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Official ccmmnnicatiocs addressed to the Lodge or sent onr by the Lodge should always bo submitted to the consideration of tho W . M . lie Bhould bo kept informed of everything that i 3 being done in the name of the Lodge , and for which he aloue ia hold reponsible . —Kf'istone .

Iron ia mentioned in the Bible aa early aa the twenty-second verse ofthe fourth chapter of Genesis . Tubal Cain is described as having been " an instructor of evory artificer in brass ( copper ) and iron . " On the sepulohres in Thebes , Egypt , butchers are depicted as sharpening their knives on a round bar of metal which , from being

blue , is assumed to be iron . The steel weapons in the time of the Egyptian monarch , Ramaaea II ., are also painted blue . There are with them the representations of bronze weapons , which are painted red . Iron ore is said to have bsen discovered in Mount Ida , Asia Minor , abont 1406 B . C . —Freemasons' Repository .

There oan be no malice among Masons . A malicious spirit destroys all real Masonry in tho heart and ohangea harmony into di-cord , which is tho reverse of all Masonio teaching . After a battle" " for opinion the differences whioh existed during the struggle should be for ever buried . Only in this way will the great work of obarity be

carried forward , and the real beauty of the greatest of human institutions exemplified . A manly antagonist , when once he has vanquished hia foe , regards him no longer au enemy , bnt extends to him that mercy that is " twice blest—blessing him that gives and him that reoeives . "—Exchange .

The crossed hilt of the Templar ' s sword , according to one of the suggestive lessons impressed upon the mind of the oandidate , should remind him that humility , love , and pure benevolonce , were the effulgent rays that emanated from the teachings of Him who is Son of God—Prince Emmanuel . Is this symbolism kept uppermost in the mistis of KDJgbts Templars ? Do members cf the valiant nnd

magnanimous Order , as they look upon the symbols IQ which they have been instructed—specially the sword sign of tbe cross—think of the virtues thus signified ? Are they sufficiently impressed with a trne hnmility—an ardent , unselfish love—a pure benevolence—so that their words and works are like those which distinguished the Great Captain of their Salvation ? Then are they true , Christian Knights . —Freemasons' Repositorj .

Our Masonic Brotherhood is no more than a name and an idle word , if it does not greatly strengthen and enhance and make more quick , alert and active among us the sympathies aud tbe warm interest in each other's welfare , of which , chiefly , true Brotherhood consists ; or if these sympathies do not manifest themselves iu

action , becoming authors of good deeds and kind and generous offices of friendship . Deeds are greater than words . There is neither religion nor Masonry in sloth and inaction , but only in work . When our little day of life shall have passed , like a shadow flitting over the

water , and onr night of death shall have come , onr happiness and sorrows , onr successes and reverses , onrschemes and plans , will have vanished , and have become aa things that never were . Bnt our work will not bo abolished and will not vanish away . It , or the want of it , will remain in perpetuity . —Keystone .

Iu answer to the question , "What is Freemasonry ? " Bro . G . W . Spsth , who speaks with the authority of a Past Master , replies that it is not a religion , since it admits men of all religions . A striking example of this cornea from tho Doputy District Grand Master of Bnrmah , who lately wrote from Rangoon : " I have just

initiated Monng ( i . e . Mr . ) Bah Ohm , a Barman , who has so far modified his religious belief as to acknowledge the existence of a personal God . Thy W . M . was a Parseo , one Warden a Hindoo or Brahmin , the other an English Christian , and the Deacon a Mohammedan . " This piece of negative information , however , will fall short of satisfying tbe curiosity of tbe " two barmaids , " concerning whom

Bro . Speth has a story to tell from his own personal recollection . When the Prince of Wales was installed Grand Master at the Albert Hall , these two yonng women , impelled by the hope of discovering great " secrets , " hid themselves on the glasa roof . They were detected , however , and the stewards hunted them out and politely conducted them off the premises , a full hour before the Grand Lodge assembled . — Preston Chronicle .

It is a somewhat singular fact that whilst the majority of provincial towns possess either a Masonic Hall or a Social Club in connection with the Order , Brighton has hitherto not been able to boast of either . This is all the more remarkable when it is remembered how strong the

Craft is in the town . The reproach , however , if one it be , no longer exists , for during the past week a Social Club , confined to Freemasons , has been informally inaugurated . The Arch 91 has been secured for the purpose . It is admirabl y furnished , and when the few proiected

alterations to the electric li ght and the ventilation are completed , the arch should prove a very attractive and comfortable 'esort . The membei-. sbip has been limited to sixty , though there have been treble that number of applicants . Tbe

Chairman of the Club is Bro . T . Shrivell , and the Secretary , Bro . Frederick Hart . We shall no doubt soon hear of something ou a larger scale being attempted in this direction . —Brighton Gazette .

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