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Article THE CONDITION OF SCOTCH MASONRY. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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The Condition Of Scotch Masonry.
wlh S ? ° d - in ° m' dut J « «**•« - to be esteemed MOIth y of carrymg out the desi gn we have in view inThk pid £ cat . on-the progress of Freemasonry , to IJ to Sit / " i ° ' and ou S ht to be-were Te to m ^ h M n Peakinf ° U / u < ° tL miserable «^ on " into which Masomy has fallen in the sister kino-dnm
rim «_ 1 , P aSlde the strictures which , frSm time to Sch BroZ Peai ' " % * ^ Written h J ™ sun , vl i f * i - ;~ We WiUe ™ n , for the sake of Argument suppose that their statements have been too strono ^ fnc 3 , C ^ SlderabIe dicountfrom their
ture ° swtt / t ? ? " strictures . We will try the question , in fact , not merelv unon tnfZSZThTreceivcd'butup°n°*«<2£merits , which we have been at some pains to eather .
BrofeVwe'Xnk l r ^? wled S e amon S ^ Scotch xiietmen we thmk no laboured investigation is required to prove that it is proverbial . We hold ft to be mpSe t oXT - ° ? made > paSSed ^ and raised - in » e n ght 01 l £ ? ^ information as to what Masonry really is ot what are its designs and objectsButbeyond this few
. , indeed ever advance . Once made Ma teS ! s f £ seem to think that the end is gained , aSSatitTC . S surplusage to take any further trouble to nqle whaTa ^ ^f^sftr1"theirrponsibilities***£know , » ! SlgnS ' . kenS ^ and words , whereby to Know a Mason , " at one meeting the infnr ™^™ ;„ , JJ .
linTafthe ' ^^ i f f ^ ° t £ en ; S ° tbaCby stumoi ff ^^^ offfi ^ ° bI - - ^ rough It is a fact which we believe it will be difficult to disprove hat steely a Mason initiated in Scotland is now-TdJys k Wh
£ S iSh re ?* T ? T T WOThiniself intoYn th ™ np ? nf •mal f ^ ° n 0 t i S n 0 rant ^ to the manner of opening and closing a Lodge , and , as far as & e ceremomes are concerned is n ' ot lost fn Wr ' astonTsh it ; l i ? ^ Chance he has § ained an entrancewheie the work is done " regularl y and in order . " 6 SEld Hsh
Biifff S ' ^ many Eng ' Irish - and fOTeJgn mSiW " w lkr 1 S norance - and evince the same disquahfic ^ ons We regret to say that the statement is too tiue We neither attempt to deny , or palliate it . Many Brethren fail to be impressed with the sublimity ofthe respective degrees ; all have not the same comprehension-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Condition Of Scotch Masonry.
wlh S ? ° d - in ° m' dut J « «**•« - to be esteemed MOIth y of carrymg out the desi gn we have in view inThk pid £ cat . on-the progress of Freemasonry , to IJ to Sit / " i ° ' and ou S ht to be-were Te to m ^ h M n Peakinf ° U / u < ° tL miserable «^ on " into which Masomy has fallen in the sister kino-dnm
rim «_ 1 , P aSlde the strictures which , frSm time to Sch BroZ Peai ' " % * ^ Written h J ™ sun , vl i f * i - ;~ We WiUe ™ n , for the sake of Argument suppose that their statements have been too strono ^ fnc 3 , C ^ SlderabIe dicountfrom their
ture ° swtt / t ? ? " strictures . We will try the question , in fact , not merelv unon tnfZSZThTreceivcd'butup°n°*«<2£merits , which we have been at some pains to eather .
BrofeVwe'Xnk l r ^? wled S e amon S ^ Scotch xiietmen we thmk no laboured investigation is required to prove that it is proverbial . We hold ft to be mpSe t oXT - ° ? made > paSSed ^ and raised - in » e n ght 01 l £ ? ^ information as to what Masonry really is ot what are its designs and objectsButbeyond this few
. , indeed ever advance . Once made Ma teS ! s f £ seem to think that the end is gained , aSSatitTC . S surplusage to take any further trouble to nqle whaTa ^ ^f^sftr1"theirrponsibilities***£know , » ! SlgnS ' . kenS ^ and words , whereby to Know a Mason , " at one meeting the infnr ™^™ ;„ , JJ .
linTafthe ' ^^ i f f ^ ° t £ en ; S ° tbaCby stumoi ff ^^^ offfi ^ ° bI - - ^ rough It is a fact which we believe it will be difficult to disprove hat steely a Mason initiated in Scotland is now-TdJys k Wh
£ S iSh re ?* T ? T T WOThiniself intoYn th ™ np ? nf •mal f ^ ° n 0 t i S n 0 rant ^ to the manner of opening and closing a Lodge , and , as far as & e ceremomes are concerned is n ' ot lost fn Wr ' astonTsh it ; l i ? ^ Chance he has § ained an entrancewheie the work is done " regularl y and in order . " 6 SEld Hsh
Biifff S ' ^ many Eng ' Irish - and fOTeJgn mSiW " w lkr 1 S norance - and evince the same disquahfic ^ ons We regret to say that the statement is too tiue We neither attempt to deny , or palliate it . Many Brethren fail to be impressed with the sublimity ofthe respective degrees ; all have not the same comprehension-