A word to those on whose account we are assembled, and we conclude. mantle round the shivering limbs of the naked. And if you can do no more, shed the tear of sympathy with the disconsolate; even this seeming trifle may never be forgotten. But, sirs, I think I am in my proper place, when I tell you, "Ye must be of your science, you must seek and obtain "the light of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ." Then, squaring your lives by the gospel, and regulating your hearts by the Spirit of grace, when death, the grand leveller, comes, having finished your work, you shall be caught up to the third heavens by the Great Architect of the universe, and spend eternity in unutterable praises. These blessings, in time and eternity we sincerely wish you, through Jesus Christ. Amep. MASONIC ARAB. You are an organized society of high antiquity, and though we admit there is no moral duty enjoined by your constitution and laws, but what is urged with stronger motives by Christianity, yet it is certainly in your pow-born again." Having obtained the light er to do much good. We most sincerely recommend to you to wipe away your reproach, by adhering firmly to truth, cleaving earnestly to sobriety and temperance, modelling your lives by equity and justice, and continuing in the exercise of that charity and benevolence which has long been the characteristic of your fraternity. Your order never was intended to include all men, and is it not a radical error to admit members that will never do you honour. If you cannot reclaim, expel such from among you; for, according to your principles, an intemperate, dishonest Mason, is as great a contradiction as an irreligious impious Chris, tian. "By putting away every brother that walketh disorderly," you may become a praise on the earth. Then, how delightful will be your work. To ameliorate the miseries of mankind will be your joy. Your manner of doing good, ought to put our modern Christians to the blush, for your charity never reaches the newspapers and public prints, like those who do good to be seen of men. We are sorry, that in this Christians should have less sense of propriety, and less knowledge of the gospel than you. Be this as it may, you will go on to cause "the widow's heart to sing for joy." Let your bounty feed the hungry; extend your clemency to the distressed, and cast a ray of light on every benighted mind; always cultivate and cherish the sympathies of your nature; let your whole life be without an aberration from truth, or a dereliction from justice. You will ever meet with objects of distress: be ever ready to prove the goodness of your system by shielding the defenceless, protecting the weak, and casting your case, The following account will be read with much interest by the brethren of the craft, as affording conclusive evidence of the truth of the position assumed by them, that the light of Masonry is co-extensive with the great natural luminary of our planetary system; and that its principles flourish alike vigorously in the frozen regions of Lapland, or the scorching deserts of Africa. To our readers generally, it will afford some additional particulars of a country, now familiarized to them by the Narrative of Riley. The Rio del Oup, or River of Gold, in which the sloop of war anchored, enters the ocean in latitude 24, N., between Cape Bajador, where the Commerce was wrecked, and Cape Barbas, the place at which captain Riley was afterwards made captive by the wandering Arabs. AFRICA. We are indebted to our correspondent at Cape de Verd Islands, for the following information of the Rio Ouro and the coast of Africa, from Cape Bajador to Cape Blanco.-Boston Patriot. Port Praya, St. Jago, Dec. 21. Arrived his Britannic Majesty's ship Leven, Capt. D. E. Bartholomew, C.B. commander, last from Rio Ouro and Cape Blanco, and sailed on the 2d January, for Goree and the Gambia, surveying. Captain Bartholomew informs, that at Rio Ouro, he had an interview with a tribe of wandering Arabs, and strange to learn, found among them a Free Mason, who spoke a little Spanish, and said that in Arabia Felix, where he had been, were many Free Masons, and offered to go on board the ship, but was prevented by the chief. These Arabs are in the habit of burying their bodies in the sand, whenever they discover a boat approach the shore, and lie thus concealed until the party land, when by a signal or yell of the chief, they all instantly rise, surprise and make prisoners of the party. The officers and crew of the Leven, whenever they landed, were prepared with side arms and muskets, and when approaching the natives, required them to lay down their arms, they doing the same. Captain Bartholomew describes them as a treacherous race, and though he never saw above six or seven persons at a time, yet he never saw the same persons a second time, save the chief. On getting under weigh and coming down the river, he saw numerous fires along the banks, signals of his departure, and believes that a large number of the natives had assembled at different points, waiting a favourable moment to board the ship. Captain Bartholomew thinks, from their expressions, they knew his ship to be a man of war, and looking at the colours, made a loud yell, and said they were not Spanish. He describes the river, if such it may be called, as being about twenty-three miles in length, and three in width, and the banks not so high as the topmast head, with quicksand bottom, for in weighing his anchor, found it buried several feet in the sand, and many fathoms of the chain worn perfectly bright. He found the channel winding, and passage intricate, and on the bar at the mouth was only water to pass at spring-tide, consequently had to remain until the next spring-tide before he could return. At the head of the river is a small island, containing two or three acres, but he could discover no fresh