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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 9 of 12 →
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
sorry to find so many differences among the Masons ; he had been told of it in the country ; ancl on the circuit which he attended he had been asked how it was that we were always quarrelling among ourselves . He had heard no reason for restricting the monopoly to the London lodges ; why not extend the franchise , if it was a franchise , to every loclge on the registry of England . Bro . Crucefix , who sat before him , was especially silent on this pointand weak in all his other points ; in factthe
, , case was one of monopoly , and therefore bad . He hoped they were not to be led by communism , but would be permitted to continue in the true masonic track . He , for one , should oppose the motion . * Bro . SMITH highly approved of the proposition of Bro . Bigg , although a very late , it was an important and necessary alteration ; he should not quarrel with it on account of its tardiness , nor of its not going far enough , because the latter could be altered whenever the time was
thought proper , or if ever really put forward as a subject for consideration , could have been moved as an amendment . Bro . FAUDEL regretted to find that the only two points in the arguments of the opponents of the measure were based in error ; he ( Bro . F . ) felt sure that the statements were not wilfully made , " that the brethren in the country would be excluded from being Grand Stewards , " as , by the Book of Constitutions , page 52 , provision was made for the country brethren to be Grand Stewards alread y , and therefore they need not make a law for their being Grand Stewards in London ; he knew very well they could only now wear their distinguishing badge in their
province , but that could he easily altered , and be extended in the same manner as other Provincial Grand Officers were allowed to wear their colours , that objection therefore fell to the ground , while that taken by the Grand Registrar was quite erroneous—he was satisfied the Grand Registrar had made the declaration , that it was the law for every brother before he became Grand Steward to serve the stewardships of the charities was incorrect , the Grancl Registrar had so stated , ancl had added as a proof of such law existing , that he had been obliged to pledge himself
that he would serve those stewardships before he was permitted to attain the office of Grand Steward ; there might be such an understanding in some lodges , but he knew others in which no such regulation existed , nor did any enactment demand it . As far as the merits of the proposition went , he was somewhat influenced by what had been said by Bro . Havers , and was now determined to vote in support of the contemplated alteration—it was strange , but persons arrived at very different
conclusions from the same arguments . He gathered from Bro . Havers ' address , that he did not hold the office of Grand Steward in very great respect . That was precisely his ( Bro . F . ) opinion ; it reflected neither credit nor honour on the wearer of the red apron , and merely showed that a sum of money had been spent in banquetting , but that neither charity nor any other kind of relief had been afforded to a necessitous brother ; this , coupled with the assertion that if the present system was persevered in we should not be enabled in five years to find gentlemen willing to take upon themselves the office , induced him to vote for Bro . Bigg ' s proposal .
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
sorry to find so many differences among the Masons ; he had been told of it in the country ; ancl on the circuit which he attended he had been asked how it was that we were always quarrelling among ourselves . He had heard no reason for restricting the monopoly to the London lodges ; why not extend the franchise , if it was a franchise , to every loclge on the registry of England . Bro . Crucefix , who sat before him , was especially silent on this pointand weak in all his other points ; in factthe
, , case was one of monopoly , and therefore bad . He hoped they were not to be led by communism , but would be permitted to continue in the true masonic track . He , for one , should oppose the motion . * Bro . SMITH highly approved of the proposition of Bro . Bigg , although a very late , it was an important and necessary alteration ; he should not quarrel with it on account of its tardiness , nor of its not going far enough , because the latter could be altered whenever the time was
thought proper , or if ever really put forward as a subject for consideration , could have been moved as an amendment . Bro . FAUDEL regretted to find that the only two points in the arguments of the opponents of the measure were based in error ; he ( Bro . F . ) felt sure that the statements were not wilfully made , " that the brethren in the country would be excluded from being Grand Stewards , " as , by the Book of Constitutions , page 52 , provision was made for the country brethren to be Grand Stewards alread y , and therefore they need not make a law for their being Grand Stewards in London ; he knew very well they could only now wear their distinguishing badge in their
province , but that could he easily altered , and be extended in the same manner as other Provincial Grand Officers were allowed to wear their colours , that objection therefore fell to the ground , while that taken by the Grand Registrar was quite erroneous—he was satisfied the Grand Registrar had made the declaration , that it was the law for every brother before he became Grand Steward to serve the stewardships of the charities was incorrect , the Grancl Registrar had so stated , ancl had added as a proof of such law existing , that he had been obliged to pledge himself
that he would serve those stewardships before he was permitted to attain the office of Grand Steward ; there might be such an understanding in some lodges , but he knew others in which no such regulation existed , nor did any enactment demand it . As far as the merits of the proposition went , he was somewhat influenced by what had been said by Bro . Havers , and was now determined to vote in support of the contemplated alteration—it was strange , but persons arrived at very different
conclusions from the same arguments . He gathered from Bro . Havers ' address , that he did not hold the office of Grand Steward in very great respect . That was precisely his ( Bro . F . ) opinion ; it reflected neither credit nor honour on the wearer of the red apron , and merely showed that a sum of money had been spent in banquetting , but that neither charity nor any other kind of relief had been afforded to a necessitous brother ; this , coupled with the assertion that if the present system was persevered in we should not be enabled in five years to find gentlemen willing to take upon themselves the office , induced him to vote for Bro . Bigg ' s proposal .