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Article GEilD LODaE. ← Page 3 of 3 Article THE PROVINCE OF WEST YORKSHIRE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Geild Lodae.
the noble lord should have brought forward his resolution , and thereby subjected himself to be placed in a minority on a point of principle , which he was led to raise only by his kindliness on . seeing how much Bro . Chapman took the loss of his office to heart .
The remainder of the proceedings consisted mainly of the adoption of some recommendations of the Board of General Purposes , in the course of which a rather smart conversation took place m to the power of a Brother to raise an amendment on a paragraph of a report , which , though expressing an opinion , did not enunciate any principle .
the debate being principally confined to the legal members of Grand Lodge . That Bro . Boxburgh was right in arguing that no such amendment could be proposed we think every reflecting Brother will admit , and we only regret that so much valuable time should have been lost on so self-eYident a proposition ;
The Province Of West Yorkshire.
THE PBOYINCE OF WEST YOBKSHIRE .
Ah article which we published a few weeks since on the general management of Provincial Grand Lodges , and which led us to take notice of and condemn a proposition for the formation of a Board of General Purposes for West Yorkshire , as unconstitutional , has brought upon us a large mass of correspondence ; and we are glad to perceive that the majority of the writers ( all being West Yorkshire
Brethren of eminence , whose names are m our possession ) agree with our comments , and admit that a large body of the West Yorkshire Brethren are themselves convinced of the illegality of the proposed board . Our principal correspondent , however , is the Eight Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master—a Brother who by his rank , his position as a gentleman , and his attainments , deservedly stands high in the estimation of the Craft—who has put some categorical questions to us , which we shall endeavour to answer .
We never denied that it was the general practice to open a Provincial Grand Lodge within a private Lodge ; but however general , that is no evidence of the correctness of the practice , and we again repeat that Provincial Grand Lodges should as nearly as possible adopt the practice of Grand Lodge in the manner of conducting their business . We are asked to state who are " the most distinguished
legal authorities in the Order" who concur with us in our opinion . Perhaps it would be rather more correct were we to say that we concur with them in opinion from having observed their practice , and not from anything wo have personally heard from their lips ; and if we do not now publish their names , it is because we do not feel justified in doing so until wo have their permission , which we assure Bro . Eearnley we will take an early opportunity of ejndeavouring to obtain , 3 I i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Geild Lodae.
the noble lord should have brought forward his resolution , and thereby subjected himself to be placed in a minority on a point of principle , which he was led to raise only by his kindliness on . seeing how much Bro . Chapman took the loss of his office to heart .
The remainder of the proceedings consisted mainly of the adoption of some recommendations of the Board of General Purposes , in the course of which a rather smart conversation took place m to the power of a Brother to raise an amendment on a paragraph of a report , which , though expressing an opinion , did not enunciate any principle .
the debate being principally confined to the legal members of Grand Lodge . That Bro . Boxburgh was right in arguing that no such amendment could be proposed we think every reflecting Brother will admit , and we only regret that so much valuable time should have been lost on so self-eYident a proposition ;
The Province Of West Yorkshire.
THE PBOYINCE OF WEST YOBKSHIRE .
Ah article which we published a few weeks since on the general management of Provincial Grand Lodges , and which led us to take notice of and condemn a proposition for the formation of a Board of General Purposes for West Yorkshire , as unconstitutional , has brought upon us a large mass of correspondence ; and we are glad to perceive that the majority of the writers ( all being West Yorkshire
Brethren of eminence , whose names are m our possession ) agree with our comments , and admit that a large body of the West Yorkshire Brethren are themselves convinced of the illegality of the proposed board . Our principal correspondent , however , is the Eight Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master—a Brother who by his rank , his position as a gentleman , and his attainments , deservedly stands high in the estimation of the Craft—who has put some categorical questions to us , which we shall endeavour to answer .
We never denied that it was the general practice to open a Provincial Grand Lodge within a private Lodge ; but however general , that is no evidence of the correctness of the practice , and we again repeat that Provincial Grand Lodges should as nearly as possible adopt the practice of Grand Lodge in the manner of conducting their business . We are asked to state who are " the most distinguished
legal authorities in the Order" who concur with us in our opinion . Perhaps it would be rather more correct were we to say that we concur with them in opinion from having observed their practice , and not from anything wo have personally heard from their lips ; and if we do not now publish their names , it is because we do not feel justified in doing so until wo have their permission , which we assure Bro . Eearnley we will take an early opportunity of ejndeavouring to obtain , 3 I i