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Masonic Dates

The ordinary Calendar, or vulgar era, is not generally used by freemasons in dating their official documents. They have one peculiar to themselves, differing according to their various Rites.       ANCIENT CRAFT MASONS in all parts of the … Continue reading

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Snapshot of a General, Patriot and Traitor

One of America’s greatest generals for capturing Fort Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen and leading the charge at Saratoga, he felt unappreciated. In 1761 Benedict Arnold had opened a general store in New Haven, CT.  With the sale of family property … Continue reading

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The Threshing-Floor

This article has been republished with permission of the author.  Visit http://buildinghiram.blogspot.com/ for similar articles. A House Built upon sand shall neither stand well nor stand long.(1) — Dr. John S. Nagy Summary: King Solomon’s choice of location to Build his Temple upon … Continue reading

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Temperance =/= Prohibition

By the Rev. Dr. Mark D. Isaacs, Charles Harry Copestake AMD Council, No. 69 March 1, 2014 Moderation in all things.”[1] “Learn to subdue your passions and improve yourself in Freemasonry.”   The recent ignominious needle-still-in-the-arm heroin death of the … Continue reading

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The Lost Colony

Presented by VSM Martin W. Leukhardt March 1, 2014 Charles Harry Copestake Council 69 AMD During visit to Rosslyn Chapel, its carvings allegedly secret messages. I looked for three things: Stone carving of Templar Initiation: Kneeling Initiate holding Bible, with … Continue reading

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To Relieve the Distressed is a Duty Incumbent On All

To relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on all, but particularly on Masons, who are linked together buy an indissoluble chain of sincere affection. To soothe the unhappy, to sympathize with their misfortunes, to compassionate their miseries and restore … Continue reading

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To Sympathize

Author Unknown “To relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on all, but particularly on Masons, who are linked together buy an indissoluble chain of sincere affection. To soothe the unhappy, to sympathize with their misfortunes, to compassionate their miseries … Continue reading

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DIFFERENT KINDS OF MASONS

Old Tyler Talks by Carl Claudy “I’m almost through!” The New Brother displayed a sheaf of cards to the Old Tiler. “Soon I will have joined them all and become every kind of Mason there is.” “What do you know … Continue reading

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On Transience

Not really a Masonic post but appropriate. By Sigmund Freud Translation by James Strachey Not long ago I went on a summer walk through a smiling countryside in the company of a taciturn friend and of a young but already … Continue reading

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WE WORK IN SPECULATIVE MASONRY

Our title is readily identified as part of the Middle Chamber lecture. This statement is intended to put the candidate “in tune” for the series of instructive and philosophical discourses he is about to hear. It contrasts the kind of … Continue reading

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