BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF AND TRUTH
These are the three Grand Principles of Freemasonry, the first of which has been described as ‘the foundation and copestone, the cement and glory of this eminent fraternity’. Relief is the practical extension of brotherly love to those in need, within and without the Craft. Truth can be regarded not only as the antithesis of falsehood, the correction of calummies against individual brethren or against the fraternity as a whole. The light of truth can be made to revel and replace ignorance and error and thus further enable us to serve our fellow-creatures.
- A REFERENCE BOOK FOR FREEMASONS
R.W. Bro. Robert South – Lodge Historian