water, though from the appearance a large stream emptied in against the island during the rainy season. No ore or earth was found containing gold, from which the river derived its name, nor huts, nor verdure discovered as far as the eye could reach, and nothing was seen but a dreary sandy desert. Captain Bartholomew sounded the coast from Cape Bajador to Cape Blanco, which he found regular, and anchored every night in fourteen fathoms, distance five miles from shore, except at Cape Barbas, where he anchored in fourteen fathoms, distance three miles from shore. He found good bottom in twenty-five fathoms, distance ten miles from shore, and thinks that vessels may with safety run into nine fathoms, with cables bent, excepting into St. Cyprian's Bay, where it is better to keep a greater distance, in order to weather Cape Barbas. Captain Bartholomew saw no huts along the coast excepting at the bottom of St. Cyprian's Bay, where he discovered six on a low piece of table land, and in the Bay saw two wrecks, a ship and brig, the latter supposed to be the Mary, of New Bedford, wrecked in 1818; saw nothing of the wreck of the brig Commerce at Cape Bajador. EXTRACT, From a Masonic Sermon, delivered in Masons' Hall, Lexington, Kentucky, before the Grand Lodge, at their annual convocation, in August, 1820, A. L. 5820: By C. W. CLOUD, G. C. G. L. K. "Let Brotherly Love continue." "As Masons, you, my brothers, need not be told of the reciprocal affinity by which we are allied to one another; nor need I remind you at this time, that brotherly love among Masons is an essential ingredient in the formation of our social compact; then let brotherly love continue among Masons. That this may be our portion as brothers, we must receive, acknowledge, and obey, a law, or general rule of our faith and practice adapted to our social relation, and emanating from an approved source. No one among us has any just claim to the privilege of giving laws to another. As brothers, we enter upon all those moral and voluntary relationships to each other upon the level. A brother thien is not superior to a brother; nor is he to be esteemed as an inferior; each yielding alike, some minor though inherent rights, that he may be equally partaker of the general good; alike conscious of our natural ignorance, and impotency, and of the necessity of a faithful leader during our pilgrimage through this life. The Mason as well as the Christian, has taken the word of God as revealed in the canonical scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as the rule of their faith and practice.There they are taught to have faith in God; hope in immortality, and charity to all men; to mind the same things; to work by the same rule, and carefully to observe and preserve the same sacred level, upon which we entered into this social, this fraternal relationship to each other, that brotherly love may continue. In divine revelation, the great light both of the Christian and Masonic world, we are mutually taught to love one another, "not in word only, but in deed and in truth." We are also told that this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and by this, says Jesus Christ, shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. We are taught to "do unto others as we would they should do unto us ;" to love our brother as ourself; to bear each other's burdens; and so fulfil the law of Christ: thus strictly observing our duty each to the other in our individual capacity, we derive both plea sure and profit from the general ruies, by which we are governed collectively; nor shall we be disposed to reject as the Jews did, this inestimable boon of Heaven; this light of the gospel, because the Divine Giver of all good has previously invested us with inferior donations. It is our duty, and ought to be our delight, implicitly to obey the voice, and joyfully to do the will of God, in whatever way it may be revealed to us; whether he speak as he did to Adam, to Enoch, to Noah, to Abraham, to Moses, and to others, our brethren in this mystic order, by an immediate voice from Heaven, or whether it be through universal nature, wherein the firmament of Heaven, the sun, the moon, and the stars speak forth his will in his wonderful works; or whether it be from a survey of the globe which we inhabit, where every plain is a leaf, and every river a line, in which we may read that there is "a God above us, that he delights in virtue;" or whether with David we learn from the diurnal motion of this earth, that day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge; or whether we hear his voice, speaking, as to our fathers, by the prophets, (for which the Jews contended) or whether he speak to us by his Son, our Saviour, and the apostles, as in those last days he has done, it is our unquestionable duty, as well as our high privilege, to receive his testimony, and to obey his law, as the rule of our faith and practice. And as the dignified rank in creation that man is destined to hold, and the noble faculties with which he is endowed, clearly indicate our accountability to our Creator, we ought to be the more careful in tracing our religious genealogy, that it may appear that we are the sons of God; being entitled to this privilege on the reception of his woRD; and thus becoming brethren, we should, in obedience to our Heavenly Father's will, let brotherly love continue. In the holy rule of our faith and practice, as revealed in the sacred scriptures, *are contained innumerable incentives without distinction; who, as created by the same Almighty Parent, and inhabiting the same planet, are bound to aid, support, and protect each other. On this principle, Masonry unites men of all countries, nations, sects, and languages, and conciliates true friendship among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance. to determine us in favour of continuing in brotherly