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Glasgow Masonics.
MASONRVT IN SCOTLAND . "' A Lodge is a -democracy ; but no autocrat was ever so powerful as the Master of a Lodge .... He ought to be a good , a moral , and a religious man He ought to be well skilled in all the ceremonial of initiation . "—BROTHER , DR . ARNOTT . " Like many others , I felt disappointed by the disproportionate results of an institution
so ancient , so universal , and founded on principles so genuine , as to find a responsive chord in the bosom of every honourable anil well-intentioned man . I felt convinced that there was something wrong in the ordinary working , and looking to the practices of the olden time . I was satisfied that the only way to uphold the influence of the association was to fall back upon those practices . " —BROTHER MICLKR , 11 . W . M . ST . MARK ' , GLASGOW .
TO THE EDITOR . Pldiuburgh . June , 18 . 10 . SIR AND BROTHER . —The Craft are indeed under obligation to the Brethren whose opinions precede this letter . They are both hi ghly and deservedly respected from the zeal and energy which they have manifested in forwarding the interest of the Craftand in a particular
, manner from having on a late occasion , by the admirable speeches which they delivered , advanced the interests of the Order , ancl placed the character and principles of the antient Fraternity before the public in an interesting aud attractive manner ; alike instructive to those who were not Masons , but doubly so to tlie Brethren who had the pleasure of hearing them . They have indeed raised the principles of the Craft on a hih pedestalso that all see what are the motives
g , may which ought to actuate a Freemason ; at the same time , they have placed them before the eyes of the Brethren , in such a position , that the thinking Brother cannot fail to observe what does , and what does not , obtain . What a beautiful picture has been drawn , by Bro . Arnott , of what the Master of a Lodge ought to be , " a good , a moral , and a religious man , " and " well skilled in the ceremonial of initiation . " A few
such touches show the hand of the master , and we are at a loss which to admire most—the sentiment itself , or the Brother who enunciated it . The key note , thus eloquently struck by Bro . Arnott , was responded to by Bro . Miller , in an equally eloquent strain . Would that both could be induced to use their influence ancl urge upon the other Lodges in the west the advantage which would follow the introduction of correct Masonic information , and the diffusion of true Masonic principles among the Brethren . From their position in the Craft , and from their
acquirements , much might be expected from them , for the benefit of Masonry , not only iu the west , but in every other part of Scotland . As it is possible that some misunderstanding may exist in the minds of Brethren , from the remarks iu the last number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine , and Review " on the subject of Proxy Masters , it may be thought necessary to point out herein the mutual relation which ought to subsist between the Lodges , and the proxies who represent them in the Grand Lodge , —that bond of union which should prevail , the similarity of feeling , ends , aims , and wishes , which ought to animate the vol .. r . E E
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Glasgow Masonics.
MASONRVT IN SCOTLAND . "' A Lodge is a -democracy ; but no autocrat was ever so powerful as the Master of a Lodge .... He ought to be a good , a moral , and a religious man He ought to be well skilled in all the ceremonial of initiation . "—BROTHER , DR . ARNOTT . " Like many others , I felt disappointed by the disproportionate results of an institution
so ancient , so universal , and founded on principles so genuine , as to find a responsive chord in the bosom of every honourable anil well-intentioned man . I felt convinced that there was something wrong in the ordinary working , and looking to the practices of the olden time . I was satisfied that the only way to uphold the influence of the association was to fall back upon those practices . " —BROTHER MICLKR , 11 . W . M . ST . MARK ' , GLASGOW .
TO THE EDITOR . Pldiuburgh . June , 18 . 10 . SIR AND BROTHER . —The Craft are indeed under obligation to the Brethren whose opinions precede this letter . They are both hi ghly and deservedly respected from the zeal and energy which they have manifested in forwarding the interest of the Craftand in a particular
, manner from having on a late occasion , by the admirable speeches which they delivered , advanced the interests of the Order , ancl placed the character and principles of the antient Fraternity before the public in an interesting aud attractive manner ; alike instructive to those who were not Masons , but doubly so to tlie Brethren who had the pleasure of hearing them . They have indeed raised the principles of the Craft on a hih pedestalso that all see what are the motives
g , may which ought to actuate a Freemason ; at the same time , they have placed them before the eyes of the Brethren , in such a position , that the thinking Brother cannot fail to observe what does , and what does not , obtain . What a beautiful picture has been drawn , by Bro . Arnott , of what the Master of a Lodge ought to be , " a good , a moral , and a religious man , " and " well skilled in the ceremonial of initiation . " A few
such touches show the hand of the master , and we are at a loss which to admire most—the sentiment itself , or the Brother who enunciated it . The key note , thus eloquently struck by Bro . Arnott , was responded to by Bro . Miller , in an equally eloquent strain . Would that both could be induced to use their influence ancl urge upon the other Lodges in the west the advantage which would follow the introduction of correct Masonic information , and the diffusion of true Masonic principles among the Brethren . From their position in the Craft , and from their
acquirements , much might be expected from them , for the benefit of Masonry , not only iu the west , but in every other part of Scotland . As it is possible that some misunderstanding may exist in the minds of Brethren , from the remarks iu the last number of the " Freemasons ' Quarterly Magazine , and Review " on the subject of Proxy Masters , it may be thought necessary to point out herein the mutual relation which ought to subsist between the Lodges , and the proxies who represent them in the Grand Lodge , —that bond of union which should prevail , the similarity of feeling , ends , aims , and wishes , which ought to animate the vol .. r . E E