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tin , ' nr " n ' . aftCl' rccOTi !! S the heart y congratula-31 " l ?™ sralt - rosjwndcd in a four modest words . Ho tSf « ' «• pn :. e their gift , which he accented as a ^\ f f l S ^ Al towards him . He did not thiuk ohat the nature ot his services deserved so handsome p recognition ; bus nc was sfcill most proud of tho houour none himas , t must evince to the

, younger Praterthat Uoncst Adonic zeal always met its reward ? aud ] e IrusS ^ ; " ^ " . . »»^ ° -H to work hard aud well to adduce tuo greiu , principle :: of our Ordcv . . There being no more work , the Encampment wrs closed in peace aud irpuony at 0 p . m . Tho bl * ; .. - ^ Ue banquet-hail , where a very leasant evening £ out

p was bj all , and separated at 11 r > m ° l at ^ - ^ CmU ? ^ 1 r ^ cki ! ed St' Jolm ' > fes boonooened at bmila , in tue iiunalayas . Sir Knt . Hide travelled up ShV ' ™ 7 f miIUS " t 0 ° ' ibl ' tllem " ^ -C-tdY sove " o vergilt worth y companions have beeu installed tW ¦ -wl as Simla is the largest of all the hill sanatalS and conto jo

-. "v , u a largo concourse of visitors , the Encamomeiit , Y j \™ . ™ f ™^ % hope , be a very flourishing one of ^ ln ^ office in the Prov . Grand CoiS h ^ ene ^ b o ° r- ™ Fi ? to ^ TSS aS

Somw" ^ ^ ^ p Ca t " Sir T & W ' P ^ u £ ' ^ Wonted to Prov . G . SW ' IT / VY " ^ -, Bai 1 ' - G - Export ; Sir Kut-s . G . + W \ i r % - aml K 0080 also wore appointed to office * o Si £ ^ ° ]™ r C h 1 y oMnStoexplain of iiilhtclisuioation ot lioi . Grand honours , altliouo-h xYP . „ .- 1900 Were S— V ^ ^ ° tho ^ & O ^ ota ™ Sh ? lfc fe L ° dge hoROure distributed liOe all able

us ^ , onus , } , a heiutny emulation would assuredly result S ^^^ T ? " ° »™ and , e ^ oS J ™ "J ° \ CWtto whore Prov . Grand Lodge is held ) SS ^ iSif time md ** - ^ ^ * nol ^ o ^^ i ^^ r ^ " ^ -,- , , r - Yours i ' re . tcruallv , La 7 "" ' l ^^^ lSrJO . CHANTICI ^ EE .

THE PECY . G . M . OP HEBEFOuD ] 3 i-JB BDitoi ^ or ^ ^ ; ,., : 3 tASUSS :,, ., ;; m : iM ^^^^ Mre ^ ^ T ^ - h -v ™ ^ £ ^

GrandLodgo ; ^ loV ^ nvith im rged , 3 K ^ t ^ i ^ houonrablo bod y Wo sooner hatf ' this t ^ 4 ^ e ^ ul 1 l * breJrreu were m then- several positions , than the Bcv P rov thfj ^! r ^ % a ^ s Lodge in tho preserve „ i one wnok , ^ ., ; . „ , x i ) Oii . u \ -o o ( all erodes . This or > e > d-e ~ ilfm . ever , was so ud , orabi y performed that I do not t ^ P ' rorrfl instruction could hare been b ! "

gained y t ! e u ° nS ^ l the banquet were present , by the Prov . W ' s ™^ 1 ^ nay command 1-mauv Kontlemen not Masons ^ lei ously cubed for tho ocavuou , " Outside Barbarians ' » ^ 10 xla 'J I remain , dear b : r : ; lld Brother , yours fraternally , VICINGS . j

NOTES OI-T LITEltAT'JEE , SCIKXCB , AX ]) A' -r Joun . Loih . op Hotlcy , D . C . L ., the American author 4 his LMoy eg ^ United midlands , Just out , n , nr , fo ,,,, ^ S ^ ;?/ 1 "" * -= ° ^ '"^ 'x " - cruel ( Jnocn tt- ' « V ' an ;'" 1 Cn , y ° "S , imi 1 ^ ^ ^ » i' ' --en Eliza ,

