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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
strong , that they will not suffer the Committee , for want of ample means , to falter for a single moment in the prosecution of a work destined to enrich the children of poverty , and to " cause the widow ' s heart to leap for joy , " as she sees her fatherless boy safely housed beneath the hospitable
roofraised by the hands of the fraternal love—and rescued from the snares , from which her scanty means are too feeble to secure him .
Grand Lodge For March.
GRAND LODGE FOR MARCH .
IT is not often that we call especial attention to the proceedings of the Grand Lodge . The intelligence we regularly furnish from the authenticated publications of the Report , issued from Freemason ' s Hall , is to our minds generally sufficient to make the Brethren cognisant of what is going on at" head quarters . " We cannot , however , allow a portion of the proceedings of the last Grand Lodge to " without note or comment" inasmuch as a matterwhich
occupass , , pied the attention of the fe \ v ' remaining members at its close , seems to us to be of such paramount importance as to demand especial remark . During the four last meetings of the Grand Lodge , viz . those for the Masonic year 1851-1852 , the absence of the Grand Stewards has been both singular and unusual . Out of the eighteen appointed at the last Grand Festival , the greater number have never been once present at the Grand Lodge Meetingsand on the last occasion two
, only were found in their places upon the floor of the Grand Lodge during its proceedings . " Whether any were employed " without the porch of the Grand Lodge " we cannot say ; but certain it is , if they ¦ were so , they never showed themselves to the assembled Brethren , or entered "the Temple" after assisting the Grand Pursuivant . From the repeated and continued interruption at the porch of the Grand Lodge , we can but infer that they were also absent from tlieir post of
duty here ,, as elsewhere . We thank Bro . Havers for calling the attention of the Grand Lodge to this singular omission of duty , and hope to find it corrected on future occasions , no less than to see that the Brethren themselves , who attend the Grand Lodge , remain to the close of the proceedings , and not act as on the last occasion , rushing in long after business was commenced , and rushing out again before they had been present half an hour . The repetition of such unseeml
y and un-Masonic conduct will certainly insure a more strict " tyling " than has hitherto ruled under the present M . W . G . M ., which will fall severely in many cases , where such a punishment would be unmerited . We hope that the " word" we here speak will be " sufficient to the wise , " and that this abuse of patience and of privilege may be at once corrected .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
strong , that they will not suffer the Committee , for want of ample means , to falter for a single moment in the prosecution of a work destined to enrich the children of poverty , and to " cause the widow ' s heart to leap for joy , " as she sees her fatherless boy safely housed beneath the hospitable
roofraised by the hands of the fraternal love—and rescued from the snares , from which her scanty means are too feeble to secure him .
Grand Lodge For March.
GRAND LODGE FOR MARCH .
IT is not often that we call especial attention to the proceedings of the Grand Lodge . The intelligence we regularly furnish from the authenticated publications of the Report , issued from Freemason ' s Hall , is to our minds generally sufficient to make the Brethren cognisant of what is going on at" head quarters . " We cannot , however , allow a portion of the proceedings of the last Grand Lodge to " without note or comment" inasmuch as a matterwhich
occupass , , pied the attention of the fe \ v ' remaining members at its close , seems to us to be of such paramount importance as to demand especial remark . During the four last meetings of the Grand Lodge , viz . those for the Masonic year 1851-1852 , the absence of the Grand Stewards has been both singular and unusual . Out of the eighteen appointed at the last Grand Festival , the greater number have never been once present at the Grand Lodge Meetingsand on the last occasion two
, only were found in their places upon the floor of the Grand Lodge during its proceedings . " Whether any were employed " without the porch of the Grand Lodge " we cannot say ; but certain it is , if they ¦ were so , they never showed themselves to the assembled Brethren , or entered "the Temple" after assisting the Grand Pursuivant . From the repeated and continued interruption at the porch of the Grand Lodge , we can but infer that they were also absent from tlieir post of
duty here ,, as elsewhere . We thank Bro . Havers for calling the attention of the Grand Lodge to this singular omission of duty , and hope to find it corrected on future occasions , no less than to see that the Brethren themselves , who attend the Grand Lodge , remain to the close of the proceedings , and not act as on the last occasion , rushing in long after business was commenced , and rushing out again before they had been present half an hour . The repetition of such unseeml
y and un-Masonic conduct will certainly insure a more strict " tyling " than has hitherto ruled under the present M . W . G . M ., which will fall severely in many cases , where such a punishment would be unmerited . We hope that the " word" we here speak will be " sufficient to the wise , " and that this abuse of patience and of privilege may be at once corrected .