THE MIGHTY FLAME
It was a small group- the one that gathered at the Goose and Gridiron Tavern
in London in the year 1717- the representatives of four London Lodges of
Speculative Freemasonry who conceived the idea that a mutually formed
administrative body for the lodges in London might serve as a governing body and
clearing house for rules and laws.
In Masonic literature writers have been criticized for extravagant
statements; for over-enthusiasm in presenting Masonic history. But with it all,
is there a literature richer in the realm of moral courage, richer in the
greatness of man's effort to become God-like; or richer in the story of man's
upward climb through the darkness of doubt and ignorance into the light of
understanding and tolerance?
Why not indulge in imagination?
There must have been greatness in that small assembly of 1717. There were men
who surely sensed the danger of the day, and had the moral courage to face the
situation. They must have been men of vision who could look beyond the present
and all its difficulties into a tomorrow in which man would regain his dignity.
They must have been men of determination and vision, who insisted the religion
should be a force to unite men, not separate them.
Why not let the imagination turn to 1717?
The Temple is the history of the Builder.
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