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The appositeness of this passage to the Fellowfrifts will hardly be disputed . \ t another time the following passage , from . ( ghroniclcs , iii ., 17 , was selected for the second l . itree - its appropriateness will be equally ill ' s ' ¦ . Ami .

eN •' And he reared up the pillars before the I .. ' , niple , one on the rig ht hand and the other on , ' . leftj and he called the name of that on the Vht hand Jachin , and the name of that on the J ct ' t ISoaz . " The words of Amos v . -1 $ , an , were sorne-, ; y . s adopted as the passage for the . third degree :

•¦ •Have ye offered unto me sacrifice and oiier-•,,, « in the wilderness forty years , O lion so ol tfj :- ;! : But ye . have borne the tabernacle ol vtjuv Moloch and Chum , your images , the star o ! J . lUr raid , which ye made to yourselves . "

' 'j'he allusions to tins paragraph are not so iv ' ilent as the others . They refer to historical matters which wire once embodied in the ancient l-ctures of Freemasonry . In them the sac ;; - jjLvs of the Israelites to Moloch were full y de-< aib . al , and a tradition , belonging to the third

, it < vree , informs us that Hiram Abif did much to ev-lrpale this idolatious worship from thcrclig iotis system of Tyre . The 6 th chapter of II . Chronicles , v . Iuclt centains the prayer of King Solomon at the

dedication of the Temple , was also ueeu at on- time i \ , r the third ilegr . e . IVrhaps , however , this was with less fitness th ; :: i any of the other passages quoted , siucethecvents comnvemoratediu the third iltgree took p lace at a somewhat cailier period lii . ai lite dedication . Such a passage niig ' ul move appropriately he annexed to the ceremonies of

the Most Excellent Master . At present the usage in Enedaud d ' ell'ts in respect to the choice of passages Irom thai adopted in America . There the Bible is opened , in the fist degree , at Ruth iv . 7 : " Now this teas the manner in former liave in

Israel cone-ruing redeeming an l cor . c . ernmrr changing , for to confirm till thinrs -, a man p lucked oil " his shoe and gave / '/ lo his neigitbour ; and this teas a testimony in Israel . " ' In the second degixe the passage is opened at I . Ss-ings , vii . 13 , 14 . -. "And Kin » - Solomon - ' .. 'fit an 1 iAeehed Hiram

out of Tyre . He «¦« . » ¦ a widow s son u ! the tribe , of Napbtali , and bis fathev icti . v a man of 'fyre , a worker in brass ; and he was tilled with wisdom , and understanding , and cunning to work all work in brass . And li" came to King Solomon and brought till his work . " While from the force- of hah : ; , as vr . 'd as 'from

the extrinsic excellence of the passages tlu mselves , the American Mason will , p- rhaps pr ! ei the selection made in tlvif o \ , m lodges , especiall y fur the first and thi . d degiees ; he at live sa ' . a lime will not fail to admire lhe La-te ae . id

ingenuity of our English brethren in the s . kct ; m they lime made , in the second degree the passage from J udgvs is undoubtedly preferable to his own : In conclusion it way be observed ; that to s . ' e . e lhe > e passages their due Masonic importance it

; ., essentia ! that they should be cover- , d b y te . e square and compasses . The Bible , s-viare a ¦ ¦ -. 1 compasses are significant symbols < -i i ' .-v--laa- ' -onry . They are said to allude lo the peculiar ci . ' .-i ; , ' ! - ¦( eristic ; of our ancient Grand e-ia .-ters . The Vnble vs e ' . \> lu .: vu ;\ V \ e . of tlv ,

wi dom of King Soloiuoti- , til ; sipia . re , o . e ! . ' i power of Hiram ; and the compasses , oL l-ie Chief Builder . Some iMasonlc \ eri . ¦ :: ¦ lau . j 'Ail ! further spiritualised ( he-.-...- r . ymbol . ; 1 ))' Mip-posing them to s . ) mbolise t ! . e \ , a liom , li - . i ' . b ,

tnid justice of the Grand Aich . t . et of ' . ' . ' ..-' •-niverse , in any view they become in 'tre ., •¦ '¦_ : ¦ , •- ; md inseparably connected poriion ; ol the le . Masonic ritual , which , to be understood , niuei i-e studied together . Lorcn / . o de ALetb ' - i said , te . at a" those a ' - dsd , even for the pee :, ut life , ¦ > . ho : ' >; - ; , !)) b •¦ .. ¦¦

t : i a future sia -.. ' . — Mttd : cf . < Fiw . na : i . \ ! ie .-N a , lAi . av 11-. 1 ' -- .- !•¦ , [ . i ,. — ?; .- r ::-. tviiii tei . ' t" ¦ aic . t wir . s-jutUel .-ol ¦¦¦ , wr .-ui" - ; iwiev a- ' . ng a .. a '' n . r , ketlar , t > v all agi-r- ; aisl i-i . ii . hva .. ' ¦ - . <¦ :. -e . lib n ; f ! ¦ illle 1 V'S ' - ¦ •sil-. 1 s . I :: M--I ea e . ' ,- ia ; y t ...--e a r . ' .. ¦ :. :.. a ju te . e an a ; aiL-vite

