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Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
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TTTE have to report the successful result of our first great Charitable Anni-* " versary for 1878 , when Bro . James Terry announced that the steAvards had returned £ 11 , 126 . The Duke of Manchester ably presided over the gathering which Avas both numerous " and enthusiastic We congratulate Bro . Terry . We have little else to report , except the prosperous growth of English Freemasonry . On all sides Ave behold signs of a flourishing order and neAV Lodges .
Many Lodges are raising then- fees of admission , and Ave think most advisedly , It is quite clear that the Loclges qua Lodges must do more for the Charities , and also make the privilege of entrance rather dearer than it now is . Quantity , not quality , seems to be the desideratum of some Lodges . But such a state of things is greatly to be deprecated , as it will act inevitably , sooner or later , most
prejudicially on the Craft . Abroad , the " Insanis ira civium Latomicorum " continues , especiall y in France , though there 'are signs there that a large and intelligent minority are not prepared to be dragged through the dirt by an intolerant and illogical majority . Brother Hubert declines re-election to the Mastership of his Lodge , dissatisfied with past and present , and anxious for the future , and the movement seems spreading .
In the meantime , as if to mend matters , the G . Orient coolly proposes to grant Charters to French Lodges in all jurisdictions which are not in fraternal relationshi p with it . This is Masonic revolution as well as Masonic impertinence with a vengeance ! But we are not the least surprised at it , as the open patronage of the " Philadelphes "—a political and spurious body in London—by the
Monde Maconnique , is a discredit to French Masonic journalism and an insult to English Freemasonry . 2 n
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Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
A' ^^ ftS . tef ^/ vD \ A i °°fl £ d W' ^ l ) y y
TTTE have to report the successful result of our first great Charitable Anni-* " versary for 1878 , when Bro . James Terry announced that the steAvards had returned £ 11 , 126 . The Duke of Manchester ably presided over the gathering which Avas both numerous " and enthusiastic We congratulate Bro . Terry . We have little else to report , except the prosperous growth of English Freemasonry . On all sides Ave behold signs of a flourishing order and neAV Lodges .
Many Lodges are raising then- fees of admission , and Ave think most advisedly , It is quite clear that the Loclges qua Lodges must do more for the Charities , and also make the privilege of entrance rather dearer than it now is . Quantity , not quality , seems to be the desideratum of some Lodges . But such a state of things is greatly to be deprecated , as it will act inevitably , sooner or later , most
prejudicially on the Craft . Abroad , the " Insanis ira civium Latomicorum " continues , especiall y in France , though there 'are signs there that a large and intelligent minority are not prepared to be dragged through the dirt by an intolerant and illogical majority . Brother Hubert declines re-election to the Mastership of his Lodge , dissatisfied with past and present , and anxious for the future , and the movement seems spreading .
In the meantime , as if to mend matters , the G . Orient coolly proposes to grant Charters to French Lodges in all jurisdictions which are not in fraternal relationshi p with it . This is Masonic revolution as well as Masonic impertinence with a vengeance ! But we are not the least surprised at it , as the open patronage of the " Philadelphes "—a political and spurious body in London—by the
Monde Maconnique , is a discredit to French Masonic journalism and an insult to English Freemasonry . 2 n