A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . pregnant formula of the Apos-tle of the Gentiles : Now abideth Faith, Hope, and Charity, thesethree ; but the greatest of these is Charity—not without the externaland divine help of Him who, eighteen centuries ago, spoke the ser-mon on the mount and taught us the Lords Prayer. The chivalry,and art, and democracy with which the Olympian games glorified theHellenic race ought not to be an anachronism to us. Our contentionsare in the arena of ethics and morals. Rewards for victory in achieve-ments
A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . pregnant formula of the Apos-tle of the Gentiles : Now abideth Faith, Hope, and Charity, thesethree ; but the greatest of these is Charity—not without the externaland divine help of Him who, eighteen centuries ago, spoke the ser-mon on the mount and taught us the Lords Prayer. The chivalry,and art, and democracy with which the Olympian games glorified theHellenic race ought not to be an anachronism to us. Our contentionsare in the arena of ethics and morals. Rewards for victory in achieve-ments now, no less precious than the wreath from the sacred olivetree in Olympia, await successful competitors. They are for thosewho can best work in the best degree. Our beatitudes terminatenot upon the individual, but upon the family, the State and the shall yet reap the harvest. And it shall come to pass in thatday, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shallhear the earth ; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine andthe oil; and they shall hear CHAPTER VII. WARRANT OF CONSTITUTION, OR CHARTER, OF LODGE NO. CODE OF BY-LAWS OF THE LODGE. A Masons chief and only care,Is how to live within the square. The Warrant by the authority of which Lodge 61 is held,and under which its labors are conducted, is the originaldocument granted by the Grand Lodge of PennsylvaniaTuesday, February i8th, 1794,* delivered to the firstWorshipful Master of the Lodge, and transmitted to suc-cessive masters down to the present. The Warrant was de-livered up to the Grand Lodge in 1837 when 61 ceasedits labors; but when the Lodge was re opened and re-con-stituted in 1844 it was, by special favor and dispensation ofthe Grand Lodge, under its old Warrant. (See pages 67,103 and 104, ante.) *See page 28, ante. 6i3 Tattered and torn and all forlorn, this old document isnot only a charter of Masonic rights and privileges still, butis an interesting and
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