Title Page : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. iii THE BUILDERS A STORY AND STUDY OF MASONRY BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, LITT. D. GRAND LODGE OF IOWA When I was a King and a Mason-- A master Proved and skilled, I cleared me ground for a palace Such as a King should build. I decreed and cut down...
Part I Prophecy. Chapter I. The Foundations : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 PART I--PROPHECY p. 4 "By Symbols is man guided and commanded, made happy, made wretched. He everywhere finds himself encompassed with Symbols, recognized as such or not recognized: the Universe is but one vast Symbol of God; nay, if...
Part Iii Interpretation. Chapter Ii : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 257 p. 258 "Masonry directs us to divest ourselves of confined and bigoted notions, and teaches us, that Humanity is the soul of Religion. We never suffer any religious disputes in our Lodges, and, as Masons, we only pursue the universal religi...
Part Ii History. Chapter Ii. Fellowcrafts : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 125 p. 126 "Noe person (of what degree soever) shalbee accepted a Free Mason, unless hee shall have a lodge of five Free Masons at least; wher one to be a master, or warden, of that limitt, or division, wherein such Lodge shalbee kept...
Part Ii History. Chapter I. Free Masons : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95 PART II--HISTORY p. 96 "The curious history of Freemasonry has unfortunately been treated only by its panegyrists or calumniators, both equally mendacious. I do. not wish to pry into the mysteries of the craft; but it would...
Part I Prophecy. Chapter Ii. The Working Tools : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 16 p. 17 p. 18 "It began to shape itself to my intellectual vision into something more imposing and majestic, solemnly mysterious and grand. It seemed to me like the Pyramids in their loneliness, in whose yet undiscovered chambers may be hidden...
Part Ii History. Chapter Iv. Grand Lodge : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 170 p. 171 p. 172 "The doctrines of Masonry are the most beautiful that it is possible to imagine. They breathe the simplicity of the earliest ages animated by the love of a martyred God. That word which the Puritans translated "CHARITY", but...
Part I Prophecy. Chapter V. The Collegia : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 71 p. 72 "This society was called the Dionysian Artificers, as Bacchus was supposed to be the inventor of building theaters; and they performed the Dionysian festivities. From this period, the Science of Astronomy which had given rise...
Part I Prophecy. Chapter Iii. The Drama Of Faith : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 "And so the Quest goes on. And the Quest, as it may be, ends in attainment--we know not where and when: so long as we can conceive of our separate existence, the quest goes on--an attainment continued henceforward. And ever shall...
Part Ii History. Chapter Iii. Accepted Masons : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 151 p. 152 "The SYSTEM, as taught in the regular LODGES, may have some Redundancies or Defects, occasion'd by the Ignorance or Indolence of the old members. And indeed, considering through what Obscurity and Darkness the MYSTERY has been...
Part I Prophecy. Chapter Iv. The Secret Doctrine : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 "The value of man does not consist in the truth which he possesses, or means to possess, but in the sincere pain which he hath taken to find it out. For his powers do not augment by possessing truth, but by investigating it...
Part Ii History. Chapter V. Universal Masonry : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 198 p. 199 p. 200 "These signs and tokens are of no small value; they speak a universal language, and act as a passport to the attention and support of the initiated in all parts of the world. They cannot be lost so long as memory retains its...
The Anteroom : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. vii THE ANTEROOM Fourteen years ago the writer of this volume entered the temple of Freemasonry, and that date stands out in memory as one of the most significant days in his life. There was a little spread on the night of his raising, and, as is...
Part Iii Interpretation. Chapter Iii : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 280 p. 281 p. 282 The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood; For it will bring again to Earth Her long-lost Poesy and Mirth; Will send new light on every face, A kingly power upon the race. And till it comes we men are...
Part Iii Interpretation. Chapter I. Wh : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 235 p. 236 p. 237 PART III--INTERPRETATION p. 238 "I am afraid you may not consider it an altogether substantial concern. It has to be seen in a certain way, under certain conditions. Some people never see it at all. You must understand, this is...
Bibliography : * "The Builders", by Joseph Fort Newton, [1914], p. 299 p. 300 p. 301 BIBLIOGRAPHY (The literature of Masonry is very large, and the following is only a small selection of such books as the writer has found particularly helpful in the course of this study. The notes and text of the foregoing pages...
