New River Lodge #402 F&AM

03/23/2026

Doors open tomorrow at 6:30pm

03/23/2026

With a rich history spanning a hundred years, this humble roadside lodge has been a catalyst for change, giving rise to numerous lasting friendships and providing aid to a multitude in need, as it strives to uphold its core tenets of friendship, morality, and brotherly love for centuries to come. 525 N Alexander Ave, Gonzales, LA 70737

03/23/2026

The scope of Free Masonry is substantially greater than one might envision.

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03/08/2026

We're starting to see a lot of this sort thing

03/08/2026

📏 The 24-Inch Gauge

⚒️ An instrument made use of by operative Masons to measure and lay out their work. As began, measuring originated among nearly all by using parts of the human body - the foot, the hand, the palm, the digit, and the cubit. Some contend that the origin of an inch was actually based on the thumb joint.

⏳ As a speculative mason, the 24-inch gauge is emblematic of the twenty-four hours of a complete day and night. It is a to teach us the value of well spent, and a reminder that a Freemason should learn to systematize on his time in this God-given life on .

⌚️ Time is the very substance of life, its golden minutes are the only we have with which to build. Every accomplishment of man, be it for the Temple of marble or our of character, act of selfishness or selfless giving to others, building a nation or building a house, it must be accomplished with "Time."

🕰️ 24 hrs split into 3 parts of 8-8-8; service to god and distressed brethren; our usual vocations; refreshment and sleep. Each 1/3 part of our time is of equal value; as a perfect .

📐 Although we may never arrive at a perfect 8-8-8 division of our days, in being industrious and striving for this will help us to become more productive, more a help to , and more a positive influence in our . As without time nothing is ever finished. Hence he who wastes either his time or another’s squanders something that he can’t recover.

🕯️ Let the 24-inch gauge represent an ideal for which we strive.

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👋 See you at tonight's Stated Meeting at Penn Hills Masonic Center
🍽️ Dinner 6:30 P.M.
🏛️ Meeting 7:30 P.M.

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