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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
The Craft has much reason to be annoyed with the whole of this proceeding ; and were it not that the warm interest felt throughout the Fraternity for the prosperity of the Girls' School is much too strong to permit an affair like this to militate against it , great injury mi g ht result from the
blundering pertinacity of the few subscribers , who have so thoroughly spoiled what mi g ht have been a most , brilliant affair . We say SPOILED , —for none of that body , after a moment ' s thought , can suppose that the Earl of Zetland will stultify himself—if the absurdity of asking him to lay THE FIRST STONE of a building nearly finished be persisted in —b y consenting to do so . Even now it is not too late , but
that the matter may be rectified , unless infatuation reigns supreme in the parlour of the Girls' School House . October is generally a fine month . Wh y should not the works be at once stopped , as they are begun , and arrangements be instantl y entered upon "to wipe out this foul disgrace ?"
We doubt not that the Grand Master would overlook the disrespect which has been offered to him , if the amende were made at once , by determining , before October has passed , to ask him to commence this important work Masonically ; for we maintain that it will not be so commenced ,
unless the first stone be laid after the ancient manner and time-honoured customs of the Craft . Of one thing we are certain , that the Grand Master will not take part in any proceeding next spring , if " the zoorh in the mean-while proceeds
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
The Craft has much reason to be annoyed with the whole of this proceeding ; and were it not that the warm interest felt throughout the Fraternity for the prosperity of the Girls' School is much too strong to permit an affair like this to militate against it , great injury mi g ht result from the
blundering pertinacity of the few subscribers , who have so thoroughly spoiled what mi g ht have been a most , brilliant affair . We say SPOILED , —for none of that body , after a moment ' s thought , can suppose that the Earl of Zetland will stultify himself—if the absurdity of asking him to lay THE FIRST STONE of a building nearly finished be persisted in —b y consenting to do so . Even now it is not too late , but
that the matter may be rectified , unless infatuation reigns supreme in the parlour of the Girls' School House . October is generally a fine month . Wh y should not the works be at once stopped , as they are begun , and arrangements be instantl y entered upon "to wipe out this foul disgrace ?"
We doubt not that the Grand Master would overlook the disrespect which has been offered to him , if the amende were made at once , by determining , before October has passed , to ask him to commence this important work Masonically ; for we maintain that it will not be so commenced ,
unless the first stone be laid after the ancient manner and time-honoured customs of the Craft . Of one thing we are certain , that the Grand Master will not take part in any proceeding next spring , if " the zoorh in the mean-while proceeds