June  2002

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The Shrine of North America website:  http://www.shrinershq.org/

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Freemasonry in the News:

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/2305156p-2725826c.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=284065

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/134384245_freemasons30.html

http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=284028

THE MODEL MASON

JUBAL AND TUBAL CAIN

BROTHER RUDYARD KIPLING

THE ROYAL ARCH MASON ­ Winter 1964

Jubal sang of the wrath of God

And the curse of thistle and thorn,

But Tubal got him a pointed rod

And scrambled the earth for corn.

Old - old as that early mould,

Young as the sprouting grain-

Yearly green is the strife between

Jubal and Tubal Cain!

Jubal sang of the new found sea,

And the love that its waves divide:

But Tubal hollowed a fallen tree

And passed to the farther side.

Black - black as the hurricane wrack,

Salt as the under main ­

Bitter and cold is the hate they hold -

Jubal and Tubal Cain!

Jubal sang of the golden years,

When wars and wounds shall cease;

But Tubal fashioned the hand-flung spears

And showed his neighbors peace.

New - new as the nine-point-two,

Older than Lamech's slain ­

Roaring and loud is the feud avowed, 'twixt

Jubal and Tubal Cain!

Jubal sang of the cliffs that bar

And the peaks that none may crown

But Tubal clambered by jut and scar,

And there he builded a town.

High - high as the snowsheds lie,

Low as the culverts drain ­

Wherever they be, they can never agree-

Jubal and Tubal Cain!

We added more than 30 new files to the education section of the website.  Files are located at:

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Working for the CRAFT,

Fraternally and Sincerely,

Past Master Mathews