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And those who would like to 
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article is from the November 
2015, Southern California, 

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research, launched fraternal 
review Past Masters. 

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When a brother comes to the 
point at which he lays aside 

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responsibility of the mastership
of a lodge stepped down from his

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rulership and is added to the 
role of Past Masters. 

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He begins a period where he can 
leisurely view the position of 

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Master from a new angle. 
Previous to becoming an 

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installed Master. 
He was merely the aspirant for 

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the office, but having occupied 
the position of Master and be a 

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now relieved of its anxieties. 
He reflects on the position and 

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surveys the range of its 
influence, in a way he never 

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could. 
Before he then discovers, that 

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it is invested with traditions 
and Powers far in excess of what

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he had previously conceived. 
And that the unqualified 

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obedience loyalty and unfailing 
respect, shown him and the 

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special privileges extended to 
him during his rulership, we're 

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due to the position rather than 
To its occupant thus, having 

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completed his term as master and
passed, the Insignia on his 

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exalted position on to his 
successor. 

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He's now numbered with the Past 
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A kind of unofficial bodyguard 
with no specified duties 

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assigned to him. 
And yet with the understanding 

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that he must hold himself in 
Readiness, to answer any call 

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for assistance, that may reach 
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The extent to which Past Masters
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their personality and character 
and whether by counsel good 

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leadership and efficient 
Administration, they have one 

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confidence and esteem having 
themselves occupied. 

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The Masters chair, it is 
incumbent on them to uphold and 

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support the present master and 
to do all in their power to 

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radiate a healthy influence, and
Inspire the rank, and file of 

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the lodge with the spirit of 
Goodwill, their past experience 

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as Masters, and their 
accumulated, Masonic knowledge 

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should make them an invaluable 
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Past Masters, largely determine 
the character spirit and success

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of a lodge and its influence 
will depend much on their 

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experience and considered 
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Happy is the lodge which has a 
United band of loyal and devoted

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Past Masters. 
And this article is from Masonic

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information, for stated 
meetings, volume 1 page 16 by 

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Jack, Levitt, Grandmaster of 
California and Hawaii 1986 The 

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following article is from the 
June 1999, Scottish Rite Journal

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of Freemasonry, Southern 
jurisdiction, USA. 

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The old past Master 
understanding. 

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By Carl H clotty, 33rd degree, a
classic Masonic writing offers 

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insights for every age. 
I've been amazing for a year. 

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Now remarked, the young brother 
to the old past Master while I 

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find a great deal in masonry to 
enjoy and like the fellows and 

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all that I'm more or less in the
dark as to what good masonry 

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really is in the world. 
I don't mean I can't. 

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Preciate it's charity or his 
Fellowship, but it seems to me 

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that I don't get much out of it.
I can't really see why it has 

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any function outside of the 
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We enjoy in the lodge and the 
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We do I think I could win an 
argument about you smiled the 

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past master and argument about 
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Yes, you say you have been a 
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I think I could prove to the 
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peers who would not need to be 
Master Masons that while you are

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a lodge member in good standing,
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Mr. Mason I don't think I quite 
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mason, I was quite surely 
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I have my certificate in my good
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regularly, I do what work on the
side if that isn't being a 

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Master Mason. 
What is You have the body but 

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not the spirit returned to the 
old past Master you eat the 

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husks and disregard the colonel.
You know, the ritual and fail to

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understand its meaning you carry
the documents but for you they 

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attest but an empty form. 
You do not understand the first 

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underlying principle, which 
makes masonry the great for she 

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is and yet in spite of it, you 
enjoy her blessings, which is 

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one of her Miracles. 
A man may love and profit by 

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what he does not comprehend. 
I just don't understand you at 

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all. 
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I'm a good Mason. 
No man is a good Mason who 

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thinks the fraternity has no 
function Beyond Pleasant 

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Association in the lodge and 
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There are thousands of Mason's 
who seldom see, the inside of a 

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lodge and therefore missed the 
fellowship. 

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There are thousands who never 
need or support her charity. 

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And so never come in contact 
with one of his many features. 

