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Ðinstitutions;€they€survive€the€teachers€who€have€poured€wisdom€into€them;€theyÐ ,"|" Ðbring€the€truth€to€us€in€pictures€so€that€all€can€conceive€it;€symbols€are€a€deathlessÐ  #Z# Ðand€universal€language,€the€easiest€to€learn€of€all€forms€of€language,€the€hardest€toÐ è#8$ Ðforget,€the€most€packed€with€meaning.€€In€teaching€through€symbols€our€FraternityÐ Æ$ % Ðreveals€itself€as€a€very€wise€teacher.€€If€the€meaning€of€a€symbol€is€often€hiddenÐ ¤%ô & Ðfrom€us€that€is€to€stimulate€us€to€hunt€for€its€meaning;€hunting€for€its€meaningÐ ‚&Ò!' Ðdevelops€our€faculties;€and€the€development€of€our€faculties€is€one€of€the€purposesÐ `'°"( Ðand€aims€of€wisdom.Ð >(Ž#) ÐÐ  )l$* ÐTo€the€man€who€has€neither€the€eyes€to€see€nor€the€will€to€work,€Masonry€seems€toÐ ° Ðoffer€little;€to€him€who€will€take€the€trouble€to€learn€it€has€much€to€offer.€€MasonryÐ ŽÞ Ðholds€rich€gifts€in€its€hands;€are€you€willing€to€receive€those€gifts?€You€may€if€youÐ l¼ Ðare€willing€to€study,€to€work,€to€develop.€€We€have€only€that€which€we€strive€for;€weÐ Jš Ðpossess€only€that€which€we€earn;€when€truth€is€poured€into€a€passive€mind€it€isÐ (x Ðsoon€lost€from€that€mind;€when€it€is€won€by€an€active€mind€it€becomes€a€part€ofÐ  V Ðthat€mind;€when€truth€has€become€a€part€of€the€mind€then€is€the€mind€trulyÐ ä 4 Ðcultured,€for€culture€is€that€wisdom€which€has€become€a€part€of€ourselves.€€MasonryÐ   Ðhelps€to€culture€us€by€stimulating€us€to€apply€our€mental€powers€to€the€study€ofÐ   ð Ðthose€symbols€in€which€many€wise€men€have€hidden€truths€so€profound,€soÐ ~ Î  Ðilluminating,€so€helpful,€so€packed€with€life.€€We€ourselves,€in€this€present€hour,€canÐ \ ¬  Ðbest€understand€what€symbols€mean€and€how€their€meaning€is€to€be€discovered€ifÐ :Š  Ðwe€will€turn€to€a€few€of€them.€€Our€selection€may€appear€arbitrary,€at€first€glance,Ð h  Ðbut€the€meanings€we€shall€win€will€fit€themselves€together€into€one€lesson,€into€aÐ öF  Ðtruth€that€is€one€truth,€the€truth€that€wisdom€is€the€learning€how€best€to€live,€andÐ Ô$  Ðthat€God€helps€each€of€us€how€best€to€live.Ð ²  ÐÌThe€beginning€of€wisdom€is€to€develop€ourselves;€most€of€us€have€never€discoveredÐ n¾ Ðwhat€are€the€possibilities€of€our€own€minds;€we€live€poorly€and€meanly€because€weÐ Lœ Ðpermit€the€highest€powers€to€lie€dormant;€one€is€learning€the€wisdom€of€life€whenÐ *z Ðhe€strives€to€develop€each€power€of€himself€to€the€uttermost.€€Of€this€the€apron€isÐ X Ðthe€symbol.€€It€means€work;€not€manual€work€alone,€but€mental,€and€spiritual,€andÐ æ6 Ðmoral€work€also.€€The€divinity€of€work;€the€divine€necessity€of€work;€the€divineÐ Ä Ðresults€of€work;€this€is€the€truth€taught€us€„€through€the€apron.€€We€are€told€that€itÐ ¢ò Ðis€an€older€and€nobler€symbol€than€the€Star,€the€Garter,€the€Roman€Eagle.€€It€is.€Ð €Ð ÐGod€has€been€working€from€the€beginning;€to€work€is€to€do€what€God€does;€to€doÐ ^® Ðwhat€God€does€is€life.€€The€apron€teaches€us€one€of€the€secrets€of€the€divine€life.€€ItÐ <Œ Ðis€not€fame;€it€is€not€possessions;€it€is€not€pride,€or€lust€for€place€or€power;€it€isÐ j Ðnone€of€these€things€that€deserve€to€stand€as€that€which€is€the€highest.