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THE DECISION

We must always keep the vision clear and maintain a crystal clear view of our objectives, purposes, our principles and ideals. The Mason's zeal can never be in the interest of an institution except to the extent that such an institution teaches a moral science based upon Divine Laws. The zeal for a name or for a banner that represents and perpetuates a name, is a form of fanaticism.

Throughout the centuries Masonry has gone its silent and forceful way of stressing the wisdom of the ages in terms of the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man. Stubbornly it has maintained the nobility of man based upon the moral responsibility of the individual, while the world has struggled over insignificant differences. Masonry proclaims the truth that all men are brothers.

Now Science, horrible and destructive, comes forth with a new weapon so terrifying that it frightens equally those who have it and those who do not possess the secret. Man is driven by this monster to a great decision. Shall it be the survival of man through Understanding, Love and Brotherhood, the principles of Freemasonry, based upon Divine Laws, or shall it be destruction because man refuses to surrender his old, old hate?

Masonry is a Moral Science. The weight of our Institution will now become the deciding factor in the history of mankind. It may not be the name, "Freemasonry," but it must be Freemasonry in principle if man is to become the victor over the science of destruction.

It is important, important beyond the imagination, for every Mason to add his individual strength on the side of Right and Brotherhood in this crisis of civilization.

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