Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 THE COMING KINGDOM 455
from the hands of that holy Melchisedec, king of Salem
-the house of God-that existed at the time of Abraham,
it wis understood that the resurrection, and the decomposition
and
throwing off
of the old, fieshly conditions
was a work which must be accomplished by the neophyte
before he was master; and there exists among them today
a grip, and an allegory, which in that early age belonged
to the fifth degree,-which it always will, for man
can not change that divine order. Masonry, as known in
the world to-day, has been altered; its holy occupant cast
out, and in place of truth and vitality has been installed
error and ideality, and that old and sacred Temple is
used as a place where bad boys may amuse themselves in
play.
The time has come when God and his Holy ones are
again to build that holy Temple, and the glory of this
latter house will transcend the glory of all that hath
preceded it; and you, dear children, who are striving
for the highest goal of human attainment, are called to
be builders of that house.
Know this, that the high and
holy condition with which your soul impresses you can
not be maintained on earth until that house is builded;
and while you are climbing up thru the first, second,
third, and fourth degrees, the life within you is getting
more refined, and becoming more potent, and reaches out
stronger and yet stronger in its desire for that ideal love
and companionship, till you stand before the door of that
royal fifth, and that which is allegorically exprest in the
Master's degree-becomes a realized fact to you, and you
stand forth a resurrected man, holding the keys which
are found in that great name of God. Then indeed you
will open and no man can shut, and shut and no man can
open, "for thou hast a little strength." So hold on and
hold out in your determination and your forward trend,
for the gold you seek is worth more than all the treasures