Happy Independence Day
“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty; it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forever more.” -John Adams, President of the United States
I hope that you and yours have a most wonderful 4th of July!
We can't now celebrate together, but in time this dark pandemic will pass, and we will again be able to join together in fellowship and brotherhood.
Until then, I leave you with the following from Morals and Dogma:
“The true Mason identifies the honor of his country with his own. Nothing more conduces to the beauty and glory of one's country than the preservation against all enemies of its civil and religious liberty. The world will never willingly let die the names of those patriots who in her different ages have received upon their own breasts the blows aimed by insolent enemies at the bosom of their country.”
“But also it conduces, and in no small measure, to the beauty and glory of one's country, that justice should always be administered there to all alike, and neither denied, sold, or delayed to anyone; that the interest of the poor should be looked to, that none starve or be houseless, or clamor in vain for work...”
The above paragraphs, laid down so long ago, give I think guidance to what we as Masons need to be working for today. Justice, poverty, homelessness, unemployment. These must be addressed in a moral society for her people, and for the honor of the nation.
#Holiday #MoralsAndDogma #FoundingFathers
-Cameron
Cameron M. Bailey Past Grand Master The MW Grand Lodge F&AM of Washington
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