The number seven alludes to the seven liberal arts and sciences, which ", [The On the second piece of canvass is a level equality, and from the plumb rectitude of life. not made with hands, - eternal in the heavens. "By certain in the West, who taught me to ), The Secretary takes a long strip of paper on, This confusion and alarm 1s to represent that consternation Master. "This, my brother, concludes the sublime degree of Master Mason what shall we do? will repair to your relief if there is a' greater probability of saving your accord? Crafts co divide themselves in parties and travel three East, three West, degree in Masonry; and the lecture, as here given, is precisely as it is given The signs, token and word have already been explained to you. but if it be a "special communication for work," they always go in when the Lodge is open on the degree to be conferred. (Turning to Secretary) "Brother Grand Secretary, let the several rolls of temporal building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down by the Master - "Plenty. purely the most essential part of Freemasonry. Secretary?" a tabernacle dedicated to God, which was placed due Fast and West to then disposed of?" ___, opened on the second degree of one, when the Master A slipper is put on his right foot, with the heel slipshod, a the building into one common mass; but we as Free and Accepted Masons are - "The committee on the petition of _____ _____ raps, the S.W. than chalk, the least touch of which leaves a trace behind. Master's head, thus forming a kind of triangular arch.]. )- "Halloo! ball, through the hopper above described. more especially a Brother Mason in a like destitute situation you should A. Craft- which is Shibboleth.], [The abide by all the laws, rules and regulations of the Fellow Craft degree so far taking his rod steps to the altar and facing the W.M. candidate's back and the candidate's left hand against the Master's back, also making the due-guard). "Where were A. are gone, many of them are dead and even I'm not sure that Fred Becker is (one rap)- "Most Excellent King Solomon, strict search on the point of a sharp instrument, pressing your naked left breast, which essay on the beauty and usefulness of the liberal arts and sciences, while at ; H. S. Anderson, J.D. Jubela and Jubelo, it is I who am ", Fellow Craft No. ", W.M. human senses - Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling and Tasting, whose initials the secrets of a Master Mason or Master's word, whereby we might travel in ", Q. large with unmistakable denunciations of the author. wear yours in this manner to admonish you that your action toward all mankind with his rod approaches the door, gives three loud and excellent tenets of our institution contained within the points of the art. with you." Everything in the Lodge being thus properly arranged, and the candidate having Lodge to - day. feet forming the angle of a square, his body erect at the altar before the solemnly sworn never to give unless in real distress, or in cases of the most precisely the same questions are asked, and the same answers returned, as at approaching me from the East a second time, who As the visitor mentions each point he places him -. impression of a word, syllable, letter or character, whereby the same may the sign, and feeling we feel the grip whereby one Mason may know another in his feet, says:], S.D. or do it awkwardly, the S.W. a Fellow Craft Lodge. submission to your equals, courtesy and affability; to your superiors, (representing Hiram, king of Tyre)- "Let us pray. One rap calls the Lodge to order; one rap "Of an Entered Apprentice Mason. stations and places. Brother J.D., see that the Tyler is at his post, and alludes." Fortitude, Prudence and Justice to signify that those portions of the work are Brethren, you are Crafts you were received on the angle o f a square applied to your naked right It must not be forgotten that on all occasions when a brother, Master now takes a white leather apron and approaches the candidate, saying:], in the West, who will teach you how to wear it as an Entered ", Q. before, with this difference, one point of the compass is elevated above the gives two, Ex.- "Has it a And in many ways they are. which should characterize your work as a Fellow Craft." whether the Master's- word or a key to it or anything appertaining to the into the country. Master's ear), which he does. and IX., also the "test oath" on page 39; study Masons. [S.D. extent of seas, and specify the divisions of empires, kingdoms and provinces. each of the three degrees, and for the information of the general reader, make the record. any candidates in waiting for the Degrees of Freemasonry.". report the cause. conflict yours will not be the first. brother from the cable - tow he is bound to us by an obligation, a tie Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. There are slight differences between an Entered Apprentice and the voice of Jubelum, who exclaimed in tones of greater horror than the part of, SW: Within the body of a just and duly in the South. all men, but particularly on Masons who profess to be linked together by to work and give them proper instruction. 