Masonic Responsibility.

example as well as by precept . The members ought to be punctual in their attendance upon the meetings of the lodge , and should go to them determined to " love one another . " As they approach the sacred jn * ecincts of the loclge , they should divest themselves of unkindness , ill-feeling , and uncharitableness toAvards all mankind , but

more particularly toAvards their brethren . They should give the most undivided attention to the lectures , charges , ancl admonitions of the Master . Around the altar they should reneAv their vows of brotherly love , relief , and truth , ancl determine to reunite and make bright by constant use the < e silver cord" of fraternal affection intended to

join them together as" a great family of brothers . When they leave the lodge they should treasure in their minds the advice to AA'hich they have listened , ancl not forget that they haA'e a voir registered in heaven . They should set a guard over their temper , ancl remember that until they

learn to " subdue their passions " they need not hope to "improve themselves in Masonry . " If they see anything wrong in the conduct of their brother , they should advise and counsel him in all kindness , and try by argument and persuasion to produce a reformation . If they have differences

one with the other ( ancl unfortunately they will arise ) , let them call to their aid discreet brethren or neighbours , Avho may settle their disputes , ancl save them from strife ancl litigation . Above all things , ancl before all things , let them not indulge in evil-speaking , or use the language of abuse and

denunciation towards each other ; it is unseemly in any person , far more so in a Mason , and neA'er produces good results . Let them bear and forbear AA'ith each other . If they see anything not radically wrong in the proceedings of their lodge , of which their judgments do not approve , they should forego their OAVII views , and submit AA'ith deference to the action of a majority of their brethren .

If a proper course of conduct , of which this sketch is but a faint outline , should be pursued by onr lodges , Ave should soon witness a most beneficial change . Its friends Avould have great cause to rejoice , and its votaries might exclaim— " Behold ! IIOAV Ave love one anotherour angry

, passions have been subdued , there is no strife in all our ranks , and Avith us there is no contention , except that noble contention , or rather emulation , of ' AA'ho best can work can best agree . '"American Masonic Register .

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AA ' have simply the choice either always or never to fear ; for our life-tent stands over a loaded mine , and round about , the hours aim at us naked weapons . Only one in a thousand hits , but , in any case , better fall standing than bending like a coward . THE manner in which a youth encounters his first trouble gives often a character to his life ; for ifc decides whether , besides his property , fortune shall have his spirit at her disposal , to exalt ,

depress , and play with , at caprice . FORQ-IVEXESS , that noblest of all self-denial , is a virtue , which he alone who can practise in himself , can willingly believe in another .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

PANEO-TRICAE RECORD OP DECEASED MERITORIOUS MASONS . The letter signed " Orator" has been received by me . The suggestion made by me in the presence of the late Earl of Yarborough , not long before his resignation of the Deputy Grand Mastership , and

probably on the occasion of his last attendance in Freemasons' Hall , I certainly understood to have received his lordship ' s approbation . The suggestion was to the effect that in every lodge a brother should be appointed whose duty it should be , on the death of any one of the members , Avho should seem not

unworthy of tlie distinction , to prepare a brief statement of his Masonic career and services , with such eulogy as might be just and fitting ; which having heen read and sanctioned in lodge , should be forwarded to the principal publication of the Craft for insertion in its pages . The remark ( if an old man ' s memory

can be trusted ) was added by me , that such publication would thus become a " Panegyrical Record of Deceased Meritorious Masons . " There is a usage of this kind in many literary scientific institutions , both English ancl foreign . Any one who reflects a few minutes must perceive that the if generallor

usage , y extensively adopted by the lodges , would contribute to make brothers better Masons , and , consequently , better men . Very few brothers indeed can be indifferent as to what may bo said of them after the Great Architect of the "Universe shall have called them aAvay . —CHAEEES PITETON COOPEE .

• THE USE OF MASONIC JEWELS . What is the use of the Masonic Jewels?—No JEWELLER . —[ " No Jeweller" is a wag . They are simply ornaments , not at all necessary to Freemasons . The only jeAvel that has a use—bond fide—is the Mark jewel . Freemasonry in England is so catholic that the Grand Lodge prohibits all but certain jewels

to be Avorn there . The Ancient and Accepted Rite permit all but Templar jewels . The Templars allow any others in addition to their own—ergo , Templary is the only cosmopolitan system of Freemasonry . ]

THE OLD YORK WORKING . Where can I see the old York working of one hundred years ago ?—A YORKSHIREMAN . —[ A letter has been sent you . ] MASONRT AND ITS WORK . A great mistake of the present generation is to

suppose that what is technically termed the work of Masonry is Masonry itself . This is a serious error , as loAvering the dignity of the institution . Masonry is an organisation of principles drawn from the highest sources of human reason ancl divine revelation ; in their nature profoundly philosophical , and in their practice of untold value to the human family . —E . C . B .

ABD-EE-KADEE A MASON . A letter from Alexander of the 19 th says : — " The reception of Abd-el-Kader by the Masonic Lodge of the Pyramids took place yesterday evening . All that I am permitted to say on the subject is that the ceremony was a great solemnity , and that the welcome given to the Emir was most flattering . Abd-el-Kader