What Masonry Gains By Being Based On Christianity,

It is Hope that gives permanency its peculiar -value ; Faith is the basis of power ; and so Charity is love , carried out in its purest form , God himself is love , and as the Christian can become fully so only as he is filled with the Spirit of God ,

therefore love of charity must be an element of his beina' . o Masons , in carrying out the principles of action oimracterizing them in ihe life that Masonry teaches , will necessarily manifest a charitable

disposition , not from a selfish motive , but as a habit , that becomes like an article of dress Ave are partial to ; one that is frequently , perhaps constantly , Avorn . You see among Masons no bitter animosity , no selfish feelings , no desire to override one

another . On the contrary , you see a living out : A the Scripture injunction , " Be kindly affectionate one to another ivith brotherly loA r e ; in honour preferring one another . " In short , it is a firm

conviction ivith them that they cannot lead such lives as they should , unless they fulfil the law of love , so that we come to the conclusion that all there is that makes the institution of Masonry of Amy value Avhatever is gained b y its being based

tipcn Christianity . Take aAvay from Masonry its wisdom , its strength ., and its beauty , as an organic body of itself , and Ave have no such society . Take . way these same elements emblemised b y Faith , Hope , and Charity , and what becomes of Chris .

tianifcy . It is gone . But , brethren , so long as God exists Christianity must ahvays have a place in heaven and on the earth ; and if Masons will ahvays cherish their Christianity , I think Masonry will never die out until wo gain that home where

the atmosphere is so impregnated witli love in its purest and broadest scope , that charity will be . - . est in God ' s own immediate presence , where faith will , be banished by : i spiritual light , ancl hope has ended in fruition .

Bearing these principles in mind , brethren , go on iu your labour of love , and search after more light and truth ; knoAving full well that the darkless in Avhich we grope may last for a time , but persevere ive should and ought , for a glorious vuture will , sooner or later , open before us .

J . II : AL Cn . uurr . —Tlio Committee of the Metropolitan A . rae . Hospital havo just received the second munificent ' . ionnuoii of £ 1 , 000 from an unknown friend , under the initials "IS . G-., " and request us to giro publicity to their grateful acknowledgments for the same .

Lodge Minutes, Etc.—No. 11.

LODGE MINUTES , ETC . —No . 11 .

By Bro . W . P . BTOHAN , Past . S . W . No . 3 bis , Grand Steward , Grand Lodge of Scotland . ( Continued from page 423 , Nov . 27 th ) . "Glasgow , 27 th Deer ., 1794 .

" St . John ' s Day . —This being the anniversary of St . John the Divine , Bra . Jno . Bigg , R . W . M ., aud a respectable number of the members of St . Mango ' s Lodge dined together in the Buck ' s Head Inn ; from thence they proceeded in procession wt music and torches to the Trades' House

Hall , where we : e convened the Argyle and St . David ' s Lodges . About half-past seven the business of the evening Avas opened by prayer by St . Mungo ' s Lodge as being senior . Many fine songs was sung and loyal toasts drank , and the whole of

the evening Avas spent Avt the greatest harmony and concord , much to the honour of the Craft . A little after eleven o'clock the lodges wei'e shut by St . David's as being Junior , when the Avhole of the members dismissed in peace and good order . "

31 st Deer ., 1794 . In Mr . Housfcoun ' s Laigh Kirk Close . —Mr . Wm . Cleghorn * * * was regularly entered an Apprentice , and thereafter passed a Fellow Craft Mason in our lodge , " & o . 10 th Jany ., 1795 . — "Thereafter John Ross ,

Musician , AVIIO said he Avas made for St . Mungo ' s Lodge about eight years ago for playing on the fiddle to the lodge meetings—but acknowledged he believed clandestinely—Avas duly entered an Apprentice , passed FelloAV Craft , and raised a

Master Mason , " & c . loth Jany ., 3795 . — "St . Mungo ' s Lodgo Avishes to have a Tailor that will undertake as follows , viz . —and to which David Ferguson , their present Tailor , chearfully agreed , and was then

unanimously agreed upon , for the present year : — 1 st . To be at the Master ' s call at all times when Avanted to summons meetings , committees , & c To be paid for the same at the discretion of the Master .

2 d . To deliver all cards mouthy meetings , & c . under penalty of removal on a third proven complaint of negligence . 3 d . To attend the Master as porter during the days of meeting . To be paid ab the Master ' s

pleasure . 4 ch . To attend the mornings after meeting to remove every impediment in the room before 10 o'clock .