The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry

by Joseph Fort Newton

Waite, Studies in Mysticism.

Watts, The Word in the Pattern.

Wright, Indian Masonry.

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INDEX[ToC]

• Aberdeen: lodge of, [161]
• Acadamie Armory: [166]
• Accepted Masons: [147];
  • earliest, [160];
  • not in all lodges, [160] note;
  • first recorded, [161];
  • and Ashmole, [162-4];
  • at Warrington, [164];
  • in the London Company, [165];
  • and the Regius MS, [166];
  • at Chester, [166];
  • Assembly of, [168];
  • quality of, [168]
• Æneas: referred to, [44] note
• Ahiman Rezon: [216]
• Alban, St: in Old Charges, [116];
  • a town, not a man, [117] note;
  • and the Masons, [120]
• America: advent of Masonry in, [206];
  • spirit of Masonry in, [222];
  • influence of Masonry on, [223]
• "Ancients, The": and Moderns, [212];
  • Grand Lodge of, [216];
  • growth of, [217];
  • merged into universal Masonry, [221]
• Anderson, James: his account of Grand Lodge of England, [180];
  • and the Old Charges, [186];
  • sketch of, [187] note;
  • on Masonic secrets, [192] note;
  • on growth of Masonry, [203];
  • publishes Book of Constitutions, [204]
• Andreae, J.V.: quoted, [157];
  • his Rosicrucian romance, [163]
• Anti-Masonic political party, [228]
• Apprentice, Entered: requirements of, [129];
  • moral code of, [130];
  • masterpiece of, [131];
  • degree of, [144]
• Architects: early, [14];
  • of Rome, [72];
  • initiates, [73];
  • honored in Egypt, [74];
  • College of, [82];
  • Comacine, [88];
  • churchmen, [114]
• Architecture: matrix of civilization, [5];
  • spiritual basis of, [6];
  • Seven Lamps of, [7];
  • moral laws of, [8];
  • mysticism of, [9];
  • and astronomy, [77];
  • gaps in history of, [86];
  • Italian, [87];
  • and the Comacines, [88];
  • new light on, [89];
  • churchmen learn from Masons, [114];
  • Gothic, [120];
  • essay on, [136];
  • influence of Solomon's Temple on, [191];
  • no older than history, [241]
• Ashmole, Elias: Diary of, [162];
  • not the maker of Masonry, [163];
  • student of Masonry, [167] note;
  • and Walton, [259] note
• Assembly of Masons: at York, [117];
  • semi-annual, [118];
  • initiations at, [131];
  • before 1717, [167]
• Atheist: does not exist, [261] note;
  • would be an orphan, [267]
• Athelstan: and Masons, [116]
• Atholl Masons: Grand Lodge of, [216];
  • power of, [217];
  • end of, [221]
• Aubrey, John: [166];
  • on convention of Masons, [167]
• Augustine, St: and Masons, [116]
  
• Babel, Tower of: [7]
• Bacon, Francis: [110];
  • his New Atlantis and Masonry, [179] note, [190]
• Benevolence: Board of, [188]
• Bible: Masonic symbols in, [32];
  • and Masonry, [265]
• Book of Constitutions: [187]
• Book of the Dead: [40]
• Booth, Edwin: on Third degree, [197];
  • a Mason, [232]
• Boston Tea Party: [224]
• Brotherhood: in Old Charges, [133];
  • creed of Masonry, [134];
  • make way for coming of, [282]
• Builders: early ideals of, [12];
  • tools of, [26];
  • in China, [31];
  • forgotten, [34];
  • orders of, [74];
  • in Rome, [79];
  • of cathedrals, [87];
  • servants of church, [101];
  • of Britain, [113];
  • traveling bands of, [135];
  • rallying cries of, [191];
  • Longfellow on, [260]
• Building: spiritual meaning of, [6], [7], [8];
  • ideal of, [15];
  • an allegory, [154];
  • two ways of, [158] note;
  • of character, [275]
• Burns, Robert: [226];
  • a Mason, [232];
  • poet of Masonry, [233]
    
