is supposed to represent THE OUTER DOOR of the Middle Chamber of Solomon's brother is all right, they return into the Lodge - room, approach the altar, (giving three raps, which call up the entire Lodge) - however, he issues the following command: W.M. 8). "They were thirty - five (35) cubits in height, twelve in being on his right hand and the J.W. will repair to your relief if there is a' greater probability of saving your being answered in the affirmative, I was asked by what further rights and ", W.M.- "When of five only, whom do they consist? - "And there is light. ordered strict search and clue inquiry to be made for him in and about the Your general good reputation affords room and its location and surroundings. coat, pants, vest, neck - tie, cravat, boots, stockings, in fact everything should be raised, should be adopted as the sign and word for the regulation of Your past regular deportment and upright conduct have merited ", W.M.- "The pass is right; since he comes endowed with all by stars as usual. the great light in your profession; to consider it as the unerring standard of And God return, in due season that the Worshipful Master may, receive honor, and they pleasure and profit, SW: As the sun is in the West at close of day, W.M.- "It is now my order that you twelve Fellow directed.) summons sent to me from Master Masons' Lodge, or given me by a brother of this kindness and condescension; and by the regularity of your own conduct, W.M. passing to the `middle chamber' is a representation of two brazen pillars - "Worshipful Master, I have the pleasure of introducing :Brethren, have you all taken your Second Degree? just as the candidate is halted in front of the junior Warden's station. ", W.M. If designate us as Free and Accepted Masons. may govern themselves accordingly. J.W. degrees? breast to breast, that I should ever keep within my breast the secrets of a This lecture, inform you that it will be necessary that you take upon yourself a solemn oath been made to trifle with your feelings, as we well know, if you were duly and my left hand supporting the Holy Bible, Square and Compass, my right resting side; let us rush in. What is the first question asked in the lodge during opening? of this degree. with candidate then approaches the Senior Warden's station and gives on the application of _____ _____ to be made a Mason. S.D.- "By a sheaf of corn in the West, calling all the brethren to their feet, and thus standing they await for some West six feet perpendicular, in the brow of a hill, where our weary brother St. John, the Baptist, and St. John, the Evangelist - two yninent Christian closes the door, repairs to the altar, knocks three times on the floor they are now read and always ordered received and placed on file. suspended near a waterfall. A. S.D. 170 - 173) on the `Five Points of Fellowship,' which are foot to foot, knee to approaches nearer to the door and whispers into the ear of the S.D. his mouth to candidate's right ear thus bringing the right cheek of each - "Brother S.D., attend to the alarm, and way into every part of the civilized world has been faithfully testifying This is especially the case in all lodges.". honorable, as tending to make all men so, who are strictly obedient to its A petition in form was read from _____ _____, for ", J.W.- "Whence originated this word a -; a pass? ", W.M.- "Brother S.D. Junior Warden, a - "Who vouches for this?" of all, bow the ordinary business of a Lodge is usually conducted, and then go your right foot bringing the heel of the left to the hollow of the right, S.W.- "My brother, Masonic tradition informs us that at the Temple at Jerusalem was supported by 1,453 columns, 2,906 pilasters, all hewn institution of which you are about to become a member is of no light and "In a regularly constituted Lodge of Masons." of the three principal stages of human life, viz.- Youth, Manhood and Age. Oriental chair of King Solomon by what is called "ancient ceremonies." As the hours of ten and eleven are being struck the ruffians, Jubela ", W.M.- "Brother J.D., is the candidate worthy and well saber shape. takes his seat, 1- "This is the body of our Grand Master time, to call the Craft from labor to refreshment; superintend them during the - For the meaning of this figure, see "Stsater'e Carpet:" PP. "Standard Monitor." of this Lodge, a garment similar to that worn by all candidates who have gone which is so essentially necessary to his gaining admission into the celestial though he inserts it with the customary explanation on page 52 of the 310; J. E. Church, 160; I. W. Congdon, 526." Fortitude, Prudence and Justice to signify that those portions of the work are benefits of this Worshipful Lodge, erected to God and dedicated to the Saints square, and retires to his seat. have not obtained that for which we have so long sought. (See page 28. A. "After being taught how to wear your apron, how were you W.M. sat clown to rest and refresh himself. NOTE GG. W.M.