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Known worldwide as a symbol of character, charity, and brotherly love,  the square & compasses is the emblem of every Symbolic (or “Blue”) Lodge, the foundation of Freemasonry.

 

Definitions and Descriptions of the Fraternity by:

The Grand Lodge of F.&A.M. of Ohio

The United Grand Lodge of England

Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia Britannica

 

Principles of the Fraternity:

The Charges of a Freemason

The Entered Apprentice Charge

The Fellow Craft Charge

The Master Mason Charge

Charge to Prospective Candidates

 

The Masonic Manual,
 A pocket companion for the Initiated; Containing the Rituals of Freemasonry, embraced in the degrees of the Lodge, Chapter and Encampment: Embellished with upwards of three hundred engravings. Together with forms of Masonic Documents, notes, songs, dates, etc. c Comp. and arranged by Robert Macoy…
Author: Macoy, Robert, 1815-1895. comp.