The development of freemasonry in England during the Eighteenth century has been so extensively documented that it is difficult to understand how anyone could think that freemasonry is either ancient or secret. The King James Bible is the source of the allegories of freemasonry. These stories and symbols about stonemasons and the building of King Solomon's Temple illustrate the universal virtues of honesty, integrity, and compassion. "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12)Or as Hilliel taught earlier, "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour that is the whole Torah . . ."
Masons at work
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