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| + | ==== AT OVERLOOK DEDICATION, 2006 ==== | ||
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| + | ''From Proceedings, Page 2006-120:'' | ||
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| + | How many pleasing considerations, my Brethren and friends, attend the present interview. Whilst in almost every other part of the world, political animosities, contentions and wars interrupt the progress of humanity and the cause of benevolence, it is our distinguished privilege, in this happy region of liberty and peace, to engage in the plans and to perfect the designs of individual and social happiness. Whilst in other nations our order is viewed by politicians with suspicion and by the ignorant with apprehension, in this country its members are too much respected, and its principles too well known, to make it the object of jealousy or mistrust. Our private assemblies are unmolested, and our public celebrations attract a more general approbation of the fraternity. Indeed, its importance, its credit, and, we trust, its usefulness, are advancing to a height unknown in any former age. The present occasion gives fresh evidence of the increasing affection of its friends; and this noble apartment, fitted up in a style of elegance and convenience, does honor to Masonry as well as the highest credit to the respectable buildings for whose accommodation, and at whose expense, it is erected. (''I suspect this is a quote from some earlier dedication-?'') | ||
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| + | We offer our best congratulations to the officers and members of the Masonic Health System. We commend their zeal and hope it will meet with the most ample recompense. May these buildings be the happy resort of piety, virtue, and benevolence; may they be protected from accident, and long remain a monument of our attachment to Masonry; may the Masonic Health System continue to flourish, our union to strengthen, and our happiness to abound; and when we all shall be removed from the labors of the earthly lodge, may we be admitted to the brotherhood of the perfect, in the building of God, the hall not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. | ||
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| + | Behold how pleasant and how good it is for brethren and friends, such as we, to dwell in unity. In this world of confusion, disaster and war, it is so fitting that we assemble here to once again practice our tenets of brotherly love, relief and truth. Thanks be to those who had the foresight to envision this endeavor. There are too many to list but some must be recognized: M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAJohnson Arthur E. Johnson] who spoke of this vision at the time of his being Grand Master; M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBauer Fred K. Bauer] and M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHicks Donald G. Hicks Jr.] who carried on the vision; R.W. David C. Turner and his entire staff who diligently carried the project to completion; and of course, all the members of the Craft who truly made this all possible by their generosity and dedication to the fraternity. | ||
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| + | This land, these buildings, and the dedication of all those concerned demonstrates the fact that Freemasonry in Massachusetts is not only alive and well but is also growing. I wish all those who live in and walk the halls of these buildings much success and happiness. May God continue to bless our beloved fraternity and this wonderful country we all love so much, and may God bless each and every one of you. | ||
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Revision as of 20:16, 24 January 2012
Contents
JEFFREY B. HODGDON
Deputy Grand Master, 1989
Grand Master, 2005-2007
TERM
NOTES
SPEECHES
AT OVERLOOK DEDICATION, 2006
From Proceedings, Page 2006-120:
How many pleasing considerations, my Brethren and friends, attend the present interview. Whilst in almost every other part of the world, political animosities, contentions and wars interrupt the progress of humanity and the cause of benevolence, it is our distinguished privilege, in this happy region of liberty and peace, to engage in the plans and to perfect the designs of individual and social happiness. Whilst in other nations our order is viewed by politicians with suspicion and by the ignorant with apprehension, in this country its members are too much respected, and its principles too well known, to make it the object of jealousy or mistrust. Our private assemblies are unmolested, and our public celebrations attract a more general approbation of the fraternity. Indeed, its importance, its credit, and, we trust, its usefulness, are advancing to a height unknown in any former age. The present occasion gives fresh evidence of the increasing affection of its friends; and this noble apartment, fitted up in a style of elegance and convenience, does honor to Masonry as well as the highest credit to the respectable buildings for whose accommodation, and at whose expense, it is erected. (I suspect this is a quote from some earlier dedication-?)
We offer our best congratulations to the officers and members of the Masonic Health System. We commend their zeal and hope it will meet with the most ample recompense. May these buildings be the happy resort of piety, virtue, and benevolence; may they be protected from accident, and long remain a monument of our attachment to Masonry; may the Masonic Health System continue to flourish, our union to strengthen, and our happiness to abound; and when we all shall be removed from the labors of the earthly lodge, may we be admitted to the brotherhood of the perfect, in the building of God, the hall not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Behold how pleasant and how good it is for brethren and friends, such as we, to dwell in unity. In this world of confusion, disaster and war, it is so fitting that we assemble here to once again practice our tenets of brotherly love, relief and truth. Thanks be to those who had the foresight to envision this endeavor. There are too many to list but some must be recognized: M.W. Arthur E. Johnson who spoke of this vision at the time of his being Grand Master; M.W. Fred K. Bauer and M.W. Donald G. Hicks Jr. who carried on the vision; R.W. David C. Turner and his entire staff who diligently carried the project to completion; and of course, all the members of the Craft who truly made this all possible by their generosity and dedication to the fraternity.
This land, these buildings, and the dedication of all those concerned demonstrates the fact that Freemasonry in Massachusetts is not only alive and well but is also growing. I wish all those who live in and walk the halls of these buildings much success and happiness. May God continue to bless our beloved fraternity and this wonderful country we all love so much, and may God bless each and every one of you.
