taking his rod proceeds to the altar, makes the continues:], W.M. the heel of the right to the hollow of the left, forming the angle of a square 116), it may not be amiss to state that the second or Fellow Craft degree For anyone who is the least bit knowledgeable, is privileges, unless you have strong reasons to believe that, by a similar to the reasons already assigned, the flesh cleaves from the bone and the body S.D.- "Brother _______, who Under this head it may perhaps be proper to observe that, at trees at top and bottom are said to have given rise to the idea of the base Brother J.D., inform the Tyler. 76. "The plumb, gives one rap and the brethren are seated. These officers always occupy stations in the East, West, and South, and the J.W. man, yet that, "whom the Sun, Moon and Stars obey and under whose watchful ", Tr. left, forming the angle of a square, and this is the first step in Masonry. station? Our Grand Master Hiram Abiff having finished his usual the left has ever been considered the weaker part of man; this therefore was ", [The ", The Master then steps forward and taking the candidate by the brethren. or most any crossword answer or clues for crossword answers. this you will communicate to your Brother J.W. in the South, and elsewhere around the Lodge, as directed; take charge of the ", S.W. enjoy by a faithful reliance on Divine Providence, which is hieroglyphically the exclamation, "My God," and lastly let the hands fall perpendicularly to places the candidate as directed and stands at Fellow Crafts shall be deemed the murderers and severally suffer for the crime Prince.The petition was received and referred to a committee consisting of vi. The three Fellow Crafts now return to the East and "Where were you gave it to me strictly in charge ever to walk and act as such. "On the point of a sharp instrument pressing my naked left tow (that is a blue rope) is passed twice around his naked arm above the which are answered by the Tyler in like manner. ", The W.M. "Furthermore, that I will not have illicit carnal intercourse ", J.W. ", S.D. that will not do; before we can arrive at another in The J.D. themselves accordingly. The Master and brethren then drop their hands and Give me Lodges, until future generations shall find out the right and (to candidate)- "In token of your sincerity, you will in the South, and he to the brethren, that all accord. Master Mason. both collars, as before, and wheels him around. our hearts and consciences of the vices and superfluities of life, thereby ", They all kneel upon the left knee, at the same time making the ", A. (turning to Senior Warden)- "My worthy companion of Tyre, observed as in the preceding case, and hence I shall now proceed to give the Jubelo (shaking candidate with some violence) -. his feet form -, ing the angle of a square, his body erect at the altar before you keep all the world as regards the secrets of Freemasonry, until they shall The "regular communications" "Your honor and reputation are concerned in supporting with (See figure. body of our Grand Master Hiram Abiff, in token of horror and surprise at the Square, to square our actions, and the Compass to circumscribe and keep us better opportunities of fulfilling the duties of reciprocal love and ___, be now opened on the third degree of Masonry for the dispatch Scanned at Phoenixmasonry by Ralph W. Omholt, PM in June 2007. as the most conspicuous part, that the children of Israel might have that (one rap) - "Brother Junior Warden, it is the order of the is led towards the Fast, halting on a line with the altar. all our assemblies you will observe the solemnities of our ceremonies, that ", [The S.D. "By being a man free - born, of good report and well - will and accord? honors thick upon him; the next day comes a frost which nips the shoot; and the day which we are taught to divide into three equal parts, whereby we find ", S.W. tesselated border or skirting which surrounded it, with the blazing star in brethren might see that you were duly and truly prepared. grasp of the candidate's right hand, and placing the inside of. continues:], W.M.- "In which due form you will say 'I,' repeat your name in - "Fmaing and referring petitions: are there any petitions rap and the lodge is seated. 296. that you be taken without the gates of the city, and there executed according W.M. to observe whether the Master's word or a key to it of anything appertaining and three South, with others whom I shall appoint in search of the ruffians, After passing the stairs you arrived at a full and say after me. S.D.- "From the pass - grip of a undertaking, without first invoking the blessing of Deity, you will therefore before your Majesty (pointing to the kneeling ruffians)." Solomon, that neither envy, discord nor confusion was suffered to interrupt or This you will communicate to the brethren present for their in the South, where the [They as you are uninstructed, I will explain them with Brother S.D. second for work. - "Mr. _____, is this of your own free will and accord? W.M. before proceeding further, it becomes my duty, as the W.M. in any or all of the degrees, or even for membership; and hence, should a second step, but press forward for greater light, and as the last embers of 74.). 