Masons in France
Masonic Matters
July 27, 2002
To the world you’re just one person, but to one person you just might be the world – Elwood P. Dowd
This publication is printed with the permission of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota.
Dear Brother,
I bring you greetings from Most Worshipful Brother Terry L. Tilton, Grand Master of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota, all of the Grand Lodge officers elected and appointed of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, as well as from all of the Masons in the Northeast Area of Minnesota.
Regarding the quote above here is something that you might find interesting, it came to me as an e-mail from a friend.
At least 5 people in the world love you so much they would die for you.
At least 15 people in the world love you in some way.
A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone.
Every night someone thinks about you before they go to sleep.
You mean the world to someone.
If not for you, someone may not be living.
Someone that you don’t know even exists loves you.
“Faith, Hope and Charity and the greatest of these is Charity.” In the King James translation the word is Charity, in newer translations it is Love, in the Bible Charity means Love. If we were to change the word from Charity to Love it might put a whole new and more accurate meaning to out ritual.
I was going through the book “centennium,” which was written for the 100th anniversary of the Grand Lodge Of Minnesota and I came across an article about the Great War, (World War One as it came to be known later,) and about French Masons.
The article says “during and shortly after the close of the war the noble work of the French Masons came to the attention of Grand Master [William Nassau] Kendrick, [by the way, his official photograph in the centennial book is one where he is wearing the uniform of a United States Soldier.] The Fraternal courtesies shown and the assistance given the Masons in the United States Army placed us under an everlasting obligation to Masonry in France. They have done for us the things we should and would like to have done for ourselves. Although three-fourths of the Masons of France were in the army the rest carried on with limited resources and did the best they could. They maintained a Masonic Center in Paris for the convenience and benefit of the Masons in the allied armies. They sent two packages each month to Masons known to be prisoners of war. This was done through a neutral agency under the direction of a Mason in Switzerland. They were continually at work in the military hospitals. The Lodges in the Provinces had undertaken the work of rehabilitation among the families of soldiers who would not return.”
“As soon as these things became known to the Grand Master he drew on the emergency fund and sent an initial remittance of $1,500. to the French Grand Secretary, Albert Platel, not knowing he had already fallen on the battlefield in defense of his country.”
“These things brought about the restoration of our Fraternal relations with the Grand Orient of France. [Later those relations ended] It could be plainly seen that no matter what expressions of principles were contained in their constitutions and no matter whether their obligations were taken upon the Book of Constitutions and not upon the Holy Bible the fundamental principles of Freemasons were still there. It was clear that the Body of Masonry in France had not changed and that their principles were, as always, the same as ours.”
It, “Centennium,” goes on to say; the Grand Orient has always maintained the change to using the book of constitutions was not an innovation in Masonry, but rather a reversion, (Going Back,) to the Book of Constitutions adopted by the Grand Lodge of England in 1723, which says; “A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law and if he rightly understands the art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country or nation, whatever it was, yet it is now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves.”
I also found a statement that until 1760, when William Preston proposed to make the Holy Bible one of the Three Great Lights, the obligations in English Lodges were taken on the Book of Constitutions, but that is not correct. In another book I found a statement that as far as can be traced the Bible was one of the Three Great Lights, and in Coil’s it says that William Preston was the second initiate of Lodge # 111 [in 1762] under the Grand Lodge of England, which met at the “White Hart” tavern in the Strand. Although William Preston’s father was also named William he lived in Scotland, so we can safely presume that the story about 1760 is wrong, since as mentioned above Preston was not made a mason until 1762.
It’s interesting to note that Coil’s also says; “it was about this year [1730] that the Bible was first mentioned as a part of the furniture of the Lodge, and in 1745 was the first reference to the Bible as a “Great Light.”
In yet another place I found a statement that the Grand Orient replaced the Bible on the altar, (this was done in 1877,) to emphasize the Masonic principles of universality and its adherence to the doctrine of the separation of church and state.
By the way the Grand Lodge of France, and the National Grand Lodge of France still retain the Bible on their Altars.
So why is the Holy Bible open on the Altar when the Lodge is open? The Bible is the Great Light in Masonry and when it is open on the Altar it indicates the Lodge is not in darkness, and that its contents are there for all to read, study, and to use as a rule and guide to their conduct.
