The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

230 THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY
Brotherhood as of old, founded on the belief of a
Divine Creator, and an Eternal and Everlasting
Spiritual Life hereafter, grasping the opportunity
to consummate that which must be the dream
of every Freemason ; or shall we, through dis-
sension, apathy, and want of universal combination
with our Brotherhood, further postpone it to future
generations?
The past evolution of the history of the human
race has been an object-lesson to remind us that,
without the belief in the Divine Creator, our
Brotherhood could not remain cemented together.
That is, and must be, our object above all others,
and although we find various terminology used
for Him, under different organizations and in the
various cults, as these have risen and been replaced
by others, He is always " The One, and for ever
the same Divine Master, under whatever Sign and
Symbol — the Great Architect of the Universe."
Remember that, for Freemasonry to exist, there
is no way of standing still— it must progress or it
must fall ; the human intellect is again expand-
ing after all the dark ages we have passed through,
a dark and deep pit of ignorance,, out of which
we cannot be extricated except by the Egyptian
ladder. With the example of a great universal
past, we have the opportunity of making a great
universal future Brotherhood, as of old. Grant
that this may be speedily consummated.