Our mystical jewels to brace on,
And thought themselves famed
When lawfully named

A brother-or fellow FREEMASON.

We're true to the FAIR;
And, if danger be there,
We seize on the proper occasion,
To shield her from harm,
And to proffer the arm

Of a true and a generous MASON.

To poverty's shed,
We often are led,

The pale face of sickness to gaze on;
The breast heaves a sigh,

While a tear in the eye

Is a pledge for the purse of the MASON.

Then join❜d heart and hand,

We'll, in brotherhood, stand,
Though slander may put her worst face on;

Our MASTER above

Will always approve

A genuine brother FREEMASON.

THE MYSTIC TEMPLE.

Composed for this work by companion S. Brown.

This lovely Creation was once all enshrouded

In darkness like midnight, and gloom like the grave; When LIGHT, from the East, with effulgence unclouded, Beam'd bright on the mountain, and danced on the

wave:

Now Nature, all motion, awakes from her slumbers,
Young Music first strikes, in her soul-moving numbers;
And Darkness no longer, with night clouds, encumbers.
The beautiful temple where MASONS reside.

The SUN, MOON, and PLANETS were then put in motion,
Describing their circles, in bright-beaming fire,
And laws were prescribed to the earth, air, and ocean,
By Nature's omniscient, omnipotent SIRE :-
The plumb-line was hung from the centre of heaven;
The gauge told the hours, from even to even;
The compasses mark'd out the paths of the seven
That shine in the TEMPLE where MASONS reside.
The BOOK was unfolded; the saUARE was suspended,
At Orion's belt, as he blaz'd through the sky;
From either horizon the LEVEL extended,

While bright through the clouds, look'd the ALL-SEEING
EYE:

The roughness of Nature was smoothed by the GAVEL;
The WORD had been given for the Craftsmen to ravel;
And earth's velvet CARPET was spread, where they travel
And gaze on the TEMPLE where MASONS reside.

CHAPTER VI.

FELLOW-CRAFT.

To exhaust the various scientific subjects with which this degree is conversant, would require the longest life, and transcend the powers of the most distinguished genius. It was designed to please and instruct the accomplished scholar and the ingenious artist.

SECTION FIRST.

The ceremonies of introducing the initiated brother into this degree are all accurately elucidated in this section of the lecture.

"Thus he showed me; and behold the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest

thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more."-Amos vii. 7, 8.

The plumb, square, and level serve as a constant admonition to the practice of every virtue.

The plumb is an instrument made use of, by operative Masons, to raise perpendiculars; the square, to square their work; and the level to lay horizontals: but we, as free and accepted Masons, are taught to use them for more noble and important purposes. The plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations before God and man; squaring our actions by the square of virtue, ever remembering that we are travelling upon the level of time to that" undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveller returns."

SECTION SECOND.

Masonry is considered under two denominations; operative and speculative.

OPERATIVE MASONRY.

By this we allure to a proper application of the useful rules of architecture, whence a structure may derive figure, strength, and beauty. It furnishes us with dwellings to shelter us from the inclemencies of the seasons, and demonstrates that a fund of science and industry is implanted in man for the most important purposes.

SPECULATIVE MASONRY.

This teaches us to subdue the passions, act upon the square, keep a tongue of good report, maintain secresy, and practice charity. It is so far interwoven with religion as to lay us under new obligations to pay that rational and vital homage to the Deity which constitutes, at once our duty and our happiness.

THE SABBATH.

In six days God created the heavens and the earth, and rested from all his labours on the seventh. The Sabbath

therefore was consecrated by our ancient brethren as a day of rest, wherein to contemplate the works, and adore the goodness of the great Creator.

THE GLOBES.

These are two artificial, spherical bodies; the one designed to represent the convex surface of the earth; the other the concave surface of the visible heavens: the former is called the terrestrial-the latter the celestial sphere.

The five orders in architecture are here explained.

THE TUSCAN ORDER.

This was invented in Tuscany, and is the most simple and solid of the five. Its column is seven diameters in height-and its capital, base and entablature have but few mouldings.

THE DORIC ORDER.

This bears a mean proportion between the more solid and delicate orders. Its column is nine diameters high, its capital is adorned with volutes, its cornice has dentals.

THE IONIC.

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Bears a kind of mean proportion between the more lid and delicate orders. Its column is nine diameters high its capital is adorned with volutes, and it cornice has dentals.

CORINTHIAN ORDER.

This is the richest of the five orders, and is deemed a masterpiece of art. Its column is ten diameters high, and its capital is adorned with two rows of leaves, its frieze with curious devices, and its cornice with dentals and modillions.

COMPOSITE ORDER.

This is a selection from the other orders, and was con. trived by the Romans. It is ton diameters in height, and

the capital is ornamented with the leaves of the Corinthian, while the column is voluted like the Ionic.

FIVE HUMAN SENSES.

HEARING.

By this sense we distinguish sounds, and are capable of enjoying all the agreeable charms of music. The wise and beneficent Author of Nature intended by the formation of this sense, that we should be social creatures, and receive the greatest and most important part of our knowledge from the information of others.

SEEING.

Of all the faculties sight is the noblest. By this sense we find our way in the pathless ocean, traverse this globe of earth, measure the planetary orbs, and make new and interesting discoveries in all the regions of visible creation. It also discloses the tempers and dispositions of our fellow

men.

FEELING.

This sense enables us to distinguish the different qualities of bodies, such as heat and cold; hardness and softness ; roughness and smoothness; figure, solidity, motion and ex

tension.

The three senses above mentioned are deemed peculiarly essential among masons.

SMELLING.

The various odours and perfumes of Nature are brought to our knowledge by this faculty; and are made to contribute to our happiness.

TASTING.

Our taste enables us to make a proper choice in the selection of our animal nourishment; and is not among the

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