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Article PRE-REQUISITES FOR MASONIC INITIATION.—No. I. ← Page 4 of 4 Article ORIGIN OF THE ROYAL ARCH. Page 1 of 4 →
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Pre-Requisites For Masonic Initiation.—No. I.
From all such may we be delivered , as respects Freemasonry . " Good Fellowship " is the prime object of the Fraternity , Charity being one of its main offshoots ; but all should be as little in want of the latter AA'hen they join , as they are brimful of the former . To be happy
ourselves , and seek to make others happy , should be the aim of every member of the Society . ( e ) The ballot must be favourable , i . e ., not more than three " black balls" in the box , and possibly even one may exclude . One may , three must . We dislike black-balling much , preferring to have
objectionable candidates withdraAvn ; but if their friends Avill force them on , then to reject them becomes an unpleasant duty , and what is more , Ave fail in our fidelity to the Society if any squeamishness prevents us from exercising the black as freely as the Avhite balls when circumstances demand . Let us all be more watchful than hitherto as to the character of candidates , and do our duty manfully .
Origin Of The Royal Arch.
ORIGIN OF THE ROYAL ARCH .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . "FN a recent deliA'erance , Bro . Jacob Norton has discussed at much - * - length , the interesting problem which is stated aboA' -e . Our Brother makes numerous " points , " but the leading one , or
perhaps I should be more accurate in saying , his chief deduction from the evidence he submits , is the conclusion that the Royal Arch Degree was introduced into the " Modern" system by Preston ' s " Mother Lodge , " the "Caledonian" ( IIOAV NO . 134 ) , an early seceder from the " Ancients . "
The reasons he adduces in favour of this supposition , are the following : A Chapter , afterwards their Grand Chapter , was established by the Moderns in 1765 . and by an original regulation of this body it was provided : — " That the companions belonging to , and having been exalted in
the Caledonian Chapter , or any Chapter in the country or abroad , being properly vouched for , shall be admitted visitors in this Chapter on payment of 2 s . 6 d . each . " Bro . Norton then cites the prominence of a Bro . John McLean in the concerns of the newer institution , and his membership , some years afterwards , of the Caledonian Chapter , which latter he finds in a printed list of 1788-90 as No . 2 on the roll of "Modern " Chapters .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Pre-Requisites For Masonic Initiation.—No. I.
From all such may we be delivered , as respects Freemasonry . " Good Fellowship " is the prime object of the Fraternity , Charity being one of its main offshoots ; but all should be as little in want of the latter AA'hen they join , as they are brimful of the former . To be happy
ourselves , and seek to make others happy , should be the aim of every member of the Society . ( e ) The ballot must be favourable , i . e ., not more than three " black balls" in the box , and possibly even one may exclude . One may , three must . We dislike black-balling much , preferring to have
objectionable candidates withdraAvn ; but if their friends Avill force them on , then to reject them becomes an unpleasant duty , and what is more , Ave fail in our fidelity to the Society if any squeamishness prevents us from exercising the black as freely as the Avhite balls when circumstances demand . Let us all be more watchful than hitherto as to the character of candidates , and do our duty manfully .
Origin Of The Royal Arch.
ORIGIN OF THE ROYAL ARCH .
BY BRO . R . F . GOULD . "FN a recent deliA'erance , Bro . Jacob Norton has discussed at much - * - length , the interesting problem which is stated aboA' -e . Our Brother makes numerous " points , " but the leading one , or
perhaps I should be more accurate in saying , his chief deduction from the evidence he submits , is the conclusion that the Royal Arch Degree was introduced into the " Modern" system by Preston ' s " Mother Lodge , " the "Caledonian" ( IIOAV NO . 134 ) , an early seceder from the " Ancients . "
The reasons he adduces in favour of this supposition , are the following : A Chapter , afterwards their Grand Chapter , was established by the Moderns in 1765 . and by an original regulation of this body it was provided : — " That the companions belonging to , and having been exalted in
the Caledonian Chapter , or any Chapter in the country or abroad , being properly vouched for , shall be admitted visitors in this Chapter on payment of 2 s . 6 d . each . " Bro . Norton then cites the prominence of a Bro . John McLean in the concerns of the newer institution , and his membership , some years afterwards , of the Caledonian Chapter , which latter he finds in a printed list of 1788-90 as No . 2 on the roll of "Modern " Chapters .