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another form the naked and stem simplicity which belongs to her worship . It may be that the system of Scottish worship lias stretched its severity into l-nggedness ; a feeling of this kind is arising within the church itself , and it is not improbable that in the next quarter of a century you may behold changes which will improve and commend , and , not as a few would think , deface and destroy its ancient forms . But let the church of our fathers always hold fast by the truth . If she cannot refine to the eye of sense without imperilling the integrity and simplicity

of her doctrine , then perish all outward forms rather than the truth as ifc is in Jesus should be lost to a single soul . "Nor ought I on this occasion to overlook the fact that the Scottish church is now not one , but many . Children have _ gone forth from her , and in some parts of these colonies , of which this city is one , the children are stronger than the mother . I trust that the parent has some of the perpetual youth of Christ about her , and that she will yet give goocl si to tho church and the world of a healthy vitality . Presbyterians

gns are divided . It is , perhaps , a fault of theirs that they are naturally inclined to divide . AA ' ell , there is a division , a variety which is neither displeasing to God nor offensive to man—such as we see abroad over all nature in the dispensations to our fellow creatures—such as we shall doubtless behold in the kingdom of heaven , when all fche tribes , and tongues , and kinlreds , and nations shall stand around the throne . But there must be no bitterness in it , no persecution , no undue elevation of ourselves , no false and unmerited depreciation of others . AA'ith regard

to the Presbyterian church of Canada , however , I believe the days of division are soon to cease . The opinion is fast taking hold of the people , aud even of the clergy ( who are generally the last to retire from the ancient strongholds ) that old country divisions have no proper place here , and that it is best for the interest of the Presbyterian cause in Canada to have but one Presbyterian church . I pray God that he may soon accomplish this most desirable object . " Butthe church which we all love most I hope is the church of the

, living God , the holy and peculiar people , whom God gathers from every denomination , and from every clime—who walk with him upon the eartlf , who reign with him in the glory of the sky . It will be the privilege of our various churches that through the instrumentality employed in them , they furnish a few to this illustrious band . And of Zion it shall be said , this and that man were born in her . I trust ,

therefore , that while we offer up prayer to Almighty God for a blessing upon this sanctuary , and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the means of grace which are employed , that our hearts may be full of interest ancl love for the whole kingdom of Christ . 0 , may it be the happy portion of these lands , to ivhieh Cod has imparted so much fertility and beauty , to carry upon their bosom a people , rich in all the graces of Christian truth and charity , inheriting the virtues which have placed high in the scale of nations , the noble races from which they have

sprung , aud seeking to provide for their children , and for the wanderingsons of Europe , a home , where liberty and happiness , peace and religion , shall flourish together . There is , wo may be sure , a great destiny before these countries , with their immense capabilities . AVestward the tide of emigration will hold its way , so long as an oufclct is afforded to the teeming population of European countries ; and vast as is this continent—boundless , apparently , as are her forests and prairies—the time will eome at length ( unless the manifest purpose of God should

change ) , when the woodman ' s axe will no longer resound through the opening space , nor the buffalo roam over his wide and ancient pasture ground—when from shore to shore , from east to west , nations will flourish and fulfil a purpose in the world . AA ' e who live on the banks of these mighty lakes , and of the noble river which they send to the seawho are planted on the highway of this continent—may well look forward , with profound interest , to the unopened volume of the future . AA'hen our day and our destiny comewe may not be unworthy of the

, place which God has assigned to us . " The JLAY . Grand Master then stepped forward , and congratulated the building committee on the progress thoy had already made in the erection of the church , as also tho citizens of London in requiring the building of such au edifice amongst them . It was , ho said , perhaps as welljthat there are divisions in the church of Christ , and he sincerely believed that it tended to advance the interests of Christianity , and our common humanity to be thus divided . The body which he had the

honour to represent was undivided , and their great object was , to advance the cause of mankind , and to cherish those feelings of charity which tend to alleviate the ruggedness of our nature . He hoped that the time would soon come , when the sentiment expressed by one of the noblest sons of the Craft , in the words of the Scottish bard , would be realized , and he thought that he could not do better than by quoting them : —

" Then let us pray , that conic it may , As come it will , for a' that ; AVhen hand to hand , the world m-ound , Shall brothers be for a' that . " The fraternity then reformed , and proceeded in the usual order , headed by the band , to the City Hall , ivhere the Grand Lodge was closed in due form . Thus terminated one of the most pleasing ceremonies that has ever been witnessed in this city . The style of this church is a kind of Gothic , much in use in the latter part of the fourteenth century . T ) ie design is the same as thp new Trinity Church . Edinburgh .

