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M -Vi^O^gc; OMATIOS. SRAV1LUL, N. J., JAX. !». I A. D. 1871, A. L. sen. J Rav. B. a Lu-mcooTT. ItcHrni Sir m»J Bratitr:— * A. JLj hcU U ttair hall to ttaavUir, KuaM, Thst oat worsldpful brother, the Rev . B. C. Mpplncntt, be, end Ulwreby fraternally requested to tarnlth e copy of iboaddress deli rerod by Urn, oa the dedlattloa of the new MsY.iterually Your*. U M. RiCK, I Jons Carroll, V Committee. K. CRAWTORP. Jr. ) Sbavillr, Jar. 80th, ) A.-D. 1871. A. L. 5871. J Messrs Ricr. Carroll & CnAwroRD fleer- Siri aed flrrttert;— It would bo aB-ctalkra in me to wllhliold en acknowledgment of the bet thet I Am honored by the cetlmete which you, end thn lidg'i which you represent, hevo been pleased to place upon my effort el the dedication of your Hell. A« tlie address wee nreuired end delivered for the pood of the fraternity, I cheerfully pUc« the manuscript et your disposal. Yuan, Kratornelly, B. C. Lirrwoarr. ttaratyi/W .Vaster. Sittlm *f Onaei Co le, ftelrn if iW J/«.a.io Ir,larmOf, La4ia» eed OnlUmn:— Wo ben met WRvtheren thla festive ouoeeion, to perform e moet Important end pleasing duly. Tho complelioB end dedication of every Ifaeonlc Ball, adda new beeaty end strength to our factored Order. It renilode oe of tint iuwerd work, "Web ie to be wrought before we era prep, rod for the Temple Since It become* my duty la thla public oepedty, to represent the Order u> whieh I em devotedly attached. I Iw admitted by every intelligent eoliMssoa, if there be eey irarut, thet our Order b oae of great en tlquity; that It hMaoac down to ua with iu trutbe ea |>un> aa.lpervadliig aa tho light of Heaven. Wift't^r Order hei been eeeeiled by ungodly end draignlag men. we will not deny. In fact, for nearly cix thousand yeari, the Utter shafts ot sarcasm hem been hurled at the moet sublime trutha thet have g > rented urn. Reproach would have pnsoned our brother's cup until coufueioa end diegram should enme down end rulnsoafed oar eternal deem. I oak, today, why liee Free Masonry Uved end lleuruhed amid the throve and towing of bortfoe stoma, aarid the rive end tell of empire. end kingdoma? Why hea abe flourished. while the hc'lUh malice o( her (bra grew rampant end peneeutlna ran rife? She be* bed prosperity amid Ute.desolaUng effects of war andraraMe She bee wlthetood the combined force of the inra'.ydradly apportion to ell our ritee end mend ocramotriee , ebc hea wlllmizl thocruai torture of lha Inquisition audit* horrid orgle*. So poarur our gWioua institution. Sha extern, to. day In eB the world In her famatty end Bring at length. Her aona may be col l. end thorn amid tumbling mountain. of Ira, th-y reiee our brethren of the North to the eubUmi degree of Metier Baton. In the tr pfoe, uadtr the huraieg xrpent of th - South, the (XJ el Jnbale, Jabelo end' Juheluui i bnmnl, >VI Uu> cry i, neeeboed eronm. j the world. Free Ueaoafy it found in foub ' ^d-frrr l"° Umr,lrr I V. JH «f U»d haver*, why la all ■I i11^ 11 rt— np « lea ram

. bad founded uu bed priuctplee? If no , hpf .9»8 top. account for ita c listing for nearly tixty ccnturiea, end how will you account for let influence aver ae ( entire. world? There it no honorable « vocation In > Krragwaars; dlacumion of the following theme. The Free Meton la e man devoted to hit country, countrymen end bit Hod. In ahort, e Free Maaon la the highcet order of meabood. Thie may eomewbet extravagant to thoae who bad act of followa, eaaociatnl together , for eelfiah purpoaca end enila. Bat beer me egtie, you who era caaatently complaining of our order; e Free Maaoo la e true C'briatien men, oae who lovee God tupremely, and lovee . hit of my theme, I etend here not ae an here for e higher end e nobler purport:. It it to enforce the well-known truth, •four common brotherhood upon the Fraternity, eo wc ea Maaon. may grow U-tlcr in mind, belter in heart, and of i-nuaequcncc better to the children of , There U otic foci I (lain to call your : ato-ntiou to, U:fore I proenvi, and that do it of Ida own free will "and without | •ulidtation or perauaaion from any , one, hence we cetebllah before I lie world , ilic doctrine of men'a free agency. | When en individual beeomra a cendi- , date for tho ritca and hencliu of , our ancU-ut end honon-d inetitulion, , what ie the flrat thing draired by hiin? , lanawcrligbL Wflal" doee the read!- , date for euch distinction moet n. • d? I au.wer he needs light. Wclearofrom , the aecred hiaturien that, in the begin- , oing God creeled the lies vena and the . earth, end the earth wet without form t and void, end darkacea wea upon the , race of the deep. Aral theapiril of God , moved upon the bee of the waters ;end i God told let there bo light, end there t wea light, end God aaw the light thet it v wea good. From the time that Ughl Ural f thonc upon creation'! page, men wet In- c vlted forth to atndy the book of nature , end eulve the myitcrica of time, bencu v we ere taught that wo era in derkneaa - end need light God Impreaact every t icteiligent mind with thia fact If not. , why did be not understand tho hidden ]

