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Grand Lodge, Next Week.
GRAND LODGE , NEXT WEEK .
THE Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge , to be held on Wednesday next , will doubtless prove of sufficient interest to attract a large number of Craftsmen , and we anticipate not only a numerous attendance , but a cheerful unanimity in
the principal business to be transacted . It is not often the Craft has notice of a recommendation from the Most Worshipful Grand Master in reference to the work to be considered , but on this occasion there are two such recommendations , both of them well timed , and each of them of such general and Masonic interest as to call forth a full and enthusiastic
adoption . In the first case the Prince of Wales proposes to confer _ the rank of Past Grand Master of England upon his brother , His Eoyal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , who was appointed Senior Grand Warden of England in 1877 ,
has been rrovmcial Grand Master oi Sussex since 1886 , and District Grand Master of Bombay since 1887 . The honour which the Prince of Wales now proposes to bestow on the Duke of Connaught is intended to commemorate the safe return of that Prince
from the East Indies , after completion of his term of service there as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army . But even if there was no particular call iox the appointment at the present moment , we are convinced the recommendation of the Grand Master would be heartily agreed to , as the Duke of Connaught has always been a popular member of the Craft , and
one who is recognised as having taken a considerable share in making , the Order as popular and prosperous as it is at present . As it is , however , the
members ol the Craft will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of showing their pleasure at the safe return of their Eoyal Brother , and the honour being a permanent one , it will remain as a lasting expression of good will , not the least pleasing , we hope , of the many the Duke of Connaught has already , or is yet to receive .
The second recommendation of the Grand Master , unfortunately , takes us to a much less pleasurable occurrence than that to which we have just referred , and it forcibly reminds one of the apparent inseparable association of misfortune and suffering with the
joy ana rejoicings ot every-day me . The Grand Master suggests that a sum of one hundred guineas shall be voted from the funds of Grand Lodge , and added to the national subscription now being raised in aid of the families of those who perished in the wreck of H . M . S . Serpent . There is not a member among
us who can look back on this disaster with any other feeling than one of pain , and we imagine the only point on which the representatives of the Craft who will assemble in Grand Lodge next Wednesday are Hkely to offer the slightest disagreement with the suggestion of the Grand Master is , as to the amount to be voted from the funds to assist in the truly
Grand Lodge, Next Week.
National work of relieving the distress caused by the misfortune . If the Craft does not give more in actual cash than is proposed by the Prince of Wales , the friends and relatives of the men who were lost may rest assured that a host of sympathy is felt by the Freemasons of England , which is but poorly
represented by a monetary payment of one hundred guineas , although that amount may go far towards the formation of a fund which shall make some efficient provision for those who are suffering from the loss of
their relatives , and although sympathy may not be of much practical use to them in this hour of trial , it cannot fail but to relieve in some slight degree the heavy suffering which must be prevalent in our midst as a consequence of the severe loss of life which hannened on the occasion of the wreck .
Passing on to the next business to be brought before Grand Lodge we come to the items regularly to be found in the work of the last Communication of the year . A Grand Master for the ensuing twelve months has to be nominated , a new Grand Treasurer
has to be proposed , and the various officers of the Board of Benevolence have to be elected . Familiarity breeds contempt , we are told , and yet we venture to predict that the oft-repeated merits of the Prince of Wales , as a fit and proper nomination for
the office of Grand Master of England , which will be recounted next week , will by no means lead to contempt , or aught but rejoicing from the leaders of the Craft who will listen to them . The members of the Masonic Order know how much they have to thank the Prince of Wales for when regarding him as their ranci
u- Master , ana tne unanimity with which he has regularly been selected as the head of English Freemasonry is not only a proof of the loyalty of his followers , but also an expression of their thankfulness that so distinguished a personage should do them the
honour to fill the appointment . Whether we regard the Prince of Wales as the chosen head of the thousands of Freemasons to be found in this country , or as a mere puppet in the hands of the leaders of the Craft , —as he is described by the heads of the Eomish
Church , —there can be no question as to the thorough sincerity of the men who regularly re-elect him to preside over the destinies of the Order . This fact alone would seem to prove the absurdity of the position taken up by our Catholic detractors , for if the Prince of Wales is the mere tool they would have us
believe , there must be a very strong body ol conspirators at work , or it would hardly be possible to secure his regular and unanimous re-election year by year , much less to cajole him into the belief that the expressions of his followers were sincere : whereas , if what the priesthood says be true , it is mere humbug . We have no doubt as to the course
Grand Lodge will take next week in regard to the nomination of a new chief . The Prince of Wales will be enthusiastically proposed , and , in due course , as enthusiastically re-elected . The proposition for a Brother to fill the office of
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Grand Lodge, Next Week.
