Historical Sketch of Mout Tom Lodge
by
R. W. Archibald A. Brooks
Introduction
In human affairs old age is usually the mark of decline in life but in an institution such as ours it becomes a period of veneration. Our Institution which has come to us out of the myths of ancient times, shedding its light and disseminating its glorious principles; principles so broad as to embrace in their philanthropy the whole human family, a hundred years is but a brief span. In our own State of Massachusetts, the birthplace of duly constituted Masonry in America, Lodges have been in existence for upwards of two hundred years, one having exceeded that mark. There are seventy-one Lodges over one hundred years old of which thirty-three have passed the one hundred and fifty year mark and thirty-seven have reached or passed their centennial year in a total of three hundred and thirteen Lodges. And yet, today having reached our one hundredth birthday, we show no signs of decreptude, no sere or yellow leaves flutter around us. Time but gives us renewed strength and vigor; and looking backward we are animated by the lives and deeds of the Brethren who have gone before and who by the zeal and devotion they have displayed, inspire within us a desire to emulate their good works and to realize that the value of our existence as a Lodge lies not in, the number of years that we have lived but what we have done and are doing; and after, reviewing the records one can freely testify to the fact that the years have been filled with deeds of true beneficience and of a large measure of service — our real mission — and are truly worthy of our commemoration and honor.
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