Poetry.

Though all around bo gloom , Not ono ray of light , And clouds of misery fall On what was pure and bright : Though tho load bo heavy And vory hard to boar ,

Como with it all to Him Boforo tho throne in prayer . Death may have snatched away All thou lov'dst on earth ; Thy soul be griovod and sad Bosido the lonely hearth ; Trust in the Heavenly Father

, Ho will joy prepare In those hours of refuge , Before tho throno in prayer . Gocl will guide ancl strengthen , By His almighty power ; Keep thoo from the blast Of every evil hour ;

Thou shalt havo holy poaco Falling on thee there , AA'hon bont in humble faith Boforo tho throno in prayer .

List Of Lodge, &C., Meetings For Week Ending 11th September, 1869.

LIST OF LODGE , & c ., MEETINGS FOR WEEK ENDING 11 TH SEPTEMBER , 1869 .

( Abbreviations . —F . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masoni Hall ; M . T ., Masonic Temple ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; Re Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square ) . METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , Sept . 6 th-LODGES . —St . Luke ' s , Pier Ho ., Cheyne-walk , Chelsea ; . Toppa

Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . Tuesday , Sept- 7 th-Colonial Board at 3 . CHAPTER . —Temperance , AVhite Swan Tav ., Deptford . Wednesday , Sept . Sth . Com . R . M . B . Inst ., at 3 . LODGES . —Union Waterloo , Ma . Ha ., AVilliam-st ., AVoolwich ; Vitruvian , AVhite Hart Tav ., College-st ., Lambeth ; Montefiore , F . M . H .: Beacoutree , Pr i . Ro ., Leytonstone .

Thursday , Sept . 9 th . LODGES . —Capper , Marine Ho ., A * Ictoria Dock ; Upton , Spotted Dog Tav ., Upton . CHAPTER . —Royal Jubilee , Horns Tav ., Kennington . Saturday , Sept . llth . CHAPTEE . —Caveac , Radley ' s Ho ., Bridge-st ., Blackfriars .

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION . Sunday , Sept . oth . Joppa , Rose and Crown , Fort-st ., Union-st ., Bisbopsgate . Monday , Sept- 6 th- ]

Union "Waterloo ( for M . M . ) , King ' s Anns , Woolwich ; Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-road , Deptford ; St . James ' s Union , Swan Tavern , Mount-street , Grosvenor-squ ' ire ; Industry , Dick ' s Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Salisbury , 71 , Dean-st ., Soho ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Ilaverstock Hill ; Westbourne , Running Horse , Duke-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ) .

Tuesday , Sept . 7 th . Strong Man , "White IIorso , Little Britain ; Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich ; Faith , Fisher's Restaurant , Metrop ,

List Of Lodge, &C., Meetings For Week Ending 11th September, 1869.

Dis . Railway , Victoria Station ; Domatic , Palmerston Arms Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; British Oak , Silver Lion Tav ., Pennyfield , Poplar ; Dalhonsie , Royal Edward , Triangle , Hackney ; Royal Union , Hotel de Cologne , Haymarket , Prince Frederick AVilliam , Knights of St . John Tav ., St . John's-wood . . CHAPTEB OP INSTRUCTION . — Metropolitan , George Hotel , Aldermanbury .

Wednesday , Sept . 8 th . Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-st ., Mile-end-rd . ; Confidence , Sugar Loaf , Great St . Helens ; Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdett-rd ., Limehousc ; United Strength , Bull and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton ; St . Mark's , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lambeth ; Peckham , Edinboro' , Castle Tav ., Peekham Rye ; Temperance iu the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . —St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq .

Thursday , Sept Wi . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . ; Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd . ; Globe , No . 10 , Old Bond-st . ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; St . John ' s , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , lohn-st ., Berkeley-sq . ; Tranquillity , Sugar Loaf Tav ., Great St . Helen's , St . Mary Axe ; Whittington , Crown Ho ., 41 , Holborn ;

Royal Oak , Royal Oak Tav ., Deptford ; City of London , Shepherd and Flock Tav ., Bell-alley , Moorgate-st . CHAPTER OI ? INSTRUCTION . —Joppa , Prospect of AAliitby Tav ., 57 , AVapping-wall .,

Friday , Sept . 10 th Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . ; St . Luke's , Pier Ho ., Chelsea ; Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-rd ., Deptford ; Union ' s ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ) , Freemasons' Hall ; United Pilgrims , Horns'Tav ., Kennington ; Wellington , Lord Duncan Tav ., Broad way , Deptford ; Belgrave , Duke of Wellington , Spring-gardens , Charing-cross ;

St . James ' s , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Lily , Greyhound Ho ., Richmond ; Doric , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes , Surrey ; Metropolitan Lo . of Instruction , George Ho ., Aldermanbury .

[ This information is extracted from the "Universal Masonic Calendar , " published at 10 , Salisbury-street , Strand , and brethren who may detect any inaccuracies tire respectfully requested to communicate the same to the Editor . " )

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

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