Not long ago I had the privilege and pleasure of spending some time with Most Worshipful Brother Joseph Seltzer at his home in the Twin Cities. M.W. Brother Joe is 98 years old, he was Grand Master of Masons in Minnesota in 1967, I learned quite a bit from him about the history of our Grand Lodge and I plan to pass some of it on to you as time goes by.
One of the things that M.W. Brother Joe shared with me when we visited was about the United Grand Lodge of England. In his year as Grand Master it was his privilege to represent the Masons of Minnesota at the 250th Anniversary of the Premier Grand Lodge founded in 1717.
M.W. Brother Joe mentioned that this was the biggest Anniversary Celebration held, and possibly the only one held on the 50 year segments of time in the 250 years since 1717. On the 50th Anniversary in 1767 conflict with the American Colonies was happening, 50 years later on the 100th Anniversary the war with the United States in the War of 1812, which ended in 1815, might have put a damper on an Anniversary celebration where some representatives of a Grand Lodge from the United States might have attended. 50 years later, from 1862 the War Between the States, (the American Civil War,) had begun and ended in 1865 so with the reconstruction period lasting into 1867 and beyond it would have been difficult for a Grand Lodge of the United States to send it’s Grand Master to an Anniversary Celebration in the United Kingdom. 50 Years Later in 1917 the Great War, the war to end all wars, had begun. This later came to be called World War One, but in the early part of the last century it was just called the Great War, in 1940 when another Great War had begun and was named World War Two, then the First Great War came to be called World War One. Well then 50 years later in 1967 there was a 250th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the Premier Grand Lodge of England.
So it was that on June 27, 1967 our then Grand Master Joseph L. Seltzer was present for the installation of H.R.H., the Duke of Kent, as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England. The installation took place at the Royal Albert Hall, and there were about 7,000 Masons present, of which there were 89 sitting Grand Masters from various Grand Jurisdictions, all in their Aprons.
M.W. Brother Joe presented a Pipestone Peace pipe to the Grand Master on behalf of the Masons of Minnesota. This was a gift to the United Grand Lodge and the Grand Master that was a unique, and meaningful gift. Unique in that the Pipestone Peace pipe, was hand made for the occasion by a Native American in Pipestone, Minnesota for M.W. Brother Joe to present to the Grand Master, and meaningful in that as far as we Masons here in Minnesota are concerned it represented peace between our two Nations and Grand Lodges.
So if you are fortunate enough to be able to travel to the United Kingdom and can visit the Masonic Museum there in London, look for the Peace pipe presented by Brother Joe. It’s there proudly displayed.
M.W. Brother Seltzer has been a Mason for over 72 years, he has been active in Masonry for all of those years and even at his age now he is still involved with Masonry and is a tremendous booster of the Masonic Home and still is involved with raising funds for it. With all of his Masonic activities Most Worshipful Brother Joe has this to say about Masonry: “ I can never do for Masonry what Masonry has done for me.”
As I mentioned M.W. Brother Joe is and has been involved actively with Masonry for all of his 72 Years in the Craft. For instance, in 1991 Past Grand Master Joe along with W.B. John Hendrickson, Past Junior Grand Warden, established a Rose Garden at the Minnesota Masonic Home. As of May 2001 there were 72 Roses in the Garden, which were placed there by donations of $500 or more from individuals to honor, or as a memorial, a friend or family member. The rose fund in May of 2001 was up to $109,000. Our Two Brothers established this garden because they believed then and now “that family and friends should enjoy their roses and hear their applause while they are able to do so.”
“A Masonic Home’s Rose can capture the heart of the recipient and create a lasting memory.”
Thank you Brothers Joe and John for doing this for the Masonic Home in Minnesota and for Minnesota Masons and their families.
