Lights And Shadows Of Scottish Freemasonry.

fallen out of the strai ght piaths of duty and honour , and from their high positions , and in more cases than one their masonic tippling has been grievously to blame . Let us see to it . Let us each one of us set the good example we would like to see sliOAvn by othersand do all Ave can to live

, blameless lives . There is a beautiful passage in Bryant ' s " Thanatopsis " which Ave fancy we might quote as a fitting conclusion to our paper , and which , as our learned friend Sergeant Buzfuz has it , " Speaks volumes indeed . "

" So live , that when thy summons comes to join the innumerable caravans that move towards the pale realms of shade thou go , not like the quarry slave at night scourged to his dungeon , but sustained by an unfaltering trust ; approach thy grave like one who Avraps the drapery of his couch around him and lays him doAvn to pleasant dreams . " X . Y . Z .

Lines

LINES

Written on the Marriage of Miss Emily Caroline , second Daughltr of Bro . George Mai-ioood , of Busbyv Halt , Esq ., J . P ., P . M . of the Cleveland Lodge , No . 543 , P . Prov . D . G . M . of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , etc ., to Edward Heneage Wynne Finch , of the Manor House , Stohesley , Esq ., J . P ., February 24 M , 1 S 76 .

LADY ! although to me thou art unknown ; Though he AVIIO now has link'd his lot with thine , Save by " the tongue of good report , " to me Is equally a stranger ; yet thy sire Is known and honour'd by me , as by all The multitude who know him : for to know

Him is to love him . His the gen ' rous hand That spreads its bounties broadcast to the poor ; His the Masonic ear , to Avhich a tale Of human suff ' ring ne ' er is told in vain ;

Causing all sects and parties to exclaim , — Would that his Avealth Avould fructify so far That ev ' ry penny might become a pound , So that his hand might keep pace with his heart , Which beats with sympathy for all mankind , As taught us by that ancient mystic Craft

A Mason s Daughter , of an ancient house Renown'd for ages for its charity , I claim the poet's privilege , to wish Long health and happiness to thee and thine . May the Almighty Architect protect , And guide , and bless thee , in a thousand

Avays . Born of a pious mother , may thou too Inherit all the virtues of thy sire And she AVIIO gave thee birth . Maychildren spring From thy chaste loins , to bless a future age ,

When Ave Avho now are hanging out our flags In honour of thy marriage , have return'd Unto our parent earth : for Saturn still Devours his children , as was finely taught In Grecian allegory , long before

The Muses breathed to Hesiod their songs Beneath the sacred hill of Helicon ; For there the pastoral poet fed his flocks , And communed with the goddesses of song , Ere Macedonia ' s kingdom rose and fell , And whilst the site of old imperial Rome Was but a seven-hiU'd wilderness .

We come And go , appear and disappear by turns ; The old push'd from their places on the earth , To make more room for others : happy they Who , like the Marwood ' s kindly race , can leave A name behind them Avhich will last for

aye In their " land ' s language / ' link'd with noble deeds . And mercy is the noblest trait of man : For Shakespere truly tells us , " it becomes The throned monarch better than his croAvn , " And " is an attribute to God himself . "

I blame not those who look Avith modest pride Back on a line of ancestry whose names Shine in their country ' s annals ; for I know How my own heart beats stronger in the cause Of our dear England and humanity , When some illustrious name makes the pulse throb