Masonic Notes And Queries.

MAS 0 XIC PEESECUTIOS " . If Bro . W . ! N \ Crawford is not joking in his letter at page 269 , will lie he so kind as to mention the date he refers to when he speaks of " that period of ecclesiastical history when the Romish Church sprang or branched off from Freemasonry , aud thenceforth so

perverted the secret mysteries of Freemasonry as to exalt the Church , & c . " I humbly confess I was unaware of that circumstance before , but I shall gladly receive " more light . "—FKEESIASOX . IODGE AtLXUTES , ETC . SO . 2 . The following is from the oldest extant

minutehook of the Glasgow St . Mungo Lodge , No . 27 . It begins at page 12 , consequently there are 11 pages , or six leaves wanting ; but , whether these have been torn out carelessly or wilfully I cannot say . It begins with No . 11 of the acts of the lodge . C . lltMy .

" That each member of this lodge shall pay threepence sterling quarterly into the Treasurer in name of quarter aecompts ; or one shilling sterling money annually before the election at St . John ' s Day ; otherways such as do not pay shall have no liberty to vote at the election of the Master or other officebearers . "

0 . Yltlil y . " That all persons who are already advertised of this lodge and unentered shall he bound and obliged before admission to pay the respective sums above written as their entry money and passing * besides a moderate treat , Secretary aud Tyler ' s dues , as in

the second and tenth regulations of this lodge . " O . lWdy . " That any of the members of the lodge may enter and pass persons f in the lodge without acquainting the Master , at two miles distant from Glasgow , or any part further than two miles , providing the member that so enters bring in the money to the Treasurer , or give it to such as are present for that purpose . "

O . Utldy . " That every Master at his first election is to pay into the box five shillings sterling money , and each one of the office-bearers two shillings sterling at their first elections . And those who so pays are hereby excerned from again paying , although they

should afterwards be made choice of to serve the lodge in any of the above stations . " 0 15 tJdy . "That no member of this lodge shall bear any manner of office , or have vote for any office-bearer , until the said persons be first regularly and duly passed Fellow of Craft . "

0 . lGUdy . " That no part of the public fund belonging to the lodge shall be given out in loan . But .... heritable security , or bond , bill and .... att the pleasure and approbation .... Master , office-bearers , and Treasurer .... for the time being . " 0 . VIMy . " That if any of the lodge transgress the foregoing by-laws , by opposing the same , or shall refuse to

meet with the lodge when lawfully warned thereto by the Officer or Tyler , without giving a lawful excuse therefore , each person so refusing and not attending shall pay into the Treasurer one shilling sterling money for the use of the poor , or else he is to he extruded out of the lodge , and loss all the privileges he or they could have reaped thereby . "

IS . Publiek Act . " That the whole foregoing articles shall be annually read before the election of the Master , Wardens , Stewards , Secretary , and Treasurer . In presence of the lodge and such other regulations or by-laws added thereto , as shall by the occurrence of time be found proper for the better government of this lodge . "

"Att our Lodge of Saint John , Saint Mungo ' s Kirk of Glasgow , Kilwinning , * the sixth day of February , one thousand seven hundred and twentynine . years . To which day the haill members of the friendly society of the foresaid lodge of Freemasons in and about Glasgow having seen and considered the

overtures or by-laws written upon the above and fivef preceding pages of this book , they judge the same to be highly reasonable , and do hereby bind and oblige them to staud to and abide by the haill tenor and contents of the said overtures and to underly and fulfill the same to the utmost of their powers

and abilitys . In witness whereof these presents ( written by Alexander Colquhoun , servitor to James Wilson writer in Glasgow ) . And are subscribed by the members of the said lodge Att place day moneth and year of God Rexive before written Before these witnesses Adam Warden , rnaltman in Glasgow , and the said James Wilson insertors of the date .

Witnesses names and designations ( signed ) William Dun Mr . Alex . Anderson AVarden , hou Patrson Warden , John Park , William Imbry , Stewarts , Matthew Mc Lede , James Anderson , John Selkrig , John Wilson , Abkr . Henderson , John Muir , Alex . Rankine , William Park , Wm . Young , and others

elk . and witness Adam Warden "Witnes . " On next page is given " the charter of confirmation " from the Grand Lodge in 17 G 2 ; then first minute which is the election on St . John ' s Day , 27 th Dec . 1762 , which elections are the only things recorded for several years . Their annual festivals are also often alluded to ; but more anon . —W . P . BUCIIAX .

THE DEDICAT'TOX OS LODGES A'VD CHEISTIANTrY . The mere fact of dedicating lodges to the two St . Johns , not as Christians , but as men whose moral and uprig ht lives are worthy of imitation , will no more disturb the consciences of our Jewish or Turkish brethren , than their dedication to Moses or King

Solomon , will disturb the religious quiet of the most devout Christians . The same may be said of all other creeds and nations , for , although the Masonic parallels of every people should be selected from eminent men of their peculiar religion , from the fact that their lives and deeds would be better and more generally known than those of strangers ; yet the