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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW. ← Page 9 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
vigorously ; " and , after the conduct , to which we have been compelled indignantly to refer , it is more than doubtful whether he could assist at the Consecration of a building , which , intended for Masonic purposes , has not been reared after its "just , perfect , and regular " proportions . It will
be useless to urge the instance of the Old Man ' s Asylum as a precedent ; it would be an utter mistake to do so ; for in that case the first stone ivas lead Masonically , by its originator and founder , Dr . Crucefix , who was too good a Craftsman to allow of the violation of a single formulary ,
which would interfere with the time-honoured landmarks of the Order . There is no analogy between the two cases , should it be attempted to be proved ; and if the course of
the Quarterly General Court of the Girls School be still persisted in , the Craft will positively possess a building , which has been begun in disorder instead of regularity , and cannot by any possibility be conducted in Peace , completed in Harmony , or be " honorable to the builders . "
We should indeed write on Freemasonry— "ICHABOD , THE GLORY IS DEPARTED , " if this occurrence were to pass unrebuked . The cowan has already , in too many instances , — as we have already shewn , —shut out the Mason from his office , and endeavoured to perform his work without him ;
but it remained for a body of Masons to put the finishing stroke to the anomaly , of which they have been the victims , by stultifying themselves , and shewing to " the popular world " that they so value , their customs as to think it unimportant to do their utmost to preserve and maintain them .
We ask the Quarterly General Court whether they would have dared to act as they have presumed to do , had the late M . W . Master , the Duke of Sussex , been living ? They know they would not have dared to do so . But , is it any reason , because Royalty does not now deign to smile upon
the Order , and a nobleman of singular urbanity , gentle bearing , and kind feeling occupies the high and important office of Grand Master , that the common courtesies of life should be omitted , and disrespect be wantonly VOL . II . N N
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
vigorously ; " and , after the conduct , to which we have been compelled indignantly to refer , it is more than doubtful whether he could assist at the Consecration of a building , which , intended for Masonic purposes , has not been reared after its "just , perfect , and regular " proportions . It will
be useless to urge the instance of the Old Man ' s Asylum as a precedent ; it would be an utter mistake to do so ; for in that case the first stone ivas lead Masonically , by its originator and founder , Dr . Crucefix , who was too good a Craftsman to allow of the violation of a single formulary ,
which would interfere with the time-honoured landmarks of the Order . There is no analogy between the two cases , should it be attempted to be proved ; and if the course of
the Quarterly General Court of the Girls School be still persisted in , the Craft will positively possess a building , which has been begun in disorder instead of regularity , and cannot by any possibility be conducted in Peace , completed in Harmony , or be " honorable to the builders . "
We should indeed write on Freemasonry— "ICHABOD , THE GLORY IS DEPARTED , " if this occurrence were to pass unrebuked . The cowan has already , in too many instances , — as we have already shewn , —shut out the Mason from his office , and endeavoured to perform his work without him ;
but it remained for a body of Masons to put the finishing stroke to the anomaly , of which they have been the victims , by stultifying themselves , and shewing to " the popular world " that they so value , their customs as to think it unimportant to do their utmost to preserve and maintain them .
We ask the Quarterly General Court whether they would have dared to act as they have presumed to do , had the late M . W . Master , the Duke of Sussex , been living ? They know they would not have dared to do so . But , is it any reason , because Royalty does not now deign to smile upon
the Order , and a nobleman of singular urbanity , gentle bearing , and kind feeling occupies the high and important office of Grand Master , that the common courtesies of life should be omitted , and disrespect be wantonly VOL . II . N N