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"It
is most reverently to be wished, that the conduct
of every member of the fraternity, as well as those
publications that discover the principles which actuate
them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand
object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the
human race." - George Washington
Masonic
History
About our lodge - Zetland
The Three Degrees
Some
Notable
FreeMasons'
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Mark Twain
Norm Crosby
Benjamin Franklin
William "Bud" Abbott
Oliver Hardy
Richard Pryor
Michael "Kramer" Richards
Mel Blanc
Will Rogers
Burl Ives
Writers/Poets
Rudyard Kipling
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Walter Scott
Robbie Burns
Robert W. Service
Oscar Wilde
Jonathan Swift
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Zetland Notes |
- March:
Table Lodge, Freemasons Hall
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May: Past Masters Night
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June: Barbeque & golf tournament
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November: Birthday and Reunion Night
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December: Installation of Incoming Officers
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December:
Christmas Wassail
Contact
our Lodge Officers
Worshipful
Master
Senior Warden
Junior Warden
Secretary
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About
Freemasonry
Whatever
masonry is, a man must seek it for himself.
No one will ever ask you to become a mason. The requirements
to be a Freemason do NOT require you to compromise
in anyway, shape, or form, your individual religious
or moral beliefs. Indeed, you likely have many of
the traits that we as Freemasons' value: Charity,
Relief, Honour, Truth, and Respect are only a few.
Freemasonry is open to men of all creeds, color, and
religions, who are strong in character and who possess
sound morals.
The Three Degrees of Freemasonry
The commitment of time should be considered; as most
lodges meet once or twice a month - depending on the
lodge, and have an active social calendar.
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Mason's
love to laugh!
Seldom
does a Zetland Lodge meeting take
place where the brothers don't share
a laugh and a chuckle. All the good-natured
comradery balances how seriously we
take our Lodge Work and our role as
Freemasons'. For is not the ability
to make one another laugh a good and
true definition of friendship?
In
fact, it has been said that "the
chief point in Freemasonry is to endeavour
to be happy ourselves and to communicate
happiness to others".
Freemasonry
has been lampooned and chided by entertainers
thru the centuries. In our lifetime
we've seen Monty Python "The
Architect Sketch"; the Flintstones"Loyal
Order of Water Buffaloes",
and The Simpson's episode, "The
Stonecutters".
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Mel
Blanc - the voice of Bugs Bunny and virtually
all other voices for Warner Brothers Cartoons,
was a Mason. Most Freemasons' have a grand sense
of humor and if in doubt just ask us!
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If
(a
truly masonic poem by a renowned Mason)
by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
If
you can keep your head when all about
you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting
too;
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal with lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk
too wise;
If
you can dream — and not make dreams
your master;
If you can think — and not make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've
spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or
watch the things you gave your life to,
broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out-tools;
If
you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve
and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are
gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in
you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold
on!"
If
you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings — nor lose the
common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt
you,
If all men count with you, but none too
much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's
in it,
And — which is more — you'll
be a Man, my son!
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