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spectable in their lives , cbhduet ^ M adhesion to great princijde §"; ymk rMdily rPCpgHized by the public . By the side of tffen eininent for their talents , education , and public position , walked ihen respectable by thar social Ponduct , and not by their endowments Pr wealth---attd iiPtitbly the Ancient Lodge of Joiirfteyrnen . To have
united with such a body- ^ thp Odd Fellows , or the Journeyman Tailors ' United Association--- ^ the sak e of their costtimesy flags , and bandswould have utterly destroyed the effect of that grand ceremony . >* If corporate ^ tithprlties > guards Pf honour , or mtisic , attend Pit such occasions , it is as accessories j and their presence does not detract fra ^ inspired . % . iM : M ^^ Sfc ;; : ' / . ' .: ^
We take adA ^ antag % therefore , o ^^ to enforce on our professional B ^ Superintehdents of Works , in all future artarig ^ the MasohiP ceremonial shall be maintained in iM prerp ^ tif-ei The letter p £ B ^ pressed that it i $ iiot &^ MliiSions shoiild be used by
the ofilci & ti ^ Brd ( ML Fearnley did not speak the nonsense # hichw ^ his mpiith by the reporter , a ^ o com pletely misunderstood him * Md the cPihhieiit to be dratyn is , that if the reporter ^ a skilled m ^ the meaning of Bro . Fearnley ' s address , timiy others may have done the same , to the great
disadv-antagfe of Bro . Fearnley alid of Masonry . Bro . Fearnley did , however , ttiake use pf illhstrutiPns derived from ritual symbolism , ¦ which , though in their right place in Lod ^ e , may be very much out of place out of it . In the first plgtce much of this is only tolerable in Lodge because it has been long received in England , and is not
admitted in reformed Lodges in America or on the continent , and , in the next place , what has apt reference in a Lodge may be absurd or meaningless out of it . If not understood by the audience , it can give no instruction , and is only a mystification . Bro . Fearnley and Bro . Gill have each of them abilities enough to make a suitable
address on laying a foundation stone , without being liable to the misconstruction of playing with their audience . Masonry does not depend on levels and squares and gavels , and can subsist without them ; but it does depend on great principles of virtue , which are acknowledged by the Avorld at large , and which it is the especial duty of Masons to practise .
We cannot see Ayhy , unless the rain prevented , Bro . Gill did not make some professional remarks suitable to the occasion . The remarks we have made in another part , on the duties of Grand Superintendent of Works , and the arrangement of Masonic halls and
buildings , have likewise been received with much attention , we pointed out that there is a gr'eat want of Masonic halls belonging to the Craft , and we showed that the Grand Superintendents , xiiight , if they took it in hand , do much to remedy the defect . That , making the suggestions \ ye did ) and particularly ill proposing the debenture system ,
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spectable in their lives , cbhduet ^ M adhesion to great princijde §"; ymk rMdily rPCpgHized by the public . By the side of tffen eininent for their talents , education , and public position , walked ihen respectable by thar social Ponduct , and not by their endowments Pr wealth---attd iiPtitbly the Ancient Lodge of Joiirfteyrnen . To have
united with such a body- ^ thp Odd Fellows , or the Journeyman Tailors ' United Association--- ^ the sak e of their costtimesy flags , and bandswould have utterly destroyed the effect of that grand ceremony . >* If corporate ^ tithprlties > guards Pf honour , or mtisic , attend Pit such occasions , it is as accessories j and their presence does not detract fra ^ inspired . % . iM : M ^^ Sfc ;; : ' / . ' .: ^
We take adA ^ antag % therefore , o ^^ to enforce on our professional B ^ Superintehdents of Works , in all future artarig ^ the MasohiP ceremonial shall be maintained in iM prerp ^ tif-ei The letter p £ B ^ pressed that it i $ iiot &^ MliiSions shoiild be used by
the ofilci & ti ^ Brd ( ML Fearnley did not speak the nonsense # hichw ^ his mpiith by the reporter , a ^ o com pletely misunderstood him * Md the cPihhieiit to be dratyn is , that if the reporter ^ a skilled m ^ the meaning of Bro . Fearnley ' s address , timiy others may have done the same , to the great
disadv-antagfe of Bro . Fearnley alid of Masonry . Bro . Fearnley did , however , ttiake use pf illhstrutiPns derived from ritual symbolism , ¦ which , though in their right place in Lod ^ e , may be very much out of place out of it . In the first plgtce much of this is only tolerable in Lodge because it has been long received in England , and is not
admitted in reformed Lodges in America or on the continent , and , in the next place , what has apt reference in a Lodge may be absurd or meaningless out of it . If not understood by the audience , it can give no instruction , and is only a mystification . Bro . Fearnley and Bro . Gill have each of them abilities enough to make a suitable
address on laying a foundation stone , without being liable to the misconstruction of playing with their audience . Masonry does not depend on levels and squares and gavels , and can subsist without them ; but it does depend on great principles of virtue , which are acknowledged by the Avorld at large , and which it is the especial duty of Masons to practise .
We cannot see Ayhy , unless the rain prevented , Bro . Gill did not make some professional remarks suitable to the occasion . The remarks we have made in another part , on the duties of Grand Superintendent of Works , and the arrangement of Masonic halls and
buildings , have likewise been received with much attention , we pointed out that there is a gr'eat want of Masonic halls belonging to the Craft , and we showed that the Grand Superintendents , xiiight , if they took it in hand , do much to remedy the defect . That , making the suggestions \ ye did ) and particularly ill proposing the debenture system ,