The Lost Keys of Freemasonry - RoseCroix.org.au

A hand reached down again from the Great Unseen and a tiny lamp was handedthem, whose oil flame burned silently and clearly in the darkness. "By this light shallye seek him whom ye have slain."The three forms surrounded the light and bowed in prayer and thanksgiving for thissolitary gleam which was to light the darkness of their way. From somewhere abovein the regions of not-being the great Voice spoke, a thundering Voice that filledChaos with its sound: "He cometh forth as a flower and is cut down; he teeth also asa shadow and continueth not; as the waters fail from the sea and the flood decayethand drieth up, so man lieth down and riseth not again. Yet have I compassion uponthe children of my creation; I administer unto them in time of trouble and save themwith an everlasting salvation. Seek ye where the broken twig lies and the dead stickmolds away, where the clouds float together and the stones rest by the hillside, forall these mark the grave of Hiram who has carried my Will with him to the tomb. Thiseternal quest is yours until ye have found your Builder, until the cup giveth up itssecret, until the grave giveth up its ghosts. No more shall I speak until ye havefound and raised my beloved Son, and have listened to the words of my Messengerand with Him as your guide have finished the temple which I shall then inhabit.Amen."The gray dawn still lay asleep in the arms of darkness. Out through the greatmystery of not-being all was silence, unknowable. Through the misty dawn, likestrange phantoms of a dream, three figures wandered over the great Unknowncarrying in their hands a tiny light, the lamp given to them by their Builder's Father.Over stick and stone and cloud and star they wandered, eternally in search of asilent grave, stopping again and again to explore the depths of some mystic recess,praying for liberation from their endless search; yet bound by their vows to raise theBuilder they had slain, whose grave was marked by the broken twig, and whose bodywas laid away in the white winding sheet of death somewhere over the brow of theeternal hill.TEMPLE BUILDERSYou are the temple builders of the future. With your hands must be raised the domesand spires of a coming civilization. Upon the foundation you have laid, tomorrowshall build a far more noble edifice. Builders of the temple of character whereinshould dwell an enlightened spirit; brothers of the rock of relationship; molders ofthose vessels created to contain the oil of life: up, and to the task appointed! Neverbefore in the history of men have you had the opportunity that now confronts you.The world waits - waits for the illuminated one who shall come from between thepillars of the portico. Humility, hoodwinked and bound, seeks entrance to the templeof wisdom. Fling wide the gate, and let the worthy enter. Fling wide the gate, and letthe light that is the life of men shine forth. Hasten to complete the dwelling of theLord, that the Spirit of God may come and dwell among His people, sanctified andordained according to His law.