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Notice To The Craft:
NOTICE TO THE CRAFT :
WE had intended to give , in this number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine and Review , " the names of the newly appointed Officers in various Lodges , Metropolitan and Provincial , and the rank to ivhich they have attained . As we have , however , most unexpectedly been unable to do this , agreeably to our promise by circular
to all the Lodges in England , ive are bound explicitly to state the reasons , which ive are confident will be accepted as a sufficient apology for an apparent breach of good faith . Although many Lodges warmly and immediately responded to oui- enquiries , ive are bound to state that our proposition was considered , for many reasons ,
by a vast majority , especially of the London Lodges , to be highly objectionable ; therefore they gave a positive refusal to acquaint us with the information we sought . It was held by other Brethren , to whom ive are under many obligations , and for whose opinions we entertain the highest respect , that although the publication of the
names of the Officers of Lodges was not a violation of the letter of Masonic law , it might be considered as interfering ivith its spirit . We feel that we are , therefore , bound to submit to their opinion . Under such circumstances , we throw ourselves upon the kind consideration of the Craft at large , requesting that those , who favoured the
proposition , will well weigh the reasons we have given for disappointing them , and respect our motives ; and that those who disapproved of it will deem it to have been an error of judgment , which we desire to rectify , —thus proving that we are both willing and ready to make the amende honourable , by at once yielding to their opinions , kindly expressed , and almost unanimously recorded . —ED . F . GL M . & R .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notice To The Craft:
NOTICE TO THE CRAFT :
WE had intended to give , in this number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine and Review , " the names of the newly appointed Officers in various Lodges , Metropolitan and Provincial , and the rank to ivhich they have attained . As we have , however , most unexpectedly been unable to do this , agreeably to our promise by circular
to all the Lodges in England , ive are bound explicitly to state the reasons , which ive are confident will be accepted as a sufficient apology for an apparent breach of good faith . Although many Lodges warmly and immediately responded to oui- enquiries , ive are bound to state that our proposition was considered , for many reasons ,
by a vast majority , especially of the London Lodges , to be highly objectionable ; therefore they gave a positive refusal to acquaint us with the information we sought . It was held by other Brethren , to whom ive are under many obligations , and for whose opinions we entertain the highest respect , that although the publication of the
names of the Officers of Lodges was not a violation of the letter of Masonic law , it might be considered as interfering ivith its spirit . We feel that we are , therefore , bound to submit to their opinion . Under such circumstances , we throw ourselves upon the kind consideration of the Craft at large , requesting that those , who favoured the
proposition , will well weigh the reasons we have given for disappointing them , and respect our motives ; and that those who disapproved of it will deem it to have been an error of judgment , which we desire to rectify , —thus proving that we are both willing and ready to make the amende honourable , by at once yielding to their opinions , kindly expressed , and almost unanimously recorded . —ED . F . GL M . & R .