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The Lambskin Apron The lambskin apron is at

once an emblem of innocence and the

distinctive badge or device identifying the wearer as a Mason. By innocence is meant clean thinking and clean living, a loyal obedience to the laws of Freemasonry, and sincere goodwill and charity toward one’s brethren. The “badge

of a Mason” signifies, among other things, that Masons are workers and builders, as you wear an apron in reference to a similar garment worn by the stonemasons whose operative guilds were the source of our lodges. The lamb has always been a symbol of innocence and sacrifice. There are two senses in which innocence is being used here: Innocence, in one sense, meaning free from moral defect; the other sense is that of being newly born and without blemish, in the sense of fulfilling the goal of Masonic initiation—an entrance into a new relationship and a new life. Click here to see related article “Aprons”

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