Thus in the hands of mortals are placed the BUILDER'S TOOLS, the PLUMB, the GUIDING LINE 'twixt HEAVEN and the TOMB. The SQUARE most blessed of all KNOWN TOOLS for it reveals THAT GLORIOUS CROSS from which the WISE their LORE OF LIFE HAVE GAINED. And though it's hidden FOURFOLD DEEP its ROOT can be obtained, which will the CUBE-STONE form again, OH, MYSTERY SUBLIME. Born thus of Earth, by Air, by Fire and Water Tried, NAILED to the CROSS the PROOF OF LIFE TO FIND. Ushered in the EAST the way of birth for all, in the SOUTH is MANHOOD reached, in the WEST where all must FALL, it is the PLACE OF PEACE which all must haste to reach; It is there that you MARK WELL and the FATAL SQUARE REVERSE, the NORTH of DEATH doth know from whence ye have come forth, To take within thy hand THE BUILDER'S MYSTIC TROWEL. 59 And having built my EARTHLY HOME, one day in its porch I sat, and coming through its shades and glooms was a FACE THAT FIXED ITSELF upon my memory. It was my SOUL INVISIBLE that brought a MESSAGE DIVINE, which from EARTHLY FETTERS SAVED ME and in FREEDOM bade me RISE; To those EFFULGENT SKIES OF SKIES, the FOUNTAIN HEADS FROM WHENCE DO FLOW THE WATERS OF ETERNITY. And from a CHALICE wrought of GOLD the WINE of IMMORTALITY WAS POURED and having drunk that Wine of Wines, I returned the [30]Cup which from Gold was made. [30] The Cup wrought out of gold here refers to our collective experiences. 60 Thus having quenched my thirst of years wherefore I asked of Him, are there so many here, who spend their lives in tears, And waste their days in arguments over what is RIGHT or WRONG? He in these powerful words His answer gave! "ALL MEN AND WOMEN WERE EQUAL MADE! AND OF TEARS AND SORROWS GAVE HE NONE TO MAN; NONE CAN SUFFER EXCEPT THOSE WHO SUFFERING CHOOSE." Which sufferings being but DELIVERANT PAINS OF BIRTH, GIVE TO THE SOUL ITS FREEDOM. To my second question He answered thus! WHO DARES OF RIGHT OR WRONG TO JUDGE, since the motive of a crime in ages past has disappeared, and crimes that were unknown to them are living here with you? But to those who seek TRUE JUDGMENT this is the way it's found! There is a Judge who never errs who sits in the human heart, whose judgments are not heard without, but in life's deeds are PROVEN. No human tongue can yet define, nor will it here be given, that power on earth to understand the INFINITE LAW OF HEAVEN. 61