The Youth Of Solomon.

Iii the deep refuge of the green hill ' s shade Which shows the distant prospect far away , And busy cities now iu vain displayed , For they can lure no further , and the ray Of the bright sun can make sufficient holy clay . "

A Model Lodge.

A MODEL LODGE .

[ From Rob Morris ' s Code of Masonie Laio . ] WE have often been asked to describe a Model Lodge—exactly such a thing as a Lodge ought to be . Influenced by the hope that some of our readers will be stirred up to strive for this high standard , we will attempt the description , though we feel ourselves compelled to draw , in part at least , upon fancy for the pattern . We have witnessed every feature of our model , but all of them in Lod

never one ge . The room should be in the highest story that embraces it , but not directly under the roof , and including the room for the Tyler and the preparation room , should comprehend the whole story ; so that there may be no other apartments contiguous to it . It should be situated rather in the suburbs of the village or town , in which the Lodge is located , and so high that no other building near will it

. overtop . For summer use it should admit of the most thorough ventilation , for nothing is more destructive to health than night meetings ^ iu hot and confined rooms , such as we too often have suffered in . Stoves should be so situated as to warm the remotest corner of the apartment in a cheerless winter night , that the order and decorum of the Lodge may not be disturbed by members leaving their seats , and an ample supply of water should be conveniently at hand . The Tyler's room should have a stove to itself .

The floor should be covered with thick matting , or carpeting laid upon straw , so as to damp the heaviest sound .. The stations of three principal officers should be raised on steps according to their official grade . No pulpit or wall should be erected to conceal them from the view of the craftsmen present , but they should sit as exposed as a king upon his throne ; or , at the most , a narrow pedestal rising from a single stalk , should be placed belorc each of them this

. On pedestal may lie the pillar , gavel , & c , necessary for each . Comfortable seats should be provided for members and visitors ; not hard , torturing benches , without backs , but easy and pleasant chairs or sofas . Desks are necessary lor , thc Secretary aud Treasurer , aud chairs for the Deacons , liie gavels used by the principal officers should be small , neatly turned , of ivory , lignum vital , or some other hard aud ornamental wood and hard substance laid

; a upon the pedestal to receive the force of the blows . Upon the wall should hang one of Slierer's large and magnificent Master's carpets , the best arrangement in the world for purposes of lecturing ; likewise engravings of the temple , of , eminent Craftsmen , of splendid Masonic edifices , maps of the countries mentioned in our lectures chronological charts , and any thing else that is both instructive and ornamentalThus the

. room is a place of beauty , gratifyinoto the eye and satisfactory to the pride ; while it is eminently calculated tor the Mason's purpose as a school for the mind . During the hours devoted to discussions , that are sometimes uninteresting , save to the few , the brethren will be feasting their eyes with these speaking emblems , instead of closing away in sleep . In one cornerneatlarranged shelves

, y on , properly catalogued and covered for preservation , should be the Lodge library embracing as many books upon Masonry and cognate subjects its the means of the Lodge will procure . A small annual percentage upon the Lodge receipts would suffice to increase it from year to year until eventually , the collection would become one of the most valuable objects bclonainu to the LocVe .

ihe Lod ge room should rather be small and well filled than large and empty . As no well working Lodge embraces in general over htty members , so the dimensions of thirty feet by twenty icet , or thereabouts , make the most desirable apartment . Preserve us from the great halls as bi g as " all outdoors , " that more resemble a barn than a Lodge room , and could not be filled with less than ten score Masons 1 Some Lodges build as if Lebanon's cedars were as abundant black oak

as sapling . ¦ J rt , uu , wlge s , , , a 11 T ct statedl y ( Softener than once a uiontli ) all the members thereof , or as many as arc favoured by i-oyidc . tcc u-ith health and strength to come . Precisely as the dock indicates the hour named in the by-laws , the Master ' s Jiammci should descend , aud the work of the meeting be commenced , vacant places already noted should be alread y filled by appointment , for he well informed Master will not wait the clothing of uic cialt to select Ins assistants in the labour before him . Upon