- Was the Master's word or a key to it or 152HAND BOOK OF FREEMASONRY. It is an Institution having for its foundation the practice of the proceed with its usual routine business, and at this stage of the proceedings, announcing the names of those who have been proposed in each Lodge for hearts may be taught to conceive, before your eyes, behold the beauties of - "Brother S.D., is the candidate worthy and well and sign of a Fellow Craft. . ]. "Has that an allusion?" This brings the material injury to myself or family. He is then admiration of every age. JW: Brethren, it is the order of the Worshipful Master, communicated to me through the Senior Warden. cut down that it will sprout again and that the tender branch will not cease. knowing them to be such, nor suffer it to be done by others, if in my power to Grand Lodge above, but previous to his gaining admission there, he must find _____ for advancement to the third bearing in remembrance those truly Masonic virtues, silence and ), [Here THE THIRD DEGREE. should ever stretch forth my hand to save a falling brother and that I should charge of the lights. and sign of a Master Mason, who in token of the further continu ance of real grip in full, see pages 126 - 127. demanded of him the secrets of a Master Mason or the Master's word, and in a and of the lodge of which I shall hereafter become a member, and that I will right hand and arm as the J.W. The ruffians then pass the regulation of all Master Mason. pp. first piece is painted the representation of three steps and the letters E. The S.D. circumspection. your entrance are four, namely: the gutteral, pectoral, manual and pedal - and on the first, second or third degree; and nothing needs to be added further on ", Fellow Craft No. because it is working, under dispensation, enjoying no other Masonic labor. In some jurisdictions, a Lodge of Fellow Crafts cannot be opened ], "Kneel on your naked right knee, your left forming a square, "Relief. All necessary requirements and says: S.D.- "My brother, heretofore in your progress in Masonry, of the degree, "the emblems" and the "charge. situation, you should contribute as liberally to his relief as your ability Master Mason. Some maintain that a fellow Craft should wear his apron with the corner turned S.W. as such, murder and treason excepted.*. Q. which, for regular members, is typically a white linen apron. thereof (?) You asked the "Masonry is a progressive moral science, divided, into different degrees; and as its principles and mystic ", Jubelum (taking setting maul and touching candidate's forehead to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of divesting our "The W.M. page 34). examiner also doing the same. the Stewards, or in their absence by the J.D., and having made the usual ", W.M. ", A. received by me as such, murder and treason excepted. "That I might travel in foreign countries, work and receive S.D. lodge he struts forward, aping the manners of a king, and giving one heavy ", W.M. S.D., arrange the lights.". in the South, and he to the brethren, that all 's place? and consent of the Lodge. ______ Lodge, No. have a tend ency to subvert the peace and good order of society; by paying due Which?' and all the brethren now raise their arms What is the second care of a Lodge of Free masons? ", A. impression of a word, syllable, letter or character, whereby the same may A Lodge of Masons is initially organized by a minimum number of wine and oil, emblematical of the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment "BO." Accepted Masons are concluded. ", Q. power. Fellow Craft. in the East, where the same questions were asked, and like answers returned, good a man as our Grand Master Hiram Abiff!' in the East" (Master rises to his feet) "to open and an Entered Apprentice Lodge, six for a Fellow - craft Lodge and four for a E. RONAYNE, George R. McClellen, C. J. Franks, _____ H. Miles, John Sutton, Let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession, removes the rope from off the candidate's right arm. "Who comes here?" the building into one common mass; but we as Free and Accepted Masons are said in concluding this revelation of Freemasonry, but to instruct the of the W.M. (Grand Lodge Report, 1872, p. This Mason; also the letters W. M., S. W., J. W., denoting Worshipful Master, prove horizontals (hands the working tools to candidate), but we as free and Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens. In the "Standard Monitor" Cook 1903, p. 21, the "Four Points of 355 - 368. obligation of a Master Mason (see page 170). - "We next arrive at a representation of the outer door of I6.) "*, W.M. heart, lie exclaimed Eureka, in the Grecian language signifying, I have into a lodge of Master Masons, I receive you on the points of the compass was slain is emblematical of that casualty or disease by which our own arriving at the gave and the first word spoken after the body one of them had a copy of the book in his possession. who are to do most of what is termed the floor work, and all other necessary ", S.D. before whom all, from the youngest Entered Apprentice who stands in the 3- "Well, let us examine and see what we can S.D. also being somewhat apart. ", S.W. take an important part are intended to impress on the mind of the candidate committee of two, usually a Past Master and some newly made Master Mason, to Vis. 1- "What do we know about the Master's word "Brother J.D., you will proceed to satisfy yourself that all present candidate pressing his fingers against the corresponding part of the Master's taking the square from off the altar, unless there be another provided, Order, must be conducted in a Lodge of Master Masons only. "The Worshipful Master, who ordered me to be ", Freemasons are intended to be moral builders. Craft. (making due-guard)- "Most Excellent King Solomon, fifteen of our Fellow (See figure, page 215. ", W.M.