CATALOG PUBLICATIONS AND MATERIALS of The Masonic Service Association of the United States 8120 Fenton Street Silver Spring, MD 20910-4785 (301) 588-4010 (January 1990) (Replaces all preuious Lists, Indexes, Catalogues) INDEX OF SHORT TALK BULLETINS (Through December 1990) Short Talk Bulletins and bulk quantity discounts (see page 16) re- quire added postage. All other MSA publications are postpaid ORDERING SHORT TALK BULLETINS: Every Short Talk Bulletin is maintained in print; each cost $0 30 plus postage. Whenever Short Talk Bulletins are part or all of your order, use the following chart to determine the amount to add for postage: STBs Ordered Postage (Within U.S) 1-2 0.25 3-6 0.45 7-9 0.65 10-20 1.00 21-50 1.50 51-150 1.80 151-250 2.00 251-400 3.00 401-500 4.00 501 plus 5.00 PLEASE BE SURE TO ORDER BY DATE AND TlTLE LEADERSHIP 10-78 Attracting Masonic Leaders 2-87 Dare To Be Different 5-67 Keeper of the Springs 9-79 Leadership is Expected and Respected 1-79 Masonic Maturity 1-81 Masonic Public Relations 2-41 Master 2-88 Master as Manager 10-83 Seminar Techniques that Work 6-47 Sword in the Stone, The 8-66 Short "Short Talks" for Special Occasions 7-79 To Exist--or to Live 3-83 Who Leads the Leader? 12-61 Youth Programs for Boys and Girls ENTERED APPRENTICE 9-59 Apprentices 6-32 Apron, The 3-63 Be Particularly Careful 3-65 Blazing Star 3-26 Cable-Tow, The 5-24 Compasses, The 9-61 First Lesson, The 11-31 "Free and Accepted" 10-77 Good and Wholesome Instruction 3-24 Holy Bible, The 11-27 Lambskin Apron, The 2-26 Lesser Lights 12-27 Lodge, The 3-61 Movable and Immovable 10-27 Northeast Corner, The 8-31 Point Within a Circle l2-64 Relief 11-23 Rite of Destitution, The 4-33 Rite of Discalceation, The 8-33 Rough and Perfect 4-25 Swaddling Clothes 11-77 Temperance, Fortitude and Prudence 7-32 Trestle-Board and Tracing Board 9-33 Twenty-Four Inch Guage FELLOWCRAFT 1-78 Antiquity of Geometry, The 3-64 Attentive Ear, The 2-25 Charity 8-30 Corn, Wine and Oil 3-28 Faith, Progress and Reward 3-60 Fellowcraft 7-67 Globes 11-66 Horizontals 6-33 Letter "G", The 6-24 Level and Plumb, The 5-34 Masonic Geometry 5-44 Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences 6-27 So Mote It Be 2-64 Speculative 4-24 Square, The 12-43 Square, Level and Plumb 6-25 3 - 5 - 7 2-68 "We Work in Speculative Masonry" 1-32 Winding Stairs, The 11-71 "Wise and Serious Truths" MASTER MASON 8-23 Book of Constitution Guarded by the Tiler's Sword 5-31 Five Points 11-28 Foreign Countries 10-30 47th Problem, The 10-37 Grand Lodge 10-35 Grand Master's Powers 2-34 Hiram Abif 10-89 Hiramic Legend, The 6-35 Hour Glass and Scythe 11-82 Legend of Hiram Abif, The Importance of the 5-28 Legend of the Lost Word, The 7-29 Lodge and Grand Lodge Organization 5-62 Master Mason 2-33 Master's Wages, The 5-35 Pot of Incense 8-29 Powers of the Worshipful Master, The 7-73 Put a Log on the Fire 9-27 Ruffians, The 9-64 Seat Among the Brothern, A 1-27 Secrecy 11-32 Sprig of Acacia 11-62 Stairway and a Ladder, A 8-25 Sublime 2-62 Symbolism: The Circle 4-28 Tools ABOUT INDIVIDUALS 10-47 Ashmole, Elias 9-77 Balchen, Bernt 3-82 Brother Francis Bellamy 6-23 Burns, Robert 8-76 Bushnell, David, Revolutionary Patriot 9-67 Captain and His Lady, The 1-85 Cody, Buffalo Bill 6-83 Cross, Jeremy Ladd 5-32 Dedicating the Memorial 2-61 Denslow, Ray Vaughn 5-36 Desaguliers 9-36 Doolittle Pictures 4-55 Drummond, Josiah Hayden 5-73 Ellery, William 11-76 Francisco, Peter, The Virginia Giant 1-74 Franklin, Benjamin 10-33 Franklin, Benjamin, Freemason 9-32 Goethe, Freemason 6-74 Hancock, John 2-78 Hahn, Conrad, In Memoriam 9-23 Harding, Warren G., Freemason 2-57 Haywood, Harry LeRoy 1-75 Hewes, Joseph 1-64 "His Death was Untimely" 5-75 Hooper, William 10-64 Kipling and Masonry 7-28 Lafayette 4-34 Lafayette, Where was Made a Mason? 3-69 Land, Frank S.--DeMolay Dad No. 1 8-77 Lessing, G.E.: The Conscience of German Freemasonry 2-36 Mackey, Albert Gallatin 7-55 Marshall, John 6-75 Masonic Signers of the Declaration 1-57 Masons Signing Declaration of Independence 5-57 Morris, Rob 1-84 Mozart 6-56 Oliver, Dr. George, Father of Masonic Literature 7-33 Our Masonic Presidents 9-74 Paine, Robert Treat 7-23 Pike, Albert 6-90 Pike, Albert, the Man--Not the Myth 12-84 Poinsett 2-23 Preston, William 1-23 Revere, Paul 8-75 Rizal, Jose 6-76 Salomon, Haym, Financier of the Revolution 4-41 Sayer, Anthony, Gentleman 8-42 Seven Great Masons 2-77 Spalding, Lyman, M.D. 9-73 Stockton, Richard 3-87 Tadasu Hayashi 7-50 Three Famous Masonic Charlatans 5-55 "True Masonic Chart" 3-73 Truman, M.W. Harry S. 2-75 Walton, Cicorgc 2-32 Washington, Facts for Speakers About 4-76 Washington, the Friend of Masonary 10-52 Washington, the Man 4-90 Washington and the Society of the Cincinnatti 6-38 Webb, Thomas Smith 4-74 Whipple, William 4-68 Young Man Who Lisped, The BODY OF THE CRAFT 1-35 Ahiman Rezon 8-88 Ancicnt Symbolic Penalties 9-48 Charter--Warrant 5-56 Cipher Rituals 12-35 Clandestine 5-60 European Grand Lodges 5-86 Foundatiob Stone, A 3-34 Foundations of Masonic Law 9-45 "Fraternal Correspondent" 8-48 Fraternal Recogmition 4-69 Freemasonry's Platform 1-48 Free Will and Accord 11-65 Future of Masonic Education, The 4-56 Geography of the Ritual 11-51 Grand Lodge Seals 12-56 Grand Lodges are Different 1-65 Grand Masters' Conference, The 6-63 Grand Representatives 11-30 Honors from the Craft 7-90 How do Non-Masons and Masons view the Craft? 