The Angel Ministers.

" How soon can I leave V asked Fitzgibbon , as he raised his bead . "At ten o ' clock to-night , " answered Benton , ancl though I know you ought to join them as soon as possible , if it was under any other circumstances you should not leave yet for a week . "

"Thank God ! thank Ged ! they live ; the dead ' s alive , the lost are found , " Avas Fitzgibbon ' s only response . Taking a solemn and thankful leave of bis noble-hearted mystic brother , Benton , he took the earliest trainand two clays

, after Louisville Avitnessed the re-union of as happy a family as that famous and hospitable city ever entertained . The dead still lived , and the angel throng Sang anthems of joy , as they passed along . Masonic Advocate .

The Living Temple.

THE LIVING TEMPLE .

Though Solomon ' s Temple , they tell us , of old , Excelled in its marbles , its cedars , and gold —• Its altar of incense , its tables of bread—Its ark , Avhere the light of the Presence

Avas shed—A far nobler Temple each Mason may raise , In Avisdom ancl strength to endure thro' all clays ; Of Avhich Israel ' s proud pile vras the type

ancl the plan—And this Temple so stately , so perfect—is Man .

HOAV more precious than gold are honour ancl truth , With these let him build in the clays of his youth , Its Light of the Presence—sweet peace ,

may be there ; Its altar of incense—humility ' s prayer ; Its table of show-bread—his gifts to the poor ; A Temple thus built , thro' all times shall endure ,

The Living Temple.

Ancl to perfect the shrine , tho' no gems form a part , The brig ht "Holy of Holies" shall be found in his heart . Keystone .

Old Lodge Warrants And Certificates.

OLD LODGE WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATES .

BY W . J . HUGHAN , P . M ., TRURO . I haA'e been for some time endeavouring t « procure copies of old 'warrants , but have only been partially successful . Plenty are to be had about 1750 , and subsequently , but the difficulty is to obtain copies of actual AA'arrants and certificates of lodges from 1720 to 1740 . There is now some

hope of my obtaining the sight of a lodge warrant Avhich , if it turns out to be as represented , will be tbe oldest yet made public in this country . In looking over Bro . Kenning ' s "Cosmopolitan Calendar , " the other clay , it occurred to me that it Avas Avorth Avhile

seeking the proof for the several years of origin ascribed to several of the lodges , ancl the Grand Lodge of Ireland Avas selected for the test . The first on the roll is the Grand Master ' s Lodge of the year 1749 and the next is No . 1 First Lodge

, , of Ireland , held at Coil , 1731 ; No . 2 being held at Dublin , ancl said to haA'e been constituted A . D . 1727 . We applied to an able Mason in tbe city to obtain for us a copy of the warrant ( if any such existed ) for the year 1727 and Ave Avere duly favoured

, by a transcript of the document , a copy of which is appended . The date , however , is not 1727 , but 1732 , and it is stated at the foot of the charter that the centenary of the lodge was celebrated in the year 1832 ,

[ Copy of Warrant , 1732 . ] " By the Right Worshipful ancl Rig ht Honourable Lord Viscount Netterville , G . M . of all the Lodges of Freemasons in the kingdom of Ireland , the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Kingsland , D . G . M .,

the W . James Brenan , M . D ., and Robert Nugent , Esq ., G . W . ' s . "Whereas our trusty and well-beloved Bros . Mr . James Rafter , Mr . John King , Gent ., ancl Mr . George Harland , Warden , have besought us that Ave Avould be p leased