: mysteries? He could not comprehend t the laws of nature and the mysterious < . workings of mind end matter; he could t not trace a flaming comet through the f ■fcevena, nor could he map out ate!- , larunl versrs. and mark their silent wan- 1 dcringa, and giro the true system of J . celestial motion. Did ho know even (. ao much as to beahlc to demon.intie i that the ami was tho centre of tho solar t ayatem? Urinology, that aubtimc , science end book or the Hesvwta wea i full of hieiaglyphica end uumeenlng I r. characters. Could be trace mora Intel t y ligenlly the footprints of Nature? Could 1 i- he reed the signs end symbols of the ■ earth's surthcees he found them? The : elements of knowledge wore to be found i •. In her secret chambers. Did it not pro 1 sent to his mind the whole subject of I mathematical science. Could be not are . in Nature parallel end horizontal lines? < D Why did lie not see et onee circles end I right angle* as tbey were drawn by ■ the Divine Hand everywhere upon cren- I r tion'epege? Why did benotnfonceaa- I u ceod the. hill of actcn -c end proclaim i V Eureka? Eureka withe ftvoaud bold speech, I answer heeauao be wea i:i • ~ darkness. The Almighty Creator Ini- • I- pressed men et tho very beginning with i his own divinity end rent him forth a ( free morel agent in search of light, en,) - In proportion as be labored for light ,ln i ;; that aaroc proportion In attain..! IL t When the anxious studaut looked et • ,. tho heavens above him, end beheld thr > I stars thet adorned night's blue arch. | „ soil Uslroed with eo raptured soul at . I the mnslcofths spheres, how he dwells . r In tho light of heaven end common. " t I with IMty through his create.1 work 1 t which speak forth bis praise ami glory, i The capacity of the human soul it anrh t that it drinks In the beauty of uaiure, . , and then l.ioka through nature up tons t r lure "a God But this must ell be .lone iu , I Go*! own way; it most be done by de- . , ims.ilc wwi i|h#it light, end .hrp , I the effort must be put forth to obtain . it. Without this effort he Is Ignorant of , t the book of nature, he knows nothing , t of the government of the material uni . , verse. Such en Individual could look f upon the most sublime works of thv , . Creator, end not be Impressed with bis , holy presence. Such en one would tiew , 'f a HtUs bubbling fountela In soma pelere , 4 royal, and at the tight go almost lot- , iiysteries, but wh.ni lie hows in the |-rsr , asooe of old ocean, He swelling hos.au . end Increasing roar create within him , . no thoughtful emotions Thla bet coa | j veyt to our minds that lew of nraraf aity. If are would hevo light and know , A ksdge are must seek for It, and we here , „ the premise thet we shell And IL How , tree thla la with the candidate who , «, doeine light in Free Uesoary. HtfoeU . il thet he U In darkness, end this foci la , n doubly tmpi-aear < upon Ms mind . d that he may learn Uoevre't ficstlew to , e men. Bra. ScoU says, ea lbs eolighl- ■ . enod mind befaoMt in the vast tmhrene , ir eH that le iaaeraetive end God-kke, so , l? lbs enligfateaad craftsmen beholds in , i- Frae Heeouiy, en Institution founded , r upon the Holy Scriptures, and ae such , a it coaetlMtsea moral science which is , X. unsurpassed in the world. Itisecom- , id pact system of rights, ceremonies, em- , a- blcma end types, which arc all deign..! , n to teach and eo forte mum been tl folly j 1- the nitre of moral action. These trp-s . if end symbols In the several degrees re- , jf mind ua of our Immortality, and lead , ■r Ml" contemplate lie.- solemn realltic- , k- of eternity. -TIio truo philosophy ot , [. i Ueeoale work, win-n propotly under. , ,i J stood, vrlri lie found to eoasist in the - n j grand design to leech those doctrine , r 1 which csesatlelly relate to the tem- i > j porel sad eternal .lestiaka of oar race. , r The cardinal oWnmats of divine truth , | ere suhUemly erolred to nor Lodg il ^Rrtswew^rtrrl- - „ I ful Stolm when Iw rervsy. the morel i

» machinery end iu breutlfnl operation I becomes sorimpiy iinpresard with the i truth embrecrd in the doctrines of the I immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body, and the sublime mystcrM of i the lie real God-head. If bur being on . earth Is not merely transitory, ir the i humau soul it destined to en ever lea I - : ingciuratioo in thet bawdiest hereafter i where decay end time ere unknown, . then any system of moral* end relit giona instruction tboukl commend ItI self to the suiou* conti deration of ta1 tionel and immortal brtogs. Mesuorv i doss eU thla, end the toformnd msu will - uovrr dray it, aad if the Ignorant doc». t ho will do us so harm, for we ere bc- ■ youd bis reach. Masonry is by nv - meant intended to supplant the rell ' gion of the Bible, In bet it is founded ' upon the Bible. We take the Holy 1 Bible as the first greet light of our OrI dcr. All the outlines of ancient craft ' Masuu.j iu ita. — may t o found in that Book of Books. Wt 1 ten that tho religion of the BiW? has ' its exteroni elds end outward aym. hub. and il d.es seem very clear to iny ' mind that the wine founders of our Orf der were well acquainted w-ith Heaven's music ot Instruction. Brtevmir signs, ' types and symbolical language. \ - a proof of this did not Silomou. oir iir-t drawn (tun the viaihh- uulrero ? "fo lie taught our ancient craftsmen tire sulsprinciples of our Order. In the irnprvwiivo manurr lliat they might Iw true Masons, iiik! If true Maanna, then men tree to»G id and all maukiiub-for tbil ia the »uss«un tmtu* of our teachings Tlie second Idea imprvsaed ui«m tlir mind of the candidate for tlie rights and iigbu of Masonry is that of God. and everything around teacnca him that important lesson. Thla being done he ia pointed to the Bible aa the great light of our Order, end thla is to aa a lamp tn his foot and aa * guide hit pathway. Masonry has dedicated it to God, it is the rule of oar and tho only safo-guiriRMf our conduct. 