Avouchment.

AVOUCHMENT .

AMON G the various duties incumbent on Masons there is none of more importance , or that requires a greater degree of caution than thafc of avouching for those who may apply for admission as visitors into a Lodge . One of the landmarks of Masonry is defined as consisting of the " obligations , modes of recognition and the legend of the third degree ; " so that the principle involved ? iu avouching for admission is covered by a Landmark of fche Fraternity ,

which should demand the exercise of extreme caution at all times . Ifc is a custom coequal in ifcs practice with the age of the Fraternity , which has by wise regulation and forethought been adopted for protection against the impositions of the fraudulent 5 and the secret modes of recognition are the only tests that are relied upon with safety .

In view of the importance of the subject , the question arises as to whom this authority should be delegated , to secure the results necessary to place the Institution beyond the pale of impostors . It is an error to suppose thafc any member of a Lodge has the liberty of examination afc any time or place , and nofc in the presence of witnesses , and , on the strength of that examination , to introduce a Brother

for visitation as properly avouched for . The reason for this is obvious , from the fact thafc the Worshipful Master at his installation assumed certain obligations in this particular , agreeing that no visitor should be received into his Lodge without due examination , and producing proper vouchers of having been initiated in a regular Lodge . No examination , therefore , for the purpose of visitation

should be made without his consent , or approval . For this reason alone , if for no other , he should know by whom the Brother has been examined . Ifc is his duty , and it cannot be left at the discretion of any and every member , who shall see fit to assume ifc , for it is not every one who is competent to perform such a duty . As none bufc the secret tests can be relied upon , it is indispensably necessary that

those tests be applied by one who is thoroughly competent ; and who is the best judge of competency ? the Worshipful Master , who has bound himself not to admit any but those who are duly qualified , and who is selected ( or ought to be ) on account of his ability and wisdom to preside , or some young Brother who , by his excess of zeal and lack of the esoteric principles of the Institution which enter into the ritual , and are essential fco its existence , might be easily

imposed upon ; or , perhaps , some more aged Brother that never had the gumption to qualify himself for an examination away from home ( Any one familiar witb tbe workings of tbe Institution , will readily see thafc both these specimens are among fche members of most any Lodge ; and that for safety it would be highly improper to rely on any examination they might be able to make . —Loomis ' s Masonic Journal .

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