Transactions ... Annual Assembly, Volumes 56-621916 |
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Albert Ample Form Angeles Annual Address Annual Assembly April cils closed in Ample Commandery conferred Correspondence Report Council of California Council of Royal Council was closed Council was opened Cryptic Masonry Cryptic Rite David David Monroe Deputy Grand Master dispensations Edwin Gillett Finance and Returns Frank fraternal Frederick George Grand Body Grand Chaplain Grand Chapter Grand Council Grand Jurisdiction Grand Lecturer Grand Officers Grand Recorder Grand Recorder reported Grand Representatives Grand Steward Grand Treasurer reported Harry honor Illustrious Grand Master Inspector John Joseph Knights Templar Lodge Long Beach M. I. Companion MacLafferty Masonic Temple membership North Dakota Oakland opened in Ample panion Past Grand Master Pomona present Ray Fry recommended reported a balance retiring Grand Master Right Illustrious Companion Robert Royal and Select Sacramento San Francisco San Jose Santa Ana Select Masters South Carolina Stockton Subordinate Councils Super Excellent degree Super-Excellent Thomas Ventura York Rite
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Page 261 - WHEREAS, There is pending in the Congress of the United States, a bill known as...
Page 13 - Your Flag and my Flag! And how it flies today In your land and my land and half a world away! Rose-red and blood-red the stripes forever gleam; Snow-white and soul-white — the good forefathers...
Page 26 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep ! He hath awakened from the dream of life. 'Tis we who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings. We decay Like corpses in a charnel ; fear and grief Convulse us and consume us day by day, And cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.
Page 208 - I CANNOT say, and I will not say That he is dead. — He is just away ! With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there.
Page 205 - Farewell ! A little time, and we Who knew thee well, and loved thee here, One after one shall follow thee As pilgrims through the gate of fear, Which opens on eternity.
Page 160 - tis true, By any light which shines for you; But in light ye cannot see Of unfulfilled felicity, And enlarging paradise, Lives the life that never dies. Farewell, friends! Yet not farewell; Where I am, ye too shall dwell. I am gone before your face A heart-beat's time, a gray ant's pace.
Page 208 - I CANNOT say and I will not say That he is dead. — He is just away! With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you...
Page 28 - Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of Brotherly Love and affection ; that cement which unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends and Brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, but that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work and best agree.