Personal Charity: the brother at the door

The Craft's published recognition that brothers move through the world and may need help where the Lodge cannot reach. The published sign and the published word are the practical mechanism: a brother in true distress can identify himself to another brother who is in a position to help. The published warning: the sign and word are not bargaining chips. The brother who uses them lightly devalues them; the brother who hears them and refuses to act has failed his obligation. Both directions of the practice rest on honor.