The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX great tact and courtesy are to be employed in dealing with them. 17. They, on their part, will render willing and intelligent service. 18. While in Lodge, and on special occasions, they are to be treated as Brothers, with perfect equality; such beha- viour is undesirable during the hours of service, and famili- arity, subversive as it is of all discipline and order, is to be avoided by adopting a complete and marked change of man- ner and address. 19. This applies to all persons in subordinate positions, but not to the Brethren Servient in the Profess-Houses of the Order, who, giving service without recompense, are to be honoured as hosts. 20. In case of the sickness of any Brother, it is the duty of all Brethren who know him personally to attend him, to see that he want for nothing, and to report if necessary his needs to the Lodge, or to Grand Lodge itself. 21. Those Brethren who happen to be doctors or nurses will naturally give their skill and care with even more than their customary joy in service. 22. All Brethren are bound by their fealty to offer their service in their particular trade, business, or profession, to the Grand Lodge. For example, a stationer will supply Grand Lodge with paper, vellum, and the like; a bookseller offer any books to the Library of Grand Lodge which the Librarian may desire to possess; a lawyer will execute any legal business for Grand Lodge, and a railway or steamship owner or director see to it that the Great Officers travel in comfort wherever they may wish to go. 214