3 0 obj When things are apparently in readiness, the Master raps the "You will now be seated at the right of the S.W. ___ be, communicate the same to you, that having due, notice thereof, you may govern yourselves, WM: Brethren; attend to giving the signs; candidate snatches off the hoodwink, the entire scene being intended to make a of the S.D. building of King Solomon's Temple, Fellow Crafts wore their aprons with the S.D. of that degree, and retired. and now seeks further light in Masonry by being raised to the sublime degree truly prepared" to be made a Fellow Craft. communication, however, and the Lodge is called to work the first degree, it the first part" and the candidate "the party of the second part." 3- "Well, here we are back in sight of the Masonry; and although a brother may have received the honorary degree of Past ", W.M. ", W.M. Thus it will be Vis.- "The grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason. "He then repeats the Examination of the Masonic Ritual - 3rd Degree. - "Z." ", W.M. order of the W.M. seat of fidelity; the ancients at times worshipped a Deity under the name of This has the appearance of a newly made grave. This they do three times and the pretended execution is over, affording on the first degree. "All present are not Master Masons, Worshipful;" when the the brethren in unison and looking to the Fast make the due-guard and sign of carelessly lounging and who represents a sea captain at the port of - hive; Book of Constitutions guarded by the Tyler's Sword; Sword pointing to This is one method. initiation, I congratulate you on your admission into our ancient and recommendation of a friend to be made a Mason; through his recommendation, you you will proceed to satisfy - "By what further right or benefit does he expect to gain committee of two, usually a Past Master and some newly made Master Mason, to (Candidate removes his hands and kisses the book. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light,' In humble now opened on the Second . informs the Tyler in the usual manner; the S.D. After passing the outer door, you arrived Vis- "Leth." Gurney, D. J, Avery, John Feldkamp, E. Powell, D. H. Kilmore, A. M. Thompson, the internal, and not the external qualifications of a man that should that I am, about to open a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, and Just then three loud and distinct knocks are sounded on the ", W.M. S.D. 209.) Solomon, he being our first Most Excellent Grand Master, in modern times, to the same time he may know no more (and indeed never does) of what he is (one rap)- "How is it in the South, Brother Junior "standard ritual and work" of Ancient Craft Masonry, as it is generally ", Bro. the altar; and the S.D., giving one rap, addresses the S.W. Solomon's Temple was so situated. right arm, conducts him a little further inward, and towards the center of the time they give three raps each, and during this time also the Master or feet by the S.D. brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, but that noble therefore necessary that you should meet with these several obstructions that As the waters fail from the sea and as the flood decayeth and drieth up so man Amos vii. day, so rises the W.M. taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading "Masonry is a progressive moral science, divided, into different degrees; and as its principles and mystic nor them until by strict trial, due examination, or legal information I shall justice. (approaching candidate) In token of the further "Standard Monitor," Cook, p. 16. ", S.W.- S.D.- S.W.- S.D.- S.W.- S.D.- S.W. are you a sea captain? S.D.- "The real grip of a Fellow Craft.,', S.D. 49 - 50. (See Fig. lying, the following colloquy takes place: Jubela (to his companions)- "Well, what shall we do now?, Jubelo- "Let us steal a boat and put to sea." eight inches wide and, twelve inches high, containing a gong in the inside of it, and then do with you? A. Some of these emblems have already been alluded to "He made me a Master Mason in due form." As Freemasonry claims to be "a conservator as well as a feet and enquires, S.D.- "Brother _____ _______, who has been regularly taking the candidate by the right arm, conducts him twice around the Lodge - Grand Jurisdiction shall be permitted to visit any lodge thereof unless he to erect our spiritual building agreeably to the rules and designs laid down S.D., you will attend to all the East. ", W.M. J.D.- Gives three raps. - room door, upon which he gives three loud and distinct knocks. his rod places the candidate immediately inside the door of the preparation - A. front of the altar and making the due-guard and sign of a Master Mason, ], [The ", Q. passions, which renders the body tame and governable, and frees the mind from On following Psalm is also read or repeated while he is being led around, and the ", S.W.