GRAND LODGE , NEXT WEEK .
THE Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge , to be held on Wednesday next , will doubtless prove of sufficient interest to attract a large number of Craftsmen , and we anticipate not only a numerous attendance , but a cheerful unanimity in
the principal business to be transacted . It is not often the Craft has notice of a recommendation from the Most Worshipful Grand Master in reference to the work to be considered , but on this occasion there are two such recommendations , both of them well timed , and each of them of such general and Masonic interest as to call forth a full and enthusiastic
adoption . In the first case the Prince of Wales proposes to confer _ the rank of Past Grand Master of England upon his brother , His Eoyal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , who was appointed Senior Grand Warden of England in 1877 ,
has been rrovmcial Grand Master oi Sussex since 1886 , and District Grand Master of Bombay since 1887 . The honour which the Prince of Wales now proposes to bestow on the Duke of Connaught is intended to commemorate the safe return of that Prince
from the East Indies , after completion of his term of service there as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army . But even if there was no particular call iox the appointment at the present moment , we are convinced the recommendation of the Grand Master would be heartily agreed to , as the Duke of Connaught has always been a popular member of the Craft , and
one who is recognised as having taken a considerable share in making , the Order as popular and prosperous as it is at present . As it is , however , the
members ol the Craft will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity of showing their pleasure at the safe return of their Eoyal Brother , and the honour being a permanent one , it will remain as a lasting expression of good will , not the least pleasing , we hope , of the many the Duke of Connaught has already , or is yet to receive .
The second recommendation of the Grand Master , unfortunately , takes us to a much less pleasurable occurrence than that to which we have just referred , and it forcibly reminds one of the apparent inseparable association of misfortune and suffering with the
joy ana rejoicings ot every-day me . The Grand Master suggests that a sum of one hundred guineas shall be voted from the funds of Grand Lodge , and added to the national subscription now being raised in aid of the families of those who perished in the wreck of H . M . S . Serpent . There is not a member among
us who can look back on this disaster with any other feeling than one of pain , and we imagine the only point on which the representatives of the Craft who will assemble in Grand Lodge next Wednesday are Hkely to offer the slightest disagreement with the suggestion of the Grand Master is , as to the amount to be voted from the funds to assist in the truly
Grand Lodge, Next Week.
National work of relieving the distress caused by the misfortune . If the Craft does not give more in actual cash than is proposed by the Prince of Wales , the friends and relatives of the men who were lost may rest assured that a host of sympathy is felt by the Freemasons of England , which is but poorly
represented by a monetary payment of one hundred guineas , although that amount may go far towards the formation of a fund which shall make some efficient provision for those who are suffering from the loss of
their relatives , and although sympathy may not be of much practical use to them in this hour of trial , it cannot fail but to relieve in some slight degree the heavy suffering which must be prevalent in our midst as a consequence of the severe loss of life which hannened on the occasion of the wreck .
Passing on to the next business to be brought before Grand Lodge we come to the items regularly to be found in the work of the last Communication of the year . A Grand Master for the ensuing twelve months has to be nominated , a new Grand Treasurer
has to be proposed , and the various officers of the Board of Benevolence have to be elected . Familiarity breeds contempt , we are told , and yet we venture to predict that the oft-repeated merits of the Prince of Wales , as a fit and proper nomination for
the office of Grand Master of England , which will be recounted next week , will by no means lead to contempt , or aught but rejoicing from the leaders of the Craft who will listen to them . The members of the Masonic Order know how much they have to thank the Prince of Wales for when regarding him as their ranci
u- Master , ana tne unanimity with which he has regularly been selected as the head of English Freemasonry is not only a proof of the loyalty of his followers , but also an expression of their thankfulness that so distinguished a personage should do them the
honour to fill the appointment . Whether we regard the Prince of Wales as the chosen head of the thousands of Freemasons to be found in this country , or as a mere puppet in the hands of the leaders of the Craft , —as he is described by the heads of the Eomish
Church , —there can be no question as to the thorough sincerity of the men who regularly re-elect him to preside over the destinies of the Order . This fact alone would seem to prove the absurdity of the position taken up by our Catholic detractors , for if the Prince of Wales is the mere tool they would have us
believe , there must be a very strong body ol conspirators at work , or it would hardly be possible to secure his regular and unanimous re-election year by year , much less to cajole him into the belief that the expressions of his followers were sincere : whereas , if what the priesthood says be true , it is mere humbug . We have no doubt as to the course
Grand Lodge will take next week in regard to the nomination of a new chief . The Prince of Wales will be enthusiastically proposed , and , in due course , as enthusiastically re-elected . The proposition for a Brother to fill the office of