The Fudge:

No one against my judgments bas appealed , And honoured thus I might have spent my life Had not I presided at this trial , I thought , indeed , my conscience was at rest , No more to trouble me—it has awaked ,

It urges me witb force beyond control To make this full confession of my guilt , Submit to the just sentence of the law , The only expiation of my crime For * which no palliation can be made .

Pardon on Earth you must not , dare not grant ; Deep my repentance , though it sudden seems , My only hope of pardon is in Heaven . I pray , my Lord , my trial may be brief , 'Tis in your power to name a speedy time . This is the last request tbat I would make

Of you , my former Friend and fellow Judge . " He ceased—horror aud pity seen in every face Evinced bow deep men ' s feelings were aroused ; Tears in his eyes , with broken speech , the Judge" Unhappy man , who self-convicted stands ,

Accused of foulest murder , yon well know Death is the penalty of crime like yours . Your sad request I grant , a p itying proof Of the esteem and friendship which I held . Your trial shall take place without delay ; I cannot be your Judge ; one will be found

To take my place , dread sentence to pronounce . May Heaven have mercy on yonr guilty soul I On you , young man , who now convicted wait , I shall defer your sentence for awhile . Use well the timo I grant you ; pardon seek

From the offended Majesty of Heaven . The Court adjourned ; remove the prisoners . " In a few days , the evidence complete , Assistance given by the prisoner , He was committed by a magistrate To take his trial at the Assizes

' Then being held ; proceedings very brief ; The prisoner testified against himself . Nought was now left but sentence to pronounce Against him , and the convict in tho dock , Whose doom bad been b y former Judge deferred , It Avas decreed that both should suffer death

On early mom outside the public jail On that day fortnight . Leave was freely given T ! at both , well . watched , should occupy one cell . 'The elder , deep repentant , earnest sought To win the young man ' s confidence ; he urged Confession and repentance of his crime , The only means he could free pardon gain .

Hardened at first , his heart at last was touched—Then , side by side , they knelt in earnest prayer That God to them His saving grace woulel grant . Assured of pardon , each sustaining each , They met their doom with resignation . # Ob ! may we trust the Gates of Mercy wide Admitted sinners who repentant died . November , 1900 .

How To Get On.

How to get on .

|§ 5 ^^ 3 g | HERE is a young brother who wants information as W / ffifel e & m to the best way to " get on " in Freemasonry . : ( ( IP ^ N )' I He is possessed of a very praiseworthy ambition , ^•olS-xi 1 ^ ut apparently thinks that a patient continuance Usssas - ^ 'HJ in well doing might not ineffectively be .

supplemented b y efforts on his own part , and he wants to know where and how to start . When his health was drunk

vvith enthusiasm at tbe festiye board , after bis initiation , the brother who proposed it set forth for his imitation the career of the worshi p ful brother who so well adorned tbe chair , and , in the garrulous optimism of the moment , hinted at speed y recognition

of true merit . AU too soon , however , our friend found lhat in a lod «* e of 6 u members he ranked as 6 oth , and lhat tbe possession of merit even of the hig hest order would not enable him lo reach the chair under about 15 years .

Surel y he thinks there must be some other and less tedious route to eminence , but what is it ? It can scarcely be , he thinks , in the amount of jewellery with which he may deck his person , because he knows Bro . Smith , who was only initialed a short time ago , has already had to have

a special appendage made to carry his load ot personal adornmet , and , moreover , he is well known to have bought it all . Nor can it be tin- attainment of Degrees , because Bro . Jones is alread y a companion of the Royal Arch , a Mark Master Mason , a Royal Ark Mariner , a Secret Monitor , and will next week be admitted

How To Get On.

to the Cryptic Degrees and the Allied Degrees of Freemasonry . Moreover , our young friend believes himself to be every whit as good a Mason as Bro . Jones , because it is a matter of common notoriet y that Bro . Jones , in the course of his progress through these various grades , was never able to prove himself a M . M ., but had to be prompted .

Again , in another lodge in the same town , Bro . Robinson , who happened to possess social distinction , became Worshi pful Master within 54 weeks of seeing the light and only attended the lodge four times during the whole of that period * , and this has induced him to set less value on the attainment of rank in

lodge . ls it the attainment of Provincial honours ? Well b y this time he has found out that preferment , whether from the East , West , or South , is like the wind which bloweth where it listeth .

