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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 5 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
there cannot be found such a slave-Mason . And whilst wc sincerel y believe that such a restriction would be of immense benefit to our order , we ask what objection can be made , by those who look to the attainment of that high office as the coping-stone to their Masonic careeror b
, y those whose votes may place them there , to the proposition that no Brother shall fill the office of Grand Master for more than three years consecutivel y ? The same restriction of tenure which we wish to see applied to the office of Grand Master , should also be
applicable to that of Provincial Grand Master , and for similar reasons . But , beyond this , every Provincial Grand Master who has failed to hold or to have caused a Provincial Grand Lodge to be holden in his district , for
twelve months , should be deemed to have resigned his office , and take rank as a Past Officer . And , instead of the office being at the nomination of the Grand Master , it should be conferred by the election of the Lodges of the district , in Provincial Grand Lodge assembled . B y
this system , favouritism and invidious distinction would be clearly avoided , and the opinions and feelings of Provincial Brethren dul y represented in their Chief . This , to them , is a mere matter of justice ; for , it is evident that the Metropolitan Lodges form an immense majority
in Grand Lodge , and have therefore an overwhelminginfluence in the election of Grand Master . The election of their respective Provincial Grand Masters would be nothing more than a just exercise of their Masonic franchise by the Provincial Lodges .
And with reference to the undue influence possessed by Grand Officers in Committees , it is onl y necessary for us to allude to a single instance—that of the constituents of the Board of General Purposes . This Board consists of the Grand , Pro-Grand , and Deputy Grand Master ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
there cannot be found such a slave-Mason . And whilst wc sincerel y believe that such a restriction would be of immense benefit to our order , we ask what objection can be made , by those who look to the attainment of that high office as the coping-stone to their Masonic careeror b
, y those whose votes may place them there , to the proposition that no Brother shall fill the office of Grand Master for more than three years consecutivel y ? The same restriction of tenure which we wish to see applied to the office of Grand Master , should also be
applicable to that of Provincial Grand Master , and for similar reasons . But , beyond this , every Provincial Grand Master who has failed to hold or to have caused a Provincial Grand Lodge to be holden in his district , for
twelve months , should be deemed to have resigned his office , and take rank as a Past Officer . And , instead of the office being at the nomination of the Grand Master , it should be conferred by the election of the Lodges of the district , in Provincial Grand Lodge assembled . B y
this system , favouritism and invidious distinction would be clearly avoided , and the opinions and feelings of Provincial Brethren dul y represented in their Chief . This , to them , is a mere matter of justice ; for , it is evident that the Metropolitan Lodges form an immense majority
in Grand Lodge , and have therefore an overwhelminginfluence in the election of Grand Master . The election of their respective Provincial Grand Masters would be nothing more than a just exercise of their Masonic franchise by the Provincial Lodges .
And with reference to the undue influence possessed by Grand Officers in Committees , it is onl y necessary for us to allude to a single instance—that of the constituents of the Board of General Purposes . This Board consists of the Grand , Pro-Grand , and Deputy Grand Master ,