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Tenacity For Office.
TENACITY FOR OFFICE .
HARSH words' break no bones . The Craft in this country , at least , may congratulate itself on this . Were it otherwise , we fear our surgeons and hospital dressers would have had a busy time of it
since His Holiness Pope Leo XIII . last addressed his supporters . We do not know what class of men it is who " coach . " him as to the peculiar characteristics of those who are representative men or leading lights amongst ns . still wo cannot but feel that he must be
perversely blind or insuperably obstinate if in the face of facts so easily got at he should again give expression to such windy vituperation as this last effort of his gives evidence of . The present day is supposed to be one of toleration and respect for the
ideas and opinions of those who may chance to differ with us , but His Holiness will not concede a grain of toleration when he sits down to write about Freemasons and Freemasonry . What cares he who are our recognized chiefs . They may be men holding the highest position in the state , men who have gained
their eminence by the display of talents that should secure for them the consideration of all who recognize true merit howsoever it may assert itself , but , here no allowance can be made "; the individuals who have secured for themselves position in our ranks are men who have been cajoled , duped and betrayed .
Well , this may be so , but the so-called victims seem to be very slow in realising their degradation , and no better testimony can be adduced than that characteristic tenacity for office which marks all of those who have had the good fortune to be
chosen to fill the several posts of trust and responsibility which are part and parcel of our system . For instance , our Lodge Treasurers and Secretaries , however heavy their duties , cling to office , not from any pecuniary gain that may attach thereto , but out of pure love for their occupation , and it is only in
extreme cases—such as illness or pressure of business matters—that relief from duty is sought for . Where these " permanent " officers ' of a Lodge—if we may use such a word—are " movable" at the mere whim of a section of the members , we may rest assured that such a Lodge is not working upon sound lines .
Take , _ again , our Provincial Grand Masters . If our Institution had attached to it one-twentieth part of the baneful effects His Holiness gives it credit for , would such men as constitute this section of our community stand by it with so much vigour and enthusiasm ? We say , no ; emphatically , no . Before any gentleman , however high his social rank or
station may be , is offered the chair of a Provincial Grand Master'he must have gone through a preliminary course of training , and this course may Be set down on an average as having occupied something like seven years . This surely should give any intelligent individual time and opportunity to make himself acquainted with all necessary details , and in
Tenacity For Office.
a position to know whether he was doing what was right and what would be due to himself , in his capacity as a responsible man and a citizen . Well , what is the result ? We do not find our Provincial Grand Masters entering upon their duties in a loose and perfunctory fashion ; on the contrary , the majority of them lose no opportunity of meeting their
brethren on available occasions , and vie one with the other in advancing its interest and welfare . It is a proverbial saying , " Once a Mason , always a Mason ;" we may with justice place on the same pedestal the paraphrase , " Once a Provincial Grand Master ,
always a Provincial Grand Master . " Indeed , we will close our remarks for to-day by appending a List of those gentlemen who fill the Provincial Grand Masters' chair ' s , and will merely add that in our opinion these are not the class of men to whom
should be charged the crimes of being irreconcilable enemies to Christ and to the Church , that they try all ways , use all arts , take advantage of all means in order to despoil the Church of her primogeniture , to rob Jesus of his chosen people , of the seat of his representative on earth , and of the centre of Catholic
