Classical Theology.—Lxxxiv.

Avith Thetis , the consummation of Avhich he had proved would be fatal , Avhereupon , remembering these services , he authorised Hercules to dispatch the eagle and liberate his so severely punished friend .

We would here bring again to mind that those " men of renoAvn " Avho had Gods for their fathers , wherefore called ' H / uBem ( Hemitheoi ) , or Demi ; gods , had superior , or sacred minds , celestial souls , and poAverful , but , hoAvever noble , only

human bodies . Nevertheless , it was held , their immortal incarnations Avere for the religious good , the social safety , the moral happiness , the instruction in the arts and sciences , and the general improvement of mankind , inducing ever toAvards a

more aspiring state of existence , in which respect Labeo ( St . Aug . L 10 , c . 21 ) has distinguished them from the Heroes , and so they should be distinguished ; yet still , from their great profundity in speech , strength , virtue , and love , or from such words in Greek , namely , " tym , eros ;

'Upos , hieros ; 'Apery , arete ; Ep &> s , Heros , some , far surmising , think they acquired the title of Hero . Almost all nations , and Ave may say all knoAvn nations , more or less , apparently have believed that all their most useful acquirements and knowledge

were at the first and at sundry times , taught them by some incarnate God or superlative spirit . ThusAvise Ave ourselves knoAV that the World ' s Great Architect has fonvarded His improving work of man ' s redemption by man in the Godhead

born of woman , and that His second coming has beenmoreorless predicted andexpected by ' all separated and governed races of people formed under the sun ; but how , Avhen , and where , possessed of what attributes , —the God above all Gods , the most high God , Avho comprehends the Universal All—alone can know .

Address To A Newly Initiated Brother.

ADDRESS TO A NEWLY INITIATED BROTHER .

Delivered by Bro . A . SCIIJIITI , P . M . and See ., Lodge La Cesaree , No . 590 , Jersey . DEAE BEOTHEE , —You havo UOAV obtained the accomplishment of your desires . At last you possess the title of Freemason , Avhich necessarily

implies , on the part of him to AVIIOUI it rightly and worthily belongs , a mind , liberal , enlightened , exempt from prejudices , a character tolerant and benevolent , a heart which sympathises Avith all the miseries incident to humanity .

To receive into the bosom of the great universal family men fully conscious of their duties towards themselves and their felloAY men , those who have been initiated into our mysteries and our symbolic teachings , men henceforth to be

ranked as fellow-labourers toiling for the spread of generous ancl liberal ideas , toAvards the triumph of the noble principles of morality and civilisation for the progress and development of all that is just , beautiful , and true ; is not this one of the

most brilliant and at the same time consoling objects in Avhich it is our privilege to take part ? Be assured , my very dear brother , that it is with an emotion which Ave by no means seek to conceal or to suppress , that as Avitnesses and as actors we unite in this kind of baptism , which affects the entrance of new members into the

bosom of this grand and humane religion Avhich is called Freemasonry . Our definition of morality may be thus stated : To be deeply imbued with love of country , of kindred , of the Avhole human race . We also

inculcate a love of honest labour , Ave pay homage to it by our title , by our insignia , by our symbolic distinctions , and by our acts . Being masons , we are consequently labourers . What is the title which you are noAV privileged

to bear ? It is that of apprentice . Look around , and you observe that we all Avear the apron , the badge of labour . The Master of the Lodge is armed with the symbol of labour , so too are the senior and junior wardens . We adore God himself under the name of the Great Architect of the Universe :

Labour , moreover , is a powerful means for the accomplishment and realisation of our principles , for it leads to brotherly love , the supreme end and aim of all our efforts ! sacred words , which express and comprehend all the social virtues ! For from

the moment in Avhich you address another man as " Brother ! " you apply to him a title which renders him your equal , and since you profess to love him , to aid him , you cannot henceforth entertain the slightest thought of committing ' any

act to his prejudice , of doing him the least Avrong . Thus I affirm and seriously declare to you that brotherly love is a grand ancl comprehensive moral principle , Avhich men and Avomen have made it their first object to inculcate and to promote .

You cannot fail to be convinced of this truth and to impress it on your heart , for from this time you have become one ofthe large family of Freemasons .