Gems From Bro. Lawrence Sterne.

blessed Saviour in describing the day of judgment does it in such a manner , as if the great inquiry then , was to relate principally fco this our virfcure of compassion—and as if our final sentence at that solemnity Avas to be pronounced exactly according

to the degrees of ifc . " I was a hungred and ye gave me meat—naked and ye cloathed me—I Avas sick and ye visited me—in prison and ye came unto me . " Not that Ave are to imagine from thence , as if any other good or evil action should

then be overlooked by the eye of the all-seeing Judge , bufc barely to intimate to us , that a ¦ charitable and benevolent disposition is so principal , and ruling a parfc of a man ' s character .

as to be a considerable test by itself of the Avhole frame and temper of his tnincl , with which all other virtues and A * ices respectively rise and fsll , and will almost necessarily be connected . Tell me thereore of a compassionate man , you represent to me

a man of a thousand other good qualities— -on Avhom I can depend— -whom I may safely trust with my Avife—my children , my fortune and reputation . 'Tis for this , as the apostle argues from the same princip le—¦ " that he will not commit adultery , that he will not kill , that he Avill not steal , that he will nofc bear false Avitness . " Thus the

SOITOAVS which are stirred up in men ' s hearts by such trespasses are so tenderly felt b y a compassionate man , thafc ifc is not in his power or'his nature to commit them . " So that Avell mig ht he conclude that charity , by

which he means the love to your neig hbour , Avas the end of the commandment , ancl that Avhosoever fulfilled it , had Mulled the law . " ( To be continued . )

Professor Robertson On Freemasonry.

PROFESSOR ROBERTSON ON FREEMASONRY .

In the sister island there exists an institution of most anomalous nature , AA'hich all good Catholics look on Avith considerable veneration , and dignify with the title of the Catholic University , but which Protestants regards with unanimous contempt , inasmuch as it cau lay no just claim to the designation

of university . In this strange institution a Mr . James Burton Robertson is the professor of modern history and geography . This gentleman is , if Ave mistake not , a convert to Roman Catholicism , and , therefore , of course , possesses all the zeal by which

converts to the Latin Church are distinguished . Freemasonry , being obnoxious to the Holy See , formed an admirable subject for the display of zeal

as well as of research . The professor threw himself with ardour into his work , and the result is a lecture entitled "Freemasonry : Sketch of its Ori gin and Early Progress , its Moral and Political Tendency , " delivered before the Historical Society connected Avith the Catholic University .

This lecture has the advantage of an " Appendix containing a Synopsis of the Papal Bulls respecting Secret Societies , " by the Rev . Dr . Murray , of Maynooth . It is dedicated "To His Grace the Most

Rev . Joseph Dixon , Lord Archbishop of Armagh , Primate of all Ireland , & c . " Although ifc is some time since this lecture was published , yet it is one which is Avell worthy of perusal , and should certainly not be ignored in the pages of a Masonic magazine . Everthing , connected

with the Craft should be garnered up in these pages . "We haA'e said that Professor Robertson ' s work is worthy of perusal , inasmuch as being a man of some ability and erudition , he speaks , we are entitled to presume , the sentiments entertained by the devout and educated members of the Roman Catholic Church

on the subject of Freemasonry . The Professor commences by stating that , " Having been requested by the Irish clergy to treat of secret societies , which are now the curse and bane of European nations , I have begun with the venerable

parent of all secret societies , the Masonic Order . " He then proceeds to make a few preliminary remarks . ( 1 ) . That " oar Protestant brethren not being interdicted by the authorities in their different com

munions from becoming members of this society , incur , not by such a step the same responsibility as Catholics A \ 'ho join it . " ( 2 ) . That " many excellent Catholics , on being made acquainted with the judgments of the Church ou Freemasonry , have given up all connection Avith the Order . "

( 3 ) . That " there are in all countries estimable individuals belonging to the lower degrees of Masonry , and Avho are nofc cognizant of its ultimate tendency , which I shall show to be anti-Christian and antisocial . And lastly , this remark is especially applicable to these countries—England , Scotland , and Ireland , Avhere Masonry has generally , bufc nofc always retained a more innocuous charater . "

lhe professor then contrasts Masonry in Protestant England Avith Masonry in Catholic Belgium , decidedly to the superiority of the former . One of the " shameless " acts of the Belgian Masons being that they presented a golden pen to the most infamous AA'riter of the present age , the late M . Eugene Sue , yet we

think ithardly fair to judge of Freemasonry by the injudicious acts of some of its members . But it is UOAV time for Mr . Bobertson to p lunge in mediae res ;