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

[1914]

Scanned, proofed, and formatted at sacred-texts.com, January 2005, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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p. iv

BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

First Printing, December, 1914

p. v

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

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