Our advice to that young brother was to disregard each and every of these considerations ancl attend lodge regularly , particularly a lodge of instruction , and he was further advised to join one of the literary lodges , such as Quatuor Coronati .

But quite a number of brethren imagine that the taking of Degrees ad libitum adds to their Masonic consequence , ancl confers an additional lustre upon them . The various Degrees are generally called "hi g her" because , with the exception of Mark man , to which fellow Crafts may be

admitted , tbey are onl y conferred on Master Masons . The more correct nomenclature would be " further Degrees . " Sometimes the } ' are called " side " Degrees . This term is onl y appropriate with regard to those which are conferred irregularly , that is , which are not properly organised under a supreme governing

body . The neophyte in such cases was taken "aside , " and the Degree was then called an " aside" Degree—corrupted to " side . " Such was once the Secret Monitor , but since its present organisation it is a "further" Degree . We mi ght

conveniently describe as a Degree every Masonic process which involves the conferment of appropriate modes of recognition , and so shall call the Royal Arch a Degree ( although denied that status by the Constitutions ) as well as the rank of Installed Master .

In this sense , then , the Craft embraces four Degrees , and the order of the Royal Arch four , that is companion and the three Principals . These are the legitimate and recognised grades . As a general rule the ruler in any of those to be presentl y referred to is required to be an Installed Master in the Craft .

Next we come to the Degrees immediatel y under the Grand Mark Lodge . These are Mark Man , Mark Master , Installed Master in the same , Royal Ark Mariner , and Commander N . The Order of the Secret Monitor may next be tabulated . The Degrees are conferred only on Master Masons , and

comprise Secret Monitor , Prince ol the Order , and Supreme Ruler . The Allied Degrees of Freemasonry and the Cryptic Degrees are conferred upon brethren who are Mark Masters and R . A . Masons . The Allied Degrees comprise the Orders of

St . Laurence the Martyr , Knight of Constantinople , Red Cross of Bab y lon , and Grand High Priest . The Cryptic Degrees , which are a complement of the Royal Arch , include Most Excellent Master , Royal Master , Select Master , and Super Excellent Master .

The Orders of Chivalry are onl y conferred upon Royal Arch Masons of a certain standing . They are Knight of St . John of Jerusalem ( Kni ght Templar ) , Preceptor ; Knight of Palestine Rhodes and Malta , and Prior .

A Knight I emplar may become Knight Red Cross , Viceroy Eusebius , Sovereign Constantine , Knig ht Novice of St . John , and Kni g ht of the Hol y Sepulchre . The Rosicrucians are graded thus — Zeiator , Thericus , Practicus , Philosophus , A . - ' folus Junior , Adeptus Major , Adeptus Exemptus , Magister , and Magus .

In the Antient and Accepted Rite arc 33 Degrees . The first three are a . s in Craft Masonry , and the list goes on as follows : 4 ° . Secret Master . i ( j ° . Grand Pontiff . 5 ° . Perfect . Master . 2 o ° . Venerable Grand Master . 6 ° , Intimate . Secretary . 21 ° . Patriarch Xoachilc .

7 ° . Provost . and Judge . 22 " . Prince of L banns . S ° . lntendant of thc Buildings . 23 ° . Chief of the Tabernacle . ef . Elect eif Nine . 24 . Prince of the Tabernacle .

10 , hied ut l-iltccn , 25 . knight ol the Brazen acrpcnl . 11 ° , Sublime KU-d . 2 d . Prince of Mercy . 12 ° , Grand Master Architect . 27 . Commander of lhe Temple . 13 ° . Koyal Arch ( of Kmich ) . 28 ° . Knight of the Sun . I 40 . Scotch Knight eif Perfection . 2 e- ° . Knight of S . Andrew . 153 . Knight uf the Sword . 30 ° - Knight of lhe Black and

in . Prince of Jerusalem . White liagle . 17 , Knight of lhe hasl and 31 . Grand Inspector . West . 32 ° . Sublime Prince . 18 ° . Knight of the Kngle and 33 " . Sovereign Grand Inspector-Pelican < ke-se Croix ) . General . Of these only the 18 ° , 311 ° , 31 , 32 ° , 33 ° , arc given in full .