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Old Tiler Talks Old Tiler Talks Carl H. Claudy 1925 Originally published in 1925 By The Masonic Service Association Of the United States of America Converted to text by Bro. Carl Johnson Converted to PDF & eBook by Bro. Ron Blaisdell, PM January 28, 2001 AL 6001 FOREWORD (1949) "The Old Tiler first appeared in print in August, 1921 when the first of four hundred and fourteen "Old Tiler Talks" were printed in the Fellowship Forum, a fraternal newspaper published in Washington, D.C. In 1925 the publisher asked the author to select a few of the best of the talks and thirty-one were accordingly made into a little volume, copyrighted that year. The book, which sold for a dollar, ran into two editions of five thousand copies each. By the time they were all sold the Fellowship Forum ran head on into the depression and disappeared and with it the Old Tiler. His homely philosophy, sharp tongue and common sense, however, had made a place for him in the hearts of readers; demand for the book has never ceased, although it has lessened in the twenty-four years since the Old Tiler first spoke from between the covers. At long last the Old Tiler sits again before the door of his lodge, there to repeat the tales which made him liked so long ago, and, from the wealth of material of his hundreds of homilies, make thirty-nine new talks to the book, a total of seventy in all. These have been roughly classified under seven headings. To offer in defense of his fanciful classification the author has no other alibi than the weak statement that the Old Tiler is himself fancy! The portrait of the Old Tiler on the jacket is the loving work of Brother Frank A. Stockwell of Buffalo, New York, who has (at least to the author's eyes) succeeded in getting the biting sarcasm, courage and philosophy of the Old Tiler into his kindly face. ...The author does not always agree with the Old Tiler- perhaps it is the Old Tiler who disagrees with the author! Some to whom that statement is made make answer: "Why don't you make him say what you think? You are the boss man!" All who have written know that, if they live, pen and ink characters have minds and thoughts of their own, sometimes to the benefit, sometimes to the grief of their fathers! Therefore, with what is hoped is becoming modesty, this invitation is extended; whatever you like in the Old Tiler's talks, credit to his creator; if his sharpness or his ideas offend, blame the Old Tiler not The Author CONTENTS Shekinah What is Masonry? ................................ 1 Book on the Altar.................................. 5 Acting as Chaplain ............................... 9 Atheist and Agnostic .......................... 13 A Lodge is Born.................................. 17 Inner Meaning .................................... 21 Why Men Love Freemasonry ............. 25 The Greatest Work............................. 29 His Christmas..................................... 33 New Cut Trails.................................... 36 “Black Sheep” Masonry’s “Failure” ............................ 41 Judge Not!.......................................... 45 Shooting the Masonic Gun................. 49 Masonic Talk...................................... 53 Two-faced! ......................................... 57 The Dirty Trick.................................... 61 The Disliked Petitioner ....................... 64 So Many Rascals! .............................. 68 Meanest Master ................................. 72 Costumes?......................................... 76 “Lippen All” On Finding Out................................... 80 Substitutes at Funerals ...................... 84 Examination Committee ..................... 88 Hand-picked....................................... 92 On Being Asked to Join...................... 96 On Investigating a Petitioner ............ 100 Keepers of the Door......................... 104 He Found Out................................... 108 To Wait How Long?.......................... 112 Kinds of Masons............................... 116 Under the Rose On Knowing Names ......................... 120 A Masonic Speech ........................... 124 The Forgotten Word ......................... 128 Learning the Work............................ 132 Geometric Bull.................................. 136 Bluff.................................................. 140 On Secrets ....................................... 143 Those Disclosures!........................... 147 Inviolable.......................................... 151 Democracy in Lodge ........................ 155 “Were Fiddle-Dee-Dee!” Promotion......................................... 159 Joke ................................................. 163 Indictment......................................... 166 Burdens............................................ 170 Could Be .......................................... 174 Hep! Hep!......................................... 178 Wages.............................................. 182 Gold and Iron ................................... 186 Beautiful Adventure.......................... 191 Gift of the Magi................................. 195 “All Is Fish” Mirror Lodge..................................... 199 Eyes Lifted High ............................... 203 Laughter........................................... 207 Pep................................................... 210 Anonymous ...................................... 214 Music................................................ 218 Country Lodge.................................. 222 Foolish Questions ............................ 226 Odd .................................................. 230 The Hallowed Old............................. 233 “Root of All Evil” Masonry in Business ........................ 237 Discounts ......................................... 241 Foolish Spending ............................. 245 Subscriptions.................................... 249 On a Lodge Budget .......................... 253 Poor Fish.......................................... 257 Outside Activities.............................. 261 Advertising ....................................... 265 Gambols on the Green..................... 269 In Men’s Hearts................................ 273 WHAT IS MASONRY? "I've been a Mason six months now and I ought to know something about Masonry. But there are more secrets in the fraternity I don't know than those I have been told!" The New Brother was puzzled. The Old Tiler laid down his sword, picked up a half-smoked cigar and lit it, and settled back in his chair. "Get it out of your system," he invited. "Is Masonry a religion," continued the New Brother, "or a system of philosophy, or a childish getting together of men who like to play politics and wear titles? I have heard it called all three. Sometimes I think it's one and sometimes the other. What do you think?" "It isn't a childish getting together for the love of titles and honors," answered the Old Tiler. "Men would soon invent a much better organization for the satisfaction of such purposes. In fact, he has invented better ones. Men who want to play politics and be called the Grand High Cockalorum of the Exalted Central Chamber of the Secret Sanctorum can join these. If Masonry were nothing but play, it wouldn't live, and living, grow. "Masonry isn't a religion. A religion, as I see it, is a belief in deity and a means of expressing worship. Masonry recognizes Deity, and proceeds only after asking divine guidance. But it does not specify any particular deity. You can worship any God you please and be a Mason. That is not true of any religion. If you are a Buddhist, you worship Buddha. If a Christian, Christ is your Deity. If you are a Mohammedan you are a worshipper of Allah. In Masonry you will find Christian, Jew, Mohammedan and Buddhist side by side. "Masonry has been called a system of philosophy, but that is a confining definition. I don't think Masonry has ever been truly defined." "Or God," put in the New Brother. "Exactly. A witty Frenchman, asked if he believed in God, replied, 'Before I answer, you must tell me your definition of God. And when you tell me, I will answer you, no, because a God defined is a God limited, and a limited God is no God.' Masonry is something like that; it is brotherhood, unlimited, and when you limit it by defining it you make it something it isn't." "Deep stuff!" commented the New Brother. "Masonry is 'deep stuff,'" answered the Old Tiler. "It's so deep no man has ever found the bottom. Perhaps that is its greatest charm; you can go as far as you like and still not see the limit. The fascination of astronomy is the limitlessness of the field. No telescope has seen the edge of the universe. The fascination of Masonry is that it has no limits. The human heart has no limit in depth and that which appeals most to the human heart cannot have a limit." "But that makes it so hard to understand!" sighed the New Brother. "Isn't it the better for being difficult of comprehension?" asked the Old Tiler. "A few days ago I heard an eminent divine and Mason make an inspiring talk. I hear a lot of talks; nine-tenths are empty words with a pale tallow-tip gleam of a faint idea somewhere in them. So when a real talker lets the full radiance of a whole idea shine on an audience, he is something to be remembered. This speaker quoted a wonderful poem, by William Herbert Carruth. I asked him to send it to me, and he did; please note, this busy man, president of a university, and with a thousand things to do, didn't forget the request of a brother he never saw before!" The
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