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" The Trial ttf Sir Jasper , " By S . C . Hal ! , F . S . A . Sometime s ' uvce . the 7 ' niics remarked , in refer cnce to drtml-cnness , " Laws will not do the work which has to be done . We want men for that , and these men must see their work be ! ore

they do it . Among all the writers , all the talkers , all the preachers , all the workers , nU the names we see bla / . oned in live roll of English fame , are there none that will set about to abate Ibis nuisance and scandal—our national drunkenness . " To answer this challenge the

"Tnal of Sir ! ' -Seer" ' us li-. v-ii written in verse by the well-known cdh-- > r of the " Art journal , " j Mr . S . C . Mali , and the poem has been ] splendidly !" : ;;! . ira ' . ed )>¦ . •ariiats of note , such as ' Dorr , Ward , Tcnnlci , Faith I'ston , Gflb . at , Gwiekslv . mk , and some sixteen , beside , their diawings having been entrusted to en .. raters in

the lirst rank oftheir profession , D . il / . iel Brothers , r Co iper , and several others . Evidentl y no expense j has been spared to enlist art in tile attempt to overcome sensualism . The poem represents the ( . rial—the distiller , Sir ja-pjr , being the defendant , and the witnesses the poor sad sulierers bom the ei'feels of drunkenness . I " A self-deluded fool is he who deems

The head is innocent that mows the hand , " and hence , the poet ciuba , ours to trace the frightl ' til course to the nuiuvc , and seeks to unfold lhe horrors flowing from the abuse ol the intoxicating cup . " We ask and have the . aid of art , to show

Tile heig ht and depth of litis the country s j curse ; I To tell , w ' all emphasis wh . -. l all should know , I For art cm give a livai ' io : ee to verse . Never , we think , was lb : ,-e . l t more wedded to the poet than in the ni-t . mee before U-, lor each and all alike seem as if inspired \ vilk s . upav Ir . unan gills and eloquence lo picture the

witnesses , as one alter another are summoned to make known their evidence , and . unite in " Giving a foretaste and forecast ot Hell , Which those who view the person know it well . " One thing to us is quite evident , that whether

we countenance or support , or oppu .-e me " Temperance' movement' no one cm le-ig ' . i ignorance ol the . extent of Britain ' s curse , and though many declare , they have no patience with the " rabid Good Templars , '" while the latter are seeking in their own good « - ; iy to reclaim ibe drunkards ,

those who are hindering the work of Total Abstinence have as yet provided . nothing cguali / < uve and satisfactory in its ed ' eels , or propounded I any curati-, e means of s-uhiaiettl irii ) :: ence to pre-! vent a certain number out of so many ihous ., ud | ¦ . uuierate drinkers becoming a prey Lotiiatdijea . se

when-" s ' i . 1 thou . ra . ui devils la . mil him , day and night ; Haunt him aiil . e in daikir •,.. and in li g ht . | t . ff : ii : i ' e ; with era-.-, ling feet , and dogs with wings ; \ The bread is . ef . rv e ! : y , " is waler ink , | . V n-. < iu .- , . e . - mixes i : u : d-: t ; . i . ' . -IL . ' our d . ois ;

j ! he r .: ; . :. h , e . e L i L ill : ' . iimos ; HIS nair is iiame , 1 ' J'ii . it bur . is its way iu . o he ; v-. ry brain ; And shadows of :: pa' . t--a gha : t ' . y t-. uu --Buz : ' , in ids ears ol Suture gui ' uao i s-naiv . e . or as

•A'l el 1 man si ;;;; gi : ag to a ormsaru s grave , Not In lh _ - frosty vvL , it r oi ' his a- - . " Ye c . u-s •Is so with spread , uot ' . v . ' ih .. tan . ling lla " advance of civilization , " that lhe twites oi i . lis

notice consider : ; m > . "poiogy ) : ; nece .-sairy lor ins inUuduci . ig t ' . le q' . l- tioh in the j'Ye .-M . 'l-. <>;; , a . e ' . il g that lie l"ur e ; ... ' . hi . A \ iiUes oi the CraA tee ' •'j ' .-aijie : ance , Furtitinie , Prudence , and J usiiec , "

