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The Mark Degree.
THE MARK DEGREE .
WE promised in our last to show how the Mark degree might be legalised in England under the authority of the G . Chapter of Scotland , though we would much prefer , if it could be so arranged , that it should be connected with that of England . As , however , the degree is not officially recognised in England , we have now only to deal with it as connected with the Scotch Lodges . The Scottish G . Chapter woidd not
grant a warrant for making E . A . Masons in England , inasmuch as they will not , and very properly so , interfere with the functions of the G . Chapter of this country . It would , however , doubtless , grant a Charter for the practice of the Mark to those who were already E . A . Masons . In order to . obtain such a Charter , it would be necessary for nine Eoyal Arch Masons to become affiliated with some established Scotch Lodge ,
tmd afterwards , to apply for a warrant to the G . Chapter—at least three of these nine having taken the Scottish Obligation . Indeed , we believe that there would be no difficulty in the members of the existing London Bon . Accord Lodge of Mark Masons becoming at once affiliated to a Scotch Chapter , and obtaining a legal Charter , they of course
undertaking to withdraw themselves from the surreptitious Lodge into which there can be no doubt they have been inadvertently drawn , and to obey laws and regulations of the G . Chapter of Scotland for the future . We feel the greater confidence in the expression of this opinion , because , as in England , we do not grant the degrees of Mark , Past , and Excellent , previous to the Eoyal Arch , —as in Scotland , the Supreme G . Chapter
of that country forbids any Chapter to admit , as visitors , Eoyal Arch Masons from England or abroad , unless they take an obligation that they will not illegally reveal any degrees they may see practised— -and consider themselves to be as much members of them as though they had gone through the regular ceremonies as performed in Scotland . Indeed , if an English Arch Mason applies for affiliation withor to use the English
, term , to become a joining member of a Scottish Chapter , he is never ( unless he himself desires it ) asked to go through the ceremonial of the omitted degrees , but all are conferred under one general obligation . The c c
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The Mark Degree.
THE MARK DEGREE .
WE promised in our last to show how the Mark degree might be legalised in England under the authority of the G . Chapter of Scotland , though we would much prefer , if it could be so arranged , that it should be connected with that of England . As , however , the degree is not officially recognised in England , we have now only to deal with it as connected with the Scotch Lodges . The Scottish G . Chapter woidd not
grant a warrant for making E . A . Masons in England , inasmuch as they will not , and very properly so , interfere with the functions of the G . Chapter of this country . It would , however , doubtless , grant a Charter for the practice of the Mark to those who were already E . A . Masons . In order to . obtain such a Charter , it would be necessary for nine Eoyal Arch Masons to become affiliated with some established Scotch Lodge ,
tmd afterwards , to apply for a warrant to the G . Chapter—at least three of these nine having taken the Scottish Obligation . Indeed , we believe that there would be no difficulty in the members of the existing London Bon . Accord Lodge of Mark Masons becoming at once affiliated to a Scotch Chapter , and obtaining a legal Charter , they of course
undertaking to withdraw themselves from the surreptitious Lodge into which there can be no doubt they have been inadvertently drawn , and to obey laws and regulations of the G . Chapter of Scotland for the future . We feel the greater confidence in the expression of this opinion , because , as in England , we do not grant the degrees of Mark , Past , and Excellent , previous to the Eoyal Arch , —as in Scotland , the Supreme G . Chapter
of that country forbids any Chapter to admit , as visitors , Eoyal Arch Masons from England or abroad , unless they take an obligation that they will not illegally reveal any degrees they may see practised— -and consider themselves to be as much members of them as though they had gone through the regular ceremonies as performed in Scotland . Indeed , if an English Arch Mason applies for affiliation withor to use the English
, term , to become a joining member of a Scottish Chapter , he is never ( unless he himself desires it ) asked to go through the ceremonial of the omitted degrees , but all are conferred under one general obligation . The c c