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the Master ' s pedestal the faithful Secretary has already laid a brief programme of the business suggested by the minutes of the lust meeting , so the instant the opening ceremonies are completed labour can commence . Upon each pedestal , and at convenient places here and there , around the room , are copies of the by-laws and rules of order of the Lodge , placed there through the thoughtful care of the Tler or Stewardwho has long ago been instructed

y , to this end by the Master . This provides every person present with the means of correcting others and ruling himself . If strangers arc present , they arc treated with marked courtesy and attention . After proper avouchal ( which consists in a declaration from some brother present that he has sat with them in a Lodge—nothing less than that is a legal avouchal ) they arc made to feel themselves at home , and . as free from embarrassment < vs

though they had lived there all their days . Their names are entered upon the Secretary ' s book , the Lodge to which they are attached ( or were last attached , if demitted ) is noted , and henceforth the Lodge will know them in the true Masonic sense . If they cannot be avouched for , according to the basis named , they are politely invited to wait in the adjoining apartment until the Lodshall be openedwhen they can be examined in due and

ge , ample form . Should they fail in any particular to satisfy the examining committee as to their claims to Masonic regard , they arc as politely notified of the fact , and thus no offence can possibly be given or taken by either party .

The work in the Model Lodge should go on expeditiously and systematically . AVhile ample time is allowed for a free expression of opinion , always controlled , however , by the rules of order , and for the lectures to the degrees conferred , no allowance is made for desultory discussions , want of facility on the part of subordinate officers , or previous neglect in arrangements . Negligence is always a fit subject for Masonic discipline . The Master should

need no book for the monitorial portion of his lectures , but a well practised tongue and a disciplined memory from the unerring volume from which lie draws . The same may be said of the subordinate officers , each should be able to repeat his part as easily as he repeats the Lord's prayer or his own name . In this hasty sketch we have not pretended to enumerate all the articles to equia Mason ' s Lod . Wo have said

nonecessary p ge thing of the symbol of Deity , the Deacon ' s rods , candlesticks , jewels , & c . The knowledge of every reader will supply the rest . And best of all , in this Model Lodge you will find mutual respect , mutual confidence , and mutual- love . None will be fraternized who are not in the confidence of every member of the Lodge . None will be demitted save those who arc about to remove , or who have departed to another state of existence . No

slight misunderstanding will be allowed to grow up into a great and incurable quarrel ; but all breaches will be healed while yet they are tender and small . The Master and Wardens will be elected " for real worth and personal merit only , " and not often changed . The humblest member of the Lodge will feci himself , Masouically , equal to the highest ; the highest will not spurn the companionship of the humblest ; and here , if anywhere , will be seen the influence of " that noble and generous emulation of who can best work and best agree . "

Aechæolog Y.

AECH ? OLOGY .

INTERESTING DISCOVERIES NEAR AMIENS . [ THB following very important paper appeal's iu a contemporary's columns , and is contributed by T . AY . FLOWER , Esq ., of Croydon . ] ILvyixo observed the great and increasing interest which has been excited by the discovery in the drift gravel of the valley of the

Sommc of numerous flint weapons or implements , which evidently were wrought by human labour , I am induced to lay before your readers some particulars which hitherto seem not to have been sufficiently noticed . Several j'cars have now elapsed since M . Boucher de Perthes , of Abbeville , a gentleman well known for his devotion to literary and antiquarian pursuits , first observed and described the occurof these its that town '

rence implements in the gravel pnear . * Some years afterwards Dr . lligollet , of Amiens , by means o researches carried on in other localities , fully confirmed the accuracy of M . de Perthes' observations . Nevertheless this discovery , if not altogether discredited , was but little noticed or appreciated either in France or in England , and might have passed into entire oblivion , but for the researches of an English gcofogist . Tiie merit of having recalled this interesting subject to the attention of the geologists and archaeologists of both