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lost an industrious and zealous member of our brotherhood , AA'ho , although he was not an active member of this particular lodge , was always anxious to propagate the moral and sublime principles of our Eoyal Art , assisting , as he did ,

iu the initiation , passing , and raising in this lodge of the late accomplished Sovereig'n of these Islands , thereby demonstrating to the Avorld that Freemasonry knoAVS no distinction except that Avhich is conferred by virtue and merit . Therefore it is

meet that this lodge should record upon its archives the worth of him who has done so much to establish on a firm basis the existence of this Kingdom , ancl who has left the legacy of his name to the perpetuity ancl univetsality of our

Ancient Order throughout the globe . Fourth . —Resolved , therefore , that these resolutions be inscribed upon our Book of Gold , that posterity may point to this example with pride , and be stimulated to imitate his public ancl private virtues .

The resolutions unanimously adopted by the HaAviian Lodge , the Right Worshipful Master , W . F . Allen , presiding , Avere as folloAVs : — Resolved—That as a Mason and a man , this lodge entertained for its deceased brother the

kindest feelings and most sincere respect and esteem , ancl that in his demise they deeply sympathise with the bereavement of his relatives , and deplore the loss to the Order and to the community of an honest , upright and benevolent member .

Resolved—That by this sad event , our Sovereign . has sustained the loss of an eminently faithful , competent and indefatigably zealous servant , and the nation a sterling , disinterested and devoted friend , to whose efficient and

unwearied exertions it is mainly indebted for its early affiliation with the great powers ofthe earth . Resolved—That the members of this lodge shall Avear the badge of mourning for thirty days from the 31 st of October , 1865 .

The -funeral of Bro . Wylie took place AA'ith public honours , his remains being interred in the Royal Mausoleum , in AA'hich are deposited the bodies of several of the Kings and Queens , ancl many of the chief nobles of Hawaii . Besides the

officials of the nation , the military , the Freemasons , and other public bodies , the funeral Avas very numerously attended by the foreign residents and the native population . After the corpse had been placed in the mausoleum , Avith the proper religious ceremonies , the impressive burial service

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of the Royal Art was read by the Rev . W . Bro . W . F . Allen of Hawaiian Lodge ( No . 21 ) , assisted by Bro . R . G . Davis , P . M ., of Lodge Progres de 1 'Oceanic . Bro . Wylie was initiated October 29 , 1826 , at

Mazatlan , in the " Unity and Fraternity" Lodge of that Presidio , under the jurisdiction ofthe Grand Lodge of Mexico , working in the ancient York rite . He was an officer in the Grand Lodge of England , in 1839 , when presided over by his late

Royal Highness , the Duke of Sussex , and was an honorary member of Mother Kilwinning . He was also a Knight Templar .

Masonic Poets Of Scotland—No. Ii.

MASONIC POETS OF SCOTLAND—No . II .

SIR WAiTEB , SCOTT . * By the EEV . AXDREAV E . BO-STAB , Minister of First Charge of Canongate , Edinburgh . ( Continued from page 28 . ) Afc the graA'e of Fergusson , Burns uncovered his head aud Avept . Walter Scott only saw Burns once ,

but it cannot be doubted that the influence and remembrance of Burns had no small share in directing Scott ' s attention to the traditions of his native country ; while , from ancestral derivation , he shared in the Jacobite leanings and predilections which contrasted so curiously with the republican assertions of

the Ayrshire bard . It were wrong to speak of Scott as , on some points , a representative of the feelings of his countrymen at large . His genius has , indeed , cast a fascinating aspect upon the fortunes of Queen Mary—and upon

the daring attempt of Charles Edward Stuart to regain the crown which his ancestors had lost . We may admire the graphic descriptions in " Old Mortality , " Avhile Ave do not relish the perverted idea whieh it might impart to some regarding our Covenanting fathers ; inasmuch as Ave know that it was , in their estimate , on no trivial account that they be-