n!—and that to be published as an act of munificence ; being one shilling a head for the Brethren present , and the amount taken out ofthe poor box . Such a sum should never have been given or never published . The Garston Brethren may nevertheless have thought themselves munificentfor some Lod would have been contented with iving half a
, ges g sovereign to a case of severe distress . When it is considered that one shilling a quarter accumulated for a few years will enable Lodges to give substantial relief , it is truly disgraceful to find cases of suffering mocked by such professions of charity as the one referred to . I am , Sir and Brother , j'ours fraternally , 0 . B .
BRO . THE EARL OF CARNARVON AND BRO . HAVERS . TO THE EDITOR OB THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —From information which I have received within the last two days , I learn that a letter which I forwarded to you about three weeks ago , by , as I thought , a trusty messenger , has never reached you . The matter to which it refers is only important as affecting two or three individuals
; but as some of my Masonic friends were aware of my having written that letter , and as I find nothing in it which after mature reflection I feel disposed to withdraw or amend , I enclose you a copy , with a request that , should you feel disposed to publish it , you will also be kind enough to publish this brief explanation of the reason why it did not appear , as it ought to have done , in the number of your journal immediately following that which contained the correspondence to which it refers . I itm , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Oxford Street , Jan . 15 th , 1859 . ' J . AVUITMOKE .
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
^ [ THE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] MASONIC CHARITY (?)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive in last week ' s Mirror a statement , which must be authentic , that the Lodge of Harmony , Garston , No . 267 , On the 3 rd of January , voted two pounds out of the poor box to the widow of a Mason . This statement bears all the appearance of authenticity ; and a more scandalous libel on the Lodand the Craft could scarcelbe published
ge y , except by completing it with the name of the unfortunate recipient , which was most likely duly paraded in Lodge . Two pounds to the widow of a Mas 3 n!—and that to be published as an act of munificence ; being one shilling a head for the Brethren present , and the amount taken out ofthe poor box . Such a sum should never have been given or never published . The Garston Brethren may nevertheless have thought themselves munificentfor some Lod would have been contented with iving half a
, ges g sovereign to a case of severe distress . When it is considered that one shilling a quarter accumulated for a few years will enable Lodges to give substantial relief , it is truly disgraceful to find cases of suffering mocked by such professions of charity as the one referred to . I am , Sir and Brother , j'ours fraternally , 0 . B .
BRO . THE EARL OF CARNARVON AND BRO . HAVERS . TO THE EDITOR OB THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —From information which I have received within the last two days , I learn that a letter which I forwarded to you about three weeks ago , by , as I thought , a trusty messenger , has never reached you . The matter to which it refers is only important as affecting two or three individuals
; but as some of my Masonic friends were aware of my having written that letter , and as I find nothing in it which after mature reflection I feel disposed to withdraw or amend , I enclose you a copy , with a request that , should you feel disposed to publish it , you will also be kind enough to publish this brief explanation of the reason why it did not appear , as it ought to have done , in the number of your journal immediately following that which contained the correspondence to which it refers . I itm , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Oxford Street , Jan . 15 th , 1859 . ' J . AVUITMOKE .