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On The Level

A monthly publication now written by Right Worshipful Brother Allan Large, was originally started and named by WB Ken Hiltgen, who then handed over the reins to RWB Allan Large.

All the Brethren of St. James Lodge look forward to this Newsletter every month. It is particularly enjoyed by the Members that are unable to regularly attend the monthly meetings. We trust that you will find them equally interesting.

Starting in October with the Installation of Bro. Bruce Richardson all monthly additions of On The Level will be archived on this page.

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Famous Masons in History

January 25, 1759 - July 21, 1796

A Picture of a famous mason Robert Burness Christened Robert Burness, the celebrated Scottish poet was born January 25, 1759 in Alloway, near Ayr. His poetry is known around the world and—somewhat controversially— he is well known to freemasons as the Poet Laureate of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2.

He joined Saint David’s Lodge No. 2174, Tarbolton in 1781, the first of six masonic lodges he was to join. By 1784 he was Depute Master of Saint James' Lodge No 178, now 135, in the same town. In 1788, two years after publication of his Kilmarnock edition, he was master of a lodge in Mauchline.

A childhood bout with rheumatic fever led to a gradual deterioration of his health until his death on July 21, 1796 at the age of 37.

Source: Robert Burns' brother, Gilbert Burns (d. 1827/04/27) was Raised in St. James Lodge No. 178 Tarboltan on March 1. 1786. [Denslow].

December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936

A Famous Mason in History, KiplingBorn in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling was educated in England, returning to India in 1882. As a poet, author, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, he published over 80 stories and ballads. Most of his work celebrated the English Empire and its soldiers in India.

Although only active masonically for a few years, Freemasonry’s effect can be noted in many of his works

His autobiography also has a number of references to Freemasonry.

His editorials in The Dearborn Independent only confirmed the label of "ignorant idealist" given him by the Chicago Tribune.

Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C. Lahore, India

  • Initiated: April 5, 1886 (by dispensation)
  • Passed: May 3, 1886
  • Raised: December 6, 1886
  • Demitted: March 4, 1889

Sociata Rosicruciana in Anglia

  • Joined: July 8th, 1909

The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France, F.R.

  • Founding Member (January, 1922)

Author’s Lodge No. 3456, E.C. /Motherland Lodge No. 3861, E.C.

  • Honorary Member:

Source: Harry Carr, "Kipling and the Craft." Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. vol. 77, London: 1964. pp. 213-253. Also see: vol. 77, pp. 207-8.

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