Hampton, VA
"Making a Difference"
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia
Free and Accepted Masons, Incorporated
Eastern Star Lodge #13
3311 Shell Rd.
Hampton, VA 23661
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A Song of degrees of David
BEHOLD how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garment;
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Psalm: 133
MISSION STATEMENT
The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia Free and Accepted Masons, Inc.
Is a fraternal organization dedicated to the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.
Our organization takes good men and develop them to be better men.
We dispense charity, promote family values, and are endeavoring to significantly aid in the uplifting of humanity.
When is a man a Mason?
When he can look out over the rivers, the hills, and the far horizon with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of things, and yet have faith, hope, and courage -- which is the root of every virtue.
When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble, as vile, as divine, as diabolic, and as lonely as himself, and seeks to know, to forgive, and to love his fellowman.
When he knows how to sympathize with men in their sorrows, yea, even in their sins -- knowing that each man fights a hard fight against many odds.
When he has learned how to make friends and to keep them, and above all how to keep friends with himself.
When he loves flowers, can hunt birds without a gun, and feels the thrill of an old forgotten joy when he hears the laugh of a little child.
When he can be happy and high-minded amid the meaner drudgeries of life.
When star-crowned trees and the glint of sunlight on flowing waters subdue him like the thought of one much loved and long dead.
When no voice of distress reaches his ears in vain, and no hand seeks his aid without response.
When he finds good in every faith that helps any man to lay hold of divine things and sees majestic meanings in life, whatever the name of that faith may be.
When he can look into a wayside puddle and see something beyond mud, and into the face of the most forlorn fellow mortal and see something beyond sin.
When he knows how to pray, how to love, how to hope.
When he has kept faith with himself, with his fellowman, and with his God; in his hand a sword for evil, in his heart a bit of a song -- glad to live, but not afraid to die!
Such a man has found the only real secret of Masonry, and the one which it is trying to give to all the world.
"The Builders" by Joseph Fort Newton
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Eastern Star Lodge #13
3311 Shell Rd.
Hampton, VA 23661
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