Masonry In America.

rising of the sun : ' Get you forth from my people , ye ancl your children , your Hocks aud your herds , ancl bless me , ancl get ye out in haste lest we be all dead men . ' * * * * "' But our passover is of a different nature . The Jews held it to commemorate their deliverance from death aud bondage . By the blood of that paschal lamb , Israel was saved from temporal death . By the blood of Jesus of Nazareth , wc look forward to a glorious life beyond the shores of timeand are delivered from a

, bondage worse than Egyptian—the bondage of our evil passions . " We celebrate it as his last ni ght on earth , prior to death on the cross ; who . whatever we may choose to think him , was , if not the son of God ( as most do believe ) , at least an inspired prophet—for a noble hearted , wise man , he taught the law of love . " He called to him tho humble ancl the poor , he raised the sinner , pardoned the woman taken in adultery , healed the sick , and fed the hungry , lived among the

humble , the friendless—having no place to lay his head , and poured the oil of joy into the wounded heart by proclaiming , ' Blessed are they that mourn ; give to hiiu that asketh ; bless them that curse you ; do good to them that hate you ; and whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do yo even so unto them ; ' and he scaled those teachings with his blood ; tho cruelty of the Jewish people ancl the Roman indifference to blood nailed him to the cross . Ho died uttering blessings ou humanity .

' " ' Dying thus , he bequeathed his teachings to man as an inheritance . Perverted and corrupted they have served as a basis for many creeds , and have been the warrant for intolerance aud persecution , the rack ; the faggot , ancl the gibbet havo all been erected and used to terrify man into believing in him who had said , ' Ask and ye shall receive , seek and ye shall find , knock and it shall be opened unto you . ' " Two emblems of this degree demand somo notice . The pelican tearing its breast to feed its young with its blood symbolises him who his life for his

gave brethren , and should teach us exhaustless munificence especially toward the needy aud defenceless . "The eagle , bird of the sun , was among the Egyptians an emblem of a-wise man , not only because he is not dazzled by that luminary even at its very focus , but again he soars to a great height . " Thus tho eagle ancl tho pelican represent perfect ivindom united to perfect charity .

' ¦ Thus , my beloved brethren , as we assemble around this table , ancl unite heart to heart and hand to hand , in the endless chain of universal brotherhood , as we partake of this simple repast , we should bear in mind the one held one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six years siuce , in Jerusalem , and reflect how truly the words of ono we all here know , and who this uight unites with us— ' That we meet now , but never again will we all unite in this solemn ceremom-, '—wore verified on that occasion . One for his transgression added sin to sin , and the remnant were scattered , but when they did agaiu meet that one was missing . Let it teach us to regulate our lives that mil-good deeds be more enduring than tablets , that they may be registered in that volume having tho seven great seals , and ive hear the glad summons-- ' Well clone , good and faithful servants . ' "

At a few minutes before twelve o ' clock , p . m ., the closing ceremonies of the evening were concluded , and the brethren dismissed in peace and harmony , well pleased with their first attempt of placing the Scottish rite before the Masons of Kentucky in its true li g ht . Bro . Bob Morris has arranged , and hacl published for the benefit of the Craft in tho United States , a new edition of the old AVebh monitor , with a great many valuable improvements . lieas is well knownis one of tbe

, , strongest advocates of the original work , as taught by the celebrated Preston of England to Thos . Smith AVebb , and brought by him to this country in 179 b ' . The lectures differ from those now taught in England . Bro . Morris deserves great praise for his indefatigable endeavours to introduce an universal system of work ancl lectures , not alone iu Kentuck y , but .