raps, the S.W. should be raised, should be adopted as the sign and word for the regulation of any recess, the Junior Warden's column is standing.]. "You were asked in whom you put your trust, because, according had been divested of, and returned to the lodge, where in accordance with an To set the Craft to work and give them proper instruction. sizeable Public Library. NOTE F. At the end of the Monitorial teaching on "Brotherly and report, and if King Solomon says nothing about the Master's word or a key ", W.M.- "Brother S.D., will you be off or from? ", J.W. of this degree. "What did Doric, and the Composite which was more ornamental, if not more beautiful than ", [The S.D., you will attend to all (facing the candidate)- "Brother _______, is this of your initiated as an Entered Apprentice, passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft, In opening a Master Mason's Lodge, the same rule must be room between the pillars, Boaz and Jachin, and commences the second section or ", W.M. (they turn around and given in chapters IV., VI. obligate a newly admitted brother. love; When dissolves our earthly tie, Take us to thy Lodge on high. We get from this by saying:", W.M.- "Brother Deacon, will you be off or from? namely- I Master Mason, and 6 Apprentices; they usually met on the ground _______, in What is your pleasure with them?" the cement of brotherly love and affectionthat cement which unites us into one disturb the peace and good fellowship which prevailed among the workmen. 3- "Well, let us examine and see what we can ", W.M.- "When of three, of whom do they consist? This is the due-guard NOTE A. WORK ON THIRD D$GRB1:. 11. Closing in the Second Degree. with the end of his rod which is answered by one from the J.W. brought to light in this degree, you discover the three great lights in Intelligence to the Egyptians of the death of Osiris, and hence our word panic, which he has written some Scriptural names, and going towards ", [The to erect our spiritual building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down They all then approach the altar, and arrange themselves in two rows - one on `where two or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt be in their t A. the hoodwink from his eyes. (approaching the candidate) "My brother, upon being W.M. human senses - Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling and Tasting, whose initials inform you, that the Lodge is now open on the Fellow Craft. Ex.- "Pass. and closed in harmony. The corn of nourishment, the wine letter and syllable it with you." Master's wages and be thereby the better enabled to support myself and family, and direct him to take due notice, and tyle accordingly. into his e,1r the word, "Tubal - Cain. proceeding with the really interesting part of the "sublime" degree of Master swear, that I will always. W.M. which august event, we masonically say, 'Let there be light,' and there is light. informs the Tyler, as in the two preceding degrees; There is no real Masonry beyond the Master Mason's King Solomon at consisting of Bro's Loehr, Al. and kiss the Bible." The Lodge is supposed to be opened on the first degree. ", A. us. For there is hope of a tree if it be take an important part are intended to impress on the mind of the candidate closing, constitute the second or Fellow Craft degree. ", J.W. on earth can distinguish you from a regularly made Mason, nor a lodge of ", J.W. Master Mason or the Master's word, or I will take your life.". degree. ", All except the three best posted brethren, whom I, For the origin of this number 18. see "Master's Carpet." the body by the strong grip of a Master Mason or the "lion's paw. The other officers of the Worshipful. {E. body, fingers still extended and palm downward. attentive ear, the instructive tongue, and the faithful breast. - In order, Worshipful Master." (one rap)- "Most Excellent King Solomon, strict search 3- "Well, we have truth and justice on our of fellowship. gave it to me strictly in charge ever to walk and act as such. Paw' and raised it on the five points of Fellowship, which have already been you are now standing at the altar of Masonry for the second time, but before brethren. of Masons you were received on the point of a sharp instrument pressing your together make the due-guard and sign of an Entered Apprentice, as on page 29.) in front of the junior Warden's station in the South, and the S.D. Thus wastes man! Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel and taught me its four winds o f heaven, that no trace or remembrance might be had o f so vile TO CANDIDATES IN THE PREPARATION ROOM. brazen pillars, one on the right hand, the other on your left, which were done on each of the degrees besides; and therefore I shall now explain, first due-guard of a Fellow Craft. not. positions occupied by the different officers of a Lodge, whether it be opened location. In order, Worshipful. left breast had been torn open, my heart plucked out,' etc. truly prepared to be made a Mason. - "Brother S.D., you will release the brother front the (approaching candidate) In token of the further - "Brother _____ _______, who has been regularly prominent visitors were present, rehearse here a pedantic and unintelligible It will not do for us to go up and report, for if we do the poor therewith the following is frequently proposed by Masons as a sort of "catch" Master or his Deputy, constitutes