Ears Of Wheat From A Cornucopia.

were a few years ago favoured with a semi-official recommendation to refrain from conferring the Red Cross and Priestly degrees under the Knight Templar warrant . Seeing , however , that the charter authorises onr working these degrees , and

that although a member of the Grand Priory we have had no opportunity of expressing an opinion on any proposal to eliminate from the Priory's work either or both of the degress in question , the Ayr Encampment continues conferring them

as opportunity occurs . While it is obligatory upon encampments to have the names of their intrants as Knight Templars recorded in the books of the Grand Priory , that body takes no cognisance of the other

degrees farther than enacting * that "When a Knight receives in addition the degrees of the Mediterranean Pass , Knight of Malta , Red Cross of Constantine , or Priestly Order of The Temple , the Secretary of the Encampment in which these

are conferred shall write an attestation , that the candidate has obtained these , on tlie back of the certificate of registration . " The sum of 5 s . is

charged for each additional step after that of K . T ., and such admissions are recorded in the ordinary minute-book of the Priory . The preceding is a fac-simile of the seal of the Grand Priory of Scotland .

Masonic Jottings.—No. 28.

MASONIC JOTTINGS . —No . 28 .

BY A PAST PROVINCIAL GEAND MASTER . THE END OF ANCIENT MASONRY . The end of Antient Masonry is thus described by Bro . Findel in his valuable history : — " Here then we are at the end of Ancient Masonry . The

Operative Masons who for a long time past , had been gradually decreasing in numbers , now acknowledged that it was out of their power to continue the existence of their Fraternity any longer ; they had fulfilled their mission by carefully

preserving their Ancient laws , traditions ancl ceremonies , and transmitting them as a heritage to the Grand Lodge of England . " [ See the Jotting FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , vol . 22 , page 108 . ]

MYSTIC PANTHEISM . To the poet , Mystic Pantheism is fascinating ; to the Philosopher and true Freemason , it is insubstantial .

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PHOTOTYPE . A young Masonic Student writes , that the old Lodge of Strasbnrg was the Prototype of the English Grand Lodge of 1717 . THE 1717 LODGE .

A Brother thinks that the authors of what was new in the 1717 Lodge , were the "Accepted Masons "—the Masons whom the Germans call Amateurs—Masons members of the old Operative Masonry Lodges .

A VALUELESS TRADITION . A tradition of which there is no trace until a time when no living person could possess any reliable knowledge of the matter to which the tradition relates , is a valueless tradition .

THE UNION 1813 . The proceedings at the Union A . D . 1813 , make part of our English Freemasonry . BRO . EINDEL'S HISTORY . A learned member of Grand Lodge , who has

just read Bro . Finclel ' s history , writes praising it highly , but not beyond its merit . Nevertheless , my correspondent thinks that the Germans will ultimately find the origin of Masonry , where they have found the origin of their language—in the far East .

PAITH—DEMONSTRATION . There are some matters in which Faith neces « sarily supplies deficiency of Demonstration .

Freemasonry In Denmark.

FREEMASONRY IN DENMARK .

| ( From a Correspondent ?) A rare occurrence recently took place viz ., the celebrating the initiation of Bro . the Prince Bentheim into Freemasonry in the Zerubabel and Frederick Lodge at Copenhagen . After an initiation had been performed bthe W . M . Bro . 0 . F . Olsenthe M . W .

y , , Grand Master for Denmark , Bro . Brcestrup , then entered the loclge , who was received in a most hearty and welcome manner . The M . W . G . M . acknowledged the compliment . He then drew the attention of the brethren to the very unusual circumstance of celebrating Bro . Prince Bentheim ' s initiation into

Freemasonry in this loclge sixty years ago—a circumstance so very unusual , thafc he could not refrain from being present , although labouring under severe indisposition . The Secretary then read the minutes from the loclge books , A . II . 5810 , recorded at that time , viz ., notice of motion

, & c ., and initiation . The M . W . G . M . then briefly conferred upon the Prince the tenth degree , when the Prince acknowledged the honour in a short pathetic manner . The M . W . G . M . then retired . The minutes having been read and confirmed , the W . M . then drew the attention of the brethren to the presence