# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1904_S28
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28 Proceedings of the twentieth convention

two points of the compass, which embrace the space between your left and right breast" (the Senior places the two points of the compass on the points concerned), "which is to teach you that, just as the most important organs of life of man are located in his breast, so the most prominent principles of this our Association are contained between these two points of the compass, namely: friendship, moral life, brotherly love."
After admission to the sixth degree the High Priest says, after he has first pointed in a long address to everything that the candidate has so far seen and heard: "And now, my companion, if in all these things you have seen only a series of meaningless signs, if the spirit of truth has not convinced you of the moral worth of these ceremonies, then we have indeed labored in vain, and you have spent your strength in vain. But I have a higher opinion of you. I am convinced that you have penetrated into the spirit of these solemn ceremonies, and that you have grasped the full content of these captivating symbols, that all the forms of the ceremonies through which you have passed, from the moment when you entered the forecourt of this temple until your final admission behind the veil, that these fundamental principles of our time-honored institutions have made a deep impression on your spirit. Then and only then can you lay claim to the full name of a Freemason; then, only then, can you feel the friendship, the fellowship, the zeal, the purity of heart by which everyone should be driven who wishes to bear the proud title of a Workman without having to be ashamed." (Sickels' "Monitor," II, pp. 81–87.)
Then further: . . . "Because our members are such men, we may expect to be united with them for the attainment of a common goal without indifference, negligence and heedlessness. Fire and zeal, brotherliness and love will be the prominent characteristics of our Association, and everyone will enjoy a contentment, peace of soul and peace in our Order such as no other association can offer."
In the ritual of the Odd Fellows it says, after the induction into the degree of Brotherliness [Fraternity], which is followed by the degrees of Friendship, Brotherly Love, Truth and Golden Rule, as follows: "The Noble Grand closes his address, in which he has spoken on the origin and essence of brotherliness, with the following words: 'We strive to improve and elevate the character of man, to fill him with a correct view of his capacity to do good, to enlighten him, to widen the sphere of his inclination; in short, our endeavor is to bring man to cultivate brotherhood according to the will of the Author of his existence. — Brother — for with this dear name you may now be called —, I greet you as an inducted member of the Odd Fellow Lodge and bid you welcome as such a member. . . . May the consecrated principles of Odd Fellow-