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Yet these may take freely and 
largely from the Treasure House,

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which is masonry, masonry. 
My young friend is an 

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opportunity, it gives a man a 
chance to do, and to be among 

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the world of men, Something he 
otherwise could not attain no 

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man kneels at the altar of 
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The same man at the altar, 
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never to return his feelings of 
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Be he ever so selfish ever so 
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So much, an individualist at the
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Some of the dross of his purely 
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No man kneels at the altar of 
masonry and Rises the same, man,

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because in the place where the 
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little of the most Divine spark 
which men may see where was the 

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self-interest is put an interest
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Where was the egotism is? 
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you say that the fraternity has 
no function, man the fraternity 

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performs, a greatest function of
any institution at work among 

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men and that it provides a 
common meeting ground where all 

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of us be our Creed are Social 
position, our wealth, our ideas,

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our station of Life. 
What they may be, may meet and 

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understand one another what 
caused the Civil War failure of 

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one, people to understand 
another and an inequality of 

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men, which is country could not 
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What caused the Great War class 
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What is the greatest level of 
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Where is the only place in which
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socialist and Democrat, 
fundamentalist in modernist, Jew

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and Gentile, sophisticated in 
simple, alike meet and forget. 

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Their differences in a masonic 
lodge, through the influence of 

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masonry masonry, which opens her
portals to men because they are 

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men. 
Not because they are wealthy or 

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wise or foolish or great or 
small, but because they seek the

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Brotherhood which only she can 
give masonry has no function. 

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Y son, the function of Charity 
great as it is is the least of 

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the things masonry does. 
The fellowship in the lodge 

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beautiful as it is is that best 
not much more than one can get 

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in any good club Association. 
Organization. 

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These are the beauties of 
masonry but there are also the 

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beauties of other organizations.
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masonry is all her own. 
She and only, she stretches a 

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kindly and loving hand around 
the world United millions in a 

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bond too strong for breaking 
time has demonstrated, that 

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masonry is too strong for war 
too strong for hate too strong 

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for jealousy and fear. 
The worst of men have used the 

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strongest of means and have but 
pushed masonry to one side for 

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the moment. 
Not all of their efforts, have 

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broken her or ever will masonry 
gives us all a chance to do and 

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to be, to do a little, however, 
humble the part in making the 

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world better to be a little 
larger, a little Fuller, in our 

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lives, a little nearer to the 
great architect of the universe.

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And unless a man understands 
this believes, it takes it to 

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his heart and lives it in his 
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And strives to show it forth to 
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he live and love and labor in 
his masonry. 

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I say he Master Mason I though 
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carry all cards though he be 
hung as a Christmas tree with 

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jewels and pins though. 
He be an officer in all bodies. 

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But the man who has it in his 
heart and sees in masonry, the 

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chance to be in reality what he 
has sworn, he would be a brother

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to his fellow. 
Masons is a Master Mason, though

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he be raised, but tonight 
belongs to nobody. 

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But his blue Lodge and Bea too. 
Poor to buy and wear a single 

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pin, the Young Brother looking 
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Unfasten the emblem from his 
coat lapel. 

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L and handed it to the old past 
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Of course you are, right? 
He said lowly. 

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Here's my pen. 
Don't give it back to me until 

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you think I'm worthy to wear it.
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I think you had better put it 
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Now he answered gently. 
None are more fit to wear the 

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Square and Compass has then 
those who know themselves 

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unworthy for they are those who 
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Life after the east by, right? 
Wash full, Richard s morally and

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this article is from the 
November 2015, 7, California 

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research. 
Lodge fraternal review Anyone 

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who has served in the east of 
any Masonic Lodge has a special 

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feeling of satisfaction and 
pride in his accomplishments. 

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In that office, it is only 
natural that he will also have a

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feeling of regret that he was 
not able to accomplish 

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everything he had hoped during 
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He will also have second 
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situations. 
But what about life after the 

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East? 
What happens, then that depends 

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on the individual and his 
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There are some who relinquish 
the gavel with great reluctance.

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And there are some who never 
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There are some unfortunately 
more than we would like who walk

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away from the job and never 
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Look back and sell them. 
Come back. 

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We need to keep our past Masters
involved in our lodges and many 

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cases are Past Masters are 
referred to as the backbone of 

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the lodge in many lodges the 
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Sit Close to the east where 
they've been compared to Buzzard

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sitting on a fence. 
It seems they want to be near 

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the master so that they can see 
and hear everything that is 

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going on and of course, they are
willing ready and able to assist

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prompt or correct the master. 
Unfortunately, I've seen too 

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many lodges that have only a few
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lodge or none at all. 
We need to get these past 

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Masters re involved in Lodge. 
They once led the lodge now, 

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they need to help aid and assist
the seated master. 

