{"id":94,"date":"2006-02-13T14:28:04","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T22:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theeduca.mywhc.ca\/?p=94"},"modified":"2006-02-13T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2006-02-13T22:28:04","slug":"sublime-a-lesson-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/sublime-a-lesson-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sublime & A Lesson in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Definition of Sublime<\/span><\/h3>\n

Descriptive of the Master Mason Degree since 1754 when the word first appears in the Certificate of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, (Latin, limen<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>the upper part of the door-the lintel. Latin sub<\/em><\/strong> is under or up to; hence sublime,<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>raised aloft to a higher state. In common use , sublime<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>denotes that which is majestic, greater, and more important than beautiful.<\/p>\n

A Rose, a Baby\u2019s smile, a woman may all be beautiful, but it is a dramatic sunset, which is sublime<\/em><\/strong>. Pretty and delightful apply to a Chopin waltz, but sublime<\/em><\/strong> is reserved for the music of such Masters as Beethoven and Bach.<\/p>\n

The Sublime<\/em><\/strong> Degree of a Master Mason refers to the majestic conception of immortality thereon presented.<\/p>\n

A Lesson in Life\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

There was a man who had four sons, He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them on a quest, in turn to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.<\/p>\n

The first son went in Winter, the second in Spring, the third in Summer & the youngest in the Fall.<\/p>\n

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.<\/p>\n

The first son, said that the tree was ugly, bent and twisted, the second son said NO it was covered with green buds and full of promise, the Third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. It was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them. He said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.<\/p>\n

The man explained to his sons that they were all right, because each of them had seen only one season of the tree\u2019s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are over<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you give up when it\u2019s Winter, you will miss the promise of Spring, the beauty of your Summer and the fulfillment of your Fall.<\/p>\n

The Moral of this Story is.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let the pain of one Season destroy the joy of all the rest.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t judge life by one difficult Season<\/p>\n

Persevere through difficult patches and remember better times are sure to come soon.!!!!<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Letters to God.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God. Is it true that my father won\u2019t get into Heaven, if he uses his GOLF words in the house?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God. How did you know you were God?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who told you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God. In Bible times, did they really talk that fancy?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jennifer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God, <\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think orange went with purple until I saw the Sunset you made on Tuesday Night.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That was real cool\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God. I\u2019m doing the best I can\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REALLY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 signed NORM<\/strong><\/p>\n

With that thought in mind, I will close off and wish you and yours God\u2019s Blessing.<\/p>\n

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The Fifth of the General Headings of the Ancient Charges deals with:-<\/p>\n

Of The Management of the Craft in Working. And reads as follows:-<\/p>\n

None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a Brother, or supplant him, or put him out of his work, if he is capable to finish same; for no man can finish another\u2019s work so much to the Lord\u2019s profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the designs of him who began it.<\/p>\n

When a Fellow Craftsman is chosen Warden of the Work under the Worshipful Master and Fellows, he shall be true to both Worshipful Master and Fellows ,and shall carefully over-see the work in the Worshipful Master\u2019s absence to the Lord\u2019s profit; and his Brethren shall obey him.<\/p>\n

All Freemasons employed shall meekly receive their wages without murmuring or mutiny, and not desert the Worshipful Master till the work is finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[115,118,73],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-educator","tag-charge","tag-craft","tag-masonic"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"MasterMason","author_link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/author\/mastermason\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"The Educator<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Fifth of the General Headings of the Ancient Charges deals with:- Of The Management of the Craft in Working. And reads as follows:- None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a Brother, or supplant him, or put him out of his work, if he is capable to finish same; for no man can…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}