• Cantu, Cesare: on Comacines, [142]
• Capart: quoted, [6]
• Carlyle, Thomas: quoted, [4]
• Cathedral Builders: [87];
  • and Masons, [91];
  • greatness of, [121];
  • organization of, [136-7];
  • genius of, [158] note
• Cathedrals: when built, [121]
• Charity: and Masons, [134];
  • a doctrine of Masonry, [172]
• China: Masonry in, [30]
• Christianity: and the Mysteries, [50], [51] note;
  • and the Collegia, [85];
  • and Masonry, [221] note, [251]
• Churchward: on Triangle, [13] note;
  • on symbols, [20] note
• Circle: meaning of, [27]
• Clay, Henry: [228]
• Cleopatra's Needle: [33]
• Collegia, the: [73];
  • beginning of, [80];
  • customs of, [81];
  • and the Mysteries, [82];
  • emblems of, [83];
  • and Christianity, [85];
  • and cathedral builders, [87];
  • in England, [112];
  • on the continent, [113]
• Column: Wren on, [9];
  • Osiris, [45];
  • "brethren of the," [82]
• Comacine Masters: [87];
  • privileges of, [88];
  • migrations of, [89];
  • symbols of, [90];
  • tolerant of spirit, [101];
  • and Old Charges, [111];
  • in England, [113];
  • Merzaria on, [114];
  • and the arts, [115];
  • degrees among, [142].
• Companionage: of France, [118] note;
  • and legend of Hiram, [149]
• Conder: historian of Masons' Company, [165]
• Confucius: [30]
• Cooke MS: [106];
  • higher criticism of, [107]
• Cowan: meaning of, [138] note
• Coxe, Daniel: [207]
• Craft-masonry: morality of, [134];
  • lodge of, [135];
  • organization of, [136];
  • routine of, [138];
  • technical secrets, [147]
• Cromwell, Oliver: and Masonry, [179] note
• Cross: antiquity of, [24];
  • of Egypt, [25]
• Cube: meaning of, [27]
• Culdees: [189]
  
• Da Costa: quoted, [72];
  • on Dionysian Artificers, [77] note
• Deacon: office of, [217]
• Death: old protest against, [40];
  • triumph over, [41];
  • wonder of, [278]
• Declaration of Independence, signed by Masons, [225]
• Defence of Masonry: quoted [152]
• Degrees in Masonry: [141];
  • among Comacines, [142];
  • of Apprentice, [144];
  • number of, [145];
  • evolution of, [149]
• De Molai: [101]
• De Quincey on Masonry, [179] note
• Dermott, Lawrence: and Ancient Grand Lodge, [216];
  • industry of, [219];
  • and Royal Arch Masonry, [220] note
• Desaguliers, Dr. J.T.: "co-fabricator of Masonry," [195];
  • sketch of, [195] note
• Diocletian: fury of against Masons, [85]
• Dionysian Artificers: [72];
  • builders of Solomon's Temple, [76];
  • evidence for, [77] note;
  • migrations of, [79]
• Dissensions in Masonry: bitter, [213];
  • causes of, [214];
  • led by Preston, [217];
  • helped the order, [219];
  • remedy for, [222]
• Doctrine: the Secret, [57];
  • resented, [58];
  • open to all, [61];
  • reasons for, [63];
  • what it is, [68]
• Drama of Faith: [39];
  • motif of, [41];
  • story of, [42];
  • in India, [44] note;
  • in Tyre, [76]
• Druids: Mysteries of, [49]
• Druses: and Masonry, [78] note
• Dugdale: on formality in Masonry, [143]
  
• Eavesdroppers: their punishment, [138] note
• Egypt: earliest artists of, [9];
  • Herodotus on, [10];
  • temples of, [11];
  • obelisks of, [13];
  • Drama of Faith in, [41];
  • and origin of Masonry, [105], [109] note
• Elizabeth, Queen: and Masons, [123] note
• Emerson, R.W.: [39], [57]
• Euclid: mentioned in Regius MS, [105];
  • in Cooke MS, [107]
• Evans: on sacred stones, [9]
• Exposures of Masonry, [210]
  
