Text Box: The meetings of the Seventh Masonic District Association for 2008 were scheduled at the district meeting September 15, 2007. All meetings will be proceeded with refreshments at 5:00 pm with the meeting beginning at 6:00 pm. First meeting is: January 18, 2008 West Union Lodge #43 Text Box: The following Lodges are assigned to participate in the VA Hospital Project Bingo Sunday, December 2, 2007 Bainbridge #196, Frankfort #309, Logan Elm #624, Manchester #317 and Scioto #6. Meet at 1:00 pm in Building #9 Text Box: Past Masters’ Convocation Text Box: Page # Text Box: The Trestle Board Text Box: The Worshipful Master and brethren of Orient Lodge #321 will welcome all Worshipful Masters-elect to the annual Past Masters’ Convocation Saturday December 1, 2007 at 8:00 am. Come a bit early to socialize and get acquainted with those who will propel the Historic Seventh Masonic District during the ensuing year. Have a great cup of coffee while you wait for one of the best sausage and biscuit breakfasts to be enjoyed this early in the season. All Worshipful Masters’ elect must attend this meeting, however all Master Masons are welcome to join as we inaugurate a new Masonic Year. Text Box: We meet upon the Level and we part upon the Square. What words of precious meaning, those words Masonic are! Come, let us contemplate them! They are worthy of a thought; In the very walls of Masonry the sentiment is wrought. We meet upon the Level, though from every station come, The rich man from his palace and the poor man from his home; For the rich must leave his wealth and state outside the Mason's door, And the poor man finds his best respect upon the Checkered Floor. We act upon the Plumb - 'tis the orders of our Guide. We walk upright in virtue's way and lean to neither side; The All-Seeing Eye that reads our hearts doth bear us witness true That we still try to honor God and give each man his due. We part upon the Square, for the world must have its due; We mingle with the multitude, a faithful band and true. But the influence of our gatherings in memory is green, And we long upon the Level to renew the happy scene. There's a world where all are equal - we are hurrying toward it fast, We shall meet upon the Level there when the gates of Death are past; We shall stand before the Orient, and our Master will be there To try the blocks we offer with His own unerring Square. We shall meet upon the Level there, but never thence depart. There's a Mansion - 'tis all ready for each trusting, faithful heart. There's a Mansion, and a welcome, and a multitude is there Who have met upon the Level and been tried upon the Square. Let us meet upon the Level, then while laboring patient here; Let us meet and let us labor, though the labor be severe; Already in the Western sky the signs bid us prepare To gather up our Working Tools and part upon the Square. Hands round, ye faithful Brotherhood, the bright fraternal Chain. We part upon the Square below to meet in Heaven again! What words of precious meaning, those words Masonic are --We meet upon the Level and we part upon the square. (Poem written in August, 1854) Text Box: THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE by Dr. Rob Morris (OES)