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Article Monthly Masonic Summary. Page 1 of 1
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Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
rpiE progress of English Masonry continues , if-under exceptional ancl remarkable symptoms of prosperity . Long may it so continue . We cannot understand why any should cavil or complain at this increase of Lodges and Chapters . It almost seems as if Freemasonry AA'as destined to be a very poAverf id body , and its Charities to become
a great development . It will be a bad sign for the present , ancl a bad omen for the future , if our Order increases ancl our Charities retrograde . They demand anxious and energetic ancl continued support , and we trust that 1879 may Avitness a " shaking of the dry bones" of our Lodges and Chapters , in their general ancl official support as Lodges and Chapters of our great , our needed , our invaluabl ' Charities .
The October elections for the Girls' and Boys' School are over , and four candidates out of twenty-one were elected for the former , and thirteen out of fifty-nine for the latter . The formation of the London Masonic Charity Association is announced , for the purpose of combining the London votes in favour of friendless candidates . The system is activel
y carried out in the provinces , ancl may well be imitated in the metropolis . Abroad , especially in France , the state of things goes from bad to worse . The last unruly sitting of the Grand Orient decided by a majority , impatient even of its own friends , much less of its opponents , to invade every other Masonic jurisdiction , and put the rituals in harmony with their recent nihilistic and destructive '
performances . It is also quite clear that now the good old formula , "A la Gloirc du Grand Architecte de l'Univers , " is doomed , and is destined to disappear in due course . ' And AA'hat will then be left ?
The Echo , Irish or other , never mind which , replies—Nothing ! Ancl with this sad " consummation , " most devoutly to be unwished by us all alike we close our Monthly Summary . We are not surprised , though very sorry ; and though * e do not set up as prophets , we have all along said that , like a celebrated statesman * KU still greater warriorthe Grand Orient of Prance had burnt its shi '
, " ps" ancl its bodges , " ancl had nothing left for it but the " entire animal" of hopeless , ruthless 'evolutionary change , dishonouring to God , and injurious to man ! It is a sad page in the history of contemporaneous Freinasonry ! 13
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Masonic Summary.
Monthly Masonic Summary .
rpiE progress of English Masonry continues , if-under exceptional ancl remarkable symptoms of prosperity . Long may it so continue . We cannot understand why any should cavil or complain at this increase of Lodges and Chapters . It almost seems as if Freemasonry AA'as destined to be a very poAverf id body , and its Charities to become
a great development . It will be a bad sign for the present , ancl a bad omen for the future , if our Order increases ancl our Charities retrograde . They demand anxious and energetic ancl continued support , and we trust that 1879 may Avitness a " shaking of the dry bones" of our Lodges and Chapters , in their general ancl official support as Lodges and Chapters of our great , our needed , our invaluabl ' Charities .
The October elections for the Girls' and Boys' School are over , and four candidates out of twenty-one were elected for the former , and thirteen out of fifty-nine for the latter . The formation of the London Masonic Charity Association is announced , for the purpose of combining the London votes in favour of friendless candidates . The system is activel
y carried out in the provinces , ancl may well be imitated in the metropolis . Abroad , especially in France , the state of things goes from bad to worse . The last unruly sitting of the Grand Orient decided by a majority , impatient even of its own friends , much less of its opponents , to invade every other Masonic jurisdiction , and put the rituals in harmony with their recent nihilistic and destructive '
performances . It is also quite clear that now the good old formula , "A la Gloirc du Grand Architecte de l'Univers , " is doomed , and is destined to disappear in due course . ' And AA'hat will then be left ?
The Echo , Irish or other , never mind which , replies—Nothing ! Ancl with this sad " consummation , " most devoutly to be unwished by us all alike we close our Monthly Summary . We are not surprised , though very sorry ; and though * e do not set up as prophets , we have all along said that , like a celebrated statesman * KU still greater warriorthe Grand Orient of Prance had burnt its shi '
, " ps" ancl its bodges , " ancl had nothing left for it but the " entire animal" of hopeless , ruthless 'evolutionary change , dishonouring to God , and injurious to man ! It is a sad page in the history of contemporaneous Freinasonry ! 13