In some states it is hospitals for cancer, or other malignant diseases, or for crippled children. In others, it is homes for the aged or institutions for geriatrics, or youth guidance. In some countries, all of this is shown by the acts and conduct of individual Masons sponsoring and fostering socially beneficial legislation. The world over, Masonry ministers to the poor, the handicapped, the displaced, the derelict. Masonry moves quietly to alleviate human suffering and increase the stature of man and women as children of God.
Creeds have their rightful function in every land.
Yet it is not creed but action that Masonry emphasizes. Masonry buttresses the good works of all religions in community service. No Mason will wittingly permit another Mason or any man to go hungry, to suffer indignity, to be a slave, or lose his high position as a son of God. In Personal Life Masonry employs allegory in its teaching in the lodge to illustrate moral and spiritual values. Derived from man s historical development, it is on these values that man s very existence today and in the future depends.