THE COMMON GAVEL The common gavel is used to break off the corners of rough stones for building. We use this analogy that we divest ourselves of all vices and superfluities of life, to fit our minds for that spiritual building in heaven. The Masonic gavel is a symbol of getting rid of excesses and vices of life , the same way a stone is being made smooth by stonemasons. It helps us shape our lives into spiritual beings that live a life that pleases God, the Creator and the Master Architect of the Universe. It is not adapted to giving polish or ornamentation to the stone, and hence it should symbolize only that training of the new Freemason which is designed to give some limited skill and moral training, We learn that skill without industry(actual work) is to no avail. It is said that labor is the lot of man; for the heart may conceive, and the head devise in vain, if the hand be not prompt to execute the design. I have a CD set calle...
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