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Consecration Of The Willesden Lodge, No. 2489.
was due to the brethren to apologise for having appeared before them in a somewhat false position . He was not a Grand Chaplain ; but unfortunately Bro . Letchsvorth was unable to obtain the services of a real live Chaplain , so called upon him to perforin the duties . It was not the first time he had performed them , for on his journey that day he passed a certain house svhere he undertook the same duties for the Victoria Rifles Lodge .
Bro . Sir REGINALD HANSON , P . G . W ., then said that , by command of the W . M ., he had the pleasure of giving the next toast , which he should have given with more satisfaction to himself if the wind had not already been taken out of his sails , first by the comprehensive way in which the W . M ., notwithstanding his ill-health , which they all deplored , proposed the vote of thanks to the Consecrating Officers , and also h y the way in
which Bro . Fenn , in returning thanks for the Grand Officers , referred to what the ) ' had done . He begged leave , with regard to Bro . Fenn , to make a slight correction . There was a great difference betsveen seniority and superiority . He happened to be of higher rank in Grand Office , but superiority he could not claim . On behalf of the W . M . and members he proposed with the utmost pleasure the h ealth of those who had come there
not only in deference to their duties to the Craft at large , but out of their kindness to that new lodge , and admitted them to the great circle of Masonic brotherhood . He had had the pleasure himself of being present in a humble capacity as a Consecrating Officer under the auspices of the Grand Secretary , and he had seen how well the Willesden Lodge had been consecrated , and knew hosv much they owed to those enthusiastic and
thoroughly efficient brethren who had honoured them that day . He hardly knew why , except through the kindness of the VV . M ., he had been appointed I . P . M . He seemed somehow alsvays put in office in gratitude for services he had not rendered . He was not only the Acting I . P . M . of the Iodge , but a Past Grand Officer , and a past resident of Willesden , having lived there 30 years ago . That night , thanks to his Royal Highness
the M . W . G . M ., and Grand Lodge , they had been duly consecrated by the Grand Secretary , to whom they looked , and never in vain , for assistance and support . In the new lodge they were not going to spend their time in feasting , but meant to work , and it would be their great pleasure to have the Grand Officers present in the future . He appealed to the brethren svith the greatest confidence to drink " The hearty good Health of the Consecrating Officers " for their thorough good work .
Bro . h . LETCHWORTH , G . Sec , acknosvledged the compliment paid the Consecrating Officers by Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , and thanked ihe brethren for the kind wiy in which they had receivd the toast . It had afforded him , personally , the greatest possible pleasure to come dosvn and assist in starting that new lodge , and it gave him peculiar pleasure to find himsell assisted by Grand Officers who had honoured him by accompanying
him . He regretted the absence of Sir John Monckton , and no one would regret his absence morethanthedistinguishedbrother himself . Hisplacecould not have been more efficiently filled than by Bro . Loveland Loveland . Bro , Grey , the President Board Benevolence , was alsvays ready to assist in every work , and with regard to the Chaplain , Bro . Fenn , who had , with his characteristic modesty , rather deprecated any praise on that occasion—he was bound
to say , havingattended a largenumberof consecrations , that he had never heard the work performed in a more effective and impressive manner . Bro . Richardson was a host in himself , and he did not know hosv any consecration in the Metropolis would be carried on without his aid . With regard to the I . G ., the work could not have been performed better or in a more soldierly manner than by Major-General Gadsden . He would next , if they
would allow him , propose what was really the toast of the evening— " The Health of their Worshipful Master . " They all knew that with the pluck which was characteristic of him , the VV . M . had come there from a bed of sickness . He did not believe it would have been possible for the founders to have made a happier selection than that of Bro . Robson to be the W . M . Not only was he an important inhabitant officially connected with the
neighbourhood , but he was also a Mason of ripe experience , a member of a Watford Lodge , and a Past Master of the Harlesden Lodge , which recommended the petition to his Royal Highness . Bro . Robson possessed all those qualifications which would ensure for that lodge for the ensuing 12 months a most efficient Master . That he would have a prosperous year of office was the wish of every one in the room , and they svould therefore join
in drinking the health of the VV . M . Bro . O . C ROBSON , P . M ., VV . M ., said he thanked the Grand Secretary from the bottom of his heart for the extremely kind way in which the toast of his health had been given and received . Sir Reginald Hanson had said it was the intention of this lodge lo be a working lodge , and he could only
wish that it would be a thoroughly good working lodge . It svould be his utmost endeavour to carry out the work with the most thorough integrity He was sorry to come before them as a cripple , but although his health was bad , he was sound in heart . He wished all the members a successsful year in the lodge and he hoped when he left ihe chair , to do so wilh the same good opinion he trusted he now possessed .
