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Article TO OFE STJBSCEIBEES. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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To Ofe Stjbsceibees.
MASK MASONRY . A ETJMOun has been afloat for some days , which we had hoped , for the honour of Masonry , was incorrect ; but we have obtained such proofs on the subject , that we should not be doing our duty to the Craft , either in England or Scotland , were we to abstain from publishing them . Our readers are aware that there has been for some time a
difierence-T-a friendly difference—amongst the Brethren relative to the governing power of this degree . When , some eighteen months ago , the authorities in England refused to acknowledge the degree , someof the Brethren , who had taken it in Scotland , applied to the Grand Chapter of that country , from which they hailed , for Charters to work the Mark Degree in England , whilst others ( some of them
having taken the degree in Scotland and some in the Bon Accord in London , the Charter of which the Grand Chapter of Scotland had declared to be illegal ) erected themselves into a Grand Lodge in England , under tbe presidency of Lord Leigh . We protested against such a proceeding , on the ground that the whole body of Mark Masons in England had not been appealed to for their opinion oil the proposed establishment of a Grand Mark Lodge .
Since then , the Brethren of that Lodge have endeavoured to put themselves right with the Craft by calling a meeting of Mark Masters , and inviting the union and co-operation of all Lodges for one general government of the Order in England . As yet , the Scotch Lodges have not seen fit to enter the union : but several Lodges , which have been at work in different parts of the country , without any really defined warrants , have done so : and we believe the Grand Lodge now
represents sixteen Lodges . Amongst the sixteen , is one under the title of the Kent , being the resuscitation of an old Lodge formerly working under a warrant signed by H . B . IT . the Duke of Kent , when Grand Master of the Athol Masons . Two of the members of that Lodge are Bros . George Biggs and Peter Matthews , both Past Grand Officers of the Grand " Chapter of England . A short time
since , Bro . Gaylor , the Grand Scribe of Scotland , visited England , and through the introduction of Bro . Thompson ( a Scotch Mason ) , we believe , obtained an interview with one or both—we have heard , only one—of the Brethren whose names we have given , on the subject of the degree . What took place at that intervieAV , it is of course impossible for us to say ; but the result is so extraordinary , that , were it not for our character with the Craft , we should fear lest
the Brethren might imagine we were romancing with them . On the return of Bro . Gaylor to Scotland , he forwarded to the two Brethren regular Grand Chapter Certificates , setting forth that Bro . George Biggs , in the one case , and Bro . Peter Matthews , in the other , had regularly passed the chair of a Master Lodge , were exalted to and instructed in the Mysteries of the Holy Royal Arch Degree
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To Ofe Stjbsceibees.
MASK MASONRY . A ETJMOun has been afloat for some days , which we had hoped , for the honour of Masonry , was incorrect ; but we have obtained such proofs on the subject , that we should not be doing our duty to the Craft , either in England or Scotland , were we to abstain from publishing them . Our readers are aware that there has been for some time a
difierence-T-a friendly difference—amongst the Brethren relative to the governing power of this degree . When , some eighteen months ago , the authorities in England refused to acknowledge the degree , someof the Brethren , who had taken it in Scotland , applied to the Grand Chapter of that country , from which they hailed , for Charters to work the Mark Degree in England , whilst others ( some of them
having taken the degree in Scotland and some in the Bon Accord in London , the Charter of which the Grand Chapter of Scotland had declared to be illegal ) erected themselves into a Grand Lodge in England , under tbe presidency of Lord Leigh . We protested against such a proceeding , on the ground that the whole body of Mark Masons in England had not been appealed to for their opinion oil the proposed establishment of a Grand Mark Lodge .
Since then , the Brethren of that Lodge have endeavoured to put themselves right with the Craft by calling a meeting of Mark Masters , and inviting the union and co-operation of all Lodges for one general government of the Order in England . As yet , the Scotch Lodges have not seen fit to enter the union : but several Lodges , which have been at work in different parts of the country , without any really defined warrants , have done so : and we believe the Grand Lodge now
represents sixteen Lodges . Amongst the sixteen , is one under the title of the Kent , being the resuscitation of an old Lodge formerly working under a warrant signed by H . B . IT . the Duke of Kent , when Grand Master of the Athol Masons . Two of the members of that Lodge are Bros . George Biggs and Peter Matthews , both Past Grand Officers of the Grand " Chapter of England . A short time
since , Bro . Gaylor , the Grand Scribe of Scotland , visited England , and through the introduction of Bro . Thompson ( a Scotch Mason ) , we believe , obtained an interview with one or both—we have heard , only one—of the Brethren whose names we have given , on the subject of the degree . What took place at that intervieAV , it is of course impossible for us to say ; but the result is so extraordinary , that , were it not for our character with the Craft , we should fear lest
the Brethren might imagine we were romancing with them . On the return of Bro . Gaylor to Scotland , he forwarded to the two Brethren regular Grand Chapter Certificates , setting forth that Bro . George Biggs , in the one case , and Bro . Peter Matthews , in the other , had regularly passed the chair of a Master Lodge , were exalted to and instructed in the Mysteries of the Holy Royal Arch Degree