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Original Correspondence.
medical treatment as an act of humanitarian and personal kindness , and any proposal to change such a system is alike revolutionary and ' absurd . It Js change for change sake , Yours fraternally , AI * CH . *; OI . OGIST .
A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A . is a subscribing member to a lodge ; B . a visitor to the said lodge . A . objects sitting in lodge with B ., and his reason for acting as such is that , having been libelled
and grossly insulted , it is a thing impossible . C , the W . M ., requests that the two brethren retire and settle their difference . A . declines to retire . C . rules that the two brethren remain in lodge ; if this don ' t suit , A . may retire from the lodge . A . protests against the ruling of the W . M . " and asks to retire .
The question arises , is the W . M . " censurable " by the Grand Lodge of England , for the partiality shown to the visitor ? In my humble opinion a visitor cannot claim entry to a lodge if the subscribing member finds it impossible to sit with him . Yours fraternally , E . M .
EXPRESS FOR THIRD CLASS FARES . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I was much pleased to sec your paper had given notice of the above movement , which has been talked of in Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Derbyshire . There is no doubt that the public generally owe Mr .
Allport , of the Midland Railway , a debt of gratitude for what he has done in reducing fares and adding to the comfort of railway travellers . Besides which the directors of the Midland system act with more liberality to their servants and their wives and families in giving them free passes during the excursion seasons , to enable them to enjoy themselves at the sea side or elsewhere as their inclinations lead
them . I have been a railway servant about twenty years , and have always had a pass for myself and wife until now ; when , through some freak of the directors ( not the Midland ) I have been mulcted of the one for my wife this
year . I suppose railway servants ought not to have wives . I do hope the public will respond to the proposition you have made in your journal . Yours fraternally , H . W .
THE TYNEWYDD COLLIERS . [ We take the following characteristic letter from The Times of August 17 th . ] Sir , —I should be much obliged if you would be so kind to put these few lines in your newspaper . I wish to thank Her Majesty tho Queen for the First Class Albert Medal
which Lord Aberdeen was commissioned to present . And next , I thank Major Duncan for presenting mc with the Medal of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem . Then I wish to thank the Lord Mayor and the subscribers to the Mansion House Fund and others for the money I have received from them ; and I wish to thank the Members of
Parliament for their kindness in presenting me with a watch and chain . I wish to say 1 am very proud of the rewards that I have received , and little did I think the public would take as much interest in it as they did when we were working to rescue the men . Porth , Rhondda Valley . ISAAC PRIDE , Collier .
The Rubens Tercentenary.—The Queen
THE RUBENS TERCENTENARY . —The Queen
has permitted photographs lo be taken of the Rubens pictures at Buckingham I'a lace for the Antwerp Exhibition of copies of works ol the master , which begins on the 19 th inst . The King of Sweden , the Madrid Museum , the galleries of Oldenburg , Munich , Dresden , Cassel , the Hague , Dublin , and several French galleries have
contributed copies of their pictures , as have the Duke of Buckingham and Earl Spencer . The Madrid Museum has sent not less than 30 new photographs . There are 1500 p ictures known as the works of Rubens in existence , and the catalogue of the Exhibition shows the variety of subjects treated . It is in the following sections : —Old Testa , ment , New Testament , sacred history and allegory , virgins ,
saints , fable , profane history and allegory , portraits , hunting pictures , landscapes , miscellaneous subjects . There are very many different treatments , which it will be interesting to compare , of the Adoration of the Magi , thc Adoration of the Shepherds , the Descent from the Cross , the Assumption of the Virgin . Besides the photographs and engravings of Rubens , some relics of the master will
be exhibited , such as the sword given him by the Emperor , his collar , thc diamond he wore in his hat , his autographs , and remarkable tapestry belonging to him at the time when , in the character of a leading citizen of Antwerp , he arranged the triumphal entry of Ferdinand of Spain . About 500 pictures by divers artists will be exhibited , with objects of ancient art , besides the Rubens exhibition . The
Plantin-Moretus exhibition , in Plantin ' s house , illustrating the history of piinting and engraving in the Low Countries for two centuries and a half , will be opened . The choir for the cantata was to consist of 1000 voices . It is now announced that there will be 1200 performers , and that the chimes of the ancient city and a peal of cannon will be laid under contribution by the composer ( Paul Benoit ) to increase the volume of sound .
