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The Trappists.

vespers ; being anxious to behold the brotherhood assembled for the exercise of their faith , we hastened to the chapel , which charmed me by its fair proportions and chaste simplicity ; it forms with the ante-chapel a room about three hundred feet long , adorned on either side by deep windows of richly stained glass between Corinthian pilasters ; the altar , with its rood or crucifix , is entirely of white marble—no gaudy saints

in brocade robes disfigure it ; the candlesticks and ever-burning lamp before it alone were of silver : the fraternity having taken their seats when we entered , the effect was picturesque and beautiful . Between seventy ancl eighty monks were ranged on either side of the prior in richly cawed oaken stalls , black with age , against which their white robes and graceful scapularies presented a bold relief . Vespers were

chaunted without the accompaniment of music , and produced upon the mind an effect at once soothing and solemn . At the conclusion of the service , the superior gave the signal to depart , by striking his oaken crosier upon the pavement , when the brotherhood slowly left the chapel in procession , each bowing as he passed the altar ancl the elevated chair of the prior . As we were leaving the chapel , a fellow-countryman , ivhose angular habiliments like our own , had appeared misplaced when contrasted with the flowing robes of the Trappists , addressed me . In

the course of our walk through the cloisters he informed me that his name was Spencer , that he had resided as a boarder at the monastery for some months , but expected to quit it in the course of a few days in consequence of his approaching ordination . The name instantly caught the attention of my companion , who remembering the sensation created just before by the conversion of the Hon . and Rev . Spencer to the

Church of Rome , . plainly asked him if he was Lord Althorp ' s brother , and received his denial , which was rather equivocal , with disappointment and doubt . AVe accepted his offer , however , of showing us over the establishment , with pleasure , nor did he at all seem disinclined for a companion . The long silence which he had been compelled to observe towards the monks must have been irksome to one , however religiously

inclined , who had no intention of entering their order . The first department to which he conducted us was the refectory , a large Gothic Hall , ivith a finely-painted window , and curiously carved roof . The evening repast of the monks was placed on platters of wood ; it consisted only of bread , fruit , ancl water ; the name of each brother was attached by a label to his seat . On my observing that most of the

fraternity bore names honoured in the Roman calendar , our conductor informed us , that on taking the vows , the name by which they had been previously known in the world was never mentioned , a more suitable and religious one being always adopted . AA'e retired just as the fra-

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THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 1
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TO THAT DISTINGUISHED Jfwtmason (Whateve... Article 3
CONTENTS. Article 4
THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 5
ON FREEMASONRY. Article 13
THE MASON. Article 18
BOARDS, COMMITTEES, &c. Article 41
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 43
Masonic Obituary. Article 52
PROVINCIAL. Article 53
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 59
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF SCOTLAND. Article 60
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND. Article 60
THE SECOND JUBILEE IN COMMEMORATION OF HANDEL. Article 61
THE FATE OF GENIUS. Article 67
LOVES OF THE FLOWERS. Article 71
THE TRAPPISTS. Article 72
THE BIRTH AND PROGRESS OF MUSIC. Article 77
MISCELLANEOUS. Article 79
REVIEW OF LITERATURE—FINE ARTS—EXHIBITIONS—THE DRAMA, &c. Article 85
PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. Article 94
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 99
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Article 104
THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. Article 111
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GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT, Article 113
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The Trappists.

vespers ; being anxious to behold the brotherhood assembled for the exercise of their faith , we hastened to the chapel , which charmed me by its fair proportions and chaste simplicity ; it forms with the ante-chapel a room about three hundred feet long , adorned on either side by deep windows of richly stained glass between Corinthian pilasters ; the altar , with its rood or crucifix , is entirely of white marble—no gaudy saints

in brocade robes disfigure it ; the candlesticks and ever-burning lamp before it alone were of silver : the fraternity having taken their seats when we entered , the effect was picturesque and beautiful . Between seventy ancl eighty monks were ranged on either side of the prior in richly cawed oaken stalls , black with age , against which their white robes and graceful scapularies presented a bold relief . Vespers were

chaunted without the accompaniment of music , and produced upon the mind an effect at once soothing and solemn . At the conclusion of the service , the superior gave the signal to depart , by striking his oaken crosier upon the pavement , when the brotherhood slowly left the chapel in procession , each bowing as he passed the altar ancl the elevated chair of the prior . As we were leaving the chapel , a fellow-countryman , ivhose angular habiliments like our own , had appeared misplaced when contrasted with the flowing robes of the Trappists , addressed me . In

the course of our walk through the cloisters he informed me that his name was Spencer , that he had resided as a boarder at the monastery for some months , but expected to quit it in the course of a few days in consequence of his approaching ordination . The name instantly caught the attention of my companion , who remembering the sensation created just before by the conversion of the Hon . and Rev . Spencer to the

Church of Rome , . plainly asked him if he was Lord Althorp ' s brother , and received his denial , which was rather equivocal , with disappointment and doubt . AVe accepted his offer , however , of showing us over the establishment , with pleasure , nor did he at all seem disinclined for a companion . The long silence which he had been compelled to observe towards the monks must have been irksome to one , however religiously

inclined , who had no intention of entering their order . The first department to which he conducted us was the refectory , a large Gothic Hall , ivith a finely-painted window , and curiously carved roof . The evening repast of the monks was placed on platters of wood ; it consisted only of bread , fruit , ancl water ; the name of each brother was attached by a label to his seat . On my observing that most of the

fraternity bore names honoured in the Roman calendar , our conductor informed us , that on taking the vows , the name by which they had been previously known in the world was never mentioned , a more suitable and religious one being always adopted . AA'e retired just as the fra-

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