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good of Freemasonry , I hope the reply will be a repetition of my proposition * If carried out , we shall be able to look back with honourable pride on the year ' s abnegation that gave our boys a home . —I remain , dear Sir and Brother , , Faithfully and fraternally yours , John Mott Thearle , February 26 , 1856 . P . M ., No . 82 , Prov . G . S . B . Herts .
Provincial Grand Officers.
PEG VINCI AL GRAND OFFICERS .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Will you allow me to ask the Provincial Grand Master for Devonshire , if it is not a rule in his Province that a Bro . must hold a certain rank in her Majesty ' s service , or a commission of the peace , to entitle him to the Collar of a Prov . Grand Warden ? If such is the fact—and I am informed it is , upon undeniable authority , —the Most Worshipful Grand Master is bound to take cognizance of this violation of the Constitutions . Truly and fraternally yours , Bath , February , 1856 . B . C . V .
Grand Lodge Of Canada.
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir , —In my communication to you under date 22 nd October last , I promised to give more ample particulars of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Canada , and now avail myself of leisure to do so . It would , however , take up too much time and space were I to give in detail the many reasons w hich have induced so large a number of the Brethren in Canada to take the important step they have so lately done ; nor indeed is it necessary , for these reasons have to some
extent been already given by a correspondent of your Magazine , who , under the signature " Canadian , " writes from Kingston , dated August 3 rd , 1855 , and who , although opposed to the formation of a Grand Lodge for Canada , unintentionally shows the necessity of its establishment . I refer you to his letter , and shall take Tip the history of the movement , of which I have already communicated the result , from the point where he left off , viz ., from the time of the meeting on the 19 th
July last of the Provincial Grand Lodge , at the Clifton House , Niagara Falls . " Canadian " informs you that he had reason to believe , that in consequence of the many just canses of complaint which the Craft in this Province really had , a Convention of Masons in Canada would be called for the purpose of organizing a Grand Lodge and electing a Grand Master . My last shows you the correctness of his surmise , that this Convention had met ; and I now proceed to inform you that thereat , after the most mature deliberation and earnest and harmonious
discussion , the following Preamble and Eesolution were unanimously adopted , viz . : —¦ ic That whereas the existence of Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons in this Province , hailing from three several Grand Lodges , is a system productive of much evil to the Craft , creating a diversity of interest and allegiance , an absence of harmony in action and working , perpetuating local and national feelings , and thus estranging the affections of Brethren , whose Order knows no country and is confined to no race ; and
" Whereas the benevolent funds of Canadian Freemasons , small as they are , are constantly taxed to relieve needy Brethren from Europe ; while those funds are doubly drawn upon by contributions to the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland , and to the Provincial Grand Lodges of Canada , thus creating a constant drain upon those funds in a direction from which but little return can ever be expected ; and " Whereas the distance between Canada and the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , presents a very serious difficulty , in regard to the necessary correspondence a , s well as the prompt receipt of warrants and certificates , which
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good of Freemasonry , I hope the reply will be a repetition of my proposition * If carried out , we shall be able to look back with honourable pride on the year ' s abnegation that gave our boys a home . —I remain , dear Sir and Brother , , Faithfully and fraternally yours , John Mott Thearle , February 26 , 1856 . P . M ., No . 82 , Prov . G . S . B . Herts .
Provincial Grand Officers.
PEG VINCI AL GRAND OFFICERS .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Will you allow me to ask the Provincial Grand Master for Devonshire , if it is not a rule in his Province that a Bro . must hold a certain rank in her Majesty ' s service , or a commission of the peace , to entitle him to the Collar of a Prov . Grand Warden ? If such is the fact—and I am informed it is , upon undeniable authority , —the Most Worshipful Grand Master is bound to take cognizance of this violation of the Constitutions . Truly and fraternally yours , Bath , February , 1856 . B . C . V .
Grand Lodge Of Canada.
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir , —In my communication to you under date 22 nd October last , I promised to give more ample particulars of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Canada , and now avail myself of leisure to do so . It would , however , take up too much time and space were I to give in detail the many reasons w hich have induced so large a number of the Brethren in Canada to take the important step they have so lately done ; nor indeed is it necessary , for these reasons have to some
extent been already given by a correspondent of your Magazine , who , under the signature " Canadian , " writes from Kingston , dated August 3 rd , 1855 , and who , although opposed to the formation of a Grand Lodge for Canada , unintentionally shows the necessity of its establishment . I refer you to his letter , and shall take Tip the history of the movement , of which I have already communicated the result , from the point where he left off , viz ., from the time of the meeting on the 19 th
July last of the Provincial Grand Lodge , at the Clifton House , Niagara Falls . " Canadian " informs you that he had reason to believe , that in consequence of the many just canses of complaint which the Craft in this Province really had , a Convention of Masons in Canada would be called for the purpose of organizing a Grand Lodge and electing a Grand Master . My last shows you the correctness of his surmise , that this Convention had met ; and I now proceed to inform you that thereat , after the most mature deliberation and earnest and harmonious
discussion , the following Preamble and Eesolution were unanimously adopted , viz . : —¦ ic That whereas the existence of Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons in this Province , hailing from three several Grand Lodges , is a system productive of much evil to the Craft , creating a diversity of interest and allegiance , an absence of harmony in action and working , perpetuating local and national feelings , and thus estranging the affections of Brethren , whose Order knows no country and is confined to no race ; and
" Whereas the benevolent funds of Canadian Freemasons , small as they are , are constantly taxed to relieve needy Brethren from Europe ; while those funds are doubly drawn upon by contributions to the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland , and to the Provincial Grand Lodges of Canada , thus creating a constant drain upon those funds in a direction from which but little return can ever be expected ; and " Whereas the distance between Canada and the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , presents a very serious difficulty , in regard to the necessary correspondence a , s well as the prompt receipt of warrants and certificates , which