A Pcean.

I , efc those who rail at secrecy , pray tell us what is life , The greatest mystery yet unsolved , although with theories rife , Why God , the mighty builder , veils his purposes from view ,

Why nature teems with labyrinths , we grope and wander through , God ' s hallowed truths , to us revealed—the basis of our art , Are hidden from the vulgar gaze , and graven on the heart .

The Temple of the Universe , which God himself hath made , With what a grand mosaic is its beauteous pavement laid , Tall mountains with cloud-chapiters , the fabric rests upon , Hoofed with the blue ethereal sky , illumined

by the sun ; 'Mid songs of birds and murmuring streams , and thunders deep and loud , The novice makes his progress from the cradle to the shroud .

What honoured names on history ' s page o ' er whose brave deeds we pore , Have knelt before our sacred shrine , and trod the checkered floor , Kings , princes , statesmen , heroes , bs xls , who squared their actions trim , Botwen the Pillars of the Porch , they pass

in strong review . 0 Brothers ! what a glorious though ! for us to dwell upon , The mystic tie which binds our hearts , binds that of England's Son .

Although our past achievements , we with conscious pride review , As long as there ' s Rough Ashlars , there is work for us to do , We still must shape the living stones with instruments of love , For the eternal mansion in the Paradise

above , Toiled as we ' ve toiled in ages past , to carry out the plan'Tis this : the Fatherhood of God , the Brotherhood of Man . Bito . BEST , MAY , 187 G

Social Problems And Their Peaceful Solution.

SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION .

BY BRO . REV . W .-TEBBS . II . CREATION AND RECREATION . ( Continual from page 502 . J " A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance . " "A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity . "

WORK having been established as the normal condition of man , it follows that in order that this condition may be fulfilled to the greatest possible extent , he must use his best endeavours to keep himself fitted for his task . No machine will do its work properl

y , unless it bo kept in good running order , and to this end wherever there is waste there must be immediate repair ; and , if true economy be studied , such waste will bo , as far as possible , presented . Now man , as a worker , is but a machine ,

and the svaste caused b y the friction of the wear aud tear of brain or body , as the case may be , must be repaired by stated intervals of rest ; such friction of wear and tear being reduced at the outset to a minimum by the oiling process of recreation . Which recreation , giving time as it does , either by the diversion of mental or muscular force into other than the wonted direction , or by

the calling into play other qualities of mind or muscle , and thus giving rest to those in use in the more wonted or serious business of life—work—affords these an opportunity of self-renewal and repair , and thus gives reality to the term , and constitutes it in very truth—re-creation .

With regard to rest , be it mental or be it bodily , it is idle to suppose that all that is needful is afforded to a working-man in the hours allotted to sleep , be they ever so ample . Sleep , it is true , relaxes the muscle , and so rests the work-wearied limbsand

, even by its temporaril y benumbing influence , affords repose to the over-tasked brain . But something more than this is needed . Continued friction will wear out at last even the smoothest working bearing , and no amount of mere standing still will

repair these gradual ravages of friction . Still oiling will delay its effects to an indefinite time j how to extend this delaying process to the longest possible period is the