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At four o ' clock the fraternity , together with a number of invited friends , assembled at the Teeuuiseh House to partake of dinner . After thanks hacl been returned , the Grand JIaster said that all those present were not members ofthe JIasonie Craft , but he hacl been told that they were " right goocl fellows , " and on that account he would alter the regular system of toasts . He hoped they would continue to enjoy themselves , and that the remaining proceedings of the day would be characterized by the same feeling of love ancl brotherly kindness that

had already been evinced . Ho called upon them to respond to the toast " The . Queen and the Craft . " Captain AVilson , P . G . B ., then rose aud proposed "The health ofthe Jlost AA'orshipful Grand Master . " He said that it was unnecessary for him to make any remarks , as the fraternity were well aware of the service that had been rendered to the Craft by Colonel AA'ilson , and he would consider that he would only be hurting his ( Colonel AA'ilson ' s ) feelings were he to say anything iu his praise .

The JI . AA ' . Grand JIaster said it was with the greatest pleasure and gratification that he-received the testimony of respect ancl confidence that the brethren liad expressed towards him . It was pleasing to know that his services had been acceptable to the Craft , ancl he hoped that he would continue to merit their confidence . The proceedings of the clay had been to him of a very gratifying character . He had been in London on former occasions , and he was glad to see that notwithstanding tho hardness of the times , there was still vitality left . He remembered

passing through London in the year 1 S 32 , aud so small a place was it then , that he ancl a friend who was with him eould not find it , and after they had rode a short way out of the then village , they asked a man on the road ivhere London was , and the man told them that they had j ust passed through it . He hacl visited ifc since on several occasions , ancl he had made the acquaintance of several worthy men who were not connected with the Craft . He hoped to spend many more happy days iu London , aud be present on such occasions . The remaining toasts were principally of local interest .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty has at length brought her visit to the Highlands to a close . Last Friday the Queen , the Prince Consort , and the Princesses Alice and Helena , left Edinburgh for Locli Katrine , to inaugurate the waterworks that are constructed for the conveyance of the water of that lake into the city of Glasgow . The capacity of these works is equal to 50 , 000 , 000 gallons a day for one hundred and twenty days , the aqueduct thirty-seven miles in length , and the time occupied in construction three years . All passed off well , and the

royal party left for Holyhead , where they arrived at seven in the evening . Her Majesty has since arrived at AA'inclsor Castle from Penrhyn Castle . The Prince of Wales has left Buckingham Palace for Oxford . On Monday the Prince Consort visited the Great Eastern . FOREIGX NEWS . - — AA'e learn by telegram that the treaty of peace between France and Austria has been signed at Zurich . The announcement of the treaty having been signed lias not caused any excitement in Paris , as it is considered the treaty is a nullity as to its effect on the

settlement of the Italian question . The Presse jeers at the treaty , and says it justifies both those who announced the speedy conclusion of peace , and those who alleged that nothing had been settled . The Emperor Napoleon has refused to receive a deputation from Bologna ; Br . Kern , representative from Switzerland , had arrived in Paris , ancl General Babormida has had another conference with Count AA ' alewski . Although , the French papers are prohibited from publishing the protests , & a ., of the bishops , their reverences are not deterred from doing it themselves , and continue to do so perseveringly . An official intimation has been

sent to all the French journals not to publish any document , pastoral letter , circular , or protest , that the bishops may put forward , and to abstain from commenting on those already published , or on the critical position of the Papacy . It appears that the absolutist party in Paris is loud in asserting that the archdukes will be restored , and that both England aud France will support it in the coming congress . Tho Vnixers takes advantage of the statements made by Jlr . AA ' akley on the subject of the alleged murder of illegitimate children in workhouses ,

and asserts that it is an English institution , ancl that ifc is the result of parliamentary government . The French system of warnings , from which Algeria had been so far free that they could not be issued without the sanction of the minister of the interior , has been extended to the press of that colony , iu the same maimer that it is now practised in France . Paris correspondents again mention the different measures resorted to by the French government for the protection of the seaboard , and , among others , that of the invention of a platform , something in the

nature of a turn table , to be erected on different points of the coast , by which the guns can be readily pointed iu any direction , as pivot guns now are . A letter from Milan , dated the 10 th inst ., laments the paucity of news , aud mentions the fact that not only are plain hints given to the conductors of the press to temper the vivacity of their criticisms ou the Emperor of the French , but severe restrictions are put upon the vendors of newspapers , who are compelled to resort to various tricks to dispose of their political wares . The Lombardici , however , ventures to com men ton the question of the maintenance of the temporal poiver of the Pope , which it calls " a serious impediment to the