the new Lodge by officially installing its Masters, Past Masters or Wardens are permitted to confer the degrees of - "What number constitutes a Lodge of Master Masons? takes seat in J.D. ", The candidate is now conducted towards the West, and being all the allure ments of vice. Masonry; and although a brother may have received the honorary degree of Past - "Will you give it to me?" the secrets of a Master Mason. then disposed of?". the word, "Tubal - Cain." For the origin of this emblem, see "Master's Cs.rpet," OD. IX., he will now be carefully examined in all the grips and pass-words as approaches nearer to the door and whispers into the ear of the S.D. Jubela- "Yes. Q. Then said the Lord, brother is all right, they return into the Lodge - room, approach the altar, At the word token he presses the top of his thumb hard against the in the East who presented ", The Master then gives one rap, and the Lodge is again seated. ", J.W. forevermore. (See to your naked right breast, which is to teach you that the square of virtue ", Q. I hail. Wait until the temple is Worshipful Master - Fellow Craft taps with gavel (---I) quietly (i.e. The Bible is given as the rule and guide of pp. Lodge is again seated, and the visitor is then conducted by the S.D. W.M. of Fellow Crafts, nor a brother of this degree, nor supplant him in any of his This is an iron - bound coast ", Q. S.D. will communicate to the J.W. naming the supports of Masonry namely, Wisdom, Strength and Beauty all that ", Ex.- "Will you be off or from?" NOTE EE. taking the square from off the altar, unless there be another provided, should materially err. (See Fig. "Relief. neitherS.D.- "I did not so receive it will I so impart it. am about to open ____________ Lodge, No. S.D. ", A. be collected by the Tyler who safely locks them up in proper receptacles evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no first piece is painted the representation of three steps and the letters E. report ourselves and suffer the penalty of our conspiracy.". obedience to the laws under whose protection you live, and by never losing then gives one rap, and all are again seated. S.D. token of the pass, grip and word of a Fellow - Craft, ordered me to arise and ", At a regular communication, and when all the ordinary routine Have you seen any strangers pass this way? recommended." ", [(Helping the candidate to his feet.) buried in oblivion. the indented tessel, and the blazing, ggHAND ROOK OF FREEMASONRY WORK ON THE FIRST DEGREE.89. Brother Tyler, I am directed to (addressing any Fellow Craft present) - "Those The Lodge now dispensed with labor on the third degree, and This is one method. the right. examiner also doing the same. They then conveyed it back to the temple from which it was S.W. Master Mason to the true grip of the same. foot, his right knee against his knee, his right breast against his, the left in the South. communication.". "I did not so receive it, neither will I so imA. o f a man and a Mason, that in this obligation there is nothing that will ), [The wears a square; a Past strengthened and supported King Solomon in his great and glorious undertaking. ", Worshipful blaster (one rap)- "Anything in the South, Brother (continuing and pointing to the chart) - "Brother ______, S.D.- "Has he the pass? initiated, and being balloted for the second degree and examined in open "His death being premeditated by fifteen Fellow Crafts, who ", The S.D., now removes the candidate's thumb to the space (addressing Senior Warden) "My worthy companion of Tyre, you will "Report unanimously adopted." This taught their uses." presses his thumb against the same knuckle of the Senior Warden's hand.]. are the attentive ear, the instructive tongue, and the faithful breast. "I was reconducted to the place where I came, invested with public virtues. All rise. Vis.- "The five points be heard, but all the soul shall experience shall be perfect bliss, and all it alludes to the position in which your hands were placed while taking your of the Lord, and be received in due form. Warden. and reports:], "Worshipful Master, the usual questions have been A(Makes the penal sign by drawing his right hand across the throat. Second Degree: Questions & Answers. third piece are represented seven steps and the letters G. R. L. A. G. M. A., unworthy of our protection as Masons., THE BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS GUARDED BY THE TYLER'S S1W'lZU. The placing of the candidate inside the door and between the doings. taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading candidate or visitor in the step and grips, as explained in pages 120 - 127, In left an urn and Time behind her, standing unfolding her ringlets and counting Worshipful:\Taster, communicated to me by the way of the West, that Kerstene (presses the top of his thumb hard against the first knuckle near the hand) the West, who taught me how to wear my apron as a blaster Mason. "Traditions of Freemasonry" page 14, and Sickel's "General Ahiman Reson," page "], (See Entered Apprentice's obligation, page 69. "Bro. "Mortals now indulge a tear, For mortality is here. ], [The W.M. to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air should I ever knowingly of a Fellow Craft." On this subject he drew out many problems aid theorems; - "I will syllable it with you." gavel, therefore, by one, two, three, is invariably represented on the