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Scotland.
GLASGOAV CHAPTER ( NO . 50 ) . —On the 14 th of September , at the usual meeting of this Chapter , a Brother was duly exalted by the M . E . G . Companion Donald Campbell . There were three English visiting companions present viz . Comp . H . G . Warren , of No . 91 , 259 and 778 ; Comp . Simmonds , No . 812 , Comp . R . Sharman of No . 778 . Companions Warren and Simmonds were duly exalted to the degrees of Excellent Master , and Mark Master Masons ; Companion Sharman , ivho was previously a Mark Master Mason , ( Irish Lodge of Justice No . 37 , Jersey ) was also
obligated in that degree , and passed through the ceremonies with the other companions . The three companions were next obligated as Royal Arch ( Scotch ) Masons having taken that degree in England , and they were then affiliated as members of this Chapter . The Companions having been called off from labour to refreshment , The M . E . Z . Comp . Campbell , gai'e the health of the newly initiated Companion , which was duly responded to . The M . E . Z . said , that he had now to ask them to drink to the newly affiliated
Comps , of Chapter No . 50 , and prosperity to the Grand Chapter of England . One of those Comps . he had to introduce to them as the Editor of the Masonic Mirror , a . work wliich he believed was known to nearly every Companion of that Chapter . He was delighted to welcome Comp . Warren to Scotland , and at having the pleasure of affiliating him AA'ith Chapter No . 50 , by which he had been enabled perfectly to observe the differences of the working in the two countries—and he should be much pleased whenever his avocations would , allow him to visit Scotland , at seeing him in
their Lodge and Chapter-room—as he evidently , from the tone of the Masonic Mirror , took the deepest interest in the welfare of Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) The toast having been drunk , — Comp . Warren returned thanks , and begged to express his great obligation for the high honor they had conferred upon him in having elected him an honorary member , and affiliated him with their Chapter . He knew of no hi gher honor that could have been paid to him , ancl through him to the Masonic Mirror , which it should always be his endeavour to make worthy of the support of the brethren . He was sure , that the
members of the Grand Chapter of England were at all times anxious to do everything in their power to promote the welfare of Royal Arch Masonry , and that the members of the various private Chapters would ever be glad to welcome their Scottish Companions amongst them . He had been much pleased with the way in which the ceremony of that evening had been performed , and the intimate knowlege which the M . E . Z . ei'idently possessed , not only of the Scotch , but the English ritual . Before he resumed his seat , they would probably permit him to propose the health of that
worthy Companion . ( Cheers . ) He should deem it presumption to do so had his acquaintance with Comp . Campbell commenced that night—it had not done so , though it was true , only a few days had passed since he first met Comp . Campbell ; but from the day the Masonic Mirror was first started he had been in constant communication with him , and had received from their worthy M . E . Z . most valuable advice and assistance—which , he had great pleasure in thus being enabled to acknowledge in Chapter No . 50 , where he appeared to be so well known , and so highly esteemed . ( Cheers . ) He would ask them to join him in drinking the health of Comp . Campbell ,
and prosperity to St . Mark ' s Lodge and Chapter No . 50 . Comp . Campbell thanked Comp . Warren for the kind terms in which he had proposed the toast , and the other Comps . for the equally kind manner in which they had responded to it . He then said , as Br . Warren has coupled with his toast the name of St . Mark ' s Lodge , I wish to inform the English brethren , that in Scotland the R . A . is as distinct from the Craft , as the Craft is from Knight Templarism in England . ( Hear , hear . ) We have no annual subscriptions here , and therefore we have
no funds for charitable purposes as the English brethren hai'e . We have only the small , fees which we take from candidates at their initiation , but yet the St . Mark ' s are enabled to spend £ t > 0 a-year in charity . ( Cheers . ) I hare , however , long looked forward to the time—and I trust that now it is not far distant—when we shall have these annual subscriptions from the members of the Lodge , and then we shall have funds for charity at our disposal , as the English Masons have . We have 400 or 500 members now on our books , and what would five shillings a-year from each bo ?
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Scotland.
