Papers On The Great Pyramid.

Avas the cauldron of Ceridwen of the British Druids , Avhence secrets Avere learned by special and Divine inspiration . It AA'as at once the tomb and the portal to immortality . In a country where , and in an epoch AA'hen , certainly , eternity and eternal life occupied more of the popular thought than in any other clime or time , this precious sign of death and life would be watched over Avith most jealous care . "Becentlya remarkable American AvorkArt Magichas given a Pyramid

interpre-, , , tation . The author speaks of the marvellous as " a sarcophagus for living men , for those initiates Avho Avere there taught the solemn problems of life and death , ancl through the instrumentality of that very Coffer attained to that glorious birth of the Spirit—that second birth so significantly described ! He adds these Avords , understood in various senses : — ' Slain by violence ancl laid in the coffer , Avith him is destroyed the Master ' s Word , on which the building of the great temple depends . ' "

_ No wonder that such mon regard the Pyramid as a Masonic Lodge devoted to initiation into the hi gher mysteries . This could not have been the purpose of the Great Pyramid , else ivhy that " scaling of the . passages " Avhich has been already described . Whatever the true purpose was , it could not require a continuous intercourse with the interior to AA'ork it out . Hence the connection betAveen Masonry and the Great Pyramid must have been in its origin , and in my concluding article next month I shall endeavour

to SIIOAV that while the primary purpose of the Great Pyramid was that of a monument of witness to _ the Lord , it is in keeping AA'ith its Masonic character that the secrets committed to its keeping should remain unknoAvn until that is , until the world should be prepared to receive its Avituess . If any should demur , as some have already done , to a Avitness of this character ; should ridicule secrets Avhich remained secrets until independently discovered ; let them reflect that such a witness is in strict keeping Avith

the S pirit of Prophecy , as it is Avritten : " Seal tho book , even to the time of the end . " Alfreton , April 30 th , 1878 . ( To be Continued . )

"Kick Him Down."

"KICK HIM DOWN . "

IF , in the treacherous paths of life , Thy brother ' s foot should slip , And AVOKIS of folly or of strife Fall from a thoughtless lip : Or if , perchance , as many say , "Dame Fortune shifts her gown , " And blight his prospects in a clay , The cry is , " Kick him down !"

Whate ' er his state in life has been , If honest , Avorthy , wise—Or if he wealth y hours has seen , Of course—you'll shut your eyes . If poverty , with galling chain , Makes him the talk of town—If

, struggling , he attempts to rise , The cry is— "Kick him cWn ! " If solitude and penitence For errors be his lot—If conscience brings remembrance ' Of follies oft forgot—