1 1 reveals tho Me religion , and If followed by ua ua Msswua, it will ietul us to that celestial Lodge above. Upon thie volume of God's revealed will to tnau la baaed the cardinal virtues of our Order, which are Faith, Hope end Charily. Therefore understand the teaching* of Fret Masonry and what is required of every true Mason, we must understand these doctrines in the dbgrvc of entered Apprentice. Masonry tenches Faith in what, yon may ask. reply, faith iu God. 1 hare already staled that tho flrat mads nivm nor mind* I* that of our dependence. Therefore ir we arc dependent creatures, to whom uiuat we look. Wc are iticu tangLM" to God, tod fear no evil. Hcncc, this degree leaches the necessity of Faith in God. What do we understand by Masonic faith? Brother Maekry tell* ua that it is tho lowest round In the theological ladder, and symbolically in Masonry 1* in God. This Is the essential i|UaliiknUuo of every candidate. Without il he cannot receive the rights and benefits of Masonry; be conld not unatnnd it* symbolical teachings, its be could uot comprehend, and tin- whole lesson would bo an unmeanbrer. Hope is the second round of our theological ladder, and the foundation of tin- s.-oiuj degree of ancient craft Masonry. For having attained the first grand olijdct. namely, lailli in God, VIC are led by a belief in III. wisdom and goodness to the hope of immortality and eternal life. This ia but a rrasoua bio expectation. Without il virtue would lose its ut-oraary stimulus and vice its salutary fear. Life would he devoid of joy. and the grave but a saw of desolation. The world thus would present n universal blauk, and not a ray of bops to cheer midnight gloom. Ucocc we must go down iu ray lea* dc*|ulr. What! have vre no hope of Immortality, ls> stirring our sou it to noble acts of heroism? Have we no dealgna upon our moral trestle- hoard that point ua to iu "u t IU Knillrtl Qaad Master of the world? But tlianks be God and the foundera of our glorious lustilutinn, we have n living hope pregnant with immortality beyond th* crave. Cliarity Is the third round in our theological ladder and the (moil lUnn of the third and sublime degree of Master Maaon. Though I apeak with the leagues of mea and of sags a and have not charity. I am become sounding bnu* era tinkling cymbal, and though I bare the gift of prophecy and understand ail mytteriea and all knowledge, nod though 1 have all blth to that I could remove mountains and have not charity. I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to leed the poor, and though I give my body be burned, and have not charity, it profltcth me nothlug. Such waa the of the most learned and eminent apostle or the CUfMiau church, and he concluded by saying, •Jnow abideth blth, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these iachnrity." This waa liis sentiment, and such Is the sentiment that endttltute* the cementing bond of Free Masaury. Charity is the elitef corner -atone of oar tem pie, and upon it is to he erected a superstructure of all the other virtues which make tlie good man and the true Mason. This charwhich ia tlao cvaicniiag lund of our order. It not elous the sentiment of coaifulaeratian which aida the poor with moneyed donations, aa some . would think, but it It more noble -it sufthrrtb long aud b kind. >i cnvtelb ' t.-ndt them over the fr stern ii; hot we cherish ai! who ait hen-ath th -• oroul , -soapy of our Uaivt raal Laige. The above sentim-nts. iflRSCtteed, will maka the Ins Mason ; in iirarl be •Lsl. and ao unaairW devotion to

■i man This is not all of ititu Maaoult R ■a colly ; Ids tnOBoet must be developed « asweU aa the moral beultira of thel n human soul. There is no system' of if instruction with which I am acquaihte n rd, so well calculated In develop the ine telleelual powers of man as tbosyofaa. L- of Free Maoaury. Il it as high a* •r Heaven, end comprehends the" raft i, domains of God's omni|ioteooc. Our i- mural obligations are first bcaulifully V- impressed upon the mind, then our s- intellectual labor*, which are aothey nh.it dcfiixd la the sevru liberal alts II and sciences, namely:— IsL Grammar. I. which ia the science of language, find. - Rhetoric, which la the art of coostructs iug and applying discourse. 3rd. [- Logic, which it tlie Matht-iuatie* ol d thought. 4th. Arithmetic, which is y that part of Mathematics which coo- ■- aiilvrt tbs properties of numbers in 1 general. Situ Geometry, which is the 1 science ol Magnitude Iu general, the • mrnsnratlou of lines, aurbees. solids s ami their various relations. Otli i i. Music, which is the science of liarmutiy ical sounds, "th. Astronomy, which ia that sublime science which inspires a the contemplative mind to soar aloft i, ami rend the wisdom, strength and i hu tiy of tlie great Urvstor in Uic 1 I Heiress. i lieir uolily eloquent ul' the Du-ty a the. Irstial hemisphere; Spangled with 1 0 tin most magnificent lit-ralds of in-Ii-v f, apeak to the wlioln univrrae. f "Til heavens declare the glory of God 1 . ami the firmament rlioweth his tismli- : 1 work.'' Here, iu the seven liberal arts 1 , and : -iencea, is presented a field for i iab-Vnut study, and tlie most wonder- i . ful mind has never as yet been able to I , span that magnilirent arch of seven. 1 . and of which Geometry it tho Koy. < i static. Xow, Sirs, with our mom! anil ' . Intrlleetual trestle. tsn id before us, as . given in the above, do you wonder ' , that t say that a true Mason ia the I , highest order of maulwod. that he, in | ' , his htbon. approaches the nearest God ! < r iiiprally and intellectually. Then ' • r would you know the secret of our suc- , cess; %tudy our subline- truths ami t teachings and then you will say ia tlie . language of the Fuel: - U-t me now ask if Ihesc priiiciplv- , - Uld down will not, if practiced, nro<lure ' the true Christiau man or tlie true ° Mason. Wo claim that they wiii and tliat they always hnvr done, llenco ■ Masons can boast of tlie proudest lu- • telleet and the purest souls. There is no truth more evident to my mind ' than that the whole system of Free ^ Masonry wu COUCcivrel UUll UUght by 1 find recorded to the sacred writings ' Uur hrst Most Excellent oraoa aia>- ■ tcr, King Solomon, was the wisest and r the brat of men, auJ he under God, • constructed the roost magnificent r Masonic Temple the world ever pro1 duccd. It sti»d ujion Mount Morlah, ' the glory of tho work!, with it spires ' and domes pointing to Heaven at if to ' remind us of that God whose temple is " spare. Iu this sacred temple the most 1 skillful workman of auy age —tho " widow's eon, Itiram Alii II, was sccus- ■ touted to enter, and in the inner Acm- ' pie, the Sanctum Sanctorum, around ' its sacred altar three times a day did 1 lie bow in holy Diitli and ortcr up tho • aeectiu of holy prayer and praise to 1 Almighty God. lliram, King of Tyre, 1 K ; a noble patron of our order.