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WHAT
GROTTO MEMBERSHIP MEANS
The man
who comes to the Grotto had his Masonic origin in a Blue Lodge, where he was
taught to reverence the name of GOD, and to pray for guidance. He came on through
the Degrees where his knowledge of the dignity of Masonry was expanded, and
the GROTTO was provided for him as a place where he might join with his Brothers
in letting human instincts for fun, pleasure, and amusement have sway.
The GROTTO
was not and is not given to Masons as a place for exercising practices that
would not be tolerated in the Masonic Bodies, or which are taboo among gentlemen.
The GROTTO stands for all of Masonry and for wholesomeness in life. It stands
for letting in the sunshine on discouragement, grief, and woe, it would substitute
hope for despair at all times.
Without
the formalities that attend the Degrees in Masonry, it brings members in close
fraternal touch, and it breeds confidence between wearers of the FEZ. The Grotto
has always been made up of men in every community, men whom you are glad to
know, men who travel by preference on the sunny side of the street, and who
play a fair game all the time. They hit the ball hard in business and pleasure,
but they know when the brakes should be applied. They sow in kindness, to reap
in FRIENDSHIP and GOOD FELLOWSHIP. The Grotto is the playground for Master Masons.
When playtime is over there, we go back to the world as MASONS, charged to maintain
a "Good Report" among our fellows.
Membership
in the GROTTO gives us the right to wear its emblem and to participate in its
good works as well as its pleasures. It give us an opportunity to know the finest
fellows on earth, and we should guard well this privilege.