Masonic Notes And Queries.

on high ; so that the very sight was to them that could behold it as if heaven itself ivas come down to meet them . Thus , therefore , they walked on together ; and as they walked , ever and anon those trumpeters , even with joyful sound , would , by mixing their music with looks ancl gestures , still signify to Christian and his brother how welcome they were into their

company , and with what gladness they came to meet them . And now were these two men , as it were , in heaven before Ihcjj came at it , being swallowed up with the sight of angels , and with hearing of their melodious notes . Here also they had the City itself in viewand thought they heard all the bells therein

, to ring to welcome them thereto . But , above all , the warm and joyful thoughts that they had about their own dwelling there with such company , and that for over and ever ; oh , by what tongue or jion can their glorious joy be expressed . ' Thus they came up to the gate .

" Now when they were come up to tho gate , there was written over it in letters of gold , 'Blessed are they that do his commandments , that they may have a right to the tree of life , and may enter in through the gate into the city . ' " Then the shining men bid them call at the gate ;

the which when they did , some from above looked over the gate , to-wifc : Enoch , Moses , and Efjah , & c ., to whom it was said—These Pilgrims arc come from the City of Destruction for the love that thoy bear to the King of this place ; and then the Pilgrims gave unto them each man his certificate , which they had received in the beginning : thosetherefore , were

car-, ried in to the King , who , when he had read them , said , Where aro the men ? To whom it was answered , They arc standing without the gate . Tiie King then commanded to open the gate , That the righteous nation , saith he , that keepcth the truth may cuter in . "Now I saw in my dream that these two men

went in at the gate , and lo ! as they entered they were transfigured ; and they had raiment put on them that shone like gold . There were also that met them with harps and crowns , and gave them to them ; tho harps to praise withal , and the crowns in token of honour . Then I heard in my dream that all the bells

of the City rang again for joy , and that it was said unto them , Enter ye into tho joy of our Lord . I also heard the men themselves that they rang with a loud voice , saying—Blessing aud honour , and glory , and power bo unto him that sifteth upon the Tin-one , and unto the Lamb for ever and ever .

' ¦ 'Now . just as the gates wore opened to let in the the men , I looked in after them , and behold the City shone like tho sun ; the streets also wore paved with gold ; and in them walked many men with crowns on their heads , palms in their hands , and golden harps to sing praises-withal . " Tiiey were also of them that had wingsand they

, answered ono another ivithout intermission , saying Holy , holy , holy is the Lord . Aud after that , they shut up the gates : which , when I had seen , I wished myself among them . "

itrrE OF xrxxExnoitF . Masonic historians tell us that Bro . Zinnendorf died about 1800 , before which he tried , but unsuccessfully , to introduce his system , or rite , into Bugland . How did he try this , and through what channel was the attempt made ?—STUDEXS .

BACON AND GBEEXS . Wanted , a good version of the Masonic story in which some one is reported to have communicated the secrets of Masonry as consisting of bacon and greens . —P . M .

A DEPUTY WAKBAXT . A brother assured the writer that during the Mastership of the former the warrant of the lodge wasmislaid , reported lost , for some months . He was not a man to stick ab trifles , so he sought a parchment dealer , purchased a broivn old lease , about the size of the m i ssing documentand placed it in the case .

, When he made candidates , and ho made several during the time , he flourished the old lease close to their faces , and hastily consigned it to its receptacle , which he carried away every night with great care and much state . In the course of time the warrant was found , and the old lease was then discarded from its quarters ,

but has been papered up and carefully preserved in case of another casualty of the same kind . The brother who did this is ono who it is impossible to doubt , and is as good a man as most people ; but I think it is worthy of beiug recorded , for the novelty of the resource , and to caution strange brethren to see a warrant before they submit themselves for examination . —A COUSTEY BROTHER .

A yj . vsoxic SIGX orroB / ruxELY MADE . See my communication to the PREE . UASOXS ' MACIAZIXJ ; , vol . YIL , page 300 , containing a notice of my " Lx-foo ' s Tour through Great Britain . " It is there said that in this copy there is no memorandum "that a Masonic sign opportunely made saved the writer from an untimely end in the

Medivay , to which some drunken sailors , part of a . man-of-war ' s crew , were pursuing him . " This denial was founded upon a search , which proves to have been very insuilicient . The memorandum iii question was discovered a few days ago . A transcript is unnecessary . The memorandum varies from the

foregoing statement of it in three slight particulars only , i- 'irst , there is a date prefixed , " A . D . 17 oD ; " next ,, there arc asterisks in the p lace of the word " writer ; " ' lastly , the words "fate" and "hurrying" are used instead of " end" and "pursuing . " — CICAIILES . Pirnxox COOPER .

" 110 X 011 Alt Y MElI 3 ETtS . There has been recently some attempt at controlling the honorary membership of brethren in lodges . Without entering into the law on the subject , please give us some idea of the class of brethren to whom such honorary membership applies ?—A Scnscnriuxa

BROTHER . —[ Wc take honorary membership to be a state not originally contemplated by the Grand Lodgeof 1717 . hut a more modern development . An honorary membership is now conferred as a mark of distinction , or personal esteem , on brethren who are reputed to have done the Craft , or a particular lodge ,,

good suit and service by their labours , purse , or talents , aud is a testimony of the respect entertained , for the brother so honoured by those having the means of judging for themselves . Dr . Johnson defines honorary as " conferring honour without gain , " and cites the following example of the word from Addison : " The Romans abounded with little honorary rewards that , without conferring wealth aud .