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And why is Master recognizes the
talents of the Past Masters and 

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puts them to good use. 
They can serve as a sounding 

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board for the programs and 
activities of Master is 

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considering he can pick their 
brains for ideas and count on 

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the Past Masters, to give him 
the wisdom of their experience 

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with the title of past Master. 
You are accorded, the Accolade 

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of worshipful indicating that 
you are an honored and respected

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brother. 
It is a reputation which you 

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must continually strive to 
uphold Okay, our third and final

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article in this episode is also 
from the Southern California 

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research. 
Large fraternal review, November

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2015, and is actually a reprint 
of the short talk bulletin, 

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where have all the Past Masters 
gone by Edward D Potter, Junior.

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A recent worshipful master used,
the illustration of standing on 

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the shoulders of Masters who had
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He spoke of dedicated brothers 
who served as models mentors and

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guides to walk with him during 
his year in the East and Beyond,

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he felt the weight of the collar
of leadership within the lodge. 

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His year was considered very 
successful but within a 

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momentary flash he was a past 
Master, he asks himself. 

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So what now he sees the next new
master struggling at thanks? 

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Well, at least, he's paying his 
dues just like I did. 

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No one offered me any in I to 
maintain the tenants or 

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continuity for the good of the 
lodge Past Masters. 

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Can provide invaluable support 
to all who they previously 

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challenged at their state of 
meetings convert degrees upon 

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and strove to provide 
educational and transformational

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programs. 
A look at the Past Masters 

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pyramid May provide Insight. 
That is not often discussed 

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within the lodge. 
It appears that without proper 

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support. 
The pyramid or the lodge May 

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topple or falter. 
On the surface. 

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One might say that the key to 
this support is having all the 

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progressive officer, chairs 
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That was easy enough to say in 
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But today, these chairs may, or 
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who are willing and interested 
in, moving to the east. 

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There's an assumption that if 
one is shown what to do, several

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times, everything will be okay 
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lodge funeral services, Etc. 
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more than this. 
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all officers participating, 
Elected and appointed officers. 

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Need a guiding hand both 
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Each individual officers chair 
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Mentor a position that could be 
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The Past Masters would not only 
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floor, work and duties but also 
could form a bond with officers 

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and possibly renew their own 
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One-pass master of a lodge was 
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raised Master Mason who is 
sitting in the perseverance, 

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chair for the first time, his 
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spoke and the gray head, nodded 
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occasional, frown was the Past 
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not right after the purse. 
Avant informed. 

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The Tyler that the lodge was 
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spring. 
This past Master with hand 

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extended towards his charge and 
congratulated him on a job. 

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Well done, followed by some well
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the ritual for the next date of 
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The chair Mentor is one who 
keeps abreast of ritual changes 

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and officer requirements of the 
Grand Lodge by attending the 

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school of instruction and Lodge 
practices and the unfortunate 

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incidents of an officer deciding
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Progressive chairs and active 
packs, Master can step in and 

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keep the line strong and moving 
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by first asking whether it will 
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Brethren the natural officer 
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Allows a brother time to 
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degrees and his fellow officers 
with New role of the chair 

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Mentor jumping would become rare
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provide the type of leadership 
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movements through the officers. 
Chairs are Past Masters, are one

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of the greatest resources a 
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You don't have to ask about 
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To see the lodge Prosper. 
They went through the chairs and

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answer the call to the east. 
Many Past Masters have died. 

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Father, time is weighing others 
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scattered others. 
But within your Lodge is a core 

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of Past Masters. 
The call from the lodge is being

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sent forth again. 
Come past Masters, help us by 

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lending your time and talents in
Reviving The Lodge to become a 

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lodge men will want to join. 
Your participation will help put

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the muscle into an already 
flexed-arm poised to support the

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lodge by providing one, better 
ritual, to retention of officers

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in their chairs. 
Three increased membership for 

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continuity through planning and 
five, coordination of actions 

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from the lodge room. 
Full of Brothers in the 1950s 

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and 1960s with a line of 
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Start in the chairs and move to 
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today, with more empty chairs on
the sidelines than filled with 

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members, the lodge room can look
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We need are Past Masters to 
provide the leadership and 

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oversee the structure of the 
officer line as never before 

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brother. 
Can you lend a helping hand? 