" The Visitors" was cordially given and responded to by Bros . LEVICK , BRIGHTEN , and F . S . LONG . "The Officers" and other toasts were given , after which the T yler ' s toast terminated the proceedings . The musical arrangements throughout the ceremony and after the banquet , were carried out in a manner giving pleasure and satisfaction to all , under the direction of Bro . Arthur Weston , who svas assisted by Miss Masie Riversdale and Bros . Geo . May , Roland Henry and Frank Swinford ,
Consecration Of The Gold Fields Lodge, No. 2478, At Johannesburg.
CONSECRATION OF THE GOLD FIELDS LODGE , No . 2478 , AT JOHANNESBURG .
The consecration of the above lodge , under warrant from the Grand Lodge of England , took place on October 14 th in the Stock Exchange Hall . Freemasonry has made immense progress in Johannesburg and its vicinity during the . last llirec years , especially that portion of the ancient
Craft which ranges itself under the banner of the English Grand Lodge . It was our duty , only very recently , to chronicle t e consecration of a nesv lodge at Jeppestosvn , svhich , having surmounted the difficulties incidental to all newly-established institutions , i-. nosv in a fair svay tosvards a prospci ous career . It was only , however , a change of habitat , necessitating reference
Consecration Of The Gold Fields Lodge, No. 2478, At Johannesburg.
to , and confirmation by , the Grand Lodge officials in London which deprived the Iodge whose consecration took place recently of the honour of being the second English Iodge opened in Johannesburg , its charter having been granted , as the number implies , some little time in advance of its sister lodge at Jeppe ' s . In a few weeks' time Boksburg will be the scene of a
similar function , and before long a lodge will be opened at Germiston , an application for a warrant for which will propably be despatched shortly . But of all the lodges , here or elsewhere in the State , none gives so much promise of so brilliant a career as that which svas opened on the 14 th October . Its foundation and joining members are already very numerous , and the number
of propositions lor initiation are almost svithout precedent in Masonic annal ' The duty of consecrating this lodge , and investing and installing its officers , was delegated by ihe M . W . Grand Master to Bro . J . Da Silva , P . M ., who , with the officers designate of the lodge , worked with a will and some considerable success to convert the Exchange Hall into a " Temple "
worthy of the occasion . Flowers , evergreens , and sundry decorations and devices of Masonic character were judiciously requisitioned , and when the hall was filled , as it was that afternoon with over 300 brethren wearing the distinctive badges of their lodges and rank , it presented a very brilliant spectacle , and one which could not perhaps be witnessed elsesvhere in South
Africa . An extemporised dais for the accommodation of the Consecrating Officer and his assistant and attendant Masters had been erected in the east of the hall , and with its decorations gave an additional and pleasing effect to the tout ensemble of the svhole . There was a very large muster of Masters and Past Masters .
Shortly after three o ' clock the Consecrating Officer took the chair , and appointed the following brethren to the diffe ent offices protein .: Bros . J . E . Green , P . M ., S . VV . ; S . C . Herbert , P . M ., S . D . ; J . Wa die Peirson , VV . M ., J . D . ; Chas . Aburrosv , P . M ., D . of C . j Rev . G . Perry , Chap . ; Alfred Dasve , P . M ., I . G . ; H . H . Stidol ph , P . D . G . O ., Org . ; and F . H , de Roos , VV . M ., acting Sec .
The Iodge having been formall y opened , the ode— " Hail Eternal , by Whose Aid" was sung . The Consecrating Officer having explained the motive of the gathering , and the acting Secretary having related the steps that had been taken for the formation of the lodge , the foundation members were arranged in the centre of the room , and the petition to Grand Lodge
and the charter which had been granted in response to it were read to them . Their approval of the officers designate having been signified , the Chaplain delivered an oration . The dedicatory prayer and the invocation were very impressively recited , and the ceremony of sprinkling the lodge with
corn , wine , oil , and salt follosved , the brethren singing appropriate odes as the several perambulations werc performed . The act of dedication follosved , thc Chaplain carrying the censor round the lodge three times . The formal consecration was then pronounced b y the Consecrating Officer , the brethren responding " So mote it be , " while thc choir sang an anthem .