: ^ pfc ^ ™ f' v-: \ ^ fi ' ' . " ^ etl y-eaucatea , p . tiont , ' ^ ^ = S . ^^^^ r . ^ j j ^ H uii „ o .. ls and ^ mountains S ^ m ^ tlio very " Heart ^

Spain . A cleric or two , noiselessl y onening ancl shutting the door scuoonjoy even , n the sixteenth ceuturv , eould write tintnnv or express uinsolfso awkwarul conrioiin the ' nl

y ; -s conrt-varrt , 3 ' ftoiu , or do ^ rtms for , the uttermost uaiW ? h 0 S- ^ rf Air . es , iunerica , ruiro-pe—to fetch and " earrv t' « esp in < -P .. „ ,-.,, nW „ e ; , ste , iic ! onta ; 1 t ]; e . ; b a C 0 ln ^ m ^™^ " « u jilns ,, „ :, d were freighted w : th £ I : 3 doom d , es V ' " ? countless anliicns of the worui ' s hihauiiants-. ueh v ^ s ffi of ^ vei-nmont against v . hh-h the KotuorlamU had

^ rote ^ ed ^ st ^ S' It . ^ a syuteiu under which thsir fields had been made ^ OIULC their cities burned and vSkwi , their « , 2 ^^ " ^^ 1 ( 5 ^ X ^ 3 ^ '« = ri K ^ ^^^ SS

^^ Mf wi ^ toihofitaf ^ i "' ^^^^™ - '" ;™* ;' ^ ,|SiS^ ! T ! 5 "" * fc- *'''« " ^ S 2 ^ s ^; S ; i : ;;* : » ; s--- n s ii^^ :-s ^ sc ^ z : ^ t ^ M % ^ 'i £°£ sL s-sirg ^ s ^ t r-1

ipssss« SsK 5 =: & d ! a ^ k-s sasrfisi c-e \ r vll ^ C 01 " ^ Tf ° e ;! SCr t 0 P ut t 0 deat ! l every uml ° w , f' Ah 0 ther anointed monarch or hnmhle arfciZan that 1 " tendea heresy or opposed hi * progress to universal emp i ^ " " * ^' me volume of the Sacred Law being ever dear to the tr „„ WBmn

wo mat-e no apology for laying before ova- readers the following extract n-om Dr . Pusey ' s new work , Tie Minor Prophets — " Tne time during which Hosaii prophesi ed wis the w , „ 7-n-f perioc ! iu the history of tho kingdom V I rie ! erobol TT ah v ^ airarchor misnde maifo

y ; kings their way to the fit thiortshtiicurarflnr of their predecessor ,, and . iiAmLS The whole kin ^ m ^^;^ ^ « STiS ^^ i^t ho , „ : a , empire , those in connaaudcameto thcSS ll ^ ia C ^ kS Me , uU , cm ' i " ' ^ ^ -y « 5 b » S

wigff^ ivicu . iismper seems s to d « have strengthened ^ jr himself M !^ C a forpi 'S ^ ^^ tisisz ^^^ ^ rs 's i

^Buligion . Jehu also probabl y sent tribute to the y „ - of A !" to secure to himself the throne i . l . ich ( iod had g v ^ him The act appears in the cuneiform inscrintions ; it falls in w Hi the character of Jehu and his half-beii « f u-iur all mean , Z , dwnieto establish his on endt " he

, , . one ^ a » VS ' hc cMf ^ H ,- lfc t ^ r ! , 1 , WS ; iS ; " lhCTCnt 3 ( rf A 1 >^ ™ ^ i od ' tie Si "' w " V - ' tc < 1 th ° : l 3 C 0 U ° Jol ! Kd ; lb so " " liechab , spoke of the death ot . Jehoram as the fulfilment of prophecy and Imf ^ f help 11-01 : 1 the icing of Ass-ria i « opnecy , and sought

ss^^is^ bd ^ - ^ - ^ nnhei ^ ^^^^ ™" 0 f G ? i " ,, rokea - - «« t habSy A ™

K ™ u . 1 m " to ' e f ' ° 0 d 3 h 1 dili - deceit t 0 Gort Pid fetth : „ ¦" , " "" » e : «** i and luxury were supplied by secret V ,,. open roboery , oppression , fuse djLling , perversion ^ of us ice fe 1 idn . ui the poor . Blood was died like water , until one ' ream me another , and overspread the land wi „ h one defi ing de u " Adultery was consecrated as an act of reli gion Those who were