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Scotland.
to their little modern edifice , there to celebrate the mystic festival , and do all honour to the spirits of the past . One word before concluding , —and may the spirit of the departed bard and brother , forgive the freedom ! " If thou wouldst vieiv fair Melrose aright , Go visit it by the red torch light !"
DUNSE , March Uth . —The 110 th anniversary may be set down as an epoch in its history . The great accession of new members has produced a revival among the friends of JIasonry here , which , should it continue , promises fair to place the Lodge of Dunse amongst the most flourishing provincial institutions of the kind in Scotland . The Brethren having gone in procession through the principal parts of the town by torch light , returned to the Lodge room , seventy in number , when ,
in the course of the evening , which was spent in that order , harmony , and conviviality , so characteristic of the Fraternity , the Right AA ' orshipful Master delivered the following address , elucidatory of the cause of the meeting : — "Brethren , —As we are met to celebrate the 110 th anniversary of the Lodge , it may not be improper to convey to you a short account of it . This Lodge was originally constituted under a warrant from Lod Jlother Kilwinningivhich was the
ge , eighth charter granted by that ancient Fraternity . This warrant was , at the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in the year 1736 , sent to Jlr . David Home , writer in Edinburgh , to be used by him as proxy for this Lodge on that occasion , which he accordingly did ; and the records of the Grand Lodge attest the presence of the proxy at that time . At the grand election in 1737 , it was ordered that
all Lodges in Scotland , which held of the Grand Lodge , should be enrolled according to seniority , to be determined by the authentic documents they produced , and that those who produced no vouchers should be placed at the end of the roll ; most unfortunately Jlr . Home lost or mislaid the original warrant from Mother Kilwinning , and in place of this Lodge being No . 8 , it was ranked so low as No . 25 on the new roll then made up . In the year 1761 , a charter of confirmation was
obtained from the Grand Lodge , which is our present warrant . By written documents preserved in the box , this Lodge must have been constituted before the year 1726 , as there are bills for money lent in 1727 . At this time the members were all operative masons , with the exception of two , and the Lodge was mostly composed of operatives until 1758 , when the late Jlr . Lorain , of Angelraw , and a number of other influential gentlemen in Dunse and the neighbourhood , were
initiated , and the Lodge continued to flourish for many years . In the year 1806 , it was at a very low ebb , at ivhich time a few Brethren took the management , and restored it to its former florishing condition ; it , however , gradually decreased until the present year , when , by the great accession of new members , and the return of the old ones to their duty , we trust that it will continue to improve . " The Lodge was closed at high 12 , all the Brethren being highly delighted with the whole proceedings .
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Scotland.
to their little modern edifice , there to celebrate the mystic festival , and do all honour to the spirits of the past . One word before concluding , —and may the spirit of the departed bard and brother , forgive the freedom ! " If thou wouldst vieiv fair Melrose aright , Go visit it by the red torch light !"
DUNSE , March Uth . —The 110 th anniversary may be set down as an epoch in its history . The great accession of new members has produced a revival among the friends of JIasonry here , which , should it continue , promises fair to place the Lodge of Dunse amongst the most flourishing provincial institutions of the kind in Scotland . The Brethren having gone in procession through the principal parts of the town by torch light , returned to the Lodge room , seventy in number , when ,
in the course of the evening , which was spent in that order , harmony , and conviviality , so characteristic of the Fraternity , the Right AA ' orshipful Master delivered the following address , elucidatory of the cause of the meeting : — "Brethren , —As we are met to celebrate the 110 th anniversary of the Lodge , it may not be improper to convey to you a short account of it . This Lodge was originally constituted under a warrant from Lod Jlother Kilwinningivhich was the
ge , eighth charter granted by that ancient Fraternity . This warrant was , at the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in the year 1736 , sent to Jlr . David Home , writer in Edinburgh , to be used by him as proxy for this Lodge on that occasion , which he accordingly did ; and the records of the Grand Lodge attest the presence of the proxy at that time . At the grand election in 1737 , it was ordered that
all Lodges in Scotland , which held of the Grand Lodge , should be enrolled according to seniority , to be determined by the authentic documents they produced , and that those who produced no vouchers should be placed at the end of the roll ; most unfortunately Jlr . Home lost or mislaid the original warrant from Mother Kilwinning , and in place of this Lodge being No . 8 , it was ranked so low as No . 25 on the new roll then made up . In the year 1761 , a charter of confirmation was
obtained from the Grand Lodge , which is our present warrant . By written documents preserved in the box , this Lodge must have been constituted before the year 1726 , as there are bills for money lent in 1727 . At this time the members were all operative masons , with the exception of two , and the Lodge was mostly composed of operatives until 1758 , when the late Jlr . Lorain , of Angelraw , and a number of other influential gentlemen in Dunse and the neighbourhood , were
initiated , and the Lodge continued to flourish for many years . In the year 1806 , it was at a very low ebb , at ivhich time a few Brethren took the management , and restored it to its former florishing condition ; it , however , gradually decreased until the present year , when , by the great accession of new members , and the return of the old ones to their duty , we trust that it will continue to improve . " The Lodge was closed at high 12 , all the Brethren being highly delighted with the whole proceedings .