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A Century Of Freemasonry*
twenty-five years of age . The sons of Masons are excepted from the obligation of majority , but they , nevertheless , remain Appentices and Fellow-craft , until they havo arrived at such majority . " This article would seem to settle some things that have hitherto remained open questions . Amongst others , that the degree of Master Mason was a much more rare ancl solemn degreethat
pe-, culiar ideas of reverence ivere connected Avith it , and that Master Masons were evidently of the Arch degree , while the common workmen of Masonry , whose attainments were not so great , whose work was not so accurate , remained on the threshhold of the Arch . * The age in England , as every one knows , is twentyone , *) - that being the English majoritybut it is a sad thing to
, consider how frequent dispensations have become ! The rule of limitation does not , hoivever , exist in England , a fact AA'hich is calculated to confirm the supposition concerning the Arch degree .
" Art . XVIII . —The admission fee is 120 livres , and 12 livres for the apron , & c . The annual subscription is 6 livres . " In England no upward limit is set to the fees ( beyond the three guineas provided by law ) , which indeed varied considerably at one time in France also , J a fact ivhich is rather to be regretted , since it causes many men of small means to join mean
and inconsiderable Lodges , where the opportunities of instruction are not greater , instead of well-worked and spirited Lodges , such as , it is said , are the University and Town Lodges of Oxford .
I will here quote , for the sake of completeness , the article in Anderson . " Art . III . —That no Lodge shall ever make a Mason for a less sum than one guinea , and that guinea to be applied , either to the private fund of the Lodge , or to the public charity , without deducting from such deposit any money toward the defraying the expense of the T r , & c , under the forfeiture of their constitution ^ But this not to extend to the making of waiters , servitors , or menial servants , who maybe instituted by the Lodge they are to serve ; provided such making or institution be done without fee or reward . " ||
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A Century Of Freemasonry*
twenty-five years of age . The sons of Masons are excepted from the obligation of majority , but they , nevertheless , remain Appentices and Fellow-craft , until they havo arrived at such majority . " This article would seem to settle some things that have hitherto remained open questions . Amongst others , that the degree of Master Mason was a much more rare ancl solemn degreethat
pe-, culiar ideas of reverence ivere connected Avith it , and that Master Masons were evidently of the Arch degree , while the common workmen of Masonry , whose attainments were not so great , whose work was not so accurate , remained on the threshhold of the Arch . * The age in England , as every one knows , is twentyone , *) - that being the English majoritybut it is a sad thing to
, consider how frequent dispensations have become ! The rule of limitation does not , hoivever , exist in England , a fact AA'hich is calculated to confirm the supposition concerning the Arch degree .
" Art . XVIII . —The admission fee is 120 livres , and 12 livres for the apron , & c . The annual subscription is 6 livres . " In England no upward limit is set to the fees ( beyond the three guineas provided by law ) , which indeed varied considerably at one time in France also , J a fact ivhich is rather to be regretted , since it causes many men of small means to join mean
and inconsiderable Lodges , where the opportunities of instruction are not greater , instead of well-worked and spirited Lodges , such as , it is said , are the University and Town Lodges of Oxford .
I will here quote , for the sake of completeness , the article in Anderson . " Art . III . —That no Lodge shall ever make a Mason for a less sum than one guinea , and that guinea to be applied , either to the private fund of the Lodge , or to the public charity , without deducting from such deposit any money toward the defraying the expense of the T r , & c , under the forfeiture of their constitution ^ But this not to extend to the making of waiters , servitors , or menial servants , who maybe instituted by the Lodge they are to serve ; provided such making or institution be done without fee or reward . " ||