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Coreespondmce
good foundation is laid , it is very rarely that a perfect superstructure is raised , the importance of having properly qualified brethren in office is enhanced . The reason ^ that some of our Lodges are so badly attended during business is , the pain felfc by really good workers , and those who know what correct working is , at hearing our beautiful ritual mutilated and spoiled . Besides the evils arising from the appointment of non-workers to' office ; another is , that young Brethren ,
seeing that promotion may be attained without working , do not think it worth their while to make a daily advancement in Masonic knowledge ^ and then in process of time there are so few able to properly conduct the business of the Lodge > that its management is thrown into the hands of one or two , whose ipse dixit becomes law , against which it is hopeless to appeal , without running the risk of unpleasantness . The course we should adopt at the coming elections
appears to me quite obvious—not bow too low at the shrine of rank or wealthnor show undue partiality to favourites ; but , as far as we can , put the right man in the i % ht . p lace , ever remembering that office should be given as a reward for haying worked , and not as an incentive to work . I am , dear Sir ^ nd Brother , Fraternally yours , ; :- ' MM .
MASONIC JURISPBUDENCE , f 0 THE EDITOR OF THE EREEMASOJSTS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR * Dear Sin and Brother , — -On my return from the sea-side , I received the September ' number of your excellent monthly journal , in which I find that my communication you were so kind as to give in the previous number , has brought rae under the censure of " a Sublime Prince of the Eoyal Secret , " and also under the censure of Lector . "
I trust you will allow me to take this early opportunity of assuring both respected Brothers , that my statement was intended as information to your Masonic readers in general—certainly not as " cut and slash criticism ; " and I do also assure the former I am pleased to be informed that " he too is a P . M . and P . Z . " presuming so high a distinction—a , ruler of the Craft— -could only be attained by a Brother possessed of general Masonic knowledge—of exemplary
conduct ' and address , and of courteous manners . Satisfied we should be that such a ruler would never permit or suffer any deviation from the established landmarks of our Order , neither would he administer , or cause to be administered , any rite or ceremony contrary to , or subversive of , our ancient Institution , but would strive to maintain pure and unsullied the genuine principles and tenets of the Craft , and thus transmit them froth generation to generation .
To " Lector " I apologize , acknowledging I have not read the numbers of the Magazine as regularly or as carefully as I ought ; however , I have now looked into the numbers pointed out in his letter , and find him correct ; but that , or his reference , has not induced me to alter my opinion , as expressed in your periodical last August , in which I am supported by our departed Bros . Aarons , Thompson , and Crucefix . —I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , truly , P . M . and P . Z .
SiJLENCE IN Lodge . —During the period when serious business occupies the attention of the Brethren , you must not leave your seat , or engage in conversation with your neighbour , not even in whispers ; neither should you move the chair or bench on which you are seated , or make any other noise to disturb the Master or his Officers in the orderly execution of their respective duties . Sileuce is the leading characteristic of a well-regulated Lodge . I have known many good Lodges * spoiled for want of a due attention to these trifling particulars , — Booh of the Lodge .
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Coreespondmce
good foundation is laid , it is very rarely that a perfect superstructure is raised , the importance of having properly qualified brethren in office is enhanced . The reason ^ that some of our Lodges are so badly attended during business is , the pain felfc by really good workers , and those who know what correct working is , at hearing our beautiful ritual mutilated and spoiled . Besides the evils arising from the appointment of non-workers to' office ; another is , that young Brethren ,
seeing that promotion may be attained without working , do not think it worth their while to make a daily advancement in Masonic knowledge ^ and then in process of time there are so few able to properly conduct the business of the Lodge > that its management is thrown into the hands of one or two , whose ipse dixit becomes law , against which it is hopeless to appeal , without running the risk of unpleasantness . The course we should adopt at the coming elections
appears to me quite obvious—not bow too low at the shrine of rank or wealthnor show undue partiality to favourites ; but , as far as we can , put the right man in the i % ht . p lace , ever remembering that office should be given as a reward for haying worked , and not as an incentive to work . I am , dear Sir ^ nd Brother , Fraternally yours , ; :- ' MM .
MASONIC JURISPBUDENCE , f 0 THE EDITOR OF THE EREEMASOJSTS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR * Dear Sin and Brother , — -On my return from the sea-side , I received the September ' number of your excellent monthly journal , in which I find that my communication you were so kind as to give in the previous number , has brought rae under the censure of " a Sublime Prince of the Eoyal Secret , " and also under the censure of Lector . "
I trust you will allow me to take this early opportunity of assuring both respected Brothers , that my statement was intended as information to your Masonic readers in general—certainly not as " cut and slash criticism ; " and I do also assure the former I am pleased to be informed that " he too is a P . M . and P . Z . " presuming so high a distinction—a , ruler of the Craft— -could only be attained by a Brother possessed of general Masonic knowledge—of exemplary
conduct ' and address , and of courteous manners . Satisfied we should be that such a ruler would never permit or suffer any deviation from the established landmarks of our Order , neither would he administer , or cause to be administered , any rite or ceremony contrary to , or subversive of , our ancient Institution , but would strive to maintain pure and unsullied the genuine principles and tenets of the Craft , and thus transmit them froth generation to generation .
To " Lector " I apologize , acknowledging I have not read the numbers of the Magazine as regularly or as carefully as I ought ; however , I have now looked into the numbers pointed out in his letter , and find him correct ; but that , or his reference , has not induced me to alter my opinion , as expressed in your periodical last August , in which I am supported by our departed Bros . Aarons , Thompson , and Crucefix . —I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , truly , P . M . and P . Z .
SiJLENCE IN Lodge . —During the period when serious business occupies the attention of the Brethren , you must not leave your seat , or engage in conversation with your neighbour , not even in whispers ; neither should you move the chair or bench on which you are seated , or make any other noise to disturb the Master or his Officers in the orderly execution of their respective duties . Sileuce is the leading characteristic of a well-regulated Lodge . I have known many good Lodges * spoiled for want of a due attention to these trifling particulars , — Booh of the Lodge .