Author: GRAND LODGE OF ARIZONA
Title: The Monitorial Work of the Three Degrees of Masonry Funeral Service and the Antient Charges of a Freemason
Description: Arizona: Grand Lodge of Arizona, 1914. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable generalized toning / acid burning. "Conducting Masonic Funeral Services is as old as the Fraternity itself. In the days of Operative Masonry, stonemasons buried their own with great solemnity and reverence. The deceased Brother was a man they had worked with side-by-side for years -- perhaps, even their entire lives. They extolled his virtues and the contributions he had made to the Craft's work. They spoke of the Eternal Life after death, and the need to perform "goode worke" toward all humanity throughout the course of a man's life. The entire guild and all of their families turned out in force to mourn their Brother's passing, and to express their sympathies to the Brother's family. This tradition has been carried forward for centuries to our present day Speculative Masonry. The first thing any non-Mason will observe is the size of the turnout. If it is small, they may conclude that his Lodge did not hold the deceased Brother in very high esteem. Or, even worse, that Freemasons are much too busy with their own private lives and interests to practice the tenets of Charity and Brotherly Love of which we so loudly boast. In other words, they may conclude that we do not practice what we preach. If the turnout is large, the non-Mason is likely to come away with a very different impression of both the Fraternity and the deceased Brother." (Masonsmart website).. Very Good+ .
Keywords: Metaphysics Grand Lodge Of Arizona Funeral Rites Funeral Services Masons Freemasons Arizona Metaphysics
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Title: The Monitorial Work of the Three Degrees of Masonry Funeral Service and the Antient Charges of a Freemason
Description: Arizona: Grand Lodge of Arizona, 1914. Hardcover. This is a small format book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable generalized toning / acid burning. "Conducting Masonic Funeral Services is as old as the Fraternity itself. In the days of Operative Masonry, stonemasons buried their own with great solemnity and reverence. The deceased Brother was a man they had worked with side-by-side for years -- perhaps, even their entire lives. They extolled his virtues and the contributions he had made to the Craft's work. They spoke of the Eternal Life after death, and the need to perform "goode worke" toward all humanity throughout the course of a man's life. The entire guild and all of their families turned out in force to mourn their Brother's passing, and to express their sympathies to the Brother's family. This tradition has been carried forward for centuries to our present day Speculative Masonry. The first thing any non-Mason will observe is the size of the turnout. If it is small, they may conclude that his Lodge did not hold the deceased Brother in very high esteem. Or, even worse, that Freemasons are much too busy with their own private lives and interests to practice the tenets of Charity and Brotherly Love of which we so loudly boast. In other words, they may conclude that we do not practice what we preach. If the turnout is large, the non-Mason is likely to come away with a very different impression of both the Fraternity and the deceased Brother." (Masonsmart website).. Very Good+ .
Keywords: Metaphysics Grand Lodge Of Arizona Funeral Rites Funeral Services Masons Freemasons Arizona Metaphysics
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44479
- Book number: 44479
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