The Craftsman's Duties.

perjured souls , than did the ghost of Banquo to the guilty Macb ^ ih ? Guard well the passes to this virtue ; tyle every avenue of temptation ; demand the shibboleth from every thought and deed that ivould approach this foundation , for once undermined , the whole superstructure of your Masonic character is as baseless as the unsubstantial fabric of a dream .

Permit me to allude to one other tenet of practical Masonry . I refer to charity . And I now use it in a broader sense than brotherly love , or relief to a suffering Mason . To the duties under these points I have already referred . Charity is a practical thing , not only so far as the brethren and their families are concerned , but so far as all men are concerned . I am aware that we should have the first claim on each other—this is not only brotherly , but right ; but shall charity stop there—can it stop there ?

" Want is on every side , woes are on every baud . " Engrossed as the Mason may be in the business and cares of life , he must not forget that it is his duty to relieve and assist all who may be in distress as far as God has given him ability . This is the very spirit of Masonry—thc life it would breathe over all the ivorld—the profession it makes everywhere , ancl at all times . It recognizes but one nation—the earth ; but one family—the race of This is of its

man . one boasts—one pillar of its strength . Its universal adaptation to the wants of man in the demonstration that its principles are inspired—its doctrines divine . As practical Masons can we ignore these facts ? Are we not bound to assist the unfortunate and the erring , even though they may be unworthy to kneel at our altar and assume our vows . Time will not wait on you ; misery will not withhold its bitter cup ; hunger will not its clamour for

cease food ; temptation to clo evil will not fail to be present ; sorrow will not check its tears that we may rest ; death will not stay its dart , that wc may dally on our way to the bedside of the dying . You must thrust yourself into the tide of misery and rescue those that arc perishing . I know the field is a hard one and your means limited . But recollect a cup of cold water , a morsel of bread , a kind word , a helping hand , may save many a _ one . You need not go out of your own daily walks—nor out of your own neighbourhood to perform such deeds of love .

But there is another , broader charity than this you must exercise —thc charity of thought—the toleration for opinion ' s sake . It costs but little to furnish money to the poor and destitute—it may be no self denial to assist even our enemy that is suffering . Kindness of feeling may prompt you to cast a bone to some starving cur ; but can you tolerate difference of opinion , when it comes in conflict with your own ? Can you rise above the preof education

judices , of party , of sect , and recognize all who are labouring for the right as your brethren beloved ? Does not Masonry require this ? Are you infallible in theory or in practise . May you not be wrong in one and err in the other ? We cannot all see alike—it is not designed we should—but wc can differ and be brethren . Men of all faiths and parties and creeds can assume our vows , and become Masons . As practical Masons wc should cultivate and

practise a spirit of liberality that will tolerate everything but wrong . Charity like this will put down strife and discord in the Lod ge room ancl in the community—it will acknowledge the common tie of brotherhood that exists among all men ; it will put out the fires ancl scatter the fagots of persecution ; it will break the iron arm of war ; it will throttle at its birth proscription for inion ' s sake it will send all the world

op ; peace over , into every community and nei ghbourhood , and reinstate the scenes of ancient Eden in thc hearts and homes of aft men . Can you practise this Godlike virtue ? Can you look with favour and affection on him who may differ ever so widely from you in opinion ? _ Can you give the warm right hand of fellowship to your antipodes in sentiment while their hearts are ri ght , ancl they labour for the cause of virtue and humanity ? Can do all

you this without stopping to inquire nation or creed , religious or political , and say , " Is thy heart as my heart , if so give me thy hand ? " This is practical charity , a charity of which too little is seen m our ivorld of strife and bigotry—but it is a practical charity that must sooner or later dawn upon the whole ivorld . If , as Masons , ive perform our duty , God will own us as honoured instruments in hastening the good time coming . miht

I g , refer to many other practical duties relating to ourselves and fellows , but on this point I must not impose longer on your patience . _\\ ORE . —There is a perennial nobleness , mid even saeredness , in work . IV ere ho never so benighted , forgetful of his high calling , there is always hope m a man that actually aud earnestly works : in idleness alone is there perpetual despair , —Carlyle .

Archæology.

ARCH ? OLOGY .

BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION .

