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empty sentimentalism , beautiful in theory but utterly worthless when attempted to be tested by an active practice . In Scotland another mode of snuffing out visitors has recently been inaugurated , namely , to

close the lodge immediately on their entry ; but this objectionable course of procedure is , speaking from personal observation , only adopted by , or at the instigation of , brethren supposed to have XDrivate pique to gratify by the unfratemal act .

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BY ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . ( Continued from p . 382 . ) III . There are no remains of the Craftsmen of the Middle Ao-es more fraught with interest to the

thoughtful Freemason of the present day than the beautiful collegiate church , or chapel as it is commonly called , of Eoslin , built on a commanding eminence , from which the looker sees spread out beneath him the grand valley of the Esk , with the

magnificent trees of Hawfchornden , and the old manor house crowning a high bluff , closing the vista . It seems a practical example of " looking up from Nature unto Nature's God . " So retired a spot must have been dear to the contemplative

monk , whose mind among the glorious scenery , far from the city ' s turmoil , and the heart ' s burnings of selfish and ambitious churchmen , would gain in his holy musings glimpses of that heavenly peace and joy in an after state , of which this earth

knoweth naught , neither can it give . Nor , returning to the chapel , would this strain of pious mental melody quit him , for that wondrous ivork of the builder ' s skill , that wild warbling of a magnificent poem in stone , that grand combination

of " the solidity of the Norman , with the finest tracery and ornamentation of the Tudor period , * which makes the building a gem of architectural beauty , would tell him likewise of the Great Master's hand , which had spread out the heavens

like a scroll of glory , and whose spirit of harmony , breathed into the builder's heart , had caused to arise this confusing mass of order . It would tell him , moreover , in that wondrous diversity of design , where no two pillars are alike , that God has made no two men alike , but yet by his power the world is still held in the balance , and man

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has still a claim to be called" the son of the Father . " And , at length , his steps , leading him to the altar , would place him before that utte ? extravagance of human ingenuity and skill , and the " Prentice Pillar" would preach to him in its

stone , of death , while the Star in the East , hanging 1 from a drop in the groining , above the High Altar , would point to that land beyond the gravey where sorrow is unknown and peace reigns eternal .

The legend of the "Prentice Pillar" is well known , but it is necessary here to refer to iti During the building of the chapel the plan of a certain pillar having been lost , or having never been sent from Koine , where the charts had been

prepared , the Master builder went to the Eternal-City to obtain a fresh one . An apprentice , who had previously displayed great talent during his absence , cut out a pillar which so pleased tho brethren that they immediately set it up in the

vacant place , and went on finishing the builclingi The Master Builder returned from Home , saw tho pillar , —and inflamed by rage and jealousy , — killed the apprentice with a heavy setting maul . The apprentice was the son of a widow , and the

head of the Master , with a kind of ruff round his neck , —the legend says he was hanged for the crime ; the apprentice , with a gash on the browi , and the widow are placed in corners . I need not point out the great resemblance of this to a

legend of considerable importance in Masonry , where a person is killed ; and also to another legend , where a Fellow Craft prepared a stone ; which was thrown among the rubbish by the careless or incompetent overseer , but which afterwards became the crown of the building .

ibis legend is not confined to Eoslin Chapel , but will be founct in many gothic churches . A similar story is told of a fine circular transept window in Lincoln Cathedral , as also in Eoue _ a Cathedral of two rose windows in the transepts ;

—both , fine , but one finer than the other ; the latter the work of an apprentice , who had competed with his master , whose work was the inferior , and who in jealousy slew him , —and of many other Continental Cathedrals . Now this

legend was current before the year 1700 . I could suppose that the three heads in Eoslin Chapel stood for Christ , the Virgin Mary , and perhaps Joseph . There might , however , have been some story connected with their being so placed , like the spirit of the legend , of which . we