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To earth he returned , and commencing his Avork aneAV , he found" His love began Avith mother , Avife , child , friend ; But there he found affection must not end , His gentle sympathy now turned to heed The stranger ' s sorrow ancl the stranger ' s need .

He burst the bonds of Duty ' s narrow thrall ; His soul grew Avider , ancl he felt for «// , " Again ho tried to enter Paradise , but this time Avith far more humility than before but he Avas not long in doubt ,

for" Fear not , the Angel-Avarder cried , I see The plume that now will Avaft thee on to me : Thy wings have IIOAV the feather that alone

Lifts the created to the Father's throne . 'Tis Mercy , bounteous Mercy , Avarm and Avide , That brings the mortal to the Maker ' s side ; 'Tis cloA'e-eyed Mercy defies the dust—Man , to be God-like , must be more than just . "

Onwards , then , brethren , ever onivards ancl upivards : up the rounds of our glorious ladder , Avhose foot is firmly planted on the Almighty Architect ' s unchanging law ; Avhose rounds are a succession of every moral and social virtue ; progressing from Faith , onwards through Hope , upivards to Charity ; forming ivhat our laureate

calls" The great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God . " Brethren , our task is done . Briefly Ave have endeavoured to show that in every social question , there is a point of view from Avhich every Mason should

regardbe it a matter of dispute between class and class , a point of moderation , Avhere both sides , having left their animosities behind , can meet to adjust in an amicable manner their differences—be it a question of classmisery , a point of vantage , whence that misery can be traced to its true cause , and that cause removed . Then just as AVC have

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briefly endeavoured to show that there is such a point , have we , ivith all diffidence , ventured to intimate whereabouts that point lies , and Ai'herein it consists : and yet once again Ave venture , Avhilst laying down our pen , to reiterate that that

" whereabouts" is Brotherly-Love , and that that " wherein " is Charity . That this may be the spirit in which these our efforts are received is our sole fiual request , for—¦ " Should this our workour leisure ' s best

, resource , AVhen through the world it steals its secret course , Revive but once a generous ivish supprest , Chase but a sigh , or charm a care to rest ; In one good deed a fleeting hour employ ,

Or flush one faded cheek Avith honest joy ; Blest Avere our lines , tho' limited their sphere , Tho' short their date , as theirs who traced them here . " "FINIS CORONAT OPUS . "

"The Dying Gladiator."

"THE DYING GLADIATOR . "

15 Y BRO . T . BURDETT YEOMAN . RECITATIVE . FOR Roman pleasure ancl duty ' s call In deadly combat 1 fight ancl fall , Thus vanquished by the sword of strife ,

Behold ! ye gods I give up Life . SOKG . Hush ! hush 1 see in the circus there , Gladiators Avith deadly glare , AVhose glitt ' ring blades mid loud applause , Comes thudding blows and then a pause .

They parry , fall , and rise again AVith precious blood , the ground they stain , Quick as lightning , their sword it flies AVhilst echoing p laudits fill the skies . AVith gaping Avouncls , a gory sight ,

Again I stand and thrust and fight , Mid deafening shouts of savage men At last I fall for ever then ; No sorrow marks the inadd ' ned throng , The Victor ' s cheer'd both loud ancl long ; My head it droops , and ivith a sigh , My life it ends , I die , I die .