The Master Has to Have Help An old man had secured the use of a vacant lot. He had dug out the weeds, removed the stones and rubbish, plowed it, harrowed it, planted seeds, and cared for the plants until what had been a stony weed patch was now a thing of beauty. One day a preacher from a near by church passed that way and started a conversation with the old man. The preacher remarked, Bro Jackson, you and da Lord sure worked miracles with this lot.” The old man responded: yes sir we sure have. You should have seen all the stuff here when da Lord was looking after it all by himself. That’s only a story, but there is a lesson to be learned here. Freemasonry gives a brother the rough, it provides him with that vacant lot, and even the seed, but it is up to the brothers to do the work. The Master, working alone, can’t make a lodge flourish, without the brothers there will only be weed, stones and rubbish. The Master of the lodge needs the help of the Brothers!!!!!