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resolved to correspond with the Model Masonic Editor touching the matter of jirefcrring charges . Brown ' s views undergo a change . He had an idea that an } ' brother could , would , and should prefer charges . Tin ' s point he was very positive upon ; but the Model Masonic Editor , gently deferring to his judgment , by way of a feeler , reminded him that , by virtue of his office , thc duty of preferring charges was truland alone that of the Junior

y Warden ; otherwise , ivhat sense was there in requiring that officer to take charge of the Craft while at refreshment' ? Noiv when Brown sees a thing , it strikes Jiini like a flash of li ghtning . Anil the result was such in this case . He had never analyzed thc meaning of the Junior Warden ' s duty before , but noiv it was plain as thc sun at meridian . Henceforth he is the fast friend and admirer of the Model Masonic Editor .

As with those three , so with hundreds of others , the Model Masonic Editor manages them all . The only men whom he fails to manage are his brother editors . They envy his successseldom say a kind word for bim . Some of them arc very bitter , others would be bitter if they knew how ; but it takes two to make a quarrel . The Model Masonic Editor knows this , therefore he never quarrels . If sharp things arc said to him , he answers demurelif at all is not

y , . He going to fie betrayed into saying sharp things back in public . Oh , no . It is much ' better to relieve himself in private . He notices that some of his brother editors quarrel , and say sharp things to each other . This tickles him inside . He inAvardly wishes them the enjoyment and final fate of the Kilkenny cats in the saii ' -pit , but outwardly he shakes his head sorrowfulland in his mildgentle "It is not

y , says , , way : Masonie . Brethren should not allow their feelings of dissatisfaction to overcome them in such a manner . It lias a bad effect . " -Vnd his heavers acknowledge the justness of his remarks , and look upon him as little less than a saint . But they cannot see inside . If they could , they ivould he apt to conclude , " Well , human nature will be human nature still . " The Model Masonic Editor has a mortal antipathto being let

y alone . _ To not notice him , or to let him alone severel y , is the most dire offence you can perpetrate upon him . He ivould rather be blown up as with a catapult than to be not noticed at all ; and hence this is one reason why the Model Masonic Editor cannot work alone . He must have se ' veral strikers at work for and with him . He docs not care if he never clears a cent by his labours , provided he has numbers at work under his directionHe will

. think nothing of ottering a man he never saw fifty dollars a month , and his expenses paid , to canvass for him in the most unpromising districts . The ' result is , the agent gets all the money and the Model Masonic Editor gets all the subscribers ; yet he ' feels perfectly satisfied—he has kept a nnui to work who has talked for him .

Thc Model Masonic Editor has a great deal of steam , but no governor . Indeed his best friends believe he Avas invented early in the history of steam engines , before governors were found to be necessary . He cannot stand being governed himself , but he believes he can govern others—certainly he can cut out ivork for and start any number of irresponsible agents , but he cannot submit to being set to work himself . No man can think for him .

No nam can plan for him . And iu consequence lie gets terribly taken iu and clone for , sometimes , by himself . Thc Model Masonic Editor docs not believe there arc many men who can properly fill the position of a Masonic Editor , and least of all can anyone who has * had much communication or intercourse with himself . His belief is ' iixecl and unchangeable , that be is by divine right exclusively authorized and appointed to the of

position Masonic Editor- General lor the Fraternity , and any infringement of such right be frowns clown to the best of his ability . To write about Masonry comes as natural to him as to breathe . And bis versatility of genius in this particular has encouraged Qthcrs to attempt a like rule , but with indifferent success . Tin ' s the Model Editor had foreseen [ all along . Indeed , it was nothing but blind presumption for them to engage in such an occupation . As with thc poet : Pacta nascitur , noil Jit , so it is with the Masonic Editor . He must be horn an editor . He cannot be made one .

lire Model Masonic Editor has a perfect mania for making collections of " Masonic Antiquities . " Not only is he affected with this distemper himself , but he imparts it to others . North , south , cast , arrd west , his requests have gone forth for " Masonic documents "—old or new , anything anel everything which , as he says , " will throw light on Masonry . " The result is a perfect magazine containing cartloads of rubbish , which any man but thc Model Masonic Editor would not afford houseroom to . As it is , he considers tin ' s collection thc crowning glory of his office . Not that it is , cither altogether or in detail , of the least possible use ,

