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The Gea^D Mastee A^
them , as the establishment of another Grand Lodge must inevitably entail . I have however trespassed too much on your valuable space , and will only add , in conclusion , that I do not believe our Scotch Brethren are so for * getful of the principles of the Order _ as your correspondent would have us think ; but even should such be the ~ case , if the English Brethren of the Mark are united , we could soon form such ^ body that we could afford to despise the threat of exclusion with which " D . E . A . T 1 ST . " is uncharitabl § enough to taunt us .
I have done with this matter , so far as I am concerned , and beg to sub scribe myself , dear Sir and Brother , Yours very fraternally , Manchester . November 4 $ , 1858 , A ,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE ANn MASONIC MIRROR . Dear , Sir and Brother ,- —I notice the remarks in your number of the 3 rd instant , by D . K . A . T . N ., " on the subject of the Mark degree ; and cannot but think such letters are not calculated to restore harmony and uniformity to the Craft on this question . I may say at once that I am an English Mark Mason , under L . C , and very naturally object to the terms irregular , " " surreptitious , " and
spurious , " as applied to the English Grand Mark Lodge under Lord Leigh . " D . R . A . T . N . " admits the desirability of amalgamating all Mark Lodges in England under one supreme head , and states that this degree has hitherto been worked temporarily under S . G ., and " that when the proper time should have arrived , and they powerful enough , the object they had in view { i . e ., that of legitimately forming a separate grand body of themselves ) would be found to be easy of attainment . "
Now I maintain that the present is the " proper time" to unite all S . C . Mark Lodges in England and those under L . C ., to form one legitimate grand body , and that the present Lodges under Lord Leigh , seconded by those under Scotch Constitutions , are powerful enough" to form a grand jurisdiction of themselves . The present state of the question appears to be admittedly as follows : — 1 st . The Mark Degree is a genuine part of ancient Freemasonry ; 2 nd . The Grand Lodge of England declines for the present to recognize it ; 3 rd . There
are a very large number of Mark Masons in England under divided jurisdictions ; 4 th . There must be some supreme authority ; 5 th . It does not comport with the dignity of the Masons of a country like England to owe allegiance to a sister country ; Cth . Many Grand Lodges have had the epithet irregular" applied to them before the }^ got firmly rooted ; 7 th . The English Grand Mark Lodge has not been established under more u surreptitious" auspices than several other Grand Lodges .
If the above be a true exposition of the state of this degree in England , I . think D . K . A . T . N . " must allow that the sooner it is put on a better footing the better ; and I cannot think that his remarks tend to bring about any such result . Differences and dissensions are ever to be deprecated in Masonry ; the English-Scotch Mark Lodges had therefore much better unite with those under Lord Leigh in the endeavour to establish what
U D . B . A . T . N . " calls a " legal body '—to the avoidance of differences , the consolidation of the Mark , and the prosperity and advantage of Masonry in general . With hearty wishes for such a consummation , I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Hartlepool , < Mi Nov 1858 , T . l \ i \
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The Gea^D Mastee A^
them , as the establishment of another Grand Lodge must inevitably entail . I have however trespassed too much on your valuable space , and will only add , in conclusion , that I do not believe our Scotch Brethren are so for * getful of the principles of the Order _ as your correspondent would have us think ; but even should such be the ~ case , if the English Brethren of the Mark are united , we could soon form such ^ body that we could afford to despise the threat of exclusion with which " D . E . A . T 1 ST . " is uncharitabl § enough to taunt us .
I have done with this matter , so far as I am concerned , and beg to sub scribe myself , dear Sir and Brother , Yours very fraternally , Manchester . November 4 $ , 1858 , A ,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE ANn MASONIC MIRROR . Dear , Sir and Brother ,- —I notice the remarks in your number of the 3 rd instant , by D . K . A . T . N ., " on the subject of the Mark degree ; and cannot but think such letters are not calculated to restore harmony and uniformity to the Craft on this question . I may say at once that I am an English Mark Mason , under L . C , and very naturally object to the terms irregular , " " surreptitious , " and
spurious , " as applied to the English Grand Mark Lodge under Lord Leigh . " D . R . A . T . N . " admits the desirability of amalgamating all Mark Lodges in England under one supreme head , and states that this degree has hitherto been worked temporarily under S . G ., and " that when the proper time should have arrived , and they powerful enough , the object they had in view { i . e ., that of legitimately forming a separate grand body of themselves ) would be found to be easy of attainment . "
Now I maintain that the present is the " proper time" to unite all S . C . Mark Lodges in England and those under L . C ., to form one legitimate grand body , and that the present Lodges under Lord Leigh , seconded by those under Scotch Constitutions , are powerful enough" to form a grand jurisdiction of themselves . The present state of the question appears to be admittedly as follows : — 1 st . The Mark Degree is a genuine part of ancient Freemasonry ; 2 nd . The Grand Lodge of England declines for the present to recognize it ; 3 rd . There
are a very large number of Mark Masons in England under divided jurisdictions ; 4 th . There must be some supreme authority ; 5 th . It does not comport with the dignity of the Masons of a country like England to owe allegiance to a sister country ; Cth . Many Grand Lodges have had the epithet irregular" applied to them before the }^ got firmly rooted ; 7 th . The English Grand Mark Lodge has not been established under more u surreptitious" auspices than several other Grand Lodges .
If the above be a true exposition of the state of this degree in England , I . think D . K . A . T . N . " must allow that the sooner it is put on a better footing the better ; and I cannot think that his remarks tend to bring about any such result . Differences and dissensions are ever to be deprecated in Masonry ; the English-Scotch Mark Lodges had therefore much better unite with those under Lord Leigh in the endeavour to establish what
U D . B . A . T . N . " calls a " legal body '—to the avoidance of differences , the consolidation of the Mark , and the prosperity and advantage of Masonry in general . With hearty wishes for such a consummation , I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Hartlepool , < Mi Nov 1858 , T . l \ i \