se be kept in mind it is believed that it will tell its story and
confide its message.

When a man thinks of our mortal lot--its greatness and its pathos, how
much has been wrought out in the past, and how binding is our
obligation to preserve and enrich the inheritance of humanity--there
comes over him a strange warming of the heart toward all his fellow
workers; and especially toward the young, to whom we must soon entrust
all that we hold sacred. All through these pages the wish has been to
make the young Mason feel in what a great and benign tradition he
stands, that he may the more earnestly strive to be a Mason not merely
in form, but in faith, in spirit, and still more, in character; and so
help to realize somewhat of the beauty we all have dreamed--lifting
into the light the latent powers and unguessed possibilities of this
the greatest order of men upon the earth. Everyone can do a little,
and if each does his part faithfully the sum of our labors will be
very great, and we shall leave the world fairer than we found it,
richer in faith, gentler in justice, wiser in pity--for we pass this
way but once, pilgrims seeking a country, even a City that hath
foundations.

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J.F.N.

_Cedar Rapids, Iowa_, September 7, 1914.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THE ANTE-ROOM vii

PART I--PROPHECY
CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATIONS 5

CHAPTER II. THE WORKING TOOLS 19

CHAPTER III. THE DRAMA OF FAITH 39

CHAPTER IV. THE SECRET DOCTRINE 57

CHAPTER V. THE COLLEGIA 73

PART II--HISTORY

CHAPTER I. FREE-MASONS 97

CHAPTER II. FELLOWCRAFTS 127

CHAPTER III. ACCEPTED MASONS 153

CHAPTER IV. GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND 173

CHAPTER V. UNIVERSAL MASONRY 201

PART III--INTERPRETATION

CHAPTER I. WHAT IS MASONRY 239

CHAPTER II. THE MASONIC PHILOSOPHY 259

CHAPTER III. THE SPIRIT OF MASONRY 283

BIBLIOGRAPHY 301

INDEX