Brotherly Love.

assembling in a body in tho Honso of Cod to worship Him whom thev iwcro as fho Arehitf-e * , n ; th « Universe , and tho Judge of all mar-kind , . t'nvtn-vwiry exists for the diffusion of Urotherl y Lovo and Charity . It lias i ' :- soi-ial and benevolent -sides ; and tho nioro Christian a nan i-i tlio hotter Mason will ho be . I ' erhaps , in rc' & : * : t yea * -. ' , thn Craft bus been satna-ivha * . limited

in its benevolent activities . Liko the Church , it may Lave come short of its' duty , but the revival of iheso religious s-ei'vices may give some little but real stimulus in thi * direction . Tho members ofthe Craft aro nnder special obligations to l . olp a brcther ; you cannot help everybody , bnt a brother has a prior claim on yonr benevolent regards . There would be no uso in being a member of a brotherhood

that had Chanty as ono ot its watcuworcis , it you clul not recognise that need in a brother constituted a claim which you are not at liberty to disregard . Lot your sympathy take soma practical form and remember tho moro you put in practice tho precept of tho text the more will you resemble Him in whom tho idea of brotherhood was perfectly realised . Christ identified Himself with

humanity in all its want aud loneliness and sufK-ring . It was His idea that all Christian men aro linked by the living bond of love , that tho well-to-do should help the struggling , and the strong should support tho weak . There will always bo rich and poor ; and it is of manifest design that the poor should receive tho gifts of the rich , and the rich ou the other hand should benefit by association with the noor It is for tho Annuity Fund of the Grand Lodge of Scotland

that your contribution is sought to-day , and I ask you to give heed to tho words of tho Apostle : " I havo showed yon how that so labouring yo onght to support the weak , " and to remember tho words of tho Lord Jesus : " It is more blessed to give than to receive . " Christ ' s cause is emphatically tbe cause of humanity , and every deed of kindness , every service rendered out of a loving heart to needy aud suffering ones , is a homage which the good Lord will accept as done to Him . —Fifcahire Advertiser .

The Queen's Letter.

THE QUEEN'S LETTER .

MESSRS . liaphael Tuck and Sous have just completed the etching fac-simile—guinea edition , ou real Whatman—of

" The Queen a Letter to the Nation , " a specimen copy of which we have recently received . Mr . Poyuter ' s border design has received most faithful treatment at the hands of Mr . Lowenstam , the eminent etcher , and every etched fac-simile of this public document may well claim—apart from every other consideration—to rank as a desirable work of art . In this border design , Mr . Poynter will be found

to have more than sustained hia eminent reputation as one of tho foremost decorative artists of the day . The design is composed of an architectural framework with thirteen allegorical figures supporting a panel oa which tho Queen ' s Letter is displayed . A winged figure on each side at the top is drawing aside a curtain to exhibit tho Letter . Tho centre is

surmounted by tho Royal Arms with a branch of the rose , symbolic of tho Eoyal Family of England twining beside it . Tho rose is used as a leading feature throughout tho design . Ou tho left , draped in the flag , is Britannia accompanied by Grief , represented by a veiled figure , who offers a wreath as a tribute of mourning , and pointing towards a harp , lying recumbent at the base , with one of tbe strings

-mapped asunder , and adjacent to a broken branch of the roso ; both symbolic of the untimely death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale . The pedestal ou which Britannia stands is supported by two typical Genii , representing her Empire over the sea . In the centre of the base the shamrock aud thistle are combined with the rose , indicative of the united people to whom the Letter is addressed .

Theso aro flanked by two other good Genii , the one on the left mourning by the side of the broken rose , and the one on the right raising aloft the growing stenii of tbe Boyal tree , tho flourishing branches and flowers of which till up tho outire rignt-hand side of tho base . Seated on , tho left sido is a figure representative of the Muse of History , who has recorded the Letter , whilo a winged

messenger by hor side is handing a trumpet to Fame , who is soaring aloft in readiness to proclaim to the whole English-speaking world the Queen ' s gracious message . Supporting the base on which the Muse is seated , two little Genii are seen " binding a girdle abont the earth , " suggestive ot tbe extent of the Queen ' s dominions , India and Australia being clearly indicated on the globe . While , owing to tbe exigencies of the mechanical reproduction of tbe process copies (

. smiling edition ) issued by Messrs . liaphael and Sons some months back , Her Majesty ' s Autograph Letter had to bo rendered on a "lightl y reduced scale , it has been fac-similied in this etching edition 'a the identical siza of tbe original . The clear bold handwriting of tier Majesty , which excited so much admiration at tho time , is therefore still more conspicuous in this exact fac-simile of Her Majesty's Letter , which has now beeu replaced iu the Archives of the Homo Cilice .

lvvolvo children of Masons , ei » ht boys and four girls , aro now receiving thvir education by the aid of tho Masouic Education Fund of South Africa .

trv ,. - ' - ' 0-VAV ' OIXTMENT A :,- a I ' I .-,: ; . —Su-Mon changes nf tcmpcrati :-o sorel , y , (¦ ,,, „ Persf ) ns pron ; to H-eiim . 'itisn ) , sciatica , lic-tlouloureux , and nia-iy jiiala-• itifr scaTCel J ' ' » s painful , though of shoro duration . On the first attack ol iii „ rIi V ' '" ' s"ir « - ruig in auv ' muscle , oir . t , or nerve , recourse should ¦ ilimemnfnlt- I .,. 1 .... 1 . , < . ... :.. . ., i ...: i ... . iiiii ui tne sent ji i itoiiiino aim