WELSH SPEAKING CLERGY . —TheBishopand the Dean of Bangor have put forth an appeal for £ 1500 per annum to educate Welsh students at Bangor and Oxford ( giving a course of eight years , instruction ) , to secure a cultured clergy speaking Welsh .
Reviews.
Reviews .
" Deeds of Daring Library . —The Victoria Cross in the Crimea : " By MAJOR KNOLLYS , G , * rd Highlanders . Dean and Son . Major Knollys is an agreeable writer , and his works are popular and interesting . We all of us , whatever our age may be , delight in reading feats of heroism , of danger bravely encountered , of perils nobly overcome , and Major Knollys
also appeals to an Englishman ' s pride in the acts of a gallant and devoted army . As Freemasons , we do not lose our sense of patriotism or our admiration of the heroic , and to none do the records which describe how men have won the Victoria Cross in a great war , come with more personal ana abiding sympathy than to our many readers , Freemasons though we be all . We need
not recur to an " oft told tale" to day , neither will our space permit it . Suffice it to say that to all who like to pore over the accounts of indiudual gallantry and soldierly daring and which have won the sovereign ' s approval and the most honourable of distinctions , the Victoria Cross , Major Knollys book will be bolh acceptable and very readable . We recommend it to those of our numerous friendly subscribers who have not yet forgotten , ( let them
never forget ) , their old admiration for the brave , or parted with their pleasure in thc annals of the chivalrous and true , like those who compose that fine army we are proud to call our own . People often talk to-day of the degeneracy of thc age , but we are among those who firmly believe that wherever the English Army may be , " Quo fas ct gloria ducunt" our gallant hosts , they will always manfully do their duty , deserve the approbation of the Queen , and uphold the honour of Old England .
" Eight Years a Blue Coat Boy ; or Dundalker ' s School Days . " Dean & Son . We have read this publication with much pleasure . It is no doubt one of those numerous gay and fluttering little "brochures" which the present " crisis" in the history of the school has called into the full blaze of daylight and which probably otherwise would have been born to " blush
unseen and waste their sweetness in the desert air . " But still , like Bro . Blanch ' s work , to which we alluded last week , we are glad to have read it as we think , just as in the former case that it does all credit to the writer , and is likely to do much good in removing prejudice and obviating injustice . It is very amusing in ils individuality , so to say , and we think we can fairly predicate for it much
popularity and many patrons . VVe cannot unfortunately , deal with it in detail , but thc account of the medical partnership between Duniialker and Gab lot will raise in many of our readers a hearty laugh , though some of us perhaps may think that those eminent practitioners , like some of our acquaintance , have skilfully traded on vcrv little indeed . We shall perhaps be inclined to say that .
like the partnership between Bob Sawyer and Mr . Allen , of immortal memory , there was something very " rum" in the whole transaction . To all our readers who have not lost all memories of pleasant school-days and sturdy mates , The forms , the books , The glories , the disgraces , The presence of kind friends ,
The looks of old familiar faces , this little work will be very welcome . We are most glad to note that the writer manfully stares that the " training and education " he had received at Christ ' s Hospital are an invaluable prtparation for the great battle of life .
