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The Geam) Seceetaby.
we did not do all fa our power to prevent the recurrence of so great an evil . Masonry expects that every Brother shall do his duty . To return ., however , to the question . " Who / ' or rather "What
manner of man , ought our Grand Secretary to be ?" He should evidently be , in the first place , "True and trusty , of good report , well skilled in the ancient charges , customs , and constitutions of the Order , kind and courteous in his demeanour , easy of
address and access to his Brethren , yet firm and steady in principle , and , above all , held in high estimation in the Craft . " But a man may be all this and yet may be far from an efficient Grand Secretary . There are two more especially important qualifications , without ample proofs of possessing both of which no man should be appointed to the office .
The first is , that he should be a man of most undeniably businesslike habits , and the next that he be in every sense of—the word " a gentleman . " Several candidates are in the field , which ( as the office is w orth £ 400 per annum ) is not to be w ondered at ; and doubtless all the machinery of touting for influence with the Grand Master w ill be
employed to obtain the position . Let Lord Zetland remember that his appointment is not merely for the present but for the future advancement and maintenance of the Order . "We want a scholar and a gentleman , one who with good business habits can represent the amenities of our noble Craft in his own person , gesture , and bearing ; who can give something to Masonry , and not only take from it ; conferring ,
if not the donation of the purse , yet at all events the dignity and talent of the man . Lord Zetland is w ellbred , let his appointment exalt himself by realizing the old saying— " Woscitur a sociis . " We say this with especial significance at the present period , when selfishness seems threatening to destroy Masonic disinterestedness , and the offices of the Craft are sought less from a motive of duty than to make something out of them in pelf .
Courtesy is of no small value ; for , he it remembered , the common courtesy of gentlemen m ac / cnowledyinc / a letter , much more a payment , would have saved us the colonies . Verb urn sat . The Grand Secretary ' s office has hitherto been in a great measure
the cause of the turbulent meetings which Grand Lodge has lately experienced : let us hope that , under a new reyhie , the Colonial Board , and the incoming dynasty , harmony may prevail , and the passions which have excited the breasts of our Brethren , who have the welfare of the Craft at heart , may subside into longwishcd-for tranquillity .
This , however , depends mainly upon the present appointment , and as it is vested entirely in the Grand Master , we trust his anxiety for the good of lireemasonry , his own feeling , his appreciation of goodbreeding , and desire to do his duty as becomes his high station , will induce him , apart from the consideration of party feeling or private friendship , to select a well-qualified gentleman , upright , able , and independent ^ as " the right uiau tor the right place / '
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The Geam) Seceetaby.
we did not do all fa our power to prevent the recurrence of so great an evil . Masonry expects that every Brother shall do his duty . To return ., however , to the question . " Who / ' or rather "What
manner of man , ought our Grand Secretary to be ?" He should evidently be , in the first place , "True and trusty , of good report , well skilled in the ancient charges , customs , and constitutions of the Order , kind and courteous in his demeanour , easy of
address and access to his Brethren , yet firm and steady in principle , and , above all , held in high estimation in the Craft . " But a man may be all this and yet may be far from an efficient Grand Secretary . There are two more especially important qualifications , without ample proofs of possessing both of which no man should be appointed to the office .
The first is , that he should be a man of most undeniably businesslike habits , and the next that he be in every sense of—the word " a gentleman . " Several candidates are in the field , which ( as the office is w orth £ 400 per annum ) is not to be w ondered at ; and doubtless all the machinery of touting for influence with the Grand Master w ill be
employed to obtain the position . Let Lord Zetland remember that his appointment is not merely for the present but for the future advancement and maintenance of the Order . "We want a scholar and a gentleman , one who with good business habits can represent the amenities of our noble Craft in his own person , gesture , and bearing ; who can give something to Masonry , and not only take from it ; conferring ,
if not the donation of the purse , yet at all events the dignity and talent of the man . Lord Zetland is w ellbred , let his appointment exalt himself by realizing the old saying— " Woscitur a sociis . " We say this with especial significance at the present period , when selfishness seems threatening to destroy Masonic disinterestedness , and the offices of the Craft are sought less from a motive of duty than to make something out of them in pelf .
Courtesy is of no small value ; for , he it remembered , the common courtesy of gentlemen m ac / cnowledyinc / a letter , much more a payment , would have saved us the colonies . Verb urn sat . The Grand Secretary ' s office has hitherto been in a great measure
the cause of the turbulent meetings which Grand Lodge has lately experienced : let us hope that , under a new reyhie , the Colonial Board , and the incoming dynasty , harmony may prevail , and the passions which have excited the breasts of our Brethren , who have the welfare of the Craft at heart , may subside into longwishcd-for tranquillity .
This , however , depends mainly upon the present appointment , and as it is vested entirely in the Grand Master , we trust his anxiety for the good of lireemasonry , his own feeling , his appreciation of goodbreeding , and desire to do his duty as becomes his high station , will induce him , apart from the consideration of party feeling or private friendship , to select a well-qualified gentleman , upright , able , and independent ^ as " the right uiau tor the right place / '