• Faerie Queene: quoted, [155]
• Faith: Drama of, [39];
  • philosophy of, [270]
• Fellowcraft: points of, [128];
  • rank of, [131];
  • degree of, [146]
• Fichte: a Mason, [232]
• Findel: list of cartoons, [99] note;
  • on Apprentice degree, [145]
• Francis of Assist: quoted, [173]
• Franklin, B.: on Masonic grips, [200];
  • Masonic items in his paper, [207];
  • Grand Master of Pennsylvania, [207];
  • his Autobiography, [207] note
• Frederick the Great: and Masonry, [205] note
• Free-masons: [87];
  • why called free, [88];
  • Fergusson on, [90];
  • Hallam on, [96];
  • free in fact before name, [98];
  • great artists, [99];
  • cartoons of the church by, [99] note;
  • early date of name, [104] note;
  • not Guild-masons, [118];
  • contrasted with Guild-masons, [119];
  • organization of, [136];
  • degrees among, [142-4]
• Friendship: Masonry defined as, [240];
  • genius of Masonry, [284];
  • in Masonic literature, [285];
  • the ideal of Masonry, [288];
  • as a method of work, [291]
• Fergusson, James: [90];
  • on temple of Solomon, [191]
    
• G: the letter, [159]
• Garibaldi: [230]
• Geometry: in Old Charges, [108];
  • Pythagoras on, [154];
  • and religion, [154] note;
  • mystical meaning of, [159]
• Gladden, Washington: quoted, [285]
• Gloves: use and meaning of, [137] note
• God: ideas of, [22];
  • "the Builder," [29];
  • invocations to in old MSS, [108], note;
  • Fatherhood of, [134];
  • the Great Logician, [157];
  • unity of, [176] note, [264];
  • foundation of Masonry, [261];
  • the corner stone, [262];
  • Masonry does not limit, [263];
  • wonder of, [267];
  • kinship of man with, [270];
  • friendship for, [284]
• Goethe: [232]
• Golden Rule: law of Master Mason, [133];
  • creed of, [256]
• Gormogons: order of, parody on Masonry, [209];
  • swallows itself, [211]
• Gothic architecture: [120];
  • decline of, [185]
• Gould, R.F.: on Regius MS, [106];
  • on York Assembly, [116] note;
  • on early speculative Masonry, [160]
• Grand Lodge of all England, [218]
• Grand Lodge of England: [173];
  • meaning of organization, [174];
  • background of, [176];
  • its attitude toward religion, [177];
  • organization of, [180];
  • Lodges of, [181];
  • facts about, [182];
  • usages of, [183];
  • regalia of, [183] note;
  • a London movement, [184];
  • leaders of, [185];
  • charity of, [188];
  • growth of, [202];
  • prolific mother, [204];
  • article on politics, [208];
  • rivals of, [213]
• Grand Lodge South of Trent, [218]
• Grand Master: office of, [182];
  • power of, [202]
• Green Dragon Tavern: [223];
  • a Masonic Lodge, [224]
• Gregory, Pope: and Masons, [113]
• Grips: in the Mysteries, [47];
  • among Druses, [78] note;
  • among Masons, [140];
  • antiquity of, [149] note;
  • number of, [141];
  • Franklin on, [200];
  • an aid to charity, [244]
• Guild-masonry: [98];
  • invocations in, [108];
  • not Freemasonry, [118];
  • truth about, [119];
  • morality of, [144]
    
