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and extent of the union referred to are clearly enough defined . In this respect the records of Ayr and Renfrew Militia St . Paul are unique , and go far to show the chaotic condition in which some of our so-called hig h degrees existed at the
period of which we speak . Having in some former papers adverted to this point , we shall at present content ourselves with giving only a very few extracts in illustration of the subject under consideration : —
"Linlithgow , February 15 th , 1799 .. At a meeting of emergency of Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul ' s Lodge , the R . W . M . in the chair—the lodge being ¦ opened in due form , when the _ following brethren , Master Masons , were admitted to the degree of
- ^ Excellent and Super-Excellent Royal Arch lilasons , when the above and following brethren were admitted to the Illustrious Order of Night Templars and duly dubt Nights of the same . " 'The cash books shews 6 s . 7 d . to have been naid
by each of the brethren who had received the Arch and Temple degrees—2 s . being paid by those who 'had only , at the meeting in question , being Nighted . "Stirling , November 22 nd , 1799 . At an
¦ emergent meeting of the Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul's Lodge , the following brethren , Master Masons , after having regularly passed the chair of ithis lodge , were admitted to that of Excellent and Super-Excellent Royal Arch Masons , and likewise
duly dubt Night Templars , viz ., the R . W . Master of Stirling Royal Arch , John Eraser . " " Stirling , December 5 th , 1799 . At a monthly ¦ meeting of the Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul ' s Lodge , the R . W . M . in the chair , it was unanimously agreed that no brother , unless he had
attained the degree of Ni ght Templar , should bear any office iu the lodge . " . Such innovation upon the ceremonial proper only to lodges of St . John ' s Masonry did not long escape the notice of Grand Lodge ; for in October ,
1800 , a letter was received by St . Paul ' s from that body , " prohibiting and discharging this and all other lodges holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to hold any meeting above the degree of Master Mason , under penalty of the forfeiture of
their charter . " While those lodges which had hitherto practised the Arch and Templar degrees rendered an apparent obedience . to this Grand Lodge law , it was not till the erection of the Grand Conclave in 1811 , and the Supreme-Grand Royal Arch Chapter iu 1818 , that a thorough
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia
separation of the Orders of Blue , Red and Black Masonry was effected . WHENCE THE WORD " FREEMASON " is DERIVED . "Freemason" has never in Scotland -been applied to designate members of the Mason Craft ;
at least there are no records extant to show that it has . As far back as 1326 we find , iu the Scottish Chamberlain's Accounts , that it was " Robert , the Mason , " who repaired by contract the fortifications of the castle of Tarbet ; ancl the
Masons who were employed in executing the work were paid at the rate of £ 6 12 s . 4 d . a year . Both before and after the importation of Speculative Masonry , the members of Scotch Masonic Incorporations were called " freemen Masons , "
irrespective of the description of stone upon which they exercised their skill . The adoption by Lodges of the distinguishing title of Freemasons and their reception of Speculative Masonry were of
simultaneous occurrence . It was in January , 1735 , that the Lodge of Kilwinning began to designate its members " Freemasons "; and its minutes show that in September of the same year an exprovost of Glasgow was " admitted a Freemason
and member ofthe Lodge of Kilwinning . " Again , a recipient of the Canongate Kilwinning ' s chai-rjy is , in the books of that lodge , under date August 6 , 1735 , designated " a Freemason . " These are the earliest notices that we have been able to
discover of the term being used in Scotland . Bro . Papsworth ' s derivation of Freemason is an unhappy one . He might as well apply his theory to the case of the " Liberli Farmerii" ( Fi-ee Farmers ) of the 13 th century—a class of Scottish
agriculturists who as shown by Tytler , were so named becaus eof stheir enjoying certain freedom in the exercise of their vocation , in contradistinction to the bondage in which the unfree tillers of the soil were held .
