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Mother Kilwinning.

" In testimony whereof these presents are given under the hand of our Secretary and Clerk , and the Seal of the Grand Lodge hereunto appended . At Edinburgh , the second day of November , in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven , aud of Masonry , 5807 . " By command of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Scotland .

"WILLIAM GUTHRIE , Grand Secretary . " JAS . BAKTBAM , Grand Clerk . " The investiture of the Master of Mother Kil-Avinning withMasonicrule over the province of Ayr , while meeting with the pretty general approval of

the Ayrshire lodges , was reclaimed against by a few , some of whom , in no measured terms , addressed Grand Lodge on the subject . An excerpt from the minute-book of the Lodge Ayr and Renfrew Militia St . Paul will serve to indicate the feeling- AA'ith which those unfriendly to Mother

Kibvinning vieAved the ProAuncial Grand Mastership being rendered hereditary in the person of its jyl Qcj'py "Ayr , May 30 , 1808 : . . . The R . W . Master likewise stated to the meeting that he had observed the conduct of the Grand Lodge upon a recent

occasion with some regret ; the affair he alluded to was the late reconciliation betwixt her ancl the Kibvinning Lodge- —by which agreement it Avas declared that the Master of Kibvinning Lodge should be Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire in

all time coming . Such an absurd and most unjustifiable transaction he considered in the highest degree censurable , and in his opinion a glaring insult offered to the dignity of the Order , and an absolute infringement of the rights and privileges of the lodg-es in Airshire . He therefore moved

that the Grand Lodge be remonstrated Avith upon this univarrantable stretch of their authority , and assumption of poAvers not vested in them—which resolution Avas cordially acquiesced in hy every member present ; . . and vested in the Standing Committee full power and authority to draAV up

the address to Grand Lodge , agreeable to the sentiments which the Master had expressed , and to forward a copy of it without delay to the Grand Lodge , and to all the other lodges which had communicated with them upon the very disagreeable subject . . . . The resolutions draAvn up by the

Committee being unanimously approved of , the thanks of the lodge were voted to the Committee for the great attention they had , in draAving the remonstrance , paid to the interest of the lodge and the Craft in general . "

For a few years after their union to Grand Lodge Mother Kilwinning was annually represented at Edinburgh—generally on St . Andrew ' s Day—by delegates sent direct from Ayrshire ; but this being found inconvenient , the appointment in 1816 of a member of St . Luke ' s , Edinr ., as Proxy Master put a stop to the practice , and ever since has the lodge been represented by proxy ,

sometimes by one of her oivn sons , but more frequently by members of Edinburgh lodges . It was not till 1817 that the Master of Mother Kibvinning exercised the prerogative of commanding the presence of the Ayrshire lodges in forming a Pro-vincial Grand Lodge . The attempt on the

life ofthe Prince Regent , made while his Royal Highness was returning to Carlton House from the opening of Parliament , Avas the occasion which suggested the assembling of the Ayrshire brethren , who in response to the call of the Rt . Worshipful the Master of the Mother Lodgemet in great

, strength at Kilwinning , 21 st March of the year named ( twenty-five lodges being-represented ) , and adopted the folioAving address for presentation to then- royal brother and Grand Master :

"Unto his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . " The Dutiful and Loyal Address of the Body of Freemasons , of the County of Air , assembled , at the desire of our Provincial Master , within the

Mother Lodge Kilwinning , the ancient seat of Masonry , by Deputations of the Masters , Wardens , and Brethren , of the respective Lodges ;

" May it please your Royal Highness , " We , his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects , the Freemasons of the County of Air , humbly beg leave to approach your Royal Highness in these momentous times , Avith sentiments of the most profound respect , sincere loyalty , ancl unalterable

attachment to his Majesty , your Royal Highness , and his Majesty's family and Government , and to express our utter abhorrence and detestation of the wicked and treasonable attempt , lately made on the sacred life of your Royal Highness . " We lament that any miscreants could be found

, so totally lost to every sense of the blessings enjoyed under the Constitution of these lands , and your Royal Highness ' s administration of our just and equitable laws , who could make so flagitious an attempt , and Ave trust they will yet be discovered , and brought to condign punishment .

" We feel , in common ivith our fellow subjects , the distress of the present times , by the unesearchable decrees of Divine Providence ; but we deprecate all attempts of Avicked and designing men , Avho , seeking to attribute these distresses to other causesmislead the unthinkingandunder the

, , , specious mask of relief , hold seditious meetings ,, and industriously propagate seditious doctrines , in order to overturn the glorioits fabric of our happy Constitution .

" We pledge ourselves as indbdduals , and members of our respective lodges to do everything in the compass of our power , to put a stop to such traitorous conduct , and enjoin , in these lodges , that the Avhole brethren act up to the true principles of the Order , by squaring their actions and sentiments , that they may be ever in unison with the _ p hmib-line of loyalty , and attachment to his

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MOTHER KILWINNING. Article 1
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD. Article 4
MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD. Article 6
VANDYCK IN ENGLAND. Article 8
MASONIC ECLECTICISM. Article 9
GOETHE AS A FREEMASON. Article 10
MASONIC INCIDENTS. Article 11
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 14
METROPOLITAN. Article 14
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 16
ROYAL ARCH. Article 17
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 17
MARK MASONRY. Article 17
IRELAND. Article 18
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 18
Untitled Article 19
Obituary. Article 20
FINE ARTS. Article 20
Untitled Article 20
Obituary. Article 20
THE PARTING. Article 20
TO SHAKESPEARE. Article 21
THE WEEK. Article 21
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 22
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Mother Kilwinning.