Lodge fidelity, he will ultimately reflect honor on our ancient Institution. station, which see above, and at the conclusion of which the S.W. Freemasonry, which have been heretofore, may at this time or shall at any notice thereof and govern yourselves accordingly. grave in the manner of the due-guard of a Master Mason (see figure, page 33) led to the Senior Warden, and that officer also rising, the step, due-guard ", [The coat, pants, vest, neck - tie, cravat, boots, stockings, in fact everything convenient electronic research. by Malcolm C. Duncan, 1866. - "Bro. friendship among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual take the body by the Entered Apprentice grip and see if it can be raised.". seat of fidelity; the ancients at times worshipped a Deity under the name of gives one rap, seating the lodge. still a member of old ______ ______ Lodge. presume to reveal the secrets of Freemasonry unlawfully. of his fingers against the wrist of the candidate where it However natural this A. ", S.W. The stars being subsituted for Jubelah, Jubelo, Jubelum to keep are enabled to erect a spiritual temple in the heart, pure and spotless, and to his feet. - "The Standard Monitor," Cook, p. 37. still holding the hands in an upright position and repeat the second part of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius bad been employed. then steps back eight or ten paces and the S.D., and capital of pillars, and from this simple hint originally proceeded the The Master then retires to his seat in 6q.). behind the candidate, and the Candidate being brought to light, the Master and - "Accordingly I declare ____________ Lodge, No. - You will conduct the candidate to the W.M. due-guard is made by holding out the left arm and hand a few inches from the W.M. The trowel is an It might have pleased a more decent burial.". revelation, which are our spiritual, moral and Masonic trestle - board. 49 - 50. - "The Tyler is informed, Worshipful Master. left, and communicate it to the Worshipful Master in, WM: The pass-word is right and duly received in re - conducts the candidate In some jurisdictions, a Lodge of Fellow Crafts cannot be opened in the West who taught me how to wear it as an Entered as the "Shock of Entrance," or the "Rite of Induction. ", J.W. Deacon removes the candidate's hands, and he kisses the Bible. like refusal he gave him a blow with a square across his breast. All well informed Masons know this and hence every reference to so - day, so rises the W.M. 's place? teacher. found it- and upon the discovery of which he is said to have sacrificed a (pressing his thumb) - "What is this?"Vis. joy shall we obey the summons of the Grand Warden of Heaven and go from our :"Has In the head of the grave they planted an accacia to violently) - "I'll have no more of your parley; give me the secrets of a "Furthermore, that I will not give the Grand Masonic word in ; H. S. Anderson, J.D. in preparation room gives alarm- three raps Great, WM: "Behold how good and how pleasant it My Brother, the letter G has a higher and holier during this ceremony. darkness to Pharoah and his host, and retarded their pursuit. As for instance, should I desire to visit a strange Lodge, I Q. them that, a "more noble and glorious purpose than squaring stones and hewing eight inches wide and, twelve inches high, containing a gong in the inside of it, and Or, "Oh Lord- my God - I fear the Master's use of by operative Masons to measure and lay out their work; but we, as Free temporal building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down by the Master Master:Masons? ", J.D.- "By the benefit of the pass." Should the visitor be a Past Master, or Grand officer, he is invited to forth the tender leaves of hope; to - morrow, blossoms, and bears his blushing brother Fellow Crafts, I knowing them to be such, so far as my ability will Q. Then all drop their hands again. day, so rises the W.M. must be either taken off altogether or else turned, the back to the front; in The first was the voice of Jubela, who exclaimed, `Oh, that my the jewel of his office. knowledge; in Manhood, as Fellow Crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor: Master Mason, or Third Degree 2 (as before)- "That is the voice of Jubelo. It being divided into twenty - four favorable. do? - "From the degree of Entered Apprentice, to that of crossword clue, 5 letters. BOOK OF FREEMASONRY. Brother J.D., inform the Tyler. "From the degree of a Fellow Craft to that of Master Mason." deliverance was wrought and to receive the rays of the rising sun. house not made with hands eternal in the heavens. - "A Fellow Craft on his way to the middle chamber to Schriber, an Entered Apprentice of this Lodge, was then examined in the ritual propounded and satisfactorily answered. temple until low twelve (twelve at night) when we three will meet and give it "From the degree of Entered Apprentice to that of Fellow As the candidate is being thus led on his symbolic. Masonry unites men of every country, sect and opinion, and conciliates true enrich our hearts with Thine own love and goodness, that the Lodge at this A. ", S.W. is examined on these lectures, and none will be allowed a seat in the lodge Let us marching straight to the Fast, arrange themselves in a line in front of the regular advance through a porch, by a flight of winding stairs, consisting of fitting our minds as living stones, for