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

Principles of Education and Ethics. 43
in the way of such achievements : first, anarchy and
confusion, the resuh of selfishness in all social relations.
This condition can be overcome in but one
v^^ay, viz., by the recognition of the unqualified
Brotherhood of Man; not as a theory, a religious
duty, or a mere matter of sentiment; but as a fact
in Nature; a universal and Divine Law; the penalty
for the violation of which is precisely the conditions
under which humanity now suffers.
The second condition, which has given rise to
"Confusion among the Workmen" in building the
social temple and the individual habitation of man,
is false ideals ; inefficient methods of education ; and
almost total ignorance of the existence and the nature
of the soul. The result of this ignorance may
be seen in the fact, that not one individual in a
million who has both leisure and opportunity, makes
any real advancement in the evolution of the higher
powers ; or is even cognizant of the fact that he is
a LIVING SOUL. Old age is filled, not only with infirmities,
but with miseries without number. Not
one in a million can say with the poet:
"Tis the sunset of life, gives me mystical lore;
As coming events east their shadows before."
In the great majority of cases with the aged, death