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Corresfoidence,
As our Chapter was about to work in the Mark Degree , he also produced a diploma or certificate , of which the following is a / eopy :- ~ ' . "¦ To all to whom these may come , more partis Masons : ¦ " We , the presiding Officers of the Union Mark Lodge of Halifax , N . S ., holding under the authority of the Eight Worsbipful the Provincial Grand Master of the
Lower Provinces , and attached to St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . ISf , on the registry of the Grand Lodge of England , do certify that Bro . Louis & Casseres , having received the honorary degree of Mark Master , and Past Master , and chosen for his mark the Bible , we therefore recommend him as worthy of the fraternity all round the globe ; and in proof have given hirn thisour Diploma , as a testimonial , with the seal of our Lodge attached thereto . "
"Signed this 11 th day of November , 1853 , of Masonry 5855 . ( L . S . ) « John D . Nash , W . M ., " W . D . CuTLir , S . W ., " John B . Fay , J / W \ , " E . J . Romans , Sec . "Approved . A . Keith , Prov . G . Master , for Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Newfoundland , ^ officio Head of Royal Arch Masoary . "
Although we had no doubt that his Mark certificate was genuine , and knew ( for we had proved ) that he was a Master Ma , son , we could not admit him as a visitor in the Mark Lodge . And thus a worthy Brother , whose love of the Craft had induced him to decline an invitation to an evening party given by a high functionary that he Bright visit his Brethren , was doomed to find that his Mark diploma was worthless and that he had been deceived and defrauded .
We applied the constitutional remedy , and he is now legally in possession of all the degrees required in Scottish and American Royal Arch Masonry . But there are at present in this city a number of Masons who have obtained the Mark and Past Master degrees in Halifax , in English Mark Lodges ; and these cannot visit in our Mark Lodge , unless they come in as Initiates and pay the usual fee , although they have already paid a larger sum for their clandestine degrees .
I consider it unnecessary to add one word of comment upon a suhject which must appeal to the common sense and the conscientiousness of every member of our Order ; but I must express an earnest hope that some measure may soon be adopted to relieve the Scottish Chapters in North America from the pain and mortification of refusing admission , as visitors
to worthy Brethren , who have been assured , at their reception into the Union Mark Lodge , that their diploma would be recognized by all Chapters and Lodges in Britain and America . Robert Gorvan , M . E . Z . of Chapter No . 77 , Fredericton , New Brunswick , B . N . IF ., 23 rd October 1858 .
MARK MASONRY TO THE EDITOR OI ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIO MIRROR . " Those who live in glass houses , should not throw stones . " Sir and BROTiimi - ~ Your correspondent , Y . B . C , " in his letter in your magazine , headed his letter with a u sublime precept . " I have prefixed to my letter a proverb wluch I think , is applicable to u D . R , A . 4 \ N , " and
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Corresfoidence,
As our Chapter was about to work in the Mark Degree , he also produced a diploma or certificate , of which the following is a / eopy :- ~ ' . "¦ To all to whom these may come , more partis Masons : ¦ " We , the presiding Officers of the Union Mark Lodge of Halifax , N . S ., holding under the authority of the Eight Worsbipful the Provincial Grand Master of the
Lower Provinces , and attached to St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . ISf , on the registry of the Grand Lodge of England , do certify that Bro . Louis & Casseres , having received the honorary degree of Mark Master , and Past Master , and chosen for his mark the Bible , we therefore recommend him as worthy of the fraternity all round the globe ; and in proof have given hirn thisour Diploma , as a testimonial , with the seal of our Lodge attached thereto . "
"Signed this 11 th day of November , 1853 , of Masonry 5855 . ( L . S . ) « John D . Nash , W . M ., " W . D . CuTLir , S . W ., " John B . Fay , J / W \ , " E . J . Romans , Sec . "Approved . A . Keith , Prov . G . Master , for Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Newfoundland , ^ officio Head of Royal Arch Masoary . "
Although we had no doubt that his Mark certificate was genuine , and knew ( for we had proved ) that he was a Master Ma , son , we could not admit him as a visitor in the Mark Lodge . And thus a worthy Brother , whose love of the Craft had induced him to decline an invitation to an evening party given by a high functionary that he Bright visit his Brethren , was doomed to find that his Mark diploma was worthless and that he had been deceived and defrauded .
We applied the constitutional remedy , and he is now legally in possession of all the degrees required in Scottish and American Royal Arch Masonry . But there are at present in this city a number of Masons who have obtained the Mark and Past Master degrees in Halifax , in English Mark Lodges ; and these cannot visit in our Mark Lodge , unless they come in as Initiates and pay the usual fee , although they have already paid a larger sum for their clandestine degrees .
I consider it unnecessary to add one word of comment upon a suhject which must appeal to the common sense and the conscientiousness of every member of our Order ; but I must express an earnest hope that some measure may soon be adopted to relieve the Scottish Chapters in North America from the pain and mortification of refusing admission , as visitors
to worthy Brethren , who have been assured , at their reception into the Union Mark Lodge , that their diploma would be recognized by all Chapters and Lodges in Britain and America . Robert Gorvan , M . E . Z . of Chapter No . 77 , Fredericton , New Brunswick , B . N . IF ., 23 rd October 1858 .
MARK MASONRY TO THE EDITOR OI ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIO MIRROR . " Those who live in glass houses , should not throw stones . " Sir and BROTiimi - ~ Your correspondent , Y . B . C , " in his letter in your magazine , headed his letter with a u sublime precept . " I have prefixed to my letter a proverb wluch I think , is applicable to u D . R , A . 4 \ N , " and