" The Church of England Pulpit and Ecclesiastical Review . " No . 85 , Vol . IV . R . H . Mason , 160 , Fleet Street . We have received this number of a well-known theological journal , which contains two sermons specially deserving attention , namely , one by our esteemed Past Grand Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . H . J . Simpson , and the other by
Canon Liddon . It is of course impossible in the Freemason to review as only they can properly be reviewed , sermons , quasermons , at all , except purely Masonic ones , inasmuch as they impinge on the limits , which in our peaceful Order restrain us carefully and confessedly from all religious controversy and speculation . But we may be permitted , we think , to observe that the sermon of our worthy Past
Grand Chaplain is an able and eloquent production , and one which to many will appear alike most effective and convincing ; of course , such is the inevitable consequence of all theological positions , that it is almost impossible to dilate upon any point on which the " rabies thcologorum " or the " odium thelogicum , " will not lift up its unhealthy voice . It is a very curious fact per se , account for it how
you may , that in nothing do men ' s minds differ so much and so widely as in religious teaching , and in the assumption of religious dogma , and wc shall not , we think , exceed the truth when we say , that with very few exceptions indeed , there is scarcely any assertion of religious doctrine concern , ing which we do not differ , and must agree to differ now . That it will always bc so we do not say ; but so it
undoubtedly is " pour le moment , " regret it as we may , deny it as we will . All that we can say , therefore , is , ( for if we said more we should be outstepping the goodly line of demarcation which Freemasonry lays down for all its alumni ) , that our brother the Past Grancl Chaplain maintains effectively , in the sermon we have mentioned , his well-known reputation as a zealous and eloquent preacher . We need hardly add anything here , as indeed , we
equally are estopped Masonically in respect of Canon Liddon's remarkable discourse . His fame as an almost unequalled ecclesiastical orator in his generation is well known in the city of London , and those who venerate the " sanctitas loci" of old St . Paul ' s may be glad to feel that they are able , within its venerated walls , to listen to arguments alike weighty , striking , logical , and which , while they challenge the admiration of the intellectual and
Reviews.
the critical , also strike a most harmonious chord in tbe sympathies of the believing and the associations of the earnest and religously minded of those vast congregations who admire his great gifts and listen with rapt attention to his moving words .
" Death of Saul and other Eistedfodd Prize Poems . " By J . C . MANNING . J . C . Manning , Swansea . We have perused this collection of poetry with a great deal of gratification , and we only wish that our space p rmitted us , ( which it does not ) , to give some specimens of very unique extracts , and some ( as we hold ) true poetry to our many indulgent readers . We are , however , happy
to learn that a full review of this little work will appear in the Masonic Magazine for October , and to it we refer our friends ; we have , however , no hesitation in saying that we augur very favourably of the future promise of the writer and that we shall look forward to still more elaborate representations , both of his power and his ability . Unfortunately so many are the demands on the pages of the Freemason that we have been compelled , despite the pleasing
temptation , sternly to proscribe all poetical contributions from our hebdomadal columns . And while we sincerel y regret that we cannot give those who honour us with their patronage any selections from Bro . Manning ' s book , we emphatically recommend it to their favourable notice and perusal . Wc trust that the review in the Masonic Maga . zinc for October will do full justice to Bro . Manning ' s meritorious little volume .
•' Industry and Idleness : A Moral Contrast . " Williams and Son , Eton . We have received and read with pleasure this useful and interesting little talc . It is alike well put together and suggests a very valuable moral , especially for our young men , who are rather apt to think just r . o-, v , that others have worked like bees in the hive , and
laid up a goodly store of honey , and that , there , fore , they may act the part of spendthrift wasps , or idle drones . No greater mistake was ever committed than to suppose that any of us were intended by the Great Archi . tect of the Universe to live in sybaritic idleness here below . It is true that we do not and cannot all walk in the same way , for some , must work with their hands and others
with their brains , if the fabric of societyand of the world is to be safely kept in order , is to move on aright for the happiness and well-being of all classes , the most severed and the most contrasted , rich and poor , all alike . In our opinion no more sad social heresy was ever propounded than that which would maintain the absence of a golden link of brotherhood and common interest running through
all classes and all conditions of mankind , and , above all , which would encourage the tendency to make the labours and stores of the . past , minister to the selfishness and hurtful habits of a relaxed morality , or the idle follies of the dissipated and the thoughtless . All , remember , have to do something for the common welfare of mankind , be they who they may , " pro bono publico , " and nothing is so sad to note in thc aimless lives and
garish follies , often of all classes amongst us , but especially of far too many of our younger generation , a forgettulness of their solemn responsibility in thia respect . We thank the writer of this effective little tale for calling our attention carefully to the condition and consequences of industry ancl idleness , as affecting the " morale " of society and the happiness of the " home , " and we trust that his ingenious and interesting narrative may have much success and many readers .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
ACCOUNT OF T ' . IE BUILDING OF ST . PAUL ' CATHEDRAL . I have always heard that among thc Tanner MSS . in the Bodelian are to be found many of the accounts of the building of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Will any kind brother amuse himself during the long vacation by looking over them , and noting their contents .
