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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
the highest punishment denounced against such offences by the laws and constitutions , as such publications , if not discouraged and suppressed , must ultimately destroy the respectability , and may even hazard the existence of the Craft .
4 th . 1 hat with a view of checking this evil , the Grand Lodge call on all Masonic Authorities and Masters of Lodges on their Masonic allegiance , to use their utmost endeavours to cause all Brothers who may violate this privilege by engaging in any such publication as the late Freemasons' Quarterly Review , or by furnishing materials for such publication by any disclosure without due sanction of the proceedings or concerns of Masonry , to be brought before the proper tribunal , to be dealt with
according to the laws and constitutions of the Order . Sth . That these resolutions be forthwith transmitted by the Grand Secretary to all the constituted authorities of the Order , and the Masters of all Lod ges under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodsre of England . ° 6 th . That the M . W . Grand Master be requested to communicate the same in whatever manner he deem fitto the Grand Masters of
may , Masonry in Scotland and Ireland , and of other Grand Lodges . Tr 7 . - ^ hat tlle Master of every Lodge under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England , shall cause these resolutions to be read in open Lodge at the next meeting after the receipt thereof , and to be entered on the minutes of such Lodge , and that he shall immediatel y after such meeting report to the Grand Secretary the compliance with this resolution .
Extracted from the Minutes . WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . " If it were possible that the Grand Secretary could read the regulations of Grand Lodge , from time to time , at its several meetings , which , by the Book of Constitutions , he is enjoined to do , and , nevertheless , remain ignorant of the
regulation we have quoted ; or , if the constant repetition of them had become so mechanical as to confound in his memory the sense with the sound ; recent reference to the meaning and application of that regulation has been made , in a manner sufficiently forcible to reproduce it in all the
vividness of a first impression . But in directing the attention of our readers to that circumstance , we must observe , that it is the violation of the Masonic law and practice by the highest Masonic authorities—for we cannot assume that the Grand Secretary stands alone in the matter—which
compels us to turn back , in illustration of our argument , to proceedings which we could wish to have forgotten . The onus of this necessity rests not upon us , but upon those who enforce its exercise through ignorance or design .
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
the highest punishment denounced against such offences by the laws and constitutions , as such publications , if not discouraged and suppressed , must ultimately destroy the respectability , and may even hazard the existence of the Craft .
4 th . 1 hat with a view of checking this evil , the Grand Lodge call on all Masonic Authorities and Masters of Lodges on their Masonic allegiance , to use their utmost endeavours to cause all Brothers who may violate this privilege by engaging in any such publication as the late Freemasons' Quarterly Review , or by furnishing materials for such publication by any disclosure without due sanction of the proceedings or concerns of Masonry , to be brought before the proper tribunal , to be dealt with
according to the laws and constitutions of the Order . Sth . That these resolutions be forthwith transmitted by the Grand Secretary to all the constituted authorities of the Order , and the Masters of all Lod ges under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodsre of England . ° 6 th . That the M . W . Grand Master be requested to communicate the same in whatever manner he deem fitto the Grand Masters of
may , Masonry in Scotland and Ireland , and of other Grand Lodges . Tr 7 . - ^ hat tlle Master of every Lodge under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England , shall cause these resolutions to be read in open Lodge at the next meeting after the receipt thereof , and to be entered on the minutes of such Lodge , and that he shall immediatel y after such meeting report to the Grand Secretary the compliance with this resolution .
Extracted from the Minutes . WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . " If it were possible that the Grand Secretary could read the regulations of Grand Lodge , from time to time , at its several meetings , which , by the Book of Constitutions , he is enjoined to do , and , nevertheless , remain ignorant of the
regulation we have quoted ; or , if the constant repetition of them had become so mechanical as to confound in his memory the sense with the sound ; recent reference to the meaning and application of that regulation has been made , in a manner sufficiently forcible to reproduce it in all the
vividness of a first impression . But in directing the attention of our readers to that circumstance , we must observe , that it is the violation of the Masonic law and practice by the highest Masonic authorities—for we cannot assume that the Grand Secretary stands alone in the matter—which
compels us to turn back , in illustration of our argument , to proceedings which we could wish to have forgotten . The onus of this necessity rests not upon us , but upon those who enforce its exercise through ignorance or design .