Scottish Rite Masons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I SAT IN LODGE WITH YOU By WILBUR D. NESBIT 'Y? There is a saying filled with eheer, Which calls a lnan t.o fellowship. It, means as lnueh for hinl to hear As lies within the brother-grip. Nay, more! lt opens wide the way To friendliness sineere and trueg There are no strangers when you say To nie: I sat in lodge with you. Wlltell that is said, then I anl knowng There is no questioning or doulltg I need not walk lny path alone Nor fronl :ny fellows he shut, out. Those words hold all of brotherhood And help lne faee the world anew- Thei-e's something deep and rieh and good In this: I sat in lodge with yon. Though in far lands one needs H1 ust. roam, lly sea and shore and hill and plain. Those words bring him a touch of home And lighten tasks that seem in vain. Men's faees are no longer strange But. seenl as those he always knew Wlltwli some one hrings t.he joyous ehange YVith his: I sat in lodge with you.', So you, lny hrother, now and then Have often put. me in your debt By showing forth to other lnen , . . l hat you your friends do not forget. Wlllfll all the world seenls gray and eold And I ant weary, worn and hlue, l'hen comes this golden thought. l hold- Yon said: I sat in lodge with youf' YVhen to the lust great. Lodge you fare My prayer is that I nlay he One of your friends who wait, you there, Intent your slniling face to see. We, with the warder at the gate, Will have pleasant task to dog W1r'll eall, though you eome soon or late: Come in Y We Sat in lodge with you P, CThis beautiful ppemrwns read by the author before our class and is printed with his permission?

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Cgreasurefs Qport l f 0R1ENTAL c0NS1S10RY SPRING CLASS 0f1924 ll .3 Total number of members . 191 1 3 Total number of contribu- 4 1 tions ................. 181 Totaling. .S7.404.00 181 members joined class- l clues 51.00 ............. S 561.00 il Contributions to Orphans V Home .............. .. . 1101.50 Contributions to Illinois ' Masonic Hospital ...... 739.50 DISBURSEMENTS ii May I, 1914 li To Illinois Masonic Orphans Home .,........ ............. S 1101.50 T0 Illinois Masonic Hospital .... 739.50 31841.00 I Balance in Treasury CClasS dues? .......... 3561.00 Signed : A. O. BRAUN 'Treasurer ' Cbicagohfanuary 20, 1925

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...,,,.-,,..,. .. Slllinnis glliasnnit Zgnspitztl fsssutiaiinn I 836 Wellington Avenue CHICAGO IInnnu1nuIInnnunmuunumurI1vIIInuIuummnmmmmIInn11ImuIInmuI1II1111Iu1IinIIuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnIIIIIanIIuIuIunm-nmmuuIInnnnnmvInnmnmnnmmnmmm MR. A. o. BRAUN, May 19, 1924 40 South Clinton St., Chicago, Ill. Dem' Broflaer Bmzm: At the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Masonic Hospital Association announcement was made of the receipt of a check for 3739.50 from the Con- sistory class of which you were a member, to be used for the furnishing and endowing of a room in the new addition to the Hospital. In behalf of the Board I am authorized to express to you and your associates our sincere appreciation of this generous gift and assure you that it will be used for the purpose in- tended and a plate placed over the door of the room todesignate it as the gift of your class. Thanking you, and with the kindest per- sonal regards, I remain, I Fraternally yours, T. M. AVERY, Superintendent