Masonic Charity.

We are reminded in this degree that “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor…and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

Charity has nothing in particular to do with the rich. Any person, however poor he may be, who has charity in his heart is blessed, for he practices it in various little ways in spite of his slender means.

The members of Lodges are not rich. Yet their works of Charity stand for all to see. Individual Masons are expected to extend their love to and help all mankind.

Truly, for the candidate who asks “What purpose does Masonry serve?” we have here the answer. To care for our own, to aid the distressed, to teach that Charity extends beyond the grave, shows the great purpose of our association, one with another.

Excerpted from “Handbook for Candidate’s Coaches”

By The Committee on Ritual and Donald G. Campbell, Past Grand Lecturer.

Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of California.