It is with regret that Holland Lodge #1 recognizes the passing of one of its own, Brother Alfred Gerald Platt, a true national war hero. Brother Platt was one of our featured guest speakers at Holland Lodge's November 2011 Stated Meeting, honoring our veterans. A copy of Brother Platt's Celebration of Life program is available here for reading and download. "Rest in
Brethren, Please make plans to attend Holland Lodge's Community Builder Award Presentation and Law Enforcement Appreciation Night on May 18th. This meeting will be open to the public.
Brethren, This month has just flown by. It is amazing how fast the time goes by when you are having fun. This month we have had a few new brothers join the fraternity. As these brothers begin their journey, I encourage you all to come out and meet these new guys. Come on out to the esoteric study nights on
I may not have the mystic powers of the great Karnack (Ed McMann, for those of you that don’t remember Johnny Carson), but I do predict a lite month at Holland lodge due to the “Road Eh O”. I myself have been mandated to attend an event with my boss. This year is literally flying by, and I again find
My Brothers. I feel it prudent to recognize our young Masons regarding their enthusiasm, zeal, cooperation, energy and dedication to Masonry in general. I applaud their recognition to esoteric achievement. Although, (in my opinion) esoteric work in Masonry is not everything, it is an integral part of a well-organized active harmonious lodge. As we move into 2016, I have an
Brethren, We have had a super busy month in January. I encourage everyone to come out and see. Since our last stated meeting in early January, we have had lots of exciting things happening around the lodge. The Wednesday after our stated meeting, we received the Grand Master of Texas for his official visit. This was exciting in itself, as
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Today in Masonic History we present The Mother Lodge by Rudyard Kipling.
There was a Rundle, station master,
An' Beazeley of the rail;
An' Achman, commissariat,
An' Donkin o' the jail;
An' Blake, cunductor sergeant-
Our Master twice was ‘e,
With ‘im that kept the Europe shop,
Old Framjee Eduljee.
Outside-"Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Slam!"
Inside-"Brother" an' it doesn't do no ‘arm,
We meet upon the level an' we parted on the square,
An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge out there.
There was Bola Nath, accountant,
And Saul, the Aden Jew,
An, Din Mohammed, draughtsman,
Of the Sursey office, too.
There was Babu Chicekerhitty,
An' Amir Singh, the Sikh,
An' Castro of the fittin' sheds,
A Roman Catholic.
We ‘ad n't good regalia,
An' our Lodge was old an' bare;
But we knew the ancient landmarks,
An' we kept ‘em to a hair.
An' looking on it backwards,
It often strikes me thus,
There ain't such things as ‘eathen now,
Except, per'aps, it's us.
For monthly after labor
We'd all sit down an' smoke
(We durs'nt give no banquets
Least a brother's caste were broke),
An' man on man got bukkin'
Religion an' the rest,
An' every man comparin'
Of the God 'e knowed the best.
So man on man got started,
An' not a beggar stirred
Till mornin' waked the parrots,
An' that dam' brain-fever bird.
We'd say't was very curious,
An' we'd all go ‘ome to bed
With Mohammed, God, an' Shira,
Changin' pickets in our ‘ead.
Full out of Gov'ment service
This wanderin' foot ‘ath pressed
An' bore fraternal greetin's
To the Lodges East and West
Accordin' as commanded,
From Ko'at to Singapore,
But I wish that I might see them
In my Mother Lodge once more.
I wish that I might see them,
My Brethren white and brown,
With the burlies smellin' pleasant
An' the ag-dan passin' down,
An' the old Khansannah snorin'
On the bottle-Khana floor,
Like a Brother in good standing
With my Mother Lodge once more.
Outside-"Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Slam!"
Inside-"Brother" an' it doesn't do no ‘arm,
We meet upon the level an' we parted on the square,
An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge out there.
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