The Late Bro. Clifford P. Muccalla, P.G. Master Of Pennsylvania.

lie was also graduated in the Uuiversity of Pennsylvania law department , jn 1858 , and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in the same year . He made the practice of the Orphans' Court his special study , and was an , -ictive practitioner and trusted counsellor and advocate . Bro . MacCalla petitioned lor and received the li ght of Masonry in Concordia Lodge , No . 67 , F . and A . M ., of Philadelphia , on February 2 nd ,

1869 ; was passed March 12 th , 1869 , and raised to the Sublime Degree 0 f a Master Mason on April 14 th , 1869 . He filled the several preparatory offices in the lodge , in which he took an active interest , to the satisfaction of ihe brethren , so much so that he was elected and installed Worshi pful Master of his lodge in December , 18 74 , serving during 1875 , from which he retired with the commendation of the Craft . He was elected and served as

Secretary of his lodge from 1877 until 18 SS , when he declined further service . In Grand Lodge his merits were quickly recognised , and rewarded in 1 SS 2 by election as Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , serving during the years 1883 and 1884 , and then as Senior Grand Warden in 1 SS 5 and 1 SS 6 ; again as Deputy Grand Master in 1887 and iSSS , and finall y as R . W . Grand Master in 18 S 9 and iSoo , and on retirinsr

was presented by his friends with the jewel of a Past Grand Master . His official life as a Grand Officer was marked b y a close attention to such subordinate duties as were devolved upon him , a careful preparation for the offices awaiting him , so that when as Grand Master he was installed into office , he came fully prepared for the performance of its duties , which was marked by calm , clear , deliberate judgmenta kind regard for the

, feelings of others , a high appreciation of the responsibilities of the office , and a firm determination to hand it to his successor with all its high prerogatives and ancient rights fully preserved . It was during bis administration that the Art Association was brought to life , and he had the proud satisfaction of being its first and onl y President , and of seeing during and since

his retirement from office , some of the finest pieces of artistic decoration to be found in this country or elsewhere , and which now adorn our Masonic Temple . He was the friend of the Masonic Home of Pennsylvania , and many a kind word has fallen from his lips during his official life in its favour .

So great was the respect and affection and confidence felt for him as a friend and brother , that R . W . Bro . Thomas R . Patton , Grand Treas ., named Bro . MacCalla the first of the five life trustees of the " Thomas R . Patton Masonic Memorial Fund , " intended for the relief of widows of Master Masons over forty-five years old . He has served on some of the most important Committees of Grind Lodge—the Committee on Foreign

Correspondence in former years , and the present as a member of the Committee on Appeals . He was also the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodges of Michigan and District of Columbia , near the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , and an honorary member of a number of foreign lodges , Sec In Capitular Masonry Bro . MacCalla was Marked on May 23 rd , 1 S 70 ; received and accepted a Most Excellent Master on May 23 rd , 1870 , and exalted

to the Supreme Degree of a Royal Arch Mason on May 23 rd , 1870 , in the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 3 , of Philadel phia . In the Orders of Christian Knighthood he was constituted and created a Knight of the illustrious : Order of the Red Cross , and dubbed and created a Kni ght Templar and j Knight of Malta on July 14 th , 1 S 70 , in Mary Commandery , No . 36 , K . T ., E oi Philadelphia . He was a member of the Masonic Veterans of

Pennsvl-; vania . He never received any degrees in the Concordant Orders . It might almost be said that Bro . MacCalla was born an editor . As a boy we find him for several years writing a small monthl y magazine , his only subscribers being his father and mother , but that encouragement was : well deserved . When he became a man he was admitted as one of the i editorial staff of the Episcopal Recorder , for many years the leading organ , of the E piscopal Church . Afterwards he was the editor of the Episcopal I Register and The Church , now known as The Church Standard . Of the Episcopal Church he was an ardent adherent , and held many positions ,

official and otherwise , and was for many years one of the Secretaries of the Conventions in the Diocese of Pennsylvania . He was a member of Christ P . E . Church , Media , Pa . In 1 S 6 S The Keystone , then but a year old , was printed at the office of MacCalla and Stave )) -, and it was here that Bro . •MacCalla , no doubt impressed with the beauties , began to cultivate his stud y of Masonry , and soon after his initiation , in 1869 , we find him installed as editor-in-chief . Under his able supervision and care The

Keystone soon became known as a Masonic authority , and earned , after "art ! labour , the reputation of being the best Masonic newspaper in the country . Under his care The Keystone , while not the recognised authority ° ' the Grand Lodge , became , however , almost an oracle , because it ' s learhings were true Freemasonry , based upon the ancient landmarks and work , and they were always in harmony with the Ahiman Rezon , the Grand ¦'' asters and common sense of Freemasonry .

