Business and Events:
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 6:00 P.M.
Instead of practice, we will go to Saints
John #931 in Anniston to assist them in conferring a
Master Mason Degree. A meal will be served at 6:00 pm with the work to follow.
Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
To
receive applications for the Degrees and Affiliation, reports of committees,
hear the report of the
previous communication, act on all bills that may be properly presented, and any
other business that
may regularly come before the Lodge.
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
The Calhoun County Masonic Conference Degree Team
will assist Caldwell #502 (Heflin) in conferring
the Master Mason Degree. A meal will be served at 6:00 pm with the work to
follow.
Monday, March 12, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
We will practice work in the Entered
Apprentice or the Fellow Craft Degree.
Monday, March 19, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
To
receive applications for the Degrees and Affiliation, reports of committees,
hear the report of the
previous communication, act on all bills that may be properly presented, and any
other business that
may regularly come before the Lodge.
Monday, March 26, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
We will practice work in the Entered
Apprentice or the Fellow Craft Degree.
Monday, April 2, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
To
receive applications for the Degrees and Affiliation, reports of committees,
hear the report of the
previous communication, act on all bills that may be properly presented, and any
other business that
may regularly come before the Lodge.
Monday, April 9, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
We will practice work in the Entered
Apprentice or the Fellow Craft Degree.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.
Lozahatchee #97 will host
the Calhoun County Masonic Conference Degree Team Practice on the Second Section
of the Master Mason Degree. Brothers Richard "Rusty" Beck and Lane Weatherbee shall
be in charge
of the operation with the assistance of any other lecturers or certified trainers
available.
Only Master Masons are to be included due to the program subject matter.
Sickness and Distress:
Please keep Brothers Butch Cross, Ricky Kilgore, Sonny Clay
and Thurman Waters
in your thoughts and prayers.
If you know of any
Brother in sickness or distress, please let us know.
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From The East:
When Is A Man A Mason?
When he can look out over the rivers, the hills, and the
far horizon with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of
things, and yet have faith, hope,
and courage -- which is the root of every virtue.
When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble, as vile, as divine,
as diabolic, and as lonely as himself, and seeks to know,
to forgive, and to love his fellowman.
When he knows how to sympathize with men in their sorrows, yea, even in their
sins -- knowing that each man fights a hard fight against many odds.
When he has learned how to make friends and to keep them, and above all how to
keep friends with himself.
When he loves flowers, can hunt birds without a gun, and
feels the thrill of an old forgotten joy when he hears the laugh of a little
child.
When he can be happy and high-minded amid the meaner
drudgeries of life.
When star-crowned trees and the glint of sunlight on
flowing waters subdue him like the thought of one much loved and long dead.
When no voice of distress reaches his ear in vain, and no
hand seeks aid without response.
When he finds good in every faith that helps any man to
lay hold of divine things and sees majestic meanings in life, whatever the name
of that faith may be.
When he can look into a wayside puddle and see something
beyond mud, and into the face of the most forlorn fellow mortal and see
something beyond sin.
When he knows how to pray, how to love, how to hope.
When he has kept faith with himself, with his fellowman,
and with his God; in his hand a sword for evil, in his heart a bit of a song --
glad to live, but not afraid to die!
Such a man has found the only real secret of Masonry, and
the one which it is trying to give to all the world.
by Reverend Joseph Fort Newton,
Grand Chaplin
Grand Lodge of Iowa, 1911-1913
