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aggravations of Avickedness and sin , that they cried to heaven for mercy . At this the Deity greAV angry , and the heavens were clothed with blackness and terror ; the sea began to swell as if it meant to unite Avith the clouds for man ' s

destruction ; a great noise Avas heard aloft , such as useth to dismay mortal Avretches ; and thunder and lightning flashed from the poles , such as seemed to threaten a final Avrack to the earth , but as if the world needed cleansing of its defilements , then

came a flood that covered all nations in their depths . * The Deity graciously exercised his forbearance during the period of 120 years , that his creatures might have an opportunity of averting the threatened

punishment by repentance . The people did not repent , and his grace was exercised in vain . "Hesiod describes the Titans , previous to their destruction , as contending in battle with the giants . These , no less than the Titans , I take to be the

Antediluvian Nephelim of the JeAvish Legislator ; and the war betAveen them seems to relate to the dreadful state of rapine , anarchy , profligacy , and laAvless violence , in Avhich mankind Avere involved previous to the catastrophe of the deluge . Hence Lycophron here properly represents Jupiter as attacking at the same time both the

giants and the Titans . If Saturn be Noah , of AvMch there cannot be much doubt , the Titans must be the Antediluvians , and their overthi-OAV the catastrophe of the deluge . It is worthy of observation , that one part of this tradition carries us back to a period

anterior to the epoch of the flood , and represents the whole race of primitive Titans , as subject to the domination of the serpent , prince Ophion ; and it is not improbable , that the universal subjugation of the Titans by Ophion may signify the

universal corruption of the Antediluvians % the arts of the infernal serpent . "t The Koran says " they devised a dangerous plot against Noah ; and the chief Bttaa said to the others : ye shall by no means leave your gods , neither shall ye forsake

Wadd , nor Sowa , nor Yaghuth , ftnd Yank , and Nese . And they seduced aa ny , and because of their sins they Avere

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drowned and cast into the fire of hell , and they found none to protect them against God . And Noah said , Lord , leave not any families of the unbelievers on the earth , for if thou leave them , they will seduce th y servants , and there Avill be none left but

the wicked and unbelieving . " Cardinal Pole has compared tho sins and enormities of the Antediluvians Avith those Avhich exist amongst ourselves . " Rebellibus tempore Noe , ob spretaus predicationem Noe diluvio absorptis respondent rebellestoto hoc

tempore quo prcedicatur evangelium , quos diluvium irce divinas obruit et perdit . Contra panels illis in aqua sorvatis , respondent fideles , qui prce incredulis sunt panci , servandi per mortem et resurrectionem Christi . Ex hoc loco colligitur ,

christum fuisse tempore Noe , quiva tunc prcedicasse dicitur . " * To be Continued .

Address Of The Grand Master, J. H. Graham, L.L.D., &C.

ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER , J . H . GRAHAM , L . L . D ., & c .

( Continued from page 336 . ) AMONG the many incidents peculiar to this "Centennial" year of our good brethren and nei g hbours of the great republic on our southern boundary , has been the thrusting into what 1 cannot otherwise

than consider the undue ancl unwise prominence of the subject of the coloured private and Grand Lodges , so-called , reported to exist there , and likeAvise to call attention to those claiming existence in the province of OntarioAvhose application

, for recognition has heretofore been laid before me . It appears to me to be far better for the coloured people themselves for us patiently to await the more full development of their destiny on this continent .

The gravest possible doubts exist in my mind as to the regularity of any of those so-called lodges of coloured Freemasons , either in the United States or Canada , and hence , if they are irregular as I believe , no proposals for their recognition can be entertained by this or any other