upon it, but always bearing the cross in red, black embroidered leather belt, straight sword and gauntlet gloves, with the cross in red, wrought on the gauntlet. The Portland Commandery was uniformed throughout, while some of the Maine Commandery were in undress. The bearing of these men was grave and dignified, and gentlemanly in the highest degree, and their marching steady and equal, to give effect to the scene. Many of them were old men who seldom turn out in public, except upon extraordinary occasions. The bearing of the entire body of Masons was highly creditable, and proved that they comprise some of the staunchest and best men in the community.

"As soon as the various bodies could form, the Portland Commandery took up the Lodges from abroad, marched down Main and through Mason streets to the Lodge room, where they took up the Maine Commandery and United Lodge, and marched to the residence of the late Mr. Dunlap, to receive the remains and friends, and escort them to the church.

"[Rev. Mr. Adams had private services at the house, at 2 P. M., at which were present only the family and immediate friends.]

"The bearers were James Cary and Captains Nathaniel Larrabee and Benjamin Dunning, representing the citizens, and Joseph McKeen and Professors Packard and Smyth, representing the College.

"The Maine Commandery was detailed as a body-guard, and the Portland Commandery acted as a military escort for the entire procession, the Lodges from abroad acting as an escort also. The procession was formed as follows: the Band marched in front, Portland Commandery, and the Lodges in the reverse order of their numbers, or left in front the Chapter, and closed up with the United Lodge. The Maine Commandery, as a body-guard, took up its position on the right and left of the hearse, and as thus formed, the procession reached up Federal, through School and Main streets, to the church.

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It is estimated that there between 500 and 600 Masons present, taking part in the ceremonies.

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AT THE CHURCH.

The procession arrived at the church about 3, P. M., where the whole body of the house was reserved for the Masons, and filled by them. The transepts and galleries were given up to the public, and after the entrance of the procession, the large edifice was filled to its utinost capacity, and large numbers were unable to obtain admission. The coffin, a very handsome one, of black walnut, with wreaths of

flowers about the form of the deceased, and resting on its top, was carried into the church and deposited in the area in front of the pulpit. The body-guard were seated around, Mr. Moore and Dr. Lewis immediately at the head of the coffin, and members of United Lodge immediately in the rear of the body-guard. Rev. Dr. Adams, Congregationalist, Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Universalist, Rev. Mr. Morse, Methodist, and Rev. Prof. E. C. Smyth, College pastor, occupied the pulpit.

"While the procession was entering the church, a very neat and pretty voluntary was played upon the organ, by C. J. Noyes, Esq., the organist.

"Mr. Adams then read the 641st hymn, which was sung in good style by the choir, made up from the choirs of the different societies in this vicinity. Selections from Scripture were read, and then Mr. Adams proceeded to speak, from notes, of the deceased, mostly confining his remarks to his religious character, and of this, we believe, all will admit, he spoke but the simple truth, however eulogistic those who did not know Gov. Dunlap, may have thought those remarks. It was a beautiful tribute paid to a parishioner by a pastor, who knew and loved him well. Indeed, the religious character of Mr. Dunlap was most remarkable, and every movement of the later years of his life was marked by a devotion to christian truth and principle. The sketch of Mr. Dunlap's character will be published in the Christian Mirror, and all his friends will have an opportunity to read it.

"Mr. Adams offered a brief prayer, in which he most feelingly remembered the family and friends of the deceased.

MASONIC SERVICES.

"Rev. Cyril Pearl, of Cornish, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Maine, then spoke of Gov. Dunlap as a Mason-his devotion to the interests of the Order-his steady adherence to it during the days of its adversity, when obloquy was heaped upon the heads of all its members-and of the high respect and esteem in which the Fraternity had ever held the deceased; he also alluded to meeting him recently at Chicago, and of the delightful intercourse he there held with him. In the course of his remarks he made some very feeling allusions to the deceased.

Mr. Pearl then offered a brief prayer, after which the congregation' sang, to the tune of Pleyel's Hymn,' two stanzas from a Masonic Hymn.

"The procession then re-formed and proceeded to the graveyard, the Band playing a dirge.

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The coffin was deposited by the side of the grave, the cover turned back, and then Dr. Lewis commenced and read a portion of the solemn and affecting, but simple burial service of the Masonic Fraternity, the brethren responding at proper intervals. Mr. Stevens read the concluding portion-the roll and apron were deposited in the coffin-the lid closed, and it was lowered to its last resting place."

A hymn was then sung by the Fraternity.

"The procession moved from the yard to the late residence of the deceased, where it was dismissed, and the Masons took the cars for their respective homes, extra trains having been run to accommodate them."

We have received from Bro. J. Covell the following information, which we take pleasure in laying before our readers:

“The funeral of Bro. Dunlap was the most solemn one that I ever attended. It was dark before we got through, so that I could not recognize the countenance of the opposite Sir Kt. to me when we formed the avenue for the mourners to pass through the body-guard, to the house of our deceased Brother. Although I am a member of the Portland Commandery, I formed with the Maine Commandery, in order to fill up the body-guard; I thereby had a good opportunity to see and hear all that was said or done on the mournful occasion; and on Wednesday I called with my wife at the late residence of our deceased Brother, where we found the widow, one son, the daughter and a brother of sister Dunlap. I there collected a few statistics I send you, a part of which are published in the paper, and the others are in this.