8-49 Introduction-What it Means 7-35 Jurisdictional Contrasts 2-35 Lewis and Louveteau 6-48 Lodge Is Born 1-86 Lodge Visitation--A Privilege 3-37 Making a Mason "at Sight'' 4-36 Many Men, Many Minds 8-36 Masonic Honors 10-67 Masonic Honors, More About 5-90 Masonic misconceptions, some 12-50 Masonic Speakers and Speeches 12-51 Masonic Titles 3-55 Materials in the Ritual 9-44 Membership Contrasts 1-26 Mummies 5-38 Nine More Questions 3-38 Nine Questions 7-53 No Royal Road 12-37 "Old Order Changeth" 9-66 Past Master Honoris Causa ? 2-54 "Please Tell Me ..." 3-57 Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076 4-65 Right To Reprint, The 10-54 Rights & Privilegcs of a Master Mason 1-34 Ritual Differences 4-63 Solicitation 8-63 Some Lodges Are Different 8-58 Some Misconceptions About Freemasonry 6-86 Standard of Masonic Conduct 9-29 Sugar Coating Masonic Education 8-69 Swiss Masonary 10-44 "To Change Times and Laws" 7-30 Unaffiliated 11-63 Universal Masonary? 5-63 What Can You Tell? 12-63 What Did You Expect? 2-31 What Do You Know About Masonary? 8_65 What Does Freemasonary Offer The World? 3-59 What sholud a Mason Know About Masonary? 12-77 What's Your Answer? BYPATHS 8-83 An Assessment of M.S.A. 3-84 "And Give Them Proper Instruction" 3-40 At Midnight 6-78 Communications 10-63 Days of Wine and Roses, The 2-89 Drug and Alcohol Abuse: A Masonic Response 12-87 EGO 4-46 Freemasonary and thc Sea 5-40 Freemasonary of Utopia 2-42 Freemasonary's Monument 11-83 Freemasonary, Youth and You 5-81 Highest Hills and Lowest Vales 2-80 Invisible Lodge, The 3-74 Knights of Columbus, Our Relations with 10-73 Layman Looks at Masonry, A 2-44 Lodge of Silence 7-46 Masonic Dream 11-36 Masonic Goat 3-89 Masonic Medical Research Lab 10-51 Masonic Myths 1-49 Masonic Postage Stamps 9-81 Masonic Sites in Historic Philadelphia 9-47 Masonry and Music 5-87 "Masons Care About Childern" 9-34 Master's Hat 10-43 Master's Jewel Speaks 6-31 Menagerie of Masonry 7-89 National Sojourners 5-78 A New Delight 6-46 Numerology of Masonry 8-80 Parable of the Cherry Tree 4-78 Petitioner Knocks, The 12-26 Power and the Glory 3-56 Three Chaplains 4-86 Travel in Foreign Countries 5-39 Unknown Mason 3-78 "What I Learned in Freemasonry" 8-78 Whatever Happened to the Written Word? 6-87 Widow and The Craft, The CIVIC AND PATRIOTIC 1-69 "Arise and Fear No Danger" (Washington) 11-42 Bill of Rights and Freemasonry 2-37 Constitution and Freemasonry 7-43 Declaration of Independence 2-174 Declaration, The Inevitable 9-31 Enlightening the Profane 1-42 Flag in Lodge 8-87 Flag Tributes 9-90 Flag Speaks, The 6-67 4 July 1776 7-24 Fourth of July 11-54 Freemasonary and Cival Law 5-61 Freemasonary and Freedom 1-73 Great Triumvirate of Patriots, The 7-25 Guns of '75 8-39 How We Grew 6-77 Law Enforcement 6-64 Let Freedom Ring 7-68 Little Bit of Flag Waving', A 6-29 Mason as a Citizen 11-47 Masonic Calendar 4-39 Masonic Populaltion 3-32 Masonic World 1-77 Masonry and America 9-38 Masonry and Politics 5-29 Masonry and Publicity 8-84 Masonry and the Statue of Liberty 10-24 Masonry in Business 7-26 Mason's Flag 11-61 Morality and Freedom 2-51 Noblesse Oblige 4-23 Our Public Schools 3-76 Patriotism 4-75 Patriots 2-76 Price of Independence, The 11-90 Public Education 9-26 Red 4-30 Reputation of the Fraternity 7-42 "Stars of Glory" 8-54 Tell the Applicant 12-30 Tell the World 4-87 "The Blessings of Liberty" 5-77 Thoughts on Memorial Day 6-28 Valley Forge 11-70 Where Do We Go from Here? HISTORICAL 1-55 Altar is Born 12-76 American Literature during the Revolution 7-48 American Rite 5-37 Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 4-54 Ancient Usage and Custom 10-59 Ancient York Masons 10-46 Anderson's Constitutions of 1723 6-54 Architecture of Masonry, The 1-36 Baltimore Convention 7-56 Birthplaces of Freemasonry, Some 12-55 Builders 7-51 Cathedrals and Masonry 12-65 Celebration of Christmas, The 3-36 Charges of a Freemason 10-55 Church Opposition 10-86 Convention that Changed the Face of Freemasonry, The 6-51 Cornerstones, Famous American 11-88 Ellis Island 10-57 First American Lodges 2-89 First Inauguration-Patriotic and Masonic 8-81 Foot Marks Across Our Border 10-36 Four Crowned ones 9-70 Freemasonry and the Constitution 7-69 Freemasonry and Freemasons at Valley Forge 4-64 Freemasonry At The New York World's Fair 5-59 Freemasonry in Alaska and Hawaii 2-79 Freemasons in the Canal Zone 10-81 Freemasons at Yorktown 10-32 From Whence Came We? 9-76 Glimpse into the Past, A 11-84 Great Kanto Earthquake, The 4-49 Green Dragon Tavern 1-51 Have Pride! 