Masonry Is Not A Religion. He Who

Be Prudent, Diligent, Temperate And Discreet. Remember That Every Human Being Has A Claim Upon Your Kind Offices.

Know Thou The Self (spirit) As Riding In A Chariot, The Body As The Chariot. Know Thou The Intellect As The Chariot-driver, And The Mind As The Reins. The Senses, They Say, Are The Horses; The Objects Of Sense, What They Range Over. The Self Combined With Senses And Mind Wise Men Call "the Enjoyer.

Our Adversaries, Numerous And Formidable, Will Say, And Will Have The Right To Say, That Our Principe CrÇateur Is Identical With The Principe GÇnÇrateur Of The Indians And Egyptians, And May Fitly Be Symbolized As It Was Symbolized Anciently, By The Linage...to Accept This In Lieu Of A Personal God Is To Abandon Christianity And Worship Of Jehovah And Return To Wallow In The Styles Of Paganism.

Two Forms Of Government Are Favorable To The Prevalence Of Falsehood And Deceit. Under A Despotism, Men Are False, Treacherous, And Deceitful Through Fear, Like Slaves Dreading The Lash. Under A Democracy They Are So As A Means Of Attaining Popularity And Office, And Because Of The Greed For Wealth.

The Universe Should Be Deemed An Immense Being, Always Living, Always Moved And Always Moving In An Eternal Activity Inherent In Itself, And Which, Subordinate To No Foreign Cause, Is Communicated To All Its Parts, Connects Them Together, And Makes The World Of Things A Complete And Perfect Whole.