To Be One, Ask One
To Be One, Ask One
Making Good Men Better
It is said Geometry is the first and noblest of the sciences and the basis on which the superstructure of freemasonry is erected. It is discussed as one of the liberal sciences in the Middle Chamber lecture, again in the Master Mason lecture with the 47th problem of Euclid, and its importance to operative masons in shaping their structures is visible.…
In February we honor our Presidents with Presidents Day. Its worthy of noting that 14 of our presidents were Master Masons and 2 started their degrees, but due to the rigors of being elected to public office did not achieve Master Mason. All of them were proud of their Masonic heritage. Did they become presidents because they were masons? Most likely not. Did masonry help form their character into the type of person with the judgment and integrity of a leader to be president? Most definitely! The four virtues of Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, Justice and tenants of brotherly love relief and truth help form our character that, “The world may know when a person is said to be a member of it he is one who’s hand is guided by justice and who’s heart is expanded by benevolence”.…
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and New Years Eve. I would think most of us either sang or heard the tune of “Auld Lang Syne”, the new years tradition. A song millions of people around the world knows and loves. We are moved by its message of old friends reminiscing the past. We also tend to reach out to others we have not seen in year(s) and keep the ties that time may have lapsed. Our Poet Laureate Brother, Robert Burns, wrote that song. Brother Burns had commitment to the ideals of the Enlightment, and these ideals came from his Masonic Lodge, and tradition has it that he was installed as Poet Laureate in a lodge. …