tdf091 - The Working Tools of the Entered Apprentice Mason (01 Sep 2008)

All my life I have loved tools! At a very early age I was taught to use them and care for them. I have a much-treasured collection of them, and as a Professional Engineer, tools have, of course, been very much a part of my life. It is but natural, then, that they symbolism of working-tools in our Masonic ritual speaks to me with great eloquence. Of all the beautiful and moving charges and lectures in the three degrees of our Lodge work, those which accompany the presentation of the Working Tools are my first favorites.