The Sanctuary Of Memphis, Or Hermes:

Although , correctly speaking , the Order of the Temple is not a Masonic rite , it has at all times fraternised with the Freemasons , and given an example of enlightened literature which we should be happy to see imitated by certain Masonic brotherhoods . INSTRUCTION OP THE KAD 0 SCH TEMPLAR

( RUE OK MEMPHIS , KNIGHT OT THE TEMr-LE , 34 TH DEGEEE ) . The Word : Habamah ( the High Sanctuary ) . Password : Eliel ( Might of God ) . Answer : Menahem ( Consolation from God ) , Nekam-magghah ( vengeance for murder ) . Word with Touching : Kyrie ( lord ) . Words of the " Crossed : " Evar gar eth Adonai bechol ngeth , thamid thehillatho bephi ( I will bless God at all times ; his praise shall be ever in my month ) .

Other Words : Bahabah alihalek im heani ( I shall share with the poor with loving kindness ) . The reader perceives there is but one Greek word above amongst the Hebrew , which manifests in a way the natal soil of the institution . The fraternal banquets are named agapes ( Gallicised Greek , meaning love or friendship ) ; and those fraternal gatherings are of the highest antiquity , their object being to draw closer the ties of brotherly love amongst the initiated .

As to signs , etc ., the folloAving is quoted from the notice of the 13 th degree —the Royal Arch , of which we now and again read reports in the daily papers : — " The Royal Arch is a purely English denomination , and should rather be called the Royal Vault . Signs of admiration ( Rite of Memphis ) : one knee on the ground , the head bent towards the left , and the hands raised towards heaven ; of adorationto fall on the two knees . Touch ( Rite of

, Memphis ) : to place the hands under the arms of the t yler , as if to assist him to rise , saying the HebreAv words , ' Toub baani amal hab' ( meaning , ' It is truly good to recompense labour' ) ; in answer , the tyler makes the same sign , and says , ' Jabulnm ' ( that is , 'A good Mason' ) . The Scottish Rite is the same . Knocking ( Rite of Memphis ) : five knocks by two and three . Scottish Rite the same .

The Heather-Clad Moor.

THE HEATHER-CLAD MOOR .

I LONG to be off—to be going away From the smoke of the town ( for a long summer ' s day ) With its close atmosphere and its care-haggard poor—I long to be off to the heather-clad moor . For the noise and the hubbub of town I would hear The sound of the health-giving breeze in my ear ;

The cries of the curleAV and moor-game with me Than those of the city would better agree . I long to be off . The purple-crowned heather , the sweet-scented thyme , The birchen-clothed valley untainted b y crime , The clear winding burn as it flows down the glen , Are sights better far than the dwellings of men . I long to be off . AV . COEBETT