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present take it in , and said that it was worthy of the support of every Mason .,: Bro . H . Riseborough Sharman said that , as a simple member of that Lodge , he had thought that there was no mode by which he could have been called upon to address them that evening . He was not a visitor , though he came from a distance . He was one of themselves . It was his mother Lodge in the Mark Degree , and when they conferred the Degree upon him , neither they nor he could foresee such
results as had followed . For some time he had worked single-handed to resuscitate the Degree in England , with but little success . He had applied to the Grand Lodge of Ireland , through a friend and Brother , but they could not grant a Mark charter without a Craft Lodge as a basis ; and a Craft Lodge in London with an Irish warrant was , of course , out of the question . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Warren , of the Magazine , joined him , - ' -and with this powerful aid , in addition to the assistance , which was subsequently secured , of Bro . Hughes , they bad obtained a charter
from the Sup . Grand Chapter of Scotland . ( Cheers . ) The Brethren would be glad to learnthat Bro . Warren was R . W . M , of thatLodge ; Bro . Hugheswas S . W . ; and he ( Bro . Sharman ) had been content to play third riddle as J . W . ( Laughter . ) Bro . Hughes was subsequently made Deputy Master , ^ and he ( Bro . Sharman ) then became S . W ., which office he then held , looking forward at no far-distant date to all the honours of the chair . The Lodge was No . 1 , and numbered between seventy ahd eighty first-rate members . Prom it had emanated a Lodge at Bolton , in Lancashire , which had forty or fifty members , and was going on prosperously .
Another , called '' the Arnott , " met in London , and was com posed of forty or fifty members , chiefly of the Hebrew persuasion . ( Hear , hear . ) Another , also meeting in London , called " The Thistle , " was presided over by the well-known Bro . Adams , and had over fifty members . There were also Lodges established , or about to be established , in Bristol , Canterbury , and several other places . ( Cheers . ) This was the way they were " going ahead . " ( Laughter . ) One of the first meetings he should attend on his return to town was the St . Mark ' s Mark Lodge , where he hoped that the multitudes of " the . advancing ones" would be such as to gladden every heart . ( Cheers . )
In reply to a question Bro . Sharman continued : It was true that there were other Lodges , which were not under Scotch warrants , as were all those to which he had referred . They emanated from the Bon Accord Mark Lodge , which , the moment its warrant was withdrawn , as not being acknowledged by the Grand Chapter of Scotland , began to grant warrants to others . ( Laughter . ) He was sorry that a number of influential Brethren had been so ill-advised as to lend their sanction to such a Masonic anomaly . A few of the Bon Accord Brethren met one evening , and constituted themselves into a " Grand Lodge of Mark
Masters in England . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would appeal to the Mark Masters of Jersey as to which could be in the , best position to knock at the doors of the Grand Lodge of England for admission and recognition as members of the Masonic family , those who had set up a Grand Lodge on their own account and granted charters to others , or those who had , failing recognition by the Grand Lodge of England , applied to their next of kin in Scotland for charters ? He thought the latter were decidedly in the best position . He would greatly prefer going to Grand Lodge in the way the Scotch Mark Masters went . They recognized the necessity
for a Sup . Grand authority . The Scotch charters were ipso facto null and void , and instantly returnable , if the Grand Lodge of England recognized the Degree . ( Hear . ) The two parties of Mark Masters in London were in this position ; one party , to which he had the honour himself to belong , held charters from the Sup . Grand Chapter of Scotland , which was recognized by every Masonic body in the world ; and the other party ( which for want of a better name he would call the Bon Accord party , that being the name of the Lodge from which they emanated )
held charters from a self-constituted " Grand Lodge , " which was not recognized by any Masonic body in existence . ( Hear , hear . ) That was the relative position of the two parties , and he was glad the question had been put him , and that he had had an opportunity of stating how the matter stood . After what he had said , he need not enter any further into the reasons which induced him , as a 'member of that Lodge , to suggest to his fellow-members , that unless the absurd VOIi . IU . 5 Q
