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

Conclusion. 263
There is an old occult maxim which declares
that "Nothing is concealed from him who knows."
No Mason is bound to conceal that w,hich he has
never learned in the Lodge.
All else he receives as
he learns anything, places his own estimate upon
its value, and becomes individually responsible for
its use. It must be a matter of conscience, and be
weighed in the balance of duty, and everyone must
abide by the result. If Masonry has lost the Royal
Secret, or if it never possessed it, or if it was
wrenched away in the very name of Religion little
more than a century ago, all the same, it belongs to
the Craft as the Heir-apparent of the Old Wisdom.
But the time has come when no cable-tow can bind
it. It now belongs to Humanity equally with the
Mason. To this end has it been preserved throughout
the centuries.
What a future lies before Masonry should it determine
to enter into its birthright to possess it.
Thoroughly organized as it is, and counting its
membership by tens of thousands, rehabilitated in
its ancient wisdom, it may become an irresistible
force in shaping the present civilization, and in
influencing the future destiny of Man. All else
has perished from the civilizations of the past.
Wisdom alone is immortal of all the possessions of