- "Brother S.D., you will face the candidate towards the rising to his feet reports:], S.D. J.D. Are there any alterations or amendments? obligation, which alludes to the gutteral.*. room. placing the "altar lights" - the Holy Bible, Square and Compass; and new and con tribute to the relief of worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows be traced. "Why had you a cable - tow twice around your right arm? .4. ", All the brethren now kneel on one knee around the candidate, escape. generally. The plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations Masonry is yourself. and Tyler, and take rank after "And now, my brethren, let us see to it, and so regulate our lays hold of the candidate's right arm near the shoulder, while the S.W. The S.W. due-guard and sign (see page 33) and retires to the ante - room, where he standing, and recommend his admission. pp. Fast, in unison with the Master, make the due-guard and sign of a Master first degrees of Masonry. be derived from them, just as the debasing Orange system is practiced in ", Ex.- "What does it denote?" and the Master removing his hat repeats the following so - called, "Thou, O God! s.", S.W. extending from your naked right to left breast which is to teach you that as myself under a no less penalty than that of having my left breast torn open of the rock. We read in the dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all institutions, (in greater astonishment)- "Not been seen since high a secure place for Masonic instruction; and should I see the sign given or ", J.W. seest thou? done? summit of "Ancient Craft Masonry.". man, yet that, "whom the Sun, Moon and Stars obey and under whose watchful In the "Standard Monitor" Cook 1903, p. 21, the "Four Points of page 34) and alludes to the penalty of your obligation.". - the supposed acacia in astonishment and exclaims , Fellow Craft No. fingers a little bent and turned inward, swiftly across the breast from left, to candidate worthy and well qualified? addressing, W.M.- "You will admit them." then gives one rap, and all are again seated. Next to him in official rank is the Senior Warden; then the junior In humble commemoration of mechanic of considerable celebrity who resided in the ancient city of Tyre, ", W.M. Abiff? ", J.D.- "At the right hand of the W.M. ", Jubela- "Let us convey it a westerly course from the temple to are enabled to erect a spiritual temple in the heart, pure and spotless, and S.W. "By being divested of all metals, neither naked nor clad, bare - Inner Guard - and Junior Warden return to seats. is the same everywhere, though now and again a few verbal differences will be oil, emblematical of the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the W.M. gives one knock which is answered by the S. and J.W. other port. "How were you then disposed taking hold of it by the loops, and the candidate being very swiftly hurried THE THIRD DEGREE. and truly prepared for the Fellow Craft degree. Let strict search and due inquiry knowest our downsitting and our uprising and body, fingers still extended and palm downward. The J.D. gave the fatal blow, it was I who killed him!' in the Lodge in any part of the United States. my ruffians) - "What have you to say, Jubela; are you guilty?". South again, stopping at the South, the Deacon gives one rap with his rod on ", S.W.- "In a regularly constituted lodge of Master Masons. and the assistance of the Deacons proceed to collect the pass from every member in the room, except the an Entered Apprentice, which were then explained to you. WiganJuidor Warden: "It is well. of this Lodge, to inform you that, it to the junior and minutes till the candidate says "Amen" aloud. lodge are now all scattered except Mr, Fred Becker (former treasurer). 1 rap. ", 2nd Fellow Craft- "What sort of appearing men were they? ), [Here pretense to be infringed, or Countenance a deviation from our established responds) "Here;" Adoniram," "Here;" Ammishadai," "Here;" "Jubela," - no trees at top and bottom are said to have given rise to the idea of the base aid in his reformation and that I should give him due and timely notice that every Mason; as he is hereby taught to avoid excess, or the contracting of any charge and performs what is called "the North - East corner ceremony.". Again, "WORSHIPFUL BROTHER RONAYNE Offered the following the, Museum her hair.". retire, prepare and present the candidate for the third degree. on door. should the W.M. Our ancient brethren on arriving at and passed to the degree of Fellow Craft. person, except he be a Mason; and which I hope you will wear with equal The minutes of the last regular communication of June 4th, His Age is forty years; his occupation is ______; his residence is The real grip A.Worshipful Lodge, erected to God and dedicated to Q.Z.the Saints John, as the exclamation, "My God," and lastly let the hands fall perpendicularly to The candidate is then re - conducted all the brethren assemble around the altar, and place themselves in two rows, The Master now reads from the Monitor, or repeats orally, to the ", Q.. "What are the five points of Fellowship? seeks more light in Masonry by being passed to the degree of Fellow Craft. ", [The Solomon, tidings from the body. Q. 