Lodge Burnside 1361-MacBride

	The NINE lodges who confer the 'MacBride Ritual' worldwide are :
	Lodge	No.	Founded / Year	Meeting	Country	Days
	Leven St John	No.170	Dumbartonshire 1788	Alexander Street, Renton,	Scotland	2 & 4 Fridays
	Dalhousie	No.679	Forfarshire 1882	Carnoustie Bowls Club, DD7,7AB,	Scotland	1 & 3 Tuesdays
	Progress	No.873	Glasgow 1898	92 Dunbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6NX,	Scotland	4th Mondays
	St.Patrick	No.1309	Dumbartonshire 1923	Napier Hall, Old Kilpatrick, G60 5JH,	Scotland	3rd Mondays
	Burnside	No.1361	Renfrewshire East 1928	Queen Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73	Scotland	1st Tuesdays
	HLI / RHF	No.1459	Glasgow 1950	38 Blackie St., Glasgow G3 8TW,	Scotland	2nd Mondays
	Ailsa	No.1172	Singapore 1918	Freemasons Hall, 23 Coleman St.	Singapore	4th Thursdays
	A.S.MacBride	No.237	Rome	Ass. ne II Cinabro, Roma Viale, Parioli, 98,	Italy	1 & 3 Fridays
Bro. A.S. MacBride	The Earl of Dunmore	No.1686	* Melbourne, 2018	Bayside Masonic Centre, 237 Nepean Highway, Gardenvale, Melbourne,	Australia	4 times p.a.

*Footnote: the new Lodge started in Melbourne, Australia. Consecrated on 19th May 2018 and will be using the MacBride Ritual:
Lodge The Earl of Dunmore No.1686. The RWM is The Rt Hon 12th Earl of Dunmore, Malcolm Kenneth Murray, who lives in Devonport, Tasmania.
The Lodge meets four times a year on a Saturday and is a 'dining lodge' with the ladies attending.

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Lodges which use the MacBride ritual have been meeting with each other since 2013,
each Lodge taking a turn to host the meeting and perform a degree.
(Much of the credit for this goes to Bro. John Newton P.M., Lodge Progress No.873 & Lodge HLI/RHF 1459

MacBride Lodges 'get-the-githers':

No	Year	Date	Time	'MacBride Lodge' Hosting the meeting
1	2013	07th May	-	Lodge Progress No.873 degree by Lodge Leven St.John
2	2014	03rd May	-	Lodge Leven St John No.170
3	2015	06th June	-	Lodge Dalhousie No.679
4	2016	21st May	7pm	Lodge Burnside No.1361 attended by the Grand Master Mason of Scotland Charles I. R. Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont
5	2017	18th Sept	-	Lodge St Patrick No.1309
6	2018	19th May	-	Lodge Andrew MacBride 237, Rome, Italy six of the lodges were represented in Rome [The two exceptions were St.Patrick & Ailsa]
7	2019	11th May	-	Lodge HLI The Royal Highland Fusiliers No 1459 This meeting was held in Neptune Masonic Hall, Glasgow. Brochure from meeting
-	2020	24th Sept	-	Lodge Ailsa No.1172, Singapore Cancelled Covid pandemic
-	2021 - 2022		-	No Meetings Covid pandemic
8	2023	10th June	1pm	Lodge Leven St John No.170
9	2024	22-24 Aug	-	Lodge Ailsa No.1172, Singapore
10	2025

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Bro.John Newton when RWM of Lodge Progress No.873 had this jewel made to be presented to the host MacBride Lodge each year.

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exerpt from A.S. MacBride, A Biography of his life and work

Many say Brother A. S. MacBride was the greatest figure in Scottish Masonry, but who was the man and what made him this great figure?

Brother MacBride was a Justice of the Peace, he was initiated into Lodge Leven St John No 170, Renton. Became the Provincial Depute Grand Master of Dunbartonshire and was a Past Master of Lodge Leven St John, Renton and Lodge Progress, Glasgow. He was a higher thinker who compiled "the MacBride Ritual" and author of "Speculative Masonry" a literary masterpiece.

A. S. MacBride was born Andrew Somerville MacBride in December 1843 at Stirling Street, Renton, the son of John MacBride a cooper at Dalquhurn Works, Renton and Catherine Douglas a native of Bonawe, Argyllshire. Unfortunately John died in a cholera epidemic when Andrew was just 3 and it was undoubtedly his mother who influenced the boy's developing mind. Catherine was born a Gaelic speaker, and like many highlanders of that time she was a veritable mine of knowledge and mellifluous native tongue, better suited to the poet's art than is English. No doubt James, Andrew's older brother was the main income of the household, helping to support Catherine, Andrew and several sisters.

Over his lifetime we find Andrew amassing a considerable library in which could be found influential literary works from Butler, Milton, Shakespeare, Burns', as well as Young's "Night Thoughts" all of which he did not merely read but studied greatly, all of which influenced the future MacBride ritual.

Like many a Scot (especially those with Celtic blood coursing in their veins) he loved his country and this is reflected in his literary works. During his life Andrew was the President of the Vale of Leven Liberal Association and to understand the man and his political beliefs a study of his works is required for which a large volume would be necessary and for which this short story can not do justice.

