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The Regalia Of The Royal Arch.
All companions are to wear a sash passing obliquely from the left shoulder to the right hip . The sash must be worn over the coat , and so that the red diamond is always oulside and the blue diamond inside . The present and past Grand Officers of the Supreme Grand Chapter wear collars four inches broad , purple ,
crimson and pale blue ; in the case of present officers , a chain , and to this the jewels of office are suspended . The present Grand Officers are always to wear the chain at the Supreme Grand Chapter . The same rule applies to Grand Superintendents . Collars are worn also by past and present
officers of provincial and district Grand Chapters , but these must not exceed two inches in width , though they must be of the same colours . Principals and officers of chapters wear a crimson collar four inches broad , subscribing past principals being allowed
to wear the same collar with gold braid a quarter of an inch wide in the centre . To all these collars the jewel of office is suspended . The jewel of the Order is worn pendant from a narrow coloured ribbon on the left breast , as follows : —Present and
past Grand Officers of the Supreme Grand Chapter , and Grand Superintendents , Iri-colourcd ; present and past provincial and district Grand Officers ( if principals or past principals ) and the principals of all subordinate chapters , crimson ; all others ivliitc . All jewels of the Order are to be in gold or gilt . This article is not the proper means by which any true
Freemason would open the mystery of the jewel , for one suggestion runs through all the various forms of it . But I suggest that the Past Master's jewel of Craft Masonry , taken in conjunction with a much earlier proposition in abstract geometry , finds in the R . A . jewel a striking completion , affording another reason for supposing the cognate birth of
the four degrees . To revert once more to the colour argument , it seems doubtful whether at first the significance of the purple overlap was grasped by the early companions of the R . A ., in Craft lodges , The aprons were originally produced of patches of blue and crimson silk , although in all specimens
extant the red is in the centre . Crimson was evidently regarded as the R . A . colour , and the dark blue was a confusion of the ancient veil of the tabernacle with the light blue of the Craft . Even to-day there are some who persist that the colour ought to be blue instead of purple , and that in
spite of the Regulations of 1903 . It is , however , unwise to pin our faith rigidly to any primitive practice which is not based upon a co-ordination of Masonic principals and customs . Forms of movements must be involved in progress , and we must remember that we have no evidence of the revival of
the R . A . until less than 200 years ago . And under the adverse conditions prevailing in the Masonic world at the period of its first mention , the wonder is , not that the R . A . was not fully expressed , but that it existed at all . Evidently by modern consensus and ancient parable the accepted regalia is justified and we may safely rely upon its persistence of form .
St. Martin's Lodge, No. 2455.
St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 2455 .
THE fourteenth installation meeting of the above lodge took place on Wednesday , March 28 th , at the Grand Hotel , Trafalgar Square , when Bro . E . L . Vinden was installed by W . Bro . Tom R . Essex . The Grand Officers present were V . W . Bro . John Strachan , Grand Registrar , W . Bro . John Martin , P . G . Std . B ., P . D . G . M . Bucks , and W . Bro . W . B . Fendick , P . G . S . B .
BRO . E . L . VINDEN . Previous to the ceremony of installation W . Bro . R . J . Godson , I . P . M ., occupied the chair and raised a brother , so completing eight brethren initiated , passed , and raised during the year . An interesting item of the proceedings was the proposal by W . Bro . W . T . Farthing that V . W . Bro . John
Strachan , K . C ., G . Registrar , be made an honorary member of the lodge . In making the proposal , Bro . Farthing said Bro . Strachan was a founder and first treasurer of tlie lodge , and in welcoming him among them , conveyed the heartiest good wishes of the members . W . Bro . E . W . Browning , as the present treasurer , seconded the motion which was
received with acclamation . Bro . Strachan said that he was taken quite by surprise at the hearty manner of his reception after so many years absence . He assured the brethren his heart had ever been with them . The kindly way the proposal had been made and the spontaniety of its reception , compelled him to accept the honour . He esteemed it an honour to be so connected
with the lodge , and promised that it should not be the last visit he would pay them , to renew the happy evenings he had spent with them in the past . The initiates of the year , to show their appreciation of Bro . Essex , presented him with a Past Master ' s Collar and Jewel . The pleasure was indeed added to when Bro .
Fairbrother informed him that it was quite spontaneous on their part , as they had no idea that the same had been done the year before . Bro . Essex thanked them in a few well chosen and hearty words . The newly-installed Master appointed and invested his officers as follows : —
Bros . Tom R . Essex , I . P . M . ; G . R . Enever , S . W . ; R . W . R . Stokes , J . W . ; E . W . Browning , P . M ., Treasurer ; C . F . Partridge , Secretary ; R . J . Godson , P . M ., Benevolent Sec . ; H . W . Saward , S ' . ; A . G . Hamilton , J . D . ; C . W . Cole , P . M ., D . C . ; W . N . Bridges , A . D . C . ; Herbert Hodge , P . P . G . O . Middlesex , and Francis G . Sanders , Mus . Bac .
Organists ; j . G . Victor Sapp , A . Peaks Wood , T . Elliott , F . Cockington , Stewards ; H . Jarvis , Tyler . The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured , the Worshipful Master in proposing the Grand Officers said the toast was an appropriate tribute to the services they rendered
the Craft . He was particularly pleased to see Bro . Strachan , and to welcome him as once more " one of themselves . " Bro . Strachan , in replying for the Grand Officers , said it gave him great pleasure to again visit the lodge . Many of those present , perhaps , did not know that it was himself who
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The Regalia Of The Royal Arch.
