Meeting Of Grand Chapter.

would prove an antidote to the poison with which the minds of the unsuspecting had been impregnated , and at the same time strike terror into the hearts of those parties in Glasgow who had plotted the mischief , the development of which had necessitated the interference of Supreme Chapter . ( Prolonged applause . ) His Lordship then moved the following resolutionviz .

, , " That the resolutions adopted at a so-called general meeting of the Royal Arch Masons of the Western Districts , in St . Mark ' s Hall , Glasgow , on the 12 th of September , 1862 , indicate , on the part of the Companions who attended that meeting ( but whose names have not been communicated ) , a spirit of

insubordination and disobedience to the Supreme Chapter , for which there is no justification in the proceedings of the Supreme Chapter in regard to the matter of which those Companions complain , and that the demands made in those resolutions be rejected . " Tbe motion being seconded by Comp . Belfrage ,

Z . No . 1 , was unanimousl y agreed to . It was then moved by E . Comp . Sir John Douglas , K . C . B ., Depute Grand Principal ; seconded by Comp . Mann , Grand Chancellor , and unanimously agreed to . ' ¦ ' That a copy of the minutes and resolutions of the meeting , held in St . Mark ' s Hall , Glasgow , on the 12 th of September , 1862 , by parties styling themselves ' The Roval Arch Masons in the Western

Districts , ' aud a copy of the resolution now adopted by this Supreme Chapter in regard to the same , be transmitted to the following Chapters , viz .: —Nos . 18 , 22 , 35 , 50 , G 7 , 69 , 73 , 76 , 78 , and 87 ; and as it does not appear whether the resolutions adopted at the meeting held in St . Mark ' s Hall , Glasgow , have ever been seen by these Chapters—appoint these

, Chapters respectivel y to intimate to the Grand Scribe E in writing , before the 1 st of December next , whether they concur in and adopt the said resolutions of the said meeting , held in St . Mark's Hall , Glasgow , of date 12 th September , 1 S 62 , or whether they now repudiate the same . "

Some little discussion took place before this motiou was agreed to . Comps . Dr . Somerville , Skirving , and others strongly condemned the proceedings of those parties iu Glasgow who had endeavoured to excite among the subordinate Chapters a spirit of insubordination against the Supreme Grand Chapter of

Scotland ; whose dignity and Supreme authority in Royal Arch Masonry ought not to be suffered to be questioned by any set of subordinates . While they thought that more stringent measures should have been adopted in regard to those taking an active part in the illegal ancl rebellious proceedings lately transpiring in the west ; for tbe sake of unanimity they would a 2 : ree to the resolutions which had been

proposed . . On the motion of Comp . Desborough , a cordial vote of thanks was tendered to E . Comp . Whyte Melville ; and on the motion of Comp . Mann , a similar vote of thanks was tendered to E . Comps . Lord Loughborough and Sir John Douglas ; after which the Supreme Chapter was closed in clue form .

CANADA . —AVe observe , from the Toronto Glohe , that . Bro . Horatio Bana ' n , Quarter-Master Serjeant of H . M . 30 th regiment , lias . "been presented with a most elegant and valuable silver tea service , by the members of No . 1 , Merchants' Volunteer Rifle Corps , Toronto , in token of their esteem for him as their instructor . Ero . Banan hails from Lod < re 555 , Irish Register , and formerl y held office iu a lodge in the Isle of Wight .

The Master And His Brethren.

THE MASTER AND HIS BRETHREN .

The following sermon was preached at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Berks and Bucks , on Tuesday last , by Bro . the Rev . J . C . Wharton , Prov . Grand Chap ., who took as his text , " One is our Master even Christ , and all ye arc brethren . " Thus said that great Teacher who knew the heart

of man , and " spake as never man spake , " with unerring wisdom and in consummate love . Though Lord of all , he yet came as a minister , " taking on himself the form of a servant . " His words and teachings are illustrated iu his life , his life enforces and confirms his teaching . Strange that with such a

pattern for thirty-three years and more before their eyes , those who were most intimately associated with him drank in so scantily of his spirit ; and having so lovely and perfect a pattern of humility , and condescension , and forbearance , exhibited in their Master ' s lifethey were yet so often rebuked by him for the

, want of it in themselves . We are bidden in the words of the apostle in the 2 nd lesson for this afternoon ' s service to try the mind be in you , as was also in Christ Jesus , and see what manner of spirit we are of . If pride and vanity , worldliness ancl selfishness , ambition and covetousnessmark our characterswe

, , have yet too just cause to fear . That the mind and spirit of our master has little hold on us , although we really call ourselves his disciples , yet we may well doubt if we have indeed " learnt Christ , " aud we have need to be acain reminded that we must become as

little children , content to be fools that we' may be wise ; satisfied with the lowest seat , and at his cross learn the way to his kingdom , who exalteth the brother of low degree , and abhorreth him who is great in his own sight . Hence we see that the gospel embodies the truest notions of equality and fraternity . It is as sinners in

the sight of a holy God ; sinners equally needing grace , ancl pardon , and holiness , that we are fully convinced we are brethren in sin , in want , in weakness ; as redeemed by Christ , and through his love made members of his great family the church , of which he is the head . We are in himfellow heirs of the

, promises , brethren of one common family , children of a common father , sharers in one common hope , heirs of a common kingdom . " All ye are brethren , " equal in God's sight ; alike needing , and alike sharing the blessings of redemption . All pride is thus excluded

all boasting is avoided , because all stand on the same footing . All are sharers of the same fallen nature , all are partakers of the same all-sufficient grace and love . A theocracy , then , is the truest republic . As subjects of one king , disci ples of one master , children of one father , we are verily brethren in Christ Jesus . Here we see the truest and most

perfest polity , " all one in him . " The gospel code is the law perfected , "for love is the fulfilling of the law . " Each one . united to his brother by the cords of a common love , to which each alike owes all peace and happiness here , and blessedness and glory hereafter . Only let each heart be actuated by this principleonly

, imagine every one who . calls himself by the holy name of Christ influenced by this spirit of brotherly love , and what a transformation would take place , in all ! and is this a visionary hope , one which shall never be realised ? Nay , verily ; yet when the love of