MASONIC PAPERS
{an occasional offering}
Sacred Zoom
A learn'd Mason, frail and gray
Seeks out his chair at close of day
And as the light falls death to gloom
He lights the flame; the sacred Zoom.
The labours of the day fast spent
Anticipates the great event
He sits in raptures nightly seen
To join his brethren on the screen.
Beloved by some, by others cursed
The crowding darkness now dispersed
With flickering light about the room
He waits the glow of sacred Zoom.
His trembling hand now kneads the code
That sends him down that 'streaming road'
The saving numbers entered right
Ah, now the password for the night.
With hundreds more he'll sit in line
With bated breath he 'waits the sign
The growing text ignites his grin
"The host will shortly let you in."
For those of you who sit alone
In red or yellow Covid zone
Fear not the plague, fear not your doom
Masonic meetings now re-Zoom.
Oh ye who seldom seeks the call
But once or twice, or not at all
Relieve your angst, give up your fright
And join the sacred Zoom tonight.
-- R. W. Bro. Bob Keay
March 15 2021
[source unknown]
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George Washington's Rules of Civility
Washington copied a section of Francis Hawkins' 1661 book Youth's Behavior, Or, Decencie in Conversation Among Men. IT consists of 110 guidelines for maintaining friendly and respectful relations among people.
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1. Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.
2. When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered.
3. Show nothing to your friend that may affright him.
4. In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.
5. If you cough, sneeze, sigh, or yawn, do it not loud but privately; and speak not in your yawning, but put your handkerchief or hand before your face and turn aside.
6. Sleep not when others speak, Sit not when others stand, Speak not when you should hold your peace, Walk not when others stop.
7. Put not off your clothes in the presence of others, nor go to your chamber half dressed.
8. At play and at fire, it's good manners to give place to the last comer, and affect not to speak louder than ordinary.
9. Sit not in the fire, nor stoop low before it, neither put your hand into the flames to warm them, nor set your feet upon the fire especially if there be meat before it.
10. When you sit down, keep your feet firm and even, without putting one on the other or crossing them.
11. Shift not yourself in the Sight of others nor gnaw your nails.
12. Shake not your head, feet, or legs, roll not the eyes, lift not one eyebrow higher than the other, wry not your mouth, and bedew no man's face with your spittle, by approaching too near when you speak.
13. Kill no vermin as fleas, lice, ticks, etc., in the sight of others. If you see any filth or thick spittle put your foot dexterously upon it. If it be upon the cloths of your companions, put it off privately, and it be upon your own cloths, return thanks to him who puts it off.
14. Turn not your back to others especially in speaking, jog not the table or desk on which another reads or write, lean not upon one.
15. Keep your nails clean and short, also your hands and teeth clean, yet without showing and great concern for them.
A learn'd Mason, frail and gray
Seeks out his chair at close of day
And as the light falls death to gloom
He lights the flame; the sacred Zoom.
The labours of the day fast spent
Anticipates the great event
He sits in raptures nightly seen
To join his brethren on the screen.
Beloved by some, by others cursed
The crowding darkness now dispersed
With flickering light about the room
He waits the glow of sacred Zoom.
His trembling hand now kneads the code
That sends him down that 'streaming road'
The saving numbers entered right
Ah, now the password for the night.
With hundreds more he'll sit in line
With bated breath he 'waits the sign
The growing text ignites his grin
"The host will shortly let you in."
For those of you who sit alone
In red or yellow Covid zone
Fear not the plague, fear not your doom
Masonic meetings now re-Zoom.
Oh ye who seldom seeks the call
But once or twice, or not at all
Relieve your angst, give up your fright
And join the sacred Zoom tonight.
-- R. W. Bro. Bob Keay
March 15 2021
[source unknown]
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George Washington's Rules of Civility
Washington copied a section of Francis Hawkins' 1661 book Youth's Behavior, Or, Decencie in Conversation Among Men. IT consists of 110 guidelines for maintaining friendly and respectful relations among people.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
1. Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.
2. When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered.
3. Show nothing to your friend that may affright him.
4. In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.
5. If you cough, sneeze, sigh, or yawn, do it not loud but privately; and speak not in your yawning, but put your handkerchief or hand before your face and turn aside.
6. Sleep not when others speak, Sit not when others stand, Speak not when you should hold your peace, Walk not when others stop.
7. Put not off your clothes in the presence of others, nor go to your chamber half dressed.
8. At play and at fire, it's good manners to give place to the last comer, and affect not to speak louder than ordinary.
9. Sit not in the fire, nor stoop low before it, neither put your hand into the flames to warm them, nor set your feet upon the fire especially if there be meat before it.
10. When you sit down, keep your feet firm and even, without putting one on the other or crossing them.
11. Shift not yourself in the Sight of others nor gnaw your nails.
12. Shake not your head, feet, or legs, roll not the eyes, lift not one eyebrow higher than the other, wry not your mouth, and bedew no man's face with your spittle, by approaching too near when you speak.
13. Kill no vermin as fleas, lice, ticks, etc., in the sight of others. If you see any filth or thick spittle put your foot dexterously upon it. If it be upon the cloths of your companions, put it off privately, and it be upon your own cloths, return thanks to him who puts it off.
14. Turn not your back to others especially in speaking, jog not the table or desk on which another reads or write, lean not upon one.
15. Keep your nails clean and short, also your hands and teeth clean, yet without showing and great concern for them.
In Morocco -- Did you know that the GL of Manitoba once chartered a lodge in Morocco? Read this excerpt from Freemasonry in Manitoba 1864-1925 by William Douglas
Whence We Came--B. Gross. A personal investigation into Masonic history by our Grand Historian.
Do You Have a Degree? A humorous story.
What is Masonry -- by William Douglas, PGM
A Masonic Christmas Poem
Historical Outline of Glenwood Lodge [1959] by M. W. Bro. G. A. McMorran
Hidden in Plain Sight is an interesting paper from the Midwest Historic Masonic Lodge Association Inc. out of Wichita, Kansas.
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Proceedings 1875.
Only page 1, but more will come.
Whence We Came--B. Gross. A personal investigation into Masonic history by our Grand Historian.
Do You Have a Degree? A humorous story.
What is Masonry -- by William Douglas, PGM
A Masonic Christmas Poem
Historical Outline of Glenwood Lodge [1959] by M. W. Bro. G. A. McMorran
Hidden in Plain Sight is an interesting paper from the Midwest Historic Masonic Lodge Association Inc. out of Wichita, Kansas.
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Proceedings 1875.
Only page 1, but more will come.
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Symbolism in the Consecration Ceremony
Explores the ceremony of the consecration of a Lodge. Enabling Power of Fellowship / R.W. Bro. Tim McIsaacs. The Short Talk Competition winner for 2015. |
View of the Origin, Objects and Utility of Free-Masonry
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