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Correspondence.
G 0 EEE 8 P 0 I 1 ) BNCE .
THE MARK DEGREE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Allow me , through the medium of your valuable periodical , —and in these days when the Degree of Mark Master is becoming appreciated and widely extended throughout the sister kingdom , notwithstanding its being disregarded by any supreme body , —to call the attention of Brethren in legitimate possession of that degree , to the fact that , in so faras regards Scotland ; no
[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents *]
certificate is to be consid ered authentic which has not subjoined to it an attestation by the proper official of the Grand Chapter , that the Brother therein named has been regularly recorded in the register appointed to be kept by them for that purpose . Such certificate , however , is not to be demanded of Brethren holding diplomas for the Royal Arch , or in possession of Mark Master certificates emanating from a Scotch Royal Arch Chapter ; the higher degree comprehending that of Mark Master as a necessary preliminary , and the latter being , in all cases , invariably first conferred . I
This notification is given that Brethren unacquainted with the manner in which the Masonic Degrees in Scotland are regulated , may not have obtruded upon them the certificates of unauthorized and surreptitious bodies , of which it is believed there are several at present at work both in Scotland and elsewhere , subversive alike of that regularity which ought to be maintained and of the interests of legitimately constituted authorities .
Yours fraternally , Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland , Wm . Gay / lor , G . S . E Edinburgh , 5 th August , 1 S 57 .
MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have your welcome Magazine for August before me , and much enjoy the rich store of good things it contains . Your editorial article , on " Clerical Intolerance , " is a very facile prmceps of Freemasonry , and will do good . Ignorance and bigotry are always found to go hand in hand ; and the bigotry or " intolerance" of the Rev . Rector of Harleston is certainly owing his i
to gnorance of the heaven-born principles of our excellent institution . Your remarks on " Masonic Charity , " in its broadest acceptation , forbearance and brotherly love , are sound Masonic doctrine . Might not others , as well as the Rev . Mr . Ormerod , benefit by them ? We should all do well to refrain from censuring or condemning that of which we have no knowledge , or at least that of which our knowledge is insufficient to aid us in forming a correct opinion concerning it . In your Correspondence , " P . M . and P . Z . " informs "Lector" that he is mis . taken in stating that a Warden should preside in a Masonic Lodge in the absence
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Correspondence.
G 0 EEE 8 P 0 I 1 ) BNCE .
THE MARK DEGREE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —Allow me , through the medium of your valuable periodical , —and in these days when the Degree of Mark Master is becoming appreciated and widely extended throughout the sister kingdom , notwithstanding its being disregarded by any supreme body , —to call the attention of Brethren in legitimate possession of that degree , to the fact that , in so faras regards Scotland ; no
[ The Editor does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents *]
certificate is to be consid ered authentic which has not subjoined to it an attestation by the proper official of the Grand Chapter , that the Brother therein named has been regularly recorded in the register appointed to be kept by them for that purpose . Such certificate , however , is not to be demanded of Brethren holding diplomas for the Royal Arch , or in possession of Mark Master certificates emanating from a Scotch Royal Arch Chapter ; the higher degree comprehending that of Mark Master as a necessary preliminary , and the latter being , in all cases , invariably first conferred . I
This notification is given that Brethren unacquainted with the manner in which the Masonic Degrees in Scotland are regulated , may not have obtruded upon them the certificates of unauthorized and surreptitious bodies , of which it is believed there are several at present at work both in Scotland and elsewhere , subversive alike of that regularity which ought to be maintained and of the interests of legitimately constituted authorities .
Yours fraternally , Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland , Wm . Gay / lor , G . S . E Edinburgh , 5 th August , 1 S 57 .
MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have your welcome Magazine for August before me , and much enjoy the rich store of good things it contains . Your editorial article , on " Clerical Intolerance , " is a very facile prmceps of Freemasonry , and will do good . Ignorance and bigotry are always found to go hand in hand ; and the bigotry or " intolerance" of the Rev . Rector of Harleston is certainly owing his i
to gnorance of the heaven-born principles of our excellent institution . Your remarks on " Masonic Charity , " in its broadest acceptation , forbearance and brotherly love , are sound Masonic doctrine . Might not others , as well as the Rev . Mr . Ormerod , benefit by them ? We should all do well to refrain from censuring or condemning that of which we have no knowledge , or at least that of which our knowledge is insufficient to aid us in forming a correct opinion concerning it . In your Correspondence , " P . M . and P . Z . " informs "Lector" that he is mis . taken in stating that a Warden should preside in a Masonic Lodge in the absence