Royal Arch Address.

sacredness of the bond which unites hearts like ours . May tho same fraternal spirit of brotherl y love and immutable fidelit y towards each other , which is tho basis of our institution , bo over our inspiration while travelling the rough and rugged path

of life , and may the influence spread until" From pole to polo its sacred laws expand , j l '' ar as the mighty waters roll to bless remotest : land . " j And when the time shall draw near for you to leave us , may tho onl y regret of the hour be , that your stay was not longer continued , and in the lapse of years , when the angel Eeapcr has gathered us , one

alter another , to the house appointed for all living , where no mention of us more must bo heard , and tho dust and toil of laborious task is ) o ' er , may tho same fraternal spirit which your presence inspires in our hearts to-day , bo renewed within the veil of heaven , in that land where it

is one bri ght summer always , and sorrowami death shall come again no more . Until then , "Almighty Jeliovali Descend nov > - and fill Our hearts villi Thy gloiy , Our hearts with good-will .

Preside at our meetings , Assist us to find True pleasure in teaching Good-will to mankind . "

Modern Meanings To Old Words.

MODERN MEANINGS TO OLD WORDS .

Suggestion—Advice given by a servant to his employer . Young man ' s best companion—He who takes him home when he cannot take himself home . Aristocrat—One who considers tho respectability of his grandfather to be sufficient

payment for his own debts . Nuisance— 'flic disturbance caused by your nei ghbour iu making his fortune . Oversight—To leave your old umbrella in a i new room , and bring away a new one . i Science—To tie a canister to a dog ' s tail , I and observe whether he runs east or west .

Apprentice—A lad learning by experience . the tyranny necessary to make Wm n master . Unfortunate Man—One born with a conscience . Abstemious Man—One who never tastes wine or spirits—at home . ' Reflective turn—To have your umbrella turned imide out whilst turning a corner . Hi-morse—The feelings of a pickpocket canght iu the act . —Song Journal . i

Roman Catholicism And Freemasonry.—The Chatham Outrage.

ROMAN CATHOLICISM AND FREEMASONRY . —THE CHATHAM OUTRAGE .

liy BRO . CHALMKRS T . PA't'OS " , ( Pad Master , No . 393 , Kitt / land . ) "We bog leave to lay before our Masonic Brethren , a few thoughts on a

subject which Ave regard as one of great importance , and on which it is almost impossible for one to feel or to express himself too strongly , the conduct of tire Kev . Michael Cuffe , Koman Catholic Chaplain to Her Majesty ' s Forces at

Chatham , in refusing to perform the ordinary funeral service of bis Church at the funeral of Armourer Sergeant Johnstone , a Roman Catholic , on the sole ground of his having been a Freemason . The facts of the case must be

fresh in the memory of our readers , and we need not further state them . But we cannot refrain referring to the fact that after Mr . Cuffe had refused to read praj ers at the poor soldier ' s grave , on the ground already mentioned , and

another Komish priest on the ground that Mr . Cuffe was bis senior , the funeral service was at last conducted by a clergyman according to the forms of the Church of England . Thus the tender mercies of llomanism are proved to

be cruel ; and against the dark background presented hy them , Protestant charity is displayed in bright and beautiful contrast . The heartlessness

of the Eomish priests is all the more strikingly apparent , when it is considered what importance Humanists attach to prayers for the dead . But Mr . Cuffe has had the effrontery to allege the tact of Sergeant Johnstone

having been a Freemason , as a sufficient justification for refusing to read the prayers of the church at bis interment , because , he says , a Eoniaii Catholic becoming a Freemason ceases to be a Koman Catholic ; an assertion which

, to many a Koman Catholic , must be an astounding one , and , if true , would infer terrible consequences to a very great number of persons both iu this and z