Masonic Reflections

Monday, May 30, 2005 at 1:12 PM

The Meaning of Masonry by Albert Pike 1858

Words are worth repeating especially from those who said it first, and said it best...Jeffery

"...If all men had always
obeyed with all their hearts, the mild and gentle teachings of Masonry, that world would always have been a paradise; while Intolerance and Persecution make of it a hell. For this is the Masonic creed: BELIEVE, in God's infinite benevolence, wisdom and justice; HOPE, for the final triumph of good over evil, and for the Perfect Harmony as the final result of all the concords and discords of the Universe; and be CHARITABLE, as God is, towards the unfaith, the errors, the follies and the faults of men; for all are one great Brotherhood."
Albert Pike, The Meaning of Masonry, 1858