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The following article was printed in The Montana If we consider the symmetry and order which
Mason magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10-11, November- govern all the works of creation, we must admit that
December 1923. It is being reprinted here for your Geometry pervades the universe. If, by the aid of the
reading enjoyment. This was identifi ed as "The telescope, we bring the planets within the range of our
Dewdrop Lecture". This lecture or charge is not observation and by the microscope, view particles too
sanctioned or approved for use by the Grand Lodge minute for the eye, unaided, to behold, we fi nd them
AF&AM of Montana. all pursuing the several objects of their creation, in
accordance with the fi xed plan of the Almighty. By
In reading this you will fi nd it interesting, and note Geometry we may curiously trace Nature through her
that it is long and has some complex wording. We various windings to her most concealed recesses. By it
have not be able to establish the author although we discover how the planets move in their respective
apparently several individuals have been attributed to orbits and demonstrate their various revolutions; by
its creation. We have also been told that it may have it we account for the return of the seasons and the
been optional charge for the Fellowcraft Degree used variety of scenes which each season displays to the
at one time possibly by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. discerning eye; by it we discover the power, wisdom
and goodness of the Grand Artifi cer of the Universe,
It has been reported occasionally that Brothers have and view with delight the proportions which connect
reported having heard work presented in lodge that the vast machine. Numberless worlds are around
is not part of the approved Montana Standard Work. us, all framed by the same Divine Artist, which roll
If you should ever encounter this, you should provide through the vast expanse and are all governed by the
the information to your District Offi cer and the Grand same unerring law of nature. Is there not more truth
Master. than fi ction in the thought of the ancient philosopher,
that God geometrizes continually?
The Dewdrop Charge
By Geometry he rounds the dewdrop; points the
Freemasons are taught in the early stages that pyramidal icicle that hangs from thatch-bound roof;
Geometry, the fi rst and noblest of sciences, is the bends into a graceful curve the foaming cataract;
basis upon which the superstructure of Freemasonry paints His bow of beauty upon the canvas of a summer
is erected. Regarding man as a rational and intelligent shower; assimilates the sugar to the diamond, and in
being, capable of enjoyment and pleasure to an extent the fi ssures of the earth-bound rocks, forms gorgeous
limited only by the acquisition of useful knowledge, caverns, thickset with starry gems. By it He taught the
our Order points him to the study of the Liberal Arts bee to store its honey in prismatic cells; the wild goose
and Sciences and to the possession of knowledge as to range her fi ght, and the noble eagle to wheel and dart
the most befi tting and proper occupation for the God- upon its prey, and the wakesome lark, God's earliest
like endowments with which he is gifted. Indeed, all worshipper, to hymn its matin song in spiral fl ight. By
who frequent our Masonic Temple are charged to labor it He forms the tender lens of the delicate eye, rounds
faithfully in the wide and unbounded fi eld of human the blushing cheek of beauty, curves the ruby lips and
improvement, from which they are assured of reaping fashions the swelling breast that throbs in unison with
a most glorious harvest, a harvest rich in happiness to a gushing heart. By it he paints the cheek of autumn's
the whole family of man, and in manifestation of the mellow fruit, forms in molds of graceful symmetry the
goodness of God. Your attention is especially directed gentle dove, marks the myriad circles on the peacock's
to the science of Geometry, no royal road, 'tis true, gaudy train and decks the plumage of ten thousand
but to one prepared with an outfi t it must prove more warblers of His praise that animate the woody shade.
attractive than palace walks by regal taste adorned. By it He fashions the golden carp, decks the silvery
perch, forms all fi sh of every fi n and tribe that course
The ancient philosopers placed such a high estimate the majestic ocean, cut the placid lake or swim in gentle
upon this science that all who frequented the groves brook. Nay, more, even the glassy element in which
of the Sacred Academy, were compelled to explore they dwell, when by gentle zephyrs stirred, sends its
its heavenly paths, and no one whose mind was chasing waves in graceful curves by God's own fi nger
unexpanded by its precepts was intrusted with the traced in parallel – above, beneath, around us, all the
instruction of the young. Even Plato, justly deemed works of his hands, animate and inanimate, but prove
the fi rst of the philosophers, when asked as to the that God geometrizes continually.
probable occupation of Deity, replied, He geometrizes
continually. But if man would witness the highest evidence of
geometrical perfection, let him step out of the rude
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