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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
There are two prominent events for our Architectural Chapter to notice this week ; the Central Masonic Temple plan , and the concession of the new Government offices to the gothic champion , George Gilbert Scott . However much we may regret the discord which prevailed in Grand Lodge , our satisfaction with the determination to ~ devote the property of the Craft to Craft purposes is unalloyed ; for we see in
this a good ohien for the future . When the Grand Lodge is seated where it ought to be ^ not in a twern , but in an establishment befitting tlie status of the Order—Grand Lodge will be better attended , and the dignity of the Order more worthily maintained . There will be a greater degree of restraint , which will make itself felt ; there are some persons who will stop away , and some persons
who will come , and the composition of Grand Lodge will be very cliflDerertt . True it is , the gathering at Grand Lodge last week was a great one , and there was a large attendance of country members , who had come to vote for the Temple , but they did not feel the full extent of their prerogative , or the mode of procedure would have been far other than it was .
We have , however , now to deal with results , and we trust efficient measures will be taken to give a practical accomplishment to that great reform which was then inaugurated— -for a great reform it is , and one of the first steps in that career of progress for which Masons of earnest mind throughout the country are now yearning . Never
was there a better or more devoted spirit for Masonry throughout the country ; and we say unhesitatingly , that this external and materia ] token is one of the most important . Temples do not make worship pers commonly ; and living temples are far worthier than temples of materials the most magnificent—even the Temple of king Solomon himself : living temples are far worthier than these , as they approach
in semblance and in essence the true temple of the G . A . O . T . IT . In the case under consideration , we have to put away an abuse , and purify ourselves from defilement ; it is not a question of beginning anew , a choice between a temple and the worshippers , but of dealing Avith what is old—an old abomination which must be removed from
ns . Therefore we rejoice . One of the first steps will be to advertise a competition . This competition will of course be restricted to Masons , for it will be unseemly that profane hands should be employed in such labours . The question next arises , whether this competition should be national or universal ? The reasons for making it national , depend solely on the fact that the whole funds for the buildings have been contributed from England . The conclusion from this by some home architects will he , that none
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
There are two prominent events for our Architectural Chapter to notice this week ; the Central Masonic Temple plan , and the concession of the new Government offices to the gothic champion , George Gilbert Scott . However much we may regret the discord which prevailed in Grand Lodge , our satisfaction with the determination to ~ devote the property of the Craft to Craft purposes is unalloyed ; for we see in
this a good ohien for the future . When the Grand Lodge is seated where it ought to be ^ not in a twern , but in an establishment befitting tlie status of the Order—Grand Lodge will be better attended , and the dignity of the Order more worthily maintained . There will be a greater degree of restraint , which will make itself felt ; there are some persons who will stop away , and some persons
who will come , and the composition of Grand Lodge will be very cliflDerertt . True it is , the gathering at Grand Lodge last week was a great one , and there was a large attendance of country members , who had come to vote for the Temple , but they did not feel the full extent of their prerogative , or the mode of procedure would have been far other than it was .
We have , however , now to deal with results , and we trust efficient measures will be taken to give a practical accomplishment to that great reform which was then inaugurated— -for a great reform it is , and one of the first steps in that career of progress for which Masons of earnest mind throughout the country are now yearning . Never
was there a better or more devoted spirit for Masonry throughout the country ; and we say unhesitatingly , that this external and materia ] token is one of the most important . Temples do not make worship pers commonly ; and living temples are far worthier than temples of materials the most magnificent—even the Temple of king Solomon himself : living temples are far worthier than these , as they approach
in semblance and in essence the true temple of the G . A . O . T . IT . In the case under consideration , we have to put away an abuse , and purify ourselves from defilement ; it is not a question of beginning anew , a choice between a temple and the worshippers , but of dealing Avith what is old—an old abomination which must be removed from
ns . Therefore we rejoice . One of the first steps will be to advertise a competition . This competition will of course be restricted to Masons , for it will be unseemly that profane hands should be employed in such labours . The question next arises , whether this competition should be national or universal ? The reasons for making it national , depend solely on the fact that the whole funds for the buildings have been contributed from England . The conclusion from this by some home architects will he , that none