least those numerous blessings which are bestowel on us by a kind Creator. LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. GRAMMAR teaches us to speak and write with propriety. it is an art, convenient and ornamental even in common life, but is indispensable to the scholar or the gentleman. RHETORIC teaches us to pronounce with elegance and force what grammar has composed with perspicuity and cor rectness. LOGIC teaches us to guide our reason discretionally in the general acquisition of knowledge, and directs our inquiries after truth. ARITHMETIC is the art of determining the properties and powers of numbers; and operates by letters, tables, figures or instruments. GEOMETRY treats of the properties of magnitude, in which length, breadth, and thickness, are considered; proceeding from a point to a line, from a line to a superficies, and from a superficies to a solid. MUSIC teaches the formation of agreeable sounds by suitable mixtures of concordant and discordant notes skilfully arranged to produce melody and harmony. ASTRONOMY is that sublime science by which we are taught to read the wisdom, strength, and beauty, of the works of the Almighty in the celestial sphere. CHARGE AT PASSING A BROTHER. BROTHER, Being advanced to the second degree of masonry, we congratulate you on your preferment. The internal, and not the external qualifications of a man, are what masonry regards. As you increase in knowledge, you will improve in social intercourse. It is unnecessary to recapitulate the duties which, as a Mason, you are bound to discharge; or enlarge on the necessity of a strict adherence to them, as your own experieate must have established their value. Our laws and regulations you are strenuously to support, and be always ready to assist in seeing them duly executed. You are not to palliate, or aggravate, the offences of your brethren; but in the decision of every trespass against our rules, you are to judge with candour, admonish with friendship, and reprehend with justice. The study of the liberal arts, that valuable branch of education, which tends so effectually to polish and adorn the mind, is earnestly recommended to your consideration; especially the science of geometry, which is established as the basis of our art. Geometry, or masonry, originally synonymous terms, being of a divine and moral nature, is enriched with the most useful knowledge: while it proves the wonderful properties of nature, it demonstrates the more important truths of morality. Your past behaviour and regular deportment have merited the honour which we have now conferred; and in your new character it is expected that you will conform to the principles of the order, by steadily persevering in the prac tice of every commendable virtue. Such is the nature of your engagements as a fellow-craft, and to these duties you are bound by the most sacred ties. FELLOW-CRAFT'S SONGS. WHEN Sol with grave motion, had plunged in the ocean, A splendid reflection, with downward direction, My thoughts were suspended, and darkness descended, I saw in each feature a beautiful creature, As far as I view'd him, or fancy pursued him, His soul like an ocean of pleasing devotion, I saw the best image that mortal can wear. thought he said to me, in vain you pursue me, There're no combinations so firm as Freemasons, For kingdoms have quarrels, for conquests and laurels, Through Time's ancient measure, with freedom and pleas ure, The sons of fair Science immoveable standThrough all the commotion, by land or by ocean, In triumph has pass'd the harmonious band. Old Time may keep beating, his numbers completing, Let madmen invade us, and scribblers degrade us, Like rocks in the ocean, we fear not the motion, While each in his station, with sweet admiration, The scene is before us, we'll join in the chorus, But when armies terrestrial, and squadrons celestial, The majestic story falls short of its glory, And silence expressive shall move on the scene. SCIENCE. Composed for this work by companion S. Brown. WHEN SCIENCE first came to enlighten mankind, She landed, at first, on the banks of the Nile; At length, half resolved to remount on her wing, King Solomon saw her reclined on the cliff, She taught him the use of the compass and square, She led him by threes, and by fives, and by sevens, |