Individuals who would like to honor a family member, or an entire family, a friend or a couple, or an organization such as a Lodge or Chapter may send the names of their honoree (s) to: Minnesota Masonic Homes, 11501 Masonic Home Drive, Bloomington, MN 55437, Attention Resources Department. Gifts of $500 are encouraged. For further information about the Garden call the Resources Department at 952-948-6212, or at the Masonic Home web site at: http://www.mnmasonichomes.org
I would also like to remind you to look at the web site of the Minnesota Grand Lodge, it is a good site and it will be updated soon to make it even better. So if you would like to see some fine Masonic information check out
http://www.mn-mason.org
Looking back in the history of the Minnesota Grand Lodge in this our 150th year I found a small piece in the book “Centennium” about the Great Hinckley Fire. Now Hinckley is a town that is 20 miles from where I live, and this fire that took so many lives and destroyed so many square miles of forest, towns, and homes happened in 1894.
There was a Masonic Lodge in Hinckley, called Hinckley Lodge # 278, Chartered January 23, 1913 it gave up its charter and consolidated with Jasper Lodge # 164 on July 31, 1999. I mention this for a couple of Reasons. Jasper Lodge is an old Lodge and the Lodge that agreed to have other Lodges formed in its jurisdiction many years ago. My home Lodge, Mora Lodge #223 was such a Lodge, as was the Lodge in Braham, Pine City, and Hinckley. When Masons in these locations wanted to form a Masonic Lodge and they petitioned the Minnesota Grand Lodge for a charter, Jasper Lodge #164 was asked to present it and to vote as to whether they would agree since it was in their jurisdiction at the time. Jasper Lodge did approve of the dispensation for these new Lodges over the years and also did what they could to help them to get going.
The book Centennium says: “One of the greatest calamities to the people of any community befell the people of Hinckley in the summer of 1894. The great forest fire, which swept over the northern part of the state caused great loss of life and enormous destruction of property. There was no Lodge at Hinckley at the time but some members of the Fraternity resided there and lost all their property and barely escaped with their lives. Jasper Lodge at Rush City came to their rescue with help and relief insofar as it was possible with money and kind hands to do so. The Grand Lodge commended the Masons of Rush City for the assistance and relief given to the unfortunate victims of the disaster.”
Here is something you might be able to use if you, or your Lodge, would give a Bible to the newly Raised Master Mason. This Comes from our Worshipful Brother Harley Johnson, Grand Lodge District Representative from District #1 of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota.
“ My Brother, tonight you have been raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason. You have been taught how to use the working tools of a Master Mason, learning from the entered apprentice, to Fellow Craft, and now that of a Master of the work.
You were given a White Lambskin Apron, and informed of it’s meaning, antiquity, and honor. You were informed that as stains brought recognition to our ancient Brothers, you were to keep it spotless before God and man, while at no time were you informed as to how this was to be done. You were shown all the tools to do your work, you learned how our ancient Brethren used them, and how we are to use those same tools in a symbolic way, yet you were never told how to do that very thing.
As you took your degrees, you placed your hands on that Bible open before you. Then shown how the major tools of our degrees unfolded before you, as the points of the compass were moved from covered to bare, teaching how you were moving forward in your Masonic knowledge and wisdom. Yet, where is the guide to keep you moving forward? It is in your hand! This Masonic Bible is our last gift to you for your work to become a Master Mason. While the first was that White Lambskin Apron, this you were to present to our Supreme Architect when you are called before his throne at the end of your labor here on earth.
This Bible, which you now hold has all the directions you will ever need or desire, it is the Rule and Guide to all your future actions. It teaches you how to work good, not evil in your dealings with your fellow man. It teaches you how o love your wife and children. Yet most importantly, it teaches you death will come to all, and how you must react to that final chapter in your life.
You will see that in all well governed Lodges the Altar Bible is the first opened and the last closed. It is opened with the light upon it and closed before the light is extinguished, as your life must be. For when you read in the book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse’s 1 through 7 it begins; “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,” for with youth comes age, then wisdom, and then the dust from which we came and to which we return. Leaving the buildings of Truth, Brotherly Love, and Hope of the future.
May this Bible be worn and tattered when you stand before the Great White Throne, and hear “Well Done,” take it and may you go with God.”
“Lux Fiat et Lux Fit” = Latin = “Let there be light, and there was light.”
If you like Masonic Matters Please recommend it to you fellow Masons.