A solemn patriarchal benediction closed the ceremony of consecration , and the lodge then proceeded to the installation of the W . M . designate , Bro . S . Hershfield , who then appointed and installed the follosving brethren
as his officers * . Bros . VV . J . Blake , I . P . M . ; H . A . Reid . S . VV . ; A . N . S Goldberg , J . W . ; VV . A . Edwards , Treas . ; J . da Silva , P . M ., Sec . ; H . Reddall , S . D . ; M . Reffertt , J . D . ; R . Moss , I . G . ; and D . Margolius
and H . Youngleson , Stewards . The several proclamations in the east , west , and south were pronounced by the Installing Officer , Bro . da Silva , P . M ., the svorking tools in the Three Degrees being explained by Bros . C M . de Wet , P . M . ; B . Danziger ,
P . M . ; and W . J . Blake , P . M . The address to the VV . M . was given by Bro . J . E . Green , P . M ., that to the Wardens by Bro . Dr . Matthews , P . M ., and that to the brethren generally by the Installing Officer . A banquet follosved upon the closing of the proceedings , when between 300 and 400 brethren sat down . The clothing and furniture were supplied by Bro . George Kenning , through Bro . Maurice Hart , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . West Lanes .
HEKEUO . M . —This is a name svhich occurs very frequently in the early history of the high grades , but the meaning of svhich is by no means yet clear . It is generally written H— R— D— M— , and is interpreted Herodom , Ha ** redum , Harodim , H ; eredom , Heredum . It is also written Heredon , Heroden . So too the terms Rose Croix of Heredom , or Herodom of Kilwinning are often used . Some suppose that it is a Jacobite cant svord for the heritage of the dethroned sovereign , from " h-eres ; " others that it only means that the Scottish Masonry , as it was
called , svas the heir of Kilwinning Masonry ; while others would take Heredom from the Greek [ epos , holy , and $ 01105 , a house , —in our opinion far-fetched and utterly inadmissible . In all the early Scottish rituals the allusion is to the " Montagne de Heredon , " and svhich is said to exist in Scotland , near Kilwinning . The three mountains are Mount Moriah , Mount Sinai , and Mount Heredon . We are inclined to think that it svas a cant svord , and possibly had a Jacobite double meaning . It may , however , be purely mystical after all . In the Rite itself
allusion is made to Icolmkill in these svords : " En quel lieu le G . et S . ordre de H . D . M . fut-il premierement et . ibli ? Sur le s . iint sommet dut Mont Moriah dans le royaume de Judee . Oil fut-il ensuite rewbli ? A Icolmkill , et ensuite a Kilwinning , oil le Roi d'Ecosse piesida en personne comine G . Maitre . " In this ritual nothing is said about the mountain . It seems that in 1778 , when some Germans , Professor Lyungberg , Karl von Hessen , V . Exter , Von Lienan , and General Auditor Meyer , came to Lond . m , there svas a Chapter of Herodom ,
according to the Rite ot Perfection there , which professed to irive this grade in London , at the head of svhich svas Robert Lintot , svhose Deputy SVAS Dan Gottfried Hintze . The following grades were in use from a French system—Maitre parfait , Petit Elu , Elu eie Quinze , Architecte , G . Architecte , Seculaire Tribune , | uge et Prdve ' it , Compagnon de I ' Arche Royale , ParUit Miitre Sunlime Ecossais , Chevalier de I'Kppee , Chevalier de [ 'Orient , Chevalier de l ' Oeodent
, Commandeur , G . Commandeur , Prince de Jerusalem , Chevdher de Rose Cruix , Chevalier de I nple Croix , Chevalier de Palestine , Chevalier du Soleil , Cnevalier Kadosh . This Chapter professed to hail trom the Grand Lodge of Heredom of Edinburgh . Our readers svill note th-et this sv . is a system of tsventy gradesbeyond symbolical M . isonry . It has been said that the original Order ot Heredom only consisted of ( 1 ) i \ lar ; jn d'Heredom , ( 2 ) Chevalier de la Tour , ( 3 ) Cnevalier Rose Croix de Heredom de Kilwinning . —Ketining ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry .
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Consecration Of The Willesden Lodge, No. 2489.
was due to the brethren to apologise for having appeared before them in a somewhat false position . He was not a Grand Chaplain ; but unfortunately Bro . Letchsvorth was unable to obtain the services of a real live Chaplain , so called upon him to perforin the duties . It was not the first time he had performed them , for on his journey that day he passed a certain house svhere he undertook the same duties for the Victoria Rifles Lodge .
Bro . Sir REGINALD HANSON , P . G . W ., then said that , by command of the W . M ., he had the pleasure of giving the next toast , which he should have given with more satisfaction to himself if the wind had not already been taken out of his sails , first by the comprehensive way in which the W . M ., notwithstanding his ill-health , which they all deplored , proposed the vote of thanks to the Consecrating Officers , and also h y the way in
which Bro . Fenn , in returning thanks for the Grand Officers , referred to what the ) ' had done . He begged leave , with regard to Bro . Fenn , to make a slight correction . There was a great difference betsveen seniority and superiority . He happened to be of higher rank in Grand Office , but superiority he could not claim . On behalf of the W . M . and members he proposed with the utmost pleasure the h ealth of those who had come there
not only in deference to their duties to the Craft at large , but out of their kindness to that new lodge , and admitted them to the great circle of Masonic brotherhood . He had had the pleasure himself of being present in a humble capacity as a Consecrating Officer under the auspices of the Grand Secretary , and he had seen how well the Willesden Lodge had been consecrated , and knew hosv much they owed to those enthusiastic and
thoroughly efficient brethren who had honoured them that day . He hardly knew why , except through the kindness of the VV . M ., he had been appointed I . P . M . He seemed somehow alsvays put in office in gratitude for services he had not rendered . He was not only the Acting I . P . M . of the Iodge , but a Past Grand Officer , and a past resident of Willesden , having lived there 30 years ago . That night , thanks to his Royal Highness
the M . W . G . M ., and Grand Lodge , they had been duly consecrated by the Grand Secretary , to whom they looked , and never in vain , for assistance and support . In the new lodge they were not going to spend their time in feasting , but meant to work , and it would be their great pleasure to have the Grand Officers present in the future . He appealed to the brethren svith the greatest confidence to drink " The hearty good Health of the Consecrating Officers " for their thorough good work .
Bro . h . LETCHWORTH , G . Sec , acknosvledged the compliment paid the Consecrating Officers by Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , and thanked ihe brethren for the kind wiy in which they had receivd the toast . It had afforded him , personally , the greatest possible pleasure to come dosvn and assist in starting that new lodge , and it gave him peculiar pleasure to find himsell assisted by Grand Officers who had honoured him by accompanying
him . He regretted the absence of Sir John Monckton , and no one would regret his absence morethanthedistinguishedbrother himself . Hisplacecould not have been more efficiently filled than by Bro . Loveland Loveland . Bro , Grey , the President Board Benevolence , was alsvays ready to assist in every work , and with regard to the Chaplain , Bro . Fenn , who had , with his characteristic modesty , rather deprecated any praise on that occasion—he was bound
to say , havingattended a largenumberof consecrations , that he had never heard the work performed in a more effective and impressive manner . Bro . Richardson was a host in himself , and he did not know hosv any consecration in the Metropolis would be carried on without his aid . With regard to the I . G ., the work could not have been performed better or in a more soldierly manner than by Major-General Gadsden . He would next , if they
would allow him , propose what was really the toast of the evening— " The Health of their Worshipful Master . " They all knew that with the pluck which was characteristic of him , the VV . M . had come there from a bed of sickness . He did not believe it would have been possible for the founders to have made a happier selection than that of Bro . Robson to be the W . M . Not only was he an important inhabitant officially connected with the
neighbourhood , but he was also a Mason of ripe experience , a member of a Watford Lodge , and a Past Master of the Harlesden Lodge , which recommended the petition to his Royal Highness . Bro . Robson possessed all those qualifications which would ensure for that lodge for the ensuing 12 months a most efficient Master . That he would have a prosperous year of office was the wish of every one in the room , and they svould therefore join
in drinking the health of the VV . M . Bro . O . C ROBSON , P . M ., VV . M ., said he thanked the Grand Secretary from the bottom of his heart for the extremely kind way in which the toast of his health had been given and received . Sir Reginald Hanson had said it was the intention of this lodge lo be a working lodge , and he could only
wish that it would be a thoroughly good working lodge . It svould be his utmost endeavour to carry out the work with the most thorough integrity He was sorry to come before them as a cripple , but although his health was bad , he was sound in heart . He wished all the members a successsful year in the lodge and he hoped when he left ihe chair , to do so wilh the same good opinion he trusted he now possessed .