love. Our own experi- || ence, reason, tradition, religion, and Masonry, all combine in justification of this doctrine. Then let me stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance of the things you have known; when like St. Paul, caught up into the third Heavens, there to hear WORDS not lawful to be uttered, which, nevertheless, must influence the mind of every true and faithful brother among us, in favour of the sacred lecture contained in our text. Brotherly love or charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself; is not puffed up; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in truth; is not easily provoked; thinketh no evil. Charity never faileth; it is greater than faith; it is greater than hope; it emanates from God, who is love; it conforms us to his image; and while it is leading us back to the enjoyment of his presence, in paths we had not known, and while through its sacred influence darkness is made light before us, we can say notwithstanding the dangers and difficulties of the way, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity, as the dew of Hermon that descended upon the mountains of Zion, RELIEF, Is the next tenet of our profession. To relieve the distressed, soothe calamity, alleviate misfortunes, compassionate misery, and use all possible means to restore peace to the troubled mind, are duties incumbent on every member of the great family of mankind; but more particularly on Masons, who are linked together by an indissoluble chain of sincere affection, and whose grand aim is to ameliorate the condition of mankind. On this basis, every true Mason forms his connections, and establishes his friendships. TRUTH, The foundation of every virtue, is an attribute of the Deity, and one of the first lessons taught in Masonry. While our conduct is influenced by Truth, bypocrisy and deceit will be strangers among us, sincerity will distinguish us, while our hearts and our for there the Lord commanded a bless-tongues will unite in promoting each ing; even life for evermore." other's welfare, and rejoicing in each other's prosperity. TEMPERANCE Instructs us to govern our passions, to place a due restraint upon all our affections and desires, and frees the mind from the allurements of vice. It invigorates the body, and should be the constant practice of every Mason, by which means he will be enabled to preserve inviolate, the solemn obliga tions he is under to the craft. FORTITUDE Enables us to endure pain, encounter danger, when with prudence it is deemed necessary, and to withstand y the various temptations incident to human life. It is equally distant from rashness and cowardice, and should be deeply impressed upon the mind of every Mason, to guard him against all unjust attacks, either upon his person, property, or principles. PRUDENCE Should be the peculiar characteristic of every Mason, as it instructs us to regulate our conduct agreeably to the dictates of reason and justice, and properly to judge and determine on every point touching our present and future happiness. It is that virtue on which all others depend, and is, therefore, the chief jewel that can adorn the human frame. JUSTICE Is the boundary of rights, and constitutes the cement of civil society; it teaches us to render to every man his just due, either in point of property or character; it in a great measure constitutes the real good man, and it should be the invariable practice of Masons never to deviate from its minutest principles. MASONIC EMBLEMS. THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS, GUARDED BY THE TYLER's sword, Reminds us that we should be ever watchful and guarded, in our thoughts, words, and actions, particularly when before the enemies of Masonry; ever bearing in remembrance those truly Masonic virtues, silence and circumspection. THE THREE STEPS, Usually delineated upon the master's carpet, are emblematical of the three principal stages of human life, viz. youth, manhood, and age. In youth, as entered apprentices, we ought industriously to occupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowledge: in manhood, as fellow crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the discharge of our respective du ties to God, our neighbours, and ourselves; that so in age, as master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflections consequent on a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious immortality. THE SWORD, POINTING TO A NAKED HEART, Demonstrates that justice will sooner or later overtake us; and although our thoughts, words, and actions, may be hidden from the eyes of man, yet that ALL SEEING EYE, Whom the SUN, MOON, and STARS obey, and under whose watchful care even COMETS perform their stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost recesses of the human heart, and will reward us according to our merits. THE ANCHOR AND ARK Are emblems of a well-grounded hope, and a well-spent life. They are emblematical of that divine ark which safely wafts us over this tempestuous sea of troubles, and that anchor which shail safely moor us in a peaceful harbour, where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary shall find rest. THE HOUR-GLASS Is an emblem of human life; behold! how swiftly the sands run, and how rapidly our lives are drawing to a close. We cannot without astonishment behold the little particles which are contained in this machine, how they pass away almost imperceptibly, and yet, to our surprise, in the short space of an hour they are all exhausted. Thus wastes man! to-day he puts forth the tender leaves of hope; to-morrow, blossoms, and bears his blushing honours thick upon him; the next day comes a frost, which nips the shoot, and when he thinks his greatness is still aspiring, he falls, like autumn leaves, to enrich our mother earth. THE POT OF INCENSE Is an emblem of a pure heart, which |