GLASGOAV CHAPTER ( NO . 50 ) . —On the 14 th of September , at the usual meeting of this Chapter , a Brother was duly exalted by the M . E . G . Companion Donald Campbell . There were three English visiting companions present viz . Comp . H . G . Warren , of No . 91 , 259 and 778 ; Comp . Simmonds , No . 812 , Comp . R . Sharman of No . 778 . Companions Warren and Simmonds were duly exalted to the degrees of Excellent Master , and Mark Master Masons ; Companion Sharman , ivho was previously a Mark Master Mason , ( Irish Lodge of Justice No . 37 , Jersey ) was also
obligated in that degree , and passed through the ceremonies with the other companions . The three companions were next obligated as Royal Arch ( Scotch ) Masons having taken that degree in England , and they were then affiliated as members of this Chapter . The Companions having been called off from labour to refreshment , The M . E . Z . Comp . Campbell , gai'e the health of the newly initiated Companion , which was duly responded to . The M . E . Z . said , that he had now to ask them to drink to the newly affiliated
Comps , of Chapter No . 50 , and prosperity to the Grand Chapter of England . One of those Comps . he had to introduce to them as the Editor of the Masonic Mirror , a . work wliich he believed was known to nearly every Companion of that Chapter . He was delighted to welcome Comp . Warren to Scotland , and at having the pleasure of affiliating him AA'ith Chapter No . 50 , by which he had been enabled perfectly to observe the differences of the working in the two countries—and he should be much pleased whenever his avocations would , allow him to visit Scotland , at seeing him in
their Lodge and Chapter-room—as he evidently , from the tone of the Masonic Mirror , took the deepest interest in the welfare of Freemasonry . ( Cheers . ) The toast having been drunk , — Comp . Warren returned thanks , and begged to express his great obligation for the high honor they had conferred upon him in having elected him an honorary member , and affiliated him with their Chapter . He knew of no hi gher honor that could have been paid to him , ancl through him to the Masonic Mirror , which it should always be his endeavour to make worthy of the support of the brethren . He was sure , that the
members of the Grand Chapter of England were at all times anxious to do everything in their power to promote the welfare of Royal Arch Masonry , and that the members of the various private Chapters would ever be glad to welcome their Scottish Companions amongst them . He had been much pleased with the way in which the ceremony of that evening had been performed , and the intimate knowlege which the M . E . Z . ei'idently possessed , not only of the Scotch , but the English ritual . Before he resumed his seat , they would probably permit him to propose the health of that
worthy Companion . ( Cheers . ) He should deem it presumption to do so had his acquaintance with Comp . Campbell commenced that night—it had not done so , though it was true , only a few days had passed since he first met Comp . Campbell ; but from the day the Masonic Mirror was first started he had been in constant communication with him , and had received from their worthy M . E . Z . most valuable advice and assistance—which , he had great pleasure in thus being enabled to acknowledge in Chapter No . 50 , where he appeared to be so well known , and so highly esteemed . ( Cheers . ) He would ask them to join him in drinking the health of Comp . Campbell ,
and prosperity to St . Mark ' s Lodge and Chapter No . 50 . Comp . Campbell thanked Comp . Warren for the kind terms in which he had proposed the toast , and the other Comps . for the equally kind manner in which they had responded to it . He then said , as Br . Warren has coupled with his toast the name of St . Mark ' s Lodge , I wish to inform the English brethren , that in Scotland the R . A . is as distinct from the Craft , as the Craft is from Knight Templarism in England . ( Hear , hear . ) We have no annual subscriptions here , and therefore we have
no funds for charitable purposes as the English brethren hai'e . We have only the small , fees which we take from candidates at their initiation , but yet the St . Mark ' s are enabled to spend £ t > 0 a-year in charity . ( Cheers . ) I hare , however , long looked forward to the time—and I trust that now it is not far distant—when we shall have these annual subscriptions from the members of the Lodge , and then we shall have funds for charity at our disposal , as the English Masons have . We have 400 or 500 members now on our books , and what would five shillings a-year from each bo ?