rey, John: 166;
on convention of Masons, 167

Augustine, St: and Masons, 116

Babel, Tower of: 7

Bacon, Francis: 110;
his _New Atlantis_ and Masonry, 179 _note_, 190

Benevolence: Board of, 188

Bible: Masonic symbols in, 32;
and Masonry, 265

_Book of Constitutions_: 187

_Book of the Dead_: 40

Booth, Edwin: on Third degree, 197;
a Mason, 232

Boston Tea Party: 224

Brotherhood: in Old Charges, 133;
creed of Masonry, 134;
make way for coming of, 282

Builders: early ideals of, 12;
tools of, 26;
in China, 31;
forgotten, 34;
orders of, 74;
in Rome, 79;
of cathedrals, 87;
servants of church, 101;
of Britain, 113;
traveling bands of, 135;
rallying cries of, 191;
Longfellow on, 260

Building: spiritual meaning of, 6, 7, 8;
ideal of, 15;
an allegory, 154;
two ways of, 158 _note_;
of character, 275

Burns, Robert: 226;
a Mason, 232;
poet of Masonry, 233

Cantu, Cesare: on Comacines, 142

Capart: quoted, 6

Carlyle, Thomas: quoted, 4

Cathedral Builders: 87;
and Masons, 91;
greatness of, 121;
organization of, 136-7;
genius of, 158 _note_

Cathedrals: when built, 121

Charity: and Masons, 134;
a doctrine of Masonry, 172

China: Masonry in, 30

Christianity: and the Mysteries, 50, 51 _note_;
and the Collegia, 85;
and Masonry, 221 _note_, 251

Churchward: on Triangle, 13 _note_;
on symbols, 20 _note_

Circle: meaning of, 27

Clay, Henry: 228

Cleopatra's Needle: 33

Collegia, the: 73;
beginning of, 80;
customs of, 81;
and the Mysteries, 82;
emblems of, 83;
and Christianity, 85;
and cathedral builders, 87;
in England, 112;
on the continent, 113

Column: Wren on, 9;
Osiris, 45;
"brethren of the," 82

Comacine Masters: 87;
privileges of, 88;
migrations of, 89;
symbols of, 90;
tolerant of spirit, 101;
and Old Charges, 111;
in England, 113;
Merzaria on, 114;
and the arts, 115;
degrees among, 142.

Companionage: of France, 118 _note_;
and legend of Hiram, 149

Conder: historian of Masons' Company, 165

Confucius: 30

_Cooke MS_: 106;
higher criticism of, 107

Cowan: meaning of, 138 _note_

Coxe, Daniel: 207

Craft-masonry: morality of, 134;
lodge of, 135;
organization of, 136;
routine of, 138;
technical secrets, 147

Cromwell, Oliver: and Masonry, 179 _note_

Cross: antiquity of, 24;
of Egypt, 25

Cube: meaning of, 27

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