The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-05
Annual Report Of the Secretary Of
the Se6alis Lodge.

sxpAIiA LODGE, No. 80, A. p. & A. ", January,
ISIS.
To ". ~ Wp,iea ad re,Are. Of ~. S.lyn
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herewith submit my annual report, showing
| the financial operations Of the YEAR and the
present condition of the Lodge. For the last
| three years We have placed the annual dues at
| three dollars per year, and ia Is now n proper
time to examine the ratio II receipts to expendl-
| lures. The average membership is about one
hundred. and If every member would pay, the
dues would amount tn Ssp, and to this must be
added ga interest on city bonds, making our total
| ordinary possible income SEQ Our ordinary
expenses are: rent 81. 10, u. J.. dues $50, expen-
ses to G L $p. Tyler, fuel etc, 81, sec'ts.
Stationary. etc, 81, t;as go, incsient.sls 81
Total $50. THIS would leave a surplus. II all
members would pay dues. but we know they do
not. Last year there were but little over Sl0,
collected. Of the dues of the year. and including
hack dues there S.j". add to this 80 interest
and we have receipts Of $50, which would leave
only sij margin for charity or unexpected de
n,ands against the Lodge. II will thus be seen
how important u II that the members pay
promptly, and the Lodge compel payment where
! there - ne good excuse for not paying.
/ One OF our neigh''or lodges Is nov getting q set
Of the g. L. reports bound for the use Of the Lodge
and measures have been taken to try and get
set for our Lodge, there being reports to he
| found, previous to the time became Secretary,
and would II not he vel tor the Lodge to consider
! the matter Of the establishment OF q Masonic
library, either by this Lodge alone or BY united
effort OF the two Lodges; with the numbers Of
Masons, and the strength Of the Lodges here .
library Of Masonic hooks ought 10 be found, and
thus and IN the spread Of Masonic literature. But
some may say that the times are too hard for
commencing an enterprise Of this kind, and while
u Is true that II would not be policy to spend
much money at present in this way, yet by the
expenditure Of = very small sum for postage, q
large number Of Grand Lodge reports, and other
publications would be donated to the lodge. and
they would be Of great value for frequent reference
BY our members and visitors.
Those who take the "voce Of Masonry may
have noticed the report of the Secretary Of lodge
in Florida, a lodge OF only about sixty members,
in small town Of which you probably never be-
fore heard; If you read the repor, il could not
help but strike you that il this Lodge hal put
forth the same efforts tor the last ten years that
that one has, We would nov have library OF over
70 volumes, with perhaps as much in our treasury
as We now have.
During the year two OF our Oldest members
completed their earthly work, and were laid o way
by the Lodge in their narrow and silent resting z
places, while their spirits entered upon that i'm
mortality which our order an common with the
scriptures teaches. and for the preparation for
winch we to often take too little thought. Let rs
| not forget that mortality extends no further than
the present life, AMI il wish to have part in
that Lodge above Of which we often speak and
write, we must make suitable proficiency IN the
present life. and prepare ourselves for inspection
by the Supreme Grand Master above.
| Fraternally submitted,
/ j. A. SAMPSON, sect.