— • an i lie proved to tho world- that a • squ a« Inscribed ti|mn the by pothenuse ■ of ... right angle triangle is equivalent • to i sum of the squares of tho oilier ' iw ,-idet. Flnto. the philosopher of the - world, the dbtinguuhnl pupil of B So. rates, added much by his learning c au-l purity, to our coauuou brotber- ' liu ). Aud coming duvrn to a later ' period wo have the names of St John 1 th -Baptist and St. John tin: Evango- ' lis:, the Ihnner, tlie harbinger of God's " don-Son. and tie- latter Ids most bc- " lov.d disciple. In the name of th.se ' distinguished men of God, and de1 voted Masons, wo dedicated this temple that it mat he a glory to God s But time forbids the menUoutog of ■ Other names of antiquity. Hence wc c come down to modern times, and we > will giro hut a few of iho many tbou1 sands that ad«rn the galaxy of our ■ fraternity John Locke, Inigo Jones, ' Cardinal Woobey Rev. Goiv Oliver, 1 Il.D., hot nearer home we have the ■ distinguished names of De Witt Clio1 ton. Dr. Kane, Beqj. Franklin, and . last, but not least, we hava tho nans- of t George Washington written on the ' en tabUtun of every Masonic Temple, 1 aud to that name evory heart bosrw I with reverence and respect. Here are 1 lessons of wisdom and purity taught I us by these the best of men." Tradl f tion Inferos us that the wisest arid t most excellent of earth's benehctora s were men of Masonic wisdom and I purity. Then what constitutes a true > Mason- tha Ins* man. the noUrat bs- , ing of God's unativr |"»wr<8 'Ah h- • divtomsl ta|Rw true Maaon must he e SfBRu srflBlRn and iwrfocUon. An , ignorant man may assume the Ms - a-xik name and live in ita sacred tem- - pie, but without the proper use of the s working tools of hit profeatioa ho can t never develop that truo manhood ; which stamps him with Divinity. I Wccoofleas that we find mncfa material - in Ills quarry ol nature, which will not 1 work up to purpose. Many a rough I n-li!cr it brought to the craftsmen, aud r when the square and plumb are ap- '■ pl»d they are found unfit for use. — ' ! My brethren wootfl wo be living ami 1 potlsbed ashlers in tho temple If are. ' s-w brought upon Use square, ami ire- '. according to the principles of • oi. inh-r? Do wi- all hedsy exemplify » tl tru-' >l«»anlr cliaracter? Aye, ' h .1.. ia a qraalinu of drap importance. >. MeAdoo has well ..id, we are s to oftna esaaod to dqikm the drpart- « ure of those who have taken npou r iL -usslvaa Mm vows sf Masonry from » tit--" principlre and practice which |

|RHRiRualcalra, anT'tto- hrotlh-rhood U ' J c-irerrd with shame aud cuufusiou by 0 tli>ss|«actical deulsisof our prinriplo 4 tar Itisse who profess tliem. How oils leu Is It that the question b tnceriagly - sskad, b it possible lliat thai nun is a a Mason? How often do vn find thr s Maaeo the mtuil- r a looge In good t Stoodsag, profanely taking the name r of Mm Hurt High upon nit Bps. violat- : ii|g tTike the rules ol good brvcoiog. r the injunctiom of Maaiiory and the - commandments of God? How often . intoxication, reeling as he walks, iu- . sanely uttrriug profane and olaCenc • language, babhiing folly Inutile streetn, . or lying like a Iielplew beast In the 1 gutter the slave of a debased nppi'tiU-, s bringing mortification to the Iratrrnily. i a death iqsin himself, anil disgrace ami I 0 penury upon his wife and helpless s children? How often de we fold those I , who have been elevated to tlio sub j . j liuui degress of Masonry titling at tl*. i . gambling table surrounded by tin- j ■ basest of the base— the vilest of the s Vile— What! n Mason and a prof,-.-t sioual gamlder, a follower of that most 1 ignoble practice, thai sister and nurse . of the lowest vice, motli. r of the black- , noble n.piratious of the soul? Ilow , often have Masons liiu* i.antonly . Tiolaloi tiicir moat -acred rights? t How often does fobelio. ,1 -it u|iou the . Mason's li|». mitrefimK-iiiiiig tlie prin- . falser |Hislllon< to hluit- if. and sllrriuii i tho Utter watere of strife t Ilow often : d'ie* the Mason indulge his |nssion . and prejudices, and sifflii ilieiu lo mar i him and lead him captive, whose . heart her..iuu im|wrviou- to c»« cries ! . ofdiatrere. whoso pur. -iriius grow I tighter as the voice of Charily rails : i the payment ol their little- pittance ol ( I I dura. I wodld say all sui-h ought to I demit. < If what heiieiii are sucli m.