An Address Delivered To Hislodge.

The patriot , the JCAV , and the Christian , enjoy the same light , though in different degrees , and adore the Father of that light , the one true God ; but hoAv is it with the Hindoo , the Mahomedan , and the Mormonite , who have darkened that light ? Nature witnesses to Scripture that natural laAvs

operate on all alike . " He sendeth his rain upon the just and upon the unjust ; " but as universally as they operate for the good of those Avho obey them , so universally and inflexibly do they move to the destruction of those Avho are disobedient to

them , just or unjust . " Our charity , "—that is love , the many suspect no more than almsgiving Avas originally meant" shall knoAv no bounds , " i . e ., of faith or politics , " save those of prudence . " We should extend kindness as widel y as we are willing to receive it .

There should be mutual concession , reciprocal friendship , mutual obligation . Should we not rather abstain from prayer altogether than pray Avrongly ? May meetings rightly commence Avithout prayer ? Masons mutually agree not to discuss faith nor politics , nor interfere Avith practice , but

they lay not aside nor weaken any opinion . Christianity , or a higher privilege and more complete revelation than any Avhich preceded it , instead of denoting that love and goodwill Avhich man had previously cherished , AA'ould , as displaying and manifesting the principles of a higher love ,

bring it into a more active and healthy existence . " Do good unto all men , " says the Apostle—Gal . vi . 10 ; the " especially , " connected with it , does not neutralise the general proposition , but points out the more immediate object of tho disposition to do good . He Avould be no Christian Avho restricted his kindness to his OAVU party , and failed to do s-ood to all mankind .

" Love not the Avorld , neither the things of the i T it Avorld , seems an opposite maxim to that of " Love all men ; " but it must mean love not the openly wicked , the men Avho live only for the present . The first blasphemy , the first impiety , shall drive us ; but it does not folloAv that Ave should ,

Avhen Ave fall into their society , shun those AVIIO have not the same high views of truth as ourselves , but who Avalk morally in the light they have . We may not stand at the same time in tho spirit of Christ , and say of such—stand by , 1 am holier than thou ; but " none of us liveth unto himself :

Ave have not only to obtain , but to impart edificatation . The company Ave fall into should receive edification from us . We should not obtrude ; we should argue more by conduct—by actions rather than Avords . The enjoyment of higher privileges than others

cancels no general obligations . No sociality in other things can compensate for the Avant of love . " If any man say I love God , and hateth his brother , he is a liar . "—St . John . Such are the difficulties of this tAVofold vieAv . Scripture must be confronted Avith Scripture . Analogies must be sought . —Prov . xvii . 17 ,

Progress Of Freemasonry In India.

PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .

( From the Masonic Record of Western India . ) Since the publication of our last number AA * C have ascertained the following changes in lodges and chapters : — A IICAV lodge under the English Constitution has been formed at Bombayto be called " The Star

, of India , " of AA'hich Bro . the Rev . J . J . Farnham is the Worshipful Master . In Sincl tAvo HBAV Royal Arch Chapters under the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland have been established , one at Kotree under the designation of " Fidelity /'' and the other at Munora to

becalled "Anchor of Haven . " The Avarrants for these tAvo neiv chapters have been received . We also learn that Comp . Berne , M . E . P . Prov . Z .. is to be appointed Provincial Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masonry under Scotland for the Province of Sind .

The brethren of Lodge Industry at Kotreehave established a joint stock company with a capital of 5 , 000 Rs . for tho erection of a Masonic Temple at that station . It is believed the building will be completed by the end of June . A Lodge of Instruction has been formed in

connection Avith Lodge St . Paul at MIIOAV , under the presidency of Bro . F . Scrivener . The brethren of Lodge St . Paul also purpose erecting a Masonic-Temple . In Bengal a HBAV lodge has been established , under the lish Constitution

Eng , to be called . ¦¦ ' Temperance and Benevolence , " and other lodges are about to be formed at Gwalior , Sealkote , aud Upper Assam . A memorial has been addressed to the M . W ..

Grand Master of England by the Masonic bodies of Shanghai , praying that a " Provincial Grand Lodge of Northern China and Japan" may bo established , and the empire of China thus dividedinto two provinces—the former jurisdiction of the Provincial Grand . Master at Hongkong being

restricted to the country as far north as Foochow ,. and the IICAV Provincial Grand Ledge having its head-quarters at Shanghai , to exercise jurisdiction from FoochoAv to the northern borders of China and to include the ports in Japan .

Archæologic Items From Rome.

ARCH ? OLOGIC ITEMS FROM ROME .

The longer one considers the procedure of those responsible for the interests of antiquity in Rome , the more is one astonished at those inconsistencies and the strange contrasts from time to time presented , betAveen inertness and zeal , carefulness and neglect . For some time have been

progressing Avorks for a neAV road toAvards tho central railAvay station , AA'hich UOAV obtrudes a frightful and paltry front on the planted esplanade Avhere the Therma . of Diocletian rise in ruins , to so great a degree obscured by the Carthusian monastery in their midst . Yarious remains of those