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N A L G
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G E RAND LODGE
The Ashlar R Vol. XIV Issue II
From The Rocking Chair

One day a wise man asked Khalil Gibran It is said that a man's actions are a picture
what the passing old man, bent over a stick book of his creeds I gathered that this boy
was doing. Khalil replied that the old man with the blue shirt would never shy away
walking bent over the stick was searching from speaking his mind,standing by the
for all that he had lost in his youth truth and acting out his convictions.
An old mason as he rocks on his chair is just I had found a leader who will be respected.
doing that he is searching not for That blue eyed boy is none other than our
What he has lost but searching for the dear and R. W. Bro. Rajeev. R. Khandelwal
memories he has been blessed with , for that O. S. M. Our Grand Master Elect who this
is all he possesses day will be installed as M. W. Grand
I recall today searching ,in my album , and Master of the Grand Lodge Of India Who
my thoughts directs me to that day about 20 the G. A. O. T. U. Long Preserve . AMEN
years ago when a total stranger entered my
cabin wearing a blue shirt .
As was my custom I welcomed him and
offered him a cup of tea .
While we were sharing that cup of tea and
observing him from all angles I
immediately realized that I was fortunate to
have unearthed a gem.

MASONIC TRIVIA AND FACTS

The Third Degree Of Freemasonry this was later modified to “let a man’s
The third degree did not exist at the religion or mode of worship be what it
beginning of Freemasonry. In fact, it only may”, professing freedom of religion and
started in the 1720s, and it took quite of worship.
some time to spread through Masonic
lodges. Charles Darwin Was A Freemason
Charles Darwin was a Freemason.
The Anderson’s Constitution Darwin became a Freemason in Scotland,
The Grand Lodge of England modified and his grandfather and son also were
Anderson’s Constitution in 1815 to clarify Freemasons.
the question of religion in Freemasonry.

Anderson’s Constitution originally stated
that a Freemason can “never be a stupid
Atheist nor an irreligious libertine”, but

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