~ EXCERPTS ~
The Elu of Fifteen ought therefore to take the lead of his fellow-citizen, not in frivolous amusements.
The great distinguishing characteristic of a Mason is sympathy with his kind.
The principle of misery is not an evil principle.
Suffering is the discipline of virtue; of that which is infinitely better than happiness.
Virtue is the truest liberty; nor is he free who stoops to passions; nor he in bondage who serves a noble master.
The world is a place of instruction and discipline.
Death teaches us Duty; to act our part well; to fulfill the work assigned us.
A good Mason will honor friendship, and fulfill with ardor the duties which virtue and the social relations impose upon him.
He who imagines that he becomes a Mason without labor or exertion, or self-denial or sacrifice, and that there is nothing to be done in Masonry, is strangely deceived.
In Egypt, among our old Masters, where Masonry was more cultivated than vanity, no one could gain admittance to the sacred asylum of the tomb until he had passed under the most solemn judgment.
Master Architect Degree: Let us begin to rise from earth toward the Stars.
Heaven is above us and all around and close to us.
Sun and stars are silent witnesses and watchers over us.
God has ordained that life shall be a social state; we are members of a civil community.
Man, suffering, enjoying, loving, hating, hoping, and fearing, chained to the earth, has the power to commune with God and His angels.
The Hebrew word suspended in the East is ADONAÏ.
The North Star [POLARIS], always fixed and immutable for us, represents the Deity in the center of the Universe.
It is the especial symbol of duty and of faith, to it, and the seven that continually revolve around it.
The Morning Star, rising in the East, Jupiter, is an emblem to us of the ever-approaching dawn of perfection and Masonic light [“Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding: I am power: by me kings do reign, and princes decree justice; by me princes rule, and nobles, even all the magistrates of the earth”).
The Sacred Word HOM was supposed by the ancient Persians to be pregnant with a mysterious power.
Every Masonic Lodge represents the Universe.
The system of numbers was intimately connected with their religions and worship, and has come down to us in Masonry.
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