CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

H ONESTY From the three main tenets or principles of Freemasonry – Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth, and the Four Cardinal Virtues, are derived other behaviors that we expect a Freemason to exhibit. Although only a partial list, the following are considered to be of prime importance: honesty, compassion, self-control, courage, tolerance, charity, fairness and good judgment. Honesty may be likened to the “honesty” of the ashlars – the building blocks of a wall that our stonemason ancestors made smooth, square and true. Unless the block of stone has these characteristics, it will not be of much use in building a wall of soundness and integrity. In a similar way, a life which is not characterized by soundness and integrity will not be of much use in building the spiritual house which is the chief Masonic labor. Honesty is therefore a foundation of a useful life. A Mason’s word is his bond, and above all else, a Mason is honest in his dealings with others.

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