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Article NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE OF SCOTLAND. ← Page 9 of 9 Article THE BRAHMIN. Page 1 of 4 →
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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
ALEXANDER DRUMMOND , some time British Consul at Aleppo , was elected Master . It appears that this active Brother had been Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge , so far back as the year 1738 , at which period he also held the appointment of Provincial Master over the AVest of Scotland . In 1747 , while resident at Alexandretta in Turkey , he applied through his brother , George Drummond ( hereafter to be noticed ) for a commission from Grand Lod to constitute
, ge Lodges in that quarter , which was granted : his powers extending over the parts of Europe and Asia bordering upon the Mediterranean sea . This distinguished and experienced Mason remained two years in the chair ofthe Canongate Kilwinning , receiving into the society many new members ; amongst others , ALEXANDER EI / PHINSTONE , advocate , who after serving the office of Junior AVarden of the Lodge for three successive yearsivas finall
, y promoted to be Depute Master in 1766 . The year following he was chosen in Grand Lodge to the post of Senior Grand Warden , ' in which he served for two years , under the Mastership of the Earl of Dalhousie . Robert Hamilton , of AVishaw , and Captain McLeod , of Mc Leod , appear likewise among the entries . ( To be continued . )
The Brahmin.
THE BRAHMIN .
" From nature ' s chain whatever link yon strike Tenth or ten UumsaniUii breaks that drain alike' ' i ' o /;/ . 'V IZ . MII / on Man . THE dark veil of night had been drawn aside by the rosy fingers of morning , and the flowers began to lift up their dewy crests to meet the sun ' s first kiss , when Zekah , the wealthiest Brahmin of the populous
city of Camby , walked forth to indulge iu meditation and solitude . His life had hitherto been pure ; from boyhood he had kept the laws of his faith ; the fame of his charities had reached the remotest corners of India , and sages from far distant lands caine to improve themselves in wisdom by listening lo his words . Still Zekah was not happy—pure himself , he demanded purity in others ; a prayer omitted was , in his eyes , a mortal sin ; and rather than have broken the peculiar rule of his caste by tasting animal food , he would have submitted to a death of the most painful tortures .
_ It was from his rigid observance of this last article of his creed that his chief misery arose ; the cruelties committed by mankind upon the brute creation shocked his sensibilities , ancl disgusted him with his fellow-creatures . i ! Y es , " exclaimed Zekah , " I will fly from the haunts of man ; from scenes where such atrocities are daily , nay hourly committed ; the woods shall be my dwelling-place , and the birds of the air , and the innocent creatures ofthe fielcl my sole companions would" he
; , added , fixing his gaze upon an aged vulture , who , with her young occupied a peaked rock near which he stood , " I coulcl understand their languagc . " '' Thou hast thy wish , " answered a decp-toned voice beside him ; he started at the sound , and turning , beheld before him a man dressed in
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Notices Of Eminent Members Of The Canongate Kilwinning Lodge Of Scotland.
ALEXANDER DRUMMOND , some time British Consul at Aleppo , was elected Master . It appears that this active Brother had been Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge , so far back as the year 1738 , at which period he also held the appointment of Provincial Master over the AVest of Scotland . In 1747 , while resident at Alexandretta in Turkey , he applied through his brother , George Drummond ( hereafter to be noticed ) for a commission from Grand Lod to constitute
, ge Lodges in that quarter , which was granted : his powers extending over the parts of Europe and Asia bordering upon the Mediterranean sea . This distinguished and experienced Mason remained two years in the chair ofthe Canongate Kilwinning , receiving into the society many new members ; amongst others , ALEXANDER EI / PHINSTONE , advocate , who after serving the office of Junior AVarden of the Lodge for three successive yearsivas finall
, y promoted to be Depute Master in 1766 . The year following he was chosen in Grand Lodge to the post of Senior Grand Warden , ' in which he served for two years , under the Mastership of the Earl of Dalhousie . Robert Hamilton , of AVishaw , and Captain McLeod , of Mc Leod , appear likewise among the entries . ( To be continued . )
The Brahmin.
THE BRAHMIN .
" From nature ' s chain whatever link yon strike Tenth or ten UumsaniUii breaks that drain alike' ' i ' o /;/ . 'V IZ . MII / on Man . THE dark veil of night had been drawn aside by the rosy fingers of morning , and the flowers began to lift up their dewy crests to meet the sun ' s first kiss , when Zekah , the wealthiest Brahmin of the populous
city of Camby , walked forth to indulge iu meditation and solitude . His life had hitherto been pure ; from boyhood he had kept the laws of his faith ; the fame of his charities had reached the remotest corners of India , and sages from far distant lands caine to improve themselves in wisdom by listening lo his words . Still Zekah was not happy—pure himself , he demanded purity in others ; a prayer omitted was , in his eyes , a mortal sin ; and rather than have broken the peculiar rule of his caste by tasting animal food , he would have submitted to a death of the most painful tortures .
_ It was from his rigid observance of this last article of his creed that his chief misery arose ; the cruelties committed by mankind upon the brute creation shocked his sensibilities , ancl disgusted him with his fellow-creatures . i ! Y es , " exclaimed Zekah , " I will fly from the haunts of man ; from scenes where such atrocities are daily , nay hourly committed ; the woods shall be my dwelling-place , and the birds of the air , and the innocent creatures ofthe fielcl my sole companions would" he
; , added , fixing his gaze upon an aged vulture , who , with her young occupied a peaked rock near which he stood , " I coulcl understand their languagc . " '' Thou hast thy wish , " answered a decp-toned voice beside him ; he started at the sound , and turning , beheld before him a man dressed in