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but that he is thc " only man" who has such a collection . And he might add with truth , the only man ivho would have it as a gracious g ift , or be paid to possess it at any price . Tiie Model Masonic Editor is available in any Masonic positron he may he called upon to fill . lie can bury the dead and " raise " the living , comme il J ' nul . He can deliver an " oration" at the shortest notice , no matter how distant the point of delivery may

be from his regular dwelling place . Semper paralus is one of his mottoes ; In . Uinta reriini . rersalione , another . Indeed it is hard to designate anything he cannot do . His versatility of genius is vcally astonishing to every one but himself . His own belief in his general ability is unbounded , and it is this which lias caused those whom he lias inspired with confidence in that ability to mourn tbe loss of much they ivould , but for their gullibility , now

quietly possess . But any number of failures discourage him not . He consoles himself with thc maxim "Nothing ventured , nothing won ; " is immediately ready to try again , and ivill make figures representing handsome profits , to he gained in a short time , ivith nothing but confidence as capital . This sort of capital carries him through every turn of a speculation but the last . Here it generallfailsfor it is rather difficult to inspire a man who has lost

y ; by confiding- in another ivith the belief that that other is a safe reckoner , however ready be may be . The Model Masonic Editor is a religious man , as he ought to be , and certain to be a member of sonic " new school" church . In the absence of thc regular incumbent , he sometimes takes a hand at expounding a text himself . This he generally docs in a

Alasonic way . Indeed he is decidedly a Bible Mason . Can sec a great deal of Masonry in thc Bible . Believes that St . Paul was a Mason . Bather favours the idea that all the apostles were Masons , but Paul in particular—thinks he must have been " arched" at the least , if not a Knight Templar . Whilst he favours Jewish Masonry , he has much greater respect for Christian Masonry . In fact , his love of thc latter is so great , that it is

continually clashing with his desire to prove that Masonry is universal . lie began by believing that this was so , and wrote a good deal to prove that a Mahomedan , a Parsee , a Hindoo , a Thug , a Dancing Dervish , a—in fact anything human , except a negro , could be a Mason ; but he has finally convinced himself that those views were too latituduiavian , and noiv he thinks that none but men who believe in thc Bible can be Masons—leastwise ought not to

he . The Model Masonic Editor experiences some difficulty in reconciling this matter to suit every body . Ho iiiuls , like many others have found , that when his face is towards the cast , his ' back is to the west . When he turns to qualify those ivho were in his rear , he finds the other lot occupying a rear position , lie shifts , and he veers , and lie tries to face all at once ; but strange it is lie cannot satisfall . Disbelievers will be clisbelici'crs still

y . He thinks this matter is about the only one in which he has failed . But it is not . Smart as he is , he has failed at various points ivhero he ought to have won . Pinally , the Model Masonic Editor believes he is std generis , and he is . Long may he live ; and may the height of his ambition , viz : to be the father of thirteen children , and to have twenty-five thousand subscribers to bis paper—be amply realized .

Archæology.

ARCH ? OLOGY .

SURRE Y" AltCILEOLOGICAL SOCIETY . Tins Society held their seventh annual congress at Reigate , on June 27 th , tire members and their friends residing iu that neighbourhood , proceeding in various conveyances to Mcrsthani , where they met those members who had journeyed thence by rail from London and other districts . Mcrsthani Church wad the first visitedthe building and monuments being minuteldescribed b

, y y Mr . Alfred Hcales — thc description illustrated by tracings arrd rubbings of thc church anil its brasses . Chipstead Church ivas next visited ; and thence , resinning their conveyances , thc party proceeded to Gatton Park , in tiro splendid hall of whicli , . under the presidency of the Hon . J . W . Monson , thc annual business of the society was transacted . The members were conducted through the rooms by thc president , who described the and other of cerlitin the most

paintings objects . obliging manner , every facility being given hy the domestics in charge , Sir Hugh Cairns himself being , to the regret of all present , unavoidably absent from home . Thc hall ami church having been described fry the Itev . J . C . Wyntcr , the party returned ' to Reigate , and again assembled in its ancient church , listening with much attention to various details , by Ah * . W . II . Hart , of Koupec Park , of the church , its restorations , the remaining monuments , ivitli their former state and position , and recommendations as to further