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Our Architectural Chapter.
made that A . B . is the master for the coming year , and the late master drinks to him in the loving cup . The like is done with the senior warden , the key warden , and the junior warden .
The Fainters-Stainers"' Company have a cup given to them by their former master , Camden the historian , Garter king-at-arms , and the Barber-Surgeons' Company have cups given by Henry the Eighth . Queen Elizabeth , ancl Charles the Second . - . Some of the cups have been given by the donors in their lifetime , and others are bequests of old members . Another class of company plate which is suitable for Lodge plate , is a gilt or silver salver for rose water . Such
memorial is often more suitable than a portrait . There are many Lodges which could successively provide cups for the Master and the two Wardens , and a salver for the Treasurer . On these the names of each successive officer would be registered . On a standing cup the old Past Master wdll see with some memory date of his mastership , which , when he isgone , those sitting around him will look at , and read with kindly remembrance of him .
The designs of these cups and salvers willj afford scope for interesting works of art , as they will have for their details , Craft emblems , those of the Lodge , and the armorial bearings of Masters and others . The cups , too ,, have this advantage , that whereas so many Lodges are held in taverns , there is not the opportunity of
preserving commemorative monuments , such as stained glass windows , and even portraits are at the mercy , as it were ,..-of the landlord ; but on the Lodge plate the whole personal history of the Lodge could be recorded . We are , therefore , pleased to see the examples set by Earl Howe ancl the Leicestershire Lodge , and hope they will be followed in other provinces .
A Past Master has no Privileges if he pass the Chair irregularly . — If an English Master Mason , not having actually passed the chair of his Lodge , shall be exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in any other country , it will confer no additional rank in an English Craft Lodge , although he will have necessarily passed the chair as a preliminary step to the degree , nor will he be entitled to wear the apron and jewel of a Past Master ; for the law distinctly provides that no Brother can possibly claim , or enjoy the privileges of a Past Master until he has actually served the
ohice of Worshipful Master for one complete year . It w as customary before the Union , to hiatal every candidate for exaltation ; and many Lodges were in the habit of passing certain Brethren for the simple purpose of giving them nominal rank ; nor was their presence at a , Lodge of installed Masters considered an intrusion . But no such claim would be recognized under our improved system of government , for the present laws are too stringent to admit of any such irregularities ;
and it is clear that a Royal Arch Mason , even though he he a Principal , ( not having served his year as the Worshipful Master of a Craft Lodge ) , cannot be entitled to any immunity which helongs to a Past Master , and to him alone ; nor can he be allowed to witness the ceremony of installation , or to claim a right of tMrZe in Grand Lodge ; for were he indiscreet enough to make the attempt , he would surely be rejected at the porch . — Dr . Oliver .
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Our Architectural Chapter.
made that A . B . is the master for the coming year , and the late master drinks to him in the loving cup . The like is done with the senior warden , the key warden , and the junior warden .
The Fainters-Stainers"' Company have a cup given to them by their former master , Camden the historian , Garter king-at-arms , and the Barber-Surgeons' Company have cups given by Henry the Eighth . Queen Elizabeth , ancl Charles the Second . - . Some of the cups have been given by the donors in their lifetime , and others are bequests of old members . Another class of company plate which is suitable for Lodge plate , is a gilt or silver salver for rose water . Such
memorial is often more suitable than a portrait . There are many Lodges which could successively provide cups for the Master and the two Wardens , and a salver for the Treasurer . On these the names of each successive officer would be registered . On a standing cup the old Past Master wdll see with some memory date of his mastership , which , when he isgone , those sitting around him will look at , and read with kindly remembrance of him .
The designs of these cups and salvers willj afford scope for interesting works of art , as they will have for their details , Craft emblems , those of the Lodge , and the armorial bearings of Masters and others . The cups , too ,, have this advantage , that whereas so many Lodges are held in taverns , there is not the opportunity of
preserving commemorative monuments , such as stained glass windows , and even portraits are at the mercy , as it were ,..-of the landlord ; but on the Lodge plate the whole personal history of the Lodge could be recorded . We are , therefore , pleased to see the examples set by Earl Howe ancl the Leicestershire Lodge , and hope they will be followed in other provinces .
A Past Master has no Privileges if he pass the Chair irregularly . — If an English Master Mason , not having actually passed the chair of his Lodge , shall be exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in any other country , it will confer no additional rank in an English Craft Lodge , although he will have necessarily passed the chair as a preliminary step to the degree , nor will he be entitled to wear the apron and jewel of a Past Master ; for the law distinctly provides that no Brother can possibly claim , or enjoy the privileges of a Past Master until he has actually served the
ohice of Worshipful Master for one complete year . It w as customary before the Union , to hiatal every candidate for exaltation ; and many Lodges were in the habit of passing certain Brethren for the simple purpose of giving them nominal rank ; nor was their presence at a , Lodge of installed Masters considered an intrusion . But no such claim would be recognized under our improved system of government , for the present laws are too stringent to admit of any such irregularities ;
and it is clear that a Royal Arch Mason , even though he he a Principal , ( not having served his year as the Worshipful Master of a Craft Lodge ) , cannot be entitled to any immunity which helongs to a Past Master , and to him alone ; nor can he be allowed to witness the ceremony of installation , or to claim a right of tMrZe in Grand Lodge ; for were he indiscreet enough to make the attempt , he would surely be rejected at the porch . — Dr . Oliver .