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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
all under the recent prohibition of such proceedings with reference to Roman Catholics by a Royal Proclamation . Service was , however , performed at this church , at which many Brethren attended , to hear one of the most eloquent sermons that was ever preached by the Rev . Bro . W . J . Gleadall ,
P . G . C . of England , —a brief analysis of which will be found in our Report of the proceedings of the day , which , however , does nothing like justice to the excellence of the worthy Brother ' s truly Christian admonitions . * , The proceedings of the day thus began well . At tAvo
o ' clock the Grand Lodge was opened in a room set apart for that purpose , by the M . W . the G . M . the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , assisted by the D . G . M . the Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , M . P ., S . G . W ., many Provincial G . M . ' s , and other distinguished
Brethren . The Grand Lodge having been opened , a procession was formed , which , having proceeded through the grounds , again entered the building , and proceeded to the room set apart for the solemn service of dedication . Up to this point the business had proceeded smoothly ; but
confusion here commenced . To the astonishment of every Mason , nay , even to that of many who were not Masons at all , f the dedication-room was found to be crowded with ladies , whom the Committee had introduced for the purpose of presenting silver purses of £ 5 . 5 s . each , with a view to their becoming Life Governors of the Institution . We defy any one to prove themselves
" More true and sincere , and just to the fair " than ourselves ; J but we do not hesitate to assert that their presence in the room of dedication , during the performance of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
all under the recent prohibition of such proceedings with reference to Roman Catholics by a Royal Proclamation . Service was , however , performed at this church , at which many Brethren attended , to hear one of the most eloquent sermons that was ever preached by the Rev . Bro . W . J . Gleadall ,
P . G . C . of England , —a brief analysis of which will be found in our Report of the proceedings of the day , which , however , does nothing like justice to the excellence of the worthy Brother ' s truly Christian admonitions . * , The proceedings of the day thus began well . At tAvo
o ' clock the Grand Lodge was opened in a room set apart for that purpose , by the M . W . the G . M . the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , assisted by the D . G . M . the Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , M . P ., S . G . W ., many Provincial G . M . ' s , and other distinguished
Brethren . The Grand Lodge having been opened , a procession was formed , which , having proceeded through the grounds , again entered the building , and proceeded to the room set apart for the solemn service of dedication . Up to this point the business had proceeded smoothly ; but
confusion here commenced . To the astonishment of every Mason , nay , even to that of many who were not Masons at all , f the dedication-room was found to be crowded with ladies , whom the Committee had introduced for the purpose of presenting silver purses of £ 5 . 5 s . each , with a view to their becoming Life Governors of the Institution . We defy any one to prove themselves
" More true and sincere , and just to the fair " than ourselves ; J but we do not hesitate to assert that their presence in the room of dedication , during the performance of