The ‘Swasie’ Column... He doesn’t hold back!©

by Swasie Turner MBE

Be proud of your Dedicated and Generous Benevolence; the virtues of a dedicated organisation for charity and worthy causes.

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hy on earth do those who are members of the Masonic fraternity deem it inappropriate, or even wrong, to divulge or admit to being a Mason? Masonry in its entirety is totally charitable and strictly honourable in its untiring contributions to many deserving and needy causes, of that, there is no doubt. Indeed, only recently a Masonic Lodge has bought and paid for, a new Lifeboat for the RNLI at a cost of £1.3 Million (pictured below). This is only one example of the

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extensions, hospital equipment, treatment of chronically sick patients,



be in dire straights, these are but a very few of the many, many examples of Masonic benevolence that prevail.

Why then the silly and unwarranted hesitance and even reluctance to admit when asked if one is a Mason? Granted, it is nobody’s business, and it’s not as though those who are Masons would be expected to divulge details of ceremonies or Lodge procedure, as these are, quite understandably privy to those who are members of what is incorrectly With secrets’! Which means it is a modest society with some public knowledge, and why not?

and a Mason! Why single out the police? Many, in their ignorance believe or suggest

 

many members of the judiciary are devout members of the Lodge,

taxi

drivers, bus drivers and members of the armed services… The list of

those who are also Masons is endless. For goodness sake, if those whinging, moaning, holier than thou hypocrites want something to whine about... tell them, and educate them as to the true virtues of

Freemasonry! There is absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever with being a genuine



are allowed to manifest themselves, as only then, would any form of critique be more  compromised by your leisure time activities, cough and shut up all those whingers in their ignorance once and for all.

For those of you who are wondering if I am indeed a member of the deny membership, I will unhesitatingly



proud of being so. Indeed, as I have been in Freemasonry since

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via Masonry to various charities and extremely worthy causes, both here and to many unfortunate and underprivileged people in dire need

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life enhancing facilities, goes on unabated. While I mention hospitals, I would like to draw maximum attention to those in the nursing and medicals professions who regularly patch up those victims of assaults, rape, robbery etc. I refer of course, to those who fall foul of

those poor misunderstood cries for help in the wilderness that have fallen from the plank of righteousness into the sea of evil and have been carried away on the tide of nastiness. These wrong doers are obviously in dire need of being anointed with the balm of human

kindness! - or, in other words, society’s vile low life rodent scum who crawl from the sewers to our angry and violent streets to vent their disabling injuries to their victims (such as myself).

Pictured: Swasie Turner MBE and fellow Masons at a recent Masonic donation to the RNLI

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Thank goodness there are those dedicated medics who are always there when we need them. I’m sure I speak for everybody when I say a BIG, BIG thank you to those doctors and nurses who tirelessly continue to tend and repair us. God bless you all, we would be lost without you; you grossly overworked and underpaid angels and saints. Many of those victims to whom I refer are many times subsequently or ultimately helped and cared for via the assistance afforded by Masonic generosity and benevolence. My pride in Masonry and all it stands for is in the form of total pride and dedication and I strongly recommend anyone who wishes to join such a benevolent society of dedicated charity advocates doing so. The extremely warm, friendly fraternity will ensure those who wish to become a member such a caring and generous brotherhood will be made extremely welcome. As the saying goes:

‘once a Mason, always a Mason’.

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