The True Philosophy, Known And Practised By

The Universe Should Be Deemed An Immense Being, Always Living, Always Moved And Always Moving In An Eternal Activity Inherent In Itself, And Which, Subordinate To No Foreign Cause, Is Communicated To All Its Parts, Connects Them Together, And Makes The World Of Things A Complete And Perfect Whole.

Virtue Is But Heroic Bravery, To Do The Thing Thought To Be True, In Spite Of All Enemies Of Flesh Or Spirit, In Despite Of All Temptations Or Menaces.

The Word Of God Is The Universal And Invisible Light, Cognizable By The Senses, That Emits Its Blaze In The Sun, Moon, Planets, And Other Stars.

It Is Most True, That Truth Is A Divine Attribute And The Foundation Of Every Virtue. To Be True, And To Seek To Find And Learn The Truth, Are The Great Objects Of Every Good Mason.

Strange And Mysterious Name To Give To The Spirit Of Darkness! Lucifer, The Son Of The Morning! Is It He Who Bears The Light, And With Its Splendors Intolerable Blinds Feeble, Sensual, Or Selfish Souls? Doubt It Not!