1-87 Irish Connection, The 3-67 Jewish Grand Masters In The United States 12-45 Legend of the Craft 5-51 Life in Bible Timce 5-46 Little Loved Shrines 6-57 Masonic Backgrounds 7-34 Masonic Blue 6-50 Masonic Clothing 4-60 Masonic Colleges 1-46 "Masonic Conservators" 10-56 Masonic Enigma 11-37 Masonic History Day 1-90 Masonic Relief Association 11-24 2-39 Masonic Service Association 10-88 7-38 Masonic War Tales, Six 12-60 Masonry and the Ancient Sciences 2-46 Masonry's "Eddi of Manhood End" 8-71 Masons and Medical Research 11-86 Mason's Mark, The 10-23 Master's Piece 4-83 "Master's Lodge" in Boston, The 1-37 Military Lodges 5-58 "Moderns" and "Antients" 1-58 Moon Lodges 3-33 Morgan Affair 12-28 Mother Crand Lodge I 1-29 Mother Grand Lodge II 2-29 Mother Grand Lodge III 11-34 National 2-86 OId Legends of Hiram Abif 8-35 Old Romance 2-43 Old Tyler oddities 2-69 On Reaching the Age of Fifty 1-68 Origins of the Ritual, The 9-85 Origins of Freemasonry, The 11-52 Prestonion Charges 7-85 Prophecy From the Past, A 8-46 Regius Manuscript 9-41 Relics 7-77 The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Masonic Party 8-59 Rock, The 5-50 Royal Arch 12-33 Sts. Johns' Days 5-89 Sea Devil, The 6-37 Seven Famous Lodges 11-53 Seven Less than Famous 2-84 Sixty-five Years of Service 1-76 "1776--You Are There" 3-77 "1777--You Are There" ( I ) 4-77 "1777--YoU Are There" (II) 6-40 "Small" Grand Lodges 10-58 Some Ancient Sources 6-58 Some "Saints" Lodges 4-57 Tabernacle, The 5-76 "Tell It Like It Was" 3-53 Thirty-Third Year 12-52 Thirty Years 5-47 Truth Is Enough! 11-44 Twenty Years After 8-60 Tyre, Thc City of the Rock 11-35 Universality 1-56 "Well Stricken in Age" 8-40 Westward, Ho! 8-62 What Is The M.S A.? 12-78 "Why Ethiopia?" 5-49 Why Freemasonry Has Enemies 11-33 "Women Freemasons" 2-53 Word Freemason, The 5-54 Your Landmarks INSPIRATION AND CHARITY 9-78 As Others See Us 10-45 Altar of Obligation 5-45 "Best Things in the Worst Times" 11-78 Benefits of Masonic Membership, The 5-80 "By Precept and Example" 8-74 Challenge of Freemasonry, The 8-67 Completing the Temple 7-70 David's Men 3-79 "Dear Son..." 9-58 Dust ... Sparks ... Winds ... and God 10-38 Enemy Within 10-26 Erring Brother 10-29 Every Brother His Own Tiler 10-69 Every Man in His Place 5-84 Five Masonic Thoughts 4-85 Focus on Freemasonry, A 4-72 Four Faces of Friendship 5-88 Freemasonry: From Craft to Tolerance 8-89 Freemasonry: A Commitment to Values 6-82 Freemasonry: The Sleeping Giant 9-28 Future of Masonry 11-69 Future of Masonry, The 12-48 Golden Rule and Freemasonry 7-86 "Good Kids, Hurt Kids, Bad Kids" 12-23 Good of the Order 9-25 Great Corner Stone 4-37 "Greatest of These" 9-89 Handicapped Brother, The 4-71 Hark! There Is an Alarm 7-63 He That Built All Things 1-60 Importance of An Individual, The 12-69 In All These Things We Shall Transmit 11-81 Inasmuch and Furthermore 4-73 Indissoluble Chain of Sincere Affection 12-89 Individualism and Involvement 6-60 Influence 1-24 Inn of Year's End 11-73 Inspiration 7-64 Let's Unshakle the Spirit of Freemasonry 10-61 Let Your Bucket Down Where You Are 9-84 Living in a Role 4-61 Lighting Candles 9-83 LOVE 12-73 Man Building 8-79 Mason in Your Home, The 6-84 Masterkey, The 1-88 Masonic Opportunities 11-79 Masonic Relief, Charity and You 5-68 Masonary By Example! 1-82 Masons: Knights of Charity 7-75 Masons and DeMolays 3-86 Men Who Build Bridges-Not Walls 1-83 Meeting a Young Mans Needs 6-62 Moment of History, The 11-87 Motivating The Mason As a Private Citizen 11-85 Motivation of Lodge Members in Masonic Activities 12-81 Now is the Hour 4-88 On Senate Confirmation of men and Masons 7-74 Other Little Ships 5-69 Our Greatest Need 11-75 Our Masonic Heritage 6-81 Our Most Valuable Asset: Friendship 5-85 Our Special Ladies 4-59 Pronounce or Perish 9-37 Quo Vadis, Freemasonry? 8-56 "Raise the Stone..." 7-82 "Reach Out and Touch Someone" 7-76 Rediscovering the Life-Giving Springs 8-44 "... Returns Again to the Fountain" 3-23 Roll Call 12-88 Sages, Seers and Spooks 6-61 Seeking a Man 7-66 Shadow of a Man, The 8-64 Short "Short Talks", for Occasional Speakers 10-65 Short "Short Talks", for Occasional Speakers, More 12-70 Short Short Talks, Four 4-70 Short "Short Talks", More 11-67 Short "Short Talks", Some More 6-71 Significance of a Hand, The 10-25 Sound of the Gavel 5-23 Spirt of Masonry 4-62 Stars We Think We See, The 10-82 Surrender of Values, A 6-26 T.B. 2-85 They Lied On Their Knees 5-82 Three Challenges 3-27 "Three Things I Know" 2-82 To Give is to Receive 10-66 To Have and To Hold 9-68 Touch of the Hand, A 8-70 Try Masonry 8-72 Unbroken Net, The 8-77 United Masonic Relief 4-67 "Watchman, What of the Night?" 5-25 What? 9-24 What Is Masonry? 5-27 What Masonry Means 2-73 What Masonry Means to Me 7-39 What to Tell Your Wife 1-71 Where Are the Masons of Tomorrow? 8-28 Wonder of Masonry 10-84 World of Priorities 11-50 "Yet Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves" IN THE LODGE 10-87 An Action Team - In Action 10-39 Art of Presiding 11-48 Balloting 11-29 Black Cube 7-72 Brotherhood 12-90 Brother bring a Friend Night: an idea worth Trying 5-30 Candidate 4-89 Challenges of Past Masters, The 7-83 Civic Responsibility of Individual Lodges 6-70 Committees, The Importance of 2-67 Computers, Specialists, and Master Masons 5-70 Creating Interest 11-68 Culivvate the Social Virtues, To 3-90 Day Light Lodges: An Old Idea Rrenewed 9-52 Deacons and Stewarts 4-42 Dignity of Freemasonry 5-83 "Diligent Inquiry" 1-50 Dispensations and the Dispensing Power 3-43 Dropped N.P.D. 7-60 Duly and Truly Prepared 1-80 Fire! 6-89 First Aid in Emergency Situations 7-47 For the Newly Raised 9-43 Formula for L.M.W.W.B.A.O. 10-75 Freemasonry's Nuts and Bolts 8-34 Gifts of the Magi 12-66 Great Expectations 12-24 Guardians of the Gates 9-82 Humor and the Masonic Speaker 10-28 Increasing Lodge Attendance 9-40 Innovations 2-45 Installation 7-88 Insurance for the Lodge 6-88 Investigating Committee, The 5-79 Involement is Essential 9-30 "I Vouch for Him" 10-41 "Knock and