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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
omission explained . Brother White , the G . S ., said , that it was not customary to print the resolutions of Grand Lodge until they had been confirmed , and he ( the G . S . ) considered this to be a very proper rule , because ( said he ) it might happen that at one Grand Lodge hostile proceedings might be determined on respecting some Lodge or Brother , which the succeeding Grand Lodge might object to confirm , and thus an act of injustice would be inflicted , which it would be impossible to remedy . ' Thus , then , continued Brother Stevens , it has been the practice substantially to confirm or reject at one Grand Lodge what had been passed at the preceding one . "
Who could doubt , after this , that the law as well as the practice—to say nothing of propriety—absolutely inhibited any attempt to carry the purport of resolutions into effect , before confirmation ? After this , who that is not an advocate for such " traitorous violations" of the principles of
Freemasonry as aim at the suppression of the truth , will venture to say , that a correct publication of the discussions in Grand Lodge , on questions " which involve the government and not the mysteries of the Fraternity , " is not indispensably necessary ? The ignorant may dread exposure ,
the passionate reprehension , the unjust reproach ; but the well-informed—as all may be with patience and application —the discreet , and the just , need not apprehend publicity . To the latter truth is an essential element , without which , neither Brotherly love nor charity can effectually prevail .
Verily the moderation of our intentions is put to an early test ! We begin , already , to doubt whether we can be just to the Craft , in , it is evident , an undue deference to its rulers ?
We cannot devote the space requisite for confuting every fallacy pertaining to the Grand Secretary's missive , but must be content to notice two remaining points of comparative importance . Let our readers peruse , again , the first part of regulation
number 8 , concerning motions in Grand Lodge ; and then learn , from us , that the notice of motion given by the R . W . the Deputy Grand Master , to the Committee of Grand Lodge , on the week preceding the Quarterly Com-
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
omission explained . Brother White , the G . S ., said , that it was not customary to print the resolutions of Grand Lodge until they had been confirmed , and he ( the G . S . ) considered this to be a very proper rule , because ( said he ) it might happen that at one Grand Lodge hostile proceedings might be determined on respecting some Lodge or Brother , which the succeeding Grand Lodge might object to confirm , and thus an act of injustice would be inflicted , which it would be impossible to remedy . ' Thus , then , continued Brother Stevens , it has been the practice substantially to confirm or reject at one Grand Lodge what had been passed at the preceding one . "
Who could doubt , after this , that the law as well as the practice—to say nothing of propriety—absolutely inhibited any attempt to carry the purport of resolutions into effect , before confirmation ? After this , who that is not an advocate for such " traitorous violations" of the principles of
Freemasonry as aim at the suppression of the truth , will venture to say , that a correct publication of the discussions in Grand Lodge , on questions " which involve the government and not the mysteries of the Fraternity , " is not indispensably necessary ? The ignorant may dread exposure ,
the passionate reprehension , the unjust reproach ; but the well-informed—as all may be with patience and application —the discreet , and the just , need not apprehend publicity . To the latter truth is an essential element , without which , neither Brotherly love nor charity can effectually prevail .
Verily the moderation of our intentions is put to an early test ! We begin , already , to doubt whether we can be just to the Craft , in , it is evident , an undue deference to its rulers ?
We cannot devote the space requisite for confuting every fallacy pertaining to the Grand Secretary's missive , but must be content to notice two remaining points of comparative importance . Let our readers peruse , again , the first part of regulation
number 8 , concerning motions in Grand Lodge ; and then learn , from us , that the notice of motion given by the R . W . the Deputy Grand Master , to the Committee of Grand Lodge , on the week preceding the Quarterly Com-