€€The€apronÐ øH Ðis€higher€than€the€symbols€of€these€things€because€it€is€the€symbol€of€the€effort€toÐ Ö& Ðdevelop€ourselves;€we€can€work€on€ourselves;€we€can€work€through€ourselves;Ð ´ Ðwhile€we€are€working€on€and€through€ourselves€we€are€then€working€to€help€others;Ð ’â Ðto€help€others€is€God„like€because€God€is€always€helping€others.€€God€Himself,€in€aÐ p À  Ðcertain€deep€sense,€evermore€wears€the€apron€because€He€evermore€works,€worksÐ N!ž! Ðto€help€us,€works€to€give€us€more€and€more€life€for€evermore.€€What€we€make€ofÐ ,"|" Ðourselves€is€more€important€than€what€others€make€of€us;€how€we€use€and€developÐ  #Z# Ðourselves€is€more€important€than€what€we€possess€or€what€reputation€we€mayÐ è#8$ Ðhave.€€To€work;€to€make€the€mind€work,€to€make€the€body€work,€to€make€all€thingsÐ Æ$ % Ðwork€together€to€give€us€life€and€to€give€others€life,€that€is€according€to€the€will€ofÐ ¤%ô & ÐGod€and€the€will€of€God€is€our€life€and€our€peace.€€He€who€wears€the€apron€on€hisÐ ‚&Ò!' Ðheart€will€become€God„like€because€God's€own€heart€is€filled€with€labor€on€theÐ `'°"( Ðbehalf€of€all€His€worlds€and€all€His€children.Ð >(Ž#) ÐÌMany€times€our€work€asks€of€us€that€we€sacrifice€our€ease,€our€pleasure,€our€place,Ð ú)J%+ Ðor€our€money;€he€who€is€not€willing€to€sacrifice€the€lesser€for€the€sake€of€the€Ð  Ø*(&, Ðgreater€has€not€yet€learned€wisdom;€he€does€not€yet€know€to€live.€€Sacrifice€is€notÐ ° Ðto€lessen€our€lives;€it€is€to€increase€our€lives;€it€surrenders€the€petty€things€in€orderÐ ŽÞ Ðthat€the€greater€things€may€more€completely€possess€us;€he€who€has€becomeÐ l¼ Ðwilling€to€give€up€the€lower€in€order€that€the€higher€may€be€in€him€has€learnedÐ Jš Ðwisdom,€for€wisdom€is€to€learn€how€best€to€live.Ð (x ÐÌThe€cross€which€appears€so€often€through€our€ritual€and€in€so€many€different€formsÐ ä 4 Ðhas€many€different€degrees€of€meaning€but€the€one€meaning€running€through€allÐ   Ðforms€of€the€cross€is€that€he€who€would€learn€to€live€must€learn€to€surrenderÐ   ð Ðwillingly€the€things€that€hinder€life.€€Sacrifice,€if€we€will€but€learn€it,€is€our€friend;€itÐ ~ Î  Ðgives€us€more€life€and€what€gives€us€more€life€gives€us€more€love€and€love€is€inÐ \ ¬  Ðitself€friendship.€€The€cross€sometimes€breaks€the€body€in€order€that€the€soul€mayÐ :Š  Ðhave€its€way;€the€cross€sometimes€bruises€the€mind€in€order€that€the€spirit€mayÐ h  Ðmore€richly€live;€the€cross€helps€while€it€seems€to€hinder;€it€heals€when€it€seems€toÐ öF  Ðhurt.€€To€learn€to€know€when€to€sacrifice,€how€to€sacrifice,€what€to€sacrifice,€and€forÐ Ô$  Ðwhat€to€sacrifice,€that€is€wisdom,€and€wisdom€is€to€know€to€live.Ð ²  ÐÌBut€life€is€not€complete€in€any€one€of€us;€life€lives€in€all€men€and€each€needs€the€lifeÐ n¾ Ðof€all;€when€we€share€with€others€our€life€we€are€helping€them€to€live;€when€we€helpÐ Lœ Ðothers€to€live€we€become€God„like€because€God€continually€gives€life€to€all.€Ð *z ÐFriendship€is€just€the€habit€of€giving€our€life€to€others;€when€we€give€our€life€awayÐ X Ðwe€possess€more€of€it;€the€more€we€give€the€more€we€receive.€€This€is€the€meaningÐ æ6 Ðof€the€clasped„hands,€one€of€the€most€divine€and€beautiful€of€all€our€symbols.