Address

tions of the time Avhen we first established the order in Canada . May I hope that my frequent admonitions to he careful whom you admit into your ranks has not been in vain ; the regulations for the admission of Candidates are

clearly and distinctly laid down in the neAV statutes , and are sufficiently stringent to keep out the unworthy ; Preceptories have the remedy in their own hands and on them must rest the onus should any ineligible member be admitted amongst us .

In the discharge of our Knightly profession let us be governed by the old principles of honour and chivalry , justice and truth , and may we the Templars of the present day , the fratres representing the grand old religious and

military order , stand forth as champions to espouse and maintain the Holy Christion Faith , and be the ready and faithful protectors of the "innocent " the "destitute" and the "helpless , " ever remembering in our respective

avocations through life the solemn vows that bind us to the Order of the Temple . Fratres , I am always , D . V . f S . A . : | : W . J . B . MCLEOD MOOEE .

Reviews.

Reviews .

" The Sphinx , " a charming collection of sketches , by Dr . Emile Besetzny , showing the antiquity of Freemasonry in and about the neighbourhood of Vienna . The author , AVIIO , in addition to having a most refined and elegant stylepossesses great

archaeo-, logical knoAvledge , Avhich he Avisely displays in conducting Ms readers to some old church , IIOAV to an ancient castle , then he discoA r ers some valuable casket , all of Avhich he shoivs have a Masonic origin . The book has additional value from tho

lion of a man like Besetzny , who is justly considered as perhaps the most intellectual of the Austrian Freemasons . The zeal , energy and devotion Avith Avhich this brother Avorks , have already made him celebrated in his own country as Avell as abroad . Perhaps nowhere in the Avorld are the Craft more sincere in the reality of

then Avork , and in the science and philo . sophy of then- arts and mysteries , than ID the " Humanitas , " Avhieh represents the Eoyal Grand Lodge of Vienna . Masonry has only been permitted in the capital of Austria for a very short time ; yet it has

taken root and sprung- up with the rapidity of Jack ' s beanstalk of our nursery days . The profits of the ivork have boon generously set aside to found and support an asylum for " foundlings , " an extra

inducement for the many German brethren hi England to purchase the talented and amusing pamphlet . It is Avith deep regret that Avant of space prevents us from dwelling any longer on tho excellencies of the " Sphinx , " but we strongly recommend it to the notice of all Avho read and understand German . —L .

The " Zirkel" is an excellent Aveekl y Masonic newspaper , published at Vienna , always full of interest and information . It is the special organ of tho " Humanitas , " or the Vienna Grand Lodge , if we are correct in calling it a Grand Lodge . Its

present proprietor is Bro . J . F . Sohn . eeberger , and its responsible editor is Bro . Julius Briindl . We hope from time to time to call attention to some of its

Masonic papers and intelligence . Wo have received from Montevideo several numbers of an interesting Masonic journal , called the " Acacia , " In order to give our readers some idea of this new Masonic blossom from the ever-green

tree of Masonry , Ave translate from the Spanish the following striking preface on "Hope " : — " In the midst of tlie stormy night of Life , when the dark clouds appear to bear down upon our soul—ivhen the future is a

chaos , the present a desert , and a dark niournfulness the past—Avhen Ave feel as if AVC Avere sunk in an unfathomable abyss—Avhen our strength seems to leave us , and tho elements oppose themselves to our frail bark—when the li ght fails us and we are

tossed to and fro at the meicy of the tempest , as if abandoned by Providence—then at the bottom of our agitated soul a torch brightens , which gives to it heat and life . "SAveet Hope ? flame of consolation , Avhich lightens up resignation in our sad breasts , under the same clouds of an ad-