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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 16, 19 January 1871, Page 4

representing the ground floor of King Solomon's Temple, the identical tassel which surrounds it, and the blazing star in the centre. On his right arm, aud artistically executed in the same indelible liquid, were the emblems pertaining to tbe fellow-craft's ' degree, namely the square, the level, and the plumb. There were also tho five columns representing there five orders of architecture — the Tuscan, Doric. lonic, Corinthian, and Composite. In. removing the garments from his body, ihe trowel presented itself, with all* Ihe other tools'* of operative masonry. Over his heart was the pot of incense. On the other parts of his body were the beehive, the book of constitutions guarded by the Tyler's sword pointing to a naked heart ; the All-seeing eye, the anchor and*aik, the hour glass, scythe of the forty seventh problem of Euclid, the sun, moon, stars, and comets ; the three steps which are emblematical of youth, manhood, and age. Admirably executed was the weeping virgin, reclining on a broken column upon which lay the book of constitutions. Iv her left hand she held the pot of incense, the masonic emblem of a pure heart, and in her up lifted hand a sprig of acacia, the emblem of immortality ; beneath her stood winged Time with his cythe by his side, which cuts the brittle thread of life, and the hour-glass at his feet, which is ever reminding us that our lives are withering away. The withered and attenuated fingers of the Destroyer were placed amid the long and flowing ringlets, of the disconsolate mourner. Thus were tlie striking emblems of mortality and immortality blended in one pictoral representation. It was a spectacle such as a Mason never saw before, and in all probability such as the fraternity will never witness again. The brother's name is unknown.