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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Aud it is further enacted at page 68 , that " The majority of the members of a Lodge , when congregated , have the privilege of giving instructions to their Master , Past Masters , and Wardens , before the meeting of the Grand Lodge ; because such officers are their representativesand
, are supposed to speak their sentiments . " Taking these two regulations , either in their spirit or literal construction , we might conclude that it really is , as it ought to be , the intention of our Masonic Law , first , that , all the representatives of Lodges should be apprized of the
business to be brought before the Grand Lodge , and be prepared to decide thereon without being taken by surprise ; and next , that the members of each private Lodge should have the privilege of giving instructions to their representatives , before the meeting of the Grand Lodge . But these acts come so scarcely within the verge of possibility , that never , in any
single instance , have they been generally operative . To one class , and to that class of Masons alone , are the meetings of the General Committee of any practical service . That peculiarly privileged class , the Grand Officers , may take others by surprise , but are never taken b y surprise
themselves . For as concerns the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Lodges , in their representative capacity , or to the Members of Lodges as their constituents , the law is an absurdity . It can only apply to the very fno London Lodges , whose meetings are held on either of the six days ,
intervening between the two Wednesdays on which the meetings of the General Committee and the Grand Lodge are held . The vast majority of the London Lodges , and , unless accidentally , all Provincial Lodges , are taken by surprise , and are deprived of the privilege of instructing their representatives , as a matter of course . How long will such a perversion of truth and justice be permitted ?
Yet not even with the law , farcical as it is , does this grievous evil rest . The construction put upon the law by the Grancl Officers , who preside at meetings of the General
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Aud it is further enacted at page 68 , that " The majority of the members of a Lodge , when congregated , have the privilege of giving instructions to their Master , Past Masters , and Wardens , before the meeting of the Grand Lodge ; because such officers are their representativesand
, are supposed to speak their sentiments . " Taking these two regulations , either in their spirit or literal construction , we might conclude that it really is , as it ought to be , the intention of our Masonic Law , first , that , all the representatives of Lodges should be apprized of the
business to be brought before the Grand Lodge , and be prepared to decide thereon without being taken by surprise ; and next , that the members of each private Lodge should have the privilege of giving instructions to their representatives , before the meeting of the Grand Lodge . But these acts come so scarcely within the verge of possibility , that never , in any
single instance , have they been generally operative . To one class , and to that class of Masons alone , are the meetings of the General Committee of any practical service . That peculiarly privileged class , the Grand Officers , may take others by surprise , but are never taken b y surprise
themselves . For as concerns the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of Lodges , in their representative capacity , or to the Members of Lodges as their constituents , the law is an absurdity . It can only apply to the very fno London Lodges , whose meetings are held on either of the six days ,
intervening between the two Wednesdays on which the meetings of the General Committee and the Grand Lodge are held . The vast majority of the London Lodges , and , unless accidentally , all Provincial Lodges , are taken by surprise , and are deprived of the privilege of instructing their representatives , as a matter of course . How long will such a perversion of truth and justice be permitted ?
Yet not even with the law , farcical as it is , does this grievous evil rest . The construction put upon the law by the Grancl Officers , who preside at meetings of the General