What does Freemasonry Teach?                                               Page 4

         Freemasonry uses the tools and implements of
        ancient architectural craftsmen symbolically in
        a system of instruction designed to build
        character and moral values in its members.  Its
        singular purpose is to make good men better.
        Its bonds of friendship, compassion, and
        brotherly love have survived even the most
        divisive political, military, and religious conflicts
        throughout the centuries.

        Freemasonry encourages its members to practice
        the faith of their personal acceptance. Masonry
        teaches that each person, through self improve-
        ment and helping others, has an obligation to
        make a peaceful difference for the greater good
        in the world.  

        Freemasonry has three principal tenets: Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.  Brotherly
        Love teaches the Freemason to regard the whole of humanity as our brothers and to
        approach all men with an open heart, judging each man as an individual, and never
        for the honors that the world at large may have seen fit to bestow upon him.

        The tenet of Relief is an application of that Brotherly Love.  By contributing to the
        relief of a brother in distress, the Freemason acts as a charitable subject towards
        humanity.  When contributing to someone's relief the Freemason does not seek
        attention or fame; he simply acts out of a true love for humanity, and not celebrity!

        Binding the first two principal tenets is the third vital tenet of Truth.  In all of his
        dealings, the Freemason strives to avoid deceit and hypocrisy, treating everyone as
        an equal.  Are you familiar with the sayings "on the level" or “on the square”?  Said
        expressions come from Freemasonry, and exemplify the cement of the third tenet of
        Truth binding us as one “band of brothers among whom no contention should ever
        exist, but rather that noble contention or rather emulation, of who can best work and
        best agree,” thus treating everyone equally and always dealing with the plain Truth.




                                                                           





                                                                     
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