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Oue Aechitectueal Chapiee ,
with the local practice in England . Although it is by the Supreme Councils held to beof the greatest value that a higher member of the Order shbuld have exercised every working office of the Lodge , it is hot considered essential that the advancement of any man ^ should be del ayedwho has been so far illuminated as to be Qualified for promoting the interests of the
Order , the great object being not so much to give rank or re ward to the individual , as to promote tlie general interests of Masonry . There is no nibre constitutional ground for not giving the rank of Past Master , than for not giving' the rank of Master Masoii . Originally and theoretically the Master M crafts and Apprentices , and ho Master should have been appointed otherwise than with such jurisdiction . How many Masters are made , and in what proportion , we know . The practice of the trade is , however , far different . The Master and Wardens of the Lodge represent the Master
and Wardens of the guild , and in strictness , only one guild or one Lodge could exist in a town . How it works now we likewise know . The Supreme Councils , looking therefore at all the circumstances , esteeni themselves constitutionally authorized to promote Master , arid to ranks very much kigher v if he possesses t ^ ereq ^ isit qualifications ; It is to ^ elsewhere than in this country , exercise various administrative functions which under the Grand Lodge of England are performed by Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Officers of the colonies . It is to be further rehiarked . that the GraM Orient of fe
high degrees- —according to a system which it may be mentioned is not only practised in Brazil , but in various parts of the old French empire , and even in our own colonies- ~ unforfcunately did not provide for the development of the architectural functions as the old rituals had done , and hence a serious injury to French Masonry , which has been , to some extent-repaired by the continued independent exercise of the Ancient and Accepted Eite . The administrative duties of the Eose Croix , for instance , are important ; but there are duties belonging to other degrees which are not provided for by the system of the Grand Orient of France . Proceeding to the consideration of the Accepted Eite , we find that on passing the degrees appertaining to Masonry or building , we come , in the twelfth degree , to Grand Master Architect . The writer of the article
referred to gives a strong opinion , which the members of the degree will confirm , and our architectural readers will support , " that eyery Mason who carefully studies the subject will agree with us that this degree' ought not to be laid aside . " He further says that " the degree might also become a useful school of instruction in practical architecture , and by diffusing a correct taste among the fraternity , and through them among the world at large , prevent the execution oi unsightly structures and confusion of styles . "
In the bright p eriods of Masonry , when this degree has been properly worked , with distinguished architects in its Chapters , and some of the most accomplished writers on art , literature , and criticism , it was here the great school of architecture held its place , it was in this part of the course of liigher learning then practised that architecture was especially admitted . It may now be partly seen why theSupreme Councils did not stop a Mason young in Craft standing , and keep him at the third degree till he could get placed in the chair of a Lodge : they preferred to train him first in the higher schools , and then place him in the chair . There are inany places in the world , which we will not specif y , where a knot of tradesmen constitute a Lodge , and wherein the newly-installed Master has
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Oue Aechitectueal Chapiee ,
with the local practice in England . Although it is by the Supreme Councils held to beof the greatest value that a higher member of the Order shbuld have exercised every working office of the Lodge , it is hot considered essential that the advancement of any man ^ should be del ayedwho has been so far illuminated as to be Qualified for promoting the interests of the
Order , the great object being not so much to give rank or re ward to the individual , as to promote tlie general interests of Masonry . There is no nibre constitutional ground for not giving the rank of Past Master , than for not giving' the rank of Master Masoii . Originally and theoretically the Master M crafts and Apprentices , and ho Master should have been appointed otherwise than with such jurisdiction . How many Masters are made , and in what proportion , we know . The practice of the trade is , however , far different . The Master and Wardens of the Lodge represent the Master
and Wardens of the guild , and in strictness , only one guild or one Lodge could exist in a town . How it works now we likewise know . The Supreme Councils , looking therefore at all the circumstances , esteeni themselves constitutionally authorized to promote Master , arid to ranks very much kigher v if he possesses t ^ ereq ^ isit qualifications ; It is to ^ elsewhere than in this country , exercise various administrative functions which under the Grand Lodge of England are performed by Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Officers of the colonies . It is to be further rehiarked . that the GraM Orient of fe
high degrees- —according to a system which it may be mentioned is not only practised in Brazil , but in various parts of the old French empire , and even in our own colonies- ~ unforfcunately did not provide for the development of the architectural functions as the old rituals had done , and hence a serious injury to French Masonry , which has been , to some extent-repaired by the continued independent exercise of the Ancient and Accepted Eite . The administrative duties of the Eose Croix , for instance , are important ; but there are duties belonging to other degrees which are not provided for by the system of the Grand Orient of France . Proceeding to the consideration of the Accepted Eite , we find that on passing the degrees appertaining to Masonry or building , we come , in the twelfth degree , to Grand Master Architect . The writer of the article
referred to gives a strong opinion , which the members of the degree will confirm , and our architectural readers will support , " that eyery Mason who carefully studies the subject will agree with us that this degree' ought not to be laid aside . " He further says that " the degree might also become a useful school of instruction in practical architecture , and by diffusing a correct taste among the fraternity , and through them among the world at large , prevent the execution oi unsightly structures and confusion of styles . "
In the bright p eriods of Masonry , when this degree has been properly worked , with distinguished architects in its Chapters , and some of the most accomplished writers on art , literature , and criticism , it was here the great school of architecture held its place , it was in this part of the course of liigher learning then practised that architecture was especially admitted . It may now be partly seen why theSupreme Councils did not stop a Mason young in Craft standing , and keep him at the third degree till he could get placed in the chair of a Lodge : they preferred to train him first in the higher schools , and then place him in the chair . There are inany places in the world , which we will not specif y , where a knot of tradesmen constitute a Lodge , and wherein the newly-installed Master has