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Scotland.
Glasgow for the spread of Masonry than the labours of any other man , and we have pleasure in bearing testimony to his courtesy and ability .
St . John Lodge ( No . 3 ) . —This Lodge , on Tuesday , December 29 th , met in the St . Mark ' s Hall , Buchanan-street , to celebrate their 799 th anniversary . After the election and installation of office-bearers , about seventy Brethren partook of supper , the quality and arrangement of which proved that Bro . Fyffe , the purveyor , had done his best for the satisfaction of the Brethren . Supper over , Bro . Cruikshanks , the H . W . M ., assisted by his newly-appointed Wardens , opened the Lodge in formal manner ; when the toasts usual with Freemasons , who are eminently loyal , were disposed of , and the prosperity of the Grand Lodges of this and the sister countries of England and Ireland , each coupled with the name of its M . W . G . M .
Bro . Cruikshanks then gave the " Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow , and Dr . Walter Arnott , Sub-Prov . G . M ., and Bros . James Millar and Donald Campbell , the efficient Treas . and Sec . of the honourable body . " Their zeal and assiduity had made the Prov . Grand Lodge of Glasgow the foremost in all good respects . Bro . Dr . W . Arnott , in returning thanks for himself and the two other Officebearers , said that they accepted the toast with the greatest pleasure , as it showed
that they , as Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , were personally esteemed , and their labours appreciated . As it is almost the invariable custom of the learned Brother to impart information on any occasion when speaking on Masonic matters , he said that it was in 1736 the Grand Lodge first had its existence . Before that it had been in the hands of the St . Clair family for a long period , the Master of Roslin being in his own right G . M . of Scotland . A member of that house resigned his privileges in favour of the Grand Lodge , which then set to work and brought some thirty or forty Lodges into connection with it . It was
soon found that the Grand Lodge could not efficiently overlook the many Lodges that had joined it . Complaints were made , and , as the best means of allaying the growing discontent , Prov . Grand Lodges were formed . The first of them was in Greenock , its Prov . Grand Master being the Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge there . Its jurisdiction extended over the counties of Renfrew , Dumbarton , and Lanark . Afterwards other Prov . Grand Lodges were set on foot in various districts of Scotland . The business of the Grand Lodge itself , on the few occasions it assembled , was so great that it could not possibly superintend so well as
should be done the many Lodges holding of it ; hence the necessity of Prov . Grand Lodges . Even Edinburgh would be much better had it , as Glasgow has , a Prov . Grand Lodge . He had most able associates in Bros . James Miller and Donald Campbell , and he was proud that , from their united exertions , the Prov . Grand Lodge had taken a hold upon the affections and respect of the Lodges and members of the province . Bro . Campbell , who was one of , if not the first Mason
in the province , had been the chief worker in getting up the Prov . Fund of Benevolence , and for that good work many poor Brethren would yet thank him . Bro . Arnott resumed his seat amidst hearty applause . Bro . Campbell , in giving the venerable Secretary , said he felt a diffidence in proposing this toast , as being unable to do that justice which the Brother in question so well merited . For a period of fully half a century Bro . Young had passed
through the ordeal of a man of business , respected , esteemed , and beloved by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance ; bat the Brethren would perhaps start when they were told a fact unprecedented in the annals of Freemasonry , that the valued Brother had held an office , namely , the office of Secretary , for almost the same period , which was of itself sufficient to show the great regard the Brethren had fur him , and the deep interest which he ( Bro . Young ) felt for the prosperity of his Lodge , as well as the Craft in general .
Bro . Young , in thanking the Brethren , expressed his regret that he had not been present at the installation , and that his arrangements had interfered with those of the Lodge ; although he had not been fifty , he had been upwards of forty years in the office he now held . Bro . Cruikshanks , in presenting the testimonial to Bro . Donald Campbell
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Scotland.
Glasgow for the spread of Masonry than the labours of any other man , and we have pleasure in bearing testimony to his courtesy and ability .
St . John Lodge ( No . 3 ) . —This Lodge , on Tuesday , December 29 th , met in the St . Mark ' s Hall , Buchanan-street , to celebrate their 799 th anniversary . After the election and installation of office-bearers , about seventy Brethren partook of supper , the quality and arrangement of which proved that Bro . Fyffe , the purveyor , had done his best for the satisfaction of the Brethren . Supper over , Bro . Cruikshanks , the H . W . M ., assisted by his newly-appointed Wardens , opened the Lodge in formal manner ; when the toasts usual with Freemasons , who are eminently loyal , were disposed of , and the prosperity of the Grand Lodges of this and the sister countries of England and Ireland , each coupled with the name of its M . W . G . M .
Bro . Cruikshanks then gave the " Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow , and Dr . Walter Arnott , Sub-Prov . G . M ., and Bros . James Millar and Donald Campbell , the efficient Treas . and Sec . of the honourable body . " Their zeal and assiduity had made the Prov . Grand Lodge of Glasgow the foremost in all good respects . Bro . Dr . W . Arnott , in returning thanks for himself and the two other Officebearers , said that they accepted the toast with the greatest pleasure , as it showed
that they , as Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge , were personally esteemed , and their labours appreciated . As it is almost the invariable custom of the learned Brother to impart information on any occasion when speaking on Masonic matters , he said that it was in 1736 the Grand Lodge first had its existence . Before that it had been in the hands of the St . Clair family for a long period , the Master of Roslin being in his own right G . M . of Scotland . A member of that house resigned his privileges in favour of the Grand Lodge , which then set to work and brought some thirty or forty Lodges into connection with it . It was
soon found that the Grand Lodge could not efficiently overlook the many Lodges that had joined it . Complaints were made , and , as the best means of allaying the growing discontent , Prov . Grand Lodges were formed . The first of them was in Greenock , its Prov . Grand Master being the Master of the Greenock Kilwinning Lodge there . Its jurisdiction extended over the counties of Renfrew , Dumbarton , and Lanark . Afterwards other Prov . Grand Lodges were set on foot in various districts of Scotland . The business of the Grand Lodge itself , on the few occasions it assembled , was so great that it could not possibly superintend so well as
should be done the many Lodges holding of it ; hence the necessity of Prov . Grand Lodges . Even Edinburgh would be much better had it , as Glasgow has , a Prov . Grand Lodge . He had most able associates in Bros . James Miller and Donald Campbell , and he was proud that , from their united exertions , the Prov . Grand Lodge had taken a hold upon the affections and respect of the Lodges and members of the province . Bro . Campbell , who was one of , if not the first Mason
in the province , had been the chief worker in getting up the Prov . Fund of Benevolence , and for that good work many poor Brethren would yet thank him . Bro . Arnott resumed his seat amidst hearty applause . Bro . Campbell , in giving the venerable Secretary , said he felt a diffidence in proposing this toast , as being unable to do that justice which the Brother in question so well merited . For a period of fully half a century Bro . Young had passed
through the ordeal of a man of business , respected , esteemed , and beloved by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance ; bat the Brethren would perhaps start when they were told a fact unprecedented in the annals of Freemasonry , that the valued Brother had held an office , namely , the office of Secretary , for almost the same period , which was of itself sufficient to show the great regard the Brethren had fur him , and the deep interest which he ( Bro . Young ) felt for the prosperity of his Lodge , as well as the Craft in general .
Bro . Young , in thanking the Brethren , expressed his regret that he had not been present at the installation , and that his arrangements had interfered with those of the Lodge ; although he had not been fifty , he had been upwards of forty years in the office he now held . Bro . Cruikshanks , in presenting the testimonial to Bro . Donald Campbell