The three G.Ls. in Freemasonry, the V.S.L., the S., and the Cs., are to govern our faith, regulate our actions and keep us within due bounds with all mankind.
That is what every initiate is told.
But he could ask the question — though he never seems to do so — how do these three things come to have these attributes, how do they come to be considered to be able to teach and guide to the ways of a good life?
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1965 - Some Thoughts on the Lights of Freemasonry - Bro. H. Osborne.