All companions are to wear a sash passing obliquely from the left shoulder to the right hip . The sash must be worn over the coat , and so that the red diamond is always oulside and the blue diamond inside . The present and past Grand Officers of the Supreme Grand Chapter wear collars four inches broad , purple ,
crimson and pale blue ; in the case of present officers , a chain , and to this the jewels of office are suspended . The present Grand Officers are always to wear the chain at the Supreme Grand Chapter . The same rule applies to Grand Superintendents . Collars are worn also by past and present
officers of provincial and district Grand Chapters , but these must not exceed two inches in width , though they must be of the same colours . Principals and officers of chapters wear a crimson collar four inches broad , subscribing past principals being allowed
to wear the same collar with gold braid a quarter of an inch wide in the centre . To all these collars the jewel of office is suspended . The jewel of the Order is worn pendant from a narrow coloured ribbon on the left breast , as follows : —Present and
past Grand Officers of the Supreme Grand Chapter , and Grand Superintendents , Iri-colourcd ; present and past provincial and district Grand Officers ( if principals or past principals ) and the principals of all subordinate chapters , crimson ; all others ivliitc . All jewels of the Order are to be in gold or gilt . This article is not the proper means by which any true
Freemason would open the mystery of the jewel , for one suggestion runs through all the various forms of it . But I suggest that the Past Master's jewel of Craft Masonry , taken in conjunction with a much earlier proposition in abstract geometry , finds in the R . A . jewel a striking completion , affording another reason for supposing the cognate birth of
the four degrees . To revert once more to the colour argument , it seems doubtful whether at first the significance of the purple overlap was grasped by the early companions of the R . A ., in Craft lodges , The aprons were originally produced of patches of blue and crimson silk , although in all specimens
extant the red is in the centre . Crimson was evidently regarded as the R . A . colour , and the dark blue was a confusion of the ancient veil of the tabernacle with the light blue of the Craft . Even to-day there are some who persist that the colour ought to be blue instead of purple , and that in
spite of the Regulations of 1903 . It is , however , unwise to pin our faith rigidly to any primitive practice which is not based upon a co-ordination of Masonic principals and customs . Forms of movements must be involved in progress , and we must remember that we have no evidence of the revival of
the R . A . until less than 200 years ago . And under the adverse conditions prevailing in the Masonic world at the period of its first mention , the wonder is , not that the R . A . was not fully expressed , but that it existed at all . Evidently by modern consensus and ancient parable the accepted regalia is justified and we may safely rely upon its persistence of form .
St. Martin's Lodge, No. 2455.
St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 2455 .
THE fourteenth installation meeting of the above lodge took place on Wednesday , March 28 th , at the Grand Hotel , Trafalgar Square , when Bro . E . L . Vinden was installed by W . Bro . Tom R . Essex . The Grand Officers present were V . W . Bro . John Strachan , Grand Registrar , W . Bro . John Martin , P . G . Std . B ., P . D . G . M . Bucks , and W . Bro . W . B . Fendick , P . G . S . B .
BRO . E . L . VINDEN . Previous to the ceremony of installation W . Bro . R . J . Godson , I . P . M ., occupied the chair and raised a brother , so completing eight brethren initiated , passed , and raised during the year . An interesting item of the proceedings was the proposal by W . Bro . W . T . Farthing that V . W . Bro . John
Strachan , K . C ., G . Registrar , be made an honorary member of the lodge . In making the proposal , Bro . Farthing said Bro . Strachan was a founder and first treasurer of tlie lodge , and in welcoming him among them , conveyed the heartiest good wishes of the members . W . Bro . E . W . Browning , as the present treasurer , seconded the motion which was
received with acclamation . Bro . Strachan said that he was taken quite by surprise at the hearty manner of his reception after so many years absence . He assured the brethren his heart had ever been with them . The kindly way the proposal had been made and the spontaniety of its reception , compelled him to accept the honour . He esteemed it an honour to be so connected
with the lodge , and promised that it should not be the last visit he would pay them , to renew the happy evenings he had spent with them in the past . The initiates of the year , to show their appreciation of Bro . Essex , presented him with a Past Master ' s Collar and Jewel . The pleasure was indeed added to when Bro .
Fairbrother informed him that it was quite spontaneous on their part , as they had no idea that the same had been done the year before . Bro . Essex thanked them in a few well chosen and hearty words . The newly-installed Master appointed and invested his officers as follows : —
Bros . Tom R . Essex , I . P . M . ; G . R . Enever , S . W . ; R . W . R . Stokes , J . W . ; E . W . Browning , P . M ., Treasurer ; C . F . Partridge , Secretary ; R . J . Godson , P . M ., Benevolent Sec . ; H . W . Saward , S ' . ; A . G . Hamilton , J . D . ; C . W . Cole , P . M ., D . C . ; W . N . Bridges , A . D . C . ; Herbert Hodge , P . P . G . O . Middlesex , and Francis G . Sanders , Mus . Bac .
Organists ; j . G . Victor Sapp , A . Peaks Wood , T . Elliott , F . Cockington , Stewards ; H . Jarvis , Tyler . The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured , the Worshipful Master in proposing the Grand Officers said the toast was an appropriate tribute to the services they rendered
the Craft . He was particularly pleased to see Bro . Strachan , and to welcome him as once more " one of themselves . " Bro . Strachan , in replying for the Grand Officers , said it gave him great pleasure to again visit the lodge . Many of those present , perhaps , did not know that it was himself who