He would never tolerate the slightest innovations and never swerved win the straight line of Masonry . He was a writer with a fluent pen , his thoughts were refined and eloquent , his mind was vivid , his descriptive powers beyond the average , his writings and his words always commanded attention from the beginning to the ending , and , above all , he was a careful Jtudcnt of the symbology , the liturgy and jurisprudence of Freemasonry , - «» Ulti * JJ •KUWI V £ , J 1 t , IIY « I IIL 4 I g V tlHU [ III IONIUUWIII . U Ul I . t ^ UIIIUOVII 1 \ ,

ln the columns of the Keystone the credit of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was always maintained , and in it first appeared the proven claims ™ Philadelphia as being the mother city of Freemasonry in America . His "ncluig of Liber B , the ledger of St . John ' s Lodge , of 1730 , with its full fel ol members , embracing the leaders of that day in literature , medicine , Jr 'Si scienceand politicslaced upon record and silenced the counter

, , p a | ms of others . His editorials were always chaste and full of thought ¦* " « reflection , and were generally republished in other Masonic newspapers . ' magazines , and duly credited because he wrote as no other man wrote . ' ' ditorial letters of travels , as published from time to time in the , ' . ' '¦* ' / " «( ¦ , mark his ability as a writer . A number of his articles have also ce 't published in book and naniDhlet form .

Last year he went abroad for pleasure , and while in ' England was the ^ pient of the highest honours and warmest welcomes that could be given p ' Mason . Here he met with Bros . Hughan , Gould , Speth , Whytehead , l ^ : Shadwell H . Clerke , Brown , Wylie , Lyon , and others . It was then ^ 'Mention to go to the Holy Land , but the party was abandoned and fell g ° tigh . This year he left home on February 6 th , 1892 , and sailed direct to »_ 0 , ' i and thence workinp- his w .-iv past , reached Inrimalom . nnrl iVienrp

L M north was on his way home , when he was taken sick , of what , or ' ° r when , we cannot tell , but this we do know -that he is dead . | Une yenr a g ) t ^ s p rcscnt montfy Bro . MacCalla buried his wife , and 'ts > i r ; it ' affected him very much ; and while to the public he seemed tltt'i ' 1 l ° ms 'oss ' ^' '" ' ' lomc a , K ' family her memory was tender and ' •He leaves a family of three children , two sons and one daughter .

The Late Bro. Clifford P. Muccalla, P.G. Master Of Pennsylvania.

His eldest son , Willard A ., is a member of the firm of MacCalla and Company , printers and publishers of the Keystone ; a second son , Clifford S . MacCalla , who is 16 years old , and a daughter , Mrs . Asa L . Foster , who , with many friends , await with anxiety the history of his sickness and death , and for his embalmed body ' s arrival in this country and its final burial in this city . This will not probably be before the middle of May or Tune .

The R . W . Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , very justly in testimony of the hi gh appreciation and respect felt for him by the Craft , has through the Grand Master cabled to have Bro . MacCalla ' s body carefully prepared and embalmed , and forwarded to this city , in order that the brethren may unite in paying their final tribute to his memory . As a citizen he was a thorough Philadelphian . Everything that could advance the interests of his native city received his attention , hence he was

one of the prime movers of the bi-centennial celebration of the landing of William Perm , which was a success during its entire four days . Such in brief is the story of the life of Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla . He—dying—leaveth as the sum of him A life—count closed , whose ills are dead and quit , Whose good is quick and mighty , far and near , So that fruits follow it .

