Try Yourself By This.

Below I heard of a plumb Hue . Who is the perfect man , " set in the midst of God ' s pooplo Israel ? " Who is that alone erect and true One among the human race , that test by which al ! uprightness is to bo tried , for the sake of whom " God will not pass by His Israel any more ? " Who is tlwfc

white , that alone purd stone , save Him of whom it was said that in Him was no spot or blemish ? who is He that was tried by the square of the builders , found wanting , cast out beyond tho wall of Jerusalem , found by other builders ,

taken up by them and made the head-stone of their corner , save Him alone of whom it was said , in God ' s prophecy , " What is this , then , that is written ? The stone which the builders rejected , the same is become the head of tho corner . "

Who is that Present Master that , having served below , has alone ascended the East to rule above ? Who is that Most Excellent Master , up to whose perfect pattern wo aro all to grow ? Who is he that alone has finished his work on earth , that alone has received his full recompense , that

alone has rested on the seventh day , after His finished work ? Who is He that filled tho latter house with a glory greater than that of the former ? Who is He that was lost on earth who suffered the toils and pains incident to human

life , who wont a pilgrimage , who ascended , and is found in heaven abovo ? And so I find that Masonry is no plaything . In the gorgeous depths of its symbolism lies wondrous truths of Time and God and Eternity—truths of priceless valuo to man .

Without going into theology or sectarianism , or denomioationalism , it thus teaches the great fundamental truths of the Bible , which is its treasure , which is its charter , which is its great light , irradiating its courts , tho fundamental truths of Religion , of God , and Shiloh , and

the future life in that temple not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . So , too , in the spirit of the great Charter that rests upon its every altar , it enforces upon its children the practical duties set down in that Charter . Thus does it take its place side by side with the great teacher Time

in its developments , and the great teacher the Bible in its developments , and the great teacher the church in its developments . All these sublime companions , in their silent work under God , combining to one and the same end .

Why , brothers , « Worshipful Master ? " What is such a phrase but a piece of blasphemy unless he who sits in the E . stern throne with the initial above him is symbolic of the Great Father , Ruler , Architect .

Your Lodge is the world ; its ruler is God . How , too , can a man be justly called a Master of truth unleBB he is endowed with the greatest of mysteries ? Without these he is but Entered Apprentice or mere Fellow Craffc .

What ! a religious institution and pretend to give one light , and then cheat him after all out of the only light —the light for which the world craved for four thousand years , and by the attainment of which alone it was satisfied —in comparison with which all other information is

darkness ! The information which alone entitles , and which does indeed entitle the Master ' s grade to be called " The sublime degree of a Master Mason , " treating as it does of the mysteries of Time , God and Eternity . Such , then , is a brief account of tho relationshi p botween Masonry and Christianity .

A single word—for my time is spent—on the difference between tho two . You may enact rules—rigid rules , and force a man to obey them . But no regulations closing about a man from the outside , will ov can make a different creature of him . A man may abstain from doing wrong

ho may oven perform many right acts , and yet in tho heart may be by no means fair in God ' s eytsa . To change the man you must go within and change his heart . Masonry does nob pretend to include wit J . ] in itself the means of grace , which alone avail to work this change , nor

the meann of connection with Shiloh that TOSO from the dead . Nowhere in her ritual do you hoar the words Holy Ghost . She simply gives man information 5 information touching the mysteries , information touching a man's moral duties . Masonry works intellectually , by means 0 !"

its symbols ; the church spirituall y , by means of it ; symbols . ^ Masonry works from without , the church star ! . " from within . The one brings word ? , the other the Spirit The one brings mere sayings , the other sacrament . ? . The

one gives not the needed union with Shiloh , the other gives tLab union . Masonry , there-tore , does not interfere with the great work of the chnvjh . That great work is still necessary to be done though a man is a Mason ;

Try Yourself By This.

indeed , if a man bo a true Mason , he should go on and allow that great work to be done in him . Masonry has to do with the mind and the conduct . The church with the

heart , which is the only transformer of the whole man into a now being . Masonry , thex * efore , never can , nor does she anywhere pretend to take the place of the church . Would you leave her stroug , rear for her no false olairus .

Masonry ; she is the church ' s handmaid ! The brunette twin sister of the blonde bride of Christ . Aud they go forth through the world , not as enemies , but hand in hand , with the same Bible between them , the same Shiloh within them , and the same God above them , on their common mission of good-will to man . —Voice of Masonry .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Robert Grey President , James Brett P . G . P . Senior Vice President , and C . A . Cottebrune P . G . P . Junior Vice President , occupy ing their respective chairs . Bros . Colonel Shadwell H .

Clerke Grand Secretary , A . A . Pendlebury Assistant Grand Secretary , Bros . W . Dodd aud W . H . Lee represented the Grand Secretary's office . There were also present a large body of representative Craftsmen . The Board of Masters was first held , at which the agenda

paper of Grand Lodge for 2 ad December was submitted . Bro . Brett , before the Board of Masters was closed , said he might now mention what perhaps some of the brethren were not aware of , that it was twenty-one yoars ago that night since the Board of Benevolence first met under the

new law , when the President and Senior and JuniorlVice Presidents were appointed . Twenty-one years ago next December Bro . John Olabon sat at the Board as President . Since that time they had had two other Presidents , and he thought those of the brethren who had attended

the Board and were acquainted with its working would say they were better served now than they were then . Under the old law five old Grand Officers were summoned to take the chairs , and many of them knew nothing about the wants of the applicants , or about the laws of the

Fund of Benevolence or of Masonry . But since then they had had brethren of experience appointed , and the business had been carried on to the satisfaction of the Craft . It was of the present President he rose to speak , Bro . Robert Grey , and although it was not necessary for

him to make a speech , because Bro . Grey was so well known and so highly appreciated by the Craft , he rose with great pleasure to propose that a cordial and hearty vote of thanks be given to Bro . Robert Grey , —that the same appear on the minutes of the Board of Masters , and be

reported to Grand Lodge , —for his courteous , firm , and impartial conduct of the business of this Board . Not only this year , but every year since he had been Vice President of this Board had he acted in the same gentlemanly manner , and he ( Bro . Brett ) was quite sure he was

expressing the feelings not only of himself , but of the whole Board when he said it was their earnest wish and desire that he mig ht he spared many years in happiness and health to preside over that Board as he had done

hitherto . Bro . 0 . A . Cottebrune seconded the motion ; lie would add no remarks , feeling assured that Bro . Brett had fully expressed the feelings of the brethren . The motion was put by the Grand Secretary , and carried

unanimously . Bro . Robert Grey , in acknowledging the vote , siid . Brothers Senior aud Junior Vice-Presidents and Brethren ; Allow me to return you my sincere thanks for what woald be an annual matter of form , but from your cordial and

general acclamation I feel to be genuinely sincere . M y duty here is one in which I take great pleasure , and that pleasure is greatly enhanced by tho kindly feeling , the assistance , aud the judgment with which those bre h . eu who are in constant attendance , assist in distributing fcho

gifts and banefits of this Board . Wo are trustees for the mouey of Grand Lodge—trustees of money to be given in btsnevolenco , and it is our duty to dispense that money an if it were our own , and we do it , I thoroughly believe , to the best of oar ability , and to the satisfaction of the

Craft in general . Brethren , ouco more I thank you . Yon have alluded to the way we manage the business . Tte great way to manage the business is to get through the work as quickly as we can . Therefore I now clost- this Board of Masters , with my thanks . The Board of Benevolence was then oponed , and Bro , Robert Grey announced