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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.—SEPTEMBER 2. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
ivith English Craft Masonry , is not within the jurisdiction of any Masonic Craft tribunal . The GRAND MASTER stopped the Brother , who , he said , must he ignorant of his ABC , to state that Brother Crueefix hacl the power to resign without the consent of the Grand Lodge . " I had invested him ( said the G . M . ) with the Collar of Junior Grand Deacon , and Grand Lodge alone can take that away . In factif he were now to applto
, y he admitted to Grand Lodge , he could not be refused . " * Bro . SANGSTER . —Dr . Crueefix is no longer a subscribing member to any Lodge , and therefore could not be admitted to Grand Lodge . GRAND MASTER . —It is not necessary that a Grand Officer should be a subscribing member to any Lodge . Bro . SANGSTER bowed to the decision of the Grand Master , although he could not coincide with him ; but he hopednotwithstandingthat
, , the Brethren would not confirm the report . Upon a division , the report was eventually confirmed . It was now considerably past eleven o ' clock , and several members of the Grand Lodge objected to any new motions being entertained , as soon as it was intimated that resolutions were to be proposed following up the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes ; but the Grand Master overruled the objection by declaring the competency of
Grand Lodge to entertain any thing which might be proposed in pursuance of the report . f Bro . DAVIS , P . Prov . D . G . M . Herts , then moved a resolution that the W . Brother R . T . Crueefix should be cited to appear before the Grand Lodge , to show cause why he should not be expelled . He ( Bro . D . ) stated that he hacl previously been a stranger to the proceedings , but upon such a report from the Board , founded upon the letter
addressed to the Grand Master , and the publication of the proceedings in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , he could feel no hesitation in supporting the Board by carrying out its recommendation , Bro . THOMAS ( Prov . G . Sec . for Herts ) seconded the resolution , which was put ancl carried . Bro . DAVIS next moved that an Especial Grand Lodge should be held on the 30 th of October , for the purpose of deciding upon the case , in order that it might not interfere with the routine business of the Quarterly Communication . X Bro . THOMAS seconded the resolution .
Bro . STEVENS rose to object to such precipitancy . It was another proof of the unmasonic spirit which had characterised the whole proceedings . He was most sorry ( he said ) to see it countenanced by the Grand Master , particularly when he remembered the course pursued by H . R . H . at an earlier period of the affair , and which he ( Bro . S . ) felt compelled to remind him of . The Grand Master would remember that after the decision of the Board , Brothers Aid . Thomas Wood , Crueefix ,
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Quarterly Communication.—September 2.
ivith English Craft Masonry , is not within the jurisdiction of any Masonic Craft tribunal . The GRAND MASTER stopped the Brother , who , he said , must he ignorant of his ABC , to state that Brother Crueefix hacl the power to resign without the consent of the Grand Lodge . " I had invested him ( said the G . M . ) with the Collar of Junior Grand Deacon , and Grand Lodge alone can take that away . In factif he were now to applto
, y he admitted to Grand Lodge , he could not be refused . " * Bro . SANGSTER . —Dr . Crueefix is no longer a subscribing member to any Lodge , and therefore could not be admitted to Grand Lodge . GRAND MASTER . —It is not necessary that a Grand Officer should be a subscribing member to any Lodge . Bro . SANGSTER bowed to the decision of the Grand Master , although he could not coincide with him ; but he hopednotwithstandingthat
, , the Brethren would not confirm the report . Upon a division , the report was eventually confirmed . It was now considerably past eleven o ' clock , and several members of the Grand Lodge objected to any new motions being entertained , as soon as it was intimated that resolutions were to be proposed following up the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes ; but the Grand Master overruled the objection by declaring the competency of
Grand Lodge to entertain any thing which might be proposed in pursuance of the report . f Bro . DAVIS , P . Prov . D . G . M . Herts , then moved a resolution that the W . Brother R . T . Crueefix should be cited to appear before the Grand Lodge , to show cause why he should not be expelled . He ( Bro . D . ) stated that he hacl previously been a stranger to the proceedings , but upon such a report from the Board , founded upon the letter
addressed to the Grand Master , and the publication of the proceedings in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , he could feel no hesitation in supporting the Board by carrying out its recommendation , Bro . THOMAS ( Prov . G . Sec . for Herts ) seconded the resolution , which was put ancl carried . Bro . DAVIS next moved that an Especial Grand Lodge should be held on the 30 th of October , for the purpose of deciding upon the case , in order that it might not interfere with the routine business of the Quarterly Communication . X Bro . THOMAS seconded the resolution .
Bro . STEVENS rose to object to such precipitancy . It was another proof of the unmasonic spirit which had characterised the whole proceedings . He was most sorry ( he said ) to see it countenanced by the Grand Master , particularly when he remembered the course pursued by H . R . H . at an earlier period of the affair , and which he ( Bro . S . ) felt compelled to remind him of . The Grand Master would remember that after the decision of the Board , Brothers Aid . Thomas Wood , Crueefix ,