unity . The following is a list of those who at present fill the chairs of the Provincial Grand Lodges , with the date of their s everal appointments . From this it will be seen that The Father of our Provincial Grand Masters , Lord Leigh , can boast a record of over forty years service : —
1852 Lei « h , The Lord Warwickshire 1858 Devonshire , The Dako of , K . G . Derbyshire 1800 Amherst , The Earl Kent [ moreland 1867 Bective , The Earl of Cumberland & West-1869 Malefc de Carteret , Col . Ed . C . Jersey
„ Beach , W . W . B ., Esq ., M . P . Hampshire & I . of W . 1870 Starkie , Col . Le Gendre M . Lancashire , E . Div . „ Lyne , Col . Charles Monmouthshire 1872 Lathom , The Earl of , G . C . B . Lancashire , W . Div . „ Mount Edgcumbe , Tho Earl of Cornwall [ Rutland 1873 Ferrers , The Earl Leicestershire and „ Halsey , Thomas Frederick , M . P . Hertfordshire 1874 Zetland , The Marqttesa of Yorkshire N . and E . TtirUnnn
1876 Snffield , the Lord , K . C . B . Norfolk „ Elliot , Sir George , Bart . South Wales , E . Dir . 1877 Gnest , Montague J ., Esq . Dorsetshire „ St . Albans , The Duke of Nottinghamshire 1878 Lechmero , Sir Edmund A . H . Bart ., M . P . Worcestershire „ Smyth , Maior William Henry Lincolnshire
1879 Ebrington , The Viscount Devonshire 1880 Bailey , Sir Joseph R ., Bart . Herefordshire „ Hicks-Beach , Sir Michael E ., Bart ., M . P . Gloucestershire 1882 Brooke , The Lord Essex 1884 Kensington , The Lord South Wafer , W . Div . 1885 Williamson , Sir Hedworth , Bart ., D . L . Durham „ Tew , Thomas William , Esq . ' Yorks ., W . Biding
„ Jersey , The Earl of , G . C . M . G . Oxfordshire „ Harlech , The Lord North Wal . ^ s „ Wakeman , Sir Offley , Bart . Shropshire 1886 Goldie-Tanbman , Major John Sonhonse Isle of Man „ Henniker , The Lord Suffolk „ H . R . H . The Dnke of Connaught , K . G . Sussex
„ White-Ridley , Rt . Hon . Sir Matthew , Bart ., Northumberland M . P . „ Egerton of Tatton , The Lord Cheshire 1887 Euston , The Earl of Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire
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Tenacity For Office.
TENACITY FOR OFFICE .
HARSH words' break no bones . The Craft in this country , at least , may congratulate itself on this . Were it otherwise , we fear our surgeons and hospital dressers would have had a busy time of it
since His Holiness Pope Leo XIII . last addressed his supporters . We do not know what class of men it is who " coach . " him as to the peculiar characteristics of those who are representative men or leading lights amongst ns . still wo cannot but feel that he must be
perversely blind or insuperably obstinate if in the face of facts so easily got at he should again give expression to such windy vituperation as this last effort of his gives evidence of . The present day is supposed to be one of toleration and respect for the
ideas and opinions of those who may chance to differ with us , but His Holiness will not concede a grain of toleration when he sits down to write about Freemasons and Freemasonry . What cares he who are our recognized chiefs . They may be men holding the highest position in the state , men who have gained
their eminence by the display of talents that should secure for them the consideration of all who recognize true merit howsoever it may assert itself , but , here no allowance can be made "; the individuals who have secured for themselves position in our ranks are men who have been cajoled , duped and betrayed .
Well , this may be so , but the so-called victims seem to be very slow in realising their degradation , and no better testimony can be adduced than that characteristic tenacity for office which marks all of those who have had the good fortune to be
chosen to fill the several posts of trust and responsibility which are part and parcel of our system . For instance , our Lodge Treasurers and Secretaries , however heavy their duties , cling to office , not from any pecuniary gain that may attach thereto , but out of pure love for their occupation , and it is only in
extreme cases—such as illness or pressure of business matters—that relief from duty is sought for . Where these " permanent " officers ' of a Lodge—if we may use such a word—are " movable" at the mere whim of a section of the members , we may rest assured that such a Lodge is not working upon sound lines .
