"The _Shechinah_!" he whispered. "The divine presence that rested on the Tabernacle, and on Solomon's Temple, and that has returned at last--to Ararat." V The booming of cannon from the Court House, and from the Terrace facing the lake, saluted the bright September dawn and reminded the citizens of Buffalo that the Messianic day was here. But they needed no reminding. The great folk had laid out their best clothes; military insignia and Masonic regalia had been furbished up. Troops guarded St. Paul's Church and kept off the swarming crowd. The first act of the great historic drama--"Mordecai Manuel Noah; or, The Redemption of Israel"--passed off triumphantly, to the music of patriotic American airs. The procession, which marched at eleven from the Lodge through the chief streets, did honour to this marshaller of stage pageants. ORDER OF PROCESSION Grand Marshal, Col. Potter, on horseback. Music. Military. Citizens. Civil Officers. State Officers in Uniform. President and Trustees of the Corporation. Tyler. Stewards. Entered Apprentices. Fellow Crafts. Master Masons. Senior and Junior Deacons. Secretary and Treasurer. Senior and Junior Wardens. Master of Lodges. Past Masters. Rev. Clergy. Stewards, with corn, wine, and oil. | Principal Architect, | Globe | with square, level, | Globe | and plumb. | Bible. Square and Compass, borne by a Master Mason. The Judge of Israel In black, wearing the judicial robes of crimson silk, trimmed with ermine, and a richly embossed golden medal suspended from the neck. A Master Mason. Royal Arch Masons. Knights Templars. At the church door there was a halt. The troops parted to right and left, the pageant passed through into the crowded church, gay with the summer dresses of the ladies, the band played the grand march from "Judas Maccabæus," the organ pealed out the "Jubilate." On the communion-table lay the corner-stone of Ararat!