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PERSECUTIONNo Mason can assume a passive attitude in regard to persecution. Remove Justice from the Temple of Masonry and you have left only the wreck of a building. And persecution is never justifiable. Persecution is the weapon of the brutal individual or mob, used as a screen to obscure their weaknesses. Speculative Masonry as we think of it since the formation of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717 set forth in no indefinite language the stand of Masonry against religious intolerance. No longer was religion to be the barrier that separated men; that kept men from being brothers. Now, men of all religions could meet at the altar, which was the "centre of union" and each could worship God in his own way. The minor differences in belief were not as important as the truth of the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man. The universal spirit of man's dependence on man was indefinitely more important than controversial dogma. Reason ruled over traditional emotions. Masonry had no new religion to offer. It only prepared anew the ground for the more abundant growth of truths that have existed since time. What is the spirit behind the determination of Masons to perpetuate the principles of Freemasonry? It is a protective spirit. Masonry knows that at various times in each generation the ugly face of tyranny will show itself and that the peace-loving will be persecuted. And so Masons are willing to patiently attend at the Holy Altar of Liberty, and Justice so that these immortal ideals may live forever in the hearts of men. |
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