Address Of P.G.M. Bro. Honrichard Vaux, At Centennial Of American Union Lodge.

and Sadducees , two of the prominent prechristian schools of religious knowledge or doctrine , which exercised a large influence , long before the coming of our blessed Saviour . These schools differed essentiall y in their respective tenets . The Sadducees maintained that the Pentateuch contained

the 613 divine laws , and that there was no oral Mosaic Law . if any such tradition was claimed ever to have been given to the Israelites , it was heterodox . They further asserted that there was no resurrection or immortality . The Sadducees were restricted in their faith to the doctrines of the inspired hooks , and they opposed all interpretations

on the text . The Pharisees maintained that oral traditions had their origin contemporaneousl y with , and were incident to the concise statements of the Pentateuch , both as explanatory of , and adjunctive to the law of Moses .

Among these oral teachings they asserted was the doctrine of the resurection and and immortality , which though not positively declared in the divine books were undoubtedly orally communicated as a necessity to the completeness of the

Abrahamic faith . It is this acceptance of oral teachings that was one of the distinctive features of the faith of the Pharisees , and it involves the conclusion that some at least of these doctrines were the outcomes from the cults of the Egyptian , Persian and Grecian mythologies . ( To be continued . )

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

BY BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries , Copenhagen ; Corresponding Member of the Moral Historical Society , London ; Honorary Member of the Manchester Literary Club , and of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society , & c , & c .

HOWEVER much we may differ in our theological opinions—and the Jew and the Mahometan have equal interest in genuine Freemasonry with the Christian—no sincere Craftsman can fail to feel glad when any of those noble fabrics erected by - our ancient operative brethren are rescued from destruction . Thus I am

pleased to see that the inhabitants of Bridlington are making strenuous efforts to preserve and restore their fine old parish church , once the Augustine Priory of St . Mary , founded by Walter de Gain and his vassals , early iu the reign of Henry the First . When societies like the "

Bridlington Foresters' Club" figure in the subscription list , surely that of the Craft should not be wanting on this or on any similar occasion . "The Bridlington and Quay Gazette , " of August Sth , lS 7 fi , remarks : —

" The holding of the Bazaar during next week , in aid of the fund now being raised to preserve and restore the parish church at Bridlington , forms a fitting opportunit y to make an appeal on its behalf to all who love these ' old grey churches of our native land ' especially to the hundreds who are now

, amongst us in search of health , or enjoyment . We do not ajipeal to the latter upon selfish grounds , hoping to escape the responsibility of keeping up the old pile , around which are clustered the remains of ten generations of honoured dead—to shift our

duty on the shoulders of others . The majority of the townspeople have done , for some time past , and still are doing , their utmost to repair the ruin wrought on the ancient structure by the decaying hand of time , and the more ruthless hand of man . Within a few years something like , £ ' 15 , 000 has been spent upon and around the church ,

and yet , unless we get help from those outside , one of the finest historic monuments of the Kingdom must remain little better than a wreck , and a reproach to the age-Therefore we earnestly ask all—and there arc very few who cannot do somethingto give a helping hand in our great work .

The present effort , -which was inaugurated at a public meeting held in February last , presided over b y His Grace the ARCHniSHOP OP YORK , is directed towards raising the sum of £ 13 , 000 to restore the tivo south clerestory windows , the whole of

the western front , ( which is absolutely in a dangerous state , ) and the erection of two towers . The committee appointed to carry out the work have called in the services of Sir GILBERT SCOTT , who has prepared the necessary plans , and as visitors to the church will have seen , the restoration of the clerestory windows is now proceeding . Towards the large sum required , £ 5 , 800