Shiloh Lodge #327January 1999 Trestleboard
Shiloh Lodge #327
January 1999 Trestleboard
From the East
Well ... 1998 is come and gone, and so therefore comes soon the time to pass the gavel!
The year has sped by and I know I will always look back and think .. “Boy, I could have done a lot better job if I’d known what the heck I was doing!”. (No comments from the gallery allowed!) Seriously, it feels like just as I begin to figure it all out, its over. It’s been an honor to serve the Brethren in this capacity and I know I will cherish the memory of this past year.
I would like to thank everyone who helped me over this past year, the line officers who were instrumental in everything we did and also the Past Masters, who (only when asked, mind you) offered their sage advice. I especially want to thank Don Benskin, Secretary, who always made sure we covered all our necessary business and didn’t let me overlook anything.
I hope all that are able can come out to the installation on the 23rd to show support for our incoming Master and officers.
See you in Lodge!
Fraternally Yours,
Paul D. Rutherford
Worshipful Master-1998
SPIRITUAL WEALTH
"(A) Mason receiving the third degree should be entering upon a lifetime of study, self-improvement and service to his fellows, and his lodge is intended to be and should be the source of light and instruction and a field for serious and devoted work for the principles, which our institution inculcates and upon which it is founded.
The conception that the prosperity and greatness of a lodge is measured by its large membership and its wealth is erroneous. That lodge is prosperous and great which commands the affections of its members, and displays spiritual rather than material wealth." (William Rhodes Harvey, P.G.M., California).
THE LODGE
Dudley in his Naology says that the idea that the earth was a level surface and of a square form may be justly supposed to have prevailed generally in the early ages of the world.
The biblical idea was that the earth was square. Isaiah (xll 13) speaks of gathering "the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth," and in the Apocalypse (xx,9) in the vision of "four angels standing on the four corners of the earth."
So thoroughly grounded were these beliefs that in ancient times the "square," now the recognized symbol of the lodge, was the recognized symbol of the earth, as the circle was of the sun.
In this antiquated expression "Oblong Square," we therefore have not only an apt description of the ancient world and evidence that the lodge is symbolic thereof, but also a remarkable evidence of the great age of Freemasonry. (Oliver Day Street in Symbolism of the Three Degrees).
WHY WE MEET
We meet for the purpose of admitting members to our fellowship, to instruct them in the lessons and principles (of Masonry) and to strengthen each other in adherence thereto, said George W. Speth, in a public lecture in 1892. We meet to hand down to succeeding generations the knowledge and practice of certain ceremonies, which we have ourselves inherited from our Masonic ancestors, and the analogues of which can be traced in the remotest antiquity. Lastly we meet to practice our three grand principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth.
We would like to provide support to our brethren in times of distress and celebrate with them in times of gladness. Please immediately inform any of your lodge officers of such information regarding yourself or a brother.
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Our heartfelt sympathy and condolences to Russ Lambert and family, on the recent death of his wife, Christine.
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Brother Russell E. Oquist died on December 27, 1998. A Masonic memorial service was performed by Shiloh Lodge #327 on December 30, 1998, R\W\Phillip A. Lorenzen presiding. Our sincere condolences to Delaine and family.
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Remember....... Monthly Masonic Education Programs
7:00 p.m. - Just prior to Business Meetings
All are welcome to these regular monthly programs to be held before
each business meeting.
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Installation of
1999 Officers J. Scott Oglesby, W\M\
Elect Reception Immediately Following |