Call To Labour.

signify , by our regular and punctual attendance , that we have a personal interest in the welfare of the Lodge . Lot the Officers carefully acquire and impressively render the true work . Let the petitions of the distressed meet with prompt attention . Thus Jet one and all work with heart

and mind in the beneficent cause of Freemasonry . We believe that the epoch predicted by Isaiah will arrive , when all people " shall beat their swords into ploughshares , and their spears into pruning hooks ; nation shall nofc lift up

sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more ; " and we believe , too , that Freemasonry will aid in this glorious consummation . Its gospel teaches peace , goodwill towards men , and it is styled truly the handmaid of religion . Its gospel

says" Fill brightest hours with labour , Best comes sure and soon . Give every flying minute Something to keep in store ; Work , for the time is coming When man shall work no more . "

—Keystone

Grand Master Of Masons.

GRAND MASTER OF MASONS .

rpHE office of Grand Master of Masons is one of great - dignity and importance . There is no office in civil government more honourable , and but few that involve greater responsibilities . A Grand Master is a monarch or sovereign ruler with almost unlimited

powers . Excepting while his Grand Lodge is in session , his word is law to the Craft throughout its jurisdiction , subject only to an appeal to the Grand Lodge ; but such an appeal does not invalidate his rulings until

they have been heard and . decided by the Grand Lodge , It is a proud position for any Mason to occupy who can fill it with credit to himself and honour to the Fraternity . Unlike all civil offices there are no emoluments connected

with it to excite the ambition of tbe avaricious , nor anything of a sordid nature to sway the judgment in the administration of affairs . There are no honours to be derived from it for personal aggrandisement , nor popularity to be gained , except by a faithful discharge of its duties in an intelligent manner .

It must be evident to every Mason , and especially to those who have held official positions in a Lodge , that the duties of a Grand Master are such as can only be successfully performed by one well versed in Masonry . They require a h knowled

thoroug ge of the ancient regulations , landmarks , ritualism and usages of Masonry ; of the constitution of the Grand Lodge he represents , and of all rules and regulations adopted hy it for the government of the Craft . In addition to these qualifications a Grand Master should

possess executive ability of the highest order , and such moral and social qualifications as will command the respect and approval of the world at large . When installed , he becomes at once the head of the Order ; the Mason of all others to whom the world will look for an

exemplification of those traits of character which illustrate the principles and teachings of Freemasonry . To the Craft he becomes the source of li ght to which they turn on all occasions . His interpretation of the law is accepted in all cases of doubt , and his counsel and advice is sought as the

proper remedy in all matters of controversy among the brethren . If worthy and well qualified for such duties and such responsibilities , peace , harmony and prosperity will reign throughout his jurisdiction : while , on the other

hand , should he be found wanting , strife , confusion and misfortune may prevail . Upon the first of these conditions hangs all the honours as he surrenders the emblem of authorit y to his successor and takes up the permanent title of " Past Grand Master . "—Masonic Advocate .

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A Gorgeous Ceremonial.

A GORGEOUS CEREMONIAL .

EARLY in Jnly tho A . ancl A . Rite celebrated thoir reunion in tho Valley of Toledo , ancl , judging from the account we give below , taken from tho ]\[ asonlc Review , published at Cincinnati , it " was an impressive and brilliant exemplification of tho solemn mysteries of the Rite from the 4 ° to the 18 ° inclusive . " Our contemporary

says the brethren in Toledo are celebrated for their " exceptionally rich interpretations of tho rituals , and for their intelligent and conscientious exaltations of the symbols . "

We should say so , according to tho following " descriptive passage from the pen of Rev . Bro . Edward Anderson 32 ° , of Toledo , who was an eye-witness and a helper in the Toledo work : "—

