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Filial Duty, Or Parents' Claims And Children's Liabilities.

Ms pit y for a weeping mother , but unable to point to her ( for they had nailed both of his hands ) directed b y an ineffable look of tenderness the eye of his beloved disci ple towards her saying " Behold th y mother , " and then that sameineffable look on John to draw that mothers eye towards

him said , ' Behold thy son . " 0 pathetic tenderness and pity most touching , he Avould not weep for himself , though they had croAvned his brow with thorns , and pierced his hands and feet with nails , and gave him vinegar and gall to drink when suffering his death thirsthe had not a tear to

, shed till the si ght of other ' s sorrows opened the founts of sympathy , and then tears of pity , mingling with his blood of suffering , fioAved freely forth . In this solemn , this painful incident , and other passages in the sacred volume , a parents' claims are recognised by the blessed Son of God . And

in that recognition Ave discover a liberal and a literal interpretation of the divine command which enjoins us to honour our father and mother . Children behold in your Redeemer an unerring and faultless model for your imitation and guidance . By these and other notable illustrations our dut y

to our parents is obvious , and Avhilst our conduct comports with such duty , the performance of which is well pleasing to God , let us not neglect to also discharge our other duties to our Heavenl y Father faithfully , prayerfullv , and zealously .

" As I live , " saith the Lord , " I have no pleasure in him that dieth . Look unto me and be ye saved all ye ends of the earth , Turn ye , turn ye , Avhy will ye die ? All day long have I stretched out my hands to a disobedient gainsaying people . " Surely this is pathos , Jehovah pleading , striving ,

entreating Avith sinners , the voice of the Almi ghty tremulous with emotion , the great heart of the infinite heaving with the earnestness of his compassions ; the hands that created the universe stretched out as a suppliant to draw the wanderers back to their injured Father ' s love .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

X . A . ' s LETTER , HINDOOISM AND FREEMASONRY , See page 419 . My Oriental Tests and Translations , with all works explanatory and illustrative of llicni , Avere sold in 1853 and JS 57 as part of Ihe "Bibliolheca Ccoperiana'' the boohs possessed by me as a Life Member of

, the Eoyal Asiatic Society and a subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund excepted . These last bocks I was peiniitted to present to the Library of the Honouiiihlc Soeity ot Lincoln ' s-lnn about the time of my quitting England , 1859 . This circumstancetogether with my very advanced

, age , and many infirmities ( one a serious failure of Sight ) , effectively prevents my acceptance of what I would consider " L . A . ' s'' courteous invitation to engage in a learned and interesting discussion .

I will only add that when " L . A . " has looked into Freemasonry and into Modern Hindooism as much as he has evidently looked into Ancient Oriental Religious Philosophy , he will possibly think it would not be easy for the most instructed reader of our periodical to derive from the proposed discussion any advantage of a Masonic kind . —CHAEDES PDETON COOPEE .

ORIGIN OF OUR ORDER . " The oldest of the arts is that of the builders , the Masons , and the origin of our Order in this the operative branch , dates back even to those days , when the first secrets of architecture were learned by studying the form of nature ' s pillars , and the grace and

beauty of nature ' s friezes , and capitals of leaves and vines . Study the [ progress of any nation in civilization , the splendour of its palaces , the ornamentation of its temples , the beautifying of its homes , and you can trace the growth of Operative Masonry , thefirst school of our glorious Brotherhood . " From a bundle of Masonic Excerpts . —CHAELES PUETON COOPEE .

A CERTAIN CONTRIBUTOR , NO . 4 . The following lines are part of No . 4 of the paperscoming from Oxford . His METHOD . —The method of a certain Contributor is the substitution of assertion for examination and demonstration . "When heassails a theory , turn to the pages of our

periodical and there will be found great abundance of inappropriate assertion with superfluous phraseology intermixed ; but there will not be found examination of proofs upon which the theory has rested undisturbed for a period , the commmencement of which probably can be fixed onl y iu some year anterior to the Revival ; and of course there will not be found demonstration of the insufficiency of the proofs . —A PAST PROVINCIAL GEAITD MASTEE .

AGE OF LODGES . Some dispute having arisen about the age of someof the Grand Lodges on this continent , the following extract from the front page of the bye-laws of a . Lodge in Nova Scotia may be of interest : "Virgin Lodge , No , 558 , R . E ., was originally established at

Halifax on the 18 th day of February , A . D ., 1782 , under a dispensation granted by the R . W . John George Pyke , G . M . of Nova Scotia , and worked under such dispensation until October , . D . 1784 , when a warrant was granted to the body by tbeR / W . John George PykeG . Mof Nova Scotia , under the

, , title of Artillery Lodge , No . 5 , on the Registry oi Nova Scotia , uucler which warrant the lodge continued working until the 22 nd of September , A . D . 1800 , when the body , by the permission of the Grand Lodge or Nova Scotia , resumed its original name of Virgin Lodge . In 1 S 28 the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia

became subject to the authority of the Grand Lodge of England , and the old warrant having been given up , in October , ] 829 , a new warrant was granted to the Lodge by the Grand Lodge of England , under the title of Virgin Lodge , No . 829 , on the Registry of England , and iu October , 1830 , the number of the lodge was changed by the Grand Lodge of England to that which it at present bears , viz . : No . 558 , R . E . "

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FRATERNITY. Article 6
FILIAL DUTY, OR PARENTS' CLAIMS AND CHILDREN'S LIABILITIES. Article 7
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MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD. Article 9
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INDIA. Article 14
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 17
ON THE USE OF COLOUR IN DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Article 18
Obituary. Article 19
Poetry. Article 19
LIST OF LODGE MEETINGS &c., FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 29TH, 1870. Article 20
METROPOLITAN LODGES AND CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 20
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Filial Duty, Or Parents' Claims And Children's Liabilities.

