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Page 24 - Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord...
Page 157 - Any number of masonic bodies within the state, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of New York...
Page 65 - Masonry, containing the Degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and Royal Arch ; together with the Order of HighPriesthood ; the Ceremonies for Installing the Officers of a Chapter, with Forms of Masonic Documents.
Page 63 - Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of . We, the undersigned, being Master Masons of good standing, and having the prosperity of the Craft at heart, are anxious to exert our best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine principles of Freemasonry ; and for the...
Page 24 - It shall be the duty of every Royal Arch Mason to be a member of some Chapter; and every non-affiliated Royal Arch Mason who, having resided six months within this State, shall neglect to make application for membership to some Chapter therein, shall be deemed to occupy the same position as those suspended for non-payment of dues, and shall not be entitled to, nor be the recipient of, any of the right», privileges or benefits of Capitular Masonry.
Page 184 - Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...
Page 194 - ... where there is no Grand Chapter established. " It shall have power to decide all questions of Masonic law, usage, and custom, which may arise between any two or more Grand Chapters, or in any of the Subordinate Chapters under its own immediate jurisdiction, and all that may be referred to it for its decision by any Grand Chapter, by formal vote; and its decisions so made shall be deemed and regarded as those of the supreme judicial tribunal of Royal Arch Masonry in the last resort.
Page 195 - Held under the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales, and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown; constituted June 29th, 1872.
Page 29 - Independence of all responsibility is an essential ingredient in the exercise of the ballot. A Mason is responsible to no human power for the vote that he casts on the petition of a candidate. To his own conscience alone is he to answer for the motives that have led to the act, and for the act itself. It is, of course, wrong, in the exercise of this invaluable right, to be influenced by pique or prejudice, or by an adverse vote, to indulge an ungenerous feeling. But whether a member is or is not...
Page 23 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?

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