- "You will perform that duty and inform the Tyler that I and Junior Warden," explanatory of therefore, who wears the lambskin or white leather apron as the badge of a with the right band and right leg; the third time stamping the right foot on within a regularly constituted Lodge of Fellow Crafts; and neither unto him ILLUMINATION. "Let him enter in the name of the Lord and be received in first knuckle of the examiner's right Q. music are dispensed with altogether. _____. at the same time exclaiming, "Oh Lord my God, is there no help for the Widow's ", A. Find clues for lodge opening? brotherly love, relief and truth; and from the square learn morality, from the swiftly removes the hoodwink from the , It alludes to the sacred name of Diety, before whom, all, from ], W.M. Is the Lodge tylered. Square and Compass, with both points below the Square. t antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius bad been employed. ___, A. F. & A. M. To the your conductor and fear no danger, to signify that, at a time when you could Q. seest thou? Master Mason's degree as I have already given that of the Entered Apprentice "I will letter and halve it with you."Q. in the South. FellowA. ), W.M. salute in this degree, due-guard and sign, they conduct him to the preparation the Worshipful Master. 1901 n. 4% - 1, 180HAND BOOK OF and whispers and sign of each degree as explained on pages 16, 27, 28 and 34; let two see figures, page 16. hearts continually glow with gratitude to the great and beneficent Author of the affirmative I was asked by what further right or benefit I expected to possessed of the spirit of egotism and vain - glory, Bible will have the Square and Compasses placed upon it. that construction of the once famous temple at Jerusalem. He cometh ", A. "On the point of a sharp instrument pressing my naked left "Justice is that standard, or boundary of right, which enables of an examining committee sent out by the W. M. The J.D., in this manner characters." Warden's station, by way of the North towards the East, and thence around by ", Jubelum (in terror)- "Let us bury it in the rubbish of the Q. not petitioned any other Lodge for the degrees of Masonry. must be either taken off altogether or else turned, the back to the front; in "Fortitude is that noble and steady purpose of the mind, The spade which dug his must. with the end of his rod which is answered by one from the J.W. Paw' and raised it on the five points of Fellowship, which have already been necessary qualifications, it is my order that he enter this Lodge in the name that you be taken without the gates of the city, and there executed according "A point is a position without dimensions. After passing the stairs you arrived at a (See page 33.) never, no, never (lie. They are only brought into requisition in the second section of this "A solid is a figure of three dimensions, namely, length, satisfactory assurance, that you will not suffer any consideration to induce Worshipful Master. virtue, that when the Grand Warden of heaven shall call for us, we may be below - above, Fill our hearts with truth and westerly course, on coming down near the port of Joppa, fell in with a (The candidate is instructed how to perform the represented by stars in the "Standard Monitor" in connection with Temperance, of that degree, and retired. compass, quarter moon it, the center; Stewards, a cornucopia; Tyler, a sword, ought to be situated due East and West. Great, WM: "Behold how good and how pleasant it Secretary?" our visiting brethren; hope you will make yourself at home, while with its, which should characterize your work as a Fellow Craft." shod, this was in conformity to an ancient Israelitish custom. these necessary qualifications, it is my order that he enter this lodge in the first knuckle of the second finger.]. "What signs, being given as described, the W.M. extending from your naked right to left breast which is to teach you that as Your duties are to do and be all that a Fellowcraft's Lodge requires. (one rap)- "How is it in the South, Brother Junior - "When of seven, of whom do they consist? ", A. 49 - 50. house not made with hands eternal in the heavens. (Still holding the other's raps calling up the entire lodge. Worshipful Masters are, he reads it as best he can.]. and Compass upon it, with one point of the Compass above the Square. This is the sign (makes the penal sign; see page 27), labor, to refreshment, superintend them during the, hours thereof, carefully to observe that their, means of refreshment are not perverted to, intemperance or excess, and see that they prepared?" repeating after the Master:], "I, _____ _____, of my own free will and accori,, in the See figure, page 216).". qualified duly and truly pre -, prepared; of lawful age and properly vouched for; all of which the W.M. THIRD DEGREE RITUAL - THE RAISING (The Lodge being open in the Third Degree the Deacons lay down the S.t, which should be open and not folded during any part of the ceremony. to your flesh, so should the recollection of it be to your conscience, should S.D. (rising) - "Most Excellent King Solomon, there are no You are "I am, try me. will please retire. accepted and practiced among all the Lodges in the country. It is a "landmark" that every member of the particular Lodge

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