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Freemason's Hall, Dublin.
We must not forget mentioning that the decorations , as well as those in the Royal Arch Chapter Eoom Avere entrusted to the celebrated firm of Early and Powell , Camden Street .
My Carton
MY CARTON
OF EXCERPTS AND MEMORANDA R ELATIVE TO THE MASTER ' S DEGREE AND THE ROYAL ARCII . PREFATORY . —In my various Cartons of Masonic Papers is one labelled "Excerptsand Memoranda
relative to the Master ' s Degree and the Royal Arch , "—the Excerpts mostly come from the"Freeanasons' Magazine , " and were made by me in a very irregular manner . They will , however , it is probable , be found useful to the young Craft
Student , by showing what those who have gone before him , have thought upon some difficult and interestting points . —CHARLES PURTON COOPER . ¦ Chateau of Boutancourt , Ardennes , July , 1871 .
THE TERM « DEGREE . " A learned Brother thinks that it was not until . the close of the 17 th century that the term "Degree" was used in English Masonry . THE MASTER'S DEGREE AXD THE HIGH DEGREES .
The antiquity of the Master's Degree , and the antiquity of the High Degrees are two very different questions . THE ROYAL ARCH . —BRO . WOODFORD . According to my memoranda , sometime towards
the end of 1867 , when the Royal Arch discussions began , Bro . WQodford ' s words Avere " all that can be fairly said is that the present form and development of the Royal Arch degree is not earlier than the middle of the eighteenth century , though its substance was in existence long before .
ROYAL ARCH . —BRO . HUGHAN . In a communication to the " Freemasons Magazine , " January , 1868 , Bro . Hughan says he admits that the clue to the real history of the Royal Arch Degree is in the division of the third degree .
THE ROYAL ARCH—THE THIRD DEGREE . Brother Hughan says it is clear to him that the Eoyal Arch—as a ' Degree or in name , did no exist ' before 1740 .
A . D . 1710 . In this year in certain old Masonries , a part of the Master ' s Degree was transformed into the Royal Arch , and . ceased to exist in those old Masonries .
OLD TIMES . A learned brother thinks that in old times the Mason was made , or admitted , a Master Mason , with ceremonies and words substantially the same as those which , at a later period , were used upon the Master ' s Degree being conferred .
ROYAL ARCH . " How is it that most writers of note upon this subject , both aged and young , concur instating that the word of the Third Degree was removed to the Royal Arch , and that in consequence the Royal Arch is the complement of the Third Degree ? "— -Bro . Hughan .
MEMORANDA . Some memoranda by a deceased Mason respect ing the Ritual for the Masters Degree , as first taught by the English in France and Germany . — Part only of the memoranda have been preserved . *« #
THE THIRD DEGREE . A correspondent should recollect that "A Masonic Student has said that it must ever be an open question whether Dr . Finder ' s theory or Dr . Krause's is the correct one , Avhich may be put
forward on both sides ; but do not let us condemn , all who differ from us , as Masonry surely is wide enough for us all . " —See " Freemasons Magazine , " vol . 18 , page 29 .
THE ROYAL ARCH . In January , 1868 , " A Masonic Student" in a communication to the " Freemasons' Magazine " says , " that the Avhole point of his humble argument is , that the Royal Arch , as we have it , is
identical in substanco with the second part of the Master's Degree ; though , no doubt , Dermott , for his own purposes , adopted the name of Eoyal Arch , and may have incorporated with his rendering some of the fancies of Ramsay . This is my answer to Bro . 0 . L . W . ' s inquiry .
GERMANY—FRANCE . A Brother ' s Notes respecting the Master ' s Degree as conferred in some lodges of Germany and France—not numerous , but in the state of my sight not legible to-day .
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Freemason's Hall, Dublin.
We must not forget mentioning that the decorations , as well as those in the Royal Arch Chapter Eoom Avere entrusted to the celebrated firm of Early and Powell , Camden Street .
My Carton
MY CARTON
OF EXCERPTS AND MEMORANDA R ELATIVE TO THE MASTER ' S DEGREE AND THE ROYAL ARCII . PREFATORY . —In my various Cartons of Masonic Papers is one labelled "Excerptsand Memoranda
relative to the Master ' s Degree and the Royal Arch , "—the Excerpts mostly come from the"Freeanasons' Magazine , " and were made by me in a very irregular manner . They will , however , it is probable , be found useful to the young Craft
Student , by showing what those who have gone before him , have thought upon some difficult and interestting points . —CHARLES PURTON COOPER . ¦ Chateau of Boutancourt , Ardennes , July , 1871 .
THE TERM « DEGREE . " A learned Brother thinks that it was not until . the close of the 17 th century that the term "Degree" was used in English Masonry . THE MASTER'S DEGREE AXD THE HIGH DEGREES .
The antiquity of the Master's Degree , and the antiquity of the High Degrees are two very different questions . THE ROYAL ARCH . —BRO . WOODFORD . According to my memoranda , sometime towards
the end of 1867 , when the Royal Arch discussions began , Bro . WQodford ' s words Avere " all that can be fairly said is that the present form and development of the Royal Arch degree is not earlier than the middle of the eighteenth century , though its substance was in existence long before .
ROYAL ARCH . —BRO . HUGHAN . In a communication to the " Freemasons Magazine , " January , 1868 , Bro . Hughan says he admits that the clue to the real history of the Royal Arch Degree is in the division of the third degree .
THE ROYAL ARCH—THE THIRD DEGREE . Brother Hughan says it is clear to him that the Eoyal Arch—as a ' Degree or in name , did no exist ' before 1740 .
A . D . 1710 . In this year in certain old Masonries , a part of the Master ' s Degree was transformed into the Royal Arch , and . ceased to exist in those old Masonries .
OLD TIMES . A learned brother thinks that in old times the Mason was made , or admitted , a Master Mason , with ceremonies and words substantially the same as those which , at a later period , were used upon the Master ' s Degree being conferred .
ROYAL ARCH . " How is it that most writers of note upon this subject , both aged and young , concur instating that the word of the Third Degree was removed to the Royal Arch , and that in consequence the Royal Arch is the complement of the Third Degree ? "— -Bro . Hughan .
MEMORANDA . Some memoranda by a deceased Mason respect ing the Ritual for the Masters Degree , as first taught by the English in France and Germany . — Part only of the memoranda have been preserved . *« #
THE THIRD DEGREE . A correspondent should recollect that "A Masonic Student has said that it must ever be an open question whether Dr . Finder ' s theory or Dr . Krause's is the correct one , Avhich may be put
forward on both sides ; but do not let us condemn , all who differ from us , as Masonry surely is wide enough for us all . " —See " Freemasons Magazine , " vol . 18 , page 29 .
THE ROYAL ARCH . In January , 1868 , " A Masonic Student" in a communication to the " Freemasons' Magazine " says , " that the Avhole point of his humble argument is , that the Royal Arch , as we have it , is
identical in substanco with the second part of the Master's Degree ; though , no doubt , Dermott , for his own purposes , adopted the name of Eoyal Arch , and may have incorporated with his rendering some of the fancies of Ramsay . This is my answer to Bro . 0 . L . W . ' s inquiry .
GERMANY—FRANCE . A Brother ' s Notes respecting the Master ' s Degree as conferred in some lodges of Germany and France—not numerous , but in the state of my sight not legible to-day .