'The Six Days' Work Of Creation In Honour Of Masonry.

To praise the first and high eternal name , My humble muse makes Masonry her theme . Here lucid light in rays celestial shine ; Heaven ' s Architect first stretched out the line : * 'Twas He alone who first the work began ; Eternal was the grand mysterious lan .

p The earth , unform'd , lay a confused heap , His sacred Spirit mov'd upon the deep ; The strong foundation , by infinite power , On liquid waters then he laid secure ; From non-existence fair creation sprung ; The pond ' rous globe in boundless space he hung .

Dark was the gloom of Chaos , ere the sun , The moon , or stars , or time , began to run ; Till with his power the Master-builder spoke—Then light , diftus'd through gloomy darkness , broke , Far fill'd the shades of dark substantial ni ght , Divided from the rays of shining light .

Then next he form'd the heavens of azure blue , That arch stupenduous towering in our view , In midst of waters form'd on every side , This Heaven was plac'd these waters to divide . So great his power , with his Almighty hand He gather'd all the waters from the land ;

Then set His compass , ! fix'd their bounds , and said , " ¦ Ye swelling seas , your fury shall be stay'd . '' The raging waves , when storms impetuous blow , Beyond their bounds do not attempt to go : While time shall last , to guard the solid land , He bound the seas with cords of rolling sand .

The earth appear'd with fructuatbg power , To nourish plants and every fragrant flower . The third day dawn'd , then all the angelic throng Together sung sublime this joyful song : —

THE SOSG OE THE ANGELS ON THE THIRD DAT OE CREATION . Sound the Architect divine All the sons of glory stood , When He laid earth ' s corner-stone , And pronounc'dthat ALL was good .

, Angels tun'd their harps of gold ; Seraphs mov'd on rapid wing ; Thrones , and cherubims , and powers , Prais'd the first Eternal King . Till nature fail , let every tougue Revere and praise his glorious name ;

With morning stars of shining light Resume the hi gh celestial theme . All praise to Him , who ever is and was The King of Kings , and first Eternal Cause ; Here Nature ' s God His powerful works dioplay'd : He sits enthron'd , with Majesty array'd .

Adoring spirits in his presence stand , While thousands thousands wait his dread command . This Architect of Nature ' s massy frame ; Of essence pure , immutable the same , His power infinite , righteous laws secure ; Thus fix'd his throne for ever to endure .

Though fools may scoff , the shining light despise , In gloomy darkness love to shut their eyes—Let sons of light still sing the theme sublime Of Him who first mov'd round the wheels of time . So sung my muse , aspiring high , she soar'd , Let Nature ' s God eternal be ador'd ;

'The Six Days' Work Of Creation In Honour Of Masonry.

He is and was : Who can his wisdom scan , From shining seraphs doAvn to mortal man ? 'Tis He alone immensity can pierce , From non-existence form'd the universe . Made earth and air , the water , aud the fire , Caus'd sable darkness from the light retire ; To earth and waters , which were thus commix'd ,

Eternal wisdom each their station fix'd . His powerful hand then roll'd away the sea , And each obeys bound by his firm decree . In admiration , wonder , and surprise , View perfect order from confusion rise . This world which we inhabit must have been made

by counsel and design , that is , produced hy some being infinitely wise and good ; or else we suppose ,, that it has always been in continual motion and disorder ; and at last it happened , by chance , to fall into this order in which we at present view it . But ,, can any person think it reasonable to imagine , amid

the variety and beauty which we behold in the world , that all should happen by chance , as well and as orderly as the greatest wisdom could have contrived and founded on the most exact plan . But the sacred Scri ptures are divine , and in them the perfections of the Deity , the nature aud excellence' of virtue , are displayed in the largest characters . ( To be continued . )

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

P . D . G . M . In your Masonic Mems , you announce the appointment " of Bro . Witty as D . P . G . M . of Wilts , in the place of Bro . Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart . This puts me in mind that , having occasion to communicate with these actual rulers of provinces , I can find no list of

the D . P . G . M . Can you give us such a list ?—J . S . [ There will be a list in the " Universal Calendar for 1869 . "—En . P . M . ] HAVERS . Does this refer to an ancestor of our Bro . Havers

, who is himself a votary of science : — " Collection of Discovrses of the Virtuosi of France , upon Questions of Philosophy and Natural Knowledge , in English , by G . Havers and J . Davies of Kidwelly , 1664-65 , folio , 2 vols , in 1 , fine copy , old calf ,, gilt , 6 s . "

QUERY , WARRANT OE CONEIRMATION . In common with several of your readers , I peruse with attention the accounts of the new orders , as giving tbe views of the most progressive spirits in Masonry . In the account of the Plantagenet

Conclave , No . 2 , of the Red Cross , I find that a petition has been presented for a Charter of Confirmation , the conclave having been worked under dispensation . The course would appear to be that , as the Conclave has never had a Charter , to apply for a Charter , and not for a Charter of Confirmation . How is this point of practise iu the different orders ?—M . M .