The Dying Israelite To The Deity.

I dreamt thoe in tho shadow , I saw thoe in the light , I hoard thoo in tho thunder peal , And worship's in the night . All beauty , whilo it spoke of theo , Still made my soul rejoice , And my spirits bowed within itself

To hoar thy " still small voice . " I have not felt myself a thing Far from thy presence driven , By flaming sword and waving wing Shut out from thee and heaven . Must I the whirlwind reap Because my fathers sowed tho storm ? Or shrink because another sinnod

Beneath thy rod right arm ? Oh much of this wo diinly scan And much is still unknown , But I will not tako my curso from man , I turn to thoe alono . Oh bid my fainting spirit live , And what is dark roveal . And what evil , oh , iorgivo , And what is broken , heal , Aud cleanso my nature from abovo In tho deep Jordan of thy lovo .

I know not if tho Christian ' s heaven Shall bo tho same as mine , I only ask to bo forgiven And taken homo to tbino . I weary on a far , dim strand AVhoso mansions aro as tombs , And long to liud tho fatherland

Whoro thoro aro many homos . Oh grant of all yon starry thrones Somo dim and distant star , AVhen Jnda's lost aud scatteiod sons May lovo thoo from afar . AVhen all earth ' s myriad harps shall meet In choral praiso and prayer , Shall Zion's harp , of old so sweet ,

Alono bo wanting there ? Oh place mo in tho lowest seat Tho' I as now appear " Tho Christian ' s scorn , tho Christian ' s jest' 'But lot mo soo and hear From somo bright mansion in tho sky Tho bright ones and their melody . — The Freemason , tit . Lo uis .

List Of Lodge, &C., Meetings For Week Ending 2nd October, 1869.

LIST OF LODGE , & c ., MEETINGS FOR WEEK ENDING 2 ND OCTOBER , 1869 .

( Abbreviations . —F . M . H ., Freemasons' Hall ; M . H ., Masonic Hall ; M . T ., Masonic Temple ; Tav ., Tavern ; Ho ., Hotel ; R ., Rooms ; L ., Lodge ; St ., Street ; Sq ., Square ) . METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS . Monday , Sept . 27 th-LODGES . —PythagoreanLecture HallRoyal-billGreenwich ;

, , , British Oak , Bank of Friendship Tav ., Bancroft-p ., Mile-end ; Tower Hamlets' Engineers , George Ho ., Aldermnnbury . Tuesday , Sept . 28 th . LODGES . —Faith , Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st . ; Industry , F . M . H . ; Southern Star , Montpclier Tav ., Walworth . Wednesday , Sept . 29 th .

LODGES . —Temperance in the East , Pri . Ass . Ro ., Newby-place , Poplar . Thursday , Sept . 30 th . Gen . Com . Female School , at F . M . H ., at i . Friday , Oct . 1 st . LODGES . —Florence Nightingale , Ala . Ha ., AVilliam-st ., Woolwich ; Hornscy , Anderton's Ho ., Fleet-st . Saturday , Oct . 2 nd . Gen . Com . Boys' School , at Freemasons' Hall , at 4 ,

Metropolitan Lodges And Chapters Of Instruction.

METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION .

Sunday , Sept . 26 th . Joppa , Rose and Crown , Fort-st ., Union-st , Bishopsgate . Monday , Sept- 21 il \ - Union Waterloo ( for M . M . ) , King ' s Arms , Woolwich ; Temple , Old George , St . Mary Axe ; Justice , Royal Albert , New Cross-rd . Deptford ; Old ConcordTurk's

HeadMontcombe-, , , st ., Belgrave-sq . ; St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; Sincerity , Cheshire Chceso , Crutched Friars ; Industry , Dick's Coffee House , Fleet-st . ; Salisbury , 71 , Deaust ., Soho ; Camden , Adelaide Tav ., Havcrstock Hill ; AVestbourne , Running Horse , Duke-st ., Grosvenor-sq . ; High Cross , AVhite Hart Ho ., Tottenham ; Tower Hamlet's Engineers , Duke of Clarence , Commcrcial-rd . East .

Tuesday , Sept . 28 th . Strong Man , AVhite Horse , Little Britain ; Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich ; Faith , Fisher ' s Restaurant , Metrop . Dis . Railway , A'ictoria Station ; Domatic , Palmorston Arms Grosvenor-park , Camberwell ; Jordan , Alwyne Castle , Canonbury ; Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney ; Prince Frederick William , Knights of St . John ' s Tav ., St . John ' s-wood ; DalhousieRoyal EdwardTriangleHackney ; Royal Albert

, , , , AVhite Hart , Abcburch-lane ; Rose of Denmark , Metropolitan Chap , os Instruction , George Hotel , Aldermanbury . Wednesday , Sept . 29 th . Eastern Star , Royal Ho ., Burdett-st ., Mile-end-rd . ; Confidence , Sugar Loaf , Great St . Helens ; Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Burdctt-rd ., Limehouse ; United Strength , Ball and Gate , Kentish Town ; New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav .,

Hoxton ; St . Mark's , Mawby Arms , Mawby-st ., S . Lambeth ; Peck , ham , Edinboro ' , Castle Tav ., Peckham Rye ; Temperance in the East , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar . CHATTER OE INSTRUCTION . —St . James ' s Union , Swan Tav ., Mount-st ., Grosvenor-sq . Thursday , Sepl . 30 . 7 .. Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . ; Kent , Duke of

York , Borough-rd . ; Globe , No . 10 , Old Bond-st . ; United Mariners , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Vitruvian , White Hart , College-street , Lambeth ; St . John's , Hollybush Tav ., Hampstead ; Manchester , Berkeley Arms , Jolm-st ., Berkeley-sq . ; Tranquillity , Sugar Loaf Tav ., Great St . Helen's , St . Alary Axe ; Whittington , Crown Ho ., 41 , Holborn j Royal Oak Royal Oak Tav ., Deptford . CHAPTER OE INSTRUCTION . —Joppa , Prospect of AVhitby Tav ., 57 , AVappingwall .

Friday , Od- 1 st . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . ; St . Luke's , Pier Ho ., Choyne-walk , Chelsea ; Temperance , A ictoria Tav ., A'ictoria-rd ., Deptford ; Stability , Guildhall Tav ., 33 , Greshamst . ; Union ' s ( Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ) , Freemasons' Hall ; United Pilgrims , Horns' Tavern , Kennington ; Wellington , Lord Duncan Tav ., Broadway , Deptford ; BelgraveDuke of AVcllingtonSpring-gardensCharing-cross ;

, , , St . James's , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-row , Bermondsey ; Lily , Grey bound Ho ., Richmond ; Doric , Three Cranes , Mile End-rd . ; Rose of Denmark , White Hart , Barnes , Surrey ; A'ictoria Metropolitan Lo . of Instruction , George Ho ., Aldermanbury .

Saturday , Oct . 2 . u _ . Mount Sinai , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . [ This information is extracted from the "Universal Masonic Calendar , " published at 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , and brethren who may detect any inaccuracies are respectfully requested to communicate the same to the Editor . ]

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

SEVERAL communications stand over until our next . J . G . 1 ) . ( Winclifield ) . —Your communication received , we must for the present allow it to stand over . E . T . ( Liverpool ) . —AVe will answer your query in ntxt issue , we wishing to take several opinions on the matter . R . AV . ( Kilwinning ) . —The letter you sent us is rather too severe for insertion . JFSTITIA ( Cowes ) . —The correspondence will appear iu next issue . G . W . W . ( II . Holborn ) . —Communication received . AV . L . ( 87 ) . —The poetry will appear next week .