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The Can Adas.
such as they are I hope they will be canvassed and deliberated upon by the Craft at large . " Pray lose no time , therefore , in doing this , and let each Lodge be prepared to express its opinions in the Grand Lodge under whose banner it at present ranges . All that is otherwise needful is to keep in continual remembrance the first grand principle of Freemasonry—brotherly loveand to reflect that without union our ancient and honourable Order must
be paralyzed in this important province ; whereas union will enable us at once to assume our proper position amongst the other Masonic nations of the earth . No amount of extraneous official impediments can withstand ourunited pressure , and our mother Grand Lodges on the other side of the Atlantic will eventually acknowledge that , although we are too old to be kept in leading strings , our ancient attachment , which must be ever due to them , has not been blotted out , and mutual interchanges of good will must result , to the contentment of all parties concerned , and the prosperity of Freemasonry .
"I have been favoured with letters from various Brethren , including Bro , Wilson , M . W . G . M ., and Bro . Ridout , B . W . D . G . M ., expressive of a feverish desire , I may call it , for union ; and I need only refer for corroborative testimony to the prevalence of this true Masonic feeling , to the proceedings of the 18 th instant in ' this city , when , I think , the greatest number of Brethren assembled together in Canada at one time and under one roof , met to assist in the dedication of the noble hall set apart for Masonic
purposes . Representatives of Lodges hailing from various Grand bodies cordially united on that auspicious occasion in giving vent to their brotherly feelings , and no one then present and afterwards partakers of the hospitality of St . Andrew's Lodge , can well forget the forcible words that fell from the lips of its Worshipful Master , Bro . Cumberland , and the Right Worshipful Bro . Allen , or the cheers that welcomed and ratified the Masonic language of each . I think that most kindly gathering contributed
largely to future unanimity , and I only regret that it was not a meeting of the entire Craft . However , such an assemblage will take place I doubt not . We have only to resolve to bear and forbear , give and take , and let bygones be bygones ; and in sanguine anticipation I submit a short programme of a ceremony for the incorporation and consolidation of the Fraternity under one Grand Lodge of Canada , and may the cup of brotherly love which I have there introduced , be soon on its passage
round , and may the G . A . O . T . U . spare us all to assist in draining it . "I remain , Brethren , yours fraternally , "T . Douglas Harington , " P . Prov . Grand Master , & c . "
[ Copy . ] ( " Ci Freemasons' Hall , Loudon , VZth March , 1858 . " R . W . Sir and Brother , —I am commanded by the Most Worshipful
Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt of vour Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 1 st of February , and to inform you that his lordship , having given the whole subject his mature deliberation , does not observe any grounds or any new circumstance alleged , which induce him to alter his expressed opinion .
" I am to inform you that the view you appear to take of the surrender of the warrants , is not , in his lordship ' s opinion , borne out by the Book of Constitutions . See Art . 21 ) , page 65 : ed . 1855 . " In reference to your quotations from the Freemasons' Magazine , I am
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The Can Adas.
such as they are I hope they will be canvassed and deliberated upon by the Craft at large . " Pray lose no time , therefore , in doing this , and let each Lodge be prepared to express its opinions in the Grand Lodge under whose banner it at present ranges . All that is otherwise needful is to keep in continual remembrance the first grand principle of Freemasonry—brotherly loveand to reflect that without union our ancient and honourable Order must
be paralyzed in this important province ; whereas union will enable us at once to assume our proper position amongst the other Masonic nations of the earth . No amount of extraneous official impediments can withstand ourunited pressure , and our mother Grand Lodges on the other side of the Atlantic will eventually acknowledge that , although we are too old to be kept in leading strings , our ancient attachment , which must be ever due to them , has not been blotted out , and mutual interchanges of good will must result , to the contentment of all parties concerned , and the prosperity of Freemasonry .
"I have been favoured with letters from various Brethren , including Bro , Wilson , M . W . G . M ., and Bro . Ridout , B . W . D . G . M ., expressive of a feverish desire , I may call it , for union ; and I need only refer for corroborative testimony to the prevalence of this true Masonic feeling , to the proceedings of the 18 th instant in ' this city , when , I think , the greatest number of Brethren assembled together in Canada at one time and under one roof , met to assist in the dedication of the noble hall set apart for Masonic
purposes . Representatives of Lodges hailing from various Grand bodies cordially united on that auspicious occasion in giving vent to their brotherly feelings , and no one then present and afterwards partakers of the hospitality of St . Andrew's Lodge , can well forget the forcible words that fell from the lips of its Worshipful Master , Bro . Cumberland , and the Right Worshipful Bro . Allen , or the cheers that welcomed and ratified the Masonic language of each . I think that most kindly gathering contributed
largely to future unanimity , and I only regret that it was not a meeting of the entire Craft . However , such an assemblage will take place I doubt not . We have only to resolve to bear and forbear , give and take , and let bygones be bygones ; and in sanguine anticipation I submit a short programme of a ceremony for the incorporation and consolidation of the Fraternity under one Grand Lodge of Canada , and may the cup of brotherly love which I have there introduced , be soon on its passage
round , and may the G . A . O . T . U . spare us all to assist in draining it . "I remain , Brethren , yours fraternally , "T . Douglas Harington , " P . Prov . Grand Master , & c . "
[ Copy . ] ( " Ci Freemasons' Hall , Loudon , VZth March , 1858 . " R . W . Sir and Brother , —I am commanded by the Most Worshipful
Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt of vour Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 1 st of February , and to inform you that his lordship , having given the whole subject his mature deliberation , does not observe any grounds or any new circumstance alleged , which induce him to alter his expressed opinion .
" I am to inform you that the view you appear to take of the surrender of the warrants , is not , in his lordship ' s opinion , borne out by the Book of Constitutions . See Art . 21 ) , page 65 : ed . 1855 . " In reference to your quotations from the Freemasons' Magazine , I am