• Hallam: on Freemasonry, [96];
  • on Guilds, [118]
• Halliwell, James: and Regius MS: [104]
• Hamilton, Alexander: [225]
• Hammer, House of: [28]
• Handbuch, German: on Masonry, [241]
• Harleian MS: quoted, [126];
  • in Holme's handwriting, [166]
• Hermes: named in Cooke MS, [108];
  • and Pythagoras, [110];
  • who was he, [194]
• Herodotus: on Egypt, [10];
  • referred to in Cooke MS, [107]
• Hiram Abif: [77] note;
  • not named in Old Charges, [109];
  • esoteric allusions to, [110];
  • legend of in France, [118] note;
  • and the Companionage, [149];
  • and the temple, [192]
• Hiram I, of Tyre: [75]
• History: Book of in China, [30];
  • like a mirage, [100];
  • no older than architecture, [241]
• Holme, Randle: [166]
• Horus: story of, [42];
  • heroism of, [45]
• Hutchinson, William: on Geometry, [154] note;
  • on Christianity and Masonry, [251] note;
  • on Spirit of Masonry, [258]
    
• Idealism: soul of Masonry, [269];
  • no dogma of in Masonry, [269] note;
  • basis of, [270]
• Ikhnaton: city of, [12];
  • poet and idealist, [14]
• Immortality: faith in old, [39];
  • in Pyramid Texts, [40];
  • allegory of, [46];
  • in the Mysteries, [49];
  • creed of Masonry, [134];
  • held by Masons, [179];
  • how Masonry teaches, [277]
• Instructions of a Parish Priest: [106]
• Invocations: Masonic, [108] note
• Isis: story of, [42];
  • and Osiris, [43];
  • sorrow of, [45];
  • in Mysteries, [47]
    
• Jackson, Andrew: [228]
• Jesuits: and Masons, [210] note;
  • attempt to expose Masonry, [211]
    
• Kabbalah: muddle of, [67]
• Kabbalists: used Masonic symbols, [156], [157]
• Kennedy, C.R.: quoted, [238]
• Kipling, Rudyard: [232]
• Krause: on Collegia, [79]
  
• Legend: of Solomon, [75];
  • in Old Charges, [111];
  • of Pythagoras, [112];
  • of Masonry unique, [128]
• Lessing, G.E.: quoted, [56];
  • theory of, [179] note;
  • a Mason, [232]
• Lethaby: on discovery of Square, [10]
• Liberty: and law, [7];
  • love of, [122];
  • of thought, [178];
  • civil and Masonry, [224];
  • in religion, [252];
  • of faith, [255];
  • philosophy of, [271];
  • Lowell on, [272];
  • of intellect, [273];
  • of soul, [274]
• Litchfield, Bishop of: [175]
• Locke, John: [232]
• Lodge: of Roman architects, [82];
  • of Comacines, [90];
  • a school, [129];
  • secrecy of, [132];
  • enroute, [135];
  • organization of, [136];
  • degrees in, [146]
• Longfellow: quoted, [260]
• Lost Word: [67];
  • Masonic search of, [263]
• Lowell: on liberty, [272]
  
