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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 7 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
to the Brother to whom we have alluded , to consider of the propriety of extending the period at which widows may prefer their petitions for casual aid . Why not make it indefinite ? Any one who has been in the habit of attending the Lodge of Benevolence , must have often sympathised at the
disappointment arising not merely from ignorance of the law , but at the law itself , which should be amended without delay ; and while on the subject of the Lodge of Benevolence , we must enter a protest against that " meting out" of the funds which we have observed is becoming a growing evil . The
funds of the Lodge of Benevolence are the PROPERTY OF THE NECESSITOUS , for whose wants the Constitutions provide . If , on examination , it is found that means have become inadequate , because we have diverted £ 400 annually , from objects of casual relief to deserving annuitants ,
let us repair the evil before it is too late , by increasing the casual fund . We shall best illustrate our position by observing , that not long since , when the list of petitions was very numerous , the presiding officer reminded the meeting that they had but sixty-four founds to distribute . The hint was not taken , for the sum voted was nearer one hundred and fifty !
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS . —At this meeting the scrutineers for the Grand Lodge are chosen ; the measure is always attended with difficulty , and frequently the office is undertaken by the same parties . As in the charges , it is stated that preferment is conferred on merit only , we
suggest that the precedent , which by the Constitutions , regulates the appointment of the Audit Committee of the Grand Lodge from a certain number of the Masters of London , to be chosen by rotation , should also be adopted in the case of scrutineers . If the honours of the purple are
open to certain Lodges , let them , also , partake of the most honourable service in the Craft . We had intended to have
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
to the Brother to whom we have alluded , to consider of the propriety of extending the period at which widows may prefer their petitions for casual aid . Why not make it indefinite ? Any one who has been in the habit of attending the Lodge of Benevolence , must have often sympathised at the
disappointment arising not merely from ignorance of the law , but at the law itself , which should be amended without delay ; and while on the subject of the Lodge of Benevolence , we must enter a protest against that " meting out" of the funds which we have observed is becoming a growing evil . The
funds of the Lodge of Benevolence are the PROPERTY OF THE NECESSITOUS , for whose wants the Constitutions provide . If , on examination , it is found that means have become inadequate , because we have diverted £ 400 annually , from objects of casual relief to deserving annuitants ,
let us repair the evil before it is too late , by increasing the casual fund . We shall best illustrate our position by observing , that not long since , when the list of petitions was very numerous , the presiding officer reminded the meeting that they had but sixty-four founds to distribute . The hint was not taken , for the sum voted was nearer one hundred and fifty !
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS . —At this meeting the scrutineers for the Grand Lodge are chosen ; the measure is always attended with difficulty , and frequently the office is undertaken by the same parties . As in the charges , it is stated that preferment is conferred on merit only , we
suggest that the precedent , which by the Constitutions , regulates the appointment of the Audit Committee of the Grand Lodge from a certain number of the Masters of London , to be chosen by rotation , should also be adopted in the case of scrutineers . If the honours of the purple are
open to certain Lodges , let them , also , partake of the most honourable service in the Craft . We had intended to have