With Brotherly Love,
Ed Halpaus, Grand Lodge Area Deputy – Northeast Minnesota
July 27, 2002
To the world you’re just one person, but to one person you just might be the world – Elwood P. Dowd
This publication is printed with the permission of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota.
Dear Brother,
I bring you greetings from Most Worshipful Brother Terry L. Tilton, Grand Master of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota, all of the Grand Lodge officers elected and appointed of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, as well as from all of the Masons in the Northeast Area of Minnesota.
Regarding the quote above here is something that you might find interesting, it came to me as an e-mail from a friend.
At least 5 people in the world love you so much they would die for you.
At least 15 people in the world love you in some way.
A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone.
Every night someone thinks about you before they go to sleep.
You mean the world to someone.
If not for you, someone may not be living.
Someone that you don’t know even exists loves you.
“Faith, Hope and Charity and the greatest of these is Charity.” In the King James translation the word is Charity, in newer translations it is Love, in the Bible Charity means Love. If we were to change the word from Charity to Love it might put a whole new and more accurate meaning to out ritual.
I was going through the book “centennium,” which was written for the 100th anniversary of the Grand Lodge Of Minnesota and I came across an article about the Great War, (World War One as it came to be known later,) and about French Masons.
The article says “during and shortly after the close of the war the noble work of the French Masons came to the attention of Grand Master [William Nassau] Kendrick, [by the way, his official photograph in the centennial book is one where he is wearing the uniform of a United States Soldier.] The Fraternal courtesies shown and the assistance given the Masons in the United States Army placed us under an everlasting obligation to Masonry in France. They have done for us the things we should and would like to have done for ourselves. Although three-fourths of the Masons of France were in the army the rest carried on with limited resources and did the best they could. They maintained a Masonic Center in Paris for the convenience and benefit of the Masons in the allied armies. They sent two packages each month to Masons known to be prisoners of war. This was done through a neutral agency under the direction of a Mason in Switzerland. They were continually at work in the military hospitals. The Lodges in the Provinces had undertaken the work of rehabilitation among the families of soldiers who would not return.”
“As soon as these things became known to the Grand Master he drew on the emergency fund and sent an initial remittance of $1,500. to the French Grand Secretary, Albert Platel, not knowing he had already fallen on the battlefield in defense of his country.”
“These things brought about the restoration of our Fraternal relations with the Grand Orient of France. [Later those relations ended] It could be plainly seen that no matter what expressions of principles were contained in their constitutions and no matter whether their obligations were taken upon the Book of Constitutions and not upon the Holy Bible the fundamental principles of Freemasons were still there. It was clear that the Body of Masonry in France had not changed and that their principles were, as always, the same as ours.”
It, “Centennium,” goes on to say; the Grand Orient has always maintained the change to using the book of constitutions was not an innovation in Masonry, but rather a reversion, (Going Back,) to the Book of Constitutions adopted by the Grand Lodge of England in 1723, which says; “A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law and if he rightly understands the art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country or nation, whatever it was, yet it is now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves.”
I also found a statement that until 1760, when William Preston proposed to make the Holy Bible one of the Three Great Lights, the obligations in English Lodges were taken on the Book of Constitutions, but that is not correct. In another book I found a statement that as far as can be traced the Bible was one of the Three Great Lights, and in Coil’s it says that William Preston was the second initiate of Lodge # 111 [in 1762] under the Grand Lodge of England, which met at the “White Hart” tavern in the Strand. Although William Preston’s father was also named William he lived in Scotland, so we can safely presume that the story about 1760 is wrong, since as mentioned above Preston was not made a mason until 1762.
It’s interesting to note that Coil’s also says; “it was about this year [1730] that the Bible was first mentioned as a part of the furniture of the Lodge, and in 1745 was the first reference to the Bible as a “Great Light.”
In yet another place I found a statement that the Grand Orient replaced the Bible on the altar, (this was done in 1877,) to emphasize the Masonic principles of universality and its adherence to the doctrine of the separation of church and state.
By the way the Grand Lodge of France, and the National Grand Lodge of France still retain the Bible on their Altars.
So why is the Holy Bible open on the Altar when the Lodge is open? The Bible is the Great Light in Masonry and when it is open on the Altar it indicates the Lodge is not in darkness, and that its contents are there for all to read, study, and to use as a rule and guide to their conduct.