LELAND ' S MSS . In a history of London it is stated that Leland ' s MSS . were formerly in the Library at St . James ' s Palace . If this should meet the eye of our esteemed Bro . Holmes , the Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle , he perhaps might tell
us where they are now . 1 do not know whether there is a library at Buckingham Palace . I have in the meantime asked at the . British Museum if they by any chance they are there . MASONIC S TUDENT .
NEW ZEALAND ARCHAEOLOGY . —At a recent meeting of the Christchurch Philosophical Institution , President Haast gave an account of the discovery of remarkable ancient rock paintings in the Weka Pass Ranges . He exhibited careful drawings of them . Some of them are isft . long ; they represent animals of foreign countries ,
weapons , and dresses of semi-civilized people ; underneath are characters like those of the Tamil language , and those on thc ancient hill found in the North Island . The AVw Zealand Herald has been informed by a gentleman who has lately returned from Rotorua that a notice has been issued by the natives prohibiting any persons fromtakw ?' photographs of the scenery unless they pay £ ¦
>•MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . P . Philp ° ' * M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent pos free from the office of this paper on receipt of startiy * ° post-office order value 3 s . 2 d . ADVT .
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Original Correspondence.
medical treatment as an act of humanitarian and personal kindness , and any proposal to change such a system is alike revolutionary and ' absurd . It Js change for change sake , Yours fraternally , AI * CH . *; OI . OGIST .
A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — A . is a subscribing member to a lodge ; B . a visitor to the said lodge . A . objects sitting in lodge with B ., and his reason for acting as such is that , having been libelled
and grossly insulted , it is a thing impossible . C , the W . M ., requests that the two brethren retire and settle their difference . A . declines to retire . C . rules that the two brethren remain in lodge ; if this don ' t suit , A . may retire from the lodge . A . protests against the ruling of the W . M . " and asks to retire .
The question arises , is the W . M . " censurable " by the Grand Lodge of England , for the partiality shown to the visitor ? In my humble opinion a visitor cannot claim entry to a lodge if the subscribing member finds it impossible to sit with him . Yours fraternally , E . M .
EXPRESS FOR THIRD CLASS FARES . To thc Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I was much pleased to sec your paper had given notice of the above movement , which has been talked of in Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Derbyshire . There is no doubt that the public generally owe Mr .
Allport , of the Midland Railway , a debt of gratitude for what he has done in reducing fares and adding to the comfort of railway travellers . Besides which the directors of the Midland system act with more liberality to their servants and their wives and families in giving them free passes during the excursion seasons , to enable them to enjoy themselves at the sea side or elsewhere as their inclinations lead
them . I have been a railway servant about twenty years , and have always had a pass for myself and wife until now ; when , through some freak of the directors ( not the Midland ) I have been mulcted of the one for my wife this
year . I suppose railway servants ought not to have wives . I do hope the public will respond to the proposition you have made in your journal . Yours fraternally , H . W .
