Poetry.

Poetry .

BEAUTIFUL SUMMER .

A SACRED SONG . Beautiful Summer ! thy glorious days And lingering sunsets bright , With the varied charms that the season displays , Fill our senses with purest delight . Father , we thank thee for each sweet scene , For the balmy zephers and the sky serene .

Beautiful Summer ! the lovely flowers That 'broider the emerald sod , Or sparkle like gems in our garden bowers , All lead our affections to God . Father , we thank Thee for gifts so fair , For the flowe ' rs that point to Thy watchful care

Beautiful Summer ! thy bright hours pass , The pleasures thou bringest us fade , The enjoyments we hope to partake of , alas ! Are soon lost in the Autumn ' s deep shade . And our lives , like thy months , are approaching their close , As day is succeeded by evening ' s repose .

Beautiful Summer ! thy bright hours teach An eloquent lesson of love , Inviting the Christian in prayer to beseech God ' s blessing from mansions above . Father , we bless thee for Summer days , Hear our hymns of thanksgiving , our songs of praise . AGNES S .

THINK OF THE DEAD WITH AFFECTION Think of the dead with affection , Look back with a tear on the past , On those hours of enjoyment and fondness , AVhich , alas ! were not destined to last . Think tenderly , too , on the kindness Thou , perhaps , hast received from that one Who has quitted earth's trials for ever , Whose labour in this world is done .

Think of thc dead with affection , Recall not each blemish snd fault , But rather their good deeds endeavour In memory ' s shrine to exalt . Think , too , ofthe love and devotion That perhaps they once cherish'd for thee . And remember from errors and failings No mortal existing is free .

Think of thc dead with affection , And pray that their souls are at rest ; That their spirits have reach'd that bright haven AVhich forms the last home ofthe blest .

Oh ! think of thc dead with affection , Look back on their memory with love , And pray for the bliss of reunion In our Father ' s bright mansions above . AGNES S

AGE OF MASONRY . —From a recent statement in a Moscow paper , it seems that St . John ' s Lodge , No . 3 , of that city , has recently celebrated the 809 th anniversary of its existence , it having been erected by charter from King Malcolm , in 1060 . AVe should like to see the muster roll of that lodge ,

beginning more than eight centuries ago , and running along with thc ages to thc present time . AVhat kings and kingdoms have risen and fallen since thc gavel was first sounded in its East . How the world has changed , and what progress has been made in science and art . Eight hundred years in the lifetime of a lodge !— The Keys / one .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS

For the AVeek ending August 19 , 1871 . MONDAY , AUG . 14 . Chap . 720 , Panmure , Horns Tavern , Kennington . Strong Mali Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s Gate , Clerkenwell , at S ; Bro . James Terry , Preceptor .

Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern-Haverstock-hill , at S ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . St . James' Union Lodge of Instruction ( 1 S 0 ) , Swan Tavern , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , at S . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel ,

Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 , Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile End , at 7 for 8 . AVellington Lodge of Instruction , AA'hite Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . ' Dilley , Precepto-St . John of AVapping Lodge of Instruction ( 1306 ) , Gun Tavern , High-street , AVapping , at 7 ; Bro . T . Mortlock , Preceptor .

TUESDAY , AUG . 15 . Board of General Purposes , at 3 . Lodge 433 , Salisbury , 71 , Dean-street , Soho . Chap . 186 , Industry , Freemasons' Hall . Metropolitan Chapter of Instruction , Portugal Hotel , Fleet-street , at 7 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor . Domatic Lodgeof Instruction , Palmerston Tav .,

Grosvenorpark , Camberwell , at 7 . 30 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction ( 382 ) , Hotel de Cologne , 60 and 61 , Haymarket , at 8 ; Bro . T . AAdams , Preceptor . Faith Lodge of Instruction , Artillery Arms , Rochesterrow , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon , Stepney ,

at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , AA'insley-slreet , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . AA'illiam Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ) Knights

of St . John s Tavern , St . John s-wood ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Sydney Lodge of Instruction ( S 29 ) , Cambridge Hotel , Upper Norwood , at 7 . 30 . Ben Jonson Lodge of Instruction , Ben Jonson , Goodman ' s-yard , at 8 .

AVEDNESDAY ' , AUG . 16 . Lodge 619 , Beadon , Greyhound , Dulwich . ,, 1320 , VilackVieatVi , Royal Standard , Blackheath . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich , at 8 ; J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . United Strength Lodgeof Instruction , ( 22 S ) , Bull & Gate ,

Kentish Town-road , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sim Tavern , Globeroad , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Iloxton , at 8 . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , Railway Tav ., Londonstreet , City , at TYz . >

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings

Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park " road , Peckham ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . II . AV . Lindus , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , AUG . 17 . Chap . 742 , Crystal Palace , Clarendon Hotel , Anerly . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Goat and Compasses , Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern ,

Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes , Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . St . George's Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal Hill Greenwich , at 8 .

FRIDAY ' , AUG . 18 . House Committee Bovs' School . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Brompton-road , S . AV . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . 's , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Htl .,

Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Brett , Preceptor . Belgrave Lodgeof Instruction , Duke of AVellington Htl ., Spring-gardens , Ckaring-cross ; Br . Pulsford , Precep ' or Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mile end-road , at 8 ; Bro . Isaac Saqui , Preceptor . United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Edin burgh , Shepherds-lane , Brixton , at 7 ; Bro . J .

Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Br . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . St . James' Lodge of Instruction , Gregorian Arms Tavern , Jamaica-road , Bermondsey , at 8 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tav ., Victoriaroad , Deptford , at 8 .

Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction , Marquess Tavern , Canonbury ; Bro . R . Lee , Preceptor . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , A'ictoria-park , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . John Saunders , Preceptor . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( No . 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 ; Comp . AV . AVest Smith , Preceptor .

SATURDAY , AUG 19 . Lodge 11 S 5 , Lewis , Nightingale Tavern , AVood Green . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . j . Comb , Preceptor . Sphinx Lodge of Instruction , Stirling Castle , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . Thomas , P . M ., Preceptor . Mount Sinai Chapter of Instruction , Union Tavern , Airstreet , at 8 ; Comp . Brett , Preceptor .

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