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August 2010

Cinosam Newsletter
(Masonic Spelled backwards)

Welcome Brothers and Friends,

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.....Neil

Brothers on the "Rock"

There is a granite outcropping in the middle of nowhere in South-central Wyoming called "Independence Rock". This giant stone bolder was a travel marker for the pioneers heading west on the Oregon Trail, the California Trail and the Mormon Trail. The trail bosses knew that if the travelers made it to Independence Rock by the 4^th of July, they had a good chance of getting over the Rocky Mountains before the winter snow blocked the path. The pioneers would rest at the site over Independence Day and some climbed the rock and chiseled their names along with the date into the rock. Many carved names can still be seen.

On July 4^th 1862, a number of Freemasons heading west on the trails climbed to the top of the Rock and opened Lodge. This was the first Lodge meeting held in what is now Wyoming. To commemorate this event, the members of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming climb the Rock every 10 years on the 4^th and open a formal Lodge.

This year I had the privilege, along with 200 other Masons from Wyoming and around the Nation, to join the Grand Lodge for this celebration. Many camped there overnight and all enjoyed the fellowship and camaraderie of meeting together on the level. This was an Independence Day that I will not forget. .............. Neil

AMAZING MASONIC FIND!

Canada Military

Check out this video posted by WCVB TV

in Boston concerning Masonic Officers Jewels

made by Paul Revere that have just been found.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/23697135/index.html

The Temple of Living Stones -Lawrence N. Greenleaf.

The Temple of Living Stones

The temple made of wood and stone may crumble and decay

But there's a viewless Fabrie which shall never fade away;

Age after age the Masons strive to consummate the Plane

But still the work's unfinished which th' immortal Three began;

None but immortal eyes may new, complete in all its parts

The Temple formed of Living Stones-the structure made of hearts.

'Neath every form of government, in every age and clime:

Amid the world's convulsions and the ghastly wrecks of time.-

While empires rise in splendor, and are conquered and overthrown

And cities crumble into dust, their very sites unknown,-

Beneath the sunny smiles of peace, the threatening frown of strife,

Freemasonry has stood unmoved, with age renewed her life.

She claims her votaries in all climes, for none are under ban

Who place implicit trust in God, and love their fellow man;

The heart that shares another's woe beats just as warm and true

Within the breast of Christian, Mohammedan or Jew

She levels all distinctions from the highest to the least,-

The King must yield obedience to the Peasant in the East.

What honored names on history's page, o'er whose brave deeds we pore,

Have knelt before our sacred shrine and trod our checkered floor !

Kings, princes, statesmen, heroes, bards who square their actions true,

Between the Pillars of the Porch now pass in long review

0, Brothers, what a glorious thought for us to dwell upon,-

The mystic tie that binds our hearts bound that of Washington!

Although our past achievements we with honest pride review

As long as there's Rough Ashlars there is work for us to do

We still must shape the Living Stones with instruments of love

For that eternal Mansion in the Paradise above;

Toil as we've toiled in ages past to carry out the plan,-

'Tis this;-the Fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of Man !

-Lawrence N. Greenleaf.

Note:

Lawrence Nichols Greenleaf, of Denver, known as the Pioneer Poet, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, October 4, 1838. Upon retiring from the mercantile business he became the publisher of the Square and Compass, a Masonic monthly, which he conducted for twenty-five years. His contributions in prose and poetry have been Masonic in sentiment and have been widely copied. He was active in the Masonic fraternity for more than forty-six years, having presided over lodge, chapter, council and commandery, while in the grand bodies he filled the offices of Grand Master, Grand High Priest and Grand Master of the Royal & Select Masters. He is a thirty-third degree Mason and was the deputy of the inspector general in Colorado, and he presided over the various bodies of the Scottish Rite, yet all this comprises but a small part of the many positions he filled as merchant, as Mason, as editor and writer of prose and poetry.

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Be healthy and take care of each other

Sincerely,

Neil Neddermeyer
Cinosam

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