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THE BLOCKS . On such a solid fcase . On such a sacred place , Built om ^ WWith time defying vvalls , Behold our Temple ^ and com e view our shrin e ,
Each on its broadside graven Displays some mighty name : Daily is ca , ird in heaven TO All ages , lands , have yielded
Their honour'd ones to prop A glorious superstructure , Aiict bear our Temple tip .
The mind would faint and fail The multitudes to tell , Of all the ashlars that are h ^ They ^ re cull'd from every clime , Through long revolving time , And each bears feken of a master thought .
Each bears th impress of man , Such was the wondrous plan , Of man in body , mind and soul complete ; Each fills the fitting place Of wisdom , strength , and grace , By the Grand Master designate and meet . # * # *
Serious Truths
SERIOUS TRUTHS
From an Address of Bro . P . A . Holt , Grand Master of North Carolina . In the depressing influences which have pervaded all departments of business , we have seen so many instances of the injudicious policy of multiplying Lodges , that we must again bring it to your consideration , though mentioned in our last annual communication . Sometimes two or more
Lodges will spring up in a community , under the propulsive effort of Masonic excitement , which is barely able to sustain one permanently . A system of proselytizing next ensues , which ends , too often , by disgusting and driving off the observing portion of those whose accession would form valuable acquisitions to the Order ; involving questions of perplexing difficulty as to which Lodge is entitled to a petitioner , unpleasant feelings are engendered among the Brethren themselves , which are finally determined by the premature decay and extinction of "the contesting Lodges ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Tp Mils Gp ^
THE BLOCKS . On such a solid fcase . On such a sacred place , Built om ^ WWith time defying vvalls , Behold our Temple ^ and com e view our shrin e ,
Each on its broadside graven Displays some mighty name : Daily is ca , ird in heaven TO All ages , lands , have yielded
Their honour'd ones to prop A glorious superstructure , Aiict bear our Temple tip .
The mind would faint and fail The multitudes to tell , Of all the ashlars that are h ^ They ^ re cull'd from every clime , Through long revolving time , And each bears feken of a master thought .
Each bears th impress of man , Such was the wondrous plan , Of man in body , mind and soul complete ; Each fills the fitting place Of wisdom , strength , and grace , By the Grand Master designate and meet . # * # *
Serious Truths
SERIOUS TRUTHS
From an Address of Bro . P . A . Holt , Grand Master of North Carolina . In the depressing influences which have pervaded all departments of business , we have seen so many instances of the injudicious policy of multiplying Lodges , that we must again bring it to your consideration , though mentioned in our last annual communication . Sometimes two or more
Lodges will spring up in a community , under the propulsive effort of Masonic excitement , which is barely able to sustain one permanently . A system of proselytizing next ensues , which ends , too often , by disgusting and driving off the observing portion of those whose accession would form valuable acquisitions to the Order ; involving questions of perplexing difficulty as to which Lodge is entitled to a petitioner , unpleasant feelings are engendered among the Brethren themselves , which are finally determined by the premature decay and extinction of "the contesting Lodges ,