Thornton John Herapath, F.C.S.

-ft has been remarked b y the careful observer that as in othci branches 01 learning , physicians , architects , and musicians are especially to be recognized among the cultivators of our rites , so , in the world of science , the mathematician and the chemist have displayed a great love for Masonry . There arc many causes for this , on which it is not needful to dwell at length , causes to be sought for in the idiosyncracies of the men as determined bv ( heir habitual studies and

consequent bent ot mmd . B y Masomy is the great science of morals tor the first rime presented to them in such a way as to claim their independent convictions , and iu harmonv . with their own vocation as the priests of science . Hence they arc deeply moved to undertake the responsibilities which Masonry proffers to them , and they zealously labour m those highest degrees of Masonic advancement , to which then' proficiency in scienceinvites

own , them . Another circumstance , which greatly moves a man of such a temperament , is , that in the dtul y pursuit m winch ho is absorbed , he is constantly making some now discovery , or at least attaining a deeper insi ght into the mysteries of nature . _ Thus elevated in mind , he seeks the more ca-erly participation iu those moral associations which the dearer to °

arc him because while they nurse the noble impulses of his soul , they are attended not on y with no personal degradation of mind to wealth , as m the word a lar , e , but they proffer the recognition of moral claims over wealth , titles , and worldl y honours and distinctions . Iherejs an earnest gratificatiottaniong Masons in recognizing the ntcllectuat claims of their Brethren

; and in man v Lodges and Chapters the poor man or science meets a nobler reception than in the best cutZSl r ^ T' ^ m f C ° "ntrics Lod S h ™ ™]™* y contended xor the fraternit y of men of intellectual distinction , and Loch-es even have been founded for the purpose of enrolling such ln 0 n . flic leceptmii of hranklm is an event of which the Lodges of France and America will never lose the remembrance

Among those young Brethren who in their Province were looked upon wiJ , admmttion and Lope , was latel y Brother Thornton John Icriipath ^ iowrcmovcd fVoni amongus-whosescientificacnturctnen ts and persona qual , ties caused him to be regarded by many of the Brethren of Lns ol as a future ornament to tho Province . He was a man who was welcome to Musomy , ami to whom Masomy promised a noble 1 l 0

£ „ I Mf r ' S ? - " ot onl y d ™ "cciuaiutauco ™ th cicnce , but that power ot originating new methods of discovery almost akin to invention ( and yet far more hi ghly honoured , inasmuch as the TtTv ?' r " t " ' " Cl 0 lnCnt is J > % ^ ' < lcd as greater than 11 invention of a palace or a statue ) , Thornlon HerapatMiad opened loi himself a path to the temple of fameof which sudden

, death has debarred us from wtfncsstng ( ho progrcss . 2 fevcrthcIeSS , the eailv J fc of such a man is of interest to us as Masons , as well as a record cl - onewho is to be registered in our annals , as a refreshing remembrance ' -o those Brethren who knew him , and as an exam ple to all of us ( , cherish ,, ucu men who arc among us : for it is only by such lights that