Columbian Lodge No.7, Free & Accepted Masons

Friends, Family and Fellow Masons. Due to the current events and local situation with COVID-19, we will not hold any gatherings or meetings until further notice. We can still be contact by email or PM if need to for other questions, current members assistance and future membership. If seeking more info on masonry, you can receive additional information at https://glofga.org/how-to-become-a-mason/

"Human progress is our cause, liberty of thought our supreme wish, freedom of conscience our mission, and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere our ultimate goal."

THE YOUNG MAN MEDITATES Masonry promised me nothing except opportunity for mental and spiritual growth and opportunity to be serviceable to God and man. I came of my own free will and accord as all men in all ages have done. I was received as all others have been received in the ages past.... I learned that Masonry is interested in the character of man in man as a thinking, feeling being. I learned that Masonry is not a religion in the sense that we think of church, or temple, or mosque but that it is a form of worship and the true ally of all religions. I found that one grows stronger in his own faith, whatever it may be, as a result of Masonry. I learned the real meaning of moral and spiritual teachings of charity, and that one’s integrity of mind and spirit is his most precious possession. All that I had learned before was enhanced by the manner in which Masonry teaches sublime lessons. About me I see brothers, some young in Masonry, others who have been Masons for years. Toward all I feel a bond of friendship and fellowship which is indescribable. To have the confidence of such a group of brothers, and to know that you have joined to them by immutable bonds, as you are to every Mason in the world is indeed a priceless privilege. All of this I learned; and I learned as well, that to maintain and perpetuate all that I have received, I must give back my best to Masonry and society. The Author is not knownbut I could have not said it better as to what I have gained in Freemasonry.

"Sweet Mercy is nobility's true Badge" William Shakespeare

THE MASON He is a man who is earnestly striving to become a better man. He recognizes the good that resides in the heart of every brother. He knows that the faults he sees in others reflect his own imperfection, and does not set himself up as a judge of his brothers.... The Mason is one who has learned of life’s struggles, of its difficult paths, its disappointments, the price of holding fast to one’s integrity, and yet maintains faith in the ultimate triumph of Good over Evil. The Mason is a man of generous heart, mind, and hand. He looks upon the opportunity to serve humanity as a joyous privilege. The Mason is a man who demonstrates his love of country by being a good citizen, by obeying the law of the land, by being true to his country’s ideals, and by his undying devotion and loyalty, both in time of peace and war. The Mason is a man who, by his acts and deeds, reveals his unswerving trust in the Infinite, Wisdom, Justice and Mercy of his Creator. The Mason is one who maintains a stubborn attachment to duty, and is unyielding in his unceasing efforts to make a better society by making himself a better individual. Dewey H. Wollstein

THE NEED FOR MASONRY An institution comes into being because it has something of great value to contribute to society. It exists as long as it adheres to its original design and continues to make its influence for good felt in society. Has there ever been a time in the history of man when the tenets and principles of Freemasonry were more urgently needed?... It has always been the work of Masonry to keep before the world those lofty teachings which give meaning to life, which reflect the divine nature of man, and which give dignity and worth to the individual. Let us review the lessons inculcated in the three degrees of Masonry. Let us review the methods by which these truths are imparted. Think of a world wherein such virtues of heart and mind are not present. Think of a world devoid of Reverence, of Charity, of Faith, of Love, of Integrity, and of Brotherhood. Then let us think of our personal responsibility in translating the tenets of Freemasonry into life as the means of keeping alive within the hearts of man those elements of character which elevate the spiritual over the material and make victorious the noble over the ignoble. Thus, in doing so, we perpetuate more than an Institution. We give to posterity that which is a priceless treasure. Dewey H. Wollstein (Sir Winston S. Churchill received the Master Mason Degree on this Day, March 25, in 1902, in Rosemary Lodge No. 2851 The Grand Lodge of Arizona was formed on this day, March 25, in 1882.

Columbus, GA 2020 Family Masonic Picnic has been cancelled.Columbus, GA 2020 Family Masonic Picnic has been cancelled.