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Sir and Brother , ^—In your two last numbers you have commented freely on Companion Gaylcr , as Gran d Scribe E . for Scotland ; and admitted letters agairist Mm , y : ^' 'i- : y :.-; : The subject is one which ought not ; to be discussed in print , but is more suited for ' private explanation ; and I think there is an ancient rule of the Graft , that when a Brother does vsrong , in reality or apparently , lie ought to be dealt with privately ; and if the hooty wi & he is more iinmediat ^ finds fault , they havei it in their power to punish him ; to run to the press pit such occasions may
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do for political subjects , but must be highly injurious to Masonry . It is not my intention to defend -Bro . Gaylor , or to uphold him . Truth may have been told in the articles referred to in your Magazine , and nothing hut the truth but the whole truth has not been brought forward . I only propose to make some general statements . 1 st . The Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter have never given two sets of diplomas , one for initiation ( or exaltation ) , the other for affiliation only . The diplomas must therefore be held as applicable to both , although one expression
is used . 2 nd . A private Lodge or Chapter is but a small branch in the Masonic world ; even Grand Lodges or Chapters are only branches , the whole being connected mystically into a common stem . It is in this way that Masonry is universal . A person initiated or exalted in one Lodge or Chapter , may be received in all ; he requires to take no additional Ob ., unless there are some unfortunate differences which render such expedient ; in the same way he can be affiliated in all by the mere inscription of his name on their hooks . This rule is generally observed abroad , for many who have been initiated in Great Britain have been elected
members of Lodges and Chapters elsewhere , and obtained diplomas , although they were notpresent at the time of their election . Before being proposed it is ascertained , of course , that the individual has been regularly admitted in a Lodge or Chapter holding of some recognized supreme body . If there are payments to be made annually , the individual must of course come under some Ob ., written or oral , to conform to that rule ; if there are none , the original Ob . ought to suffice . 3 rd . It results from this that a Royal Arch Companion received in Scotland ,
ought to be affiliated in and obtain a diploma from England , without being present , and that an English Companion is to be equally affiliated in Scotland . Such was the case there for some years before 1842 . In Scotland , the Mark as a collateral , and the Excellent as a direct Degree , were both given under the Eoyal Arch Ob ., and required no other . This laxity of procedure was then stopped as far as possible , and both ordered to be granted in future as direct and distinct Degrees ; a difficulty , however , arose as to those who had been already exalted either in Scotland or elsewhere , without getting those Degrees ; and to remove this a supplementary declaration ( whether orally in the Chapter or in w riting is of little consequence );
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Correspondence.
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Sir and Brother , ^—In your two last numbers you have commented freely on Companion Gaylcr , as Gran d Scribe E . for Scotland ; and admitted letters agairist Mm , y : ^' 'i- : y :.-; : The subject is one which ought not ; to be discussed in print , but is more suited for ' private explanation ; and I think there is an ancient rule of the Graft , that when a Brother does vsrong , in reality or apparently , lie ought to be dealt with privately ; and if the hooty wi & he is more iinmediat ^ finds fault , they havei it in their power to punish him ; to run to the press pit such occasions may
[ The ]^ entertained'hy ( ji orfesp < mde 0 s ?^
MAEK MASONRY
do for political subjects , but must be highly injurious to Masonry . It is not my intention to defend -Bro . Gaylor , or to uphold him . Truth may have been told in the articles referred to in your Magazine , and nothing hut the truth but the whole truth has not been brought forward . I only propose to make some general statements . 1 st . The Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter have never given two sets of diplomas , one for initiation ( or exaltation ) , the other for affiliation only . The diplomas must therefore be held as applicable to both , although one expression
is used . 2 nd . A private Lodge or Chapter is but a small branch in the Masonic world ; even Grand Lodges or Chapters are only branches , the whole being connected mystically into a common stem . It is in this way that Masonry is universal . A person initiated or exalted in one Lodge or Chapter , may be received in all ; he requires to take no additional Ob ., unless there are some unfortunate differences which render such expedient ; in the same way he can be affiliated in all by the mere inscription of his name on their hooks . This rule is generally observed abroad , for many who have been initiated in Great Britain have been elected
members of Lodges and Chapters elsewhere , and obtained diplomas , although they were notpresent at the time of their election . Before being proposed it is ascertained , of course , that the individual has been regularly admitted in a Lodge or Chapter holding of some recognized supreme body . If there are payments to be made annually , the individual must of course come under some Ob ., written or oral , to conform to that rule ; if there are none , the original Ob . ought to suffice . 3 rd . It results from this that a Royal Arch Companion received in Scotland ,
ought to be affiliated in and obtain a diploma from England , without being present , and that an English Companion is to be equally affiliated in Scotland . Such was the case there for some years before 1842 . In Scotland , the Mark as a collateral , and the Excellent as a direct Degree , were both given under the Eoyal Arch Ob ., and required no other . This laxity of procedure was then stopped as far as possible , and both ordered to be granted in future as direct and distinct Degrees ; a difficulty , however , arose as to those who had been already exalted either in Scotland or elsewhere , without getting those Degrees ; and to remove this a supplementary declaration ( whether orally in the Chapter or in w riting is of little consequence );