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Glasgow Masonics.
have displayed even less than their usual degree of activity , yet the tone of Freemasonry has been sensibly elevated during that time . This lias been partly owing- to the European reputation of the R . W . Master and the high respectability of the other office-bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and to the active exertions of one of tbe subordinate lodges , which by setting the example of fitting up rooms for itselfto be usedexclusivelfor the purposes of Masonrythereb
, , y , y getting rid of the opprobrium of holding Masonic communications iu a tavern , with all its treacherous seductions to adjournment , and b y introducing several improvements on the ordinary system of working , by which tlie regular meetings are rendered more interesting and instructive , have increased the number of its members without detracting in the least from their respectability , and already acquired for correct Masonic practice and maintenance of the spirit of the Order a
celebrity not by any means confined to the immediate district , and have borne down to a considerable extent those popular prejudices , to which the indiscretion of young and ill-taught , Masons have but too often given countenance—I allude to the Lodge St . Mark , ancl the officebearers elected at the general meeting- held last winter , on St . John's Day , enjoying as they do the entire confidence and respect of theirBi'ethrcna ' nd carrying both zeal and ability into the efficient
dis-, charge of their respective duties , affords every rational assurance of its continued prosperity . As usual , thoy testified their Masonic fealty by a respectable deputation to the Grand Lodge Festival , annually celebrated on the Feast-day of our National Tutelar Saint . Although tbe deputation this year was not quite so large in point of numbers , as
those of the two preceding years , wc believe it was , nevertheless , tlie most numerous one there , with the exception of the Coiinaug-lit Kilwinning , ivhose active zeal and attention at all times to Masonic propriety ivould not only justif y the application of the old Douglas motto , " Jamais en arr ' iere , " but entitle it to the more positive , " Tovjmirs en nvuiit ; " as vhttGlasgowegians , however , happened on this occasion to be , for the most part " portly men , i' faith , and corpulent , "
it was jocularl y remarked , tlnu . if the question of size , in this friendly rivalry , had been submitted to the abitrcment of the measuring line or scales , the result would have been no way equivocal . A deputation was also appointed to the Mother Kilwinning Festival , held at Kilwinning on St . Thomas'day ; but , from accidental cireumstanceSjlheW . M . only reached the destination . He reported to the next meetinga most delihtful evening spent under the presidency of Bro .
, g Johnston , of Redburn , who bad every reason to be gratified with tbe many proofs be received in the course of the evening , of the affectionate regard , in which be is evidently held . Tho attendance was numerousnot quite so correct , certainly , in point of Masonic costume as was to have been wished , but consisting , as it ought to do , of all ranks of society—landed proprietors and their tenants ; veteran officers , who bad passed a life of activity and adventure in the Army or Navy , in the
dexterous and valiant defence of our hearths and liberties ; merchants and bankers , and bumble artisans ; craftsmen and cotters—all animated by the pure spirit of harmony and brotherly love . There is much of native humour , as well as of poetic feeling kept alive there , by the reverential admiration with wliich the memory of Scotland ' s rustic bard is cherished in that " Land of Burns * ; " and several excellent original Masonic songs were sung b y their authors .
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Glasgow Masonics.
have displayed even less than their usual degree of activity , yet the tone of Freemasonry has been sensibly elevated during that time . This lias been partly owing- to the European reputation of the R . W . Master and the high respectability of the other office-bearers of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and to the active exertions of one of tbe subordinate lodges , which by setting the example of fitting up rooms for itselfto be usedexclusivelfor the purposes of Masonrythereb
, , y , y getting rid of the opprobrium of holding Masonic communications iu a tavern , with all its treacherous seductions to adjournment , and b y introducing several improvements on the ordinary system of working , by which tlie regular meetings are rendered more interesting and instructive , have increased the number of its members without detracting in the least from their respectability , and already acquired for correct Masonic practice and maintenance of the spirit of the Order a
celebrity not by any means confined to the immediate district , and have borne down to a considerable extent those popular prejudices , to which the indiscretion of young and ill-taught , Masons have but too often given countenance—I allude to the Lodge St . Mark , ancl the officebearers elected at the general meeting- held last winter , on St . John's Day , enjoying as they do the entire confidence and respect of theirBi'ethrcna ' nd carrying both zeal and ability into the efficient
dis-, charge of their respective duties , affords every rational assurance of its continued prosperity . As usual , thoy testified their Masonic fealty by a respectable deputation to the Grand Lodge Festival , annually celebrated on the Feast-day of our National Tutelar Saint . Although tbe deputation this year was not quite so large in point of numbers , as
those of the two preceding years , wc believe it was , nevertheless , tlie most numerous one there , with the exception of the Coiinaug-lit Kilwinning , ivhose active zeal and attention at all times to Masonic propriety ivould not only justif y the application of the old Douglas motto , " Jamais en arr ' iere , " but entitle it to the more positive , " Tovjmirs en nvuiit ; " as vhttGlasgowegians , however , happened on this occasion to be , for the most part " portly men , i' faith , and corpulent , "
it was jocularl y remarked , tlnu . if the question of size , in this friendly rivalry , had been submitted to the abitrcment of the measuring line or scales , the result would have been no way equivocal . A deputation was also appointed to the Mother Kilwinning Festival , held at Kilwinning on St . Thomas'day ; but , from accidental cireumstanceSjlheW . M . only reached the destination . He reported to the next meetinga most delihtful evening spent under the presidency of Bro .
, g Johnston , of Redburn , who bad every reason to be gratified with tbe many proofs be received in the course of the evening , of the affectionate regard , in which be is evidently held . Tho attendance was numerousnot quite so correct , certainly , in point of Masonic costume as was to have been wished , but consisting , as it ought to do , of all ranks of society—landed proprietors and their tenants ; veteran officers , who bad passed a life of activity and adventure in the Army or Navy , in the
dexterous and valiant defence of our hearths and liberties ; merchants and bankers , and bumble artisans ; craftsmen and cotters—all animated by the pure spirit of harmony and brotherly love . There is much of native humour , as well as of poetic feeling kept alive there , by the reverential admiration with wliich the memory of Scotland ' s rustic bard is cherished in that " Land of Burns * ; " and several excellent original Masonic songs were sung b y their authors .