-n < lion, or what heuelil are bul-Ii to the- • ! world? Tbey are Masons In name bul ! not in decs). Though they belong to - tbc Drder, tbey are not worthy of : a place in its sacred precincts. They j tiuu of God. > | Bul Masonry is not- rr>|niiuibiu lor tlie conduct of its unwortliy memb-rs. . laidgas and indiridmils may lie res|viuritle fur tlie had material which should have brrn rejected, and uninformed t bad men might and ought to bo ex- ' able law of nature that the taxes and " the wheat must grow together. Js'olwLlhatanding this dark qiielurc, Ma sourjvls known by lias good deed, nod 1 llw troo. Mas* in atar-o. forth aa tho I exponent of our Order. Iu conclusion, ladies, it is befitting | that you make glad thla festive- hour by your presence. Although you are denied admittance Into our Order, ami ' tbc sublime secrets of Masonry are } withheld front you, yet you are not f denied tho highest blessings of the t fraternity. You are Us chosen objects; j for' you we live ami labor. Our Onlcr daughter, its protecting icgis, shieldI ing them from a thousand ills. Hun I many to-day would he clad in the ' were it not for tlie blessing* of clutriiy is'iloa eel by Moaouic liands in socret. ' ltow many orphan childreu have Incn fed, clothed, oducated and encouraged ^ In the great battle of lifo will only he known when the Hec-irdlng All gel t reveals the truth toman. r loulics. I beseech yon, approve, sua- , tain and encourage Masonry, For j you Ita temple* rise, and altars live. , Then strengthen its truth and it* laitb, ' and like a ministering angel it wil ~ blots and baptise you In the light or iu J Worshipful Matter, and breihreu nil- , let us now at Uie altar of this new tern- . pic, oooarcrale ourselves anew to Free , Masonry, liere ou tho Atlantic shores _ iu the Stale ol New Jersey, where the ! tide regularly ebha and flows, here fur , the take of that name we bold dear, - Bros 1m lha laronf fwrizRd tllromen t here my brethren in behalf of the de* titude widow and the helplea orphans, let our temple* and altars rise and at . their sacred shrine, let tu bow In solr cam prayer and praise, and here let ns pledge ourselves anew to he true men ' and Masons. Then, when our labors j here are o'erpaat, we shall bow In songs t ofholy triumph around that aaered alI tar In lliat Temple, Bean ti ful. not r made with hands, eternal in the Heavt ens. where the Supreme Architect of tho universe will forever preside. ^ And now may the blessing ol Heaven rest upon us all. A*rx. t A scientific kctarcr on walking, say* fate "expert meets show that one I side of the body always lends to out- » walk the other side." It I* extremely 1 fortunate fur all of a* that this ecienlific : lecturer has called attentiou to this ' singular propensity, because it would • have been uncommonly disagreeable if same day, when we were walking np I the street, one side of us had started - ahead and outwalked the other and got a dozen yard* In advanceof It! No i man lib* to see bir of himself praoc* I I iug along the sidewalk without any 1 ; reference to tho other half, and the ■ Iriya all foOawiog him, studying anatI omy and ridiculing tho action of his t liver! It would he humiliating. Evctt- > body ought lo guard against such a I calamity now. since this savant lias • indicated its probability ] Ilia nauio was Henry r.'Mwiney. , and what made him ao mod was lliat I lie sent some vcracfl to a IlUsburg pnr |wr, in which be asserted that Ik liad ; 1 Hut the drplorabla oMcnAt who set Uic ■ type leads it appear next morning ' (h*t Mr. Moacwy had " ->ll of Mr. Mooucy'a friends areaskiog 1 him now what lurncd Ida hair gray; a and be says it was anguish. The cumb poaitor las left for the for IV est.

;! , Qth s Stomy. * THE HADNTED EOCH i y dome years ago, through the interest i ' ot a retatlnn, I received the appoiot1 meat of a light-house keeper. I did j c not much care about the work, as I " dreaded its dullness; but I was young ' 1- ' and beginning the world, and could ' c , not afford to be nice iu my selection of | 0 j an occupation. '• The remarks of my friends, when j they lieard of my new carver, were j me. Most of my companion* were, in 15 one way or the other, connected with * the sea: and all the congratulation* 1 ! ' got upon my advancement in life were I [ uminous aliakes of tlie head, and anil- '' tend remarks as to there being "<|uevr j ' J talc* about them light-house elia|*.;" ' i generally, "1 wouldn'l take it If I wns " " j-ou, Tom " - ploy; but, as I argued wltli myself, if 1 I .lid not take it I had nothing belter r mau'thr I.--1 I could "f tho matt. . I ' Wi lli .low lo liiackwal! |.< Is- instrn I- 1 * qiciinled with them ns lie «« fo» at I noiiu.vd 111 I.. unik:rtake ihf du'ti.w 1 Tlitse su|ienrarueraries have to bold r tliemsolyrs in readiness to proceed to " auy i«rt or the coast win-re lliry may " 1 be .. quired, to relieve others who. from 1 ! from their ports. A few mornings) ; ; after my instruction was completed I ' was ivqulretl to proceed to take charge '■ I of .1 light-house on tlie coast of Wales. " I charge U> which 1 was |*»tod nil 1 1 could learn was tliat tlie legitimate j e keeper had deserted hi* employ »«me " h.-anl of; that his place bad been tcmporarily fiiltsl up by n man fn.in a would lisre eoottnofd In it; but tliat be had recently insisted upon giving '• the dullness ol the life was more than be could hear. With this information ™ — which was all the people at head- ^ quarters either could or would give me noon, arriving nl the sceno ol my fu- ' ing. Il was at the cud of October. 0 ~r .Ko-. .loll iMwslormts. dark days on which all Nature seems 8 mourning the brightness of the sum>r nier that ia past and lamenting the * rigor of the wiutcr to ensue. The '' wind came sometimes in strong, chilly r pulfe, that seemcil t" send the cold to ,l one's very bones; sometimes in soft '' sighs, that moaned dismally through (