The A . and A . Eite consists of grades in Masonry from the 4 ? to the 32 ° inclusive—only from the 4 ° to and including the Eose Croix or 18 ° being conferred in the Valley of Toledo , while in tbo Orient of Ohio those beyond are received in Cincinnati . This is a system of Christian Masonry which culminates in tho moat vivid pictnres of

the death , resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ , with an intensely impressive portrayal of the virtnes which ai-e intended to be resultant in each human life therefrom . To this effect every detail of tbe grades most tenderly leads , and for richness of accessory , solemnity in speech and act , thrilling and heart-searching thought ,

deep sonl music adapted to the application and inspiration of the thought , depictions that rouse , under tbe passionate touch of tho mnsio ( a high-mass for the sonl ) , the tearful response of any one who has a heart which has accepted the beautiful lessons of tho Templar , there is no service in the Chnrch of Eome to equal it , and

only in the scenes of nature , where one catches somo of the finer vibrations that reveal the music of a sunbeam , scored on the staff of the rainbow , or in the tender pathos of a loving , penitent thought , can one find anything so affecting and so effective for a reaching after tbe divine strength that comes to a holy soul . Tears often

testify to the effect of scenes of trial as of a discipline duly borne , and whether it is Zorababel before tho Ark of the Captivity , or the " Eloi " of Jesus , there is the passion of heart aud not only of body , and the struggle of a sonl which is felt to be eternal . So each neophyto saw it , and each breathless looker-on " who had

gone this way before , felt the impress , when under the deep effect of a quivering light on the lesson of tho Eose Croix , helped by the symbolic altar cloth and the hidden voice , the sense came of meaning for tbo inner sonl , like those other voices of God which we only catch now and then and as onr finer natures assume the ascendancy , when we realize that

" There s nofc fche smallest orb which thou beholdesfc , But in his motion like a cherub sings , Still quiring to the yonng-oyed chernbims ; Such harmony is in immortal sounds . ' But , whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear ifc . "

Some sense of this rare music of the " light which is the life of tho world " was had as under the gloom of a dead earth of sin , and a dead Christ in the midst of it ; while all were bowed beneath a consciousness of the penalty to wrong , and when only a horrid lnminousness glared from the emblems of mortality on the cross ,

gently there stole on the sense a new hope , as from far away came tho sweet words , "I know that my Eedeemer liveth , " and as the grim token of death was changed to the Eose of Shaz'on , under a light thafc we saw through our tears , and which revealed roses everywhere , what is the wonder that all flashed with joy , and every

one bounded to his feet when a fall chorus , with sacbufc and cornet and harp , swelled the chorus of " The MarVlous Work , " and of the Benedictns , or thafc under the reaction all found relief in the rich harmony of Mozart's 12 th mass . Who can tell the effect to be borne through the homely lives of

everyday men , as a yearning , tired and longing soul lies weeping at tho sacred emblem of all that is to him his religion and his heart , when a glad hopeful voice swells the song , " Lift up thy Soul ! " Of tbe music , what can be said ? Thero was in it skill and heart , and this added to all matters of adaptation to which we have alluded .

Suffused eyes testified to it—and especially during the evening of Eose Croix—more than could words . Hand to hand with the music were the flowers , which are the notes of the mnsic of nature painted on the staff of light . The Floral Committee had shown even more of taste than of labour , and the

" rose-cross " was a rose picture . Two pillars of roses Hanked the cross of roses , and the background was a vast bed of roses thafc covered the rear of the stage , and all sent out a perfume that filled tho air . The " transformation scene , " with the picture of rare art

in the new altar-cloth , embroidered in white satin , was a surprise and a delight which was shown in that hush of sileuce that tells of the breath held under charmed amazement , and which found vent in a sigh of relief as the quartette with full orchestra and piano sang the " Salva Eegina . "

The Great Northern Lodge of Instruction , No . 1287 , will resume its weekly meetings at the " Berwick Arms , " Berners-street , W ., on Thursday , the 20 th instant , afc eight o ' clock . The brethren meet under the Preceptorship of Bro . W . Cleghorn P . M . 1287 .