From
September-October 2004
The
Powerful, Preserving Force of Freemasonry
W. Howard Coop, 32°
Upon discovering
lofty concepts of truth, such as those in Freemasonry, persons
of integrity are unwaveringly committed to those principles.
As a result, they develop a set of core values that, in all
situations and under all circumstances, govern their attitudes
and actions. Such persons are reliable. In every situation
or relationship, they inspire absolute confidence. Guided
by their integrity, they are not led astray by every new
idea or passing fad popular today and forgotten tomorrow.
Because they have anchored their lives to substantive values,
they have stability, even in a turbulent world.
Peter Marshall, a Scottish emigrant who became the popular
pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington,
D.C., and Chaplain of the United States Senate, shared the
following words in a prayer at the opening of the Senate: “Lord,
help us to stand for something lest we fall for anything.” The
stability of human society rests with persons of principle
who are willing, day after day in the routine of life, to
stand tall rather than fall flat.
Masons, men of integrity who have been taught to square
their actions and plumb their behavior by truth, have become
today,
as they were during the Revolutionary period of American
history, a powerful force in human society to preserve
and strengthen our nation
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W. Howard Coop
Valley of Louisville, Kentucky, is a retired United
Methodist Minister and has been a Freemason since 1952.
Contacts:111 Dogwood Drive, Lancaster, KY 40444-1034; hkcoop@aol.com; www.hometown.aol.com/hkcoop |
