delivered a lecture on its peculiarities when he returned to town. "From Chester we proceeded to Barnard Castle, in the county of Durham, where we found Masonry shining with unsullied lustre under the active superintendence of Bro. Hutchinson, who worked the details after a perfect model. He delivered his own Lectures, Charges, and Orations, strictly adhering to the ancient landmarks of the Order; and his example was followed by the Masters of other Lodges, who visited the Barnard Castle Lodge for the advantage of his instructions. Many of these detached pieces appeared in print, 6 and were so much admired for the pure principles of Masonry which they enunciated, that the fraternity at length requested Bro. H. to make a selection from his Lectures, and publish them in a permanent form. He complied with the request, and produced a volume of such surpassing interest, that after going through many editions, 27 it still retains its value, and is read with avidity by all who are desirous of information 26 See my edition of the Spirit of Masonry, which includes all the works of Bro. Hutchinson. 27 "The Spirit of Masonry, in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures, by W. Hutchinson." London, Wilkes and Goldsmith, 1775. Second Edition, Carlisle, Jollie, 1795; Third Edition, Carlisle, 1802; Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, MacEvan, 1813; Fifth Edition, Carlisle, 1814; Sixth Edition, London, 1815. Other Editions have been published, and the last contains all Bro. Hutchinson's detached Pieces. London, Spencer, 1843. G on the sterling and unchangeable doctrines of the Order. 28 28 In an Address prefixed to the Second Edition, he says, with his usual benevolence of character, "I have been induced to give this edition to the press for the purpose of relieving the family of a worthy but indigent Brother, by the whole profits of the subscription and sale; and doubt not that the motive to the present publication will procure it the attention of the Brethren of this excellent institution. . . . . It is hoped that these Lectures may serve to detect the wretched artifices used by wicked men to impose upon the world; and may also excite in the fraternity the due exercise of those moral works which our profession enjoins." CHAPTER VI. IT RAINS!-DUNCKERLEY. 1770, 1771. "Do good to theim that ben nedy, and that shall pleyse me more and be better to the than yf thou fastyd xl. yere on brede and water. Do good to thy power in all yt thou may, and put pease and love amonge thy neyghbours, and it shall pleyse me more and be better to the than if thow were every day rauyssht to heaven."-The Prouffytable Boke for Mannes Soul-WYNKIN DE WORDE. "Cryst then of hys hye grace, Zeve zow bothe wytte and space, OLD MASONIC MS. "Thy watchful EYE, a length of time, The glory and the power be thine, Which shall from age to age descend." THE Square thus moralized in continuance of its Revelations : "The mind of man is an inscrutable mystery, past finding out. Talk of the mysteries of Freemasonry, they are nothing to the enigma of the human mind. There are so many springs of thought -so many motives of action, that positive results can never be divined by any series of preconceived notions. If a locomotive is out of order, the engineer will speedily set it to rights; if a vessel has lost its helm, the shipwright will restore it safe and sound; but if a man's ideas become disarranged, it is twenty to one whether they ever resume their original tone. In the course of my experience, I have witnessed many well-regulated Lodges; but the end has been attained by so many different processes, that I have often wondered how they should happen to conduce to the same harmonious conclusion. "Bro. Hesletine was a good Master; and so was his successor, although differing toto cælo from each other in character and style of government. The former being appointed to the high office of Grand Secretary, in May, 1769, I was transferred at the ensuing election of officers to a young but very zealous Mason, named Dagge, who had served as a warden in the Caledonian Lodge, holden at The Ship' in Leadenhall-street. Being in easy circumstances, he devoted the greater portion of his time to the study of Masonry, and the duties of the Lodge; and as industry generally produces excellence, he soon became a proficient in the art. "It will be plainly seen that Bro. Dagge had a great affection for the Order; and if his enthusiasm did not, like that of the Spanish Don, cause him to mistake windmills for giants, Benedictines for enchanters, and a flock of harmless sheep for an army of divers and innumerable nations,' bristling with |