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jhiif is a que ^ er doctrine . Should the interest , then , of a Lodge of seventeen Masons or mora ballot for a candid ^ ballot ; if the candidate be accepted , be looked upon as leg U ^ again argued , that haying agreed ^ ^^
showed very little respect fe prior to the receipt of the desired infbrmati (> h > and as a consequence ^ the * question might be brought before the Lodge at $ very meeting , and , accbrding' to the opinions of the Brethren present ^ a resolution could be be annulled at the other ; regular interm that ho discussion again take place on the snippet until a positive answer be received from Gnind Lodge .
In this dilemma we npfor stand i aud many are dissatisfied a , t the present state of tWngs ; whereas ^ acted , uponthe ^ premises , and at once sent u ^ would have been settled , and every one would respectfully and submissively bow to the ^ opinion of the sectiph of Grand Lodge t ^ It is a « well to add that ^ were ^ ent to the Grand Secretary to be ^ / V \ The ; he ^ : > point ^
There is a Lodge working here under the name p ^ holding <) f the " Supre ^ have no charter in their posset and still initiate , pass , and raise candidates . They have been wrking for n Sarmonip Lodge will hot receive their membersi as visitors , nor visit them . The fl ^ rmpnic Lodge addressed them a communication , requesting that they would allow one or more of its Officers to inspect their charter , and invited them to do the same in regard to theirs ( th of of
the ^ armbnie Lodge want ^^ to Concordat of 19 th January , 1 SX 1 > between the Grand Orient and the Supreme Council , we are led to believe that the latter body has no right to grant warrants for Lodges or Chapters under the 18 th degree Scotch rite . This has been laid before the Board of General Purposes , and up to now no answer has been received . You must understand that ; in a small to wn like ours , such questions cause ill-will more so than in large cities ; therefore , for the sake of harmony , this important affair should be settled . The Cceurs Sinceres have been expecting inspectors from Haiti to instal them , and it is reported that they intend to invite the
Harmonic Lodge to assist in the ceremony . How can we assist prior to receiving the authority of Grand Lodge ? Again , the Lodge Coeurs Sinceres state that their charter is from the symbolic section of the Supreme Council . It would be well if the Colonial Board of Grand Lodge would inform us whether such authority is vested in the Supreme Council . Our Lodge kept up St . George ' s day by a banquet of Order , attended by many visitors . The usual toasts were given and responded to . Our Benevolent Fund has increased in ten meetings to 52 dollars , or £ 10 . 8 . ? . Considering that we dp not meet but twice a month ( first and third Thursdays ) , and that our members do not number over thirty , it augurs fair for the future .
We reopened Harmonic Lodge , after a recess of three long years , with thirteen members , on the 5 th February last , and have initiated fourteen Brethren from that date , and have now before the Lodge three proposals , one of which is from Pedro San tana , the ex-President of the Dominican republic . A report was current among the Brethren that there is a Holy Koyal Arch Chapter attached to the Lodge , under the name of Sussex Chapter , the charter
for which has either been burnt , mislaid , or stolen ; but we are endeavouring to raise the necessary means to open in that degree . A proposal has been made for the purpose of petitioning Grand Lodge to communicate with the Grand Lodge of Denmark that we are working under charter from them , and to claim from Grand Lodge of Denmark their protection , or rather recognition * It strides us as curious that our Constitutions are so lack of explanations . Is
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Igj^Piipiii^^
jhiif is a que ^ er doctrine . Should the interest , then , of a Lodge of seventeen Masons or mora ballot for a candid ^ ballot ; if the candidate be accepted , be looked upon as leg U ^ again argued , that haying agreed ^ ^^
showed very little respect fe prior to the receipt of the desired infbrmati (> h > and as a consequence ^ the * question might be brought before the Lodge at $ very meeting , and , accbrding' to the opinions of the Brethren present ^ a resolution could be be annulled at the other ; regular interm that ho discussion again take place on the snippet until a positive answer be received from Gnind Lodge .
In this dilemma we npfor stand i aud many are dissatisfied a , t the present state of tWngs ; whereas ^ acted , uponthe ^ premises , and at once sent u ^ would have been settled , and every one would respectfully and submissively bow to the ^ opinion of the sectiph of Grand Lodge t ^ It is a « well to add that ^ were ^ ent to the Grand Secretary to be ^ / V \ The ; he ^ : > point ^
There is a Lodge working here under the name p ^ holding <) f the " Supre ^ have no charter in their posset and still initiate , pass , and raise candidates . They have been wrking for n Sarmonip Lodge will hot receive their membersi as visitors , nor visit them . The fl ^ rmpnic Lodge addressed them a communication , requesting that they would allow one or more of its Officers to inspect their charter , and invited them to do the same in regard to theirs ( th of of
the ^ armbnie Lodge want ^^ to Concordat of 19 th January , 1 SX 1 > between the Grand Orient and the Supreme Council , we are led to believe that the latter body has no right to grant warrants for Lodges or Chapters under the 18 th degree Scotch rite . This has been laid before the Board of General Purposes , and up to now no answer has been received . You must understand that ; in a small to wn like ours , such questions cause ill-will more so than in large cities ; therefore , for the sake of harmony , this important affair should be settled . The Cceurs Sinceres have been expecting inspectors from Haiti to instal them , and it is reported that they intend to invite the
Harmonic Lodge to assist in the ceremony . How can we assist prior to receiving the authority of Grand Lodge ? Again , the Lodge Coeurs Sinceres state that their charter is from the symbolic section of the Supreme Council . It would be well if the Colonial Board of Grand Lodge would inform us whether such authority is vested in the Supreme Council . Our Lodge kept up St . George ' s day by a banquet of Order , attended by many visitors . The usual toasts were given and responded to . Our Benevolent Fund has increased in ten meetings to 52 dollars , or £ 10 . 8 . ? . Considering that we dp not meet but twice a month ( first and third Thursdays ) , and that our members do not number over thirty , it augurs fair for the future .
We reopened Harmonic Lodge , after a recess of three long years , with thirteen members , on the 5 th February last , and have initiated fourteen Brethren from that date , and have now before the Lodge three proposals , one of which is from Pedro San tana , the ex-President of the Dominican republic . A report was current among the Brethren that there is a Holy Koyal Arch Chapter attached to the Lodge , under the name of Sussex Chapter , the charter
for which has either been burnt , mislaid , or stolen ; but we are endeavouring to raise the necessary means to open in that degree . A proposal has been made for the purpose of petitioning Grand Lodge to communicate with the Grand Lodge of Denmark that we are working under charter from them , and to claim from Grand Lodge of Denmark their protection , or rather recognition * It strides us as curious that our Constitutions are so lack of explanations . Is