. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. -ioned ; and many years elapsed before at length thebuilding stood finished, all fit and ready for the wor-ship of God, gorgeous in the sunny splendors ofPalestine. So they were built. A single motion ofthe arm of a rude, barbarous Assyrian, or drunkenRoman or legionary Goth of Titus, moved by a sense-less impulse of the brutal will, flung in the blazingbrand; and with no further human agency, a fewshort hours sufficed to consume and melt the templeto a smoking mass of black and unsightly ruin. Be patient, therefore, my brother, and wait. T
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. -ioned ; and many years elapsed before at length thebuilding stood finished, all fit and ready for the wor-ship of God, gorgeous in the sunny splendors ofPalestine. So they were built. A single motion ofthe arm of a rude, barbarous Assyrian, or drunkenRoman or legionary Goth of Titus, moved by a sense-less impulse of the brutal will, flung in the blazingbrand; and with no further human agency, a fewshort hours sufficed to consume and melt the templeto a smoking mass of black and unsightly ruin. Be patient, therefore, my brother, and wait. Theissues are with God, to do if right belongs to us. Therefore faint not, my brother, nor be weary inwell-doing ; be not discouraged at mens apathy, nordisgusted with their follies, nor tired of their indif-ference. Care not for returns and results, but seeonly what there is to do, and do it, leaving the resultto God. Sworn Knight of Justice, Truth, and Tolerance—good Knight and true—Grand Pontiff—be patient,and work. The hour is Transmutation from Gnostic Talisman to Masonic Symbols. Freemason ry is a moral order, instituted by virtuous men,with the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrancethe most sublime truths in the midst of the most innocentand social pleasures, founded on liberality, brotherly love, andcharity.—Arnolds Dutch Dictionary. il With the exception of Christianity, I know of no other insti-tution in which benevolence so pure, and philanthropy so disin-terested, are taught in obedience to the command of God; norwhere, but in the go:pel, the social and moral duties are enforcedby such awful sanctions as in the Lodges of the brotherhood. Eev. Dr. Dalcho. TWENTIETH DEGKEE. UUt fit ill >: ARGUMENT. The duties, powers and privileges of a Master in opening andclosing a Lodge and conducting the work are herein right of supervision over subordinates, the personal repre-sentation of specific virtues, the definition of titles
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