“The Preamble to Montgomery’s Bylaws (A message for all)”

To be a Mason means to serve. You serve by your very presence in the lodge; more when you show your true interest in its proceedings; most by frankly and manfully making every suggestion for the good and welfare of your Lodge and the Fraternity. What does a candidate who receives the light think of Masonry when those whom he is soon to call “Brethren” are absent? What will he think of the strong fraternal ties supposed to link us into a mighty chain encircling the globe, when he finds just a few true ones to receive him in our spiritual temple?

It should be the business of every craftsman to seek and find more avenues of usefulness through which his life will be a blessing to those with whom he comes in daily contact. We become good in as much as we do good to others. The contribution of Masonry to the world lies in the life of its members. Whatever of Masonry may eventually reach the legislative halls or the marts of trade or the shops of industry must be carried there by individual members, and whatever of good Masonry may accomplish in the world will be the sum of the worth of its members.

A man is a Mason when he has kept faith with himself, with his fellowman, and with his God; in his hand a sword for evil, in his heart a bit of song – glad to live, but not afraid to die.

Fraternally,
Larry Grufman, Master