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Article A CENTURY OF FREEMASONRY* ← Page 15 of 15
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A Century Of Freemasonry*
Nor , indeed , Avere these regulations deemed binding and complete AA-ithout the "mysterious seal of the Scotch grade , in red wax , with golden and azure thread . " Kloss has a remark on this subject worth y of quotation : *—" The Articles XXIII . and XLII . distinctly show that the Scotch grade
was , in the mean time , recognised by the Grancl Lodge , indeed , that the Avork of this degree was carried on separately , or else the statutes would not have been provided with the mysterious seal of the Scotch Lodge . If , therefore , in later times , the assertion be made that Grand Lodge had only recognised and worked the three veritable Masonic degrees , there is positive testimony to the contrary in these two articles , for the passing of ivhich a very important reason had been shortly before alleged to the sixty Masters and Wardens , —the avoidance of the high grades . "
Before closing this article , it may be Ai'ell to consider for a feAV moments the general aspect which Masonry presented at this period . We find the Grand Lodge of France giving way before the storm , and admitting into Masonry various new ceremonies , AA'hich , it is a subject of congratulation to English Masons , have not been incorporated in England , as in France ,
with Ancient Masonry . But the Grand Lodge became independent , and was not bound by the feelings of English Masons . Has it not been " declared ancl pronounced that pine Ancient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more ; viz . those of the Entered Apprentice , the FelloAv-Craft , and the Master Mason , including the Supreme Order of the Hol y Boyal Arch ? "
It was therefore dignified in the London Grand Lodge to recognise the independence of France under these circumstances , for it had promised " to respect genuine and true Brethren , and discountenance impostors and all dissenters from the ori ginal plan of Freemasonry . " Certainly , the originators of some of the French degrees came under one of these two denominations : but which of them , I must leave it to the opinions of Masons to determine .
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A Century Of Freemasonry*
Nor , indeed , Avere these regulations deemed binding and complete AA-ithout the "mysterious seal of the Scotch grade , in red wax , with golden and azure thread . " Kloss has a remark on this subject worth y of quotation : *—" The Articles XXIII . and XLII . distinctly show that the Scotch grade
was , in the mean time , recognised by the Grancl Lodge , indeed , that the Avork of this degree was carried on separately , or else the statutes would not have been provided with the mysterious seal of the Scotch Lodge . If , therefore , in later times , the assertion be made that Grand Lodge had only recognised and worked the three veritable Masonic degrees , there is positive testimony to the contrary in these two articles , for the passing of ivhich a very important reason had been shortly before alleged to the sixty Masters and Wardens , —the avoidance of the high grades . "
Before closing this article , it may be Ai'ell to consider for a feAV moments the general aspect which Masonry presented at this period . We find the Grand Lodge of France giving way before the storm , and admitting into Masonry various new ceremonies , AA'hich , it is a subject of congratulation to English Masons , have not been incorporated in England , as in France ,
with Ancient Masonry . But the Grand Lodge became independent , and was not bound by the feelings of English Masons . Has it not been " declared ancl pronounced that pine Ancient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more ; viz . those of the Entered Apprentice , the FelloAv-Craft , and the Master Mason , including the Supreme Order of the Hol y Boyal Arch ? "
It was therefore dignified in the London Grand Lodge to recognise the independence of France under these circumstances , for it had promised " to respect genuine and true Brethren , and discountenance impostors and all dissenters from the ori ginal plan of Freemasonry . " Certainly , the originators of some of the French degrees came under one of these two denominations : but which of them , I must leave it to the opinions of Masons to determine .