WE ARE DREAMERS
Nothing great has been achieved unless the pattern has first been conceived
in the mind and heart. Call it what you will- Vision, Dream, or Designs upon the
Trestle Board, it is the same. In that sense, we Masons are Dreamers.
Long ago Masons set forth the outline of a noble dream, and every Mason has
had his part in bringing about the reality. There is the dream of Universal
Brotherhood, not the superficial condition in which men glibly use the words
with insincere piety and say: "If you do as I do, we will be brothers; If
you believe as I do we will be brothers." Masonry's dream of Universal
Brotherhood will become a reality through study, through patience, through
Unfaltering Trust, and through the knowledge that Brotherhood is a Fact in
Nature. Such a condition will result when we gain the ultimate wisdom that
religion, science, and philosophy, form the trinity which will unite men. Do we
not refer to Masonry as the Science of Morality? We do not say that Masonry is a
religion, but who will say that Masonry is not an expression of the best in all
religious teachings?
We are Dreamers. The dream in the minds and hearts of Jefferson, Franklin,
and Washington, became the United States of America. They visioned a condition
wherein man would no longer be a puppet, but would walk forth in the Light of
Freedom.
Yes, we are Dreamers. We dream of a time when our hospitals for the mentally
ill will be emptied. We dream of a time when no child will be born into a world
of hate, prejudice, of war. We dream of a time when no child will be denied
love, shelter, spiritual training, and the opportunity for intellectual
development. We dream of a time when man will live in the positive knowledge of
the unerring accuracy of Moral and Spiritual Laws.
As we dream we work, and as surely as we work, hope and pray, the Great Dream
will come true.
back to top
|
