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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
in any single Member of the Lodge ; and , on the other , to promote a spirit of emulation in the acquirement and practice of Masonic knowledge among all the Members;—in other words , that restriction and privilege might be mutually and equitably exercised for the common benefit . And
it is just as clear , that , if this principle be good for the government of a private Lodge , it must be equally so for a Provincial Grand Lodge , and for the Grand Lodge itself . Vainly , however , do we search through the Book of Constitutions , to find any limitation to the continued exercise of power and influence by one individual Brother , either as
the ruler in the Grand or a Provincial Grand Lodge . Year after year , . up to a cycle of twenty-seven , has the same Grand Master been elected ; and , hitherto , all his appointments to the Grand Masterships of Provinces have been virtually for life . Nay , to such an extent has this practice
been carried—so complacently , yet zealously , has this principle of privilege been permitted to multi ply itself—that the Grand Master has declared that , " once a Grand Officer , always a Grand Officer , " and has thus exempted the favoured ones of his own direct creation from the operation of another species of restriction , otherwise general to the Craft , to which we will now more particularly allude .
The privilege of attending the Grand Lodge is enjoyed by a Past Master of a private Lodge , " so long as he continues a subscribing Member of any Lodge , " as is expressed in page 18 , rule 1 ; the privilege of attending Provincial Grand Lodges is enjoyed by " the actual and Past
Provincial Grand Officers , being subscribing Members of any Lodge within the province ; " and failing , therefore , in their subscriptions , the privilege , in either case , ceases . But the Book of Constitutions is wholly silent respecting such a necessity on the part of Grand Officers ; for they , according
to the dictum of the Grand Master , having been once invested with the purple , are entirely freed from the restrictions by which their fellow Masons are bound . Having
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
in any single Member of the Lodge ; and , on the other , to promote a spirit of emulation in the acquirement and practice of Masonic knowledge among all the Members;—in other words , that restriction and privilege might be mutually and equitably exercised for the common benefit . And
it is just as clear , that , if this principle be good for the government of a private Lodge , it must be equally so for a Provincial Grand Lodge , and for the Grand Lodge itself . Vainly , however , do we search through the Book of Constitutions , to find any limitation to the continued exercise of power and influence by one individual Brother , either as
the ruler in the Grand or a Provincial Grand Lodge . Year after year , . up to a cycle of twenty-seven , has the same Grand Master been elected ; and , hitherto , all his appointments to the Grand Masterships of Provinces have been virtually for life . Nay , to such an extent has this practice
been carried—so complacently , yet zealously , has this principle of privilege been permitted to multi ply itself—that the Grand Master has declared that , " once a Grand Officer , always a Grand Officer , " and has thus exempted the favoured ones of his own direct creation from the operation of another species of restriction , otherwise general to the Craft , to which we will now more particularly allude .
The privilege of attending the Grand Lodge is enjoyed by a Past Master of a private Lodge , " so long as he continues a subscribing Member of any Lodge , " as is expressed in page 18 , rule 1 ; the privilege of attending Provincial Grand Lodges is enjoyed by " the actual and Past
Provincial Grand Officers , being subscribing Members of any Lodge within the province ; " and failing , therefore , in their subscriptions , the privilege , in either case , ceases . But the Book of Constitutions is wholly silent respecting such a necessity on the part of Grand Officers ; for they , according
to the dictum of the Grand Master , having been once invested with the purple , are entirely freed from the restrictions by which their fellow Masons are bound . Having