The Lodge Of Glasgow St. John.

out whatever they consider is not consistent . I do not intend to " begin at the beginning , " for several reasons ; one being , that I have already given some remarks upon the early history of Masonry in Glasgow ; and another is , that I wish

to give the following first , while I have it beside me , and I can go back to the rest again when I have more leisure .

Froin- the " Minute BOOK of the Glasgoiu Freemen Operative St . John ' s Lodge . " " At Glasgow the twenty-fourth day of December , eighteen hundred and twenty-four . Convened , a great many of the members of the

Glasgow Freemen Operative St . John's Lodge . It was stated that there had been no regular meetings of the lodge from December , 1818 , till the present time , and it was resolved not only to meet for the purpose of celebrating the

anniversary of Saint John on the 27 th inst , ; but also to put the affairs of the lodge into a greater state o ^ regularity than they have been for many years past . " In the meantime the lodge proceeded to the election of office-bearers , when the following individuals were respectively chosen to fill the offices

aftermentioned , viz .: —James Scott , R . W . M . ; James Torrance , S . W . ; G . Montgomery , J . W . ; Jas . Carmichael , Grand Steward ; John Hamilton James Cranston , William Aitken , Stewards ; Andrew Scott , Treasurer ; James Izatt , Pass

Master ; James Mc Gnffie , Late Master ; Thomas Wilson , Assistant Master ; George Young , Secretary . " The Secretary is appointed to advertise the meeting of the lodge on the 27 th inst ., and also

to give notice to the members by circular in the usual manner . The meeting further appointed the Master , Secretary , and Thomas Wilson as a committee to prepare a draft of the regulations for the government of the lodge . " James Scott . "

"' At Glasgow , the thirty-first day of March eighteen hundred and twenty-five . Convened , the Master , Treasurer , and other office-bearers of the lodge , as well as a number of the members . " The committee appointed at the meeting of

the twenty-fourth December last , produced a draft of the regulations . The draft was repeatedly read over , and after some alterations was finally approved of . The Secretary is appointed to provide a minute book and roll book , and to cause the regulations and future minutes of the lodge to be

entered in the former , and to prepare a roll of the members to be inserted in the latter book . " James Scott . " " Articles and Regulations of the Glasgoiu Freemen Operative St . John's Lodge .

" Whereas the Freemen Operative Masons in Glasgow have , along with the Incorporation of Masons of the said city , been constituted by Eoyal Charter and immemorial usage , into a Lodge of Freemasons , under the name and style of the

Glasgow Freemen Operative St . John's Lodge for a period of nearly 800 years . * Although no regular provision has been made , either for defraying the expenses of supporting the said Lodge , or for the relief ot the members thereof ,

independently of the funds strictly belonging to the said Incorporation . And , whereas , it has been deemed expedient and necessary that certain regulations should be made not only for the government of the said Lodge , but for the purpose of raising

means independently of the funds strictly belonging to the said Incorporation , in order to defray the expenses of supporting the Lodge and relieving distressed members thereof , the following Rules and Regulations , after being submitted to a General Meeting- of the members have been

agreed to for these purposes . "First . The said Lodge shall be known as heretofore under the name and style of the Glasgow Freemen Operative St . John's Lodge , and shall be governed and guarded as formerly

according to the rules of Freemasonry by a Grand Master , Past Master , Depute Master , two Wardens , a Secretary , a Treasurer , four Stewards , and a Tyler . " Second . The present Office Bearers shall

continue in office until the first Friday of December , eighteen hundred and twenty-five , old style , when there shall be a new election of Office Bearers for the ensuing year . And upon the first Friday of December , old style , annually thereafter , a new

election of Office Bearers shall take place . " Third . There shall be a regular meeting of the said Lodge held on the anniversary of the Festival of St . John , to which all the enrolled members shall be duly warned . And the Master , with the

advice of the other Office Bearers , shall have power to call other meetings at such times as may be thought proper , to which all the enrolled members shall be also duly warned to attend .