An Historical Account Of Master And Free Masons.

the cathedral of Rouen , the compass , square , and tablet describing a ground plan , are usually added ; at Gloucester , Avith a square only , supported by a projecting n oirre sculptured ; at Worcester , in a basrelief , already mentioned . It Avas a natural

wish , that their bones should rest under the stupendous roofs which they themselves had raised . It would be inconsistent both with the limits and purpose of this essay , to enumerate the various contracts , Avhich may he still examined ; an instance or IAVO may suffice . * ( To be continued ?)

Aimee.

AIMEE .

A AVEARY , Aveary , night Has passed , and another day With its glad sunshine from another Avorld Has flooded our care away . For lo ! in that darken'd room , The Angel of Death has been , And a spirit has winged its flight above

, Ere its soul had learned to sin . Shall we mourn for that flow ' ret dead ? Pluek'd brand from the burning pile ! Blossom unset ! exposed to earth ' s wind , Only a little Avhile .

Say rather in mercy came That message , from earth to fly , To live in the light of a Father ' s Love , Thro' all Eternity . And Ave who are left behind , Can picture the face that ' s gone

, Again in our minds as it used to be , — Sunny and bright as the morn . While Ave think had it blossomed here , In the midst of this great world ' s care , SOITOAV and sadness had weig hed it down—Perchance to shame and despair .

Yes ! a solemn charge 'tis to have , To keep and to rightly hold , — Such a gift direct from our Father's hand , To return one hundred fold .

Aimee.

For whether for good , or ill , The buds will ripen and bloom , A life-watch of prayer , of hope 3 , and fears , Must guard it e ' en to its tomb . Oh ! believe then in mercy sent Was that gift from God ' s right hand ;

But have faith that in mercy 'tis also called To dAvell in a happier land ! And Ave—we may sigh no more—Believing Avith heart and soul , That ' tis best to regain our treasure above ,

Unspotted , and pure , and Avhole . A Aveary , weary , time , May pass ' ere that clay arrive , Then to keep the g lorious end in vieAV , Each day Ave must boldly strive . Till Hope ends in fruition ,

And Faith becomes lost in sight , When Love shall endure for ever and ever In God ' s own realms of Light . Bro . J . H . WYATT , 106 . [ The above lines Avere Avritten at sea , September , 1871 . ]

Lights And Shadows Of Scottish Freemasonry.

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY .

ARTICLE FOURTH . THERE is in the Freemasonry of Scotland a feature Avhich we have ever considered to be a very dark shadow ; a feature Avhich we have long considered to be one of those great stumbling blocks in the Avay of the

advancement of the Craft , and Avhich , if removed , would tend materially towards its elevation , and prove of inestimable advantage in the matter of raising it in the public esteem . The feature we allude to is the absurd custom of holding " Harmony

Meetings " inside the walls of our lodges . It has been said that the objections of the ladies to their gentlemen friends becoming members of the Masonic Craft are based entirely upon the fact that they themselves