THE TYNEWYDD COLLIERS . [ We take the following characteristic letter from The Times of August 17 th . ] Sir , —I should be much obliged if you would be so kind to put these few lines in your newspaper . I wish to thank Her Majesty tho Queen for the First Class Albert Medal
which Lord Aberdeen was commissioned to present . And next , I thank Major Duncan for presenting mc with the Medal of the Order of St . John of Jerusalem . Then I wish to thank the Lord Mayor and the subscribers to the Mansion House Fund and others for the money I have received from them ; and I wish to thank the Members of
Parliament for their kindness in presenting me with a watch and chain . I wish to say 1 am very proud of the rewards that I have received , and little did I think the public would take as much interest in it as they did when we were working to rescue the men . Porth , Rhondda Valley . ISAAC PRIDE , Collier .
The Rubens Tercentenary.—The Queen
THE RUBENS TERCENTENARY . —The Queen
has permitted photographs lo be taken of the Rubens pictures at Buckingham I'a lace for the Antwerp Exhibition of copies of works ol the master , which begins on the 19 th inst . The King of Sweden , the Madrid Museum , the galleries of Oldenburg , Munich , Dresden , Cassel , the Hague , Dublin , and several French galleries have
contributed copies of their pictures , as have the Duke of Buckingham and Earl Spencer . The Madrid Museum has sent not less than 30 new photographs . There are 1500 p ictures known as the works of Rubens in existence , and the catalogue of the Exhibition shows the variety of subjects treated . It is in the following sections : —Old Testa , ment , New Testament , sacred history and allegory , virgins ,
saints , fable , profane history and allegory , portraits , hunting pictures , landscapes , miscellaneous subjects . There are very many different treatments , which it will be interesting to compare , of the Adoration of the Magi , thc Adoration of the Shepherds , the Descent from the Cross , the Assumption of the Virgin . Besides the photographs and engravings of Rubens , some relics of the master will
be exhibited , such as the sword given him by the Emperor , his collar , thc diamond he wore in his hat , his autographs , and remarkable tapestry belonging to him at the time when , in the character of a leading citizen of Antwerp , he arranged the triumphal entry of Ferdinand of Spain . About 500 pictures by divers artists will be exhibited , with objects of ancient art , besides the Rubens exhibition . The
Plantin-Moretus exhibition , in Plantin ' s house , illustrating the history of piinting and engraving in the Low Countries for two centuries and a half , will be opened . The choir for the cantata was to consist of 1000 voices . It is now announced that there will be 1200 performers , and that the chimes of the ancient city and a peal of cannon will be laid under contribution by the composer ( Paul Benoit ) to increase the volume of sound .
WELSH SPEAKING CLERGY . —TheBishopand the Dean of Bangor have put forth an appeal for £ 1500 per annum to educate Welsh students at Bangor and Oxford ( giving a course of eight years , instruction ) , to secure a cultured clergy speaking Welsh .
Reviews.
Reviews .
" Deeds of Daring Library . —The Victoria Cross in the Crimea : " By MAJOR KNOLLYS , G , * rd Highlanders . Dean and Son . Major Knollys is an agreeable writer , and his works are popular and interesting . We all of us , whatever our age may be , delight in reading feats of heroism , of danger bravely encountered , of perils nobly overcome , and Major Knollys
also appeals to an Englishman ' s pride in the acts of a gallant and devoted army . As Freemasons , we do not lose our sense of patriotism or our admiration of the heroic , and to none do the records which describe how men have won the Victoria Cross in a great war , come with more personal ana abiding sympathy than to our many readers , Freemasons though we be all . We need
not recur to an " oft told tale" to day , neither will our space permit it . Suffice it to say that to all who like to pore over the accounts of indiudual gallantry and soldierly daring and which have won the sovereign ' s approval and the most honourable of distinctions , the Victoria Cross , Major Knollys book will be bolh acceptable and very readable . We recommend it to those of our numerous friendly subscribers who have not yet forgotten , ( let them
never forget ) , their old admiration for the brave , or parted with their pleasure in thc annals of the chivalrous and true , like those who compose that fine army we are proud to call our own . People often talk to-day of the degeneracy of thc age , but we are among those who firmly believe that wherever the English Army may be , " Quo fas ct gloria ducunt" our gallant hosts , they will always manfully do their duty , deserve the approbation of the Queen , and uphold the honour of Old England .
