Extract From An Address ,

South stands arrayed against a solid South . Not so with' Masonry . Her General Grand Chapter has just been held . In the list of officers elect we read the names of men from every section . Some from the North , some from the South . One from Boston , the hot-bed of abolitionism ; another from New Orleans , the chief city of the late slave-holding states . All dwelling together in unity . What a monument this is ! Here is one institution that has broken

down party lines and abrogated territorial boundaries ; one body of men , knowing no North—no South , and declaring , in actions kind ancl true , that we are one people , from the Gulf of Mexico to the pine-clad hills ot Maine . We have gathered together the bitterest political opponents ancl the most zealous religionists , all joining in one accord as brothers , exemplifying the lesson taught us of the " fatherhood of God ancl the brotherhood of man . "

Yet we are dangerous to society ! to State ! and to Church ! We are anathematized by the Pope , excommunicated by Cynosurians , and read out of the Government by dead politicians . If any man doubts the loyalty of Masonry to free government let me remind him that the blood of Joseph Warren , the first Grand Master of Masons in America , baptised the soil of Bunker Hill as a memorial of freedom ; that the

young and gallant Frenchman , Lafayette , who left his beautiful France to bare his breast to the storm of war for our liberty , was a Mason ; that the hero of New Orleans was once Grand Master of Tennessee , and he who humbled proud Santa Anna Avas one of us . But , above all , we proudly point to that illustrious father of American Independence , who was first in war , first in peace , first in the hearts of his countrymen , and first in his attachments to Masonry .

Masonry is not to be disturbed in her triumphant march b y these little ripples upon the surface of public sentiment . She has a mission to perform , which will continue while time shall last ; a mission which will never end as long as the exercise of " Brotherl y Love , Relief , and Truth " are necessary for the welfare and happiness of man . The clouds may gather , the darkness thicken , and the storm beat upon her walls , but the Genius of Masonry

will ride high over all , bearing foremost and uppermost that great light which is the anchor of our hopes , both sure and steadfast . She has stood the test of over twenty-eight centuries , through bad as well as good report . She has seen continents discovered , kingdoms and empires rise and then crumble into decay . She has seen secret societies steal her livery , flourish for a time , and then vanish like the morning clew . Yetnotwithstanding all the mutations

, of time , and the many persecutions of State and Church with which she has had to contend , she still lives , a glorious reality , with principles as pure ancl spotless as when first founded , ancl which will continue to live until the sun and moon are blotted from the blue arch of heaven , and the death angel has gathered the last sheaf into the garners above . —Masonic Advocate .

Once Upon A Time.

ONCE UPON A TIME .

BY THEOl'HIl / OS TOMLINSON . T CAME across these words in an old diary the other day , ancl they carried - * - me back through many years , other days , and other scenes and other friends , and made such an impression upon me , so serious and so sentimental for the " nonce , " that I determined to put down my ideas and feelings and remembrances on paper , and send them to the Editor , for the benefit of the readers of Bro . Kenning ' s Magazine . 2 o