What Is Freemasonry?

cement , we will use the healing oil of kindness and affection , to relieve the burning pains of poverty and misfortune . Our square shall be faith , our p lumb-line hope , and our level love and charity . " Thus they spoke , and in all parts of the world the good came forward , and said : " We will "becomefellows to these builders !" And in their meetings they celebrateas a glorious secretthis temple with

, , many beautiful symbols . There they are all equal , and no difference is tolerated in regard to worldly rank , but princes and mechanics vie with each other in humility , and call one another brother , as you , in sight of His altar , call | the Lord your Father ! They have signs which they keep secret and inviolable , by which they know each other when they meet ; and if they had never met before , in the land of

the stranger one Freemason will recognise another by the first grasp of the hand , and exclaim " Thou art my brother !" This is all , my dear friend , that I can tell you . A Freemason must be secret ; and for this reason , perhaps , we find no Miss Freemason nor Mrs . Freemason , for the ladies have a somewhat nimble tongue . Selah ! I advise you to let the good young man marry the girl with the beautiful eyesand she will

, soon discover , by his life , that the Freemasons are very polite people , and sincerely desirous of keeping on good terms with the more beautiful portion of the human family . [ We take the above from our ' new contemporary , The Masonic Age . —En . MM . " ] .

A Catalogue Of Masonic Books In The British Museum.

A CATALOGUE OF MASONIC BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM .

( Continued from page 317 . ) 704 g 20 . Oliver , G .: The History of Initiation . 12 Lectures . ( New Ed . ) 8 vo . London , 1841 . 704 / 31 . Ragou , J . M .:- Cours Philosophique et Interpretatif des Initiations , etc . 8 vo , Paris , 1841 . 704 h 20 . Williams , W .: Constitutions , etc ., of Free and Accepted Masons .

4 to , London , 1815 . 1355 a . Oliver . G .: The Star of the East , etc . ( New Ed . ) 12 mo , Lond ., 1842 . 1859 ry . Percy , W . J .-. Three Sermons before the Prov . Grand Lod ge of Free and Accepted Masons , Dorsetshire . 8 vo , London , 1844 . PP 1073 Masonic Monthly : Nos . 1 and 2 . 8 vo , Boston , 1863 . 1162 de 3 Masonic Minstrel : The MM ., etc . 24 mo , London , 1877 (?) . JB . Freemasons . Fol , London , 1869 , etc .

JB . The Freemasons Chronicle . Fol , London , 1875 . 13691 Ashe , J .: The Masonic Manual . ( NewEd . ) 12 mo , London , 1843 .

1369 * 30 . Fellows , J .: An Exposition of the Mysteries , etc ., of Freemasonry . 8 vo , New York , 1835 . 1369 i . TrevilKan , M . C : A Letter on the Anti- Christian Character of Freemasonry . 8 vo , Bath , 1849 . 1369 i . Mackey , A . G .: A Lexicon of Freemasonry . 12 mo , Charlestown , 1845 . 13691 PrestonW .: Illustrations of Masonry . ( 16 th Ed . ) 12 mo

, , London , 1846 . 1369 i . Adams , J . Q .: Letters on the Masonic Institution . 8 vo , Boston , 1847 . 1369 i . Catalogue ( Sub . 2 ) : Berizeichniss der Freimaurerischen Biicher Samonburg . 12 mo , Dresden , 1847 . 1369 i 37 . Freemasons : A Master-Key to ' Freemasonry . ( 2 nd Ed . ) 8 vo , London , 1760 .