ature, 285;
the ideal of Masonry, 288;
as a method of work, 291

Fergusson, James: 90;
on temple of Solomon, 191

G: the letter, 159

Garibaldi: 230

Geometry: in Old Charges, 108;
Pythagoras on, 154;
and religion, 154 _note_;
mystical meaning of, 159

Gladden, Washington: quoted, 285

Gloves: use and meaning of, 137 _note_

God: ideas of, 22;
"the Builder," 29;
invocations to in old MSS, 108, _note_;
Fatherhood of, 134;
the Great Logician, 157;
unity of, 176 _note_, 264;
foundation of Masonry, 261;
the corner stone, 262;
Masonry does not limit, 263;
wonder of, 267;
kinship of man with, 270;
friendship for, 284

Goethe: 232

Golden Rule: law of Master Mason, 133;
creed of, 256

Gormogons: order of, parody on Masonry, 209;
swallows itself, 211

Gothic architecture: 120;
decline of, 185

Gould, R.F.: on Regius MS, 106;
on York Assembly, 116 _note_;
on early speculative Masonry, 160

Grand Lodge of all England, 218

Grand Lodge of England: 173;
meaning of organization, 174;
background of, 176;
its attitude toward religion, 177;
organization of, 180;
Lodges of, 181;
facts about, 182;
usages of, 183;
regalia of, 183 _note_;
a London movement, 184;
leaders of, 185;
charity of, 188;
growth of, 202;
prolific mother, 204;
article on politics, 208;
rivals of, 213

Grand Lodge South of Trent, 218

Grand Master: office of, 182;
power of, 202

Green Dragon Tavern: 223;
a Masonic Lodge, 224

Gregory, Pope: and Masons, 113

Grips: in the Mysteries, 47;
among Druses, 78 _note_;
among Masons, 140;
antiquity of, 149 _note_;
number of, 141;
Franklin on, 200;
an aid to charity, 244

Guild-masonry: 98;
invocations in, 108;
not Freemasonry, 118;
truth about, 119;
morality of, 144

Hallam: on Freemasonry, 96;
on Guilds, 118

Halliwell, James: and Regius MS: 104

Hamilton, Alexander: 225

Hammer, House of: 28

_Handbuch_, German: on Masonry, 241

_Harleian MS_: quoted, 126;
in Holme's handwriting, 166

Hermes: named in Cooke MS, 108;
and Pythagoras, 110;
who was he, 194

Herodotus: on Egypt, 10;
referred to in Cooke MS, 107

Hiram Abif: 77 _note_;
not named in Old Charges, 109;
esoteric allusions to, 110;
legend of in France, 118 _note_;
and the Companionage, 149;
and the temple, 192

Hiram I, of Tyre: 75

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