MASONRY TEACHES MAN TO PRACTICE CHARITY AND BENEVOLENCE, TO PROTECT CHASTITY, TO RESPECT THE TIES OF BLOOD AND FRIENDSHIP, TO ADOPT THE PRINCIPLES AND REVERE TO ORDINANCES OF RELIGION, TO ASSIST THE FEEBLE, GUIDE THE BLIND, RAISE UP THE DOWNTRODDEN, SHELTER THE ORPHAN, GUARD THE ALTER, SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT, INCULCATE MORALITY, PROMOTE LEARNING, LOVE MAN, FEAR GOD, IMPLORE HIS MERCY AND HOPE FOR HAPPINESS.