AT the recent meeting on the 23 rd ult ., the chair was taken by T . J . Pettigrew , Esq ., one of the vicepresidents . Thirty-three associates added to the list since June last were announced , including the Bishop of Oxford , J . Walter , M . P ., J . H . Markland , D . C . L ., Drs . Palmer , T . Read , C . Rooke , Rev . Messrs . Jackson , Levy , Ridley , Messrs . Benyon , Jortin , Madden , Godwin , Hughes , Hodson , Kears , Alexander , & c . The mayor of Reading exhibited

two pommels of swords found at Sdchester , one globular , gilt , and ornamented with silver , similar to two in the Faussett Collection found in Saxon graves , but considered to belong to the Renaissance period ; the other presenting a singular head dress , and filled with lead . Mr . Wright exhibited several casts from the impressions of the feet of clogs on Roman tiles , made before the tiles were hardened , obtained from VVroxeter ; also a small Roman painter ' s

pallette , in alabaster , with the name either of the maker or of the painter to whom it belonged incised in small characters on the back ; and a small iron box of Roman workmanship , with its cover on , and hermetically scaled by the progress of decomposition , but through an accidental fracture at one edge the interior appears to have been fitted with some kind of wood . Mr . Bateman forwarded an accounttogether with the drawings of several Anglo-Saxon

, antiquities , preserved by him from a spot near Caistor , in Lincolnshire . The remainder of the evening was occupied in the reading and discussion of the Rev . Mr . Jenkins ' s paper " On Ctesar ' s Passage of the Thames , and his Route afterwards . "

DISCOVERY IN DERBYSHIRE . A A'EKY remarkable painting , with an inscription over it , has been recent !}* found in cf caning the walls of Melbourne Church , Derbyshire . Thc painting consisted of a figure of the devil , underneath whom were two human figures ; other figures ivere represented in various parts of the painting . The inscription is

written in singular characters , and has puzzled several eminent linguists . The most probable construction of it is that rendered by Professor Bosworth , author ofthe "Anglo-Saxon Dictionary , " and the Rev . Samuel Fox , of Morley , Derbyshire , both eminent scholars , and likely to give an accurate opinion . They consider that the painting is a very rude illustration of our Lord's temptation ; that the inscription is Latin , much abbreviated ; and that when thc necessary letters are supplied it reads thus : " Hie est relictus a diabolo ; " " Here he is left by the devil , " or perhaps more literally , " Here thc devil leaveth him . "

THE LATE MR . ROLFE . THE local journals have reported some additional particulars of Mr . AY . II . Rolfe , of Sandwich , who was a gentleman well known in antiquarian circles , and particularly in connection with Kentish archaiology . No one , indeed , has contributed more liberally towards antiquarian researches in the Roman and Saxon departments in Kent than Mr . Rolfe . For years his residence at

Sandwich was the rendezvous of a choice circle of scientific explorers , who were hospitably entertained and aided by the intelligent conversation of their amiable host , while a generous hand was ever ready to contribute to the expenses of practicaf researches . Mr . Rolfe was the grandson of Boys , the historian of Sandwich . He early imbibed antiquarian tastes , and , in the course of time , succeeded in forming a valuable museum of local antiquities , some

notion of the extent and importance of which can be formed , from Mr . Roach Smith ' s "Antiquities of Richborough , Rcculver , and Lymne , " and thc " Collectanea Antiqua . " The former work ( dedicated to Mr . Rolfe ) is chiefly illustrated from his collections ; and the Saxon antiquities from Osengal , together with many rare coins discovered in Kent , appear in the latter Avork . Referring to it , it is curious to notice that , upon a point of money for the illustration

, the Society of Antiquaries declined the offer of the report for the discoveries at Osengal I Wc can only infer then that the liberality of Air . Rolfe helped to do what this rich society would not consent to . The valuable collections made by Mr . Rolfe were ceded to Mr . Mayer , of Liverpool , the purchaser of the Kentish Saxon antiquities excavated bFaussettwhich had been twice refused b

y , y the trustees of the British Museum , several of whom belong to the said Society of Antiquaries . The antiquities of Richborough are now placed by the side of the rejected Saxon remains , ancl will be often referred to by future antiquaries for types and examples . The county may now lament the loss of such a collection ; but Mr . Rolfe was resolved to keep it in its integrity , and where it