" Eight Years a Blue Coat Boy ; or Dundalker ' s School Days . " Dean & Son . We have read this publication with much pleasure . It is no doubt one of those numerous gay and fluttering little "brochures" which the present " crisis" in the history of the school has called into the full blaze of daylight and which probably otherwise would have been born to " blush
unseen and waste their sweetness in the desert air . " But still , like Bro . Blanch ' s work , to which we alluded last week , we are glad to have read it as we think , just as in the former case that it does all credit to the writer , and is likely to do much good in removing prejudice and obviating injustice . It is very amusing in ils individuality , so to say , and we think we can fairly predicate for it much
popularity and many patrons . VVe cannot unfortunately , deal with it in detail , but thc account of the medical partnership between Duniialker and Gab lot will raise in many of our readers a hearty laugh , though some of us perhaps may think that those eminent practitioners , like some of our acquaintance , have skilfully traded on vcrv little indeed . We shall perhaps be inclined to say that .
like the partnership between Bob Sawyer and Mr . Allen , of immortal memory , there was something very " rum" in the whole transaction . To all our readers who have not lost all memories of pleasant school-days and sturdy mates , The forms , the books , The glories , the disgraces , The presence of kind friends ,
The looks of old familiar faces , this little work will be very welcome . We are most glad to note that the writer manfully stares that the " training and education " he had received at Christ ' s Hospital are an invaluable prtparation for the great battle of life .
" The Church of England Pulpit and Ecclesiastical Review . " No . 85 , Vol . IV . R . H . Mason , 160 , Fleet Street . We have received this number of a well-known theological journal , which contains two sermons specially deserving attention , namely , one by our esteemed Past Grand Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . H . J . Simpson , and the other by
Canon Liddon . It is of course impossible in the Freemason to review as only they can properly be reviewed , sermons , quasermons , at all , except purely Masonic ones , inasmuch as they impinge on the limits , which in our peaceful Order restrain us carefully and confessedly from all religious controversy and speculation . But we may be permitted , we think , to observe that the sermon of our worthy Past
Grand Chaplain is an able and eloquent production , and one which to many will appear alike most effective and convincing ; of course , such is the inevitable consequence of all theological positions , that it is almost impossible to dilate upon any point on which the " rabies thcologorum " or the " odium thelogicum , " will not lift up its unhealthy voice . It is a very curious fact per se , account for it how
you may , that in nothing do men ' s minds differ so much and so widely as in religious teaching , and in the assumption of religious dogma , and wc shall not , we think , exceed the truth when we say , that with very few exceptions indeed , there is scarcely any assertion of religious doctrine concern , ing which we do not differ , and must agree to differ now . That it will always bc so we do not say ; but so it
undoubtedly is " pour le moment , " regret it as we may , deny it as we will . All that we can say , therefore , is , ( for if we said more we should be outstepping the goodly line of demarcation which Freemasonry lays down for all its alumni ) , that our brother the Past Grancl Chaplain maintains effectively , in the sermon we have mentioned , his well-known reputation as a zealous and eloquent preacher . We need hardly add anything here , as indeed , we
equally are estopped Masonically in respect of Canon Liddon's remarkable discourse . His fame as an almost unequalled ecclesiastical orator in his generation is well known in the city of London , and those who venerate the " sanctitas loci" of old St . Paul ' s may be glad to feel that they are able , within its venerated walls , to listen to arguments alike weighty , striking , logical , and which , while they challenge the admiration of the intellectual and
Reviews.
the critical , also strike a most harmonious chord in tbe sympathies of the believing and the associations of the earnest and religously minded of those vast congregations who admire his great gifts and listen with rapt attention to his moving words .
