The Interior Of A Gothic Minster.*

of the roodbeam , at a height of 28 feet from the floor . At Canterbury , pilgrims passed up the south aisle of the nave , and through the passage under the platform of the crossing when about to visit the shrine of a Becket or the Martyrdom ; so that the choir was positively secluded from the

laity , and the door of the screen used only on occasions of high solemnity and processions . At York , the screen is covered , with statues of kings : at Hexham , in the fifteenth century , the oaken panels were painted with figures out of the ' ""Dance of Death . " At Exeter , the antiphon was sung

daily at the screen , and the procession , symbolical -of man ' s journey through this life heavenward , passed through the north gate of the choir to the vestibule of the Lady Chapel , and then by the south gate of the choir near the throne to the high altar ; it afterwards traversed the nave ancl cloisters , concluding before the rood-loft ; and if there was no sermon , the procession returned to the altar .

Carpets were strewed along the way on great festivals . The altar of the Holy Cross , in this instance , stood in the north wing of the transept . At Chichester , at Epiphany , an image " of the Spirit" was carried round the church by the clean or senior canon , and two vicars . On

Whitsun-Monday , the parishioners in the diocese often came to blows about right of precedence , so that Bishop Storey made injunctions , 1478 , for order on this occasion , when the Shrine of St . Richard was visited annually . The place of meeting was the choir and the time 10 a . m . by the cathedral clock .

Crosses and banners were permitted , but the long painted rods with which the contending parties had hitherto belaboured each other were proscribed , as well as laughing , crowding , and noise . The pilgrims entered by the great south porch and assembled in the choirancl left the building by it ,

, having duly visited "the chancel and church . " The pilgrims came by way of St . Richard ' s Wyne and the cloisters . ( To be continued ) .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

PATRONS 01 ? FAITH , HOPE , AND CHARITT . "Who are patron saints of the Christian virtues Faith , Hope , and Charity ?—Ii . C . —[ The mediasval Freemasons used a form in examining their candidates by the words of S . Peter , in faith , S . James , in hope , and S . John , in charity . ]

THE "FAMILY OP LOVE . 'The writings of the founder of the sect called tho Tamily of Love were , by royal proclamation dated Oct . 13 th , 22 nd of Elizabeth , ordered to be burned , and all persons who had them in their possession were declared amenable to punishment . I have onlseen

y some part of them , but they contain much Masonic sentiment . Have they anything to do with Masonry ? —N . H . —[ Much . Very much more than we can point out in print . ]

THE MARK INSCRIPTIONS . Will a Book of Marks help me to an explanation of what the marks on buildings mean ? Did some one say there was a book being prepared on this subject , so that we should , by it , be enabled to know what was meant by every mark of the kind ? — A . MARK MASTER . —[ A Book of Marks will help you to the

primitive kind of hieroglyphic that Bill Smith or Tom Jones chose for his own when he selected his mark , but it will not tell you even whose mark it was that you cast your eye upon in Westminster , Lincoln , Durham , or the thousand churches were marks abound . The dream of reading Masons' marks , as

they are called , was abruptly terminated by the death of the amiable enthusiast Avho broached it . Despite much that has been written on the subject , we are inclined to adopt Pugin ' s theory as the very best and most sensible one suggested . Ninety-nine out of hundred of our Mark Masons' marks mean

every nothing at all . They are neither canting , punning , alliterative , illustrative , or in any way belonging to the name of the brother , his occupation , his family , or any other circumstance connected with him , but are simply fanciful marks , having neither sense or reason for a basis . They are no more Masons' marks

than the Ogham alphabet would be Sclavonic if it was asserted it was derived from the Kalmuc Tartars resident amongst the South Sea islanders . Such a specimen of ethnology would be more reasonable to prove than to affix either sense or meaning to the marks of Mark Freemasons of the last twenty years ] .

ALIBENISTIC ORDER 01 ? EREEMASONS . Who and what is the Alibenisiic Order of Freemasons?—A LEEDS MASON . SS . a & . II . GO-, XXXIII 0 . I have lately been offered to be made a S . G . I . G-. 33 ° , but a brother tells me if I consent to this I shall get

into a scrape , astheothers wont acknowledge me . Why not?—A PAST MASTER . — [ For the simple reason that you , having sworn allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , would not tolerate a second united Grand Lodge of England and take office under it . There is already a fulllegaland completeSupreme Grand

, , , Council established here , and all that certain foreign authorities may chose to do , in setting up a rival , will be useless , powerless , and end in ridicule . The present council must adopt the Yolunteer motto , " Defence not defiance , " for its own * and , in HO doing , will as certainly curb French dictation in their liite as our

countrymen did to those who vapoured atout the invasion of our sea-girt isle . We have heard of this before , and know its source and ramifications . Both are alike harmless , aud it is of no use to magnify innocent molehills into dangerous mountains . Take the offer if you think fitbut be prepared for the

, ridicule and contempt of all true brethren if you clo . Full blown 33 rds are not often developed from the chrysalis of a Past Master—not even under the Marshal ancl Ms Council . ]

A MODEL LECTURE . ( Continued from page 405 . ) " Hiram , who at the same time so worthily wielded the sceptre of Tyre—the faithful and devoted friend of David's son , together with those of his subjects who had been employed in building the Temple—es