'■ the liolf-tarren trees, seudiog the 11 r leaves slowly liuttering from the c '' branches to rot upon tlie may ground. 1 '• The desolation of the Scene seemed c * even to have iufected-the few collages |C by which I was surrouuded and in c '' which the only signs of life appeared c J to be clouds of steam icviileiilty from ll washing) which came Uin.ugli the '' 11 open doors; while a few slatternly ' women went in and out ..a jiattens, 11 0 sometimes chiding the groups of chil- •' '' dreu that eliistcrcil on the threshold, I' greedily eying the pools of mud and " ,r Even lad I wished to laiss... it, 1 J "• saw that there was little information b to be got there; and as I was tired with " ' my journey, and anxious to he out of r u the cold as toon as possible, I put what * effects I bad into a boat (which I hired 8 U- with some little difficulty), and set off ' for the light house, which was built * * upou a rock at some distance from Uic 1 " laud. Ou tlie way thither I thought 1 that tlie boatmen eyed me somewhat 1 " curiously, and were not very talkative, " '• simply hailing my .volunteered Inform. [' *' an "Ah!" and a significant glance at ' '• each other. I did not notice this much. ' however, a* I was occupied with my ' own thoughts, speculating how 1 c '* should post my Ume in the grim build- f 11 lug I was approaching, round which ' n the eager warn leaped, as if anxious ' I* to engulf it! curling hack with a tuUcc 1 roar at their defeat. On my arrival I * 51 was received by the man whom I was c to relieve with evident satisfaction.— * " Ue woe a gaunt, beetle-browed Welsh ° man; and I could not help noticing ° ° the haggard, anxious look bit face " wore. Almost the moment I set foot 11 g, iu the building be called out to the B ,c boatmen who had brought - mo to " t- "trail, aa bo wouldn't take long set- ^ |y tlug hie new mate to rights with Uic * lc place, and tbey amid take him on ' is ahore.'* Thla, however, I combated • id stoutly, and insisted on his at least " keeping me company tbc flrat night, - p aa I did not know how the light* 1 si worked. To this, after ranch demur, 1 id he consented, with evident reluctance, t ;0 and the boat went back. ' c- My new abode consisted merely of H iy the "lantern," in tvbicli tin- lights- 1 10 burned, ami, beneath. Use wateh- 1 t- room, furnished with a hat, cbair, and c is table, and such culinary and domestic 1 t. ncccotarise as Uic kisqicr required. A 1 flight of stairs led to the door by nhleli 1 u th.- building q ss entered, aud a lower ' flight teemed to lead 4o cellars or ro ' eesaes of aoqarRnt; my companion did nsl, htiwcver, ahfrw me tlicse, as lie ' lt said they were' never used, and it ' wasn't worth while going down in I be 1 cold. The evening drew quickly on; ' j aud as tho autumn twilighlgrew dark- ' j ling over the waters, tlie tea ami wind 1 8 ; both seemed to rise, and the crash of t j the bmtkcrz as they leaped fiercely np « thr rock, and the whistling of Uic gale, , ,. were auytliing but agreeable adjuncts ■ r a- lo a rrablenoe desolate enough In it- I s ' self. I ■ v

I For the first huflr ortwoul t&eOYcn- ! tl ] ing 1 was busily enough cuq>Ioycd ill « - ! learning how Uic lamp* were trimmed, : « 1 lighted, etc.. and In reading Uic regu- re j lotions by which the keeper was lo be 1 n , | guided. When I ha.!, as I thought, it . made myself solliek'Ully acquainted j b | | with the. routine of the life that was o ' before me, I sat down with my qunn- c- . f dam coupaulou (whose name was n ] "Morgan); and as wv smokial our a y pipes by the lire tried to gather freon h I him tbo particulars of the late keeper's u , disappearance, nnd why lie liimself It L. ' was giving up the situation. Morgan, n d j however, was any Uiing but i.-oiumuni- it 5 calive; Iw: said he knew very little o j nlsiut liis pn-drc-ctyir: Iw was a sulky, E I ; gloomy sort or chap, who lived here cl . lo driuk lianl at lintes i Inn that he ' tl ri didn't know about i. tine night tlie ti . lamps were not lighted; and when the A , sinus, Ilia light-house was fouu.l de- , d '. ! Iiinin-lf, In- had lived then belle, than ' re [ i Tills was all I could gut froin my Hew o . ; fri.-ml, and even this was only got ..tit » I of him by close questioning. «i J nutl lie at length re.hintrcr.sl to look | «■ , Ley. I Was too Ured to gainsay tin-. I- , | aud Iu spite or au uneasy Ireling. win. h <' j I .saild uot account for evru t» nirsrlf, a I j s.hiu fi:ll Into a trnnbleil elei-p. \V brtb- ^ e * | or not I liaidly know, but during the , • ( flrat |mrtion of the niglit I scarreiy ' n ! slept half an hour consecutively . ami • • i w lien I awoke, hearing tin- never-ccna- 1 " iug, I always, in spile or myself, began 1 1; a wondering why Uu- lost k.v|s:c liad a ! left, what sort of a woman In* wife 1 1 I was and wlietlier he had really stolen ) k the missing thing*. Tin *•- -|svula- j e ( lion* seemed so ahaunl tlial I tried j r a Iiard to dismiss 1km, hut without i a •uvrvsa; and It was only a* the downjs |. was breaking that 1 fell int.. a de p n ? | tauevd. t ^ bright, fresli moruing. the gal. having i r_ diisl away to a soft ViuUiwcst wind. ' ," Aa 1 stood l.y ene of Ibeojieii wiiulows. I " sunlight fell U|w>n the' still heaving . 1C billows it turnrel tliem How to maw* ■ l0 of sheeny opal, now into tin- aiacadr. . y 1 ^ like snowy *aea-Wrda, ap|,are,l the , h white tail* of th. Habing craft; and a. 1 the fre.li wind coled my fevered , m,. nn- ,*,in.l,.rfiill,. . , cheek spirit* ami

