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The Pboyince Of West Yobkshire.
With regard to that portion of the Bo is opposed to t ^ of Provincial Grand Lodges as laid down at pages 50 to 53 , wherein it is declared " The Provincial Grand Lodge emanates from the
authority vested in the Provincial Grand Master , and possesses no other powers than those specified . " Amongst those powers , that of constituti a <* a Board of General Purposes is not specified ; but it is specified , at page 45 , that the Provincial Grand Master " sh all hear and determine all subjects " 6 f Masonic complaint or irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons within his district ; " and even from his decision there is an appeal to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge . : " ¦ '';
We are further asked to state " to what portions of the code of regulations it is probable the Most Worshipful Grand Master would take exceptiou . , ^ We are not in the confidence of the Grand Master ; and therefore scarcely know ho to answer such a question ; but we have no doubt he will object to clauses 6 and 10 , or those clauses which give to the board the power of inquiring into " subjects
of-Masonic complaint and irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons within the province , " a duty which belongs to the Provincial Grand Master ^ and which he is bound to perform ; and should he not do so , an appeal lies to the Board of General Purposes ^ the high court of chancery of the Order , and with whose jurisdiction it would be unconstitutional for any other board to attempt to interfere .
A Masonic Hero:
A MASONIC HEEO :
" And ar > they bound him with thongs , Paul said unto the centurion ' Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned ? ' And when the centurion heard that , he went unto the chief captain , saying ' Take heed what thou doest , for this man is a Roman . '" The hero of the following simple but deeply interesting narrative is worthy of an immortality amongst the Craft . The sufferings of the rack seem never for a moment to have betrayed him into the
JOHN OOSTOS , A BRITISH SUBJECT—HIS SUFFERINGS FOB TBEEMASONRY IN THE INQUISITION AT LISBON , A . O . 1743 .
faintest admission to its prejudice ; indeed the torture chamber , with all its congenial horrors , served but to confirm the energy of his resolve . That a man of deep religions conviction , should thus endure all things to preserve the sanctity of a solemn vow , has , we allow , many parallels in the dark annals of persecution ; but that during the most profligate era of the first French revolution , when religion lay prostrate , and the precepts and obligations of Christianity had become a by-word and a scorn , men should cheerfully accept the alternative of the scaffold and the knife , in preference to safety pur-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Pboyince Of West Yobkshire.
With regard to that portion of the Bo is opposed to t ^ of Provincial Grand Lodges as laid down at pages 50 to 53 , wherein it is declared " The Provincial Grand Lodge emanates from the
authority vested in the Provincial Grand Master , and possesses no other powers than those specified . " Amongst those powers , that of constituti a <* a Board of General Purposes is not specified ; but it is specified , at page 45 , that the Provincial Grand Master " sh all hear and determine all subjects " 6 f Masonic complaint or irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons within his district ; " and even from his decision there is an appeal to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge . : " ¦ '';
We are further asked to state " to what portions of the code of regulations it is probable the Most Worshipful Grand Master would take exceptiou . , ^ We are not in the confidence of the Grand Master ; and therefore scarcely know ho to answer such a question ; but we have no doubt he will object to clauses 6 and 10 , or those clauses which give to the board the power of inquiring into " subjects
of-Masonic complaint and irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons within the province , " a duty which belongs to the Provincial Grand Master ^ and which he is bound to perform ; and should he not do so , an appeal lies to the Board of General Purposes ^ the high court of chancery of the Order , and with whose jurisdiction it would be unconstitutional for any other board to attempt to interfere .
A Masonic Hero:
A MASONIC HEEO :
" And ar > they bound him with thongs , Paul said unto the centurion ' Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned ? ' And when the centurion heard that , he went unto the chief captain , saying ' Take heed what thou doest , for this man is a Roman . '" The hero of the following simple but deeply interesting narrative is worthy of an immortality amongst the Craft . The sufferings of the rack seem never for a moment to have betrayed him into the
JOHN OOSTOS , A BRITISH SUBJECT—HIS SUFFERINGS FOB TBEEMASONRY IN THE INQUISITION AT LISBON , A . O . 1743 .
faintest admission to its prejudice ; indeed the torture chamber , with all its congenial horrors , served but to confirm the energy of his resolve . That a man of deep religions conviction , should thus endure all things to preserve the sanctity of a solemn vow , has , we allow , many parallels in the dark annals of persecution ; but that during the most profligate era of the first French revolution , when religion lay prostrate , and the precepts and obligations of Christianity had become a by-word and a scorn , men should cheerfully accept the alternative of the scaffold and the knife , in preference to safety pur-