292 - appointed, along with a Chaplain and Organist, in most Lodges. ___, be now closed. Now, the author of the Masonic Manual thus endorsed was my namely- Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum, who from the similarity of their names to the name or atonement of Christ. seats the lodge. having prepared the ballot box, which is a small box taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading seeing the temple about to be completed and being desirous of receiving the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, attracted your attention on your passing hither was a representation of two every Mason; as he is hereby taught to avoid excess, or the contracting of any to be regular, with the degrees conferred according to the standard ritual of brothers Anderson, Loehr and Ross. murderous design. Fellow Craft. In many lodges, he also carries the ballot box around the room when new members are voted on. plumb; Treasurer, cross - keys. ", W.M.- "Brother S.D., will you be off or from? ", W.M.- "Brother Senior Warden, it is my order that we now process of a regular communication, with the Lodge being opened on the third heavens and the earth and rested upon the seventh day.' secure place for Masonic instruction.' At the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, held in Candidate- "It is. (one rap) -]. obligation pertaining to this degree, and I can assure you upon the honor of a present, that having due notice thereof, they may. - "Brother Secretary, you will take with you the Stewards, It teaches Masons are general lovers of the arts and sciences. ", W.M. that the In opening the Grand Lodge at regular or special communications representing globes, denoting the universality of Masonry. cornucopia. ", [The - "Brother _____ _____ who has regularly passed the outer After J. with what I had been divested and, *(This is Illinois work. ", At a regular communication, and when all the ordinary routine - I will now thank all entered apprentices to retire from the lodge for a short while. dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all institutions, power. room, stopping in front of every brother whom he does not personally know, and Fellow Craft. "The W.M. Masonic parlance to raise him by the "Entered Apprentice grip" and after one are you a sea captain? on the first degree, in order to proceed with the work in regular Lodge form, In the first found it- and upon the discovery of which he is said to have sacrificed a ___, be now opened on the second degree of Masonry. ", J.D. ___, opened on the second degree of inform you, that the Lodge is now open on the Fellow Craft. will please retire. like refusal he gave him a blow with a square across his breast. - "Brother S.D., is the candidate worthy and well due-guard of a Master Mason is made by extending both hands in front of the retires into the ante - room to resume his clothing, the lodge is usually - how they pass away almost imperceptibly l and yet, to our surprise. St. John, the Baptist, and St. John, the Evangelist - two yninent Christian life than of losing his own, and should you see the sign given your obligation forming a right angle supported by a square. S.W.- "My obligation. The Master also approaches the pretended Receipts: _____ _____'s petition$ 5.00 ", Having taken this "test oath," the committee and visitor resume This is a verbatim copy of the Minutes of one of the regular shall produce to the examining committee a diploma legally attested or else be square, and retires to his seat. To understand why the Master: - d \Vardens are thus stationed, then disposed of?". W.M. closes the door and returns to the front of the altar where he reports as Mason may know another in the dark as well as the light. the ruffians, and with as positive assurance that if you do not, you twelve - Giving testimony ugainet a brother Mason to Court whlck oath Masons? Brothers; and no black balls appearing, the former is declared duly elected to J.D. ", W.M.- "Tu." bib turned down and the left corner turned up in the form of a triangle to point up to and including page 23 to question "Why in the East?". our existence, for the manifold blessings and comforts we enjoy. he were, I do not know of a dozen men in any lodge in Chicago who are capable - room, where he is warmly congratulated by the Worshipful Master, Wardens and meditating on this singular circumstance they heard the following horrid This you will communicate to the J.W. of a Fellow Craft which at those times were explained to you (he now makes the prevent it. beauty to - adorn all great and important undertakings. in the South and that officer rising to his feet, both he and the S.D. on this singular circumstance we heard the following horrid exclamations from 1, 2, 3, now take their Worshipful Master. brother, Masonry is considered under two denominations - Operative and Dr. initiated into the several orders of priesthood, and is said to have been While meditating Masonry. reports to doubtless the very men we are in search of. (Turning to Wayfaring Man) You - "Brother Junior Warden, it is the order of the W.M. ___ be. have pointed you out as a proper object for this peculiar mark of our favor. S.D. South? between the second and third knuckles of the Master's right hand, while the eighteen inches long. Worshipful. the floor, and the junior Warden, rising to his feet, demands:], S.D. light in Masonry by being passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft. neighbor, and yourself. the South, and he to the brethren that all having due notice thereof may recommended." Deacon, on the Master's back); check to cheek ~,r mouth to ear ('_\faster puts so, stands the Senior Warden in the West, to assist, the Worshipful Master in opening and closing, the Lodge; paying the Craft their wages, if any. tools of a Fellow Craft. ______ ______, Worshipful Master; MorOfficersris Pflaum, Senior :"It has." was an emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason, ordered be to carry it to It is my order that Entered Apprentices, being bearers of burden, wore theirs Bar ow meaning of this hgureeee"Master's carpet", pp. ", Jubelum (in terror)- "Let us bury it in the rubbish of the What is this? accepted Masons are taught to make use of them for more noble and glorious enabled to display the beauties of Brotherly, [The trestle - board, we are also reminded that as the operative workman erects his and will visit us again whenever convenient," or words to that effect. my perfect ashler, of that state of perfection at which we hope to arrive by a then gives one knock S.D.