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sfcrued by the profane . So long as the world has destitute and suffering humanity so long will true Masonic feet bleed in the path of duty . Like tho poor red man , we may sometimes think a place of rest is found and call it Alabama ; but a moment ' s reflection reveals a false name , and we push towards the setting sun ; or , like that Abyssinian prince described by a Master ' s pen , may listen

with credulity to the whispers of fancy and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope , but will find , as he found , that age does not perform the promises of youth , and that the deficiencies of the present day are not supplied by the morrow . When our work is finished , like the Supreme Architect of the Universe , we can call the time thereafter

a day of rest , and thafc is what we understand by the transition from labour to refreshment . Let ua gather new hopes and strength at this time from the lives of our faithful brothers . They are not dead , but we trust have just begun to enjoy the true life . We view

their death as a sunset , and rest is the afterglow which leaves the evening glorious , making the still hours of bereavement holy . Rest , the word so sweet to toiling men , is music to the weary ear , cordial to the fainting heart , and joy to the sin-tossed soul . Such , we trust , is the endless state of all our faithful workmen who have been called from labour to

refreshment . " They are happy now , and we soon their happiness shall see . " But until our summons comes , let us be faithful in the discharge of duty , remembering our privilege of living at a time when civilisation , in its broadest sense , is at

meridian splendour . The glory ot intellectual worth ancl the beauty of moral merit adorn our homes and sanctify our domestic relations . Whafc heathenism leffc vague and dark , our three lights have made manifest . Revelation , natural science and conscience tell us thafc happiness here

consists in faithfully using our working tools . Then , hereafter , let the twenty four-inch gauge divide our time , the gavel divest our hearts and consciences of the vices and superfluities of life , and the trowel cement our secret thoughts with charity . These are the instruments that

can polish tho rough ashlar of human character , after it is brought from darkness to light . Every Mason should , therefore , strive to make his life symmetrical ; his Entered Apprentice degree , like rightly spent youth , should be stored with useful knowledge ; his Fellow Craft , as vigorous manhood , should be the practical application of

that acquired learning , and then , as a Master Mason , like honoured old age , he shonld possess the consciousness of a well-spent life , faithful discharge of duty to his God , his neighbour and himself . Such a man , as a heavy sheaf of wheat or rounded ear of corn , reproduces himself through the germinal virtues composing his character , and lives

again in succeeding generations . Thus there is a resurrection of each noble act in the life that received it . Then let us think of our departed brothers as having believed in God , and that no plumb-line can sound fche depths of His mercy . They believed in God , and no comnasses can circumscribe His omninofcence . Thev believed

in God , and no human mathematics can ever explain the incomprehensible triangle contained within His eternal existence . Profane wisdom can never define the limits of love which passeth knowledge . Let us again trust that the souls of our brothers are in joy and felicity , and their

bodies will be raised at the last ; day . While resting from labours they are refreshed with a certain hope that what once was subject to dissolution shall soon rise a harmonious and strong temple , whose beauty no ruffian hands can mar , and whose glory will be noontide splendour .

Perfect consummation and bliss will be the day when the material and spiritual elements are reunited : " Each waiting soul must claim his own , when the archangel soundeth , And all the fields and all the hills shall move a man of life ;

Bodies numberless , crowding on the land and covering the trampled sea , Darkening the air precipitate , and gathered scathless from the fire j The Himalayan peaks shall yield their charge , and the desolate steppes of Siberia ,

The maelstrom disengulf ifca spoil , and the iceberg manufit its captive j All shall teem with life , tho converging fragments of humanity , Till every conscious essence greet his individual frame ;

For in some dignified similitude , alike , yefc different in glory , This body shall be shaped anew , fit dwelling for the sonl ; The hovel hath grown to a palace , the bnlb hath burst into the flower Matter hath pnfc on incorrnption , and is at peace with spirit . " —Voice of Masonry

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The Board of Benevolence met on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Robert Grey P . G . D ., President of the Board , presided , and Bro . James Brett P . G . P ., Senior Vice-President , and Bro . C . A . Cottebrune P . G . P ., Junior Vice President , were in their respective chairs . Tho

brethren first confirmed recommendations mado to tho Grand Master at tho August meeting , to the amount of £ 140 . There were only fifteen new cases on the list . Ono of these was relieved with £ 60 , and one with £ 50 , two were relieved with £ 30 each , four with £ 20 each , and ono with £ 3 0 ; total £ 260 . Four cases were deferred , and two dismissed .

We have pleasure in being able to announce that Bro . John Lane's new work , " A Handy Book to the study of the Engraved , Printed , and Manuscript Lists of Lodges of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England to

(' Moderns' and 'Ancients' ) , from 17 ^ 3 1 S 14 , with an Appendix and Valuable Statistical Tables , " will bo ready in October . The book will be sent post free to subscribers for 7 s 6 d , and orders for the same should bo forwarded to Bro . Jno . Lane , Bannercross , Torquay .

