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Parthian Glances*.
The annual appointment of grand officers very materiall y influences the proceedings of the year ; not so much by the rank of life of those selected as by their Masonic attainments , and the manner in which those attainments will , at least for the current period of office , become available assets in the general stock of Masonic deliberation . For example , the Grand Wardens are ex
officio , with the M . W . G . Master and his deputy , members of the boards of general purposes and finance , and , at the discretion of the joint Grand Secretary , may be summoned occasionally to attend the Lodge of Benevolence , of which , in common with all other grand officers , PAST and PRESENT , they are also members ex officio . Now if such grand officers do not , or if they cannot
, attend , it can hardly be supposed but that the interests of the Craft must suffer in proportion ; it being naturally presumed that the attainments of the parties so distinguished by the Grand Master have been the motive-cause of their elevation .
Furthermore , it should be home in view that the Lodge of Benevolence requires most especially some practically experienced Freemason to preside over it ; that the interpretation of the laws which regulate its proceedings is not unoften called for ; and that it may become incumbent upon the president to reject petitions for informality , even when a majority of the members present
might otherwise have wished them to be relieved . These are among a few of the requisite qualifications of grand officers , who have it so much in their power to uphold ancl maintain the principles of Masonry ; and we trust not to be misunderstood , when we express a hopeful anticipation that in future the Masters and Past Masters of Lodges may be assisted in their deliberations by brethren at least of equal experience and standing in the order .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parthian Glances*.
The annual appointment of grand officers very materiall y influences the proceedings of the year ; not so much by the rank of life of those selected as by their Masonic attainments , and the manner in which those attainments will , at least for the current period of office , become available assets in the general stock of Masonic deliberation . For example , the Grand Wardens are ex
officio , with the M . W . G . Master and his deputy , members of the boards of general purposes and finance , and , at the discretion of the joint Grand Secretary , may be summoned occasionally to attend the Lodge of Benevolence , of which , in common with all other grand officers , PAST and PRESENT , they are also members ex officio . Now if such grand officers do not , or if they cannot
, attend , it can hardly be supposed but that the interests of the Craft must suffer in proportion ; it being naturally presumed that the attainments of the parties so distinguished by the Grand Master have been the motive-cause of their elevation .
Furthermore , it should be home in view that the Lodge of Benevolence requires most especially some practically experienced Freemason to preside over it ; that the interpretation of the laws which regulate its proceedings is not unoften called for ; and that it may become incumbent upon the president to reject petitions for informality , even when a majority of the members present
might otherwise have wished them to be relieved . These are among a few of the requisite qualifications of grand officers , who have it so much in their power to uphold ancl maintain the principles of Masonry ; and we trust not to be misunderstood , when we express a hopeful anticipation that in future the Masters and Past Masters of Lodges may be assisted in their deliberations by brethren at least of equal experience and standing in the order .