I anticipated almost wUli .lollghl life i [ my l»«k.. surroundrei by the ever- I , changing beauty oflh.' .«vnu, Mor- i I gun now came down ft-on. tin- "ia..- . i tem," aud pointed to tlie breakfast lie ; . had got far me; Ills own, be said had . been linisiicd long since, and at *.hiii . I was ready lie would go on shore. ■ Although I could not help being *ur- i prised at the almost nervous haste the i | displayed to lie off. 1 now hail u»- . thing to urge against it. I therefore . my repast as expeditiously aa . [ 1 could; aud liaring lowered the boat , , nlntchcd to the light-house, we pulled . r on shore ahuo*t in sllciiee. When : E within about half a mile of land MorI who had been tltinkiug deeply, r suddenly atop|>cd pulling, and very ab- . E ruptly asked mo if I liad any arm* In . the light-house. Sumrwhat starth-d at ) tbo qlh-slito, I nqiiieil that I hail a ret volvcr, hut it was unioadod, ns 1 didn't how I conld require it. "Better load it," was tlie hurried answer; it's , you'll feel more comfortable if you . something by you as you can ! trust to." We were close io the land - I now, and In a minute or two my companion sprang ashore and hurriedly . , wished me good-by, strode away , through the troc*. nnd was soon lust , sight I knew uo one in the village ; ■ to I thauglil I would go up to the ( coast-guard station, ns I had been de- . sired to put myself under the orders of the officer iu charge. There waa no , one tlicre at the time I nm-ired, but . oM man-of-war's- man, to. whom, , I duly reported myself, and . got him to give me some information , as to where to get my provisions, etc. . he very good-naturedly did; and , while going down to the village I qnes- , tinned him nbout the late keeper's dcI tertian, which somehow or other al- [ way* seemed strangely lo interest me. My row friend, however, could tell mo , more than Morgan hail, fix., thai the roan and his wife were supposed [ have stolen the articles tliat were misatog. and decamped. 1 spent a f good bit of tlie afternoon iu making , little pureliaaea, and retunml to . the ligbt-liouac about lour o'clock, In I order lo be in Ume to light tlw lamp* . tlie approach of dusk. After \ tlio boat was Securely fastened up, and . , the door IncfcAl and barreJ, I nuiat ewur fi-sa that a dull acute of lunsdiueaa fell , me. I shook it off, however, and I toutied myself wiUi my work;aud what . witli trimming the lights, and preparl and dlacusslng my evening meal, . got through tlie time pretty well Ull , , eight o'clock, when ! wrut into the - . to see tliat ererylhiug was I working conxcUy, and then sat down f emmcooo my Ural night's watch , aloue.ln the midst of the waters. ~ All anticipated evil* teem smaller ' when really near. I had all along ao 1 nmclnlrraijed tbcdnllneaanf myuightI tnenoed one of them, 1 was agreeably

disappointed at finding It mucb more I endurable than I had expected. There < certainly an oppressive silence - ■ I reigning through the building, and the ' | monotonous boom of the waves dash- : i against tbc rock waa not inspiring, f I had letiere to write home, plenty t of Uioks to read, and my lights to visit 1 1 hour; ao that altogether the j i night passed quickly, enough away; - 1 and, when the dawn broke, I went to bed with hopeful cxclamaUon that "it : < wasn't so had after all.'' The follow- . i ing day was Saturday, and 1 deter- ! r mined lo devote it to putting my room ! i in order. I did not rise till nearly two c o'clock and s|ient tbc remainder of Ibe ! a afternoon in arranging my hooka, f etc. As tbc evening drew on a I trimmed and lighted my lamps, and | a read tiU nearly nine. About this | c I began to find a difficulty in eon- l my attention to my book. In I f I spile of myself my thoughts kept wan- n j to their old theme— the late j ; f keener", desertion I'f tifr nml and - 1 | -h it sort of a life Ik- lute led tl. the c I bin™, 'rT m'lterilush'1""! "iid i ol a night It wns. There was .... moon! . waves purposely swaying lo ami fro. « I phosphorescent light, as liu- white i I ridge in w hich tln-v culminated cq.pl.il . | slowly away. Il imiinl cm kmi-iv I tn he hnlb up there In itial warte iff I I M ill, oil III. Iicurl OS I U-IIKl. lo tl- I llghl li.-u-c taking fire. AlUgi- b-r. I i lo the hall-minute dick or the ligln. , | that broke liu d.ad mu-ik* snrnmnd- , that thieve.* had broken'rat-. liu- light - step* asc.li.MII life stair, ami a* I| rat weapon svailal.b. the ilnor tb-w vio- . sll was sUli and I was beginning to) and pcnm.b naj self tlcl I liad tin: victim ofsnine li-rriblo hallucination. Win n a wild, slirill scream. the agony of wlii.ii burnt* me rtill. | ,|,

through the *ibut building, and i ttl a woman's voire exelninml. "George, j ,,, Groige! for Gods sake douTiimnlcr me!" A dull thud, u* ..I some Iwary n subslaure falling lo tin- ground, a low ( „| " Fai.ied will! horror, I stood Icuiiug the chair I., which I liad clung for ^ |„ dist or bonce; but minute alter minute ! » went l.y, mariu-d l.y tin- s.nin.1 of tlie i n revolving llgbk*. nnd all remained u* ' n i still as the grave. I.iltte by lilUu I re- j tl . eovcmlpowerovcrmyllioagUlsandsat . „ I down, trying toaccounl fortlie scene I ft had just gone through. Could any joke j - have I ecu played on njc? Tliat Iiard- \ [, Iy teemed p.*sifab. for 1 liad Istrn-d j tt ■ aud locked life door myself, nnd the 1 tl l scarcely bring myself tu brlii v.- il was I n 1 all my lilc a skeptic as lo *Uc>. lUiuga; ! t: but how lo account for tlie scudling ill i 5. i lb.: room close by me? I at length Is-- ! „ i quiet that reigned, and got out my re- q i volvcr aud loaded it carefully, and I funinuinli.g up all tlie resolution I pee- ti • tested, 1 determined logo down nnd I ' examine tlio cellars where the noises t ' liad apparently beguu and coded.— * 1 Taking a closed lantern in oue hand 1: and my revolver io the other. I cnu- ' * i tiously descended tbo stair, looking j a - around anil behind uic, 1 must confess ; « i with fear aud trcmbliug. Nothing ex- : a • inordinary was, however, visible; the , * l door waa lorred and fastened aa I bad 1 v , left it, and nil the things that lay about j » I were In precisely the same positions aa , n i when I had seen them last. Not ' ti - a sound was lo be lieiinl but the dnsh j li I of the waves, whleli broke upon the I - walls around and above me now. 1 : s - waa Somewhat reassured by finding j n - every thing as I had left It on coming ' -s . in; but as I prepared to descend tlw , o • lower winding stair leading lo the eel- j e. Urt 1 li lt a smothered leusatiou u,s>n ; n I my chest, and my lieart iiest so loml 1> j thai it would hare been audible to any • l> i oue standing near. Down tbo narrow j b ! stair I went cautiously, the air broom- , d • ing colder at every step, while the lit- ; " 1 tie light that came from the lamp I ■ n. . carried showed tliat the wall* were dank : <"' r with moisture, aud corered with fun- ' I' I goid growths. When 1 arrived at tlie di - bottom I funnd myself ojiposite a d. I strongly built d.wr, notappareutly fas- ; 1> I tcucd. The clammy awent rolled down A l my Uca, and It was tome minute* be- ; », fore I could summon np enough cour- K agr to thrust tbo iloor open with my _ . font. Holding the lantern forward, . ate [» I'.