" The Visitors" was cordially given and responded to by Bros . LEVICK , BRIGHTEN , and F . S . LONG . "The Officers" and other toasts were given , after which the T yler ' s toast terminated the proceedings . The musical arrangements throughout the ceremony and after the banquet , were carried out in a manner giving pleasure and satisfaction to all , under the direction of Bro . Arthur Weston , who svas assisted by Miss Masie Riversdale and Bros . Geo . May , Roland Henry and Frank Swinford ,
Consecration Of The Gold Fields Lodge, No. 2478, At Johannesburg.
CONSECRATION OF THE GOLD FIELDS LODGE , No . 2478 , AT JOHANNESBURG .
The consecration of the above lodge , under warrant from the Grand Lodge of England , took place on October 14 th in the Stock Exchange Hall . Freemasonry has made immense progress in Johannesburg and its vicinity during the . last llirec years , especially that portion of the ancient
Craft which ranges itself under the banner of the English Grand Lodge . It was our duty , only very recently , to chronicle t e consecration of a nesv lodge at Jeppestosvn , svhich , having surmounted the difficulties incidental to all newly-established institutions , i-. nosv in a fair svay tosvards a prospci ous career . It was only , however , a change of habitat , necessitating reference
Consecration Of The Gold Fields Lodge, No. 2478, At Johannesburg.
to , and confirmation by , the Grand Lodge officials in London which deprived the Iodge whose consecration took place recently of the honour of being the second English Iodge opened in Johannesburg , its charter having been granted , as the number implies , some little time in advance of its sister lodge at Jeppe ' s . In a few weeks' time Boksburg will be the scene of a
similar function , and before long a lodge will be opened at Germiston , an application for a warrant for which will propably be despatched shortly . But of all the lodges , here or elsewhere in the State , none gives so much promise of so brilliant a career as that which svas opened on the 14 th October . Its foundation and joining members are already very numerous , and the number
of propositions lor initiation are almost svithout precedent in Masonic annal ' The duty of consecrating this lodge , and investing and installing its officers , was delegated by ihe M . W . Grand Master to Bro . J . Da Silva , P . M ., who , with the officers designate of the lodge , worked with a will and some considerable success to convert the Exchange Hall into a " Temple "
worthy of the occasion . Flowers , evergreens , and sundry decorations and devices of Masonic character were judiciously requisitioned , and when the hall was filled , as it was that afternoon with over 300 brethren wearing the distinctive badges of their lodges and rank , it presented a very brilliant spectacle , and one which could not perhaps be witnessed elsesvhere in South
Africa . An extemporised dais for the accommodation of the Consecrating Officer and his assistant and attendant Masters had been erected in the east of the hall , and with its decorations gave an additional and pleasing effect to the tout ensemble of the svhole . There was a very large muster of Masters and Past Masters .
Shortly after three o ' clock the Consecrating Officer took the chair , and appointed the following brethren to the diffe ent offices protein .: Bros . J . E . Green , P . M ., S . VV . ; S . C . Herbert , P . M ., S . D . ; J . Wa die Peirson , VV . M ., J . D . ; Chas . Aburrosv , P . M ., D . of C . j Rev . G . Perry , Chap . ; Alfred Dasve , P . M ., I . G . ; H . H . Stidol ph , P . D . G . O ., Org . ; and F . H , de Roos , VV . M ., acting Sec .
The Iodge having been formall y opened , the ode— " Hail Eternal , by Whose Aid" was sung . The Consecrating Officer having explained the motive of the gathering , and the acting Secretary having related the steps that had been taken for the formation of the lodge , the foundation members were arranged in the centre of the room , and the petition to Grand Lodge
and the charter which had been granted in response to it were read to them . Their approval of the officers designate having been signified , the Chaplain delivered an oration . The dedicatory prayer and the invocation were very impressively recited , and the ceremony of sprinkling the lodge with
corn , wine , oil , and salt follosved , the brethren singing appropriate odes as the several perambulations werc performed . The act of dedication follosved , thc Chaplain carrying the censor round the lodge three times . The formal consecration was then pronounced b y the Consecrating Officer , the brethren responding " So mote it be , " while thc choir sang an anthem .
