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The Ancient And Accepted Rite
Sublime Degrees , or Orders of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masonry , with any Masons or bodies of Masons which at any time have been or hereafter may be established anywhere by any authorities whatever , except with such . as are or may be duly recognised and acknowledged as being lawful and regular by the aforesaid Grand and Supreme Council / which obligation the said Davyd William Nash duly signed and acknowledgedv
"And Whereas , notwithstanding the repeated requirements and earnest expostulations of the Supreme Council , the said Davyd William Nash has not only held Masonic fellowship , intercourse , and communion , in the ineffable ^ and Sublime Degrees or Orders of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masonry , with Masons or bodies of Masons not duly recognised and acknowledged by the Grand and Supreme Council , but has also sanctioned and joined in granting warrants for the 18 th and other Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , and has printed and published statements subversive of the dignity of the Supreme Grand Council , and otherwise acted in direct defiance and usurpation of the powers of such
Supi'eme Council . " Be it known , therefore , that the Supreme Council have deposed and expelled the said Davyd William Nash , and deprived him of all dignity , power , authority , and membership in the Supreme Council , and in the Ancient and Accepted Eifce of 33 Degrees , directing his name to be exposed in large red letters in all the
Councils , Consistories , Chapters , and Lodges in the world ; and they call upon all members of the Ancient and Accepted Bite holding allegiance to the Supreme Council to hold no Masonic intercourse , fellowship , or communion with the said Davyd William Nash , in any of the ineffable and Sublime Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , or with any Masons or bodies of Masons acting under the illegal powers hereinbefore referred to . "
The M . W . Sov . then directed the judgment of the Supreme Grand Council to be carried into effect , which was accordingly done , in ancient and solemn form . Bro . Dr . Jones then proposed that " the thanks of the Chapter be given to the Supreme Grand Council for its decided conduct in this affair , ' which being seconded by Bro , D . Goolden , was passed ' . unanimously ..
The 31 . W . So v . as presiding officer , and as a member of the governing body , thanked the Brethren for the support they had given to the Supreme Grand Council , forbearing any further remarks in the presence of the M . P . Sov , G . Com , The M . P . Sov . G . Com . expressed himself much gratified at the manner in which the Princes of the Chapter had testified their approbation of , and concurrence in , the proceedings of the Supreme Council , and trusted the example thus set in upholding and maintaining the integrity and constitution of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , would deter any other individual from acting in a
similar manner . The Council had not been hasty in adopting this extreme measure , for two years every effort had been used to bring the disobedient brother to a right mind , and it was hoped that he would have amended the errors of his career ; but in this the council had been disappointed , and , having cause to give up all hope thereof , had no other course left open to them but that of firmly maintaining the ancient constitution and authority of the Order . Bread and salt and the loving cup were then passed round , and the Chapter was solemnly closed . Several of the members then adjourned to banquet , Bro . Cole , M . W . Sov ., presiding .
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONEY .
( UNDER SCOTTISH CONSTITUTIONS . ) BiaSTOL . — Canijnge ' s Lodge ( No . 7 ) . —There have been two important meetings of th is "Lodge since our last report of its proceedings , one of which toot place on the 26 th November last , at which ten Brethren were advanced , and the other on the evening of the 24 th Dec . ult ., the B . W . M . Bro . William Harris , on each occasion presiding as usual . On the last-named evening , the minutes of the
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The Ancient And Accepted Rite
Sublime Degrees , or Orders of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masonry , with any Masons or bodies of Masons which at any time have been or hereafter may be established anywhere by any authorities whatever , except with such . as are or may be duly recognised and acknowledged as being lawful and regular by the aforesaid Grand and Supreme Council / which obligation the said Davyd William Nash duly signed and acknowledgedv
"And Whereas , notwithstanding the repeated requirements and earnest expostulations of the Supreme Council , the said Davyd William Nash has not only held Masonic fellowship , intercourse , and communion , in the ineffable ^ and Sublime Degrees or Orders of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masonry , with Masons or bodies of Masons not duly recognised and acknowledged by the Grand and Supreme Council , but has also sanctioned and joined in granting warrants for the 18 th and other Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , and has printed and published statements subversive of the dignity of the Supreme Grand Council , and otherwise acted in direct defiance and usurpation of the powers of such
Supi'eme Council . " Be it known , therefore , that the Supreme Council have deposed and expelled the said Davyd William Nash , and deprived him of all dignity , power , authority , and membership in the Supreme Council , and in the Ancient and Accepted Eifce of 33 Degrees , directing his name to be exposed in large red letters in all the
Councils , Consistories , Chapters , and Lodges in the world ; and they call upon all members of the Ancient and Accepted Bite holding allegiance to the Supreme Council to hold no Masonic intercourse , fellowship , or communion with the said Davyd William Nash , in any of the ineffable and Sublime Degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , or with any Masons or bodies of Masons acting under the illegal powers hereinbefore referred to . "
The M . W . Sov . then directed the judgment of the Supreme Grand Council to be carried into effect , which was accordingly done , in ancient and solemn form . Bro . Dr . Jones then proposed that " the thanks of the Chapter be given to the Supreme Grand Council for its decided conduct in this affair , ' which being seconded by Bro , D . Goolden , was passed ' . unanimously ..
The 31 . W . So v . as presiding officer , and as a member of the governing body , thanked the Brethren for the support they had given to the Supreme Grand Council , forbearing any further remarks in the presence of the M . P . Sov , G . Com , The M . P . Sov . G . Com . expressed himself much gratified at the manner in which the Princes of the Chapter had testified their approbation of , and concurrence in , the proceedings of the Supreme Council , and trusted the example thus set in upholding and maintaining the integrity and constitution of the Ancient and Accepted Bite , would deter any other individual from acting in a
similar manner . The Council had not been hasty in adopting this extreme measure , for two years every effort had been used to bring the disobedient brother to a right mind , and it was hoped that he would have amended the errors of his career ; but in this the council had been disappointed , and , having cause to give up all hope thereof , had no other course left open to them but that of firmly maintaining the ancient constitution and authority of the Order . Bread and salt and the loving cup were then passed round , and the Chapter was solemnly closed . Several of the members then adjourned to banquet , Bro . Cole , M . W . Sov ., presiding .
Mark Masonry.
MARK MASONEY .
( UNDER SCOTTISH CONSTITUTIONS . ) BiaSTOL . — Canijnge ' s Lodge ( No . 7 ) . —There have been two important meetings of th is "Lodge since our last report of its proceedings , one of which toot place on the 26 th November last , at which ten Brethren were advanced , and the other on the evening of the 24 th Dec . ult ., the B . W . M . Bro . William Harris , on each occasion presiding as usual . On the last-named evening , the minutes of the