Ms pit y for a weeping mother , but unable to point to her ( for they had nailed both of his hands ) directed b y an ineffable look of tenderness the eye of his beloved disci ple towards her saying " Behold th y mother , " and then that sameineffable look on John to draw that mothers eye towards

him said , ' Behold thy son . " 0 pathetic tenderness and pity most touching , he Avould not weep for himself , though they had croAvned his brow with thorns , and pierced his hands and feet with nails , and gave him vinegar and gall to drink when suffering his death thirsthe had not a tear to

, shed till the si ght of other ' s sorrows opened the founts of sympathy , and then tears of pity , mingling with his blood of suffering , fioAved freely forth . In this solemn , this painful incident , and other passages in the sacred volume , a parents' claims are recognised by the blessed Son of God . And

in that recognition Ave discover a liberal and a literal interpretation of the divine command which enjoins us to honour our father and mother . Children behold in your Redeemer an unerring and faultless model for your imitation and guidance . By these and other notable illustrations our dut y

to our parents is obvious , and Avhilst our conduct comports with such duty , the performance of which is well pleasing to God , let us not neglect to also discharge our other duties to our Heavenl y Father faithfully , prayerfullv , and zealously .

" As I live , " saith the Lord , " I have no pleasure in him that dieth . Look unto me and be ye saved all ye ends of the earth , Turn ye , turn ye , Avhy will ye die ? All day long have I stretched out my hands to a disobedient gainsaying people . " Surely this is pathos , Jehovah pleading , striving ,

entreating Avith sinners , the voice of the Almi ghty tremulous with emotion , the great heart of the infinite heaving with the earnestness of his compassions ; the hands that created the universe stretched out as a suppliant to draw the wanderers back to their injured Father ' s love .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

X . A . ' s LETTER , HINDOOISM AND FREEMASONRY , See page 419 . My Oriental Tests and Translations , with all works explanatory and illustrative of llicni , Avere sold in 1853 and JS 57 as part of Ihe "Bibliolheca Ccoperiana'' the boohs possessed by me as a Life Member of

, the Eoyal Asiatic Society and a subscriber to the Oriental Translation Fund excepted . These last bocks I was peiniitted to present to the Library of the Honouiiihlc Soeity ot Lincoln ' s-lnn about the time of my quitting England , 1859 . This circumstancetogether with my very advanced

, age , and many infirmities ( one a serious failure of Sight ) , effectively prevents my acceptance of what I would consider " L . A . ' s'' courteous invitation to engage in a learned and interesting discussion .

I will only add that when " L . A . " has looked into Freemasonry and into Modern Hindooism as much as he has evidently looked into Ancient Oriental Religious Philosophy , he will possibly think it would not be easy for the most instructed reader of our periodical to derive from the proposed discussion any advantage of a Masonic kind . —CHAEDES PDETON COOPEE .

ORIGIN OF OUR ORDER . " The oldest of the arts is that of the builders , the Masons , and the origin of our Order in this the operative branch , dates back even to those days , when the first secrets of architecture were learned by studying the form of nature ' s pillars , and the grace and

beauty of nature ' s friezes , and capitals of leaves and vines . Study the [ progress of any nation in civilization , the splendour of its palaces , the ornamentation of its temples , the beautifying of its homes , and you can trace the growth of Operative Masonry , thefirst school of our glorious Brotherhood . " From a bundle of Masonic Excerpts . —CHAELES PUETON COOPEE .

A CERTAIN CONTRIBUTOR , NO . 4 . The following lines are part of No . 4 of the paperscoming from Oxford . His METHOD . —The method of a certain Contributor is the substitution of assertion for examination and demonstration . "When heassails a theory , turn to the pages of our

periodical and there will be found great abundance of inappropriate assertion with superfluous phraseology intermixed ; but there will not be found examination of proofs upon which the theory has rested undisturbed for a period , the commmencement of which probably can be fixed onl y iu some year anterior to the Revival ; and of course there will not be found demonstration of the insufficiency of the proofs . —A PAST PROVINCIAL GEAITD MASTEE .

AGE OF LODGES . Some dispute having arisen about the age of someof the Grand Lodges on this continent , the following extract from the front page of the bye-laws of a . Lodge in Nova Scotia may be of interest : "Virgin Lodge , No , 558 , R . E ., was originally established at

Halifax on the 18 th day of February , A . D ., 1782 , under a dispensation granted by the R . W . John George Pyke , G . M . of Nova Scotia , and worked under such dispensation until October , . D . 1784 , when a warrant was granted to the body by tbeR / W . John George PykeG . Mof Nova Scotia , under the

, , title of Artillery Lodge , No . 5 , on the Registry oi Nova Scotia , uucler which warrant the lodge continued working until the 22 nd of September , A . D . 1800 , when the body , by the permission of the Grand Lodge or Nova Scotia , resumed its original name of Virgin Lodge . In 1 S 28 the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia

became subject to the authority of the Grand Lodge of England , and the old warrant having been given up , in October , ] 829 , a new warrant was granted to the Lodge by the Grand Lodge of England , under the title of Virgin Lodge , No . 829 , on the Registry of England , and iu October , 1830 , the number of the lodge was changed by the Grand Lodge of England to that which it at present bears , viz . : No . 558 , R . E . "

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