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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 5 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Court was composed on the day , when this " pretty piece of work" was accomplished ; nor do we care to know . They certainly did neither themselves nor the Subscribers , whom they misrepresented on the occasion , any honour ; and if they had intended purposely to insult the Grand
Master , and to thwart the interests of the institutionwhich , we do not suppose was tiie case , —they could not have more perfectly succeeded . The Sub-Committee and their Report we should suppose , were overruled . The members of that Committee most assuredly could not have
stultified themselves , by first arranging with the Grand Master that the initiatory process should be performed " decently and in order , " and then have given their adherence to the views of the intelligent members of the Quarterly General Court . They could not thus have
" blown hot and cold . " Neither could Bro . Hardwick have assented to as gross an act of disrespect towards the Grand Master as can well be conceived . The Quarterly General
Court must , therefore , take the credit of the proceeding , and may they find the honour they have thrust upon themselves both agreeable and creditable . But the farce—if it be nothing worse—does not end here . After the Quarterly General Court had first , by its
Sub-Committee , arranged a day with the Grand Master for laying the stone , and then told him and the Sub-Committee that there toas " no time " to get ready—after , too , be it remembered , that the Grand Master had ofhis own accord extended the time asked for , which the Grand
Superintendent of Works had said to be sufficient , —it is positively asserted that it was agreed upon to ask the Grand Master to lay the first stone next year , when of course more than half of the building will be nearly ready for the placing of the cape-stone , if " the ivorlts are in the
meanwhile to proceed vigorously ! " What infatuation could have fallen on this enlightened body on this occasion ? Had any one of the members given himself a moment's consideration , he must have seen how truly ridiculous was the
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
Court was composed on the day , when this " pretty piece of work" was accomplished ; nor do we care to know . They certainly did neither themselves nor the Subscribers , whom they misrepresented on the occasion , any honour ; and if they had intended purposely to insult the Grand
Master , and to thwart the interests of the institutionwhich , we do not suppose was tiie case , —they could not have more perfectly succeeded . The Sub-Committee and their Report we should suppose , were overruled . The members of that Committee most assuredly could not have
stultified themselves , by first arranging with the Grand Master that the initiatory process should be performed " decently and in order , " and then have given their adherence to the views of the intelligent members of the Quarterly General Court . They could not thus have
" blown hot and cold . " Neither could Bro . Hardwick have assented to as gross an act of disrespect towards the Grand Master as can well be conceived . The Quarterly General
Court must , therefore , take the credit of the proceeding , and may they find the honour they have thrust upon themselves both agreeable and creditable . But the farce—if it be nothing worse—does not end here . After the Quarterly General Court had first , by its
Sub-Committee , arranged a day with the Grand Master for laying the stone , and then told him and the Sub-Committee that there toas " no time " to get ready—after , too , be it remembered , that the Grand Master had ofhis own accord extended the time asked for , which the Grand
Superintendent of Works had said to be sufficient , —it is positively asserted that it was agreed upon to ask the Grand Master to lay the first stone next year , when of course more than half of the building will be nearly ready for the placing of the cape-stone , if " the ivorlts are in the
meanwhile to proceed vigorously ! " What infatuation could have fallen on this enlightened body on this occasion ? Had any one of the members given himself a moment's consideration , he must have seen how truly ridiculous was the