Naming The Baby.

the beauty of the service , and the silvery tones of the good bishop , I am afraid that my eyes kept Avandoring where stood that most-, demure and comely of godmothers , soothing ihe Ride bnite . if ii i-.- . uld br

soothed , with smiles whie ' b yrore invahiable , aud with attentions \ vh . i .-h . were most delightful . But I fear that I am getting sentimental . The excellent Bishop hesitated a little at St . Julian , it Avas someAvhat of a strain upon his Protestant princiles

p , but he at leng th named the shrieking baby Athelstan Brian St . Julian , and gave it back somewhat hastily to Sybilla , Avho equa'l y hastily , and , 1 thought , with no little satisfaction , consigned it at once to the care of the venerable maid .

I hope that Athelstan Brian St . Julian Avill behave better in after years , for not only did he forcibl y yell all through the beautiful service , but he kicked the kind Bishop with the greatest energy . Still the sacred ceremony was

overanother little Neophyte Avas admitted into the great army of the faithful , and if ( true type of human life ) , its career began in tears , let us hope that in its after struggles it may one day yet " reap in joy . " I said to Sybilla after the service"

, you seemed to have hard work to hold the baby . " "Oh , yes , " she replied , "the little varlet Avas like most men in general , they never know Avhen they are well off . But to tell you the truth , I don ' t often officiate , as I ahvays think ' maiden aunts' i-. nd women

of a ' certain age' make the best godmothers . " " Nobody could do it better , or look it better than you , " I observed , " and I think that the baby , as everybody else thought , Avas very lucky , young cub , to bo so petted and taken care of . " And then Ave

adjourned to the hospitable mansion of Mr . and Mrs . Baliol , Avhere we wished life , happiness , and prosperit y to the youthful Athelstan , to the tAvo grandfathers aud grandmothers , to Front de Bceuf , and to Juliana , to the good Bishop , and above all to the young Christian ' s fair and fascinating godmother . TlIEOPHlLUS ToiILIUSOX .

Grand Priory Of Canada.

GRAND PRIORY OF CANADA .

( Continued from page 220 . ) Address of the V . II . and E . Sir Kt . Col W . J . B . MCLEOD MOORE , Grand Cross

of the Temple , Grand Prior of the Dominion of Canada . Delivered to the Sir Knights assembled in Grand Priory at the Masonic Temple , Ottawa , on the irith Orfoher . A . D . 1874 .

iSoriiO ot the best Masonic auciiomies ,- ;; the oveftont uav rep ' . uhferO ine eiaiie . ot the Order to be considered the legitimate tie-:. cendauts of the Templars of the Crusades , asserting our order Avas first introduced from the continent of Europe in the middle of the last century , Avhen it is Avell known

the old military orders of the knighthood were much prized iu the so sailed higher degrees of Freemasonry , and which led to the formation of Masonic degree of knighthood , the names and historical legends being identical with these old Orders . In this

I . cannot entirely agree , as I think there appears sufficient evidence to shew that the Templar Order was never entirely suppressed , and that their legitimacy has been preserved and handed down to the present time by their connection Avith other orders

of knighthood and the Masonic society ; for so far as can be collected from Masonic history and tradition , aud tradition must not be entirety set aside , an intimate connection had long existed between the Chivalric Templars and Freemasonry

represented by the travelling Guilds or Societies AVIIO worked in stone and Avood , and AVIIO , under the direction of the ecclesiastical class , the chaplains or clerks of theTemplars , constructed the magnificent architectural and engineering Avorks that still exist in Asia and Europe , the admiration of all who behold them .

It is a mistake to suppose that the dropping of the Avord " Masonic " can be held as in any way altering the connection between the Order and Freemasonry . It is not inserted in the title of the Orders in Ireland , Scotland , or the United States , and it may not be known that the name

" Masonic Knight Templar " Avas first used at the revival in 1846 on the installation of Sir Knight Charles Keinys Kemys Tynte as Grand Master and successor to H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex , when also the control of the " Rose Croix" and

Kadosh degrees , formerly given in Templar Encampments Avas surrendered to the " Ancient and Accepted Rite " a short time previously introduced from the Un ited States of America . At this revival of the Temple , neAV statutes , as well as changes in