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GLEANINGS .

M ASONRY IN COUST . —Hon . R . H . Thompson , Fitting as Judge of Louisville City Coart , was about to pass sentence on a prisoner before him , when the prisoner pleaded the bonds of the Fraternity , and claimed tbe protection of a brother . Bro . Thompson thought for a

moment , and doubled the penalty , remarking : " You are guilty of a double offence ; you have not only transgressed the laws of your cooutry , but have violated a solemn obligation , voluntarily assumed , and brought disgrace upon an honourable Oriler . "

THEN AND Now . —Centuries ago , before the dawn of the Christian era had lighted the durkness of a decaying civilization , roving band * 0 f bnildera bad covered the plains of Asia with the monuments of their genius . Obedient alike to the behests of Jew or Gentile , they bnilt with equal skill the Temple of Solomon and the Temple of

Diana . In after years , nnder the name of Free and Accepted Masons , they consecrated their genius to tbe service of the Church , and raised the magnificent cathedrals , which still remain , the marvels and ideals of later days . Bound together by the strongest ties , preserving their integrity by means which have been handed down to their

successors , they inculcated the broadest principles of charity and beneficence , and enforced obedience to the laws of God and man . A good Mason was then , as now , a good citizen , and the promoters of law and order always found their most zealoas defenders in the ranks of this Society . —Elliott .

AFHOBISMS . —Be always obedient to the Chair . Obedience is a virtue of the greatest importance to your own character as a Mason , and to the welfare of the Lodge . Without obedience , wisdom would be inoperative , strength wonld lose its power , and beauty its grace .

Never by any persuasion suffer yourself to be inveigled into a party hostile to tbe Officers in charge of the Lodge . If you do , yon will be a marked man , and your progress in Masonry will be rendered doubtful . —Oliver .

The Maaonio Temple in Helena , Montana , cost over £ 10 , 000 , and is one of the handsomest structures in that city . The tesselated pavement is one of the levels of the world ; on it all are equal , no matter how diverse their birth , fortune , or social station .

The Municipal Council of Geneva has presented the Craft in that city with a piece of laud on which to build a Masonic Hall . According to the Chaine d'TJnion , the Grand Orient of France has under its obedience 313 Lodges , 35 Chapters , 13 Councils—in all 361 , being a gain of 9 during the year .

A live , trne , worthy Mason is one who regularly attends his Lodge , discharges all the duties incnmbent upon him as a member of the Craft , studies to understand the living principles of , and remembers every point in , his covenant . He thinks enough of Masonry to make some sacrifices in its interest .

SOUND . —And if there is anything that poisons the atmosphere of tho Lodge-room , when the Craft are there , it is the presence of a Mason who has no sense of bis obligations , neither to his brethren , nor to the unitiated . The man who can and will discharge his obligations , tell the truth , and do nnto others as he would they should do

unto him , ia a m . bleman , even though hia bread is only procured from weal to meal . He hath something riches cannot take from him . But if a Brother becomes sick and dependent , then the Lodge will exercise the chaiities toward him that our teachings exact . When we are told that a brother pays his debts , we feel very kindly toward

him , and we have the same feeling for any man who is seH ' -snpporfcing . A hive with all drones therein is no hive at all . Query : Can there be a hive without having some drones in it—some to be pushed ont of it ? The friction produced by the industrious in their bnsy work Js a terror to the drone that comes in their way . —Grand Master of Florida .

hvery Lodge-room shonld be made cosy and comfortable . It being the Maaonio home , it shonld have the comforts incident to our family homes . The Grand Lodge of Missouri has passed resolutions for the establishment of a Masonic Home in that State .

He that does not attend his Lodge will never learn to discharge < iis duty as a ritualist ; he that does not read will never learn much of Masonry . Late hours at Lodge are injurious . They tire out the Brethren p ' very tiresome to Masons' wives . They shonld bo avoided . 7 er 7 Master should so plan bis work as to close in good season .

MASONKY IN SPAIN . — Tho Official Bulletin and Masonic Review of 16 braud Orient of Spain , the organ of tho Supreme Council and Embolic Grand Lodge , is published in the city of Madrid . There g 237 Lod ge 3 and 56 Chapters in this Grand Orient subject to the nprerne Council , This does not comprise all of the Masonic Lodges that

j country , as there are other Graud Bodies who claim jnris-10 n , and the dissensions aro unfortunate . An effort has been bnt H Ci ^ '' a Grand Lodge separate from the Supreme Council , ' t KJtio Lodges desiring to form the Grand Bodv have been holding LllE'lt * Yn i * * u '" eetuigg under Charters granted by the Supreme Council , aud

'nua tailed to organize a separate Grand Body . not AS ? CuARm . —Masonic charity , true Masonic charity , does fa ' , „•?' 7 rne ; 'n that charity which is extended to a Mason or his t ' n ., ' 1 / 7 ^ ' > " or a Masonic body , but the charity that is given

r , | f , , " ° are suffering and in want . Not only given because tho oxj > - ° Ve ? * fc Is a ^ uty * ° »' > out alao because of the pleasure he nftei nces in doing good . The men who give the large amounts gW ] fj \ . £° m ° ™ for the notoriety that it gives them than for the oi , ] y r e Persons who receive it . But the truly charitable gives the good which it will do , and for no hope of reward ,

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except that whioh will be his in the world to come . Such is Masonic oharity . The Masonic Board of Relief of San Francisco disbursed for oharit " able purposes during the past year £ 2 , 000 . During the thirty year of its existence the Board has disbursed about £ 50 , 000 .

