OLD TIME MASONRY
Many Brothers refer to Masonry of another generation as "Old Time
Masonry."
The next generation, too, will refer to Masons of our day, using the
same
expression.
It is true that we are living in what seems to be the "efficient age."
Yet
when we yearn for a type of Masonry that we believe existed in another
day,
and when we feel some anxiety about Masonry of today, we are looking
at
scenes rather than events.
Scenes change. Customs change. But the character of man does not
change.
The principles of Freemasonry, founded upon the irrevocable Laws of
the
Creator, do not change. The Mason placed in any period of history
would be
the same Mason.
The Mason who attends lodge regularly, who comes to know the members
of his
lodge as brothers and friends, understands "Old Time Masonry" is a
living,
vital factor in the present, just as it has been through the
centuries.
A crisis arises. From our lodges throughout the world, Masons, men who
know
the value of freedom, and the sacrifices necessary to preserve it,
come
forth and willingly offer their lives in defense of Masonic
principles. In
spirit they are the same as those Masons of Washington's days.
Masonry and the Mason are "Old Time" whether of yesterday or today
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