THE TIME CLOCK
The Time Clock A
TIME CLOCK is a device which records the times of arrival and departure of an employee, or the rounds of a watchman. In the highly industrialized and regimented age in which we live millions of people, including unnumbered hundreds of thousands of Freemasons, pursuing their gainful occupations in shop and factory, are required to use this device. The time clock tells nothing of the skill or productivity of the worker; the employer has other means of determining these factors. The clock tells nothing but when. There are no time clocks in Freemasonry. Each Craftsman working in the Quarries of Life sets his own pace, his own time. His wages of Corn, Wine and Oil are paid according to merit, not by seniority, not by favoritism, not by political connections. He, himself, is the sole arbiter of the amount of wages due him. There is a measuring device in Freemasonry which has to do with Time. It is the 24-inch Gauge. It is a highly
important device. It is the first Working Tool of Freemasonry as explained to the Entered Apprentice. Emblematical of the twenty-four hours of the day it is divided into three equal parts of eight hours each. It was no coincidence that the ancient ritualist, in his three divisions of this Working Tool, chose as the first importance: “eight hours for the service of God and a distressed worthy brother.” Pause for a moment and contemplate on the deep significance found in those words. What kind of world would it be today if each and every Freemason, in every clime, could honestly say that he has lived up to this precept? No, Freemasonry has no time clocks but it does have the 24-inch Gauge.
– Georgia Masonic Messenger
Holiday Greetings and best wishes for a new year of peace and happiness Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of the District of Columbia Albert McNair Smith - Grand Master Robert B. Heyat, Deputy Grand Master Akram R. Elias, Senior Grand Warden Kwame Acquaah, Junior Grand Warden Mansour Hatefi, Grand Secretary Robert F. Drechsler, Grand Treasurer
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Joel R. Kahn, Grand Lecturer Paul D. Gleason, Senior Grand Deacon Jesse Villarreal, Junior Grand Deacon Joseph H. Crociata, Senior Grand Steward Teko Foly, Junior Grand Steward