" In testimony whereof these presents are given under the hand of our Secretary and Clerk , and the Seal of the Grand Lodge hereunto appended . At Edinburgh , the second day of November , in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven , aud of Masonry , 5807 . " By command of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Scotland .

"WILLIAM GUTHRIE , Grand Secretary . " JAS . BAKTBAM , Grand Clerk . " The investiture of the Master of Mother Kil-Avinning withMasonicrule over the province of Ayr , while meeting with the pretty general approval of

the Ayrshire lodges , was reclaimed against by a few , some of whom , in no measured terms , addressed Grand Lodge on the subject . An excerpt from the minute-book of the Lodge Ayr and Renfrew Militia St . Paul will serve to indicate the feeling- AA'ith which those unfriendly to Mother

Kibvinning vieAved the ProAuncial Grand Mastership being rendered hereditary in the person of its jyl Qcj'py "Ayr , May 30 , 1808 : . . . The R . W . Master likewise stated to the meeting that he had observed the conduct of the Grand Lodge upon a recent

occasion with some regret ; the affair he alluded to was the late reconciliation betwixt her ancl the Kibvinning Lodge- —by which agreement it Avas declared that the Master of Kibvinning Lodge should be Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire in

all time coming . Such an absurd and most unjustifiable transaction he considered in the highest degree censurable , and in his opinion a glaring insult offered to the dignity of the Order , and an absolute infringement of the rights and privileges of the lodg-es in Airshire . He therefore moved

that the Grand Lodge be remonstrated Avith upon this univarrantable stretch of their authority , and assumption of poAvers not vested in them—which resolution Avas cordially acquiesced in hy every member present ; . . and vested in the Standing Committee full power and authority to draAV up

the address to Grand Lodge , agreeable to the sentiments which the Master had expressed , and to forward a copy of it without delay to the Grand Lodge , and to all the other lodges which had communicated with them upon the very disagreeable subject . . . . The resolutions draAvn up by the

Committee being unanimously approved of , the thanks of the lodge were voted to the Committee for the great attention they had , in draAving the remonstrance , paid to the interest of the lodge and the Craft in general . "

For a few years after their union to Grand Lodge Mother Kilwinning was annually represented at Edinburgh—generally on St . Andrew ' s Day—by delegates sent direct from Ayrshire ; but this being found inconvenient , the appointment in 1816 of a member of St . Luke ' s , Edinr ., as Proxy Master put a stop to the practice , and ever since has the lodge been represented by proxy ,

sometimes by one of her oivn sons , but more frequently by members of Edinburgh lodges . It was not till 1817 that the Master of Mother Kibvinning exercised the prerogative of commanding the presence of the Ayrshire lodges in forming a Pro-vincial Grand Lodge . The attempt on the

life ofthe Prince Regent , made while his Royal Highness was returning to Carlton House from the opening of Parliament , Avas the occasion which suggested the assembling of the Ayrshire brethren , who in response to the call of the Rt . Worshipful the Master of the Mother Lodgemet in great

, strength at Kilwinning , 21 st March of the year named ( twenty-five lodges being-represented ) , and adopted the folioAving address for presentation to then- royal brother and Grand Master :

"Unto his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . " The Dutiful and Loyal Address of the Body of Freemasons , of the County of Air , assembled , at the desire of our Provincial Master , within the

Mother Lodge Kilwinning , the ancient seat of Masonry , by Deputations of the Masters , Wardens , and Brethren , of the respective Lodges ;

" May it please your Royal Highness , " We , his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects , the Freemasons of the County of Air , humbly beg leave to approach your Royal Highness in these momentous times , Avith sentiments of the most profound respect , sincere loyalty , ancl unalterable

attachment to his Majesty , your Royal Highness , and his Majesty's family and Government , and to express our utter abhorrence and detestation of the wicked and treasonable attempt , lately made on the sacred life of your Royal Highness . " We lament that any miscreants could be found

, so totally lost to every sense of the blessings enjoyed under the Constitution of these lands , and your Royal Highness ' s administration of our just and equitable laws , who could make so flagitious an attempt , and Ave trust they will yet be discovered , and brought to condign punishment .

" We feel , in common ivith our fellow subjects , the distress of the present times , by the unesearchable decrees of Divine Providence ; but we deprecate all attempts of Avicked and designing men , Avho , seeking to attribute these distresses to other causesmislead the unthinkingandunder the

, , , specious mask of relief , hold seditious meetings ,, and industriously propagate seditious doctrines , in order to overturn the glorioits fabric of our happy Constitution .

" We pledge ourselves as indbdduals , and members of our respective lodges to do everything in the compass of our power , to put a stop to such traitorous conduct , and enjoin , in these lodges , that the Avhole brethren act up to the true principles of the Order , by squaring their actions and sentiments , that they may be ever in unison with the _ p hmib-line of loyalty , and attachment to his

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