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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
LONDON , SATURDAY , JANUARY 23 , 1869 .
By Bro . D . MURRAY LYON , A . M ., Masonic University of Kentucky , U . S . ; Corresponding Member of the Union of German Freemasons , Leipsic ; one of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; P . G . S . W . of Ayrshire ; author of thc "History of Mother Kilwining , " $ v . ( Contimted from page 80 S . )
FAC-SIMILE OF THE KILWINNING MINUTE RECORD - ING THE ERECTION OP THE LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING . Of bhe many lodges Avliose origin can be traced
to Mother Kilwinning the Canongate Kilwining is undoubtedly the most distinguished . Although in its charter of confirmation from the Mother Lodge , of date 1736 , reference is made to its erection in
1677 , the Canongate Kilwinning was , even at thetime Laurie wrote- his history of Freemasonry , regarded Avith suspicion as claiming acknowledgment for an antiquity Avhich many held it did not possess . The Grand Secretary barely concedes to it
rt a so r £ of traditionary existence from the year 1677 "; Avhile , going on a step farther , a writer quoted in the historical remarks which precede the bylaws of No . 3 bis , " doubts Avhether the evidence " that could be adduced by the Canongate
Kilwinning in support of its alleged antiquity " would , quite satisfy a jury of neutral antiquarians . " In support of the claims which , have thus been so disparagingly spoken of , it has been our privilegeto bring to light evidence of the most
conclusivekind , and we have introduced into this paper a fac-simile of the record anent the erection of tho lodge in question , Avhich appears on the 76 th page
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Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA .
LONDON , SATURDAY , JANUARY 23 , 1869 .
By Bro . D . MURRAY LYON , A . M ., Masonic University of Kentucky , U . S . ; Corresponding Member of the Union of German Freemasons , Leipsic ; one of the Grand Stewards in the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; P . G . S . W . of Ayrshire ; author of thc "History of Mother Kilwining , " $ v . ( Contimted from page 80 S . )
FAC-SIMILE OF THE KILWINNING MINUTE RECORD - ING THE ERECTION OP THE LODGE CANONGATE KILWINNING . Of bhe many lodges Avliose origin can be traced
to Mother Kilwinning the Canongate Kilwining is undoubtedly the most distinguished . Although in its charter of confirmation from the Mother Lodge , of date 1736 , reference is made to its erection in
1677 , the Canongate Kilwinning was , even at thetime Laurie wrote- his history of Freemasonry , regarded Avith suspicion as claiming acknowledgment for an antiquity Avhich many held it did not possess . The Grand Secretary barely concedes to it
rt a so r £ of traditionary existence from the year 1677 "; Avhile , going on a step farther , a writer quoted in the historical remarks which precede the bylaws of No . 3 bis , " doubts Avhether the evidence " that could be adduced by the Canongate
Kilwinning in support of its alleged antiquity " would , quite satisfy a jury of neutral antiquarians . " In support of the claims which , have thus been so disparagingly spoken of , it has been our privilegeto bring to light evidence of the most
conclusivekind , and we have introduced into this paper a fac-simile of the record anent the erection of tho lodge in question , Avhich appears on the 76 th page
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