tailieunhanh - The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry

Fourteen years ago the writer of this volume entered the temple of Freemasonry, and that date stands out in memory as one of the most significant days in his life. There was a little spread on the night of his raising, and, as is the custom, the candidate was asked to give his impressions of the Order. Among other things, he made request to know if there was any little book which would tell a young man the things he would most like to know about Masonry--what it was, whence it came, what it teaches, and what it is trying to do in the. | 1 PART I--PROPHECY CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. PART II--HISTORY CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. PART III--INTERPRETATION CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. Part I--Prophecy CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V Part II--History CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V Part III--Interpretation CHAPTER I The Builders by Joseph Fort Newton 2 CHAPTER II CHAPTER III The Builders by Joseph Fort Newton The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Builders by Joseph Fort Newton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry Author Joseph Fort Newton Release Date August 15 2006 EBook 19049 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUILDERS Produced by Brian Sogard Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http ----------------------------------------- Transcriber s Note Inconsistent hyphenation matches the original document. A number of obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this text. For a complete list please see the bottom of this document. ------------------------------------------ THE BUILDERS A STORY AND STUDY OF MASONRY BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON LITT. D. GRAND LODGE OF IOWA When I was a King and a Mason-- A master proved and skilled I cleared me ground for a palace Such as a King should build. I decreed and cut down to my levels Presently under the silt I came on the wreck of a palace Such as a King had built --KIPLING CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA THE TORCH PRESS NINETEEN FIFTEEN COPYRIGHT 1914 BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON First Printing December 1914 To The Memory of THEODORE SUTTON PARVIN Founder of the Library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa with Reverence and Gratitude to .