M. Then thou wilt bid him welcome.
I returned. When I returned, he said, “This is a secret society, I suppose.”
T. The wisdom of this circle, who work in this temple, is not a secret to those who have received it.
D. Why dost thou keep thy wisdom a secret?
T. Because all wisdom is a secret to the uninformed. Thou wilt understand that this circle withholds no good thing from those who need, but even those who need, are not always prepared to receive our aid. The secret will not harm thee, neither will it do good to those who refuse to comply with its requirements. The secret is a secret only, because minds know it not, and have resolved not to receive the wisdom which their condition requires to make them skillful workmen in the temple. Art thou prepared to enter with me, and do the work which may be required of thee for the good of mind?
D. I am ready to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly, in the path of righteousness.
T. Thou wilt remember the poor and thy vows.
D. The needy thou hast with thee.
T. Thou wilt soon become rich.
The same instruction was imparted to the deacon, which I received on my first visit to the temple. When the lessons had been repeated to him, I inquired, “Welcome, wilt thou now revisit the castle with me, that we may aid our brethren to see the light thou hast beheld?”