It Shall Be Opened" 12-29 Laws of Masonry 10-62 Learning and Delivery of Ritual, The 11-26 Letter Perfect 3-88 Let's Communicate Freemasonry 12-83 Lodge Computer, The 8-24 Lodge Courtesies 6-41 Lodge Finances 9-87 Lodge History 3-58 Lodge Inspection 1-70 Lodge Leadership 2-65 Lodge Library, Starting A 5-66 Lodge Organization 9-54 Lodge Secretary 12-44 Masonic Debate 4-82 Masonic Education for Sojourning Masons 4-80 Masonic Etiquette 6-69 Masonic Investigation 4-52 Masonic Manners 6-36 Masonic Offense 5-53 Masonic Paradox 12-82 Masonic Ritual As an Educational Tool 4-58 Masonic Sentry 7-78 Masonic Speaker, The 6-44 Meet, Act and Part 9-65 "...Members Were Present" 12-80 Midnight Revelation 6-43 Minutes Are Important 1-61 Modern Education for an Ancient Craft 1-72 More Light in Masonry (I) 2-72 More Light in Masonry (II) 3-72 More Light in Masonry (III) 5-72 More Light in Masonry (IV) 6-72 More Light in Masonry (V) 9-72 More Light in Masonry (VI) 10-72 More Light in Masonry (VII) 11-72 More Light in Masonry (VIII) 12-72 More Light in Masonry (IX) 1-33 Mother Lodge 12-39 My Son 6-73 Noble Contention, That 3-68 One Thing Is Needful 3-70 Operation Re-Start? 12-53 Opportunities 2-48 Parliamentary Law in Freemasonry 1-31 Past Master 4-45 Past Master's Jewel 10-79 Peaks and Valleys 2-38 "Perfect Youth" Doctrine 1-38 Petition 10-74 Planning for Spiritual Growth 11-64 Presentation Speeches, More 2-50 Presentation Speeches, Six 12-74 Privileges and Pleasures of Being a Mason 10-85 Programming Potpourri 9-69 Progress 3-39 Recognized Foreign Grand Lodges 7-87 Recommender, The 12-36 Refreshment 7-65 Ritual Is Important, The 8-90 Ritual in Freemasonry 12-49 "Rock That Abides" 10-80 Scottish Intender System 7-81 Secrecy is Symbolism 4-26 Seeing 9-39 "Seek--And Ye Shall Find'' 9-86 Selecting A Line Officer 3-85 Serious Accusations 6-68 Set the Craft to Work, To 9-60 Short Talk Bulletin, How To Use The 2-83 Solicitation Rule 12-59 So You're Going to Make a Speech? 3-80 Stemming the Flow 3-31 Summons 8-51 Table Lodge 10-70 Teaching What? 4-47 Tell Your Brothcr 1-59 They ought to be Married 1-62 Trinity of Masonic Education, The 5-26 Truly Prepared 12-40 Unknown Builders, The 12-62 Using The Short Talk Bulletins In Lodge 2-30 Visiting Brother 1-47 Visitors and Visitors' Committee 6-79 Visual Aids in Masonic Education 2-90 Walkabout (Lodge set up) 4-31 Wardens 10-68 We Call Do It 11-38 Well Balanced 11-41 "Well-Informed Brcthren" 6-39 What Can I Do? 1-43 What See You? 4-38 What's In a Name? 6-80 "What's Your Line?" 5-71 Why Didn't They Advance? 11-43 Why Is a Fee? 4-40 "Why" of Initiation, The 9-80 Wise Use of Principal 1-63 Words, Words, Words 7-80 Work, Work, Work 8-61 Working Tools, Presenting The 6-66 Year's Program on Masonic Philosophy, A 3-66 You Signed His Petition 11-80 Your Trestleboard LITERATURTE 8-68 Abbreviations and Reference Words 2-66 "As You Increase in Knowledge" 1-39 "Doric Lodge" 12-86 Fiction--A Tool of Masonic Education 12-54 For Easier Use 6-45 For Your Information 11-45 Good Masonic Books 6-85 Good Masonic Books (II) 9-46 Great Songs 8-55 "Green Trees--High Hills" 12-71 Heart of the Fraternity, The 11-56 Libraries, Five Great 2-60 "Life Begins at Forty" 10-90 Masonic Encyclopedias, the source of Masonic Knowledge 4-48 Masonic Mispronunciation 7-58 Masonic Vocabulary 4-84 Masonic Writing How To 2-47 One Hundred "Lost Words" 8-47 Poetry of Ritual 12-38 Short Talk Bulletin 8-41 Small Songs 8-53 Some Curious Masonic Words 7-52 Those Terrible Exposes! l2-47 Twenty-fifth Anniversity 12-42 Twenty Years PHILOSOPHY 11-59 All Sons of One Father 12-46 Appearance and Reality 10-76 Better Life, The 8-86 "Crystal Gazing" 6-52 Ethos of Freemasonry 9-75 Freemasonry and the Future 5-74 Freemasonry Tomorrow 3-71 Heritage and Purpose, Our Masonic 10-71 Ideas: A Part of the Problem 2-63 Imperfect Will Pass Away, The 6-65 Masonic Purpose, Our 7-71 "Masonry as Our Way of Life" 10-42 Mystery 4-66 Permanent Values 7-45 Personal Masonic Philosophly 3-62 Perspective 12-79 Plea for Understanding 9-63 Progressive Science, A 12-68 Pursuit of Excellence, A 2-71 Relevant, On Being 12-67 Terrible Freedom, A 1-28 Time 8-32 Truth 12-85 Universal Challenges 8-43 Work of God 7-59 Younger Generation of Freemasons, The RELIGION AND ETHICS 4-29 Acacia Leaves and Easter Lilies 8-38 Alter of' Memory 7-61 As A Man Thinketh 5-64 Church And The Lodye As They Meet In The Man, The 12-25 Cradle and the Lodge 1-44 Doctrine of Freemasonry 8-52 English Great Light 11-60 First Great Landmark, The 6-53 First Printed Great Light 8-26 Freedom of Faith 11-89 Freemasonry and Religion Are Compatible 10-31 Freemasonry's Answer to Job 6-59 Freemasonry's Twentieth Century Mission 9-62 Future Relationship Between Freemasonry and the Church: An Educational Problem 3-50 Great Light 12-75 Holy Saints John, The 1-67 In the Beginning, GOD 11-39 Inside, Looking Out 11-57 Masonic Education and Culture 10-34 Masonry and Religion 6-34 Masonry in thc Great Light 5-43 Mason's Faith 5-65 Moral Responsibility, Our 10-40 Mystic Tie 1-52 Not in the Ritual 9-71 Our Life Has Foundation 4-81 "Our Trust is in God" 2-49 Our Volume of the Sacred Law 9-88 Prayer -- Your Sect or Mine -- Neither 1-53 "Puerilities"' ' 8-82 Rule and Guide 12-41 Secret 6-42 Shekinah 4-32 "Stupid Atheist" 5-52 Ten Masonic Prayers 12-31 Three Scripture