€€TheÐ Ä Ðlife€in€me€clasps€hands€with€the€life€in€you;€my€life€joins€its€forces€with€your€life;Ð ¢ò Ðthat€makes€more€life.€€Brotherhood€is€the€enrichment€of€life€not€for€one's€self€aloneÐ €Ð Ðbut€for€all;€brotherhood€is€God„like€because€God€is€the€Great€Brother€of€all€men.€HisÐ ^® Ðhands€are€clasped€with€ours€and€neither€disaster€nor€death€can€break€that€clasp.Ð <Œ ÐWhen€we€clasp€our€brother's€hand€we€clasp€God's€hand€because€God€lives€andÐ j Ðworks€through€our€brother;€when€he€clasps€our€hands€he€clasps€God's€handsÐ øH Ðbecause€God€lives€and€works€through€us.€€Brotherhood€makes€life€rich,€beautiful,Ð Ö& Ðand€divine;€brotherhood€is€the€clearest€revelation€of€God€that€we€have.€Ð ´ ÐBrotherhood€is€love€expressed€toward€our€fellows;€it€is€therefore€divine€because€GodÐ ’â Ðis€love.Ð p À  ÐÌOur€system€of€symbols€would€be€very€incomplete€if€they€did€not€give€us€this€highestÐ ,"|" Ðwisdom€that€God€is€love.€€The€All„Seeing€Eye€reminds€us€that€God€sees€far€into€theÐ  #Z# Ðmost€secret€depths€of€each€of€us;€this€means€that€God€lives€in€us€a€part€of€our€veryÐ è#8$ Ðselves€else€He€could€not€know€what€is€in€us;€God€is€love€because€He€lives€in€eachÐ Æ$ % Ðone€of€us.€€The€altar€reminds€us€that€we€can€always€and€everywhere€meet€withÐ ¤%ô & ÐGod;€He€is€never€away€from€our€hearts;€He€is€never€away€from€home;€the€humanÐ ‚&Ò!' Ðsoul€is€His€home.€€While€we€work,€while€we€play,€while€we€think,€above€all€while€weÐ `'°"( Ðlove,€we€are€with€Him;€each€moment€can€have€its€own€altar;€each€place€may€haveÐ >(Ž#) Ðits€shrine;€the€whole€world€is€a€meeting€place€between€man€and€God;€the€wholeÐ )l$* Ðearth€may€become€an€altar.€€The€raising€of€the€master€in€our€third€degree€remindsÐ ú)J%+ Ðus,€depicts€for€us€in€an€unforgettable€symbol,€that€God€is€also€eternal€life;€theÐ Ø*(&, Ðmaster€went€into€the€grave€but€God€went€in€after€Him;€we€never€die;€there€is€noÐ ¶+'- Ðdeath;€there€is€only€change;€we€go€on€from€life€to€life,€ever€and€forever,€and€GodÐ ”,ä'. Ðever€helps€us€to€go€on€from€life€to€life.€€To€know€that€God€lives€in€us€and€that€God€isÐ r-Â(/ Ðlove€helps€us€to€lose€all€fears,€the€fear€of€disaster,€of€disgrace,€of€death;€for€whereÐ ° Ðlove€is€fear€cannot€be.€€The€same€eternal€life€which€lived€in€the€slain€master€livesÐ ŽÞ Ðalso€in€us;€God€is€continually€willing€to€raise€each€of€us€from€all€our€graves;€fromÐ l¼ Ðthe€grave€of€sloth,€the€grave€of€selfishness,€the€grave€of€hatred,€of€fear,€of€sorrow,Ð Jš Ðof€death.€"Now€have€we€eternal€life";€always€will€we€have€eternal€life.€€God€is€lifeÐ (x Ðand€God€is€eternal.€€God€is€our€life;€therefore€we€are€eternal.Ð  V ÐÌCan€there€be,€could€there€be,€a€teaching€more€wonderfully€beautiful€than€this?€€CanÐ   Ðyou€anywhere€find€a€higher€wisdom€than€this?€€This€is€the€highest€wisdom€that€weÐ   ð Ðknow€how€to€live;€God€is€our€Life;€to€learn€to€live€is€to€love€God.€€Masonry€teachesÐ ~ Î  Ðus€that€God€is€love;€it€teaches€us€how€to€love€God.€€Masonry€as€a€whole€is€one€greatÐ \ ¬  Ðsymbol€of€men€dwelling€with€God€and€God€dwelling€with€men.Ð :Š  ÐÌÔ€ÂM'Â%&$Ôò òòòExtracted€fromÐ öF  ÐThe€BuilderÐ ­ý  ÐMay€1919Ð d´  ÐÔ€&$%ÂÂM'Ôó óóó==========Ð k  Ð2008„03„01Ô€X_" X%&$ÔÔ€X{©X XX_"Ô