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grandeur , but its west front , composed of three decorated toAvers , all rich in niches , pedestals , statues , and canopies , is of unsurpassed elegance , and an architectural wonder .

GLASGOW , or ST . MUNGO CATHEDRAL , GlasgoAV , is one of the most venerable edifices in Scotland that has been preserved in its completed state . St . Mungo , its founder , was contemporary with St . Columbo , Abbot of Iona . He was a son of the King of the Scots , by a daughter

of the King of the Picts , and died A . D . 601 . The first church was destroyed , but afterwards restored in the twelfth century by King David I ., and finished A . D . 1136 . It was burnt and rebuilt A . D . 1197 .

Subsequent bishops and patrons extended it greatly , some in the fifteenth century . At the period of the Reformation the Cathedral Avas in its present state , and escaped the destruction dealt out by the populace to most of the monastic edifices of that epoch . Oliver Cromwellafter his

, victory over the Presbyterians at Dunbar , made a formal procession to the Cathedral ancl attended service . The minister , Eev . Zacbary Boyd , preached and boldly inveighed against Cromwell ancl the Independents . " Shall I pistol the scoundrel ?"

Avhispered the Secretary to his master . " No , " said the General , " we will manage him in another way ; " and having asked him to sup Avith him , Cromwell concluded the meal with a prayer of some hours ' duration , so that they did not separate till

three o ' clock in the morning , Avhich so pleased the minister that he declared Cromwell to be one of the " elect . " Glasgow Cathedral is architecturally , a fine example of undecorated Gothic . John MOITOAV , Avho built Melrose Abbey , Avas its architect . Its length is 319 feetits

in-, terior height 90 feet , and it has a spire of 225 feet . In the Church and crypts there are 147 clustered columns ancl 159 windows . While cruciform in shape , its transepts are short , projecting but little beyond the side aisles . The Lady Chapel

is very rich , with clustered columns having beautiful foliated capitals . The crypts of this cathedral excite equally the admiration of the architect , the antiquary and ordinary visitor . In extent , construction and ornamentation they are Avithout an equal . Joceline ' s Crypt is

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127 feet long , by 60 feet wide . Bro . Sir Walter Scott graphically described it in his "Rob Roy , " and it is the alleged meeting place of Eob Roy and Francis Osbaldistone . The stained glass throughout the Cathedral is very rich . For some years Glasgow St . Mungo

Lodge of Freemasons statedly assembled in a room in St . Mungo Cathedral , and we have seen one of its Lodge notices containing at its head a fine engraving of this ancient edifice . In this notice the members of the Lodge were summoned " to harmonize in the Light "—a phraseology that is peculiarly Masonic .

The True Freemason.

THE TRUE FREEMASON .

BY BRO . W . CORBETT . Mariner ' s Lodge , 249 , Liverpool . WHO is the true Freemason 1 He

Who speaks the truth , disdains to slander ; Who scorns deceit , hypocrisy , And will not into bye-laws wander ; Who keeps his Avord ; Avho keeps his place ;

Is true and trusty in his dealing , Has honesty upon his face , And is a man of tender feeling . He is a Mason good and true Who neither Avily is nor double

, And who is very best will do To help a worthy man in trouble ; Who owns a modest , moral mind ; A hand that firmly grasps another , A heart that kindly feels inclined Ev ' n to the failinss of a Brother .

A Mason good and true is he Who lives by plumb-rule , square and skirrit , What e ' er his sphere of life may be His is the true Masonic spirit !

Within due bounds Avith all he lives , And travels on his path of duty—A path which many a vista gives Of sweetest scenes ' of moral beauty !