*! don n to'Ti large a- liar, made 1 apimrvnl^yiir" tho ruraL itself. TTie , j, ' culiar efrthr, sickly odor eocmed'tei'. d r taint thfc air; but will, the exception ° ■ ^lar^: hammer thrown into a corner, J f rilled Toyeelf that there waa no oullrt

i It; and. barring Uw drtor at best 1 could, returned to the wateb-rooiu. - slightly relieved In mind, but more ' puazled than ever lo account for the 1 1 had gooc through on hour bc- ; I jutted tho n-mslnder of the night in the "lantern 'and may ua one ever know so eh wretched boors dragged their weary length along lint of the chaoa of thoughts thai went whirling through my twain I de- ! U-rniined that, at sooo as daybreak , released me (torn my watch, I would go ou shore and inform tlio j officer of the coast-guard of the whole I affair. A I about eight o'clock I securlv i I listened up tlieplaoe, Inwered the boat, | aud taking advantage of the light wind, sailed on shore, went straight up to the coast-guanl station, and asked lo sec | the officer. The men galhcrvd, I Iblok. | my laggard looks and fiurricl . that I iiad aomeUiing of inij p«rtau« lo communicate; and one of thrm t.sik mc at^ooce^to^the officer's Mr. Tliomsou. wlio commanded the • Uim- yeai* of ogi . He bad been a ou liali-|iat- Being without priral.i aud seeing uo immediate proe - ■ poet of active employment, lie had pc- : titiimrd mid |>clitioord lbs Admirally ' appoiotuK-nt; aud uk-u who sen ed uu* il. i iiiui said that then: uasuotabravci ..r la-tu-i officer iu the wtioic tan icv Alter I had told my story exactly a* ' tlw , ir. uni-tautX* which gave rise to II abiu|ffl)^ ' askcil R|ueK what stories tlw mall 1 liad relieved had been putting .si.miuwicatitc, and w..ui.l hardly grir. ni.v nwsou for leariiig. except that tinVny weU," wa» ihcquicLaDtWcr; : -111. in-.lv likely "till, you've drcn'imd . d l.y*. (hi* tuau ihinL- lie • beu hsa. - \ sort. lUyouJvr. You'd tsltcrgo with - 1 him. uid show him u luit rubbish il is; : I for I ibink you fear ■either man uor I . dev. ■ . hi* i iwre yet. tlnnk «i.all IM 1 do • a- I -li.Miblii'l ...i*. stays il l did. ' 1 i i-rv well." «« the reply; "thai'* I I settbsl. IViheai will knqi pti comp my f-r a fewd tys, arul I Imps I shall - ; I war »• more of the matter. Nodoubt r I J ou fold a laid nightmare: and I'd re- - onRtuamd you lolcsrpa sharper cj» ' | i-nf TTust'll do." ' It ill. this curt dn-iri.m we were dieI I ni':-iwd. mill tVilsou (who ha|ipeued to "I my first arrival, and 1 stiolksl to Ills ! rottage to get what tilings lie required • Willi- with air. « hi our wsy I retold

tv iiieltslulous as to il. Iieiiig anything but a dream, lie asked mc lo say | moily. I!i* wife .-videotly did uot relish hi- goittg, hut there was uo dieI'nhryiog the onlcrs lie had rceeivo.1; so, nlti-r laving ourdiuncr at Ids coltag.-. as 1 had left it, anil nlicn wc explored tin- cellar t.igilli't tlie tame fastening* upon tlie d.wr that I had pkieed | tlw night Mm, However. 1 we now naile.1 it closely up; and I evening, enlivened by Wilton's -n-yani". i«sscd qnleklr cuotwh away j twelve o'clock, without any thing ' isT.irriiig; awl after tint wc agreed tu j take alternate two-hour watches in Stillness all uiglit: nnd a* wc sat j down together to breakfast in th. moruing I received the bautetiug of 'railed it. with nn uncomfortable sensation of having mode a fool of Thursday, not a tingle event occurring out of the common, arid 1 had by this time thoroughly persuaded myself thai liad fallen asleep, aud dreamed ail tlie horrors about which I had uiadi such a stir. Toward uouu that da}' a i caroc off. with a message for WilIn the effect that lilt wife liad had bad r|iilcptle fit tho night before, and then very ill. could not ofli-r " any oppositioo to his departure, under ; surli eircumaUnres, end had even to well recovered my ordinary nerre that when lie asked uic If he should tend . another man to take his place I tab! ' all the noises I had board must boon the effect of imagination, aud I waa quite content to remain alone. lie went off. Friday aud Fridaynight passed quietly enough, and on Saturday morning I was obliged to go shore Ui get tome provisions I wanted. I was doubtful at first whether I ' would go, at the day was dark anil 1 with heavy banks of leaden- | looking clouds to niodward, which i a coming gale. However, I determined to risk It, and make a* 1 much baste ns I could; and Ukiog n.ivautago of tlw wind (now rising | minute), was only away about i hours. Uu my re tarn I made all - due prcparalioot for ,'a stormy night, barring the doors, aud putting luticns on all tho lower wtodnws.-- ; Alter tho lamps wr relighted! stOod for , some lime at ooo of the windows above, watching the warring of the elements. black scud flew acrasa the lieaveus a. though rushing in terror fiom the : ficrui wiud thai howled across lbs waters, and the sea scctucd turned into a 1 gigantic caldron of scethiug loan., »uir 'tlw husp^toack *t[avra* £rt roih other with a ftiriou* ftar, the foamy atoms into which Uter da*b«d lh.roMhRt glistening in tlw murky night till swept awayny U>° "iud. (ctixtisrrn ox romm rsor.)