Poetry.

Poetry .

—?—THE MYSTIC TIE . Vide No . 81 , page 460 . BY BRO . AVILLIAM CARPENTER , P . M . & P . Z . The mystic tie is more than words , It lives within the heart ; A bond of honour , love , and truth—The Mason's constant chart .

Obedient to the voice of Him Who bids us help each other , At home or in a foreign land He sees in man a brother . With level steps , intentions pure , And Truth his guiding-star , His words and deeds in full accord , Spread blessings near and far .

True Masons , then , may we all be—Our banner raise on high—That men may learn the glorious truths That form the mystic tie . Then concord , love , and harmony Shall bid all hatreds cease ; The trumpet-blast of war no more Disturb the reign of Peace .

Then may we all true Masons be , And man to man a brother , Our obligations all fulfil In helping one another !

A RUB FOR THE RUSTY . { Vide No . Si , page 469 . ) Take courage , rusty Mason , Thy tools are not all lost , Although thou hast forgotten Their pure and primal cost .

Forgot thy preparation , Forgot each word and sign , And solemn obligation , Ere light did on thee shine . Thy gavel is but hidden , Thy chisel ' s close at hand , Thy plumb-rule , guage , and level Beside thee idly stand .

What if thy badge is dusty , It bears no shameful stain ; By use , thy trowel , rusty , AVill soon grow bright again .

It needs but earnest labour And true MASONIC zeal To make thee rich in knowledge Of all that Masons feel . Go search within that Volume Which on the altar stood When thou wer ' t made a Mason And saw that " it was good . "

Go seek again a Master AVho loves the kingly art , To Him , without a scruple , Thy earnest wish impart . And when He has informed thee Of all that thou should ' st know , Let not thy courage fail thee , But on this mission go :

Prove to thc world that Masons Are better than they seem , And though they work in secret , They do not idly dream . The world may be unfriendly , And cold and mocking too , But soon 'twill learn to love thee , If thou art Mason true .

And if not , why , no matter ; You can forego its love , Yet please the Great Graud Master , The Architect above . RICHARD SIMMONS , Quartermaster-Scrgt ., ' * Freedom , " Gravesend .

REFLECTIONS ON THE ALL-SEEING EYE . 0 , Great infinite Being ! God alone t Almi ghty ARCHITECT of natures vast ! We bow with reverence before Thy throne , The Alpha I Omega I—The First and Last ! How dreadful to behold I " Thc idea * of God I "

The lustrous light of that transcendent EYE , Light inaccessible I " most holy " Jod , " Can mortal man approach it and not die ? Grand GEOMETRICIAN of the Universe , AVhosc All-Seeing Eye pervades infinity ! The

circles of His realms , we can ' t traverse , That endless arch ! yon glittering canopy ! t he lustrous rays of His refulgent EYE Smiled on our earth , in chaos and in night ; Chaotic darkness fled when the MOST HIGH Put forth His fiat , " Let there now be Light . "

Poetry.

Our actions , good and evil , before that EYE Recorded are . He sees our every breath ! He sees the tyrant raise himself on high , Goading his subjects to misery and death ; He sees the widow ' s grief , the orphan's tear , Thc captive ' s sigh , the wounded soldier ' s pain ; He sees the hand of CHARITY draw near , And give RELIEF . Brother , ' tis not in vain .

He sees each feeble effort of Thy heart , ( Imbued with CHARITY , and FAITH and LOVE , ) To follow out the true Masonic art , And seek that Temple bright , even heaven above . When Death and Darkness , pass cold o ' er thy clay And when thy earthly temple totters down ,

He'll see thee as His own , that " Dreadful Day , " And place upon thy head a glorious CROWN . CYBT . Holyhead , Sept . 20 th 1870 . * The symbol used by the Ancients to denote " the thought" or "idea of God , " was an equilateral triangle ,

illuminated with a single Jod . This Hebrew initial letter Jod , " is a ray of Light , say the enraptured Cabbalists , which darts a lustre too transcendent to be contemplated by mortal eye ; it is a point at which thought passes , and imagination itself grows giddy and confounded . " —Lectures ou Freemasonry , by Rev . George Oliver .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the Week ending October 8 , 1870 . MONDAY , OCT . 3 . Lodge 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 69 , Unity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . ,, 72 , Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 144 , St . Luke ' s , Pier Hotel , Chelsea . ,, iSS , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . Chap . 28 , Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' Hall .

,, 1056 , Victoria , Andcrton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern Fenchurch-strcet Station , at 7 . AVellington Lodge of Instruction , AVhite Swan Tavern Deptford , at 8 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern-Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro : T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mile ,

end-road , at 7 . 30 , Bix > . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for 8 .

TUESDAY , OCT . 4 . Colonial Board , Freemasons' Hall , at 3 . Lodge 7 , Royal York , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 9 , Albion , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 101 , Temple , Ship & Turtle Tav ., Leadenhall-st . „ 167 , St . John ' s , Holly Bush Tavern , Hampstead .

,, 172 , Old Concord , Freemasons' Hall . ,, 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 765 , St . James ' s , NewAVeston-strcet , Bermondsey . ,, 1257 , Grosvenor , A'ictoria Railway Station . ,, 1259 , Duke of Edinburgh , New Globe Tavern , Bow-road .

,, 1261 , Golden Rule , Great AVestern Htl ., Bayswater . Chap . 169 , Temperance , AA'hite Swan , Deptford . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmerston Tav .,

Grosvcnorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction ( 3 S 2 ) , Hotel de Cologne , 60 and 61 , Haymarket , at 8 ; Bro . T . AAdams , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria

Station , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . AVilliam Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights of St . John ' s Tavern , St . John ' s-wood ; Bro . F . G .

