Cabletow 4th issue - GM Ebdane - Grand Lodge of the Philippines

The Cabletow
today the Craft teaches those great truths to all worthy men who ask to learn
them.”
Added the circulation manager: “Many of those truths are taught in the degrees
of the Symbolic Lodges; many more are taught in the various Rites which have
sprung up in the course of Masonic history … In this jurisdiction, the Scottish Rite
and the York Rite confer degrees beyond the third.”
Then the editor-in-chief informed the visitors about the Orders of the Amaranth,
the Eastern Star, the Rainbow for Girls, Job’s Daughter, and DeMolay.
Reiterating that Masonry is in itself a quality product and therefore sells itself, I
stressed that we don’t invite men to join our fellowship; they rather must freely and
voluntarily offer themselves as candidates for the mysteries of Masonry and must
declare, upon their honor, that they will cheerfully conform to all the ancient
established usages and customs of the Fraternity.
The man’s wife, at this juncture, remarked that if her husband would be admitted
into Masonry, she would petition for membership in either the Order of the Amaranth
or the Order of the Eastern Star – “on my own free will and accord,” she said with
a smile.
On that note, the visitors thanked us for an “enlightening” afternoon and bade us
adieu.
Recently we heard that the man had filed his petition for Masonic degrees in a
Lodge in Masonic District No. 5. Will his wife petition for membership in either the
Order of the Amaranth or the Order of the Eastern Star?
It is our fond hope that after his raising to the sublime degree of Master Mason,
he will conduct himself Masonically everywhere he will go; for this is the best way
in which to sell Masonry as a “quality product” to the general public, as well as to
defend it against those who think they have the monopoly of truth.
FREEMASONRY IS DEVOTED…
• To God, the Great Architect of the Universe and Almighty Parent
of men of every country, sect and opinion.
To Brotherhood. It exists to furnish opportunities to its members
to enjoy it not only for its own sake but as means of something
beyond. It teaches that all men are brothers because they have a
common Father, God Almighty.
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