• Mackey, Dr: on Craft-masonry, [251] note;
  • definition of Masonry, [240]
• Magnus, Albertus: [156]
• Man: the builder, [6];
  • a poet, [19];
  • an idealist, [26];
  • akin to God, [270];
  • divinity of, [292];
  • thoughts of artists, [294];
  • ideal of, [297]
• Markham, Edwin: quoted, [282]
• Marshall, John: [225]
• Martyrs, the Four Crowned: [86];
  • honored by Comacines, [90];
  • in Regius MS, [105]
• Masonry Dissected: [212]
• Masonry: foundations of, [15];
  • symbolism its soul, [18];
  • in China, [30];
  • symbols of in obelisk, [33];
  • and the Mysteries, [53];
  • secret tradition in, [66];
  • and the Quest, [69];
  • and Solomon's temple, [79];
  • persecution of by Diocletian, [85];
  • and the Comacines, [90];
  • not new in Middle Ages, [97];
  • and tolerance, [100];
  • and the church, [102];
  • antiquity of emphasized, [110];
  • legend of, [111];
  • and Pythagoras, [112];
  • in England, [116];
  • in Scotland, [123];
  • decline of, [124];
  • moral teaching of, [128-134];
  • creed of, [134];
  • degrees in, [142-4];
  • not a patch-work, [149] note;
  • an evolution, [150];
  • defence of, [153];
  • symbols of in language, [155];
  • and Rosicrucianism, [164] note;
  • parable of, [173];
  • transformation of, [176];
  • and religion, [177];
  • theories about, [179] note;
  • democracy of, [183];
  • more than a trade, [185];
  • mysticism of, [189] note;
  • and Hermetic teaching, [194];
  • universal, [201];
  • rapid spread of, [204];
  • early in America, [206];
  • not a political party, [208];
  • parody on, [209];
  • attempted exposures of, [210-13];
  • growth of despite dissensions, [219-20];
  • unsectarian, [221] note;
  • in America, [223];
  • and the War of Revolution, [225];
  • and Morgan, [227-8];
  • and Civil War, [228];
  • in literature, [232] note;
  • defined, [239-40];
  • as friendship, [240];
  • best definition of, [241];
  • description of, [242];
  • has no secret, [244];
  • misunderstood, [245];
  • more than a church, [250];
  • crypt, [253];
  • temple of, [260];
  • philosophy of, [262];
  • and unity of God, [273];
  • its appeal, [283];
  • and friendship, [288];
  • spirit of, [289];
  • wisdom of, [295];
  • ideal of, [297].
• Masons: and Comacines, [90];
  • Hallam on, [96];
  • denied their due, [99] note;
  • culture of, [100];
  • and Knights Templars, [101] note;
  • first called free, [104];
  • persecuted, [122];
  • technical secrets of, [147];
  • customs of, [166]
• Masons' Company: [104];
  • date of, [123];
  • and Accepted Masons, [165]
• Mason's Marks: [131] note
• Maspero: on Egyptian temples, [11]
• Master Mason;
  • and Fellows, [128] note;
  • oath of, [133];
  • dress of, [135]
• Masterpiece of Apprentice: [131]
• Master's Part: [148];
  • in Third Degree, [193]
• Materialism: and Masonry, [268]
• Mazzini: [230]
• Mencius: [30]
• Merzaria, Giuseppe: on Comacine Masters: [114]
• Metamorphoses, by Apuleius: [51]
• Montague, Duke of: elected Grand Master, [185]
• Morgan, William: and Masonry, [227];
  • excitement about, [292] note
• Mysteries, The: origin of, [46];
  • nobility of, [47];
  • teaching of, [48];
  • spread of, [49];
  • and St. Paul, [50];
  • corruption of, [51];
  • Plato on, [52];
  • and Masonry, [53];
  • temples of, [59];
  • Moses learned in, [76];
  • and Hebrew faith, [77];
  • and Masonic ritual, [110];
  • and the Third Degree, [196], [203]
• Mystery-mongers: [60];
  • fancies of, [164]
• Mystery of Masonry Discovered: [210]
• Mysticism: [60] note;
  • of Hermetics, [164];
  • its real nature, [189] note
• Müller, Max: quoted, [253];
  • parable of, [292]
    
• Nathan the Wise: quoted, [56]
• Numbers: use of by Pythagoras, [48] note;
  • and religious faith, [153];
  • in nature, [154];
  • and mysticism, [159]
    
• Oath: in the Mysteries, [48];
  • in Harleian MS, [126];
  • of Apprentice, [129];
  • of Fellowcraft, [132];
  • of Master Mason, [133]
• Obelisks: meaning of, [13];
  • Masonic symbols in, [33]
• Occultism: [60] note;
  • and Masonry, [164]
• Old Charges: [102];
  • number of, [103];
  • the oldest of, [104];
  • higher criticism of, [107-9];
  • value of, [111];
  • and English Masonry, [116];
  • moral teaching of, [128-34];
  • collated by Grand Lodge, [186]
• Oldest Mason honored: [181]
• Operative Masons: degrees of, [142];
  • and speculative, [144];
  • lodges of, [148];
  • and Wren, [167] note;
  • still working, [201] note
• Oracles: Cessation of, [28]
• Orient, Grand of France: not atheistic, [261]
• Osiris: in trinity of Egypt, [23];
  • history of, [41];
  • and Isis, [43];
  • death of, [44];
  • resurrection of, [46];
  • in Tyre, [76]
    
