For instance, the line between the third and fourth cups is much better marked, and no doubt for wiser purposes, than is that between the fourth and fifth.

At the fourth my spirit is filled with strong devotional tendencies--and it is given to me to address the Lodge with something like unctional effect; but at the fifth this ecstatic spirit rises still higher, and assumes the form of praise, and psalms, spiritual songs, and political anthems.

In this whole assembly, I am sorry to say, that there is but one other humble individual who, if I may so speak, is similarly gifted, and goes along with me, _pari passu_, as they say, step by step, and cup by cup, until we reach the highest order, which is praise.

But, indeed, to persons so gifted in their liquor, drinking is decidedly a religious exercise.

That person is the little fellow to the right of the red-faced man up yonder, the little fellow I mean, who is pale in the face and wants an eye.