" ENTERED ' APPRENTICE . The following excerpt from a fragmentary document still preserved at Kilwinning shows the strictness with which the Mother Lodge was wont to observe the formalities that in Operative times preceded the entry of Apprentices : —
"Kilwyning , the 20 th of December , 1643 . " The qlk day in this held court of tee Ludge of Kilwyning holden thair be the Wardane , Deacoune , and remanent brethrein , of the Massoun Craft , it is appoynted be thame to geve ourdersto Robert Fultoun and Rt . Fultonn and John Fultoun
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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia
and extent of the union referred to are clearly enough defined . In this respect the records of Ayr and Renfrew Militia St . Paul are unique , and go far to show the chaotic condition in which some of our so-called hig h degrees existed at the
period of which we speak . Having in some former papers adverted to this point , we shall at present content ourselves with giving only a very few extracts in illustration of the subject under consideration : —
"Linlithgow , February 15 th , 1799 .. At a meeting of emergency of Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul ' s Lodge , the R . W . M . in the chair—the lodge being ¦ opened in due form , when the _ following brethren , Master Masons , were admitted to the degree of
- ^ Excellent and Super-Excellent Royal Arch lilasons , when the above and following brethren were admitted to the Illustrious Order of Night Templars and duly dubt Nights of the same . " 'The cash books shews 6 s . 7 d . to have been naid
by each of the brethren who had received the Arch and Temple degrees—2 s . being paid by those who 'had only , at the meeting in question , being Nighted . "Stirling , November 22 nd , 1799 . At an
¦ emergent meeting of the Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul's Lodge , the following brethren , Master Masons , after having regularly passed the chair of ithis lodge , were admitted to that of Excellent and Super-Excellent Royal Arch Masons , and likewise
duly dubt Night Templars , viz ., the R . W . Master of Stirling Royal Arch , John Eraser . " " Stirling , December 5 th , 1799 . At a monthly ¦ meeting of the Ayr and Renfrew St . Paul ' s Lodge , the R . W . M . in the chair , it was unanimously agreed that no brother , unless he had
attained the degree of Ni ght Templar , should bear any office iu the lodge . " . Such innovation upon the ceremonial proper only to lodges of St . John ' s Masonry did not long escape the notice of Grand Lodge ; for in October ,
1800 , a letter was received by St . Paul ' s from that body , " prohibiting and discharging this and all other lodges holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland to hold any meeting above the degree of Master Mason , under penalty of the forfeiture of
their charter . " While those lodges which had hitherto practised the Arch and Templar degrees rendered an apparent obedience . to this Grand Lodge law , it was not till the erection of the Grand Conclave in 1811 , and the Supreme-Grand Royal Arch Chapter iu 1818 , that a thorough
Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia
separation of the Orders of Blue , Red and Black Masonry was effected . WHENCE THE WORD " FREEMASON " is DERIVED . "Freemason" has never in Scotland -been applied to designate members of the Mason Craft ;
at least there are no records extant to show that it has . As far back as 1326 we find , iu the Scottish Chamberlain's Accounts , that it was " Robert , the Mason , " who repaired by contract the fortifications of the castle of Tarbet ; ancl the
Masons who were employed in executing the work were paid at the rate of £ 6 12 s . 4 d . a year . Both before and after the importation of Speculative Masonry , the members of Scotch Masonic Incorporations were called " freemen Masons , "
irrespective of the description of stone upon which they exercised their skill . The adoption by Lodges of the distinguishing title of Freemasons and their reception of Speculative Masonry were of
simultaneous occurrence . It was in January , 1735 , that the Lodge of Kilwinning began to designate its members " Freemasons "; and its minutes show that in September of the same year an exprovost of Glasgow was " admitted a Freemason
and member ofthe Lodge of Kilwinning . " Again , a recipient of the Canongate Kilwinning ' s chai-rjy is , in the books of that lodge , under date August 6 , 1735 , designated " a Freemason . " These are the earliest notices that we have been able to
discover of the term being used in Scotland . Bro . Papsworth ' s derivation of Freemason is an unhappy one . He might as well apply his theory to the case of the " Liberli Farmerii" ( Fi-ee Farmers ) of the 13 th century—a class of Scottish
agriculturists who as shown by Tytler , were so named becaus eof stheir enjoying certain freedom in the exercise of their vocation , in contradistinction to the bondage in which the unfree tillers of the soil were held .
" ENTERED ' APPRENTICE . The following excerpt from a fragmentary document still preserved at Kilwinning shows the strictness with which the Mother Lodge was wont to observe the formalities that in Operative times preceded the entry of Apprentices : —
"Kilwyning , the 20 th of December , 1643 . " The qlk day in this held court of tee Ludge of Kilwyning holden thair be the Wardane , Deacoune , and remanent brethrein , of the Massoun Craft , it is appoynted be thame to geve ourdersto Robert Fultoun and Rt . Fultonn and John Fultoun