His life was a gentle one , marked as all lives are by the shadows of passing sorrows , and to us his death abroad seems like a dream , and we Learn Only when all the dross of sin is quit , Only when life like a white flame spent , Death dies along with it . "

Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

The usual quarterly meeting ol the Grand Lodge of Scotland was held on the 5 th inst ., in the Freemasons' Hall , Edinburgh , under the presidency ( in the absence of the Grand Master Mason , the Earl of Haddington ) of Bro . John Graham of Broadstone , Provincial Grand Master of Glasgow ,

City Acting Grand Alaster . Bro . Dr . James Middleton , Provincial Grand Master of Roxburgh and Selkirkshires , acted as Grand Master Depute ; Bro . the Hon . Thomas Cochrane , Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , as Substitute Grand Master ; Bro . John Campbell , as Senior Grand Warden , and Bro . Charles Baxter , as Junior Grand Warden .

A deputation was introduced from the Lodge Dramatic and Arts , No . 737 , headed by the R . W . M ., Bro . W . Drummond Young , who , on behalf of his lodge , presented a cheque ot 103 guineas as the proceeds of the recent Masonic service in St . Giles' Cathedral in behalf of the Annuity Fund of Scottish Masonic Benevolence . In handing over this cheque the R . W . M . referred to the able services of the Secretary of the lodge ( Bro .

W . A . Davis ) , on whose shoulders had fallen most of the burden of the arrangements for the service . The GRAND MASTER , in accepting the contribution , said he was much pleased that the R . W . M . had mentioned the Secretary of the lodge , his friend , Bro . Davis , to whom Grand Lodge and the Craft in general ' owed a deep debt of gratitude for his unwearied labours in connection with the Masonic bazaar .

A charter was granted to Lodge St . Bride , Lochranza , Isle of Arran . Bro . Major R . King Stewart , of Murdostoun , was appointed Provincial Grand Master of Lanarkshire Middle Ward . Bro . William M'Cullough , J . P ., was appointed Provincial Grand Master of New Zealand North . The Annuity Board had resolved that in future each application for the benefit of the Annuity Fund be sent through the Provincial Grand Lodge

to which the petitioner ' s lodge belongs , but on the motion of Bro . CALDWELL , the Grand Lodge deleted this by a majority of 120 against 53 . A proposal that the condition and circumstances of each annuitant be annually reported on by the Provincial Grand Lodges was adopted by 83 against 73 . Grand Lodge next took up consideration of the resolution of which notice had been given bv Bro . J AMES SIMPSON ' , seconded by Bro . D . R .

CLARK , to the effect that , as the present minimum fee in lodges under Grand Lodge payable on admission to the Craft was fixed at a time when the funds of Grand Lodge did not allow disbursements for benevolence or annuities , and that , seeing the benefits are now very large , the fees should be very materially increased , and that it be remitted to Grand Committee to consider and recommend the minimum sum it would be advisable to fix , and how it should be applied .

Considerable discussion took place on this , but ultimately the motion was carried b y no against 59 for the direct negative . Notice was given of a motion b y Bro . M'NAUGHT , seconded by Bro . C . BAXTER , to the effect that the election and installation of office-bearers of Grand Lodge , together with the celebration of the Festival of St . Andrew , be held in Glasgow in November next , provided suitable arrangements can be made .

Masonic Mss—Watson's Series.

MASONIC MSS—WATSON'S SERIES .

The opportunity afforded by the quarterly meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire last week was taken to express the satisfaction of the members at the publication of so many excellent reproductions of old MS . Constitutions under the editorship of Bro . William Watson , of Leeds . The West Yorkshire Masonic Library has now four valuable MSS . of the " Old Charges , " three of which have been published , viz ., " Thomas W .

'lew MS . ' ( two editions ) , and " William Watson MS ., " with introductions by Bro . Hughan , and the " Clapham MS . " b y Bro . Watson . Under the same auspices the " Hope , Waistcil , and Probity " MSS ., have been reproduced , edited by Bros . Hughan and Watson , making a most valuable trio , and the " Hughan MS . " is now being prepared for publication by the transcriber and editor , Bro . Watson .

All these rolls have portions in facsimile as frontispieces , and have been most carefully done , the result being a series of reproductions which are an honour to the editors and likewise to the Provincial Grand Master , the R . W . Bro . Thomas VV . Tew , J . P ., who has met all the cost of printing and publishing .

The labour has been considerable , but heavy as that has been , the circulation of these veritable relics of the days gone by cannot but prove of the utmost value and importance , and inaugurates an era of Masonic stud y and provincial support entirely unknown in the past , though even now peculiar , or confined to the one province . The trio of MSS . nre interestingly described by Bro . Hughan , and make a choice souvenir .