( , ' ; e / I ' .. nl ii is a ' { ' <¦'' ¦ that some oi our brightest ovnaa . ene ; . di ' -oo ; ., ished in the roll ol lodges , and lilUd by iial ' . t . e to be 1 . : aL :.-., " On wouae brow .-: genius v . as se . aed , " but-

.. . " Shsa- ; d , atad-e ( e ot noea I And jii .- ' -reproacb . Grand works within their brains D' . v ' . -. la . eu to nothlog-a "

I All , in f . ' ''i , '" l ' e re lad in I . I-, : ruin they have I \ vrnu"ji ; . ' j woe are .. ' ¦ - •to ; a . l . .:.: a , .. n ' -sTat to Soetaaon t-. to

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fact that abstinence alone is the safe remedy , or to fear avowing our belief that unless society will take , tlie matter in hand , and look after the younger generation , training them up hi habits of temperance , frugality , and self-denial , there will still be carried on the manufacture of

drunkards in our very midst . How many try to overcome , their fatal taste for the "drink ? "" And idly , weakly , vainly sliding back , They crawl again into the beaten track ; Resolve , and drink ; and re-resolve and drink . " Were yncli poor victims but supported as they

deserve to be , how dillereut would be their lot , and bow changed their lives . After an experience of some years the writer of this notice unhesitatingly states it as his Conviction , that the majority of mankind mi g ht , ab .-taiii entirely from the use of intoxieatinsi

liquors , and be no worse for the change , it is to bo regretted that frequently would-be temperance reformers injure the very cause they desire- to benefit b y tiv .-vv intemperance , of speech and over zealous endeavours , but is there not some e .-tense for them in the midst of so great and

awful an evil , and would not some of their detractors be . better engaged in seeking the salvation of the drunkard , than in condemning those- who are not doing the necessary work

precisely as they would r But to return to Sir Jasper . The sentencewas — " Accused , you are acquited ! go your w ^ y ! No human law can reach you . "

" Sir Jasper , will you grudge These victims their inalienable right To change the venue—and be . tried els-cwwcvet They will be witivesses . accepted there — Where God will be the judge . " We should state the work is puuhshed , at the

sum of one shilling , b y Virtue and Co ., and to our niintl each engraving is worth that sum alone . Mnemonics : British and ( ienerut . By George Gtovcther . London : —Molilit ix Co .

street . Bio . Crowthei has issued ., at the moderate price ol two shillings , a handy volume for the use of candidates tor matriculation md other examinations , and also for lhe u ^ c . of schools . The general principle up-. n which he bases his system

. >! ' Mnemonic , is as follows . To assist the student lo remember live dates of certain events in history , he constructs a sentence of three or four words haying some reference to the circumstance to be venvembeveil . These words are aeleeted in such ma . iuer that , b y a preconcerted arrangement , tile initials of e . icli word will

represent a limine ; these )' o )! tnviii ; r in ¦; -ipience will at once , 'Selsi . the student to d . t .-vmi . tc ' . ' ne date of the event de . jiixd to ire remembered . We know that some persons despise the use of any " aids to m oiory , " arguing that instead of one thing to remember you luvve . two or mure . We cannot do better than quote an are celote given in the preface i : i refutation of such an

argument" Once there was a handy man who took a fancy to jouioring . He went up to Lo- . vn and bought a complete assortment oi carpenter ' s tool—everything from a woodman ' s axe to a s- -pil ^ -blt . Ashe v . as s .-sratahiie . . ius , ear in nvedi-( , itio-, i ao-iui the bet way to coins y them lu > r . ic

a .-iaipi - bystander sugg- 'sLed— ' Any don ' t you look oiit for a v . 'hi elb . aio' . v ' : ' ' Because . I ' m not an a : s , ' was 1 . 1 : c , l i-jily : live ., softening a li . li- , he add ¦! . - ' ; on see , my good friend , the . dil . eiiiico is e :.. s . ; . ! y h -re : as it is , i have my tools to carry home : it I took your advice 1 should be trouidcd wii . it both the tools and the wheeibarrove . ' We have no doubt ih il ibe work will be useful

lo ail those v . ! .-. : e a \ -. -.. IIWUIJ or studies vender an apt i \ ceilection oi . iites necessary . tSUi / ifS BECEIVED . " ' , ISiOit-j ,

Proceedings 0 ! Grand Lodge ol Massachusetts ! L . 'S . A . ! Proceedings of the Lira id Lodge of the Stale ol I Nori ' n Carolina . ' , " , ' a . a-, iie . I sri-m o : Id : a 01- ayes , " bv lab- /