Lastly—those pillars, upright, strong, were beautiful. A man may be straight in all ħis dealings, and a pillar of strength on which others may lean; but he may lack the third essential; there may be nothing lovely in him—nothing inspiring in others any feeling connected with love. A brotherhood lacking love (I use the word in its wider sense of genuine affection and regard) is no brotherhood at all.
Our lives must be upright and strong: they also must not be lacking, in love and beauty. Now St. John tells us, God is love, therefore we cannot leave God out of our lives.
Yet, I wonder, do we? Our ceremonies so frequently act as reminders—yet—on what do our thoughts dwell? Money, pleasure, popularity, influence—in fact, "these be thy Gods, O Israel," one is often tempted to feel.
Brethren, uprightness and strength do not make our lives complete there is a third essential; over-ruling all, and above all, is the Almighty Father, in whose image and likeness each one of us is made—God.
Masons only) as we would they Should do unto üs? Always, or only when it suits us?
Masonry impresses on us accuracy of word. I do mot think too great stress should be laid on this, but is important, Inaccuracy in word is the root of much evil, and it is symbolic of an inaccurate mind No one can rely on us if we are inaccurate: and to be implicitly relied on is the greatest compliment I can think of. Where there is a lack of trust—as we see in the world today—peace, love, harmony do not and can-mot exist. In our private lives we should do our best to be accurate in word: how much unhappiness is caused by mis-representing the truth—and hence in gossip and_ slander. Accuracy in word implies that what "we say, what we promise, we mean. If-we Masons are at all vague as to precisely what we have promised, our duty is to take very simple steps to abolish this Vagueness—otherwse, how Weekly Reichsbank Return Berlin, June 10.
The weekly Reichsbank return issued here yesterday shows the gold stock unchanged at 70,800,000 Marks while foreign exchange holdings decreased by 200,000 to 5,700,000 Marks, making the total note cover 76,500,000 Marks.
The note circulation decreased by 333,000,000 to 8,192,000.000 Marks. The amount of credit issued, as measured by cheques, bills, advances and investments, decreased by 373,000.000 to 84,500,000 Marks, making the total reflux since the end of last month 833 per cent.
The legal tender in circulation was returned at 10,350,000,000 Marks as against 10,722,000,000 last week and 8,169,000,000 on the same date of last year.—Trans-Ocean, Do You Know? Answers
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