Grand Priory Of Canada.

Crown , on the ground that the services , required on oath by the Preceptor , were to defend and maintain the Roman Catholic faith . From this union , that existed before the Reformation , the name United Orders has been adopted . It requires no great

stretch of faith to believe that on their dispersion , many of the members , who we know had joined the reformed religion , may have sought a connection with the Masonic Society to preserve the memory of their chivalry from oblivion , as we find that after

this period the Order of Knights Templar and of Malta were always given together in Encampments connected with Freemasonry : hence the mistake and confusion of name in styling them , as was formerly the practice , " Knights Templars of St .

John of Jerusalem , " whereas the two orders are quite distinct , ( To be continued . )

The Three Steps.

THE THREE STEPS .

YOUTH . In rosy morn of Life ' s fair day , Our eager footsteps lightly tread In search of Wisdom ' s pleasant way , By works of buried sages led .

Those finger-boards on Truth ' s high road We closely scan , and lightly feel The passing hours , ambition ' s goad , While changing fancied life for real .

MANHOOD . Our youthful hours are pass'd too soon—When the warm meridian sun—Fit emblem of our lives , the noon—Proclaims our earnest work begun .

From our trestle-board—Divine light—Ourhearts , the ashlars fresh and rough , Are modelled ashlars smooth and bright And are prov'd by the line of truth .

The Three Steps.

Actions are but the chisel ' s dent , Forming the ashlar with beauty ; The chisel works till life is spent , Forced by the mallet of duty . As Fellow crafts , by deeds of love ,

We recommend our art sublime ; In helping others mount above , Ourselves the mystic ladder climb .

AGE . In age—as like the setting sun—Our hopes enlarge , as swiftly now The sands of life are almost run , And ' neath the weight of years we bow .

In happy contemplation then Our few remaining days we live , And feel those quiet joys no pen Can tell—ripe age can only give .

Our work , complete , shall pass the square , And be in the new temple lain , When we with confidence repair , The wages of our lives to claim .

As living stones , approved by Him , To New Jerusalem taken , Our souls , now purg'd of guilty sin , Form that spirit-house in Heaven . Masonic Jewel ,

Roman Catholic Persecution Of Freemasons.

ROMAN CATHOLIC PERSECUTION OF FREEMASONS .

We find the following narrative in the Christian World : " The city of Bahia has of late been the scene of a violent personal controversy . It would appear from the letter of a correspondent of the Imprensa Evanglica ,

writing from Bahia , under date of May 27 th , 1874 , that while the Brazilian Empire has been convulsed with the war