Readings. The 7-37 "Thus Saith the Lord" 1-25 To Sympathize 7-41 Treasure of Inheritance 12-58 Ultimate Lesssons of Freemasonry, The 1-66 Who Are You? SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM 12-32 All Seeing Eye 2-24 Altar 6-49 Anchor and Ark 3-35 Ancient Square 4-79 Ashlars--Rough and Smooth 6-55 Astronomy and Freemasonry 9-51 Beehive 7-54 Behind the Symbol 2-59 Better to Observe the Time, The 2-56 Broken Column, The 5-48 Ceremonies of Freemasonry 3-51 Chalk, Charcoal and Clay 11-49 Columns and Pillars 9-50 Cord, Roap and Cable-Tow 7-36 Corner-Stone 10-49 Covering of a Lodge 7-49 Dew Drop Lecture 2-28 Due Form 2-58 Five Senses, The 8-45 Freemasonry's Candles 4-53 "From a Point to a Line..." 7-27 "G" 7-31 Gavel of Authority 2-40) Gloves 11-46 Hands in Freemasonry 8-57 Hoodwink 3-41 "Illustrated by Symbols" 10-53 Key 3-29 Language of the Heart 2-27 Left to Right 9-55 Light 11-58 Living Perrpendicular, A 11-55 Lost Word 1-45 Masonic Firmament 9-57 Masonic Rod, The 10-48 Masonic Stones 11-25 Mathematics 4-27 More Light 4-51 Mosaic Pavement and Blazing Star 7-57 Nature of Symbols, The 9-53 Oblong Square 3-81 Our Masonic Responsibilities 12-34 Passages of Jordan 8-85 Perfect Cubit ... Masonic Legend or Fable, The 7-44 Sanctum Sanctorum 8-50 Seven Cardinal Virtues 9-56 Significant Numbers, The 8-37 Signs 3-30 Sun, Moon and Stars 10-50 "Survey of Nature" 1-30 Sword in the Craft 12-57 Symbol of Industry 3-25 Symbolism 7-84 Take Me As I Take You. 5-41 Third Great Light 7-62 Three Distinct Knocks 6-30 Three Grand Columns 4-35 Three Principal Rounds 5-33 Thy Neighbor's Landmark 2-52 Tool Symbolism 10-60 Trowel, The 9-35 Two Pillars 9-49 Veiled in Allegory 11-74 "Veiled in Allegory and Illustrated by Symbols" 1-54 Voice of the Sign" "The 8-73 Wardens' Columns, The 5-42 "Windlass and Rope" THE WAR AND AFTER 2-81 "A Member of the Family" 3-45 "...And Ye Visited Me'' 3-52 Day of Visitation", "The 3-46 For Service Men and Veterans 3-48 For Whom the Drums Are Stilled 4-44 Freemasonry After the War 1-40 Freemasonry and Totalitarianism 4-50 Hospital Service Problem 3-49 In Glory's Lap 3-54 Masonic Samaritans 1-41 Masonic Welfare Work 4-43 Masonry Follows Service Men 7-40 My Part 2-55 One Day 3-44 Report of Welfare Work for the Armed Forces 3-42 Right Hand of Fellowship 3-75 Third of a Century as an M.S.A. Field Agent 3-47 "To Aid and Assist" 2-70 Veterns Need Freemasonary, Our 11-40 Will Freemasonry Survive? 9-42 Your Unknown Soldier COMPLETE SET A complete set of Short Talk Bulletins (1923 thru 1989) can be purchased for $285.60 (Postpaid in the Continental U.S.). Subscriptions to the Short Talk Bulletin make great gifts; M.S.A. can send a 'gift card' in your name. CHARTS CIRCLE OF FREEMASONRY. Diagram of degrees and orders of Freemasonry. 21 x 15, blue on white. #501 ($1.25) FOREIGN RECOGNITION. Information as to what foreign Grand Lodges are recognized by what United States Grand Lodges. 13 x 19, black & white. #502 (0.75) GUTENBERG BIBLE PACE. A colorful reproduction of a page from the historical Bible. 12 x 19, color. ~503 ($1.25) STRUCTURE OF FREEMASONRY. Diagram of recognized branches of Masonry. 16 x 11, color. #504 ($1.25) PHOTOGRAPHS MASONIC PRESIDENTS. Black & white engravings and photo- of the fifteen Masonic Presidents on an 11 x 14 glossy sheet. #601 ($1.25) HARRY S. TRUMAN. In Grand Master regalia. 8 x 10, color. #602 ($2.50) DIGESTS Digests are postpaid, other than bulk orders (which are dis- counted). Discounts: 20-24 copies, same title: less 10% (+ Postage) 25-49 copies: less 20% (+ Postage) 50+: less 40% ( + Postage) ADVENTURES IN MASONRY. Thrcc cost-free, educational lodge entertainments . #154 ( $2.00 ) ALLIED MASONIC GROUPS AND RITLES, Descriptive listing of these organizations. (Updatcd 1988) #204 ($1.50) ANCIENT LANDMARKS OF FREEMASONRY. What fifty Grand Lodges have decided on the suhjcct. #207A ($1.50) AND GIVE THEM PROPER INSTRUCTION. Twenty short speeches for brethren addressing Masonic gather ings. #133 ($2.25) ARTIFACTS AND GADGETS. A study of Masonic memora- bilia. #263 ($1.50) AT THE SOUND OF THE GAVEL. Ten programs of entertain- ment and instruction, ready for use, with talks, facts, suggested music and verse. #262 ($2.00) BIBLE QUOTATIONS FOR MASONIC SPEAKERS. Classified by subject. #188 ($2.50) BOYDEN, WILLIAM L., MANUSCRIPT, by Ray B. Harris. One of the "Old Charges," circa 1700. #190 ($1.50) CLIP ART. Ready to use art to enhance any publication, specializcd for use by the Masonic Fraternity #266 ($2.50) CUP OF BROTHERLY LOVE, by John B. Vrooman. Fascinating illustrated account of the 28-year journey of a silver cup from Evans Lodge #524 (Illinois) on a good-will mission around the world. #217 ($1.50) DRESS UP YOUR SPEECH! Quotations to add spice to Masonic addresses. #179 ($2.00) FAMOUS AMERICAN FREEMASONS. Descriptive compilation of noted American Masons. (Revised 1985.) #219 ($2.00) FIVE MASONlC GAMES. Lodge adaptations of familiar parlor games. #77 ($2.00) FREEMASONRY AND CIVIL LAW, by Alphonse Cerza Romance of the Craft and the Courts. #175 ($2.00) FREEMASONRY'S SERVANT, THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS, by Allen E. Roberts. Official anniversary history. #247 ($2.00) FREEMASONS AT THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, APRIL 20, by James R. Case. Nar- rative of principal