Daily Work.

Ko dread of toil have we or ours , We know our worth and weigh our powers , The more w-e work , the more we win : Success to trade ! Success to spade ! Aud to the corn that ' s coming in ' . And joy to him , who , o ' er his task . Remembers toil is nature ' s lan :

p AVho working thinks , And never sinks His independence as a man ! AVho only asks for humblest wealth , Enough for competence and health ; And leisure when his work is done To read his book

By chimney nook , Or stroll at setting of the sun ; AVho toils as every man should toil , Fi ir fair reward , erect and free . These are the men—The best of men—These are the men we mean to be .

The Mystic Tie.

THE MYSTIC TIE .

nr JAMES UXEX . Oh ! ye Craftsmen who proudly the Mason's badge wear , Who still meet on the level and part on the square ; While you act by the plumb , ever upright and just , Be strong in your faith , and in God put your trust . With the square and the compass , to counsel and guide . You may traverse the earth with a feeling of pride ; And with smiles on the face that a clear conscience brings

. You may shake hands with princes and sit down with kins Be the landmarks unharmed that for ages have stood , When fire and the sword swept the earth like a flood ; Protected and watched by the . all seeing eye , Heart-rooted they stand , and time ' s changes defy . At the altar ye kneel where your fathers have knelt , Where the proud and the strong into tenderness melt

; So firm and enduring that man cannot sever Is the mystical tie that binds you for ever . Though your lives maybe checkered and dark lie the way , Where the sunbeams of home on the heart cease to play , The great light of the Craft , with its lessons sublime , AVill illumine your path in the journey of time . Should some poor erring brother his claims on you press ,

Oh ! regard not his faults , but relieve his distress ; Over failings be taught to throw charity ' s veil , For the best are but mortals , and mortals are frail . As yo stand by the grave of a Mason , and weep , AA ith emotions of anguish all silent and deep , Oh ! forget not the needs of his desolate hearth , And the dear tender ties that long bound him to earth . Go , kind sympathy , visit the fireside of grief .

And should want be found there , carry speedy relief : Do not give as you would to the mendicant poor . That may shivering stand and beg alms at your door . Should the spirit of evil your wild passions fire , Still let moral strength triumph and wisdom inspire ; Charming beauty and virtue adown the sure line That will lead you to bliss and to glory divine . In the search of more light , by degrees may you climb , Till ye pass from the earth and the trials of time , AA earing diadems bright , and with failings forgiven May we all meet at last in the Grand Lodge of Heaven .

FINE ARTS . —As the opening of the Royal Academy Exhibition on the first of May approaches , as is usual , the artist's studio engages the attention of the curious—What will the Academy bring forth ? or , which will he the season picture ? are daily topics of remarks among critics who , having done the French Gallery , Suffolk-street , and the Institution , await fresh subjects from the pencil of our academicians . AA e admit we fake pleasure in a quiet half hour in the studio ; the mind , weary with the toils of daily life , finds vigour and repose in contemplating the

labours of genius , which bring back , in all their freshness , scenes of our boyhood , the purling brook , the busy mill , the well known green , or perchance place before us the features of some long absent friend . In our rambles we have been much gratified to find that Bro . E . A . Becker , of the Salisbury Lodge , has just finished two portraits for the Academy Exhibition , which we are confident will be favourably received . there . Bro . Becker is a painstaking artist , exceedingly clever , aud in the present instance has executed his commissions in a masterly style : there are great faithi ' ulnoss of expression and elegance of position in all his works , and as a portrait painter he is rising rapidly into public noticea fact which we are sure will be hailed with general satisfaction b y his numerous friends in the Craft .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

. 4- [ THE Enrron does not hold himself responsible for a » i > i opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] VISITORS' CERTIFICATES . TO THE KDITOll OP THE HiEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIH 110 P .. Sii : .-vx . i ) Pmcm-iKR—In last Saturday ' s Magazine ( Notices to

, Correspondents ) i find you reply , to " . inquirer" No . ;! , "There is no law of the drand ' Lodge of England positively forbidding the admission of an unknown brother " without a certificate , if he can prove himself a Mason . '' May T ask whether this is not surely a lapsus calami ? for at my installation as TT . M . I was required to promise that "No visitor should be received into my Lodge withoutdue examinationand producing proper vouchers

, , of his having been initiated in a regular Lodge . " Now , sir , I takd this to mean that , without his certificate , you cannot admit an unknown brother . You will perceive the producing his vouchers is imperative , and not- or : and , acting up to my promise , I certainly should not admit a stranger without a certificate . 1 am , Sir and Brother , yours very fraternally . Manchester , April o / Ji , 1860 . " N . C .

The Calendar.

THE CALENDAR .

TO THE nniTon OP THE EUEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC Mianon . IJRAK Sin AXD BEOTIIEII , —Numerous are the hypotheses and suggestive hints which find a vent in the space allotted in the Freemasons' Magazine to the communications of correspondents ; subjects arc agitated , commented upon , and , according to thenrelative merits , either die a natural death through inanition or are submitted again and again to the public gazeuntil the matter is

, espoused by some brethren of note , and the projected amelioration carried into effect . Colonial Masons , or brethren enduring for limited periods an absence from England , who may be considered in the same category , peruse with occasional delight and edification these varied emanations ; and but that the remoteness of their abiding places precludes other than a tardy share of the controversy or inquiry , would frequently contribute their quota

to the general fund of debate . Subjects , however , are at times broached whose final discussion cannot occur for lengthened periods ; and upon such occasions , it is presumed that , the opinions of colonial Masons , if not considered worthy of adoption , will be accorded the same measure of attention as those of more frequent correspondents . The concluding numbers of the Magazine for 1 X 59 , teem with suggestions for the better compilation of the

Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Boot ; and regarding the inefficiency of the present issue , as a work of reference , but one opinion seems to prevail ; the persistent inattention of those in authority to the repeated and annual complaints of the Craft is extremely disheartening , and the necessity for a different plan of regeneration becomes self evident . Why does- not some enterprising brother versed in the intricacies of the printing-house , publish an amplified and amended Masonic Calendar ? Of what should its contents consist—if a

step is made at all in the right direction , let it be a bold and decided one ; if this project finds favour in the eyes of the Craft , but few weeks will elapse before the medium through which this letter sees the light , will be called upon to act in a similar capacitv to many suggestions , and assisting thoughts of well-wishers to the scheme . A brief outline of the principal requirements is submitted . Lists of Lodges , Chapters , and Encampments ,

alphabetically and numerically , and according to localities ; with days and places of assembling of all recognized Grand Lodges with their principal officers ; of Grand Chapter and Conclave of England ; of Provinces , by whom governed ; and of the members of the Grand Lodge of England , alphabetically aud by Lodges . The last mentioned requirement may be deemed unnecessary , but T demandare not the Masons under the jurisdiction of England

, , as much entitled , ill a Calendar devoted to their interests , to a list of their Masonic as well as of their non-masonic legislators ? Such a list would enable colonial and provincial brethren to note with greater interest the reported speeches and published anecdotes of the great lights of the Order , whose antecedents mig ht he traced with profit- by brethren individuallydebarred from a like notoriety . No improved Calendar caii

appear with advantage until the present year has all but glided away , and let- it not be asserted that the difficulties of preparing such a publication by January , 1801 , are misurmountable ; if Bro . Spencer could be induced to take the matter in hand , a