The Haughfoot Lodge And Speculative Masonry.

Continues the power for recovering the debts due to the lodge in the hands of Jeams Claperton and William Henderson . Haughfoot , Deer . 27 th 1737 . The which day , by plurality of votes , Andrew

Tomline was chosen Preses till next St . John ' s day . Rols called ; found present . ( Follows a list of 12 members ) . ( To be continued . )

The Science Of Freemasonry.

THE SCIENCE OF FREEMASONRY .

By Bro . LEON HYHEMAN . The world is moving , planets and universe , in infinite space traversing their orbits in obedience to and harmony with divine laws ; laws immutable , unchangeable , and eternal as the Supreme

Architect and TJnfolder of universal being . All things move and unfold according to established laws of infinite wisdom . In the order of divine

unfoldment the cosmos human was the aim and end of all preceding efforts . In him exist all the elements and characteristic manifestations of nature ' s infinite varied phenomena . Infinite wisdom illustrates day after day the mode and manner of

divine unfoldment , how worlds were and are formed . There is a unity in the unfoldment of all life and being , and the intelligent observer , by patient , logical investigation , can arrive at a clear comprehension of the modus operandi of original

unfoldment of universal nature . Worlds are formed as a grain of sand , as the mineral , vegetable , animal , and human are formed . The law of unfoldment is ever the same . Elemental principles form the basis of all materiality ; they are the material of all substance , of all formations . Worlds are formed of nebulous matter and nebulous

matter of elemental principles . The universe of space is God ' s laboratory in which all formations are outwrought through combinations of elemental principles , in obedience to uniform , universal , and eternal laws . Nature cannot transcend , cannot range or move out of the sphere of immutable laws which bind it in all of its unfoldments .

As all things , all elements , forces , and mundane vital powers exist in the cosmos human , being a universe within himself , he is the fulfilment of all phenomenal unfoldment , and all things , all formations are hub parts of him . The cosmos human is formed in the likeness of God because he has capacities to unfold , to improve , and enduringly

impress his efforts upon time ' s asgis . He is a coworker with God in the unfoldment of nature ' s forces and laws , making them subservient to his uses , improving' and beautifying and making a paradise of wild , desolate unproductive

places-He has capacities and powers of indefinite unfoldment . His powers are manifest in all of his activities , degenerating and deteriorating in his abuses , improving and elevating in his useful aims . His intelligent culture causes the earth to be more productive and its productions more perfect , the domesticated animals more useful and beautiful .

It would seem that the originators of Freemasonry had a knowledge of man ' s capacities and powers to improve the physical structure of animals as well as of flowers , fruits , and plants , and therefore the object of the physical qualifications

wasto apply that knowledge to the improvement of the physical organism of the human being . Ifc is certain that the more perfect the human organism , the more harmonious the temperament , the more evenly-balanced the mental structure , the more

readily can the intelligent conscious principle unfold . The soul has not the power to manifest through a weakly , diseased , misformed organism as through a healthy and harmoniously-proportioned body . It is evident , therefore , that the

physical qualifications of Freemasonry have a hig her aim than is generally known . And if we examine the so-called cardinal virtues and their

bearing upon the conjugal relation , we will have a still higher conception of the aims of Freemasonry . The conjugal relation is the highest , the holiest of all relations , and involves more than science , philosophy , or creeds of religion have ever

taught . We use the term unfold , because we believe in tho infinite wisdom of the Supreme Being , and that the divine government is founded upon eternal , immutable , and unchangeable laws . The term

create has a significance attached to it that Divine Being as will contravenes his laws , which would prove that God did not possess infinite wisdom . Therefore the translation of the Genesis of Moses that " God created the heavens and the earth " is

incorrect , or Moses may have been at fault in not comprehending truly the modus operandi of the Divine Originator in progressively unfolding the material universe . Science has conclusively established that phenomenal manifestations are in progressive order ; that ages must have passed before the earth's crust and atmospheric aud other