" Death of Saul and other Eistedfodd Prize Poems . " By J . C . MANNING . J . C . Manning , Swansea . We have perused this collection of poetry with a great deal of gratification , and we only wish that our space p rmitted us , ( which it does not ) , to give some specimens of very unique extracts , and some ( as we hold ) true poetry to our many indulgent readers . We are , however , happy
to learn that a full review of this little work will appear in the Masonic Magazine for October , and to it we refer our friends ; we have , however , no hesitation in saying that we augur very favourably of the future promise of the writer and that we shall look forward to still more elaborate representations , both of his power and his ability . Unfortunately so many are the demands on the pages of the Freemason that we have been compelled , despite the pleasing
temptation , sternly to proscribe all poetical contributions from our hebdomadal columns . And while we sincerel y regret that we cannot give those who honour us with their patronage any selections from Bro . Manning ' s book , we emphatically recommend it to their favourable notice and perusal . Wc trust that the review in the Masonic Maga . zinc for October will do full justice to Bro . Manning ' s meritorious little volume .
•' Industry and Idleness : A Moral Contrast . " Williams and Son , Eton . We have received and read with pleasure this useful and interesting little talc . It is alike well put together and suggests a very valuable moral , especially for our young men , who are rather apt to think just r . o-, v , that others have worked like bees in the hive , and
laid up a goodly store of honey , and that , there , fore , they may act the part of spendthrift wasps , or idle drones . No greater mistake was ever committed than to suppose that any of us were intended by the Great Archi . tect of the Universe to live in sybaritic idleness here below . It is true that we do not and cannot all walk in the same way , for some , must work with their hands and others
with their brains , if the fabric of societyand of the world is to be safely kept in order , is to move on aright for the happiness and well-being of all classes , the most severed and the most contrasted , rich and poor , all alike . In our opinion no more sad social heresy was ever propounded than that which would maintain the absence of a golden link of brotherhood and common interest running through
all classes and all conditions of mankind , and , above all , which would encourage the tendency to make the labours and stores of the . past , minister to the selfishness and hurtful habits of a relaxed morality , or the idle follies of the dissipated and the thoughtless . All , remember , have to do something for the common welfare of mankind , be they who they may , " pro bono publico , " and nothing is so sad to note in thc aimless lives and
garish follies , often of all classes amongst us , but especially of far too many of our younger generation , a forgettulness of their solemn responsibility in thia respect . We thank the writer of this effective little tale for calling our attention carefully to the condition and consequences of industry ancl idleness , as affecting the " morale " of society and the happiness of the " home , " and we trust that his ingenious and interesting narrative may have much success and many readers .
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
ACCOUNT OF T ' . IE BUILDING OF ST . PAUL ' CATHEDRAL . I have always heard that among thc Tanner MSS . in the Bodelian are to be found many of the accounts of the building of St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Will any kind brother amuse himself during the long vacation by looking over them , and noting their contents .
LELAND ' S MSS . In a history of London it is stated that Leland ' s MSS . were formerly in the Library at St . James ' s Palace . If this should meet the eye of our esteemed Bro . Holmes , the Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle , he perhaps might tell
us where they are now . 1 do not know whether there is a library at Buckingham Palace . I have in the meantime asked at the . British Museum if they by any chance they are there . MASONIC S TUDENT .
NEW ZEALAND ARCHAEOLOGY . —At a recent meeting of the Christchurch Philosophical Institution , President Haast gave an account of the discovery of remarkable ancient rock paintings in the Weka Pass Ranges . He exhibited careful drawings of them . Some of them are isft . long ; they represent animals of foreign countries ,
weapons , and dresses of semi-civilized people ; underneath are characters like those of the Tamil language , and those on thc ancient hill found in the North Island . The AVw Zealand Herald has been informed by a gentleman who has lately returned from Rotorua that a notice has been issued by the natives prohibiting any persons fromtakw ?' photographs of the scenery unless they pay £ ¦
>•MASONIC SONGS . —A selection of Masonic Songs set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . P . Philp ° ' * M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent pos free from the office of this paper on receipt of startiy * ° post-office order value 3 s . 2 d . ADVT .