MacBride's activities were not entirely confined to writing for in 1875 - 1876 only two years after its inception we find him the 2nd president of the Scottish Football Association. It's then secretary described him as "one of the ablest and most respected gentlemen who ever adorned the position" and in 1901 we also find Andrew elected president of the An Comunn Gaidhealach - the society for the preservation of Gaelic culture and literature

On the 13th July 1866, A. S. MacBride was proposed by Brother John Donald and seconded by Brother Thomas Sutherland as a "fit and proper person to become a Mason and member of Lodge Leven St John, Renton, he was initiated that same evening in the old Black Bull Inn which was situated within the area now occupied by the playground of Renton School. On November 19th 1866 he was elected Secretary and Installed as Master in 22nd November 1867.

He remained in office for some 7 years (until 1874), he was re- elected Master again in 1879 holding office until 1884 and finally elected as master once more in 1887 occupying the chair until 1896, so that in all Brother MacBride was Master of Lodge Leven St John for 21 years.
In addition to his service to Lodge Leven St John, Brother MacBride affiliated to Lodge Progress, Glasgow on the 13th April 1900 and he was elected Master of that lodge on the 9th Nov 1900 and he was eventually installed into that office by the provincial Grand Master of Dunbartonshire on the 14th Dec, he held this officer until the following year.
Brother MacBride also played his part in the Provincial Lodge of Dunbartonshire holding successively the offices of PG Secretary, PG Junior Warden, PG Senior Warden and Depute PG Master, he was asked to have his name put forward for office in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow. This he refused as he thought his energies would be of better service in his lodge, but he served on their committee for a number of years. He was also a member of the Lodge of Research or the Quartuor Coronati Lodge

Until approximately 1870 the ritual enacted in Lodge Leven St John was based on "Preston's Illustrations of Freemasonry" originally published around the middle of the 18th Century. In this ritual our illustrious brother found much to criticise with course and vulgar methods creeping in due to the previous owners failing to study the symbolism deeply enough, and them having but small conception of its real beauty and meaning.
Brother MacBride revised a ritual that would teach what it was meant to teach, without ever departing from the spirit and truth of Masonry. He then published his "Masonic Instructor", next MacBride's "specification" books for the various masonic degrees were published, these enabled not only his own, but other lodges to "beautify and adorn" their work. These books of Specification have ever since been known as the "MacBride Ritual" and are used by McBride lodges worldwide to teach it members and new entrants the beauty and symbolism of masonry.

Finally the series of lectures A.S. MacBride gave at the Lodges of Instruction were revised, compiled and published in the form of a small innocuous book titled "Speculative Masonry", this was "his last and greatest" literary work.

A. S. MacBride a true son of Renton sadly passed to the Great Lodge above in Dec 1923 aged 78 and his loss was a distinct bereavement to his family, The village of his birth and the craft.

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. THE ASHLAR Articles (14) reference to Bro.A.S.MacBride .
Issue 17 September 2002	The Installation Ceremony	A.S. MacBride
Issue 24 January 2005	Robert Burns as a Mason	A.S. MacBride
Issue 34 March 2008	A Fascinating Ideal	A.N. MacInnes
Issue 39 January 2010	Lodge Andrew S MacBride (No. 237 – Italy)	R. Romano
Issue 41 September 2010	Short History of Lodge Burnside No. 1361	N.G. Macleod
Issue 42 January 2011	Editorial – A.S. MacBride	-
Issue 47 September 2012	A Great Masonic Teacher – AS MacBride	J. Fort Newton
Issue 48 December 2012	The Lodge Master by A.S. Macbride	G. Macleod
Issue 54 December 2014	A Historic Occasion: 20th Anniversary of GL of Italy	A.S. MacBride
Issue 55 March 2015	The Four Hirams of Tyre	A.S. MacBride
Issue 60 December 2016	Lodge Progress No. 873 (1898-1948) – Part 1	A.S. MacBride
Issue 61 March 2017	Lodge Progress No. 873 (1898-1948) – Part 2	A.S. MacBride
Issue 63 January 2018	The “Macbride Meeting” (of Macbride Ritual Lodges)	D. Donaldson
Issue 65 September 2018	‘MacBride Ritual’ Lodges Visit to Rome, Italy	W.E.McArthur

A.S.MacBride PDFs Brother Andrew Sommerville MacBride was initiated in Lodge Leven St. John on the 13th July, 1866. On November the 19th, of the same year, he was elected Secretary; and on November 22nd, 1867, he was elected Master. The Lodge Leven St. John was constituted on April 9th, 1788
MacBride- Speculative Masonry	11Mb	A.S. MacBride	1914
MacBride- The Master of the Lodge – his Qualifications	113Kb	A.S. MacBride	1925
MacBride- The Lodge Master (booklet)	1.9Mb	A.S. MacBride	1931
MacBride- The Square and the Cross	149Kb	A.S. MacBride
MacBride- The Four Hirams of Tyre	177Kb	A.S. MacBride
MacBride- Installation Ceremony and Rite	202Kb	A.S. MacBride
MacBride- A great masonic teacher	126Kb	J. Fort Newton
MacBride- A Biography of his life and work by Past Sec. Leven St John	126Kb	John Agnew	1966
MacBride- Melbourne, 1686 Lodge article	780Kb	Kent Henderson	2018
MacBride- Melbourne, 1686 consecration	948Kb	-	2018
MacBride- Lodges Rome Brochure May2018	209Kb	Lodge 237 Italy	2018
MacBride- Lodges Rome2018 visit	720Kb	W.E.McArthur	2018