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Edward dupatta. 
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Is serving as the 2015 
worshipful master of Red Lion. 

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Lodge number 649 in Red Lion. 
Pennsylvania, a former educator,

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he is active in a variety of 
York, right? 

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Scottish Rite, Masonic research 
organizations, So this article 

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is from the December 1999, 
Scottish Rite Journal of 

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Freemasonry and it really 
enjoyed this article and it made

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me kind of think back on some of
the Masons that I know and have 

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known that have laid down their 
working tools. 

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So with that, let's dive into 
the article called, tell us past

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Master by Bobby. 
J demet 33rd degree Deeply moved

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by the beauty of masonry. 
Some newly made Mason's ask the 

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old past Master to tell them 
more about the Masonic apron and

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the older man replied masonry 
regards no man for the clothes, 

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he wears the house in which he 
lives the kind of car he drives 

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or the other luxuries. 
He owns or uses all Masons are 

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equal when in the lodge room and
all are clothed in the same 

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manner. 
The apron is the only raiment we

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see Mason stand before God equal
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And the apron is the sign of 
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In ancient times, the aprons 
were manufactured from the skins

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of lambs animals, deemed can be 
pure and without taint, thus the

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wearer of the apron assumes, the
characteristics virtues Purity 

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and innocence typified by the 
lamb Mason's were two. 

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Aprons one visible and one 
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The visible one is a symbolic 
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Mason. 
It is made of worldly. 

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Material and is subject to Decay
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The invisible apron is the gift 
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To every man who would assume 
the responsibilities and 

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obligations, which entitle him 
to wear it. 

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This apron is eternal not 
subject to Decay or destruction 

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man sees only the visible God 
sees both, and he holds him 

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accountable who wears the honor 
Badge of this Masonic Lodge. 

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The young Mason's then said, 
tell us more about the square, 

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the old past Master replied, the
operative Mason's used the 

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square to determine if the rough
ashlar were trimmed into a block

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of 90° on all corners and thus, 
fit for the builders use. 

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The perfect ashlar is always 
formed from a rough ashlar by 

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removing excess material Never 
by adding to it, the rough 

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ashlar always contains a perfect
Bachelor and the stone is tested

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many times by the square to 
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builders use and base. the rough
ashlar is symbolic of the man 

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who enters the lodge for the 
first time and the perfect 

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ashlar is symbolic of the Master
Mason in a moral sense, the 

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square is a symbol of Morality 
In truth, justice. 

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And righteousness man should 
refrain from doing to others, 

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what? 
He would not have others. 

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Do to him. 
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acting on the Square and has 
been a rule of guidance for men.

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Since long before the time of 
Christ, every person has a try 

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square of his own. 
It's called a conscience. 

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We use this to measure our 
thoughts words and deeds as to, 

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whether they are true or false, 
the extent to which this test is

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applied to himself. 
In regard to his relations with 

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his fellows, measures the extent
to which each man's life will be

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stable, honest, true and happy, 
the young Mason's then said, 

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tell us more of the level in the
plum, the old past Master said, 

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now the square is the tool to be
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ashlar. 
But the Plumb and level are 

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concerned with the use of the 
perfect ashlar. 

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In order to construct a wall, 
which is straight and strong, as

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stones are hewed into perfect 
ashlars and placed in the 

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building wall and a level and 
vertical manner manner. 

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Vested of their course habits 
and sinful matters, thus 

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building a better life for the 
entire group through their 

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common effort. 
Each man is tested by his own 

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Plumb line, his own conscience, 
in order, for him to fit 

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properly, into the hole because 
no two men have the same 

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talents, abilities or 
characteristics. 

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No two men can use the same 
device to measure their Fitness.

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Then the young mason said, 
please pass master be more 

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specific. 
We understand how to use the 

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working tools to improve 
ourselves, but we are not clear 

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as to how we can serve our 
fellow man in a society. 

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Which is so indifferent to the 
needs of others. 

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And the old past, Master said, 
this is your challenge. 

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Your brothers are confident that
you are of high moral character.

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And you know that you are now 
part of a great Temple of 

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masonry Masonic. 
Lee you have reached manhood, do

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