Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-11-24
To the Mason Family,
Illinois and Jurisdictions.


To the Mason Family,
Illinois and Jurisdictions.
Greetings:--
My letter to you this week bears
three principal thoughts. First
Thanksgiving; second Election of
officers and third the Prince Hall
Masonic and Order of the Easter
Star Home.
Thanks giving
Every day of our lives should be
Thanksgiving Day." for even the
poorest, the richest, the most highly
honored and the meanest person in
point of position receives some
great blessing each day. We have
but to let our eyes be single to the
good to find many things for which
10 be thnkful in our friends and as
sociates.
We arc thankful that we are able
20 boast Of being members of the
greatest order in the world and that
God so ordained that our Patron
Grand Master Prince Hall should
have been a member Of that class of
men who were made and warranted
by the representative Of our mother
Grand Lodge from England, thus
making all Prince Hall Masons in
their various departments authoritiyc
and regular.
We are thankful for the expert
cnccs of the Heroines whose lives
sve stri,c "a cuss...e in the various
departments of the Adaptive Rites.
and appreciate the devine inspira-
ton which promoted the various
writer's TO so shape and chronicle the
history of these lives in the rituals
Of the Easter Star Chapters, Hero
ines of Jericho Courts. Hcroines Of
the Templar Crusades Guilds. As
scmbles of the Golden Circle, Isis
Court, etc, that we are permitted
as leading Fraternity to give some
recognition to the worth OF our
splendid womanhood.
Election Of Officers
November and December are two
OF the most ANTICIPATED months in
The Masonic Year in Illinois. In
either one or the other of these two
months every member of the Fra
fcrnity in Illinois and Jurisdiction
must sit in judgment upon it officers
and other members who are candi-
dates for Office.
II we would hope to succeed in our
aim toward the highest development
we must at this time vote not merely
for the individual, but for qualifea-
,ion and efficiency. Use your ballot
for the person who is best fitted to
hold the prospective Office, regardless
whether they are in line for it, or
whether your personal relations are
friendly or not.
The biggest failure of an organiza-
ton il clique elections. Machine
work that does not place a person
in Office who has the best interest of
the Fraternity at heart Is disgrace
and detriment. Be fair with your
self; square with your associates aud
frank to your candidates for Office
and God will give you a successful,
peaceful harmonious year for 1923,
for which to be thankful.
Prince Hall Masonic and o. E. S.
Home
At the Grand Session in Evanston
recommendation nade by the
Grand Master providing that each
lodge in the Jurisdiction be asked to
make Thanksgiving ssccieI frcevn
Offering for the HoniG on or before
the 25th OF December, was applov-
Cd. Last year the Holy Royal Arch
Masons gave the iIorsa viotrolia.
Oriental Lodge zen. number of
graphapi,onc records, subscriptions
to the Chicago Defende. and the
Daily Tribune which arc mailed reg
ularly to the Home By The publishers
and al Of which are enjoyed by he
brethren and sisters there. And
many other things were seal by "a