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Knights Templar
the schools , and among others that of making the Bible a class-book , were sadly opposed to the intentions of their founders and directors , and consequently did far more harm than good ; whilst the conducting of schools upon Masonic principles would not only materially advance the interests of civilization and society in general , but would be of incalculable service to the nrogress of Christianity .
Scotland
SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH . the new fkeemasons' hall . On Thursday , the 24 th of June , the imposing ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Freemasons' Hall for Scotland took place in Edinburgh with great magnificence . The spectacle was one which for grandeur has never been surpassed by any celebration in Scotland . To the thousands of " merry Masons "
who inundated " Auld Reekie " from all quarters of the country to assist in the ceremony- —and every county sent its representatives—the proceedings must have afforded unqualified satisfaction , marking , as they did , an era which will remain conspicuous for ever in the chronicles of their order ; and by the uninitiated— - those who have not been received into the mystic brotherhood , and by whom the fraternal heartiness of the Masonic connexion is unknown—the day will also long be remembered .
At an early hour the city was in a state of bustle and excitement . Members of the Craft were everywhere seen hastening to their respective places of meeting ; and at the doors of each Lodge-room crowds of curious spectators were soon collected , anxious to catch the first view of the various contributory streams which were to unite and form the great procession of the day . The weather was peculiarly favourable to the display . The heavy rain of the preceding night had cooled the air , and the sun shone out cheerily and pleasantly , without creatingany
inconvenient heat . Twelve o ' clock had been announced as the hour for opening the Grand Lodge at Holyrood ; and as the time drew near all the approaches to the Palace were filled with a dense mass of human beings , through which the members of the several Lodges , in their gay costume , and accompanied by bands of music , banners , and their mystic paraphernalia , slowly made their way . Soon after the members of the Grand Lodge had assembled in the picture gallery of the Palace , the Duke of Athole , M . W . G . M ,, proceeded to open the Lodge , and the
aspect of the vast assembly was then imposing in the extreme . Rarely has that noble chamber witnessed so brilliant , and at the same time so popular a gathering . In addition to the ordinary constituents of the Grand Lodge , the office-bearers , Masters , Wardens , and representatives of Lodges holding of the Grand I edge , were numerous stranger Brethren of distinction . The Cumberland Lodge was represented by Bros . Captain Spenser , Jos . Fletcher , James Dean , and others ; the Durham Lodge by Bros . Henry Crooks , Levy , Ionn , and others ; the Lancashire Lodge by Bro . C . J . Banister , Prov , G . Supt . of Works ; the
Northumberland and Berwick Lodge by Bros . W . Berkeley , W . Punshon , G . Weatherhead , H . Hotham , Paterson , Atkinson , and others . General Belshes of Invermay , Lord J . Murray , Forbes Mackenzie , Prov . G . M . of Peebles and Selkirkshire , Sir Archibald Alison , Bart ., Prov . G . M . of Glasgow , and others , were present , Among the grand office-bearers were the R . W . D . G . M . Bro . John Whyte Melville of Bennochy ; Lord Loughborough , Substitute G . M . ; Henry Ini » lis ( W , S . ) y S . G . W . ; Major-Gen . Swinburne , J . G . W . ; Samuel Hay , G . Treas . ; W . A . Laurie ( W . S . ) , G . Sec ; A . G . Stewart ( W . S . ) , G . Clerk ; Dr . Arnot , G . Chaplain ; F . D . M'Cowan ( M . D . ) , S . G . D . ; Thomas Dryborough , J . G . D ., and others . After the 4 k 2
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Knights Templar
the schools , and among others that of making the Bible a class-book , were sadly opposed to the intentions of their founders and directors , and consequently did far more harm than good ; whilst the conducting of schools upon Masonic principles would not only materially advance the interests of civilization and society in general , but would be of incalculable service to the nrogress of Christianity .
Scotland
SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH . the new fkeemasons' hall . On Thursday , the 24 th of June , the imposing ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Freemasons' Hall for Scotland took place in Edinburgh with great magnificence . The spectacle was one which for grandeur has never been surpassed by any celebration in Scotland . To the thousands of " merry Masons "
who inundated " Auld Reekie " from all quarters of the country to assist in the ceremony- —and every county sent its representatives—the proceedings must have afforded unqualified satisfaction , marking , as they did , an era which will remain conspicuous for ever in the chronicles of their order ; and by the uninitiated— - those who have not been received into the mystic brotherhood , and by whom the fraternal heartiness of the Masonic connexion is unknown—the day will also long be remembered .
At an early hour the city was in a state of bustle and excitement . Members of the Craft were everywhere seen hastening to their respective places of meeting ; and at the doors of each Lodge-room crowds of curious spectators were soon collected , anxious to catch the first view of the various contributory streams which were to unite and form the great procession of the day . The weather was peculiarly favourable to the display . The heavy rain of the preceding night had cooled the air , and the sun shone out cheerily and pleasantly , without creatingany
inconvenient heat . Twelve o ' clock had been announced as the hour for opening the Grand Lodge at Holyrood ; and as the time drew near all the approaches to the Palace were filled with a dense mass of human beings , through which the members of the several Lodges , in their gay costume , and accompanied by bands of music , banners , and their mystic paraphernalia , slowly made their way . Soon after the members of the Grand Lodge had assembled in the picture gallery of the Palace , the Duke of Athole , M . W . G . M ,, proceeded to open the Lodge , and the
aspect of the vast assembly was then imposing in the extreme . Rarely has that noble chamber witnessed so brilliant , and at the same time so popular a gathering . In addition to the ordinary constituents of the Grand Lodge , the office-bearers , Masters , Wardens , and representatives of Lodges holding of the Grand I edge , were numerous stranger Brethren of distinction . The Cumberland Lodge was represented by Bros . Captain Spenser , Jos . Fletcher , James Dean , and others ; the Durham Lodge by Bros . Henry Crooks , Levy , Ionn , and others ; the Lancashire Lodge by Bro . C . J . Banister , Prov , G . Supt . of Works ; the
Northumberland and Berwick Lodge by Bros . W . Berkeley , W . Punshon , G . Weatherhead , H . Hotham , Paterson , Atkinson , and others . General Belshes of Invermay , Lord J . Murray , Forbes Mackenzie , Prov . G . M . of Peebles and Selkirkshire , Sir Archibald Alison , Bart ., Prov . G . M . of Glasgow , and others , were present , Among the grand office-bearers were the R . W . D . G . M . Bro . John Whyte Melville of Bennochy ; Lord Loughborough , Substitute G . M . ; Henry Ini » lis ( W , S . ) y S . G . W . ; Major-Gen . Swinburne , J . G . W . ; Samuel Hay , G . Treas . ; W . A . Laurie ( W . S . ) , G . Sec ; A . G . Stewart ( W . S . ) , G . Clerk ; Dr . Arnot , G . Chaplain ; F . D . M'Cowan ( M . D . ) , S . G . D . ; Thomas Dryborough , J . G . D ., and others . After the 4 k 2