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services . * It is a very useful office , and might with much benefit be restored to our own list . It has existed in many Lodges , and in the secretary ' s book of one Lodge the office of Orator is still printed , although no officer has been appointed to it for many years .
There are so many occasions on which it would be useful to have the power of instant reference to an accredited authority , without being forced to look through the constitutions or the bye-laws , that most Masters of Lodges would feel themselves materially assisted by the presence of such an officer .
The candidate on this evening went through the ceremony with great coolness , but was sadly puzzled by the questions , the drift of which he did not always comprehend , and he therefore several times answered wide of the mark . At the request of the Master , my friend officiated as interpreter , and thereby set matters right again , to the infinite relief of officers and candidate . The ceremony lasted nearly double the time which is occupied in an English initiation , the length of
time being partly occasioned by the difficulty of candidate and Master understanding each other , for the Master spoke no English , and the candidate spoke very imperfect Erench . In all important respects , the ceremony was identical with ours , only it was overlaid , as it were , with sundry additions and excrescences , some of which are rather distressing to the spectator . The . room was very well filled , as the seats were occupied by nearly one hundred and fifty Brethren , the variety of whose costumes was extremely pleasing .
The arrangement of officers is that which was formerly adopted by our own Lodges , both the warders , or surveillants as they are called , taking their seats in the portion of the room occupied by the S . W . in the . English Lodges . There are no deacons , but their place is supplied by two Masters of Ceremonies , who are distinguished by a scarf round their left arms .
The care that is taken before a candidate is permitted to enter the Craft is very great , and might be advantageously copied by ourselves . When a candidate , or profane as he is termed , wishes to become a member of Ereemasonry , he is proposed and seconded as usual , and gives certain references besides . To each of these individuals , who must be Freemasons , the following circular is sent : — L . \ DE LA JERUSALEM ECOSSAISE . Or . -, de Paris , le 18 ( E . \ Y . \) . RAPPOBTEUB , LE F . \ tv . o .-. f :-.,
Je vous invite a prendre les plus scrupuleuses informations sur le profane demeurant rue n ° , et de me faire remettre votre rapport le de ce mois , an plus tard . La mission que je vous coufie , mon T . \ C . \ TV ., est de la plus grande importance , car nous ne saurions prendre trop de precautions quand il s ' agit
d admettre un nouveau membre dans la grande famille ; je compte a cet egard sur Totre zele maconnique . JHai la faveur de vous saluer , LeYe " n . \ ,
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services . * It is a very useful office , and might with much benefit be restored to our own list . It has existed in many Lodges , and in the secretary ' s book of one Lodge the office of Orator is still printed , although no officer has been appointed to it for many years .
There are so many occasions on which it would be useful to have the power of instant reference to an accredited authority , without being forced to look through the constitutions or the bye-laws , that most Masters of Lodges would feel themselves materially assisted by the presence of such an officer .
The candidate on this evening went through the ceremony with great coolness , but was sadly puzzled by the questions , the drift of which he did not always comprehend , and he therefore several times answered wide of the mark . At the request of the Master , my friend officiated as interpreter , and thereby set matters right again , to the infinite relief of officers and candidate . The ceremony lasted nearly double the time which is occupied in an English initiation , the length of
time being partly occasioned by the difficulty of candidate and Master understanding each other , for the Master spoke no English , and the candidate spoke very imperfect Erench . In all important respects , the ceremony was identical with ours , only it was overlaid , as it were , with sundry additions and excrescences , some of which are rather distressing to the spectator . The . room was very well filled , as the seats were occupied by nearly one hundred and fifty Brethren , the variety of whose costumes was extremely pleasing .
The arrangement of officers is that which was formerly adopted by our own Lodges , both the warders , or surveillants as they are called , taking their seats in the portion of the room occupied by the S . W . in the . English Lodges . There are no deacons , but their place is supplied by two Masters of Ceremonies , who are distinguished by a scarf round their left arms .
The care that is taken before a candidate is permitted to enter the Craft is very great , and might be advantageously copied by ourselves . When a candidate , or profane as he is termed , wishes to become a member of Ereemasonry , he is proposed and seconded as usual , and gives certain references besides . To each of these individuals , who must be Freemasons , the following circular is sent : — L . \ DE LA JERUSALEM ECOSSAISE . Or . -, de Paris , le 18 ( E . \ Y . \) . RAPPOBTEUB , LE F . \ tv . o .-. f :-.,
Je vous invite a prendre les plus scrupuleuses informations sur le profane demeurant rue n ° , et de me faire remettre votre rapport le de ce mois , an plus tard . La mission que je vous coufie , mon T . \ C . \ TV ., est de la plus grande importance , car nous ne saurions prendre trop de precautions quand il s ' agit
d admettre un nouveau membre dans la grande famille ; je compte a cet egard sur Totre zele maconnique . JHai la faveur de vous saluer , LeYe " n . \ ,