Stated Communication of Desert Council #46. Riverside Masonic Center in Spokane, WA, September 9, 2005, at 10:30 AM.

The council was opened in due form by Sovereign Master Robert E. Steele at 11:00 AM following Kamiakin York Rite College. Other officers present were Louis Peck, SW; Chuck Chapman, JW; Robert Yingling, SD; Harold Rothgeb, JD PT; Eugene Alexander, Chaplain and Recorder, PT.

Introductions were waived as all present had been introduced earlier in the York Rite College.

Sickness: Ray Stenson is in a rest home and declared indignant. John Hardin is recuperating from surgery.

Checking account August 1, 2005 = $524.40

M/S/P to pay 1/3 of the total rent for the day = $25.00

Communications: a question was raised on the current or proposed dues structure as per the minutes of May. Clarification is pending.

Old Business: Recapped proposed members for Desert Council: John Porter of Walla Walla and Charles Davis of Pasco. Neither were present.

New Business: Wm. “Bill” Elkins was proposed and elected for membership and inducted into the order.

Papers: Louis Peck presented some thoughts that are to be presented to Grand Lodge addressing the ancient landmarks of masonry. No landmarks are presently defined by Grand Lodge.

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Pin check: All present had pins except the new guy.

Council was closed at 11:50 AM

Attest

Eugene Alexander, Recorder PT.

Masonic Landmarks written by Lewis D. Peck, PM, REPGC, KCT, KYGCH, KCCH: 2/24/2005

Masonic Landmarks

1. There is one God who created everything.

2. The Holy Word of God, which is on the Altar of Freemasonry, is the source of all light and truth.

3. God is all knowing, all seeing and ever present.

4. There is life after death in which God rewards and punishes all mankind according to His Holy Word.

5. All rights of man come from God.

6. Because God created mankind as equals, Freemasons meet on the level, as equals.

7. Freemasons support freedom of religion.

8. Freemasons support the Law of the Land, including the moral and social virtues of society.

9. Freemasons support the availability of quality education for all citizens.

10. Freemasons oppose all form of tyranny, whether political, judicial, military, economic, religious, environmental or social.

Additional Points on Masonry

Freemasonry is a society of men who place their trust in God.

Freemasonry is not a religion, for it has no religious creed, nor does it teach any means of salvation.

Freemasonry is based upon Judeo-Christian principles that can be agreed upon by all good men.

Freemasonry uses tools and objects of the building trade to illustrate unerring truths of moral law in their walk with God and their fellow man.

Freemasonry also uses illustrations from science and nature to show God’s presence and authority over all things.