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Article THE FEEEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. ← Page 10 of 12 →
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
kindly feeling existing towards the Grand Lodge of England , an indication of its extensive operations , and an assurance of the esteem in which it is held . But it is a singular ancl also a satisfactory circumstance , that no other Province should have adopted a similar course to that resolved upon at Toronto , where ,
doubtless , the reasons urged by the Editor of the Boston Freemasons' Monthly Magazine for secession , might be supposed to operate more decisively . Had communication between the mother-country and Canada remained as it was when this publication was first established , and a long space of time had still
been required to traverse the broad Atlantic to reach that destination , there might have been some reason in the Editor ' s remarks upon the disadvantage of delay in the communications between England and Toronto ; but now that transit has become more rapid to and fro than fifty years ago it w as between
the Land ' s End and John o' Groat ' s House , there is no validity in the argument , and it is beside the question ; for of this we are thoroughly assured , that so far as the present M . W . the G . M .
is concerned , no delay will ever be originated . His kindly disposition is ever manifested in the desire to facilitate intercourse betw * een the metropolis of England ancl the Colonial Provinces , and sure we are , that if Upper Canada require that their poorer Brethren should be considered , there is also every disposition on
the part of the Grand Loclge of England to aid them to the utmost , ancl to enable them to share in the Fund of Benevolence to which that and other Provinces liberally contribute . "We would , therefore , cordially recommend the Canadian Brethren to pause before they finally commit themselves to a proceeding
of which they would speedily repent , ancl in which , ive are convinced , they Avould not have the countenance of any other Colonial Province at the present time . We have incidentally referred to this subject , in noticing the general fact of the increased favour now manifested towards
the Grand Loclge of England on the part of our Colonial Brethren , as a proof of that favour , inasmuch as the exception in the case of Canada West , to our mind , proves the rule ; ancl , vice versa , as " one swallow does not make a summer , " so one manifestation of apparent discontent—though exhibited with
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
kindly feeling existing towards the Grand Lodge of England , an indication of its extensive operations , and an assurance of the esteem in which it is held . But it is a singular ancl also a satisfactory circumstance , that no other Province should have adopted a similar course to that resolved upon at Toronto , where ,
doubtless , the reasons urged by the Editor of the Boston Freemasons' Monthly Magazine for secession , might be supposed to operate more decisively . Had communication between the mother-country and Canada remained as it was when this publication was first established , and a long space of time had still
been required to traverse the broad Atlantic to reach that destination , there might have been some reason in the Editor ' s remarks upon the disadvantage of delay in the communications between England and Toronto ; but now that transit has become more rapid to and fro than fifty years ago it w as between
the Land ' s End and John o' Groat ' s House , there is no validity in the argument , and it is beside the question ; for of this we are thoroughly assured , that so far as the present M . W . the G . M .
is concerned , no delay will ever be originated . His kindly disposition is ever manifested in the desire to facilitate intercourse betw * een the metropolis of England ancl the Colonial Provinces , and sure we are , that if Upper Canada require that their poorer Brethren should be considered , there is also every disposition on
the part of the Grand Loclge of England to aid them to the utmost , ancl to enable them to share in the Fund of Benevolence to which that and other Provinces liberally contribute . "We would , therefore , cordially recommend the Canadian Brethren to pause before they finally commit themselves to a proceeding
of which they would speedily repent , ancl in which , ive are convinced , they Avould not have the countenance of any other Colonial Province at the present time . We have incidentally referred to this subject , in noticing the general fact of the increased favour now manifested towards
the Grand Loclge of England on the part of our Colonial Brethren , as a proof of that favour , inasmuch as the exception in the case of Canada West , to our mind , proves the rule ; ancl , vice versa , as " one swallow does not make a summer , " so one manifestation of apparent discontent—though exhibited with