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surate with the rapid improvement which marked every other branch of the social and political economy of this noble province .
The principal influences which retarded the progress of Masonry in Canada cannot be better described than by the following extracts from a circular , on the subject , issued by the Lodge of Strict Observance , No . 833 , R . E ., of the City of Hamilton , in the month of September last .
Adverting to the alleged grievances suffered by the Craft , it is there stated : — " The first and most important is , the diversity of interests and the want of harmony in action and in working , resulting from the growth
in the province , of Lodges hailing from the Grand Lodges of different countries , thute perpetuating local and national feelings and prejudices , and conflicting interests , and consequent estrangement of affection , amongst the Brethren of an Order that knows no country and is confined to no race .
" The second is , the manifest injustice of Lodges in this province being required , out of their limited means , to contribute to the accumulated funds of the Grand Lodge of England , in addition to having to support a Provincial Grand Lodge—and especially as the great proportion of claims for Masonic assistance that are daily and hourly occurring in this province , are made by Brethren emigrating from
the mother country , whilst instances of Masons leaving this for England , in a position to require such relief , are rare , if they ever occur at all . The Grand Lodge of England thus doubly tax the Fraternity here by transferring to these shores numberless claimants for Masonic benevolence , at the same time that they are receiving from us a portion of our means of affording that assistance .
" The third is , the inconvenience arising from the lengthened periods that must elapse , in consequence of the distance between us and the Grand Lodge of England , before we can receive replies to our communications , sanction to our proceedings , warrants , certificates of membership , & c , even in cases of emergency ; and instances have often occurred of Brethren being deprived of the privileges of
the Craft , by leaving for foreign countries before the arrival of their certificates—for which , it must be borne in mind , they had paid previously to their initiation . This disadvantage is unavoidable even were the correspondence and remittances of our Lodges promptly acknowledged and complied with , but which , unhappily , is far from being the case , important communications having frequently remained without reply for months , and in some cases for years , greatly to the
inconvenience of the Fraternity here . ; and notwithstanding that comp laints of such neglect have been repeatedly represented to the Grand Lodge of England through the regular channel of communication , and also by resolutions of the Provincial Grand Lodge through the Grand [ Registrar of England , they have as yet received no attention nor redress—a neglect * highly discourteous towards the Masons of Canada , and seriously injurious to the general interests of the Craft .
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surate with the rapid improvement which marked every other branch of the social and political economy of this noble province .
The principal influences which retarded the progress of Masonry in Canada cannot be better described than by the following extracts from a circular , on the subject , issued by the Lodge of Strict Observance , No . 833 , R . E ., of the City of Hamilton , in the month of September last .
Adverting to the alleged grievances suffered by the Craft , it is there stated : — " The first and most important is , the diversity of interests and the want of harmony in action and in working , resulting from the growth
in the province , of Lodges hailing from the Grand Lodges of different countries , thute perpetuating local and national feelings and prejudices , and conflicting interests , and consequent estrangement of affection , amongst the Brethren of an Order that knows no country and is confined to no race .
" The second is , the manifest injustice of Lodges in this province being required , out of their limited means , to contribute to the accumulated funds of the Grand Lodge of England , in addition to having to support a Provincial Grand Lodge—and especially as the great proportion of claims for Masonic assistance that are daily and hourly occurring in this province , are made by Brethren emigrating from
the mother country , whilst instances of Masons leaving this for England , in a position to require such relief , are rare , if they ever occur at all . The Grand Lodge of England thus doubly tax the Fraternity here by transferring to these shores numberless claimants for Masonic benevolence , at the same time that they are receiving from us a portion of our means of affording that assistance .
" The third is , the inconvenience arising from the lengthened periods that must elapse , in consequence of the distance between us and the Grand Lodge of England , before we can receive replies to our communications , sanction to our proceedings , warrants , certificates of membership , & c , even in cases of emergency ; and instances have often occurred of Brethren being deprived of the privileges of
the Craft , by leaving for foreign countries before the arrival of their certificates—for which , it must be borne in mind , they had paid previously to their initiation . This disadvantage is unavoidable even were the correspondence and remittances of our Lodges promptly acknowledged and complied with , but which , unhappily , is far from being the case , important communications having frequently remained without reply for months , and in some cases for years , greatly to the
inconvenience of the Fraternity here . ; and notwithstanding that comp laints of such neglect have been repeatedly represented to the Grand Lodge of England through the regular channel of communication , and also by resolutions of the Provincial Grand Lodge through the Grand [ Registrar of England , they have as yet received no attention nor redress—a neglect * highly discourteous towards the Masons of Canada , and seriously injurious to the general interests of the Craft .