Not long ago I had the privilege and pleasure of spending some time with Most Worshipful Brother Joseph Seltzer at his home in the Twin Cities. M.W. Brother Joe is 98 years old, he was Grand Master of Masons in Minnesota in 1967, I learned quite a bit from him about the history of our Grand Lodge and I plan to pass some of it on to you as time goes by.
One of the things that M.W. Brother Joe shared with me when we visited was about the United Grand Lodge of England. In his year as Grand Master it was his privilege to represent the Masons of Minnesota at the 250th Anniversary of the Premier Grand Lodge founded in 1717.
M.W. Brother Joe mentioned that this was the biggest Anniversary Celebration held, and possibly the only one held on the 50 year segments of time in the 250 years since 1717. On the 50th Anniversary in 1767 conflict with the American Colonies was happening, 50 years later on the 100th Anniversary the war with the United States in the War of 1812, which ended in 1815, might have put a damper on an Anniversary celebration where some representatives of a Grand Lodge from the United States might have attended. 50 years later, from 1862 the War Between the States, (the American Civil War,) had begun and ended in 1865 so with the reconstruction period lasting into 1867 and beyond it would have been difficult for a Grand Lodge of the United States to send it’s Grand Master to an Anniversary Celebration in the United Kingdom. 50 Years Later in 1917 the Great War, the war to end all wars, had begun. This later came to be called World War One, but in the early part of the last century it was just called the Great War, in 1940 when another Great War had begun and was named World War Two, then the First Great War came to be called World War One. Well then 50 years later in 1967 there was a 250th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the Premier Grand Lodge of England.
So it was that on June 27, 1967 our then Grand Master Joseph L. Seltzer was present for the installation of H.R.H., the Duke of Kent, as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England. The installation took place at the Royal Albert Hall, and there were about 7,000 Masons present, of which there were 89 sitting Grand Masters from various Grand Jurisdictions, all in their Aprons.
M.W. Brother Joe presented a Pipestone Peace pipe to the Grand Master on behalf of the Masons of Minnesota. This was a gift to the United Grand Lodge and the Grand Master that was a unique, and meaningful gift. Unique in that the Pipestone Peace pipe, was hand made for the occasion by a Native American in Pipestone, Minnesota for M.W. Brother Joe to present to the Grand Master, and meaningful in that as far as we Masons here in Minnesota are concerned it represented peace between our two Nations and Grand Lodges.
So if you are fortunate enough to be able to travel to the United Kingdom and can visit the Masonic Museum there in London, look for the Peace pipe presented by Brother Joe. It’s there proudly displayed.
M.W. Brother Seltzer has been a Mason for over 72 years, he has been active in Masonry for all of those years and even at his age now he is still involved with Masonry and is a tremendous booster of the Masonic Home and still is involved with raising funds for it. With all of his Masonic activities Most Worshipful Brother Joe has this to say about Masonry: “ I can never do for Masonry what Masonry has done for me.”
As I mentioned M.W. Brother Joe is and has been involved actively with Masonry for all of his 72 Years in the Craft. For instance, in 1991 Past Grand Master Joe along with W.B. John Hendrickson, Past Junior Grand Warden, established a Rose Garden at the Minnesota Masonic Home. As of May 2001 there were 72 Roses in the Garden, which were placed there by donations of $500 or more from individuals to honor, or as a memorial, a friend or family member. The rose fund in May of 2001 was up to $109,000. Our Two Brothers established this garden because they believed then and now “that family and friends should enjoy their roses and hear their applause while they are able to do so.”
“A Masonic Home’s Rose can capture the heart of the recipient and create a lasting memory.”
Thank you Brothers Joe and John for doing this for the Masonic Home in Minnesota and for Minnesota Masons and their families.