• Paine, Thomas: [225] note
• Payne, George: Grand Master, [187]
• Philosophy: "blend of poetry, science and religion," [259];
  • of Masonry, [264-68];
  • of faith, [270]
• Pike, Albert: on symbolism of Masonry, [18];
  • on Regius MS, [106];
  • error of as to Guild-masonry, [158] note;
  • on symbolism before 1717, [159];
  • on Third Degree, [193];
  • on atheism, [261] note;
  • on old men and Masonry, [296] note
• Pillars: origin of, [28];
  • meaning of, [29];
  • Isaac Walton on, [259] note
• Plott, Dr: on Masonic customs, [166]
• Plutarch: on Square, [28];
  • an initiate, [42];
  • and the Mysteries, [46];
  • on Pythagoras symbol, [143]
• Pole Star: cult of, [24]
• Politics: and Masons, [179];
  • forbidden in Lodges, [208];
  • relation of Masonry to, [245], [248]
• Pompeii: collegium in, [83]
• Pope, Alexander: Moral Essays quoted, [210];
  • a Mason, [263]
• Popes, the: and Masonry, [113], [122];
  • bull of against Masonry, [211]
• Prayer: in Masonry, [179], [244]
• Preston, William: [182];
  • defeated, [218]
• "Protestant Jesuits": Masons called, [210] note
• Pyramids: wonder of, [13];
  • loneliness of, [28]
• Pyramid Texts: quoted, [40]
  
• Quest, The: aspects of, [65];
  • analysis of, [67];
  • in Masonry, [69]
    
• Reade, Winwood: quoted, [172]
• Reconciliation, Lodge of: [221]
• Regius MS: oldest Masonic MS, [104];
  • synopsis of, [105];
  • Pike on, [106];
  • Mason's points in, [128];
  • and Accepted Masons, [160]
• Religion: of light, [14];
  • decline of, [176];
  • and Craft-masonry, [176];
  • and Grand Lodge of England, [250];
  • what is it, [251] note;
  • in which all agree, [255];
  • of nature, [258];
  • what we practically believe, [293]
• Ritual: Old Charges part of, [128];
  • growth of, [142-4];
  • evolution of, [219] note
• Rome: secret orders in, [81];
  • college of architects in, [86]
• Rosicrucians: use Masonic symbols, [156], [157];
  • and Ashmole, [163];
  • distinct from Masons, [164];
  • and De Quincey, [179] note;
  • and Third Degree, [190]
• Royal Arch Masonry: [220] note
• Ruskin, John: quoted, [7], [8];
  • on light, [14] note;
  • on the church, [250]
    