As evidence that members of a Masonic Lodge once attended , in a body , a Ronvvn Catholic Church : —On St . John ' s day 1800 , the members of No . 60 , Ennis , Ireland , attended the Romm Catholic

Chapel there , and heard a sermon by the Parish Priest , Rev . Dr . McDonagh , who subsequently dined with the brethren . This Lodge was warranted in 1736 , and is still on the roll , with the same number unci place of meeting . — Gould ' s History .

So MOTE IT BE . —We 1 VM this quaint old response . To ns it means unity born of harmony , whieh is 'he key to heavenly enjoyment . It says we have , sat together on the Level , and profit has bnen its fruit ; that we are better men for so doing , and » s little things mak « tip < -nr natural Temple , so these meetings , frnm t > ms to time , build np onr

spiritual . It shonld be our aim to make these word- < golden . Let them be an echo from the heart . They are a benediction born of a oharity which his its sustenance from a world unseen by mortal » 'ypa —the source of all inspimtton . For more than a century has this Masonic saying been borne heavenward as incense . We trust , as the

years roll by , they will be dearer , as the sun of that land of rest begins to shed its lustre over the mountain peaks which look upon a landscape where a weary footfall is never heard , and tears and sighs are aliens . Amen . So mote ifc be . —Portland Masonic Journal .

GLOVES . —The giving of gloves was an old enstom of the operative guilds , when , either on admission to the Lodge or once a year , gloves and aprons were given to the workmen . In Scotch Masonic Lodges of the 16 th and 17 tb centuries it waa a rule that intrants shonld piesent so many pairs of gloves on their admission . The custom is

still said to be retained MasonioaH y in foreign conntrtes ; but we hove no traces of the enstom in Speculative Masonry , except that Freemasons are expected to wear white gloves in Lodge meetings . There are many payments recorded for gloves to Masons in tbe old Fabric Eolls . — Mackey .

The Masonic Advocate makes a note of the readiness with which Craft periodicals have given pnblicity to the old story in regard to a Lodge that been called np by three knocks of the gavel , when the W . M . stumbled backward and fell ont of a third . story window , breaking his neck . Waiting for the sound of the gavel to seat them , the

members remained in their places for a quarter of a century , when their skeletons were discovered in that position . This ancient narrative has again gone the mauds of the Maaonio journals , and will

probably have a period of rest for a time , so far as these publications are concerned ; but the event is ono that will often be rehearsed in remarks for " the good of the Order " as brefchreu se k " to point a moral , " and enliven their discourses by apt illustrations .

Freemasonry is the application of the symmetry of geometry , the bennty of astronomy , lhe profonnclness of philosophy , the concord of music , the pathos and sublimity of poetry , the ingenuity and grandeur of architecture , ancl the * ali-ry of truth , to moral and spiritual liviog . In bi-: ef , it is the erection of the Temple of the Soul by all the principles of wisdom , strength , an ) boautv .

CONSECRATION . —The consecration of special places fir Lodge meet , ings is something modern . When a Lodge-room has been duly cor . secrated and per , ap : \ rr , for Masonic u es solely , there can be no question that it should not be iccnpied 'or anything but Masonic work . Our traditions sav that in the most ancient tim «\ s Lodges sis-sembled

under the canopy of Heaven , on the high hills , or in the low vail yt >; hot the Lodges of old times , concerning whose history we have po * i . tive knowledge , did not met in chambers especially set apart for tho

work o ? Masons . That all Lodge-ro 'tns should bo dedicated in accordance with modern usage , no one will dispute , but that the L > dge may not do work properly in an unconsecrated apartment is new law to us . —Wm . R . Whitaker .

During an annual communication of the Masons at York , on St . John ' s day , in the 16 th century , it is said that Queen Elizabeth , who was then the ruling soverign , sent a deputation of nobles and a posse of armed men to break up the assemblage , because she considered the Masons as dangerous to her government . The deputation ,

however , after visiting the Lodgo , returned such a good account of the doings of the honourable Fraternity that henceforward the Masons wero allowed to pursue their avocation undisturbed . Thus

it has been at all times . Wherever the Order has been assailed , nd its teachings questioned , it has always emerged from tbe ordeal stronger and better . Why ? Because its foundation stone is the Holy Bible .

The utility of Masonry may be perceived in a variety of way 3 , hnt in nothing more than this , that it serves as a strong tie of sympathy and love to unite the hearts of men , while it both recommends and illustrates that charity which ia declared to be the crown and bond of perfection .

The American system of Dimits is neither known nor practised abroad , it being held in other countries that the certificate given to each initiate is to cover all eventualities , and other Lodges are at liberty to take him or not , as may suit their inclination .

HOLLOW AY ' PILLS . —The Great Need . —The blood is the life and on its purity depends our health , if not our existence . These Pills thoroughly cleanse this vital fluid from all contaminations , and by that power strengthen and invigorate the whole system , healthily stimulate sluggish organs , ropress overexcited notion , and establish order of circulation and secretion throughout

every part of the body . The balsamic nature of Holloway ' s Pills commends them to the favour of debilitated and nervous constitutions , wbieh they soon resuscitate . They dislodge ail obatruc ions , both in the bowels ancl elsewhere , nnd are , on that accourt , much sought after for promoting regularity of action in young females and delicate persons who are naturally weak , or who from some cause have become so ,