Excerpt from History of Crescent Lodge No. 25, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Cedar Rapids, Iowa: From Its Organization in 1850, to the Close of the Year 1905 T needs but few words to set forth the intentions of this book. It is presented as a record, in adequate but fairly consecutive, of the varying fortunes of a Masonic lodge. The ruthless hand of time, aided by the carelessness of men, have wrought destruction of such early documents as would have made the narrative complete. In de fault of original and unquestioned information the historian has sought to piece out his work fro-m many sources. Some other things might even now be added, but the story of the years has been com pleted, and the book cast in final shape. Corree tions and additions will fall to the task of whoever may keep and preserve present affairs for the his torian of the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.