Individuals who would like to honor a family member, or an entire family, a friend or a couple, or an organization such as a Lodge or Chapter may send the names of their honoree (s) to: Minnesota Masonic Homes, 11501 Masonic Home Drive, Bloomington, MN 55437, Attention Resources Department. Gifts of $500 are encouraged. For further information about the Garden call the Resources Department at 952-948-6212, or at the Masonic Home web site at: http://www.mnmasonichomes.org
I would also like to remind you to look at the web site of the Minnesota Grand Lodge, it is a good site and it will be updated soon to make it even better. So if you would like to see some fine Masonic information check out
http://www.mn-mason.org
Looking back in the history of the Minnesota Grand Lodge in this our 150th year I found a small piece in the book “Centennium” about the Great Hinckley Fire. Now Hinckley is a town that is 20 miles from where I live, and this fire that took so many lives and destroyed so many square miles of forest, towns, and homes happened in 1894.
There was a Masonic Lodge in Hinckley, called Hinckley Lodge # 278, Chartered January 23, 1913 it gave up its charter and consolidated with Jasper Lodge # 164 on July 31, 1999. I mention this for a couple of Reasons. Jasper Lodge is an old Lodge and the Lodge that agreed to have other Lodges formed in its jurisdiction many years ago. My home Lodge, Mora Lodge #223 was such a Lodge, as was the Lodge in Braham, Pine City, and Hinckley. When Masons in these locations wanted to form a Masonic Lodge and they petitioned the Minnesota Grand Lodge for a charter, Jasper Lodge #164 was asked to present it and to vote as to whether they would agree since it was in their jurisdiction at the time. Jasper Lodge did approve of the dispensation for these new Lodges over the years and also did what they could to help them to get going.
The book Centennium says: “One of the greatest calamities to the people of any community befell the people of Hinckley in the summer of 1894. The great forest fire, which swept over the northern part of the state caused great loss of life and enormous destruction of property. There was no Lodge at Hinckley at the time but some members of the Fraternity resided there and lost all their property and barely escaped with their lives. Jasper Lodge at Rush City came to their rescue with help and relief insofar as it was possible with money and kind hands to do so. The Grand Lodge commended the Masons of Rush City for the assistance and relief given to the unfortunate victims of the disaster.”
Here is something you might be able to use if you, or your Lodge, would give a Bible to the newly Raised Master Mason. This Comes from our Worshipful Brother Harley Johnson, Grand Lodge District Representative from District #1 of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota.
“ My Brother, tonight you have been raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason. You have been taught how to use the working tools of a Master Mason, learning from the entered apprentice, to Fellow Craft, and now that of a Master of the work.
You were given a White Lambskin Apron, and informed of it’s meaning, antiquity, and honor. You were informed that as stains brought recognition to our ancient Brothers, you were to keep it spotless before God and man, while at no time were you informed as to how this was to be done. You were shown all the tools to do your work, you learned how our ancient Brethren used them, and how we are to use those same tools in a symbolic way, yet you were never told how to do that very thing.
As you took your degrees, you placed your hands on that Bible open before you. Then shown how the major tools of our degrees unfolded before you, as the points of the compass were moved from covered to bare, teaching how you were moving forward in your Masonic knowledge and wisdom. Yet, where is the guide to keep you moving forward? It is in your hand! This Masonic Bible is our last gift to you for your work to become a Master Mason. While the first was that White Lambskin Apron, this you were to present to our Supreme Architect when you are called before his throne at the end of your labor here on earth.
This Bible, which you now hold has all the directions you will ever need or desire, it is the Rule and Guide to all your future actions. It teaches you how to work good, not evil in your dealings with your fellow man. It teaches you how o love your wife and children. Yet most importantly, it teaches you death will come to all, and how you must react to that final chapter in your life.
You will see that in all well governed Lodges the Altar Bible is the first opened and the last closed. It is opened with the light upon it and closed before the light is extinguished, as your life must be. For when you read in the book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse’s 1 through 7 it begins; “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,” for with youth comes age, then wisdom, and then the dust from which we came and to which we return. Leaving the buildings of Truth, Brotherly Love, and Hope of the future.
May this Bible be worn and tattered when you stand before the Great White Throne, and hear “Well Done,” take it and may you go with God.”
“Lux Fiat et Lux Fit” = Latin = “Let there be light, and there was light.”
If you like Masonic Matters Please recommend it to you fellow Masons.
With Brotherly Love,
Ed Halpaus, Grand Lodge Area Deputy – Northeast Minnesota
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