The Grand Lodge Property.

subscriptions to coffee and reading rooms from colonial and foreign brethren at Is . per week or 3 s . per month . 6 . Single subscriptions by the day , Gd . each . 7 . Thirty-seven lodges ( the number at present meeting at the tavern ) , six meetings in the year , at

say 10 s . each meeting . 8 . Eight Chapters three meetings a year , each at the same rate . 9 . Two hundred letter boxes in writing room , to be rented by brethren at 3 s . per annum each . 10 . Eent of basement or cellars of Masonic building . 11 . Commission to be paid by tavern keepers on sale of refreshments in

coffee-room at 5 per cent . From these various resources we expect to receive on a moderate calculation—£ s . d . 1 . London Lodges 336 0 0 2 . Country Lodges within 100 miles

of London 9-110 0 3 . Country Lodges 100 to 200 miles from London 472 10 0 4 . Country Lodges above 200 miles from London 468 15 0 5 . Monthly and weekly subscrip tions 104 0 0

6 . Single subscription 104 0 0 7 . Loclge rent Ill 0 0 8 . Chapterrent 12 0 0 9 . Letter Boxes 30 0 0 10 . Eent of cellars SO 0 0 11 . Commissions on sales in coffeeroom , 52 0 0

Making a total of 1864 15 0 against a presumed loss and additional expenditure of £ 1500 , though of course these figures are only put forward as a mere approximation to what we believe may be expected when the arrangements are in full

operation , we having made no allowance whatever for anyincrease in the numberof lodges or chapters meeting in such a building as we propose should be erected for Masonic purposes only ; and having made our other calculations on what we believe to be the lowest figures—more with a view of eliciting the o | iinions of our provincial brethren on the scheme than with any other object .

Classical Theology.—Liii.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY . —LIII .

X . —YESTA AITD DECEJIEEK . It is written in the eighth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel according to St . John , "The wind bloweth where it listeth , and thou hearest the sound thereof , but canst not tell whence it coineth ancl whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the

spirit . " In the fable of Cupid and Psyche , which Apuleius ( who ironically wrote of his own metamorphosis , as it were , into a golden ass ) asserts ho derived from some Grecian mythology , an account of Psyche being conveyed by Zephyrus , under an order of Cupid ' unto a certain isle , or domain , described as serene '

fragrant , and beautiful as tne Garden of Eden If indeed , the delightful placs was not so intended o represent Paradise itself . It is thus made to appear , that as " God is love , " the ancients had attained to some veritable knowledge of the lovingkindness and watching mercy that has ever been

manifested by the Almighty towards the human soul , and of His promises to reclaim ifc and bring it again unto himself . "With reference thereunto , we cite of His Holy Word , and of the Holy Spirit , as at the hand of Isaiah it is written , " I form the li ght , and create darkness . ... I have made the earth

and created man upon it . . . . Ask me of things to come concerning my sons . . . . Can a woman forget her sucking child , that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ? Yea , they may forget , yet will I not forget thee . ... I have spread , out my hands all the day unto a rebellious

people . . . . As one whom his mother eomfortefch , so will I comfort you : and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem . . . . For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given ; and the government shall be upon his shoulders ; and his name shall be called " Wonderful , Counsellorthe Mighty Q-odthe Everlasting Father

, , , the Prince of Peace . ... It shall come , that I will gather all nations and tongues , and they shall come , and see my glory . . . . Ancl they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles . " It is here to be borne in mind , Jacob begat Joseph , or rather , 3 oachim begat Mary , the wife of Josephof whom

, was born Jesus , who is called Christ ; or , as it is specified in other words , " And she shall bring forth a son , and thou shalt call his name Jesus ; for he shall save His people from their sins ; " and also that His

Apostles were Jews ; and , "If any man be in Christ , he is a new creature ; old things are passed away ; behold , all things are become new , " "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make , shall remain before me , saith the Lord , so shall your seed and your name remain . And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to anotherand from

, one sabbath to another , shall all flesh come to worship before me , saith the Lord . And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me ; for their worm shall not die , neither shall their fire be quenched , and they shall be an abhoring unto all flesh . " Of the same

spirit Christ bears witness in record at the hand of St . Matthew , xxiii ., 37 , " 0 Jerusalem , Jerusalem , thou that kiliest the prophets , and stonest them which are sent unto thee , how often Avould I have gathered thy children together , even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wingsand ye

, would not ! " But in the fable of Cupid and Psyche , perhaps more in keeping with the design of its author , may be recognised as an allegory of much metaphysical significance . Under this consideration we purpose to represent it . Before or about the time when men began to

multi ply on the face of the earth , and daughters were born unto them , the Spirit of Beauty , by name Yenus , with her son the Spirit of Love , call Cupid , reigned universally over the kingdom of . spirits , of whicli Envy , Hatred , Jealousy , and Curiosity formed extensive and powerful classes or divisions of her Sovereignty . Yenus had ever known that without the aid of her son , her charms' mig ht soon be neglected , "pall on the sense , " and he passed by as more