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CONTENTS . L KADBR— PAGE Under One Banner ... ... ... ... ... 3 S 3 Time Immemorial Lodges ... ... ••• ••• 3 ^ 3 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... 3 ~ > " Moderns" and" Ancients , " 1757-1765 ... ... ... 3 $ 7 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ¦¦• 3 S 7

M ASONIC NOTES— ~ Festival of the Royal Masonic Irslilution for Bnys ... ... ... 3 ^ 9 Anniversary Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund ... ... ... 3 S 9 Death of Bro . S . C . Burke ... ... ... ... ... 3 S 0 Ex-Pupils'Day at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... 3 S 9 South African Masonic Relief Fund .:. ... ... ... 3 S 9 Annual Festival of the Alpass Benevolent Institution ... ... 3 S 9

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 ° Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 390 Annual Supper of the La France Lodge of Instruction , No . 20 C 0 ... ... 393 Royal Aich ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 393 Allied Masonic Degrees ... ... ... ... ... ... 393 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 393 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Middlesex ... ... ... ... 394 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 394 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 396

Under One Banner.

UNDER ONE BANNER .

A few weeks since we published a circular letter—with introductory paragraph—addressed by an old 1 'ast Master of the St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 374 ( E . C . ) to the more prominent English Masons in the city of Montreal , in which he suggests that the

time is opportune for those lodges which have stood aloof from the Grand Lodge of Quebec to cast in their lot with that body , and so place the whole of the Masonic community in the Province under its banner . In offering this suggestion , the Past

Master in question—Bro . DAVID R . MCCORD—is careful to point out that he alone is responsible for it , but that he has been prompted to address it , as being based on what he considers to be " in the present best and widest interests of

Masonry . " We are entirely of his opinion , and gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity which his letter has put in our way nf urging upon our lodges the propriety of adopting the advice ; he tenders .

There are three lodges in Montreal which have elected to remain on the register of the Grand Lodge of England in preference to joining the local Grand Lodge . These . are the St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 374 , which was warranted in 1824 , and of which Bro . McC'ORI ) is an old Past Master : the

St . George ' s Lodge , No . 440 , which dates from the year 18 3 6 ; and the Lodge of St . Lawrence , No . 6 40 , which was constituted ' 111-18 54 . When shortly after the last-named date the troubles begau between ihe lodges in Canada and their parent

Grand Lodges in the United Kingdom , which culminated in the ^• cession of the former from the latter , and the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Canada as the Supreme Masonic- Authority

in that part of British North America , our Grand Lodge very wisel y accepted the position and agreed to recognise the newlylormcd body on condition that those of its lodges which preferred 10 remain in alleidance to it should so remain and in the full

' ¦ 'tjoynient of the rights and privileges conferred upon them "itder their respective warrants of constitution ; and among those "'Inch adopted this course ; were the three lodges we have

specilu ' lb When some 23 years later difficulties arose between tin |( , ( lges on the Canadian Register in the Provinces of Ontario and

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Quebec , which in their turn culminated in the secession from Canada of the lodges in the latter Province and the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Quebec , the new body , as soon as it had overcome the difficulties attending its formation and

set its house in order , applied for recognition to the Grand Lodge of England . This was in 18 75 , and our Grand Lodge at once acceded to the request , but on the usual condition that such English lodges as might prefer

remaining in allegiance to their parent Grand Lodge should continue in the exercise of all their rights and privileges . The Grand Lodge of Quebec , however , declined to accept these terms , with the result that the three Anglo-Montreal lodges , and

those on the register of the Grand Lodge of Quebec , have held aloof from each other , and for a time , at all events , were at variance ; nor , though the members of the two Constitutions are now on terms of friendly intercourse , have the several attempts

that have been made from time to time to bring them together under one supreme Masonic authority proved successful . What makes this state of things the more regrettable is that , if on the one hand the Grand Lodge of Quebec should take any

steps to force a union of the two bodies , the friendly intercourse presently existing between them will be changed into a state of hostility ; while , on the other hand , the Grand Lodge of England is powerless in the matter , and so Jong as its three

daughter lodges in Montreal determine to remain under its banner , so long is it bound by the terms of its own warrants to respect their wishes . Thus the solution of the difficulty rests with the members of the English lodges , and Bro .

MCCORD has done well to address his earnest appeal to his English brother Masons to reconsider their position at the present moment , when , as he says , " the colonies are occupying a larger space in the Imperial eye than ever before , " and when ,

as with equal justice , he infers that , as no successor has been appointed to the late Bro . Judge BADGl . l' Vas Dist . G . Master , and having regard to the alterations made in the Book of Const . tutions in 1 S 97 , tne "" ion of its three lodges with those of

Quebec under the one banner of the Grand Lotlo-e of that Province would be hailed b y it with satisfaction . Moreover , there is a still stronger reason , which has evidently induced Bro . McCORl ) to address his circular letter , namely , that the union

of the English with the Quebec lodges will materially strengthen the position of the Craft in the Province , not merel y numerically , but rather by the evidence it will furnish to the world generally that the unity of Freemasonry is something more than a formal expression which may be used or abused at pleasure .

Time Immemorial Lodges

TIME IMMEMORIAL LODGES

—————• i By BRO . R . F . GOULD , P . G . J ) . IV . ( Continued from page j 39 . J According to its traditional history , the Mason Lodge of Scone ( now Scoon and Perth , No . 3 ) , was erected in very early times by those , artificers who were employed to build the Abbey ,

the Palace , and other buildings which were required in this ancient capital of Scotland . When , however , Perth became the capital of the kingdom , the Lodge of Scone was removed to it ,

and remained there , when in the middle of the 15 th century , the seat of government was transferred to Edinburgh . The earliest records go back to 1658 , and a minute of that year recites that King James the Sixth of Scotland , by his own