Masonic Rules according to the Resolutions of the Convent of Wilhelmsbad

V.

Benevolence.

Since you are created in God’s image, who has communicated himself to mankind through his immeasurable goodness and has spread the fullness of his blessing over them, strive unceasingly to become similar to this divine archetype German: Urbilde. In the 18th-century Masonic context, this refers to God as the original model of perfection that the initiate seeks to emulate through moral action. by making your fellow human as happy as you can. No good thing can be conceived that would not be an object of Masonic activity German: maurerischer Thätigkeit. This refers to the active, practical application of Masonic principles in the real world, often called "working on the Rough Ashlar.".

Look upon the helpless state of childhood: it calls upon you to assist it; consider the sad inexperience of youth; it demands good counsel from you.