THE BUILDERS
BY
JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, LITT. D.
THE BUILDERS
A STORY AND STUDY
OF MASONRY
BY
JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, LITT. D.
GRAND LODGE OF IOWA
When I was a King and a Mason--
A master Proved and skilled,
I cleared me ground for a palace
Such as a King should build.
I decreed and cut down to my levels,
Presently, under the silt,
I came on the wreck of a Palace
Such as a King had built!
--KIPLING
CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA
THE TORCH PRESS
NINETEEN FIFTEEN
[c. 1914]
Scanned at phoenixmasonry.org, February 2005. Proofed by David Lettelier. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.
COPYRIGHT, 1914
BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON
First Printing, December, 1914
To
The Memory of
THEODORE SUTTON PARVIN
Founder of the Library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, with Reverence and Gratitude; to
LOUIS BLOCK
Past Grand Master of Masons in Iowa, dear Friend
and Fellow-worker, who initiated and inspired
this study, with Love and Goodwill; and
to the
YOUNG MASONS
Our Hope and Pride, for whom
this book was written
With
Fraternal Greeting
