The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-03-07
snyder Commandery No. 90.

Something less than one year ago
! this CommandeTy was constituted
with only few members ana II was
/ a hard job TO put the work on IN
proper style. but since that time
new members have been coming IN
rapidly and the Officers have had
all that they could do. and they have.
by earnest and dilgent study. so
far mastered the Rituallstic work
that now they do not have to apol-
ogize TO any one for ne way the
work Is done
Recently the Commandery elected
new officers and Of course Il will
take a little time for these new of.
Ulcers to get mp on the work so that
they can do the same efficient floor
work that their predecessors did
but in a few weeks all these enthu-
siastic officers will be so proficient IN
tho work that they will not De
ashamed TO ppt on the degrees any
where.
There are many great and beauti-
ful lessons taught In this branch OF
Masonry vri'h { calcuat TO n'k'
any man better who tries 20 learn
them and especially who tries 20
get the spiritual significance Of
these lessons By degrees the youn-
Mason is led from one great lesson
20 another concerning the Temple,
and the laborers 20 and around the
temple. until he comes 40 last TO the
contemplation OF the Divine Presence
who in glorious majesty and inefta
bic brightness. came himself 10 dwell
in that edifice erected by human
hands under the immediate direction
of Almighty God
The fingers that shaped the stones
and umbers OF that ancient edifice
have long since turned TO dust but
the influence of their lives the fire
OF devotion. and the enthusiasm and
inspiration OF their love, lives on
they are true 20 the command Of
their Supreme Grand Master who
said See that We build 81 according
to the pattern shown In the Mount
Centuries have passed by but We
modern devotees Of the Temple have
caught the inspiration of their lives
and now we. out of diHnely furnished
material and under divine direction
are trying to build spiritual house
for the indwelling of the Holy Pres
ence the stones that are being used
I'm this spiritual house are being
shaped back i'm the Quarries OF the /
human mind and Of the human heart
and every one Of them is baptised
with the tears OF human sympathy
and h.otherly love: while browning
the completed edifice is a halo of
reycrential awe and upon Its pol.
ishel surface may be read the re"
ord OF their deeds OF charity I'D
pure bcneficence.
Out of the shadows and sacri.ic!al !
prophecies of the OLD Testament and |
the old time temple the knight !
Tcmplar energies into the full bll2 !
ing light OF the New Testament and
the Christian Religion as lighted up
by the Son OF Righteousness who
himself is thc fulfillmcat of al
prophecy.
We enlist unde. the banner Of
Christ. We draw our swords in the
defence OF the Christian Religion
and we scend our lives in being
blessing TO cur fellows. We stand
IN the shadows of the old time tenn
pie and view the bursting grave, that
once held the body of our Lord
with rapture we listen TO his shout
of victory, and thrilling with emo
ton that cannot be described we look
upon his glorious ascension into heav
en-, where. we are told he ever sits
at the right hand OF our heavenly
father. a Mediator and Intercessor
for all those who put their trust in
Him.
Step by step. stage by stage. the
true Mason has been erecting the
Temple of his life, until at last the
Key Stone is in place, the Royal
\ Oh is completed, and the mighty