• St. John's Day: [181];
  • origin of, [183], note
• Sayer, Anthony: first Grand Master, [182]
• Schaw Statutes: [123]
• Sciences;
  • the seven, [195];
  • in Cooke MS, [108]
• Scott, Leader: quoted, [72];
  • on Cathedral Builders, [87];
  • on Comacines and Masonry, [111]
• Scott, Sir Walter: on the word cowan, [138] note;
  • a Mason, [232]
• Secrecy: of the Mysteries, [48];
  • of great teachers, [57];
  • as to the arts, [74];
  • not real power of Masonry, [212];
  • reasons for, [243] note
• Secret Doctrine: [57];
  • objections to, [59];
  • open to all, [61];
  • reasons for, [63];
  • what is it, [68]
• Secret Sermon on the Mount: [47]
• Sectarianism: Masonry against, [254]
• Seven Lamps of Architecture: quoted, [7]
• Shakespeare: [155];
  • and Masons, [259] note
• Shelley: [14]
• Signs: in the Mysteries, [47];
  • Franklin on, [200];
  • and charity, [244]
• Socrates: on unity of mind, [21];
  • and the Mysteries, [46]
• Solomon: and Hiram, [75];
  • and the Comacines, [89];
  • in Cooke MS, [109];
  • sons of, [149]
• Solomon: Temple of, [75];
  • style of, [76];
  • legends of, [77] note;
  • and Masonry, [79];
  • influence of on architecture, [191]
• Speculative Masonry: in Regius MS, [106];
  • growth of, [123];
  • meaning of, [144] note;
  • Lodges of, [148];
  • before 1717, [167]
• Spenser, Edmund: Masonic symbols in, [155]
• Square: discovery of, [10];
  • in Pyramids, [13];
  • eloquence of, [26];
  • emblem of truth, [28];
  • in China, [30];
  • in obelisk, [33];
  • throne of Osiris, [46];
  • "square men," [155];
  • an ancient one, [159];
  • of justice, [275]
• Staffordshire; Natural History of, quoted: [166]
• Steinmetzen, of Germany: [118] note;
  • degree of, [145]
• Stones: sanctity of, [28]
• Stuckely: Diary of, [203]
• Swastika: antiquity of, [23];
  • meaning of, [24];
  • sign of Operative Masons, [201] note
• Symbolism: Carlyle on, [4];
  • early Masonic, [11];
  • Pike on, [18];
  • richness of, [20];
  • unity of, [21];
  • Mencius on, [30];
  • in Bible, [31];
  • of Collegia, [93];
  • of Comacines, [90];
  • in Masonry, [143];
  • of numbers, [154];
  • in language, [155];
  • in Middle Ages, [156];
  • preserved by Masons, [159]
    
• Taylor, Jeremy: [175] note
• Third Degree: legend of, [149];
  • confusion about, [189];
  • purely Masonic, [193];
  • Pike on, [193];
  • not made but grew, [196];
  • and Ancient Mysteries, [196];
  • Edwin Booth on, [197];
  • and immortality, [277]
• Tiler: [135];
  • origin of name, [138] note
• Tolstoi: [232]
• Tools of Masons: [26];
  • old meanings of, [29];
  • in Bible, [32];
  • kit of, [132]
• Tradition: of Solomon, [75];
  • of Masonry unique, [128];
  • of degrees, [144]
• Triangle: probable meaning of, [13] note;
  • used by Spenser, [155]
• Trinity: idea of old, [22];
  • in Egypt and India, [23];
  • not opposed to unity of God, [264] note
    
• Unity: of human mind, [21];
  • of truth, [58];
  • of God and Masonry, [176] note, [264]
• Universal Prayer: quoted, [263]
• Unsectarian: the genius of Masonry, [221], [250], [252], [253], [258]
  
• Waite, A.E.: [38];
  • tribute to, [64];
  • on the quest, [65];
  • studies of, [66];
  • "golden dustman," [67]
• War: and Masonry, [225];
  • Civil, [228], [229] note;
  • cause of, [287];
  • end of, [202]
• Warren, Joseph: ardent Mason, [224]
• Washington, George: a Mason, [225];
  • sworn into office by Mason, [226]
• Watts, G.F.: [174]
• Webster, Daniel: on Green Tavern, [224]
• Weed, Thurlow: and Masonry, [227] note;
  • dirty trickster, [228]
• Wellington: a Mason, [232]
• Wesley, John: [175]
• Wharton, Duke of: traitor, [224]
• Wiltshire, Natural History of: quoted, [166]
• Wren, Christopher: on columns, [9];
  • and Masonry, [167] note;
  • not trained in a Lodge, [186]
    
• York: Bishop of, [113];
  • Assembly of, [117];
  • old Grand Lodge of, [204];
  • Mecca of Masonry, [205];
  • revival of Grand Lodge of, [215];
  • no rite of, [216] note
    
• Zoroaster: faith of, [22]