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... hands upon the dial of time have marked the completion of another Masonic year ; its record is now a part of history , and we hope it may be looked upon by succeeding generations as good . The days , like white - winged messengers ...
... hands upon the dial of time have marked the completion of another Masonic year ; its record is now a part of history , and we hope it may be looked upon by succeeding generations as good . The days , like white - winged messengers ...
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... hand . The flowers have bloomed , and given their beauty to please and encour- age us ; the birds have given forth their notes of love and sweetness upon the air to entertain us , and turn our thoughts towards Him , who sitteth upon the ...
... hand . The flowers have bloomed , and given their beauty to please and encour- age us ; the birds have given forth their notes of love and sweetness upon the air to entertain us , and turn our thoughts towards Him , who sitteth upon the ...
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... hands with him . He had become " bound to him by a double tie . " The constitution of the Grand Lodge of Ohio de- clares of the Grand Master that it is his prerogative to make Masons at sight , and for this purpose he may summon to his ...
... hands with him . He had become " bound to him by a double tie . " The constitution of the Grand Lodge of Ohio de- clares of the Grand Master that it is his prerogative to make Masons at sight , and for this purpose he may summon to his ...
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... hands of Illustrious Brother Irv- ing W. Pratt , 33rd Degree Active Inspector - General for Oregon , in 1894. He was much loved by the brethren of his state . B South Carolina - John R. Bellinger ( Past Grand Master FREE AND ACCEPTED ...
... hands of Illustrious Brother Irv- ing W. Pratt , 33rd Degree Active Inspector - General for Oregon , in 1894. He was much loved by the brethren of his state . B South Carolina - John R. Bellinger ( Past Grand Master FREE AND ACCEPTED ...
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... hands that nothing could possibly be gained by our spending the time and money to make an official visit . CLOSING . Brethren of the Grand Lodge : When one year ago you placed within my hands the golden gavel , the emblem of authority ...
... hands that nothing could possibly be gained by our spending the time and money to make an official visit . CLOSING . Brethren of the Grand Lodge : When one year ago you placed within my hands the golden gavel , the emblem of authority ...
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Accepted Masons adopted by Grand annual communication April Battle Creek Bay City Board Boyne City brethren Charles charter Chas Committee on Jurisprudence communication was held corner-stone Craft dedication Deputy Grand Master Detroit Died dimit dispensation elected Grand Master foreign correspondence forms the frontispiece Frank Fraternally submitted Free and Accepted Freemasonry Freemasons fund George Grand Body Grand Jurisdiction Grand Lecturer Grand Lodge Grand Lodge officers Grand Orient Grand Rapids Grand Secre Grand Treasurer Harbor Springs Henry Herbert Montague honor Ionia James John July June Junior Grand Lake Lodge of Free Lodge of Michigan M. W. Brother M. W. Grand Master Mancelona March Masonic Temple Masonry membership Michigan Middleville Owosso Past Grand Master Port Huron present presiding proceedings recommend Reed City Rowson Saginaw Sect'y Sept Star tion Traverse City Tuesday Wednesday Western Australia William Winsor Worshipful Grand Lodge
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Page 212 - Be strong! We are not here to play — to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle — face it; 'tis God's gift.
Page 188 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 217 - And a chill has fallen on faith. For life is all too short, dear. And sorrow is all too great. To suffer our slow compassion That tarries until too late; And it isn't the thing you do, dear. It's the thing you leave undone Which gives you a bit of a heartache At the setting of the sun.
Page 189 - Book of the Law is to the speculative Mason his spiritual trestleboard; without this he cannot labor; whatever he believes to be the revealed will of the Grand Architect constitutes for him this spiritual trestle-board, and must ever be before him in his hours of speculative labor, to be the rule and guide of his conduct. The Landmark, therefore, requires that a Book of the Law...
Page 228 - The age wants heroes — heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth ; To clutch the monster error by the throat ; To bear opinion to a loftier seat ; To blot the era of oppression out, And lead a universal freedom in.
Page 86 - Public in and for said county, personally appeared known to me to be the persons named in and who executed the foregoing Instrument and severally acknowledged that they executed the same freely and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned.
Page 110 - MUSIC Is that elevated science which affects the passions by sound. There are few who have not felt its charms, and acknowledged its expressions to be intelligible to the heart. It is a language of delightful sensations, far more eloquent than words; it breathes to the ear the clearest intimations ; it touches and gently agitates the agreea.ble and sublime passions ; it wraps us in melancholy, and elevates us in joy; it dissolves and inflames; it melts us in tenderness, and excites us to war.
Page 144 - Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Page 28 - We herewith attach to this report, and make a part thereof, a synopsis of all the information we have received. We therefore offer the following resolution and recommend its adoption: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Lodge that the several lodges now working under charters from this Grand Lodge, should take immediate steps to organize a Grand Lodge of Masons for the territory of the Philippine Islands.
Page 189 - Book of the law, because it is not absolutely required that everywhere the Old and New Testaments shall be used. The 'Book of the Law ' is that volume which, by the religion of the country, is believed to contain the revealed will of the Grand Architect of the Universe. Hence, in...