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present take it in , and said that it was worthy of the support of every Mason .,: Bro . H . Riseborough Sharman said that , as a simple member of that Lodge , he had thought that there was no mode by which he could have been called upon to address them that evening . He was not a visitor , though he came from a distance . He was one of themselves . It was his mother Lodge in the Mark Degree , and when they conferred the Degree upon him , neither they nor he could foresee such
results as had followed . For some time he had worked single-handed to resuscitate the Degree in England , with but little success . He had applied to the Grand Lodge of Ireland , through a friend and Brother , but they could not grant a Mark charter without a Craft Lodge as a basis ; and a Craft Lodge in London with an Irish warrant was , of course , out of the question . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . Warren , of the Magazine , joined him , - ' -and with this powerful aid , in addition to the assistance , which was subsequently secured , of Bro . Hughes , they bad obtained a charter
from the Sup . Grand Chapter of Scotland . ( Cheers . ) The Brethren would be glad to learnthat Bro . Warren was R . W . M , of thatLodge ; Bro . Hugheswas S . W . ; and he ( Bro . Sharman ) had been content to play third riddle as J . W . ( Laughter . ) Bro . Hughes was subsequently made Deputy Master , ^ and he ( Bro . Sharman ) then became S . W ., which office he then held , looking forward at no far-distant date to all the honours of the chair . The Lodge was No . 1 , and numbered between seventy ahd eighty first-rate members . Prom it had emanated a Lodge at Bolton , in Lancashire , which had forty or fifty members , and was going on prosperously .
Another , called '' the Arnott , " met in London , and was com posed of forty or fifty members , chiefly of the Hebrew persuasion . ( Hear , hear . ) Another , also meeting in London , called " The Thistle , " was presided over by the well-known Bro . Adams , and had over fifty members . There were also Lodges established , or about to be established , in Bristol , Canterbury , and several other places . ( Cheers . ) This was the way they were " going ahead . " ( Laughter . ) One of the first meetings he should attend on his return to town was the St . Mark ' s Mark Lodge , where he hoped that the multitudes of " the . advancing ones" would be such as to gladden every heart . ( Cheers . )
In reply to a question Bro . Sharman continued : It was true that there were other Lodges , which were not under Scotch warrants , as were all those to which he had referred . They emanated from the Bon Accord Mark Lodge , which , the moment its warrant was withdrawn , as not being acknowledged by the Grand Chapter of Scotland , began to grant warrants to others . ( Laughter . ) He was sorry that a number of influential Brethren had been so ill-advised as to lend their sanction to such a Masonic anomaly . A few of the Bon Accord Brethren met one evening , and constituted themselves into a " Grand Lodge of Mark
Masters in England . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would appeal to the Mark Masters of Jersey as to which could be in the , best position to knock at the doors of the Grand Lodge of England for admission and recognition as members of the Masonic family , those who had set up a Grand Lodge on their own account and granted charters to others , or those who had , failing recognition by the Grand Lodge of England , applied to their next of kin in Scotland for charters ? He thought the latter were decidedly in the best position . He would greatly prefer going to Grand Lodge in the way the Scotch Mark Masters went . They recognized the necessity
for a Sup . Grand authority . The Scotch charters were ipso facto null and void , and instantly returnable , if the Grand Lodge of England recognized the Degree . ( Hear . ) The two parties of Mark Masters in London were in this position ; one party , to which he had the honour himself to belong , held charters from the Sup . Grand Chapter of Scotland , which was recognized by every Masonic body in the world ; and the other party ( which for want of a better name he would call the Bon Accord party , that being the name of the Lodge from which they emanated )
held charters from a self-constituted " Grand Lodge , " which was not recognized by any Masonic body in existence . ( Hear , hear . ) That was the relative position of the two parties , and he was glad the question had been put him , and that he had had an opportunity of stating how the matter stood . After what he had said , he need not enter any further into the reasons which induced him , as a 'member of that Lodge , to suggest to his fellow-members , that unless the absurd VOIi . IU . 5 Q