events, Masonic participation Illus- trated. #236 ($1.50) FROM OPERATlVE TO SPECULATIVE, by Dr. William M. Brown. Scholarly study of the transition from ancicnt craft Masonry to modern speculative Freemasonry, with special em- phasis on the "ancient charges" and their influence on modern ritual makers. #216 ($2.75) GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, MASONIC MEMBERSHIP OF, by Ronald E. Heatoll. A careful study of thc evidence showing which of Washington's generals were Masons, which may have been, and which were not. Illustrated. #222 ($2.00) HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE. Facsimile pages of ancient and historic Bibles from 1525 to 1611. #148 ($2.00) LANGUAGE LANDMARKS, by Raymond B. Pease. English words commonly used in Freemasonry from the historical point of view. A handbook for those desiring ritualistic prolici- ency. #207 ($2.00) LEADERSHIP. How to develop it. (Revised 1986.) #248 ($2.00) LET THERE BE LIGHT, by Alphonse Cerza. Anti-Masonic movements, past and present. #184 ($2.00) LODGE AT FREDERICKSBURGH, THE, by Heaton & Case. Digest of early records. #257 ($2.75) LODGE GUIDE FOR CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. A compendium of facts for lodge use during the Constitution's 1987-91 Bicentennial obser- vance. #272 ($2.00) MASONIC FEASTS, BANQUETS AND TABLE LODGES. Historic data and rituals of Table Lodges. (Revised 1983) #145 ($2.50) MASONIC HISTORY WAS MADE IN CONGRESS HALL, FEBRUARY 16, 1976. Graphic illustrated account of a memorable Bicentennial meeting of Rising Star Lodge #126 (Philadelphia) in the very room where John Adams was inaugurated as second President of the United States. #252 ($1.00) MASONIC HOMES, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITY FOUNDA- TIONS. Describes each Home and Hospital. A special section describes charity and relief programs of Grand Lodges that are without homes or hospitals. (Revised 1988.) #56 ($1.50) MASONIC HONOR MEDALS. Profusely illustrated descriptions of the Honor medals awarded by various American Grand L.odges, with sample citations and presentation rules. #212 ($2.00) MASONIC MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOUNDlNG FATHERS. 1974 revision of the 1965 publication by Heaton; examines evidence of Masonic membership of 241 Revolutionary patriots. #238 ($2.00) MASONIC MEMBERSHIP OF THE CON- STITUTION OF THE U.S. Published as a refercnce for the Bicentennial of the Constitution. #270 ($2.50) MASONIC PARALLELS WITH HISTORY, by Cerza. A "must" for the Masonic student. #258 ($2.50) MASONIC QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THE COURTS, by Cerza. Brief description of judgements in actual cases in which Masons or Masonic bodies were involved or interested. Of great value to lawyers are Brother Cerza's references and citations for each case. (Revised 1983.) #251 ($2.00) MASONlC TRIALS AND PRlVlLEGED COMMUNICATIONS, by Judge Newell A. Lamb. Discusses general rules of law as related to Masonic jurisprudence. #265 ($1.50) MASONRY UNDER TWO FLAGS, by Allen Roberts. Brotherly love between enemies in thc Civil War. #245 ($1.50) PROGRAM NOTEBOOK FOR WORSHIPFUL MASTERS. Answers the question, "What will we do when there is no degree work?" Particularly useful to Wardens preparing for the East. #269 ($2.00) REGIUS POEM, THE. Freemasory's oldest document; some fac- simile pages, complete text and commentary. A "must" for every well-informed Freemason. Revised in 1980). #274 ($2.00) REGISTER OF GRAND LODGES, ACTIVE AND EXTINCT, by George Draffell (Scotland). Handbook of committees on fraternal relations. #250 ($2.00) RITUAL CIPHERS. As used or forbidden in United States Grand Lodges. (Revised 1987). #273 ($1.50) SHAKESPEARE, MASONlC PARALLELS IN, by Pease. Shakespeare was not a Mason, but his works contain curious Masonic references. # 171 ($2.50) TRESTLEBOARD TIDBITS, by Cerza. Gems of Masonic infor- mation, quotations, and excerpts useful for lodge publica- tions. #261 ($2.00) TRIED AND PROVEN. A system of Masonic instruction already used successfully in many lodges. #254 ($2.00) TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION, by Cerza. A collec- tion of "believe it or not" items about Masons and Mas- onry. #243 ($2.00) VISTAS OF MASONRY IN LANGUAGE, SYMBOLISM, AND HISTORY, by Pease. Introduces readers to the historic significance of Masonic language and links Masonic ritual to the great moral tradition of Western civilization. #242 ($2.50) WARREN, M.W., JOSEPH. Profusely illustrated with scenes and memorabilia. #209 ($2.00) WASHINGTON'S HOME AND FRATERNAL LIFE. 20 pages crammed with information. original 1932 edition written by Carl Claudy; reissued 1982. #259 ($1.50) WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK CITY, by Dr. Allall Boudreau. Chronicles George Washington's relationship with New York from his first trip there in 1756 until he assumed thc Presidency in 1789. Valuable historical information. #277 ($1.50) WASHINGTON PORTFOLIO. Facts for speakers, sample speech, twenty-one pictures of Washington. Materials for celehrating any of Washington's four birthdays--three Masonic, one natal. #170 ($4.00) WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? WHO? IN FREEMASONRY. A small encyclopedia of Freemasonry; a lot of information in a little space. #271 ($2.00) WHAT'S YOUR SCORE? Two cost-free lodge entertainments which instruct as they amuse. #73 ($2.00) WHITHER ARE WE TRAVELING? by Dwight L. Smith. A challenge. #235 ($2.00) WHY THIS CONFUSION IN THE TEMPLE? by Dwight L.. Smith. A "shock treatment." #264 ($2.00) WORSHIPFUL MASTERS WORKBOOK. by Cabell F Cobbs. A guidefine to help the incoming master prepare and plan for his term in the East. #278 ($2.00) YOUR MASONIC CAPITAI CITY--by Carl H. Claudy, 1950 updated by Elmer Stein, 1988. Masonic association with Washington, D.C. Describes cornerstone layings and other Masonic events occurring in our nations capital. #276 ($2.00) NOTE: Historical copies of MSA digests are maintained on file. Photocopies can be provided at $0.20 per page. POCKET DIGESTS DICTIONARY, MASONIC. 