Take , _ again , our Provincial Grand Masters . If our Institution had attached to it one-twentieth part of the baneful effects His Holiness gives it credit for , would such men as constitute this section of our community stand by it with so much vigour and enthusiasm ? We say , no ; emphatically , no . Before any gentleman , however high his social rank or
station may be , is offered the chair of a Provincial Grand Master'he must have gone through a preliminary course of training , and this course may Be set down on an average as having occupied something like seven years . This surely should give any intelligent individual time and opportunity to make himself acquainted with all necessary details , and in
Tenacity For Office.
a position to know whether he was doing what was right and what would be due to himself , in his capacity as a responsible man and a citizen . Well , what is the result ? We do not find our Provincial Grand Masters entering upon their duties in a loose and perfunctory fashion ; on the contrary , the majority of them lose no opportunity of meeting their
brethren on available occasions , and vie one with the other in advancing its interest and welfare . It is a proverbial saying , " Once a Mason , always a Mason ;" we may with justice place on the same pedestal the paraphrase , " Once a Provincial Grand Master ,
always a Provincial Grand Master . " Indeed , we will close our remarks for to-day by appending a List of those gentlemen who fill the Provincial Grand Masters' chair ' s , and will merely add that in our opinion these are not the class of men to whom
should be charged the crimes of being irreconcilable enemies to Christ and to the Church , that they try all ways , use all arts , take advantage of all means in order to despoil the Church of her primogeniture , to rob Jesus of his chosen people , of the seat of his representative on earth , and of the centre of Catholic
unity . The following is a list of those who at present fill the chairs of the Provincial Grand Lodges , with the date of their s everal appointments . From this it will be seen that The Father of our Provincial Grand Masters , Lord Leigh , can boast a record of over forty years service : —
1852 Lei « h , The Lord Warwickshire 1858 Devonshire , The Dako of , K . G . Derbyshire 1800 Amherst , The Earl Kent [ moreland 1867 Bective , The Earl of Cumberland & West-1869 Malefc de Carteret , Col . Ed . C . Jersey
„ Beach , W . W . B ., Esq ., M . P . Hampshire & I . of W . 1870 Starkie , Col . Le Gendre M . Lancashire , E . Div . „ Lyne , Col . Charles Monmouthshire 1872 Lathom , The Earl of , G . C . B . Lancashire , W . Div . „ Mount Edgcumbe , Tho Earl of Cornwall [ Rutland 1873 Ferrers , The Earl Leicestershire and „ Halsey , Thomas Frederick , M . P . Hertfordshire 1874 Zetland , The Marqttesa of Yorkshire N . and E . TtirUnnn
1876 Snffield , the Lord , K . C . B . Norfolk „ Elliot , Sir George , Bart . South Wales , E . Dir . 1877 Gnest , Montague J ., Esq . Dorsetshire „ St . Albans , The Duke of Nottinghamshire 1878 Lechmero , Sir Edmund A . H . Bart ., M . P . Worcestershire „ Smyth , Maior William Henry Lincolnshire
1879 Ebrington , The Viscount Devonshire 1880 Bailey , Sir Joseph R ., Bart . Herefordshire „ Hicks-Beach , Sir Michael E ., Bart ., M . P . Gloucestershire 1882 Brooke , The Lord Essex 1884 Kensington , The Lord South Wafer , W . Div . 1885 Williamson , Sir Hedworth , Bart ., D . L . Durham „ Tew , Thomas William , Esq . ' Yorks ., W . Biding
„ Jersey , The Earl of , G . C . M . G . Oxfordshire „ Harlech , The Lord North Wal . ^ s „ Wakeman , Sir Offley , Bart . Shropshire 1886 Goldie-Tanbman , Major John Sonhonse Isle of Man „ Henniker , The Lord Suffolk „ H . R . H . The Dnke of Connaught , K . G . Sussex
„ White-Ridley , Rt . Hon . Sir Matthew , Bart ., Northumberland M . P . „ Egerton of Tatton , The Lord Cheshire 1887 Euston , The Earl of Northamptonshire & Huntingdonshire