Baker , Preceptor . Prestonian Club of Instruction ( for M . M . ' s only ) , Lyceum Tavern , Strand . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( S 29 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 .

WEDNESDAY , OCT . 5 . Lodge 511 , Zetland , Andcrton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . Mark Lodge , Samson and Lion , Freemasons' Tavern . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at S ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , Bull & Gale , Kentish Town-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor .

Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , Thc Grapes Tavern . Duke-street , Manchester-square , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms ,

Parkroad , Peckham ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . THURSDAY , OCT . 6 . Lodge 27 , Egyptian , Andcrton ' s Hotel , Flcct-strcct . ,, 45 , Strong Man , Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell . ,, 136 , Good Report , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street .

,, 192 , Lion and Lamb , Terminus Hotel , Cannon-st . ,, 227 , Ionic , Ship & Turtle Tav ., Lcadcnhall-st . ,, 538 , La Tolerance , Freemasons' Hall . i > SS 4 > A ' arborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Crystal Palace , Sydenham . ,, 822 , Victoria Rifles , Freemasons'Hall . » "SS . Excelsior , Sydney Arms , Lcwishain-road . ,, 1178 , Perfect Ashlar , Gregorian Arms , Bermondsey .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Chap . 174 , Sincerity , Cheshire Cheese , Crutched Inars . >> 733 ) AVestbourne , New Inn , Edgware-road . ,, 742 , Crystal Palace , Crystal Palace , Sydenham . Chapter of Improvement , Freemasons' Hall , ceremony of Consecration . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Club of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavem , 42 ,

Bath-street , City-road . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-cnd-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George ' s Lodge , of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Tohn Saunders , Preceptor .

FRIDAY , OCT . 7 . Lodge 706 , Florence Nightingale , Masonic Hall , Wool wich . ,, S 90 , Hornsey , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 1275 , Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road . Mark Lodge , Thistle , Freemasons' Hall . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air

street , Regent-street , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . AV . AA ' atson , Preceptor . Stability Lodge of Instraction , Guildhall Tavern , 33 , Gresham-st ., at 6 ; Bro . Henry Muggeridge , Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Pier Htl ., Chelsea . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . JI . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 .

Domatic Chapter of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway , Victoria Station , at 8 ; Comp . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of instraction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . AV . AA'est Smith , Preceptor . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl ., Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor .

United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edinburgh , Shepherd's-Ianc , Brixton . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of AVellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Preceptor Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor .

Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 . Charterhouse Club of Instruction , Hat and Feathers Tavern , 25 , Goswell-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . Mather , P . M . 65 , Preceptor .

SATURDAY , OCT . 8 . Mark Lodge ( 104 ) , Macdonald , Head Quarters 1 st Surrey Rifles , Brunswick-road , Camberwell . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 .

I'AITH LODGE OF INSTRUCTION . — The above Lodge of Instruction is held every Tuesday evening at 8 o ' clock , in the spacious and commodious rooms at Bro . Fisher's Restaurant , Metropolitan District Railway Station , Victoria , S . W . Ceremonies and

lectuxs worked every Tuesday , except the fourth Tuesday in the month , when the ceremonies alone are rehearsed . The DOMATIC CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION is also held in the above rooms every Friday evening , at 8 o ' clock , from October until April inclusive .

ART CONCEPTION VERSUS ART REPRODUCTION . —The sixteenth century may be regarded as thc crisis in art history . It was the turning point from art conception to art reproduction . It was not a return to the spirit , but to the mere letter of classic art , & c . Ecclesiastical Gothic architecture terminated in England with Henry A'll . ' s reign , and his own chapel bears evidence of the

Renaissance of classical features and principles . Throughout the Renaissance period thc process of art-design was reversed . Under the Gothic , and in all preceding systems of art , principles of general structural design preceded or formed the basis of the details . Not so under the Renaissance . The general principles of late Gothic were retained , but the details were borrowed . Classic forms

and least essential details were first introduced , and ascended into thc more structural and larger features . This process gradually wen ' , on till the whole system of the revival became a complete sham or disguise under the Anglo or pseudo-Greek age of the last century . It was upon this latter period that our Speculative Freemasonry fell . Hence , instead of bearing thc stamp of thc

media-val period , it carries thc well-delincd mark of its own age . —W . P . Buchan . THE VALUE OF AMMONIA IN AVATER . —There can be but very little doubt that the presence of ammonia in water is not altogether unimportant in its influence on vegetable life ; nor is it unlikely that the excessively invigorating effect produced on vegetation by a shower of

rain , may , to a certain extent , be due to its presence . AVe may just remark here that plants seem to revive more rapidly when sprinkled with water to which you have added a trace of ammonia solution , than when common water has been employed . AA ' e have tried this several times , and am convinced of its truth . —Food Journal . HOLLOWAY ' PILLS AND OINTMENT , —Physical Strength . —For the proper development and nourishment of the

human body it is essential that the function * of thc stomach , liver , kidneys , and bowels ^ be performed with order and regularity . Holloway ' s remedies readily insure both these conditions . The powers of Ihe stomach are grcatlj ; augmented , and good gastric juice secreted in abundance , when this ointment is diligently rubbed twice a day over the pit of the stomach . Thc pills and ointment enable it to extracts ^ all the food's nutritive matter , and tu thoroughly digest most articles of food . In the most advanced cases of dyspepsia , the salutary power possessed by these medicaments is most remarkable and wifl fully realise the patient ' s hopes and thc expectations of his friends .- [ Advt . l