A thread I wove through my speeches was this History we are losing in Utah. It's not specifically Masonic but the experience of those older than us.
Here's my story.
In June of last year I had a conversation with PGM Blaine Simons before his recent decline and we spoke about his old friend Sam H. Goodwin. For those not in the know PGM S. H. Goodwin was the firebrand that wrote Mormonism and Masonry and helped spread that book around the Masonic world. Love him or hate him S. H. Goodwin was part of Utah Masonic History and his book is still flying around the internet today. MWBro. Blaine knew him. He talked with him. He had meals with him probably had drinks and sat in lodge with him. Maybe not in that order. MWBro. Blaine chuckled as he spoke about his long dead friend and knew Sam had controversy about him. He knew him and now through stories I knew personal stuff about old Sam.
Yesterday we laid a new cornerstone for First United Methodist Church in Marriott-Slaterville up by Ogden. My first time with a speaking part as your RWJGW. It was fun. The original box from the original cornerstone from 1928 was on display. In the box was a copy of ole Sam's book Mormonism and Masonry. Well it and the other things from 1928 are going in the new box along with new stuff and a copy of the article about Utah's first out in the open Latter-day Saint Grand Master MWBro. Glen Cook. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695265549,00.html He noted the "Irony was not lost on him" about the new additional contents of the box. This was a really cool thing yesterday.
Things change and I think for the better and the connections to our past through older Brothers through these "Bridges Across Time" are truly a gem. It's nice when you can chat with them and not lose history that we otherwise would have to crack out of a nearly 100 year old cornerstone box.
So chat it up you'll never know when timelines will cross.
That's it.
JL
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