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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Sm B ROTHER , —From the very great interest you have for years nast taken , ancl demonstrated by your zeal and labour , for the benefit ot the Craft I am induced to take the liberty of suggesting for your consideration , the publication of a " Grand Lodge Report . " To contain a 1 decisions ofthe Grand Lodge , Board of General Purposes , and of all questions submitted by Masters of Lodges to the Secretary , and his answers thereto , & c , from the period of the publication of the Book oi and to be continued b appendix to
Constitutions in 1841 , quarterly y an the Masonic Review . Such a publication , I humbly conceive , will prove of very great utility to the Craft , and tend to save disputation m Lodges ; rendering the oSce of Grand Secretary less onerous , ancl the duties ot Master more agreeable . It will also be instrumental in harmonizing our labours , and greatly enhance the value of the Masonic Quarterly Review . With these observations , I leave my humble suggestions m your able hands , ancl shall be glad to hear from you on the subject in the meantime . A M ASTER OF A LODGE . Kingston , Jamaica , 23 rrf January , 1840 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Some of the motions of last night at the Quarterly Communication , deserve a more calm discussion than generally attends a public debate . I , therefore , abstained from making any observations at the time , well knowing , from what constantly passes in that hall , that most questions are settled , before the debate begins . We will not stop to enquire , at this time , by what invisible agency so many important questions are sometimes smothered—at others carried—when
they ought not . In the debate last night respecting our library , one speaker certainly displayed more zeal than good taste . I think it easy to prove that we do not want a library of general literature . At any , and every , Quarterly Communication , cast your eyes round the room , ancl say whether you think one quarter , or one tenth , of the members present are persons in such situations of life that they are likely , after the labours of the day , to pass the evening in deep study ; or whether they will not more
probably be poring over their ledgers , or reading a novel or a newspaper to themselves or families . Doubtless there are some who employ their leisure hours in studying the arts and sciences ; but , I ask , cannot these find the works they want much nearer home than Great Queen Street ? In the present day , information , upon every subject , is published in such cheap forms , and literary institutions , book clubs , & c , are so numerous , that almost belongs to some one or other of them .
every man Although we want not a library of general literature , we do require a Masonic library , where the Brother who looks beyond the outward trappings awl festivities of the Craft , may find works calculated to show him the connexion Masonry has with all his social , moral , and religious duties—calculated to show him , not the properties of steam , or the means of accumulating worldly riches , ( he will find ample instruction for such
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To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Sm B ROTHER , —From the very great interest you have for years nast taken , ancl demonstrated by your zeal and labour , for the benefit ot the Craft I am induced to take the liberty of suggesting for your consideration , the publication of a " Grand Lodge Report . " To contain a 1 decisions ofthe Grand Lodge , Board of General Purposes , and of all questions submitted by Masters of Lodges to the Secretary , and his answers thereto , & c , from the period of the publication of the Book oi and to be continued b appendix to
Constitutions in 1841 , quarterly y an the Masonic Review . Such a publication , I humbly conceive , will prove of very great utility to the Craft , and tend to save disputation m Lodges ; rendering the oSce of Grand Secretary less onerous , ancl the duties ot Master more agreeable . It will also be instrumental in harmonizing our labours , and greatly enhance the value of the Masonic Quarterly Review . With these observations , I leave my humble suggestions m your able hands , ancl shall be glad to hear from you on the subject in the meantime . A M ASTER OF A LODGE . Kingston , Jamaica , 23 rrf January , 1840 .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —Some of the motions of last night at the Quarterly Communication , deserve a more calm discussion than generally attends a public debate . I , therefore , abstained from making any observations at the time , well knowing , from what constantly passes in that hall , that most questions are settled , before the debate begins . We will not stop to enquire , at this time , by what invisible agency so many important questions are sometimes smothered—at others carried—when
they ought not . In the debate last night respecting our library , one speaker certainly displayed more zeal than good taste . I think it easy to prove that we do not want a library of general literature . At any , and every , Quarterly Communication , cast your eyes round the room , ancl say whether you think one quarter , or one tenth , of the members present are persons in such situations of life that they are likely , after the labours of the day , to pass the evening in deep study ; or whether they will not more
probably be poring over their ledgers , or reading a novel or a newspaper to themselves or families . Doubtless there are some who employ their leisure hours in studying the arts and sciences ; but , I ask , cannot these find the works they want much nearer home than Great Queen Street ? In the present day , information , upon every subject , is published in such cheap forms , and literary institutions , book clubs , & c , are so numerous , that almost belongs to some one or other of them .
every man Although we want not a library of general literature , we do require a Masonic library , where the Brother who looks beyond the outward trappings awl festivities of the Craft , may find works calculated to show him the connexion Masonry has with all his social , moral , and religious duties—calculated to show him , not the properties of steam , or the means of accumulating worldly riches , ( he will find ample instruction for such