EA Charge

Over 200 years ago, Bro. Jeremy Cross, a student of Thomas Webb who was the father of American Masonic ritual, published his book "The True Masonic Chart" which was quickly adopted as a monitor by many US Grand Lodges.

Similar to our current predicament, at the time of this book's publishing , the world was suffering from a cholera pandemic. In America, this was blamed on Irish immigrants. The beautiful closing charge is still often recited in Masonic meetings today. In fact, when the Grand Lodge of Texas formed in the 1830s, it was this book that was adopted for our official resource.

Now is the time to ensure our friends, neighbours and brethren are all well and we should be there to help our older brethren to ensure the current circumstances do not lead to other problems.

My thanks to Waco Masonic Lodge No.92 in Texas for this article.