The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 165
the Craft, the discussions that follow on these, can-
not but result in a vast amount of good. Whether
the papers are considered good, bad, or indifferent,
the results obtained in the end must be to the
advantage
of the Brethren.
Although we are the greatest Charity in the
world, and that is the only thing
that interests
many— which, so far, is right and good — yet that
ever be
is not Freemasonry, nor will Freemasonry
advanced farther in evolution, or coalescing the
Brotherhood into one great fraternal and universal
whole by
it. The One Great Universal Brother-
hood, each individual carrying out those sublime
tenets he was taught in the Lodge in his daily life
outside the Lodge, is what Freemasonry should
and must attain. Many Brothers do not think,
and therefore do not practise these things outside
the Lodge.
It is the action of the individual Mason in
discharging with great fidelity every duty he has
in this
within,
life, both outside the Lodge as well as
that will raise the Fraternity. How can
we hope to attain Universal Brotherhood without
setting the example in this the mother country to
our present Brotherhood throughout the world?
If the mother is careless and indifferent, her
children will become careless and indifferent. The
whole Brotherhood of the world look up to you
for example and precept. How jealous, therefore,