General Charges.

apprentice be able of birth , that is to say , free born , aud whole of limbs as a man ought to be . 5 . That no Master nor fellow take allowance from any to be made Masons , without the assent and council of his fellows , and that he take him

for no less than five or seven years ; and that he who is to be made a Mason be able in all manner of degrees , that is to say , free born , of good kindred , true , and no bondsman , and also that he have his limbs sound and strong .

6 . That no Master take any apprentice unless he have sufficient occupation to set him on , or to set three of his fellows , or two of them , at the least , on work . 7 . That no Master nor fellow shall take no

man's work to task that was desirous to go a journey . 8 . That every Master shall pay to his fellows but as they deserve , so that he be not deceived by false workmen .

9 . That no Mason slander another behind his back , to make him lose his good name or his worldly goods . 10 . That no fellow within the lodge , or without , misanswer another ung-odly or reproachfully

without a reasonable cause . 11 . That every Mason shall reverence his elder , and put him to worship . 12 . That no Mason shall be a common player

at hazard , or at dice , or at any other unlawful plays whereby the Craft may be slandered . 13 . That no Mason shall use letchery , nor be a pander or bawd , & c , whereby the Craft may be slandered .

14 . That no Mason shall be a thief , or thief ' s fellow , or conceal any such unjust action , so far as he may will or know . 15 . That you shall call Masons your fellows or brothers , and no foul name .

16 . Ton shall not take a brother or fellow ' s wife in villainy , nor desire ungodly his daughter , nor his servant , nor put him to any disworship . 17 . That you pay truly for your meat and drink where you go to board .

18 . That you shall keep all the counsels of your fellows truly , be it in loclge or elsewhere , and all other councils that ought to be kept by way of brotherhood .

19 . That you be true to one another , that is to say , to every Mason of the Craft of Masonry , that be Masons proved and allowed : you shall do unto them as you would they should do unto you .

20 . That no fellow go into the town in the night time , except he have a fellow with him that may bear him witness that he was in company . 21 . That every Master and fellow that have trespassed against the Craft , shall stand to the

award of the Masters and fellows , to make them accorded if they can ; and if they may not accord them , then to go to the common law . 22 . That you shall be true men to God and the holy church , and that you use no error or heresy

by your understanding or discretion , but be yon wise discreet men , or wise men in each thing . 23 . That you shall be liegemen to the king , without treason or any other falsehood , and that

you know no treason or treachery , but you amend privily , if you may , or else warn the king or his council thereof . 24 . That no Master or fellow make , mould , square , nor rule to no leyer , nor set no leyer within

the loclge nor without , to hew or mould stones . 25 . That every Mason receive and cherish strange fellows , when they come from other countries , and set them to work , if they will , as the manner is , that is to say , if they have mould

stones in their place , or else he shall refresh him with money unto the next lodge . 26 . That every Mason shall truly serve the Lord for his pay , and every Master truly to make an end of his work , be ifc task or journey , if he have his demand and all that he ought to have .

[ From the cautions I have now recited may be perceived what kind of men Freemasons ought to be , and this alone one would think sufficient to silence the clamour of the envious , credulous , and ill-natured against our ancient ancl honourable society . But such is the present flourishing state

of Masonry that nothing can harm us , if we are followers of that , which is good , and adorn our lives and conversation with the beauty of holiness , if we promote virtue , discourage vice , and pursue with diligence and honesty the different callings ancl ways of life in which by the providence of God we are placed . ' —J . F . S . 1

WHAT A > EDUCATED JIAN OUGHT TO KNOW . —Ruskin says-:: —An educated man ought to know three things , first , where he is , that is to say , what sort of world he has got into ; how large ifc is ; what kind of creatures live in ifc , and how ; what it is made of , and what may be made of it . Secondly , where he fs going to , that is to say , what chances or reports there are of any other world besides this ; what seems to be the nature of that

other world . Thirdly , what he had best do under the circumstances , that is to say , what kind of faculty be possesses ; what are tbe present state and wants of mankind ; what are the readiest means in his power of attaining happiness and diffusing it . The man who knows these things , and who has his will so snbdued , in the learning of them , that he is ready to do what he knows he ought , is an educated man ; and the man who knows them not is uneducated , though he could talk all the tongues of Babel ,