Poetry.

For humbleness the Mason suits . These be , O Lord , my soul ' s pursuits ! Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ? AVhat's mine is thine . ' I pray thee not for honours , gold , and glee ; They are but trash , if not hallowed by thee ;

Rich ami Lord ! But Avhere a brother ' s lineaments bleak , Demanding mercy silent speak , AVhen want and need seek aid in vain , Where hunger spreads with cruel pain , ~ - There may for e ' er with powerful hlow ,

The Mason's trowel its craft bestow ; AVith open hand and brotherly zeal What's gathered in the sash he'll deal Among the poor , and humbly pray—Our daily iread give us to-day ?

Forgive us , Lord ! AVhen others trespass near at hand , Do grant me that a rock I stand Before Thy sinless eye . Whene'er a brother wronged me hard , That never I with cunning art His wrongs repay in deed or word .

That ne'er in blood be drenched my sword ! For who would say , my sins are none ? Tho greatest Master is but One ; Thou merciful , all-gracious Lord ! Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us .

Lead me' good Lord ! The Mason ' s course in this hot , threatened day Be w ith the square and compass ' s in array . , To check the light of Masons' zealous work Both tyranny and malice oftimes lurk , And adder-like , 'midst pleasure e ' en and jest , The world's false joys besiege the Mason ' s breast .

-0 Thou who art , who wast , and e'er will be , Thy children all cry unto Thee—Protect us , Lord 1 And if a brother erred , By foul temptation lured and stirred , Then let him flee unto Thy part ; Our lodges' altar will afford

Him peace and hope . The holy Three "Will teach him how to pray to Thee —• Lead us not into temptation , but deliver lis from evil ?

Hallelujah ! heavenly Master ! Thine eternal columns stand . Firm as rocks , though worlds do perish in the realm ruled by Thy hand . Deeply grounded stands Thy temple reaching far beyond the earth ; Thousand hearts are fondly beating , thousand hands do

build with force . Teach me , Lord , Thy ways to wander through this world ' s wild surgy sea , Till I view Thy heavenly glory in the port hallowed by Thee Till my T . - . the portal opens of Thy temple high and holy , To whose altars thousands wander freed from care and earthly folly . For Thine is eternal wisdom and power and glory , for ever and ever . Amen .

Willing To Be Tried Again.

WILLING TO BE TRIED AGAIN .

I never have denied—I ' m willing to be tried—A call for sympathy from sorrowing man ; My own hard griefs impel My heart for such to feel , And I am willing to be tried again . The claimtho' often made

, , For shelter and for aid , I never have refused , and never can : And though my purse was scant , The poor did never want ; And I am willing to be tried again . I ' ve suffered many a wrong- . From evil hand and

tongue—I've learned forgiveness from no common MAN ! Forgiveness I havo shown . As God to me has clone ; And I am willing- to be tried again . Each night on bended knee , The AU-seeing Eye doth see J My body suppliant at a throne Divine j

And there for brothers' need , As for my own I plead j And I am willing to he tried again . I'm dying fast as soon—My lite has past its noon—I've had a premonition that was plain : My heart ivas strong in faith That Christ would smile in death j An am willing to be tried again . BOB . MOREIS .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

TEE COUET . —Her Majesty , with the younger members of the Royal Family , left AVindsor Castle in the course of the evening of the 16 th , and proceeded to Scotland , arriving at her residence in Balmoral about four o ' clock on the following morning . The journey was made ivithout accident and almost without a break , and the Royal party arrived at their Highland residence in good

health and spirits . The Prince and Princess of AVales held a drawing-room at St . James ' s Palace , on Saturday . The attendance was extremely numerous , and the streets leading to the Palace were occupied for several hours with the carriages of the aristocracy waiting for their turn of admission . In the course of the day his Boyal Highness was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Horticultural Society at a special meeting of the Society the usual forms of election being dispensed with iu the case of his Royal Highness . On Tuesday morning their Royal Highnesses visited the Polytechnic Institution , and after having heard the " Ghost" lecture , had jthe mystery of the delusion fully explained to them "behind the scenes" by Professor

Pepper . In the evening their Royal Highnesses had a grand evening reception at St . James ' s Palace , and in the " wee hours " of the following morning , on the departure of the company , the Prince , accompanied by the Prince of Hesse , went to the Times office to examine the machinery and mysteries of that establishment . In the course of AVednesday the two Princes

proceeded to Epsom to witness the run for the Derby . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —On Thursday , the 14 th , the House of Lords did not sit , it being Ascension Day . On Friday , Lord Ellenborough called attention to the Sehleswig-Holstein question , and contended that Denmark had yielded every point ivhich the German Powers had a right to demand . He strongly condemned the policy shadowed forth in Lord Russell ' s famous despatch on this question , and urged that England and France should endeavour , hy means of a Congress , to put an . end to a