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TO ADMIT, MAKE, AND PASS FREEMASONS ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, UNIFORM CODE, AND EDICTS OF THE GRAND LODGE.TO ADVANCE THE MORAL AND SOCIAL INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERSHIP; TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP, HONEST INDUSTRY, AND UPRIGHT LIVING; TO CULTIVATE THE EXERCISE OF CHARITY IN ITS BEST AND BROADEST SENSE; TO ASSIST THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF ITS DECEASED MEMBERS; TO STIMULATE FRIENDSHIP, HARMONY, AND BROTHERLY LOVE, AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE, IN ITS OWN WAY, THE HAPPINESS OF MANKIND - IT IS A FRATERNITY OF GOOD MEN, LINKED TOGETHER BY HONORABLE AND INDISSOLUBLE BONDS, TO ACCOMPLISH THESE NOBLE PURPOSES, ESCHEWING ALL INTERESTS IN FACTIONAL POLITICSAND SECTARIAN RELIGION AND FREE FROM THE DICTATION OF BOTH.