J • J • J. A Meditation On A Master Mason's Journey.

has raised him a little above his fellows , or the ability God has given him to benefit the brotherhood of men . Bleeding from the jeopardy from which he has so lately escaped , he now finds himself subjected to the stings and arrows of a " green-eyed

monster , ' to which mercy or justice is unknown . Alone he stands , to be assailed by foes in tbe dark . Bitter is his anguish to find that Jealousy , urged on by its inducing cause , Envy , has torn from him the only adornments his previous Masonic studies had decorated him

with , and in anguish of soul he cries : " Lover and friend hast thou put far from me . " Ah ! the terrors of that conflict , thus presented in the third degree ! Ah ! the horrors of the hour , when Jealousy succeeds in tearing the flesh from the bones and burning the marrow !

Bleeding afresh from these soul wounds , he rushes aimlessly forward . He has proved man ' s weakness by nature ; his inability by symbol and man—created metaphor , to fight the severe battle . All has failed , and he has nothing to look forward to but the lait aud final "J . "

This may be termed judgment . He has fought the unequal battle and lost . He has no knowledge of the arm able to keep him from falling , or the Strong One , mighty to save . This was not imparted in his natural condition , nor did he realise it in that of a religion of sign and symbol

In his own strength he fought life s battle , and now tbe end bas come . It is appointed for all men to die , and he cannot escape . The hammer of Justice falls , and for him no vicarious interception stays the blow . Blind , malignant revenge may weight the bammer , and vicious bloodthirsty

spite may close up the tragedy , but it is nevertheless the Judgment for which the sonl—tired of the weak , rickity casket in which it has lodged so long—calls for the stroke of Justice in the bands of Judgment , to , at one fell blow , pronounce the divorce . The sonl to God , the casket to the

dust from whence it sprung . It is a cruel picture of life thus presented in the spectacle of the third degree tragedy , but still truthful when thus allegorically viewed . It is a revelation of man ' s weakness whan in soul beset by ruffians and murderers .

But such utter prostration is intended to convey the opportunity of God to man . Entombed , the body rests . The dissolution of mortality takes place , but from the vileness , stench , and putrescence of the charnel vault , arises the flower of hope , in the acacia to show that out of

death and hopelessness can arise—by the strong clasp of the hand , which had snatched the black plumes from the head of the fell Destroyer—the body , restored to prestine youth and vigour , to never more know decay : to dwell

forever where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest j to find tho victory , born of defeat ; to learn the lesson that where Nature and Symbol , he who tasted death for every man , can from the grasp of the grave win back the sonl who trusts in him . For

That Saviour has passed through its portals before thee , And the lamp of his lovo is a guide throngh its gloom . Now , whatever may be said io the contrary , this is the Masonry of tbe Master ' s degree . If there is in Masonry anything , it is found in its teachings of an immortality ,

brought to light by the " Lion of the tribe of , Judah . Eliminate from Masonry , under the spacious gnise of " obliterating sectarianism , " and the soul of tho Institution las been divorced from the body . We may dress that body in purple and fine linen ; we may deck it with jewels ;

build for it costly palaces , and sound a trumpet before it , crying : " Behold , what kings delight to honour ! " but if the significance of the " Jjiorfs paw " bo absent , all is a bollow mockery—a sham , —and we be engaged but in

bestowing upon nothing , a local habitation and name . Such , therefore , is tho lesson drawn from tho analogy of the three "J ' s " in the pathway of a Master Mason . —American Tyler .

We have much pleasure in announcing that Mr . Edmund Furgersou has undertaken the management of the Horns Tavern and Assembly Rooms , Kennington . The

commodious ball at this well-known resort is admirably adapted for Masonic banquets , balls , and concerts , and we have but little doubt that it will be frequently T ? sed for those purposes during the forthcoming winter .

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