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can long avoid recognizing their ^ shipfal Br other the Earl of C has given notice of the following resolution for Grand Lodge , September % of the Report of the Colo ^ " That Grand Lodge laments the present position of affairs in Ganada .
" That Grand Lodgey whilst it admires the loyalty arid Masonic feeling so long evinced by the Provin provocation ^ deeply regrets that they should have thottgn ^ draw fpom the authority of the ^ Grand Lodge of England and to violate the unity of English ^ rNnlasbnry .
" Tlaat Grand Lpdg tlie ease ^ is of opinion tha ^ rea 3 y and generous recognition of tte provincial Grand Lodge of Canada as an independent body ^ on th e ^ return of their war ^^ the Grand Lodge of England ; ¦ ' ' , . '¦ . ¦¦ — -- > v // y ^
Clerical Intolerance.
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It might have bee ^ reasonably hop progress and c ^ Woiild have become nearly exto ^ upon a nation ' s charact ^ are still to be enough when they emanate from the igno ; but when we find them at the hands of men who occupy the elevated pbffi
ministers - ' " of the & ospel ? it is enough to ma ^ niiorals of the age we live in . " We have not been indiiced to take up our pen to combat any intolerant conduct towards our Order from the slightest fear o > f its
suffering thereby . -No . Freemasonry has proved itself to rest upon a basis far too solid to be shaken by the petty earthquakes and thunders of the intolorant , the bigoted , and the ill-disposed . But we have been induced , as a matter of duty we owe the Craft ; to protest against the uncharitable conduct evinced a short time since
by the Reverend Mr . Ormerod . This gentleman holds the position of Rector of Halleston , in Norfolk ,, at which place is held Lodge No . 100 . It had been suggested that the Provincial Gkrand Lodge should be held in the town , and , as wa # customary , that the Brethren should attend Divine Service at the
church , hear a sermon from the Chaplain , and enter into subscriptions towards some charity connected with the locality . Here was but a continuation of that mode of proceeding which has ever conferred on the Order an honourable name , and earned for it a distinguished position amongst societies in all times ; namely , the
prosecution , when called together on particular occasions , of that charity which is their marked characteristic , in the sacred temple dedicated to their Q-od . But this privilege was denied by Mr . Ormerod , and the occupation of his pulpit refused , on the ground that ¦ " he did not like any secret societies . ";
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can long avoid recognizing their ^ shipfal Br other the Earl of C has given notice of the following resolution for Grand Lodge , September % of the Report of the Colo ^ " That Grand Lodge laments the present position of affairs in Ganada .
" That Grand Lodgey whilst it admires the loyalty arid Masonic feeling so long evinced by the Provin provocation ^ deeply regrets that they should have thottgn ^ draw fpom the authority of the ^ Grand Lodge of England and to violate the unity of English ^ rNnlasbnry .
" Tlaat Grand Lpdg tlie ease ^ is of opinion tha ^ rea 3 y and generous recognition of tte provincial Grand Lodge of Canada as an independent body ^ on th e ^ return of their war ^^ the Grand Lodge of England ; ¦ ' ' , . '¦ . ¦¦ — -- > v // y ^
Clerical Intolerance.
: f ; ; S ^
It might have bee ^ reasonably hop progress and c ^ Woiild have become nearly exto ^ upon a nation ' s charact ^ are still to be enough when they emanate from the igno ; but when we find them at the hands of men who occupy the elevated pbffi
ministers - ' " of the & ospel ? it is enough to ma ^ niiorals of the age we live in . " We have not been indiiced to take up our pen to combat any intolerant conduct towards our Order from the slightest fear o > f its
suffering thereby . -No . Freemasonry has proved itself to rest upon a basis far too solid to be shaken by the petty earthquakes and thunders of the intolorant , the bigoted , and the ill-disposed . But we have been induced , as a matter of duty we owe the Craft ; to protest against the uncharitable conduct evinced a short time since
by the Reverend Mr . Ormerod . This gentleman holds the position of Rector of Halleston , in Norfolk ,, at which place is held Lodge No . 100 . It had been suggested that the Provincial Gkrand Lodge should be held in the town , and , as wa # customary , that the Brethren should attend Divine Service at the
church , hear a sermon from the Chaplain , and enter into subscriptions towards some charity connected with the locality . Here was but a continuation of that mode of proceeding which has ever conferred on the Order an honourable name , and earned for it a distinguished position amongst societies in all times ; namely , the
prosecution , when called together on particular occasions , of that charity which is their marked characteristic , in the sacred temple dedicated to their Q-od . But this privilege was denied by Mr . Ormerod , and the occupation of his pulpit refused , on the ground that ¦ " he did not like any secret societies . ";