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But tho tune is passed when the highest honours wait upon military deeds , and the greatest glory is awarded to the heroic conqueror . Mankind can fully comprehend that beautiful message from heaven by the lips of an angel , " On earth peace , good ivill among men . " It was his appreciation of the philosophy contained in this divine message , that induced our departed

brother to seek those flowers of peace ivhieh bloom along the quiet walks of private life—which adorn the crown of man ' s true glory . These cannot flourish in the blood-stained path of Avar . This induced him to seek , by a life of rectitude , self-abnegation , and doing goocl to others , that heartfelt consolation to which military and public honours are a vain mockery . Here ,

iu your midst , he sought peace , he sought true honour , he sought true greatness ; and here found them . Here he struggled for that great fame AA'hich is won without arms , earned Avithout blood , and awarded without the trumpet ' s clang or military display ; ancl here it was awarded to him , written in tears of gratitude ou the diploma of the hearts of his neihbours ancl friends .

g Here , then , on the scene of his glory , the field of his moral trophies , may his dust for ever in peace ! It was to promote this divine message to man , and to effectively carry into practice its pure and genial influences , that he penetrated the profoundest mysteries and the most secret arcana of our mystic Order . In the lodge , the chapter , the council , and the orders of Christian knighthood , he found those efficient

auxiliaries in doing good unto all which elsewhere he sought in vain . Here lie was constantly reminded of man ' s dependence on man in all the relations of life , and this important truth he treasured away in his heart as a sacred trust . Here he was taught the vanity of riches and the fallacy of worldly wealth and honours , and he bowed his head in humble submission as this universal truth sank deep into his bosom . Here he was taught that moral truth which places the high and the low , the rich and the poor , upon one common level of equality . Here he discerned that it is the qualities of the heart which constitute the true standard of moral worth and of human elevation . Here

it was that he supported the Entered Apprentice by words of encouragement and his own high example , in his researches after those precious gems of moral truth which give dignity to the man and character to the JIason , while he encouraged the Templar in supporting his cross , by pointing to the glorious crown which awaits the valiant defender of virtue and innocence . Here he found an unerring channel through which to dispense his charities ; to whisper words of consolation in the ear of the

mourner , and to lift up the heart-stricken and wipe away their tears without letting the "left hand know what the right doeth . " Is it not strange that the philanthropist , rinding such aids to his mission of mercy to man , feels his heart to swell and enlarge with thankfulness to that mysterious Order which affords them . This was the secret of his patient labours as a JIason , and his veneration of the Order to the day of his summons to the Grand Lodge above .

We do not claim perfection for the subject of our eulogy . JSTo man was ever perfect , and he was but a man . But we do claim for him a sincerity and a candor that elevated his soul above the concealment of his greatest faults . He carried his foibles in his hand as some men do their virtue--, and hid away his most excellent attributes in the deep recesses of his heart . It was not everyone that was permitted to scan the secrets of that good man ' s bosomivhieh concealed the richest treasures and the

, brightest gems of virtue and benevolence . But we have laid the frail form which tabernacled so many excellencies , away out of our sight for ever . It was time he should go . He had done all he could for mankind , and he had done " all well . It was meet that he should ascend to the enjoyment of a higher and a better world , a purer and a holier ' life , and there " reap the reward of his many virtues . He had laboured long , and it was time that he should rest He had waited long and

. patiently for his crown of glory , and it ivns time that he should bo taken triumphantly to his celestial coronation . Let us not , then , lament our friend and brother stricken down , but rejoice with the conqueror crowned and glorified . Bid the grave to send forth shouts of victory ; bid ' death to inscribe upon his urn a song of rejoicing , and to trace there a conqueror ' s diadem . Sir Knights , Companions , and Brethren , —You , who knew

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our departed friend the best—WHO were the best acquainted ivith the secret ivorkings of his heart—the many models of excellence which lay there concealed , which , when discovered and brought to light , shone so respondently in his character as a man and a JIason—feel the most deeply of any others , perhaps , the loss wliich ive have sustained in the call of our companion and brother from labour on earth to refreshment in heaven . JXo more will he kneel with us around our sacred

altar , and mingle his voice with ours in that beautiful petition which was taught to man by Divine lips , which commanded the whole family of man , from the youngest Entered Apprentice to the High Priest in the centre of the Grand Council , to say , " Our Father , which art in heaven , hallowed be Thy name . " ' Our companion has ceased to labour among us in our earthly temple , and has gone to exhibit specimens of his ivork in the-Grand Council above to be accepted in that " temple not made

with hands , eternal in the heavens . " Eull well ive know that he carried with him to the tomb that first veil which separates earth from heaven , the passport of friendship which endeared him to his companions here , and will work his entrance above .. That ive may there , through fervency and zeal in doing good unto others , and through our rectitude of life and conduct , again unite ivith our friend , companion , and brother in hosannahs to the Omnific Being who there for ever presides , forever reigns , is my earnest prayer . Amen .

Poetry.

Poetry .

A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF BRO . J . STEAYART ,, PROA ' . G . JI . FOR DUMFRIESSHIRE . Brethren , mourn , our JIasters fallen , Levelled by Death ' s ruthless hand ; He is gone , past our recalling—Gone into the silent land . He has entered o ' er the threshold

Of the Temple of Light ; He has ' passed from out the mazes Ol Time ' s dark and stormy night . He has passed from friends and friendship—Passed from loving hearts and fond ; Passed o ' er Life ' s Mosaic pavement , To the rest and peace beyond .

Ho has passed from -worn and labour , In our bond of unity : Climbing , passed our mystic ladder" Faith and Hope and Charity . " Brethren , let these words of comfort Cheer us , in our trying hour , Through the merits of his Saviour

He shall yet be " raised in power . " Raised , by the Jlighty JIaster , . On Time ' s last and awful day ; Pulsed in Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty—Raised to immortality . Brethren , mourn , our Master's fallen , Levelled by Death ' s ruthless hand ; He is gone , past our recalling—Gone into the silent land . —S . D .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COFET . —The Queen drove out on the afternoon of tiie 20 th inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian . The Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and Princess Louise , drove out on the afternoon of the 21 st inst ., in a carriage and four . Her Majesty drove out on the morning of the 22 nd inst ., accompanied by

her Royal Highness Princess Christian . The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , Prince Leopold , and Prince Henry of Prussia left Windsor Castle in the afternoon at twenty-five minutes past three for London *