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Text Box: The Trestle Board

Text Box: “What good may I do in the World Today” or better stated What came you here to do? Freemasons should ask themselves this question every day of their life. The true answer to this question can be found in six little words that define out thoughts, words and actions and display our true feeling of fraternal brotherhood. Those six little words are HONESTY, LOYALITY, FAITH, COMPASSION, FRIENDSHIP AND PERSERVERANCE. Within these six words we learn to work, agree and better understand one another. HONESTY is to be genuine, authentic, and bona fide. Honesty expresses both self-respect and respect for others. Every social activity, every human enterprise requiring people to act in concert, requires honesty. LOYALITY is an important sign of the kind of persons we have chosen to become. Real loyalty endures inconvenience, withstands temptation, and does not cringe under assault. FAITH, hope and love are formally regarded as theological virtues in traditional Christian Doctrine. A shared faith binds people together in ways that cannot be duplicated by other means. COMPASSION takes its stand with others in their distress. Compassion is a natural feeling, which, by moderating the violence of love of self in each individual, contributes to the preservation of the whole species. It is compassion that hurries us without reflection to the relief of those who are in distress. FRIENDSHIP usually rises out of mutual interests and common aims, and these pursuits are strengthened by the benevolent impulses that sooner or later grow. Friendship is a deep thing. It is indeed a form of love. The noblest question in the world, observed Benjamin Franklin as Poor Richard is What good may I do in it? Whether by leading or prodding others, or improving oneself, or contributing in the thick of things to some larger cause, perseverance is often crucial to success. How quickly we learn that time, patience and perseverance will accomplish all things but as I close this message to you it is the

WHAT CAME YOU HERE TO DO?

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Text Box: Invitations for the 2005 Ladies and Widows Night Banquet were mailed to eighty widows whose names are on our Widows List. Some invitations were returned because their change of address was not forwarded to the Office of the Secretary. In some instances, invitations were mailed to the corrected address when returned by the post office. Widows to whom we send “The Trestle Board”, a third class

Text Box: mailing, did not receive the May edition because it is neither forwarded or returned if the address on record is not correct. If widows wish their name removed from the newsletter mailing list, simply mail the label portion of the newsletter with a memo requesting their name be removed from the newsletter data base.

Text Box: Special Notes: Chillicothe York Rite Elections It can be told in Church Note: Ms. Jessica Lewis Useless Information Lynchburg Charity Bike Ride What Comes Around

Inside Story	2
Calendar	2
1999 Scholarship Recipient	3
Brother Harry Oyer—Chaplain to Many	4
Top Scholars Awards Banquet	5
Brother Richard Merriman	6
Fish Fry— June 3, 2005	6
Chillicothe York Rite Festival	7
4th Division CTA	7
Chillicothe York Rite Installations	7