Mystic masonry, or, The symbols of freemasonry and the greater ...

88 Mystic Masonry.
and adopted in many forms, and further, that Immortahty
was not "brought to light" for the first
and only time by the "Man of Sorrows" of the
Christians ;
yet in every case is the symbol none the
less true. Whether any of these sun-gods or Redeemers
were historical characters or not, the symbolism
teaches everywhere the same eternal truths:
the Resurrection and the Life; Redemption and
Immortality.
After being obligated and brougiit to light, the
candidate in the third degree is bantered with the
statement that undoubtedly he now imagines himself
a Master Mason. He is informed not only that such
is not the case, but that there is no certainty that he
ever will become such. He subsequently starts on
his Journey for the discovery of the Lost Word.
The method by which he undertakes to obtain it,
and the names of the three Fellowcrafts already referred
to as brothers, have a very deep significance.
After many trials, he receives a substitute, which he
is to conceal with great fidelity "till future generations
shall discover the lost word."
The method by which he receives and is ever to
transmit or use even the substitute, is made exact
and definite, and guarded by solemn obligations.
The meaning of both the great secrecy and the use