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Scotland.
Mosquito , recommended by Prov . G . M . of Jamaica , & c-, and also at St . John , New Brunswick , was agreed to . The following proposition was then discussed : — " That all Past Musters of Lodges holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , shall be members for life of the Grand Lotlge of Scotland , upon payment of an animal subscription to the Fund of Benevolence of 5 s . each , to be paid within one mouth after St . John ' s Dayin December ; anil tbat such right
, shall cease by the non-payment of such contribution , but may be renewed on payment of the year's subscription in full , ivhen they wish again to he memhers . ' Brethren , Past Masters from the Colonies or other parts abroad , to be entitled to their right of membership at any time during the year , upon reporting themselves to the Grantl Secretary , aud paying up the full contrihutions for that vcar . "
Ihe mover of this motion urg-fd the advantage to the Craft , if it were carried ; but the effect of his arguments were considerably lessened by his imperfect knowledge of the English tongue , and his want of fluency . Before the motion ivas seconded , one brother moved that it be at once rejected , as " The Past Alasters were not responsible to any Lodge . " Bro . LEON ' S motion was , however , seconded by a brother , who pointed outtbatin all other Grand Lodges , Fast Masters had the
, , right and privilege of being members from having held the office of-A \ . M . of a lodge ; antl , that none hacl a better claim to be members than Masters , who had regularly filled tbe chair of a lodge , aud thus were fully qualified to conduct the business of Grand Lodge . Several other brethren spoke in favour ofthe rejection of the motion , some contending that the Grand Lodge could not be better conducted , ' than it now isand that it w ould be much worse if Past Masters were
, admitted ; that , what other Grand Lodges did , or how they conducted their business , was no rule fur the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Iu reply to the seconder of Bro . Leon's motion , it was also remarki d that , upon the principle wliich he argued , a person , once a member of Parliament , should alwayscontinue so . It was evident , Irom thenature ol ' tliespeeches
made in opposition to the motion , that the speakers on that side could carry their point iu the Grand Lodge . A brother just before the taking of the votes , remarked that the strongest argument he had heard in favour ofthe motion was , the manner of making the proposition for rejection , and the observations made by the brother who presented it , in which there was no reason . In continuation , he urged that it would be wi II for the Grand Lodge of Scotland to take example from the English Constitutions on oilier points as well as this ; for although Scotch
Masons boast of the antiquity of their branch of tbe Order and of their Grand L-idge , still ihcre is mnch need of improvement , and in fact , to copy more than has been done already from the Grand Lodge of England , which has more than four times ( he number of lodges upon its roll , ivhich is to be attributed toils exactness of working . Had the Freemasons of Scotland been kept as strict as their English brethren , the consequence would at the present day have been , that
there would have been on tbe roll a greater number than in England . This brother further argued , that , upon principle , the Past Masters ought to be admitted to the privileges of Grand Lodge , and commented severely upon the careless and slovenly maimer , in which the generality of Scotchmen are made Masons , theirregular way in ivhich many of ihe lodges are conducted , and the method ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Scotland.
Mosquito , recommended by Prov . G . M . of Jamaica , & c-, and also at St . John , New Brunswick , was agreed to . The following proposition was then discussed : — " That all Past Musters of Lodges holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , shall be members for life of the Grand Lotlge of Scotland , upon payment of an animal subscription to the Fund of Benevolence of 5 s . each , to be paid within one mouth after St . John ' s Dayin December ; anil tbat such right
, shall cease by the non-payment of such contribution , but may be renewed on payment of the year's subscription in full , ivhen they wish again to he memhers . ' Brethren , Past Masters from the Colonies or other parts abroad , to be entitled to their right of membership at any time during the year , upon reporting themselves to the Grantl Secretary , aud paying up the full contrihutions for that vcar . "
Ihe mover of this motion urg-fd the advantage to the Craft , if it were carried ; but the effect of his arguments were considerably lessened by his imperfect knowledge of the English tongue , and his want of fluency . Before the motion ivas seconded , one brother moved that it be at once rejected , as " The Past Alasters were not responsible to any Lodge . " Bro . LEON ' S motion was , however , seconded by a brother , who pointed outtbatin all other Grand Lodges , Fast Masters had the
, , right and privilege of being members from having held the office of-A \ . M . of a lodge ; antl , that none hacl a better claim to be members than Masters , who had regularly filled tbe chair of a lodge , aud thus were fully qualified to conduct the business of Grand Lodge . Several other brethren spoke in favour ofthe rejection of the motion , some contending that the Grand Lodge could not be better conducted , ' than it now isand that it w ould be much worse if Past Masters were
, admitted ; that , what other Grand Lodges did , or how they conducted their business , was no rule fur the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Iu reply to the seconder of Bro . Leon's motion , it was also remarki d that , upon the principle wliich he argued , a person , once a member of Parliament , should alwayscontinue so . It was evident , Irom thenature ol ' tliespeeches
made in opposition to the motion , that the speakers on that side could carry their point iu the Grand Lodge . A brother just before the taking of the votes , remarked that the strongest argument he had heard in favour ofthe motion was , the manner of making the proposition for rejection , and the observations made by the brother who presented it , in which there was no reason . In continuation , he urged that it would be wi II for the Grand Lodge of Scotland to take example from the English Constitutions on oilier points as well as this ; for although Scotch
Masons boast of the antiquity of their branch of tbe Order and of their Grand L-idge , still ihcre is mnch need of improvement , and in fact , to copy more than has been done already from the Grand Lodge of England , which has more than four times ( he number of lodges upon its roll , ivhich is to be attributed toils exactness of working . Had the Freemasons of Scotland been kept as strict as their English brethren , the consequence would at the present day have been , that
there would have been on tbe roll a greater number than in England . This brother further argued , that , upon principle , the Past Masters ought to be admitted to the privileges of Grand Lodge , and commented severely upon the careless and slovenly maimer , in which the generality of Scotchmen are made Masons , theirregular way in ivhich many of ihe lodges are conducted , and the method ,