A solemn patriarchal benediction closed the ceremony of consecration , and the lodge then proceeded to the installation of the W . M . designate , Bro . S . Hershfield , who then appointed and installed the follosving brethren
as his officers * . Bros . VV . J . Blake , I . P . M . ; H . A . Reid . S . VV . ; A . N . S Goldberg , J . W . ; VV . A . Edwards , Treas . ; J . da Silva , P . M ., Sec . ; H . Reddall , S . D . ; M . Reffertt , J . D . ; R . Moss , I . G . ; and D . Margolius
and H . Youngleson , Stewards . The several proclamations in the east , west , and south were pronounced by the Installing Officer , Bro . da Silva , P . M ., the svorking tools in the Three Degrees being explained by Bros . C M . de Wet , P . M . ; B . Danziger ,
P . M . ; and W . J . Blake , P . M . The address to the VV . M . was given by Bro . J . E . Green , P . M ., that to the Wardens by Bro . Dr . Matthews , P . M ., and that to the brethren generally by the Installing Officer . A banquet follosved upon the closing of the proceedings , when between 300 and 400 brethren sat down . The clothing and furniture were supplied by Bro . George Kenning , through Bro . Maurice Hart , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . West Lanes .
HEKEUO . M . —This is a name svhich occurs very frequently in the early history of the high grades , but the meaning of svhich is by no means yet clear . It is generally written H— R— D— M— , and is interpreted Herodom , Ha ** redum , Harodim , H ; eredom , Heredum . It is also written Heredon , Heroden . So too the terms Rose Croix of Heredom , or Herodom of Kilwinning are often used . Some suppose that it is a Jacobite cant svord for the heritage of the dethroned sovereign , from " h-eres ; " others that it only means that the Scottish Masonry , as it was
called , svas the heir of Kilwinning Masonry ; while others would take Heredom from the Greek [ epos , holy , and $ 01105 , a house , —in our opinion far-fetched and utterly inadmissible . In all the early Scottish rituals the allusion is to the " Montagne de Heredon , " and svhich is said to exist in Scotland , near Kilwinning . The three mountains are Mount Moriah , Mount Sinai , and Mount Heredon . We are inclined to think that it svas a cant svord , and possibly had a Jacobite double meaning . It may , however , be purely mystical after all . In the Rite itself
allusion is made to Icolmkill in these svords : " En quel lieu le G . et S . ordre de H . D . M . fut-il premierement et . ibli ? Sur le s . iint sommet dut Mont Moriah dans le royaume de Judee . Oil fut-il ensuite rewbli ? A Icolmkill , et ensuite a Kilwinning , oil le Roi d'Ecosse piesida en personne comine G . Maitre . " In this ritual nothing is said about the mountain . It seems that in 1778 , when some Germans , Professor Lyungberg , Karl von Hessen , V . Exter , Von Lienan , and General Auditor Meyer , came to Lond . m , there svas a Chapter of Herodom ,
according to the Rite ot Perfection there , which professed to irive this grade in London , at the head of svhich svas Robert Lintot , svhose Deputy SVAS Dan Gottfried Hintze . The following grades were in use from a French system—Maitre parfait , Petit Elu , Elu eie Quinze , Architecte , G . Architecte , Seculaire Tribune , | uge et Prdve ' it , Compagnon de I ' Arche Royale , ParUit Miitre Sunlime Ecossais , Chevalier de I'Kppee , Chevalier de [ 'Orient , Chevalier de l ' Oeodent
, Commandeur , G . Commandeur , Prince de Jerusalem , Chevdher de Rose Cruix , Chevalier de I nple Croix , Chevalier de Palestine , Chevalier du Soleil , Cnevalier Kadosh . This Chapter professed to hail trom the Grand Lodge of Heredom of Edinburgh . Our readers svill note th-et this sv . is a system of tsventy gradesbeyond symbolical M . isonry . It has been said that the original Order ot Heredom only consisted of ( 1 ) i \ lar ; jn d'Heredom , ( 2 ) Chevalier de la Tour , ( 3 ) Cnevalier Rose Croix de Heredom de Kilwinning . —Ketining ' s Cyclopcedia of Freemasonry .