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Article FREEMASONRY IN GLASGOW. ← Page 4 of 10 →
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Freemasonry In Glasgow.
work bears honourable testimouy to the potency of the masonic obligation , under circumstances the most unfavourable and hopeless ; a near relative of his , the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler , having once , during the American War , when struck down upon the field of battle , and an enemy ' s bayonet at his breast , been indebted for his life to the sign and grip of a Freemason . He was installed at a Grand Lodge held in Glasgow on the 1 st of
June , 1847 , under the presidency of the Duke of Athol . The Grand Master Mason of Scotland did not conceal the satisfaction he experienced at the number and respectability of the craftsmen who attended this Grand Communication ; showing how highly the honour of his masonic visit was appreciated , as well as the lively interest taken in the new appointment . Bro . Alison exercised his privilege in nominating to the respective
offices , Bro . Hastie , M . P ., Depute Master , and Bros . Sir James Campbell and Professor Ramsay , Senior and Junior Wardens . Some time after this very harmonious appointment , certain irregularities in the practice of one of the lodges in the Glasgow province having been reported to the Grand Lodge , the P . G . M . was requested to make investigation into them , at his very earliest convenience . His own professional engagements as Sheriff of the county , at all times laborious ,
having been at that time rendered much more so by the almost unprecedentedly severe commercial crisis vvhich had taken place ; and being deprived of the assistance of his Depute Master , who was then in London attending to his duties in the House of Commons , he found it impossible to comply with the request . The case , however , being supposed urgent ,
it was at length respectfully suggested to him that Bro . Walker Arnott might not be indisposed to accept a commission as Substitute Prov . G . Master . No suggestion could have been more happy . The zeal , activity , practical knowledge , and experience of the learned brother , in all matters relating to the Craft , are well known , and here was just the sphere for their beneficial exercise . Bro . Arnott at once consented , and entering upon the duties con amore , in a very short time had the Prov . Grand Lodge handsomely clothed and jewelledand in excellent working order
, , amply justifying the selection of his respected superior . During last winter , notwithstanding the prevalence of a formidable epidemic which for a time interfered with his arrangements , he succeeded in visiting most of the lodges in the province , much to their satisfaction and encouragement—correcting , advising , and instructing , with suavity and dignity , and in such a manner as must materially tend to elevate the character and maintain the purity of the Order .
The principal office bearers of the Glasgow Prov . Grand Lodge at present are , Bros . Archibald Alison , P . G . M . ; Alexander Hastie , M . P ., D . P . G . M . ; Walker Arnott , Sub . P . G . M . ; Sir James Campbell , S . G . W . ; William Ramsay , J . G . W . ; the Rev . Norman M'Leod , G . Chaplain ; David Dreghorn , G . Secretary ; and Bro . James Miller , G . Treasurer . While in the foregoing sketch we have had to record the diminished lustre of someand the entire obscuration of other lodges in this province
, , we much more gratefully allude to the , we believe , reasonable prospect at present entertained that a lodge , claiming an antiquity of nearly eight hundred years , but not yet connected with the Grand Lodge , is about to emerge from its long and unmerited obscurity , and to obtain a prominent place on the grand roll . A very general impression exists among the Craft , and indeed it is
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In Glasgow.
work bears honourable testimouy to the potency of the masonic obligation , under circumstances the most unfavourable and hopeless ; a near relative of his , the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler , having once , during the American War , when struck down upon the field of battle , and an enemy ' s bayonet at his breast , been indebted for his life to the sign and grip of a Freemason . He was installed at a Grand Lodge held in Glasgow on the 1 st of
June , 1847 , under the presidency of the Duke of Athol . The Grand Master Mason of Scotland did not conceal the satisfaction he experienced at the number and respectability of the craftsmen who attended this Grand Communication ; showing how highly the honour of his masonic visit was appreciated , as well as the lively interest taken in the new appointment . Bro . Alison exercised his privilege in nominating to the respective
offices , Bro . Hastie , M . P ., Depute Master , and Bros . Sir James Campbell and Professor Ramsay , Senior and Junior Wardens . Some time after this very harmonious appointment , certain irregularities in the practice of one of the lodges in the Glasgow province having been reported to the Grand Lodge , the P . G . M . was requested to make investigation into them , at his very earliest convenience . His own professional engagements as Sheriff of the county , at all times laborious ,
having been at that time rendered much more so by the almost unprecedentedly severe commercial crisis vvhich had taken place ; and being deprived of the assistance of his Depute Master , who was then in London attending to his duties in the House of Commons , he found it impossible to comply with the request . The case , however , being supposed urgent ,
it was at length respectfully suggested to him that Bro . Walker Arnott might not be indisposed to accept a commission as Substitute Prov . G . Master . No suggestion could have been more happy . The zeal , activity , practical knowledge , and experience of the learned brother , in all matters relating to the Craft , are well known , and here was just the sphere for their beneficial exercise . Bro . Arnott at once consented , and entering upon the duties con amore , in a very short time had the Prov . Grand Lodge handsomely clothed and jewelledand in excellent working order
, , amply justifying the selection of his respected superior . During last winter , notwithstanding the prevalence of a formidable epidemic which for a time interfered with his arrangements , he succeeded in visiting most of the lodges in the province , much to their satisfaction and encouragement—correcting , advising , and instructing , with suavity and dignity , and in such a manner as must materially tend to elevate the character and maintain the purity of the Order .
The principal office bearers of the Glasgow Prov . Grand Lodge at present are , Bros . Archibald Alison , P . G . M . ; Alexander Hastie , M . P ., D . P . G . M . ; Walker Arnott , Sub . P . G . M . ; Sir James Campbell , S . G . W . ; William Ramsay , J . G . W . ; the Rev . Norman M'Leod , G . Chaplain ; David Dreghorn , G . Secretary ; and Bro . James Miller , G . Treasurer . While in the foregoing sketch we have had to record the diminished lustre of someand the entire obscuration of other lodges in this province
, , we much more gratefully allude to the , we believe , reasonable prospect at present entertained that a lodge , claiming an antiquity of nearly eight hundred years , but not yet connected with the Grand Lodge , is about to emerge from its long and unmerited obscurity , and to obtain a prominent place on the grand roll . A very general impression exists among the Craft , and indeed it is