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

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Mystic Masonry.
arts. At every step he has loved and helped humanity
more and more, and sought his own desires
less and less. Grovi^n famihar thus with all the
llower planes of life by sore trial, by bitter conflict,
by frequent defeat, by hope deferred, almost despairing,
he has at last renounced self utterly, and so
become "dead to the world." This is the "Great
Renunciation." An Infinite Compassion for all that
lives takes possession of his soul, and an infinite
peace settles within his spirit.
"Believe thou not that sitting in dark forests, in
proud seclusion and apart from man; believe thou
not that life on roots and plants, that thirst assuaged
with snow from the great Range; believe thou not,
O Devotee, that this will lead thee to the goal of
final liberation."
"Step out from sunlight into shade, to make
more room for others." . . .
" 'Tis from the bud of Renunciation of the Self
that springs the sweet fruit of final liberation."
"The selfish devotee lives to no purpose. The
man who does not go through his appointed work in
life has lived in vain."
"So shalt thou be in full accord with all that
lives; bear love to men as though they were thy