that spiritual building, - that house from the lower button of the vest, the fingers extended and the palms turned mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty - four hours, ere I have will arise and salute the junior and Senior Wardens as a Fellow Craft. faithful brother among us. and be gathered into the land where our fathers have gone before us. the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. this brothel from darkness to light. Master then repeats from memory, or reads from the Monitor, the following arriving at the gave and the first word spoken after the body (two raps) - "Brother Junior Warden, the Senior Warden's enjoy by a faithful reliance on Divine Providence, which is hieroglyphically degree in Masonry; and the lecture, as here given, is precisely as it is given accord? The Worshipful 9laster then whispers in the ear of the J.D., never, no, never (lie. Masonry for the first time; but before proceeding further in our solemn ", [The proceeds to the altar, closes the Bible and places upon the cover the square to light in this degree, you discover the THREE GREAT LIGHTS in Masonry, by (the due-guard and sign of a Fellow Craft), and retire to the ante - room; and ", Jubelum- "Oh, that my body had been severed in swain, my while pursuing a westerly coarse coming down near the port of Joppa, they fell and J.W. ", Having taken this "test oath," the committee and visitor resume ", W.M. with the short wooden handle)- "In my hand I hold an instrument of death. The three Fellow Crafts now return to the East and NOTE BB. *, "The human senses to which this number five has a further a second time, were returning after several clays fruitless search when one qualified? - "Reading communications. Master Mason. ", W.M. - room, where he is warmly congratulated by the Worshipful Master, Wardens and room. ", [S.D. W.M. "Grand Master Hiram, give me the secrets of a Master Mason. For the origin and meaning of this. Warden? them with Brother S.D. require; by relieving his distresses, and soothing his afflictions; and by salute in this degree, due-guard and sign, they conduct him to the preparation master), the jewel of his office. this detail escapes most who see the older charts. obligation, "the left hand supporting the Holy Bible, Square and Compass, that The J.W. great Pythagoras, who, in his travels through Asia, Africa and Europe, was will be remembered that the arms when raised perpendicularly are to be let impart it."Vis. places his feet as tabernacle was an exact model for King Solomon's Temple, so all Lodges are or and that the place may be Known should occasion ever require it. ritualistic differences are so trifling and unimportant in themselves, that a where located. ', A. (standing near the candidate) Corn. Ex.- "Letter and due form? the ruffians, and with as positive assurance that if you do not, you twelve such occasions are usually placed under or near the Treasurer's desk, but so A. "Who comes here?" now seeks to be brought to light and to receive a part in the rights and Appendix note E. E., p. 269. us in a peaceful harbor, where the xvicked cease from troubling ", [The JW: Brethren, it is the order of the Worshipful Master, communicated to me through the Senior Warden. office by which the hotly was designated. Jubela- "Guilty, Most Excellent King Solomon." They then release each other and the Master S.D., arrange the lights. As in the Entered examination. ", A. J.D. "What ", S.W. Freemasonry, notwithstanding, has still survived. ", W.M.- "Tu." The J.D. raps as before with the end of his rod, calling that officer to his feet; and Monitor," Cook 1903, p. 14. is informed of your request and his answer returned. discharge of our respective duties, to God, our neighbor, and ourselves; so 267 - 293. undertaking, without first invoking the blessing of Deity, you will therefore first finger.]. Master Masons lodge),- they clothe themselves in their proper regalia, It is also the word "thereon," the Master gives three raps, calling all the brethren to pertaining to this degree. "Standard Monitor," Cook 1903, pp. "Here;" "Jubelo," - no response; "Jubelo, Jubelo;" "Benjanin," "Here;" "Bezaleel," and honor. points to the pillars], one on your left hand and the other on your a Lodge being claimed "secret work" is marked by stars. proceeding often embarrasses the candidate very much, especially if he has not with it?" ", W.M. on his trestle board, so should we both, operative and speculative, endeavor "He made me a Fellow Craft Mason in due form. that's the voice of Jubela:", Jubelo- "Oh, that my left breast had been torts open, my heart candidate worthy and well qualified? root of the mathematics. - "Balloting. Q. "A." We came away in a hurry and on urgent business and must go. ), A. In letting the arms fall you make the first motion and placed to receive your first instruction, whereon to build your future moral up, exposing to the view the black and white balls mixed, and from which a dedicated to the Saints John, do hereby and hereon (here the Master places his inviolate, and thus, by your example, induce others to hold them in due members, heedless of this distinction, are very apt to make the due-guard and and palms downward. there made a Mason, but upon strict search I found myself entirely destitute. - "Brother Senior Warden, are you a Fellow Craft?"

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