I have been accused by my profane friends that Freemasonry has taken over my life in the years that I have been a Mason . They claim that I'm a different person and not like my old self . If this is true , which I belive it is , then I'm happy to admit then , that I am a different man . We are looking down the barrell of our 30's and closing in on 40 and yet they live their lives like we are still in high school . Drinking and partying are still number one in their minds . I've grown up and have...

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This is a shorter version of an education paper I have written for my lodge . I shortened it down because of my slow typing .
I have sat on the sidelines for the Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft degrees at other lodges in my district and in my own lodge where there may only be two or three brothers on the sidelines , or in some cases , I was the only one . But Brothers come out of the woodwork for the Raising of a young Mason . I have wondered to myself why that is . One degree is no...

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When I first came in to the fraternity I really didn't know what to expect , but I liked what I read about it . I met men of great importance in my town . Doctors , judges and men of wealth . I thought they would look down their noses at me , being a blue collar worker . But to my surprise we met as friends . I now see these men out in public , away from the lodge and they greet me with a smile ,a shake of the hand or a slap on the back . These very men , I thought would have nothing to do with...

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