448 definitions; 101 Masonic words frequently mispronounced. #135 ($1.25) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MASONIC SYMBOLS. 58 pages, cross- indexed. #173 ($1.25) HAT & GAVEL. A guide for Worshipful Masters. #260 ($1.25) ONE HUNDRED ONE QUESTIONS ABOUT FREEMASONRY. Questions most commonly asked and brief but complete answers. #192 ($1.25) THINK TANK FOR JUNIOR WARDENS. Designed to stimulate lodge officers preparing for the East. #253 ($1.25) WE, THE PEOPLE. Provides factual information about the appli- cation of Masonic principles in writing the U.S. Constitution. #225 ($1.25) WHAT IS FREEMASONRY? by Roben J. Lewinski. For thc new or prospective Mason; explains the significance, history, and organization of the Fraternity. Valuable introductory material. #225 ($1.25) VOCABULARY, MASONIC. Masonry's unique language set forth and described. #198 ($1.25) FREE FOR THE ASKING (Please provide postage) Copies of this publications catalog. Subscription Blanks for the popular Short Talk Bulletin Important Facts You Should Know About MSA. Membership Statistics (1987). Membership Statistics (PHA) Membership Totals (1923-present) Lodge Room Plays. A descriptive booklet. MSA "Freemasonry's Servant" How it works. Your Hospital Vistation Program. How the program works and what the Hospital Visitor does. Green Envelopes Postpaid envelopes for making contributions to the Hospital Visitation Program. Brochures with contribution forms for thc MSA Hospital Visita- tion Program. MISCELLANEOUS Computer Lists (updated periodically) LIBRARIES, U.S. Masonic #701 ................($0.75) MEDAL OF HONOR, Masons awarded #702 .........($0.75) PERIODICALS, U.S. Masonic #703 ..............($0.75) RESEARCH LODGES, U.S. Masomic #704 ..........($0.75) ASTRONAUTS #705 .............................($0.25) MASONS IN CONGRESS #706 .....................($0.75) COMPOSERS #707 ..............................($0.25) FEDERAL JUDICIARY #708 ......................($0.75) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIS- SION OF THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION. Reports of the educational, informational, and relief services of MSA. #709 ($1.50) CHURCH BULLETIN COVERS, Masonic. Suitable for special Masonic services and programs: #A100 "Behold, how good and how pleasant" #A101--"Remember now thy Creator" #A102--"The Holy Saints John" #A104 "A voice crying in the wilderness" (The latter two suitable for Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist Days). #H1882--Masonic Pavement & Columns #H2030 Altar Bible #H2174--Columns & Incense #H2176--Globe, Square & Compasses #H2888--Symbols of Masonry #H40 13--Masonic Altar Per hundred: #721 ($9.00) Sample set (one each): #722 ($1.50) FUNERALS, AN OPEN LETTER CONCERNING. Clarifies the philosophy of Masonic funeral services (designed to inform clergy and funeral directors). Per hundred: #710 ($10 00) Single copy: #711 ($0.30) LET THERE BE LIGHT. Attractive blue handout briefly lists what Masonry is--and is not. Per hundred: #712 ($7.50) Per hundred (500 or more): #713 ($5.50) Single copy #714 ($0.50) ON BEING A GRAND REPRESENTATlVE. Per hundred: #715 ($9.50) Single copy: #716 ($0.30) PAPERCLIPS. Plastic, bearing the inscription "Freemasonry, A Way of Life" Per hundred: #717 ($5.75) SONG CARDS. Words of U.S. and Canadian national anthems Per hundred: #718 ($5.50) Single copy: #719 ($0.25) STORAGE FILE CARTONS. Each corrugated carton holds five years of Short Talk Bulletins. #720 Each $l.5O; Five (5) for $6.00. AUDIOVISUALS Orders should be received at MSA at least three weeks prior to show-date (an alternate date should be specified at time of ordering; see Order Form at center of this Index). All audiovisuals are color unless black/white is specified; films are 16mm, sound. Audiovisuals should be returned within four days after show-date. When ordering audiovisuals, providing an UPS address (i.e., street or rural route address) is essential. UPS deliveries cannot be made to a P.O. Box. Videocassettes (VHS) (Rental fee: $10.00) Combined on one 60-minute VHS: FRATERNALLY YOURS (describes MSA's services); BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (MSA's benevolent work with hospitalized veterans); SYMBOL OF PRIDE (a Shrine film describing the true meaning of Freemasonry); films transferred to videotape. FREEMASONS: WHO ARE THEY? 30 minutes. A production of Ihe Grand Lodge of Oregon. LEGACY OF DeMOLAY. 17 minutes. Produced by Int. Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay. Cameo appearances by well know Senior DeMolays, describing how DeMolay influenced their lives. Combined on one 57-minute VHS: MASON IN YOUR HOME and MYSTIC TIE. 60 Minutes. Black/white: inspirational films transferred to videotape for historical preservation. NATIONAL SOJOURNERS: FLAG CEREMONY. 30 minutes. As performed by Omaha Chapter #19 in lodge-room setting. (Also available in Beta II.) TRANSITIONS. 22 minutes. Describes The Pa. Youth Foundation. TURNING THE TlDE. 17 minutes. Produced by Northern Supreme Council, AASR. Historical and inspirational. WHEN THE BAND STOP'S PLAYlNG. Describes MSA's Hospital Visitation Program. 25 minutes.* QUEST V1.60 minutes. Recording of the l986 Educational Seminar of Queens, N.Y. District BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY. 18 min. Color. Traces history of Constitution TALKING ABOUT MASONRY. New York Grand Master (1985-6) Calvin Bond's TV presentation. 30 minutes. Combined on one 69-minute VHS: EFFECTIVE COMMUNlCA- TIONS, VWB N. Buckingham, and FREEMASONRY: PRE- SENT DAY CRITICISM, MWB F. Haggard (from the July l986 meeting of the Grand Lodge of Canada, Ontario). WELCOME TO THE CRAFT. Based on thc MSA digest, "Tried and Proven" and designed to inform a candidate on Freemasonary and prepare him in mind and spirit to receive initiation. 37 minutes. (No rental copies availalble.)~ MASONIC COLLEGE JUNE 1986. North Dakota Grand Lodge. THE TIME IS NOW. 12 minutes. Brief description of DeMolay, how it started and activities today. BROTHERHOOD AND SERVICE - THE FREEMASONS. Prepared by the Grand Lodge of New York. What Freemasonary is all about. For all audiences. 12 minutes. ON SENATE CONFIRMATION OF MEN & MASONS. (With an introduction by Sen. Strom Thurmond). Story of the Senate Confirmation Hearings of Judge David B. Sentelle whose con- firmation was delayed because he is a Freemason. Suitable for all audiences. 38 minutes.* FACE OF LINCOLN. Narrated by Merrill Gage. Mr. Gage nar- rates the story of Abraham Lincoln while at the same time he sculpts the face of Lincoln as a young man, and then as the war weary president. For all audiences. 22 minutes. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION: OTHERS. While this tage was made as a training guide for hospital visitors it is useful to anyone interested in the Hospital Visitation Program. For all audiences. 20 minutes. *Available for sale at $24.95 Slides Rental fee: $6.50) "Pride of All Freemasons." Story of the George Washington Na- lional Masonic Memorial. Carousel, 45 slides, coordinated tapc recording and printed script. (Approx. 25 minutes) Films (Rental fee: $10.00) "Brotherhood of Man" MSA's beecvolent work in ministering to hospitalized veterans. 3() min. "Courage to Lead" Produced by the Suprcme Council, AASR, this is a dramatic portrayal of Freemasonry's proud history; suitable for non-Masons as well. 32 min. "Fraternally Yours" Describes MSA's services. 10 min. "Onward Brother Masons." Documentary; March 1979 dedica- tion of the Masonic Center in Sydney, Australia. Graphically depicts Masonic pomp and ceremony "down under." 33 min. "Quiet Fraternity." Produced by Grand Lodge of Connecticut Masonic history from operative Masonry to today's Blue Lodge; Masonic conern for humanity, from youth organizations to the elderly . "Soldiers of the Cross." Begins with the ancient Knights Templar, through the rise and fall of the Crusading Order and Jacques DeMolay, to today's Knights Templar. 15 min. "Symbol of Pride." Produced by the Imperial Shrine, AAONMS, and suitable for mixed audiences, this film describes the true meaning of Freemasonry. 22 min. "Turning the Tide." 17 min. "When the Band Stops Playing." A heartwarming film introduc- ed by Brother Danny Thomas and featuring MSA Hospital Visitation Director MW Thomas Dougherty. 25 min. MASONIC EDUCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM A complete educational program. Film Min. Rental (plus postage and insurance) Growing the Leader 23 30.00 Breaking Barriers to Communication 24 30.00 Planning Unlocks the Door 25 30.00 People Make the Difference 24 30.00 NOTES MSA makes every effort to ship materials on the day an order is received. Unless you specify otherwise, your order will be ship- ped by the least expensive means; this can sometimes mean relatively slow shipment (with "Book Rate," for example, anywhere from one day to four weeks has been experienced). If you wish First Class or UPS shipment, additional funds for postage must be in- cluded with your order. If you submit too much or too little, a "Credit Slip" or "Balance Due" slip will be returned with your order . ALL ORDERS ARE POSTPAID EXCEPT SHORT TALK BULLETINS (see page 1) AND BULK DISCOUNT ORDERS (see page 16). Personal checks from outside the United States incur additional processing charges from both the domestic and international banks involved. For orders from outside the U.S., please remit U.S. Funds by either International Money Order or a check issued against a U.S. bank. Because bank charges often exceed the value of Ihe check itself, our policy must be to simply return such personal checks to you. Masonic Service Association uses mailing materials that are ade- quate to ensure that your order arrives in good colldition. If any of our shipments ever arrive in less than good condition, please let us know Of necessity, prices are subject to change without notice.