...branch of religion, which is common to all the modes of worshipping God that exist upon the earth. " It is a system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols." The arguments, therefore, are unsound, and the conclusion groundless ; as will appear from a .slight...

...guides, whose strength supports, and whose beauty adorns all things. It has been well said that " Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols." But from the commencement of the initiation of the neophyte, until he has been raised to the highest...

...their obligation, manifested by so many who claim to be of the Royal Craft. We are told that Masonry is "a system of morality veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols." to arrive at a proper appreciation of its beauties and excellencies, it must be closely studied, and...

...humanity, faith in the Unseen, and lofty conceptioni of a life to come. Advancement in Freemasonry, which is a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, undoubtedly gives dominion ot many hearts, but beyond this, it preserves an ideal which is revealed...

...syllable, word or ceremony which does not teach some moral lesson. In the language of Oliver : " It is a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." By the gavel we are taught to divest ourselves of vice and fit our minds " as living stones for that...

...Speculative Freemasonry. One of the legal and accredited definitions of modern Freemasonry is that it is " a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." 1 As the architecture of the old Freemasons differed from all other architecture in the symbolism which...

...tnat binds man to his fellow-man and we term it Fremasonry. Our Monitors indeed tell us that Masonry is a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. We would rather define it as the result of a search for truth veiled in allegories and concealed by...

...regarding Freemasonry generally? What is Freemasonry? To use the time-honoured phrases of our Ritual, it is ' a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.' But does that expression fully disclose its true inwardness ? Is the full appreciation of the ' mystic...

...seeking admission who were "free born, of lawful age, and well recommended." Masonry has been defined as a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. as ft! FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS, BUILDING FOR SCOTTISH RITE BODIES. FRES\O CARL H-ERXER. ARCHITECT...

...which were modestly conceived and well arranged. He connected it indeed with the name of Saint -Martin as a sort of traditional founder, but rather as a...hall-mark of perfection, a doctrinal statement which must cany conviction of necessity, it would appear to have escaped every one that it is more strictly a...