Lodge Officers Installed For 2012

Tuesday September 15th

2011, the 165th

year since St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 was chartered, the

elected and appointed officers were installed for 2011 – 2012. Pictured above in the first row

beginning at left are Tiler, WB Timothy J Conard; Junior Steward, WB John C Keys;

and Lodge Education Officer, RWB Dennis A Bonjour. Middle row from left Senior Deacon,

Br David J Hawkinson; Senior Warden, Br LeRoy H Maxwell III; and Senior Steward, WB Arthur F

Haynes. Beginning top row left Junior Warden, Br Nighram M Johnson; Treasurer, WB Carl C

Jennings; Marshall, Br D Brian Carroll. Not pictured are this year’s Worshipful Master, WB

Marion H Boydston; Chaplain, RWB Larry R Crawford and Secretary, RWB Wesley F Revels.

St. Joseph Lodge #78 Website: http://www.stjoe78.com/

Saint Joseph Lodge No.78 Ancient Free And Accepted Masons

Chartered October 14th 1846

605 Robidoux Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501

Annual Newsletter Vol.165 Issue 1. “Peace & Harmony Prevailing” Website: stjoelodge78.blogspot.com

As the steps of man are attached by

various and uncertain incidents of life,

as our days are chequered with a

strange contrariety of events, and our

passage through this existence, though

sometimes blessed with prosperous

circumstances, yet often beset by a

multitude of evils, hence is the Lodge

furnished with Mosaic work, to

remind us of the precariousness of our

state on earth. To-day our feet tread in

prosperity, to-morrow we totter on

the uneven paths of weakness,

temptation and adversity. Whilst this

emblem is before us, we are instructed

to boast of nothing, to have

compassion, and give aid to those who

are in adversity, to walk uprightly and

with humility; for such is our existence

that there is no station in which pride

can be stably founded: all men are

similar by nature, yet some are born to

more elevated stations than others, but

when in the grave all are upon a level –

death destroying all distinctions. Whilst

we tread on the Mosaic work, let our

ideas return to the original which it

copies; and let every Mason act as the

dictates of reason prompt him, to live in

BrotherlyLove, Faith, Hope and Charity.

FAITH, is the foundation of justice, the

bond of amity, and chief support of

society; we live by faith, we walk by

faith; by faith we have a continual hope

in the acknowledgment of a Supreme

Being; by faith we are justified, accepted

in the acknowledgment of a Supreme

Being; by faith we are justified, accepted,

and finally saved. A true Mason’s faith is

the substance of things hoped for, the

evidence of things not seen. If we, with

suitable, true devotion, maintain our

Masonic profession, our faith will

become a beam of light, and bring us to

those blessed mansions where we shall

be eternally happy with God, the Grand

Architect of the Universe, whose Son

died for us and rose again, that we might

be justified through faith in his blood.

HOPE, is the anchor of the soul, both

sure and steadfast, and enters into that

within the veil; let a firm reliance in the

Almighty’s faithfulness animate our

endeavours, and teach us to fix our hopes

with the limit of His promises, so shall

success attend us. If we believe a thing

to be impossible, our despondency may

render it so; but he that perseveres will

ultimately overcome all difficulties.

CHARITY, - oh, how lovely is the

theme! – it is the brightest gem that can

adorn our Masonic profession; it is the

best test and the surest proof of altruism.

Benevolence, attended by heaven-born

Charity, is an honour to the nation from

whence it springs, it is nourished, and

cherished. Happy is the man who has

sowed in his heart the seeds of

benevolence, the produce thereof is love

of peace; he envieth not his neighbor; he

listeneth not to a tale, when reported by

slander; revenge or malice has no place

in his breast; he forgives the injuries of

men, and endeavours to blot them from

his recollection. Let us therefore, as

Masons, remember that professing our

faith in GOD, we listen to him who

craveth our assistance, and from want

never withhold a liberal hand; so shall a

heartfelt satisfaction reward our labour,

and the produce of liberality most

assuredly follow after.

BROTHERLY LOVE, by exercising its

precepts, we are taught to regard the

whole human species as one family – the

high the low, rich and poor; all created

by one Almighty Being, and sent into the

world for the aid, support, and

protection of each other: on this grand

principle Masonry unites men of every

country, sect, and opinion, and

conciliates true friendship amongst those

who might otherwise have remained at a

perpetual distance.

RELIEF, is another tenet of our Masonic

profession. To relieve the distressed is a

duty incumbent upon every man, but

more particularly upon Masons, who are

linked together by one indissoluble

chain of sincere affection; hence, to

soothe the unhappy, to sympathize with

their misfortunes, to compassionate their

miseries, and restore peace to the (over)

“A Candid Disquisition”, of the Principles and Practices of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of

Free and Accepted Masons. From Past Master, Wellis Calcott’s Masonic Manual, New York 1855

Argument VI. p. 47-50, “OF THE MOSAIC WORK AS A SYMBOL. AND THE VIRTUES OF FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, TEMPERANCE, FORTITUDE, PRUDENCE, JUSTICE, BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, AND TRUTH OF THE MASONIC INSTITUTIONS.”