We regret to announce the death , which occurred on Thursday , of Brother iBneas J . Mclntyre , Q . C , Past Grand Registrar , & o ., & c . A full record of Bro . Mclntyre ' s Masonic career will be found in tho Firsfc Series of our Masonic Portraits .

Mr . E . L . Stevenson ' s new story , " The Master of Ballantrae , will be issued in a few days , by Messrs . Cassell and Company . Messrs . Cassell and Company announce a new serial publication , to be called "The Cabinet Portrait Gallery . " Each monthly part

will contain three cabinet-sized photographs of eminent men and women of the day , with accompanying biographical sketches . Tho photographs are taken by Messrs . W . and D . Downey , and aro reproduced by the Woodbury-type process . —Academy .

In view of the visit of H . R . H . Prince Albert Victor to India this winter , Messrs . Cassell and Company are issuing a new serial edition of their " Illustrated History of India , " with tho first part of which a large portrait of Prince Albert Victor will be given .

On Saturday evening , tha 28 th inst ., Mr . Henry Irving will produce " The Dead Heart . " Elaborate scenery has been painted by Messrs Telbin , Harker , and Hawes Craven , while tho costumes , designed by Mr . Joseph Grego , Mr . Margeston , ancl Mrs . Comyns Carr , aro sure to be picturesque and absolutely accurate . The taking of tho

Bastille is the great scene of the play . Mr . Jacobi haa written tho incidental music . Mr . Irving will appear as Eobert Landry , ancl ho will be supported by Mr . Bancroft ( Abbe Lntour ) , Miss Ellen Terry ( Catherine Duval ) , Miss Kate Phillips ( Cerisotte ) , Mr . Edward

Righton ( Toupet ) , Mr . Arthur Stirling ( Legrand ) , Mr . P . Tyara ( Reboul ) , Mr Haviland ( the Comte do St . Valerie ) , Mr . Gordon Crnii » ( Arthur de St . Valerie ) , & o . We may mention that the curtain will rise at eight o'clock .

The Opera Comique will be re-opened , under the management of Mr . George Cockle , on Saturday , the 28 th instant , when there will be produced a new romantic opera , in three acts , entitled "Tho Castle of Como , " ( founded ou Lord Lytton's " Lady of Lyons " ) , by Mr . Geo . Cockle , Mus . Bac . Oxon ; libretto by the late Charles

Searle , with additions by the composer . The principal artistes in fche caste are : —Mdlle . Rosina Isidore , the Misses De Vernot , Verity , Vito , and Amy Martin ¦ Messrs . Richard Clarke , Cadwalader , Macarthy , Donnell Balfe , Henry Pope , and Leo Stormont . Tho acting manager is Mr . J . H . Grattan , while the stage

manngement is in the hands of Mr . William Parry . New scenery by Mr . Banks ; new costumes by Mrs . May . The orchestra will consist of 40 performers , nnder the direction of Sig . Cav . Coronaro ( deputy .

conductor of La Scala , Milan ) . The opera will be preceded by a comedietta , entitled "The Dancing Master , " by Max Pembertoi-, with incidental music by Milton Wellings , in which Miss Praegpr , Miss Wallis , Mr . Calvert , and Mr . Fleming Norton will take part .

Star Chapter of Instruction , No . 1275 . —On Friday , the 13 th inst ., at tbe Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Present—Comps . F . Hilton P . Z . Preceptor , Grummant P . Z . M . E . Z ., Warren Z . 1348 H ., Wingham 25 J ., Charlie Woods A . S . 1275 S . E ., Addington Z . 1275 S . N ., George Powell P . Z . Z . 1185 P . S ., Osterstock A . S . 1185 , II .

Martin 1275 . The Chapter was regularly opened by the Principals . The ceremony of installation of Z . was rehearsed by Comp . Warren , The Companions were admitted . The minntes were read and con . firmed . The ceremony of exaltation was rehearsed . Comp . Oster . stock was elected a joining member . Comp . Warren was elected

M . E . Z . for the next meeting . A letter of sympathy was ordered to be sent to the widow of our late Comp . Burnstead . Comps . Hilton ancl Grummant , who had attended the funeral on the previous Wednesday , spoke of the very great loss that the Order had suffered . Not only was Comp . Burnstead a splendid Mason and perfect

gentleman , but he had aimed at teaching the beautiful R . A . ritual in its purest state . His work as Preceptor of the Pythagorean Chapter could never be forgotten . Notice was given that the installation ceremony would be rehearsed on Friday , the 20 th inst ., at 7 * 30 p . m . It is to be hoped that Sonth London Principals will try to be present .