-The four numbers are a date, 1893, the year the Lodge moved in to Hill Street.

-The design of two triangles, one pointing upwards and the other downwards, is a hexalpha and symbolises the unity of man’s human and spiritual nature.

-At the centre, a fiery ‘G’ is the radiant power of the Great Architect, God himself.

-The letters ‘LEMCNo.1’ are short for the ‘Lodge of Edinburgh, Mary’s Chapel No.1’.

-The Pictish runes which make up the other 16 symbols are the marks of the members of the lodge in 1893, plus the Earl of Haddington who was the Grand Master Mason, the head of the organization in Scotland. His mark is placed at 12 o’clock in the carving.

 

LODGE OFFICE - BEARERS

1. R.W.M. GEORGE DICKSON – right worshipful master

2. I.P.M. G.MCDONALD immediate past master

3. D.M. H.B. KIRKWOOD

4. S.M. J.H. BELL

5. S.W. P.L. HENDERSON senior warden

6. J.W. R. WALKER junior warden

7. SEC.Y J.A. TREVELYAN STURROCK secretary

8. TREAS. D.M. LEWIS treasurer

9. S.D. J. REX

10. J.D. W. WALKER

11. ARCH W.H. GREY

12. BUILDER J. MUIRHEAD

GRAND LODGE OFFICE – BEARERS

13. G.M.M. EARL OF HADDINGTON (top position on the star, the H)

14. S.G.W. J. DALRYMPLE DUNCAN senior grand warden

15. J.G.W. J. CAMPBELL junior grand warden

16. G.SEC.Y D. MURRAY LYON grand secretary