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Companion Dunlap has left of his own family, his widow, Lydia, and four children. Her maiden name was Lydia Chapman, of Boston, Mass. They were married October 20th, 1825; he died on the anniversary of his marriage. Two of his sons reside in Illinois, and were not present at the funeral; the other son resides in the city of New York, the daughter at home, and the only one at home during his sickness until the day before he died, on which day Mrs. Dunlap returned from New York, and the son returned a few hours before his father's death. When Bro. Dunlap and his lady were about leaving their two sons in Illinois, he requested them all to "join hands," when he of fered a prayer, and in conclusion repeated "God bless you! God bless you!" Mrs. Dunlap remarked to him, "Why did you part with them so? you never did so before." He replied, "It may do them good after I am dead and gone."

Our Fraternity

"The family have met with an irreparable loss. have lost a Brother whose example, advice and admonitions were always esteemed and reverenced. He was one that all loved, whose charity was unbounded almost to a fault, for the frailties of his Brethren.

"In addition to what is in print, I send you the following: He was appointed the first Corresponding Grand Secretary of the G. L. of Maine, at its organization in 1820; in 1822 he was appointed D. D. G. Master of the fourth Masonic district, and re-appointed annually until 1826, when he was elected J. G. Warden, and re-elected in 1827; elected S. G. W. in 1828 and 1829; elected Grand Master in 1830 and re-elected in 1831, and again in 1857.

"He was H. P. of the Montgomery Chapter in 1821, at the time of the organization of the Grand Chapter of Maine, and elected the first D. G. H. P. He was elected the second G. H. P. of the G. C. of Maine, in which station he served several years, and declined a reelection in 1826. He was almost constantly in attendance at the Annual Communications of the Grand Bodies. For the past twelve years I have invariably seen him there; and it is with me a solemn reflection to look forward to our next Annual Communication, when those that shall meet and greet each other will look in vain for that pillar of strength. Its place in the East is vacated, and who can say by whom the void can be filled? We have many excellent and worthy Past Grand Masters, but we had but one DUNLAP, and he has gone to his and our God, who gave, and has taken to himself; and may we all so live that we may be received into the Celestial Lodge above, there to be accepted by GoD, and bid welcome to the joys that never end."

When temptation appears, and we are almost persuaded to do wrong, how often a mother's words of warning will be recalled to mind and the snare broken. Yes, the memory of a good mother has saved many a poor mortal from going astray. Long grass may be growing over the hallowed spot where all her earthly remains repose. The dying leaves of autumn may be whirled over it, or the chill white mantle of winter cover it from sight, yet the spirit of her, when he walks in the right path, appears, and gently, sadly, mournfully, calls to him when wandering off into the ways of crime.

ADDRESS OF GRAND MASTER J. ADAMS ALLEN, DELIVERED AT BUCHANAN, MICH., ON THE 24TH OF JUNE, 1859.

OFFICERS AND BROTHERS:

This auspicious occasion-the recurrence of this time-honored festival-this assemblage from far and near, interchanging congratulations, and in the loom of these summer hours weaving a new and stronger web of fraternal feeling, a web whose warp and woof surpasses all the fabled magnificence of oriental story; the symbolic attire which strikes the inquiring sense upon every hand; the mystic but speaking ceremonial in which we have this hour been engaged; the sober grandeur of the symbols we have employed; the sublime objects to which we have dedicated this new and beautiful Lodge, and finally, the solemn appeal which we have made to the Supreme Architect for his guidance and his support-all and each suggest impressive thoughts, important questions and high aspirations.

In this quiet village, but yesterday emerging from the shadows of the primeval forest and allowing the glorious sunlight of early summer to shine upon the cheerful abodes of men, we celebrate a day originating on the plains of Palestine, where the world has grown grey with years, and the silence of decrepitude has taken the place of the busy hum of youthful vigor. The Omega of old history has become the Alpha of a new-and yet the same sun, undimmed by age, illumes the firmament, the same eternal laws roll the spheres through their stupendous orbits, the same stars look down upon us, smiling from the heavenly spaces, the springtime still follows upon the winter, night still calls the day, and man, for whom all these were created, yet lives in the same image of his Creator, endowed with the same faculties, oppressed by the same wants and cares, breathing the same atmosphere, half smiles, half tears, a prey to the same anxieties, a sport to the same joys.

Here where the grand old woods were but yesterday vocal only with the songs of birds, or the sullen roar of the wind through the lofty branches, we this day have joined in the completion of a temple whose prototype arose under the hands of architects whom thousands of years have buried, and in a land which the span of the globe separates from us.

Such, and so universal is Masonry. Man dies, the material temples which he constructs crumble into fragments, particles, to dust, and, it may be, to invisible gasses. The face of the great world itself is meta