I , j n „ -a * - « J . lomentmg une :.-u una . -- runinrP l , , " 'ciniirkiiblu Ointment , which will UHsmigo tho uneasiness of the liii i " '" liinm-itiou , ami reiluca the swelling . The 1 'iiln , simultaneously 'Citirii' h l ruQt , l ^!> ' constitutional ilisuii'l-uuces and renew the struugtli . No ( 'ills r Ctof , ' - ' ' < li--icjvercd has proved so effective as the Ointment and as ,-.. . ' ' V ™ ' - " - Kouty , rheumatic , ami scrofuloe * uttiwki wUicli affect all «>• • ¦ »« : id are eommoidy called hereu . tary .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

r jpiI K lists aro not out from tho seiorico and Art' Dopart-JL incut , and wo ; uo very p leased fco bo ablo to report fchafc ** Our Girls , " as usual , have uomo out well . The

following' aro tho results : — OF . O . MI' . IUY . —li ) pass ont of 20 entered . l'uvsiocuAt'tiY . —31 passed out of 35 entered j IL 1 st class , all tho rest second .

MATUI ' UATICS . —2 G passed out of 32 eutored * 31 st class , all tho rest second . FUEEHAXD DuAWiNi ' . —22 passed out of 42 entered ; 6 1 st class , all tho rest second . Mo our . DRAWING . —10 passed out of 28 entered ; one 1 st class , all the rest secoud .

Obituary.

Obituary .

— : o : — BRO . J . It . CITRNOW .

O . v Friday , the 15 th inst ., the mortal remains of the late Bro . J . E . Cuvnow were interred in the Chester Cemetery in the presence of a considerable gathering of Freemasons . The Eev . J . H . Achosou , vicar of St . Peter ' s , conducted the service at St . Peter ' s Church aud at the grave , the lady and gentlemen members of the choir being present . Among the brethren who assembled to do honour to the memory of their deceased brother were : —Bros . W . Peers W . M . 721 ,

T . Browne J . W ., B . Rush I . P . M ., W . H . Finchetfc P . M . P . G . S . D ., I . Matthew Jones P . M . P . G . S . of Works , Herbert Ellis P . M ., A . Hayton , G . II . Whiteley , J . Doxey , S . W . Eamsden 425 , A . Paris 425 , Webster Williams , George Tinokler 625 , and Quartermaster S . Fox 2386 , Messrs . N . C . Firth , Geo . Massey , Eiohard Massey , F . Denson , C . W . Johnson , John Walker , Wm . Pritchard , A . Howick , John Higgins , and Harry Hull .

A CUIIIOUS AND INTERESTING MASONIC KECIC . —Bro . A . B . Lyman , M . D ., a resident of Waverley , Md ., aud member of Fidelity Lodge , No . 136 , is the possessor of a curious aud interesting Masonio relic . Happening , some years ago , to be in a second-hand dealer ' s he noticed in a dark corner of the room au old grandfather ' s clock , having a brass dial , bufc so obscured with soot verdigris that little else than

tho number and hands were distinguishable . The dim outlines of a square and compass wero , however , barely visible . After a little barganing on the lines laid down by our Most Worshipful Grand Master , King Solomon , " It is naught , it is naught , saith tho buyer , " fche brother purchased the clock and had it sent home without further delay . Here , by the judicious use of elbow grease and sapolio , the following

Masouic characters were brought to light , by the additional aid of black enamel rubbed into the incisions made by tbe graving tool . Two columns surmounted by globes celestial aud torrestial , and adorned with lily work , net work and pomgranites ; between the columns a fc- 'ssalated pavement , checkered with black and whito ; compasses placed across a square , aud opened to eight-twelfths of a

semi-circle divided into twelve parts , aud distributed over tho dial the sun , moon and seven stars . The small dial of the second-hand consists of a six-poiuted blazing star , the points being numbered from ten to sixty , inclusive . An inscription indicates that the clock has bslongcd to Yorktown Lodge , and further inquiry elicits tho fact that Yorktown Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of England

iu 1755 but went out of existaueein 1813 . The workmanship of tbe clock denotes that it was made iu 1781 . Washington , La Fayette and other distinguished Masons of the American , French and British armies met ia fraternal concord at Yorktown Lodge . It would uot be too much of a sketch of imagination to presume beyond all reasonable doubt that they FHW thia clook and heard ifc strike , and

may have noted the phrase of tho moon indicated under the blue starry-decked canopy which surmounts the dial . Another clock , exactly like tho ono bore described , but without the Masonic emblems , may be seen in the president ' s parlour of Eutaw Savings Bank of this city , ft is also , by a coucidonce , tbe property of a member of Fidelity Lodge . They are , probably , the work of the same worker . —Herald of Masonry .

Eufus Choate , the famous lawyer , who , ifc was said , could clear tho thief even if the money was found iu his boots , was mado a Mason in Jordan Lodge , Peabody , M > -ss . He entertained a remarkable theory that the rudiments of tho liberal arts and sciencos laid down among us might be expanded and extended by courses of lectures ami

recitations into a regular serins of instruction , something like that pursued by our sciontic schools of institutes of technology ; and that Freemasonry might , in that , way , without going outside of its own borders , luriusU all the materials for a liberal educatiou , as it did iu tho mitidiu » ges . —Keystone .

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FUHERALS properly carried out and personally attended , in Loudon , and . Couatry , by Bro . G . A , HUTTON , 17 Newcastle Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations mads .