Monthly Masonic Summary.

masonry has outlived all such attacks , and we do not fear anything so able a person can say in depreciation of our good old Order . We , on the contrary , would rather say to that very able and

astute ecclesiastic ( if he would listen to a Freemason ) , "leave well alone "leave us alone . Your attacks are utterly useless ; your waste of words is

all to no purpose . The answer to your incrimination and condemnation is plain and ready , and is , in fact , that good old advice , which cannot be too often remembered or repeated , "What have

you to do with us ; pray , mind your own business . " In England we are under the protection of our wise and tolerant laws ; we are peaceable citizens , loyal subjects , friends ever of order and government o J

charitable , benevolent , tolerant ; what have you to do with us ? What have you to say against us ? We do not antagonize you . We go on our way ; you surely can go on yours—there

mustbe room in the world for us both ! We deny your authority to condemn , we doubt your knowledge of our system , and we repudiate any claim the Chief Pontiff makes over the whole world

or his flock , and remembering former edicts as well as recent manifestoes , we have the very lowest opinion of the wisdom , or the fairness , or the propriety , or the truthfulness , which has dictated

the anti-Masonic utterance of the Eornan Curia . Therefore , leave us alone , for we are neither alarmed by anathemas , or impeded by condemnations . We shall pursue the even tenour of our

way m charity and toleration and goodwill to all , no one being in any way competent to hinder the spread of our Order , and no one by any means being able to make us afraid . Bro . W . J . Hughan has published his

most interesting "Memorials of the Union of 1813 , " with Fifield Dassigny ' s Pamphlet , which we commend to the notice at once of all our readers , as the number for sale is very limited .

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The Voice Of The Builders.

THE VOICE OF THE BUILDERS .

RY OLIO STANLEY . First Wisdom spake : " I have contrived The plan on which to build A temple grand , with whose renown The ages shall be filled ; Through whose bright halls your willing feet To walk shall never cease ;

For all my ways are pleastantness , And all my paths are peace ! " Then STRENGTH gave voice : " It shall be mine Its pillars to support , To glorify in Heaven-built walls From porch to inner court ; Mine to uphold its lofty roof With emphasis sublime , While temples built by man alone Yield to the touch of time . "

Then BEAUTY : "' Tis my sphere t' adorn Your walls with living light ; To prophesy of coming days Whose dawn shall be more bright Than rose of morning , noon-day's gold , Than light of sun or star ; Behold , upon the eastern hills Your King ' s triumphal car !

" He comes in His imperial robe And glittering diadem : The stars are but seed-pearls upon His garment ' s purple hem ; We serve Him where he entereth in , — Our plans but shadow His ; Lo , Earth and Air and Sea give praise For all that in them is !

" He holdeth all things by his might , Appoints each star its track ; From the beginning God hath looked ; We turn the pages back . Our God is WISDOM , He is STRENGTH , And BEAUTY , three in one ; He gave us being , and controls The work that we have done . " Keystone