Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

" The Masonic Mirror , " San Francisco , thus speaks of the orig in of the Order of the Eastern Star : — " The five Androgynous degrees are supposed to have been introduced into this country by the French officers , who assisted our Government during the Eevolutionary struggle . The Order originated in

France , and Avas adopted by the Grand Orient , and received its especial patronage and favour . "There have sprung up in the United States , from time to * time , what have been denominated Side Degrees , known as ' The Heroine of Jericho ; ' ' The Mason ' s Daughter ; ' 'The Good Samaritan ; ' 'The

Maid of Jerusalem , ' and many more , which had a sickly existence , but never amounted to anything , neither satisfying an intelllectual woman's desires for knowledge , nor convincing the recipients of any peculiar claim they may possess upon the good-will of Masons . They were imitations , and hardly that , of Androgynous Masonry .

The sisterhood of the Eastern Star is manifest to the world by its adorning virtues , which are represented by the five points of the star , and illustrated by the titles : ' Jephthah ' s Daughter , ' respect to the binding force of a vow ; ' Euth , ' devotion to religious principles ; 'Esther , ' fidelity to kindred aud friends ;

'Martha , ' undeviating faith in the hour of trial ; and ' Electa , ' patience and submission under wrongs . " Honour in bright loneliness is the sanctity and moral guarantee of all obligations of the Eastern Star . This is read by the enlig htened in the cabalistic motto of the Order . Upon that foundation , Honour , stand

the following pillars : —to be true ; to be aiding ; to be loving ; to be secret ; to be the servant of Jesus Christ . Sweet in its fragrance is the memory of the worthy dead , It comes up from the recollection of happy hours past in companionship ; it comes down in faith ' s joyful anticipations of reunion in the home of the Saviour .

" The Order has been founded in Avisdom and beauty , aud is gaming strength each day . It places its members above the outside world , and nearer the sanctorum of the Temple . Under the protection and patronage of Masonry , and yet perfectly independent , its object is to place those entitled to the

benefits of Masonry in closer communion with the parent Order , where they could be known aud recognised , It combines the highest social elements with the purest principles . Under the segis of Masonic vows , and the influences of virtuous Avoman , that social union is of the most elevating , moral , and

intellectual character . Divested of the restraints of formality , where all are brothers and sisters of one family , it partakes more of the character of the family circle , than of the formal organisation of an Order .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

This , we believe , was the intent of the founders , to give the Order the character of a Masonic family : governed by love and the exalted principles of a pure religion . Its characters are taken from the most faithful , the most loving , the wisest , the most trusting and the most patient of women . The lessons

taught the novitiate in the labyrinths of the fivepointed star , embrace the five essentials of a correct life . The Avelcome to the inner circle of pure friendship , to partake and contribute to the pleasures of life , is the ultimate , the crowning object . Whatsoever makes life more pleasant , or adds happiness to the

human family , or produces unalloyed pleasure , or contributes to make men and women better , or binds stronger the ties of fraternity , is good—very good . All this is peculiarly the province of the organisation known as the Order of the Eastern Star . "

There are two flourishing lodges at Salt Lake , and Bro . E . H . Shaw has lately established a Lodge of Perfection , Ancient Scottish Rite . Since railroad communication has been opened , Utah is one of the most flourishing Territories of the United States , and is found to be very rich in the precious metals .

The Grand Lodge of Masons of Texas , at its last session , called especial attention to the article in the constitution forbidding jhabitual drunkenness , swearing , and gambling , and it has made it the special duty of the District Grand Lecturers , in their visits , to inquire particularly into this thing , and a lodge that permits her members to practice them is to have its charter arrested .

The fraternity of Iowa have borrowed 30 , 000 dols . for ten years , at 8 per cent ., for the purpose of building a Temple , the building to cost not less than 60 , 000 dols and to be kept insured . The loan is to be secured on a first mortgage upon , building and ground , and on . a life endowment policy on not less than ten or more than thirty Mason's lives , the same policies in ten years to cancel the mortgage .

CoBEECTio 5 f . —A statement has appeared in the newspapers that the St . John ' s Lodge , of Masonville , ( Potton ) , had transferred its allegiance to the socalled Grand Lodge of Quebec . The statement is quite incorrect . We believe that at a meeting of the lodge , at which the Master was not present , seven out

of the twelve in attendance carried a resolution to the effect stated . But at the next regular meeting of the lodge , the resolution was declared illegal—expunged from the minutes , and the Worshipful Master , a loyal and true-hearted Mason , was re-elected with but hree dissenting voices . —Craftsman and Canadian Masonic Record .