dly Apathy Michael R. Poll
The Journal
have all read or heard stories of individuals who have taken drastic steps to save their own lives. Recently I read of a man who w g some repair work on his water heater. He needed to reach far into the tank while lying on his back. While working in that posit rm became wedged in the tank and he found that it was impossible to remove it. He screamed for help, but was alone in the hous no one was near enough outside to hear his cries. The man had spent several days trapped with his arm hopelessly wedged when ced a disturbing smell coming from inside the tank and around his arm. The man later recounted that instinct must have taken ov managed to reach a saw and began to cut off his arm. The next day, several family members – concerned at not being able to reac – found him unconscious on the floor in a pool of blood, his arm severed at the elbow. The man was taken to the hospital where vered, but the doctors gave him a sobering report. Gangrene had set into his arm, and he was told that if he had not removed it w id, he would have died. The doctors a d that if he had waited any longer t ove the arm, it would have been to The poison would have spread throug y and nothing then would have saved h man’s life was saved not just beca took action, but when he took actio
Of The Masonic Society
ined Masonry in number of my Masons, I knew osophy or history ew was that it was ok my joining to nt. Such ignorance masonry prior e of the exception y of the young dy know much read the popular, Freemasonry. of the Lodge derful, mysterious, p of seekers. They part of such an is not exactly what join.
the mid-’70s. Whil family members ha next to nothing of t of Freemasonry. Al a “good” organizat find out what “goo of the philosophy o to joining is becom than the rule today. men who join Mas of its philosophy. T new and exciting b They arrive at the with an awareness moral and enlighte want to share in an organization. But, s they always find w
numbers of participation are The new reports new members etimes in very m to be having why is this o?
demits, NPD, and growing at an alarm paint a dismal pictu are coming fast, an good numbers, but trouble keeping the happening and wha
t seems to be happening is the young men come to Freemasonry with an idea of what it should be and find that it is something v rent. Many come with the hopes of finding enlightening discussions, intellectual programs designed to lift us to11 new heights and Winter 2010/2011 Issue arn more of ourselves and our world. Yet, sometimes all they find is “good ole boys” seeking to add another title, gain a bit more ority or power, and be more of the “big fish” in whatever pond they thrive. There is lots of coffee, but little real enlightenment. T ng Masons become upset at the reality of their Masonry when they compare it to what they believed of Masonry before they join e make their displeasure known – loudly. At times, such pointed objections by the young brothers are met with disapproval. It is