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we shall also reign with Him ; " and below , a sheaf of corn , with-a chaplet of vino : "I am that bread of life ; I am the true vine ; " wheat ears , enwreatbed with the vine , surrounding the whole . Tbe two side lights az-e of a corresponding design , in ivhich are represented the helmet , sword , and shield ; the sacred monogram of Jesus , crown and palm branches , Holy Bible , dove ancl serpent ; the all-seeing

Eye , surrounaed by lilies of the valley and violets . A stained glass window has just bee ^ ilaced in the church of St . Mary ' s , Hulme , by tbe liberality of a member of tbe congregation . The window is composed of grisaille glass ; the design being taken from an old window in ilxeter Cathedral . In the centre light is a figure of our Lord , as a little child , in His mother ' s arms ; the subject being chosen

as appropriate to the situation of the window , which is immediately over the font , and also on account of thc dedication of the church to St . Mary . It is intended to enrich the church of St . Raphael , the Archangel , Bristol , with a series of stained glass windows , illustrating the " Ministry of Holy Angels ' , " arranged in type and anti-type fashion . The first window is now iu

hand . It contains , first , " The Sons of God Shouting for Joy at the Creation of the First World ; " second , " The Angels Foretelling the Birth of the Second Adam to the Shepherd . " Bray Church , Wickloiv , Ireland . The stone of the above church was laid by the Archbishop of Dublin on Monday . The site was given by the late Lord Herbert , of Lea , and is

beautifully surrounded by the Wicklow mountains and scenery of tbe most splendid description , which will quite harmonize with the very lofty dimensions of the new church . The style of the edifice is Early Middle pointed , and it consists of nave , aisles , chancel , and vestry . The clear internal length is 125 ft ., and 62 ft . 6 ui . wide ; the height , from level of nave floor to underside of ridgeis 64 ft .: the tower and

, spire , of good proportion , are placed at the north west corner . The external dressings will be of granite ( the local stone ) , ancl the walls of the same material , but built in irregular courses . This will necessarily simplify the ordinary details ; the arcades and internal masonry , however , are of Bath stone . The architect is Mr . William Slater , of London ; the builder is Mr . Carroll , of Dublin .

CoMPAEISON OF WOUVEIQIANS AND PEA-ANGELICO . — Til < 3 thoughts of Wouvermans are AA-holly of this world . For him there is no heroism , aive , or mercy , hope or faith . Eating and drinking and slaying ; rage and lust ; the pleasures and distresses of the debased body—from these his thoughts , if so Ave may call them , never for an instant rise or change . The soul of Angelico is in all ways the precise reverse of this ; habitually as incognizant of any earthly leasure as Wouvermans of any heavenly one . Both

p are exclusive with , absolute exclusiveness ; neither desiring nor . conceiA'ing anything beyond their respective spheres . Wouvermans lives under grey clouds ; his lights come out as spots . Angelico lives iu an unclouded light ; his shadoiA'S themselves are colour , his lights are not the spots but his darks . Wouvermans lives in perpetual tumult ; tramp of horse ; clash of cup ; ring of pistol-shot . Angelico in perpetual peace ; not seclusion from the world ; no shutting out of the AA-orld is needful for him—there is nothing to

shut out . Envy , lust , contention , discourtesy , are to him as though they ivere not ; and the cloister Avalk of Mesole no penitential solitude , barred from tho stir and joy of life , hut a possessed land of tender blessing guarded from the entrance of all but holiest sorrow . The littlo cell AA-as as one of the houses of heaven , prepared for him by his Master . " What need had it to be elseAvhere ? Was not the Val d'Arns , with its olive Avoods in Avhite blossom , paradise enough for a poor monk ? Or could Christ be indeed in

heaven more than here ? Was he not always Avith him ? Could lie breathe or see , but that Christ breathed beside him , and looked into his eyes ? Under every cypress avenue the angels walked ; he had seen their white robes , whiter than the dawn , at his bed-side as he aAvolce in early summer . They had sung Avith him , one on each side , when his voice failed for joy at SAi'eet vesper and matin time ; his eyes Avere blinded by their wings in the sunset , when it sank behind the hills of Lurri" There be weakness in thisbut

. may , there is no baseness ; and while I rejoice in all recovery from monasticism Avhich leads to practical and healthy action in the world , I must severel y guard my pupils from the thought that sacred rest may be honourably exchanged for selfish and mindless activity . —John RnsHn , M . A .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

ruRKimi MASONIC EMBLEMS . In Travels in Lycia , by ' Captain Spratt and Professor Edward Forbes ( London , 1847 ) , vol . I ., p . 227 , are some interesting illustrations of Masonic emblems found about three miles from the Gulelook Pass , on the road from Adalia , in a large and substantial Turkish ruin called the Eski Khan or Old Khan , near the remains of an ancient

city . It is a large and imposing square building , constructed of square blocks of calcsinter derived from the nei ghbouring ruins , but hewn specially for this building , and each marked with a Masonic monogram or emblem , of which more than thirty were counted . The building must be many hundred years old , as Captain Spratt says the gateway is of Saracenic architecture . The most frequent emblems ivere the following : —

Many of these emblems I have seen , and in a former number of the FBEEMASOXS' MAGAZINE , I have pointed out the use of

on the boxes containing the Sultan ' s presents for tho Hadj . The Turks still have a great fondness for Masonic emblems , and on the wall of the forecourt of the Tidiaret or Ministry of

Commerce , formerly the Old Porte , there are painted on a large scale two groups of tools including the compasses , 24-inch gage , & c . The Saracenic Masonic emblems here referred to suggest a curious comparison with the contemporary mediteval marks of Europe . —HYDE CLARKE . EASTERN " BRETHREN . Is it possible to prevail on Bro . Hyde Clarke to give us

some account of the various orders of Masonry he has met with during his sojourn in the East , and , as far as may be properly stated in print , to tell us in what essential points they differ from their European brethren ? Such information would be highly esteemed by many readers . —Ex . Ex , THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLE . Some correspondence has been going on iu your columns

respecting an amalgamation of the Order of the Temple and the Knights Templar . Without entering into the desirability of the subject , allow mc to ask if this is practicable , even if both parties are agreeable to it , for are not the members of the former all Roman Catholics ? I ask for this information , will any one supply it ?—AN OLD P . E . C . THE EOYAL ARCII SASH " .

AVhy are the Royal Arch Sashes worn from left to right ? —2 ND A . S . MINUTE BOOKS OP TIIE CLEEXENWELL MASONS . It is well known that several brethren used to meet in Clerkenwell and confer degrees , as Ark Mariners , Markmen , Mark-Masters , and many others , not now even known by name . Did they minute their proceedings ? If so , what has become of the books ? There is one very distinguished