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Have you ever asked yourself, "Who
is a good Mason ? "
There are many types of 'good Masons'
among our brethren in Freemasonry. We all have our good
points in life.
Let us consider the 'types' of good
Masons.
There is the 'ritualist'. This is the
Brother in the Lodge who is 'word perfect' in the ceremony.
Who concentrates so much on the correct wording of the
ceremony. We are thankful for this Brother, in that,
he will pass down to the Junior members of the Lodge
the 'Perfect' wording of the ceremony.
On the opposite side we have the Brother
wbostumbles over the ritual -the Brother to whom our
hearts are in accord as we know that we also have liad
to suffer in learning those long tracts of words. We
are thankful for this Brother. If we were all word perfect
there would be no need for our Preceptors and Lodges
of Instruction.
For the perfect ritualist we are thankful
for showing us the correct way a ceremony should be
performed - but let us also be thankful for the Brother
who is not so 'word perfect' -as through him, we learn.
Then there is the Brother who makes
his daily advancement by reading and studying books
relating to the history of Freemasonry -by delving into
the past of the Craft and giving his interpretations.
To this Brother we owe our Research Lodges, and the
many books that are written about Freemasonry. We should
be thankful to our 'studying Mason', as he is the one
whotwill leave a written record for the future generations
of Masons to read and study.
Another 'type' of Mason we could call
the 'Charity Mason'. He is the Brother who thinks so
much of the 'Charities'. To him, the visiting of the
sick is more important than any other facet of Masonry.
We should be thankful for our 'Chanty' Mason, as he
imposes on us all the basic principle of Masonry - that
of charity towards another.
THEN there is the 'Speechmaker'- the
Brother who is so envied by the majority of us for those
wonderful orations at the Festive Board. How we envy
this Brother, yet we look forward to hearing the perfect
speeches he makes- and at the same time are thankful
that the WM has not asked us to propose the toast. 'We
should be thankful for the speech maker', as the words
and phrases that flow so easily from his lips are probably
the ones that we are thinking.
No Brother is perfect in Freemasonry
- and Freemasonry will not make a Brother perfect. Freemasonry
will show the direction we should go to reach perfection.
We all have a part to play, each in his own way, whether
we contribute a small stone or a pillar - we all have
the privilege of assisting in the building of the Temple.
Adapted from GLI NEWS LETTER
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