Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-15
MASONIC INrELLIGENCE
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The NJ. w. Grand Lodge of Frae ON :
Accepted Ancient York Masons ~ IF ',i,e ~
state of Indisna, assembled i'm annnai
communication, at the Grand AIasoniC
Hail. in the city of IndjananoIis On
tuesday, 2sth day OF May, A. d. 1861, a
4. y. oo61. The Grand Master, Harvey q
dazelrigg, presiding.
On ore question Of Masonic law. the
6Iand Master said, in his address.
IN our jurisdiction We have law that
Jne Master of Lodge NAV resign. A
learned brother, for whose legal lore we
nave great veneration, responds that
such thing as the resignation of a
Master OF Lodge is unknown To the
laws and usages' Of our Order. n il
/ exists at all, it is an iRnou0fiOn ON the
! Ancient Land Marks.u This brother.
/ however, fails to exercise the kindp--ss of
i gratifying our anxiety for more L,,,ht.U
and does not tell us in what book and on
/ what page this " Ancient Land MarzU
/ Is TO be found, nor does he quote its Ian
! gusge or phraseolOgy. Now we will not
/ De guilty OF the same neglect that we are
charging our brother with, but will, with
/ his permission, call his attention to q
short article to be found in an old "Ahi-
man Rezon,n which, if our memory
L sstA g ta1 Kilt IEEtNE aUDuH Is f0llQME
None but Master MasOns can be War
| dens Of a Lodge. The Senior Warden
| succeeds to all the duties of the Master,
ana fills the chair when he is absent.
Or If the Master goes abroad on business,
resigns, the it8licising is our own, di-
mits, or is deposed the Senior Warden
shall forthwith fill his place, until the
next stated electiOn.n This seems as
though the resignation of a Master was
not so new or so great an innovation -
as our worthy brother might and did
suppose; he will excuse me for suggest
ing the pFOpFiety- of re- examining this
subject, and settling the question of what
the Land Marks - are really composed.
IL be will not suspect us for wishing to
become a teacher on this subject, and we
do assure him that such is not the case,
we will make one more quotation for
him. Il is from q Regulation " adopt
ed on the 25th Of November, 1723, and is
as follows: If the Master of a particu-
lar Lodge is deposed, or dimits, the Sen
Tor Warden shall forthwith fill the Mas
ter's chair, till the next time of choosing,
and ever since, in the Masters absence,
be fills the chair, even though a former
Master be present" This regulation
does not use the term resign, but it uses
NLAE AAtAL II NahtdtlDunb 20 IL lOf NlELb
can be no difference in effect between di-
mitting and Tesigning. He ceases TO be /
Master Of the Lodge by his own act, for
none of US would for a moment maintain |
that a brother who was not a member Of |
a lodge should be Master Of it, though / |
Know Of no " Ancient Land Mark that /
would be violated by il, though it would |
he an infringement of a modern land /
mark Of our jurisdiction, and perhaps Of /
many others. The same brother, after I
quoting from our address of last wear. /
says: " We mOdestly but fatlv DENY /
that there is any old and much revered |
rule which recognizes the right of a /
Master to resign" If the brother had /
only examined the sentence q little more
closely, from which he quotes, and which /
he so fatty denies, - he would see that /
the reverence was. for the rule that pro-
vides for the succession of the Senior
Warden, and had no reference whatever
TO the resignation OF the Master.
OF THE G.'.M.'. OF MICHIGAN.
Has the Senior Warden a right to call
3 special communication of the Lodge,
open the same and proceed to work,
when the WOrskipful Master is at home
IN the same village? Ans.-Eo.
What is the duty Of the Master Of a
Lodge. when he learns, to his certain
Su0wiedge, that a candidate, after he
las been elected and before his initiation,
5 unworthy, and ought not to be admit
ed as a Mason? Aus.=-His first duty is
o refUse to initiate the candidate. His
iecOnd, TO inform the candidate in a cOur-
eOus manner, that he cannot be admit
ed. His third, to sSe that the fee ac- !
his petition is returned to
inn rrn ID q n znI rsrrIa
he fee becomes the prOpertyrOf the Lodge Z ]
Ipon the election Of the candidate, but J
IS the candidate advances the fee with
he expectation Of receiving value there
or from the Lodge in return, and as the
Lodge refuses to return such value as he Z
il is unjust to retain the fee; s
md Justice is one OF the cardinal virtues
# Masonry. While Justice nicely poises I
Ter balance and requires US to render J
INTO every man mis- Just due, charity re- \
uires rs to receive no mans money for J
fought. His fourth, to see, in the fu- g
ure, that strict inquiry and due investi- Z
.atiOu into the character Of candidates I
hail prevent a like necessity and save |
he Worshipfui Master the discharge OF d
like unpleasant duty. I
Is an attorney at law liable to Masonic c
for giving legal advice
gaIust q brother Master Mason, when !
e knows such brother is guilty Of crime, I
nd entirely unworthy to be called
rother? Ans.-So. An attorneys
uty to his client is paramount. He a
aust give him correct legal advice. / ?
now Of no rule Of MasonicS,sr ~ which {
rohibits a Mason, being. .ErS-Ettorney at b
aw, from taking fee aud conducting a S
nit against a brother Master Mason. A
faster Mason is not bound, in any in q
.snce, TO protect or shield brother in \
'rong or dishonesty, more especially in a
rime. $