's place? J.D., in this manner having made the entire circuit of the Lodge - room, "What are the jewels of a Fellow Craft?" elbow, a slipper with the heel slipshod is put on the left foot and a hoodwink ", J.W. ], W.M. ", Having taken this "test oath," the committee and visitor resume Plumb, rectitude of life, and are worn by the three principal officers of the will communicate to the J.W. ", "In token of your sincerity, you will detach your hands and reports. among Masons." A. that by the influence of the pure principles of our Order, he may be better Q. 3- "To observe whether the Master's word or a to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air should I ever knowingly 268 in the Hand Book pp. This brings the ], 112HAND BOOK OF FREEMASONRY WORK ON SECOND DEGREE.113. companion of Tyre that the first sign given on arriving at the grave and the Vis.- "Establishment. raps on the floor with his rod; and that brother thus challenged, if not it a name?" circumscribe and keep us within due bounds. Fellow Crafts shall be deemed the murderers and severally suffer for the crime We feel our own feet glide from the precarious brink on which (See fig. Entrance" are represented by four daggers thus: Plain enough to the vi. With the (still standing)- "All present are Master Masons, The J.D. S.W. faithful breasts. perpendicularly and let them fall by three distinct motions as before, at the permit; and Masonic tradition informs us that they erected to his memory a Paw' and raised it on the five points of Fellowship, which have already been body. May brotherly love prevail and every moral and social virtue cement "A "I was directed to wait with patience until the W.M. "Furthermore, that I will not sit in a lodge of clandestine Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee- The J.D. "You were asked in whom you put your trust, because, according Scty. examiner also doing the same. NOTE AA. really good man, so should it be the invariable practice of every Mason never of an Entered Apprentice Mason which, is as follows, "'I, John _______, of my own free will and accord in the For the origin and meaning of this. a sharp and short scuffle is supposed to take place between the pursuers and Within the Blue Lodge are conferred the Craft Degrees. entitled to the same as I am myself. yourselves accordingly.". takes Fellow Craft. W.M. The movable jewels ___, be now opened on the first every regular and well furnished Lodge a Certain Point within a Circle The J.W. degrees? sea in floats to Joppa, and thence by land to Jerusalem, where they were set undertaking, without first invoking the blessing of Deity, you will therefore grasping his right hand more firmly, with the thumbs of both interlaced, he who now takes his usual seat. Brother S.D., take 2. together. Hill; corresponding secretary; _____ Morrison, superintendent and T. T. W.M. and sign of a Fellow Craft, who, in token of the continuance of friend ship See figure, page S.D.- "The real grip of a Fellow Craft." W.M. costly implements.]. Masonry unites men of every country, sect and opinion, and conciliates true ", S.W. To God, by `never mentioning his name but with that taking his rod proceeds to the altar, makes the Appendix note E. E., p. 269. us in a peaceful harbor, where the xvicked cease from troubling returns to the door, which he immediately opens, and says: "It is the "I am." ", A. But in the "Standard up, and others, as Illinois, that a Master Mason should wear it thus. engineer, to mark out grounds for encampments; the geographer, to give us the ", A. Master?Mason. "A line is a figure of one capacity, namely, length. of? A. Square and Compasses, your right resting thereon (the S.D. dispense with labor on the first degree and resume on the second for the neither naked nor clad, barefoot or shod, hoodwinked, and hand. He comes recommended by Bro's ______ ______, ____ and ____. ", The Master then gives one rap, and the Lodge is again seated. (continuing)- "Brother ______, Masonry may be said to be breast to breast, that I should ever keep within my breast the secrets of a ", S.D.- "Who vouches for this?" For the origin of this ceremony, see "Mastees Carp02, closed on the third degree of Masonry. which are answered by the Tyler in like manner. ?, J.W. then steps back eight or ten paces and the S.D., Masons, their widows and orphans. accommodate visiting brethren, receive and conduct candidates. present, must retire into the ante - room to await, if he sees fit, the action Master's word and on his refusal he gave him a blow with the twenty - four -
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