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Address Of The Grand Master, J. H. Graham, L.L.D., &C.
such a satisfactory condition that Grand lodge will be pleased to grant them Warrants of Constitution . I beg to submit also for the consideration and action of Grand Lodge the important subject of making a beginning of a Grand
Lodge Library . Doubtless the B . 0 . G . P . will submit a report to Grand Lodge on the matter , as also anent recompensing Bro . Smithers for his arduous labors in preparing the Report on Foreign Correspondence , which I trust will be found
eminently satisfactory to Grand Lodge , and I would also request the board to consider and report on the recommendation of the Grand Master submitted last year anent the subdivision of the large District of Montreal , I trust also that the Committee on re-numbering the Lodges will be prepared with their report during the
present session . In view of the cases which not infrequently occur , of candidates otherwise well qualified , but having some physical defect , and as to whose acceptance doubts arise , it seems necessary to remind the brethren that no person should be initiated into
Freemasonry who has any maim or defect of body , which would render him incapable of learning the art , of serving his master's lord , and of being made a brother , and in due time a fellow craft and a Master Mason .
All doubtful cases of applicants should be referred by the Master to the District Deputy , who should carefully inquire into , and if practicable personally , make exanimation of the case , and fully report the same to the Grand Master , who will then render a decision thereon .
The recent publication of the History of Masonry in the Maritime provinces of the Dominion should remind us of the duty to which I have heretofore called the attention of the Grand Lodge , namely , the preparation for the publication of the interesting history of the craft in the Province
of Quebec . I beg to advise the Grand Lodge to appoint a permanent committee for the collection and preparation of materials for such a history , and I would request that each private Lodge will forthwith do the same thing , and that reports from each be submitted at the next annual conasfftt
nication of Grand Lodge . Let no ^ lfB ^ rn ^ S ^ who portant matter be longer delayed . /^!// GRAND trad / or / ^ u . L O D G E r l' $ \ I inninv , ; :: ^ wholl ) transp
It seems particularly necessary that I should call the especial attention of the representatives of lodges , in Grand Lodge assembled , to the very important subjects of lodge incomes and expenditures . All funds of the lodge should
safely and profitably be invested or deposited in saviugs or other banks by the proper officers as frequently as even a small amount is on hand ; aud a semiannual or annual official report of the same be made to th ? Lodge ; and monies should
be drawn from its funds only as needed for the relief of urgent distress , except after due consideration by the lodge , or by its officers , as prescribed by the bye-laws . 1 fear that some Lodges are too remiss in regard to this important matter . It
appears to me also that some lodges need admonition in regard to their various expenditures . Over-frequent , after-labour refreshment ought not to be indulged in a the expense of the lodge , perhaps not oftener than quarterly , and should then be
governed by a rigid , but generous economy and the strictest regard for the best possible promotion of social intercourse . I fear also that some lodges are too fond of mere display in fitting up their lodgeroomsand are sometimes actuated by a
, desire to emulate or outdo their older and perhaps wealthier neighbours , while something less expensive would be amply sufficient , and would leave more funds for the great purpose of true benevolence , and the more abundant relief of our brethren or
their widows or orphans in distress . My brethren , think of these things . It is deeply to be regretted that the excellent Masonic magazine , the News , started and ably conducted by our Rev . Bro . Myers , should have died but one year old , of that fell destroyer of Masonic journals , want of adequate support ; and our good Brother could hardly be expected to continue it at a loss , or distribute it gratuitously for the benefit of the Craft . It appears very desirable that there should be some Masonic paper published within our own jurisdiction . We could not as yet expect to maintain a magazine equal to the Craftsman in Ontario , but could not a small " Quarterly" be published at a very reasonable price and y devoted to information of what is iring at home and abroad in the
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Address Of The Grand Master, J. H. Graham, L.L.D., &C.
such a satisfactory condition that Grand lodge will be pleased to grant them Warrants of Constitution . I beg to submit also for the consideration and action of Grand Lodge the important subject of making a beginning of a Grand
Lodge Library . Doubtless the B . 0 . G . P . will submit a report to Grand Lodge on the matter , as also anent recompensing Bro . Smithers for his arduous labors in preparing the Report on Foreign Correspondence , which I trust will be found
eminently satisfactory to Grand Lodge , and I would also request the board to consider and report on the recommendation of the Grand Master submitted last year anent the subdivision of the large District of Montreal , I trust also that the Committee on re-numbering the Lodges will be prepared with their report during the
present session . In view of the cases which not infrequently occur , of candidates otherwise well qualified , but having some physical defect , and as to whose acceptance doubts arise , it seems necessary to remind the brethren that no person should be initiated into
Freemasonry who has any maim or defect of body , which would render him incapable of learning the art , of serving his master's lord , and of being made a brother , and in due time a fellow craft and a Master Mason .
All doubtful cases of applicants should be referred by the Master to the District Deputy , who should carefully inquire into , and if practicable personally , make exanimation of the case , and fully report the same to the Grand Master , who will then render a decision thereon .
The recent publication of the History of Masonry in the Maritime provinces of the Dominion should remind us of the duty to which I have heretofore called the attention of the Grand Lodge , namely , the preparation for the publication of the interesting history of the craft in the Province
of Quebec . I beg to advise the Grand Lodge to appoint a permanent committee for the collection and preparation of materials for such a history , and I would request that each private Lodge will forthwith do the same thing , and that reports from each be submitted at the next annual conasfftt
nication of Grand Lodge . Let no ^ lfB ^ rn ^ S ^ who portant matter be longer delayed . /^!// GRAND trad / or / ^ u . L O D G E r l' $ \ I inninv , ; :: ^ wholl ) transp
It seems particularly necessary that I should call the especial attention of the representatives of lodges , in Grand Lodge assembled , to the very important subjects of lodge incomes and expenditures . All funds of the lodge should
safely and profitably be invested or deposited in saviugs or other banks by the proper officers as frequently as even a small amount is on hand ; aud a semiannual or annual official report of the same be made to th ? Lodge ; and monies should
be drawn from its funds only as needed for the relief of urgent distress , except after due consideration by the lodge , or by its officers , as prescribed by the bye-laws . 1 fear that some Lodges are too remiss in regard to this important matter . It
appears to me also that some lodges need admonition in regard to their various expenditures . Over-frequent , after-labour refreshment ought not to be indulged in a the expense of the lodge , perhaps not oftener than quarterly , and should then be
governed by a rigid , but generous economy and the strictest regard for the best possible promotion of social intercourse . I fear also that some lodges are too fond of mere display in fitting up their lodgeroomsand are sometimes actuated by a
, desire to emulate or outdo their older and perhaps wealthier neighbours , while something less expensive would be amply sufficient , and would leave more funds for the great purpose of true benevolence , and the more abundant relief of our brethren or
their widows or orphans in distress . My brethren , think of these things . It is deeply to be regretted that the excellent Masonic magazine , the News , started and ably conducted by our Rev . Bro . Myers , should have died but one year old , of that fell destroyer of Masonic journals , want of adequate support ; and our good Brother could hardly be expected to continue it at a loss , or distribute it gratuitously for the benefit of the Craft . It appears very desirable that there should be some Masonic paper published within our own jurisdiction . We could not as yet expect to maintain a magazine equal to the Craftsman in Ontario , but could not a small " Quarterly" be published at a very reasonable price and y devoted to information of what is iring at home and abroad in the