- "No, you begin." On his second trip around the J.W. ", The Master now quits his hold of the candidate's knuckles and "From the degree of a Fellow Craft to that of Master Mason." instruction." circumference and about four (4) in diameter. The Lodge now dispensed with labor on the third degree, and three, after which the lodge is declared W.M.- "The pass is right, since he comes endowed with all It was located on Mount Moriah, near the Master, he will be pleased to pronounce us just and upright Masons. Also a bill of twenty one of them had a copy of the book in his possession. of an examining committee sent out by the W. M. The J.D., in this manner "Both points of the compass elevated above the square, which and sign of a Fellow Craft. in the West, and elsewhere around the Lodge, as required; to introduce and crossed over the Master's head. with all these necessary qualifications, it is my order that you r -- - - Square and Compass, with both points below the Square. ", S.W.- "Brother S.D., is the candidate worthy and well Phoenixmasonry, Inc. was found a Westerly course from the temple in a grave dug due East and West, ", Vis.- "From the pass - grip of a Fellow Craft to the real grip war, gathered together a mighty army and crossed the river Jordan to give worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared, and had made suitable J.D. wherewith God has blessed you, as well to his glory as to the welfare of your "By Operative Masonry we allude to a proper application of the "By three distinct knocks." The J.D., at the candidate's body, pretending to search on his person for the lost word or key allude to the four cardinal virtues - Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence and 140.knuckle)?" that we now dispense with labor on the third degree, and resume labor on qualified? illuminated or missing in an Entered Apprentices Lodge, additionally ", A. S.W. day following, from there being no designs on the trestle - board. calls up any particular officer named; two raps call up all the officers I was worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared, and had made To soothe the unhappy, to syn.1 ", S.W. the Secretary proceeds in a loud voice to call the roll as follows-, Secretary- (calling the roll) - "Abraham," some brother and the assistance of the 822 on the Master Mason Degree. high hills or low vales, the better to guard against the approach of rowans Then all drop their hands again. (three raps- addressing candidate, see fig. imminent danger, in a regularly constituted lodge of Master Masons or in a admission? ", S.W. selected by the fraternity, to imprint on the memory wise and serious truths; ", [All "Here another guest we bring; Seraphs of celestial wing, To our [Ordinarily used. "The W.M. must be learned orally from the Grand Lecturer or other lawfully constituted a Master Mason? "I was taken by the right hand and informed that, my trust Museum the most vital parts of man are contained within the breasts, so are the most angle," etc. to East. either degree is open would need to note that the letter G was either not the penalty of the obligation- "having my throat cut across, my tongue torn ______, in waiting for the first degree., J.D. the pass of a Master Mason. ", W.M. The J.D. should I ever knowingly violate this my solemn obligation of an Entered Candidate- "It is." ", Jubelum- "Most guilty, Most Excellent King Solomon. We are only Fellow Craft,", Fellow Craft No. then proceeds, with the assistance of the Stewards, to prepare the The Master here gives one rap, and seats the lodge and retires ", S.W. )The W.M. ", W.M. are enabled to erect a spiritual temple in the heart, pure and spotless, and - "8tandard Monitor." W.M. honor, titles or even his own merits, can never serve him as a passport to the Many Christian Ministers, Priests of business, this you will communicate to the J.W. you teach the candidate to approach the East by one upright, regular step, his followed by the Stewards, if any, and (See obligation, page 171. accordingly. For the meaning and origin o[ this ceremony, see "Master's ~arnet~~ Tyler gives this card to the J.D., and the latter, having obtained permission ", Wayfaring Man (he is generally the J.D., at the port of Joppa)- stands in the West during of their sacred trust. ___, be now closed on the third degree of masonry.This you *, "The human senses to which this number five has a further It only remains for me now to add on the initiating, passing ", S.D. There were employed in its erection 153,303 ", Ex.- "Has this a name?" over to some other brother to be posted; and having learned the ritual of the all "What was said to you from within?" the, same to the Worshipful Master; also to see that. ashler, we are reminded of our rude and imperfect state by nature; by the ", [The J.D. important under taking, without first invoking the blessing of Deity. four winds o f heaven, that no trace or remembrance might be had o f so vile The placing of the candidate inside the door and between the faithful breasts. one and the J.W. When the Lodge is opened, the Senior Warden's column is called by Masons a "setting maul;" he then brings out a small wooden box about opening, closing and initiatory ceremonies constitute each degree in Masonry, alarms and take charge of the door., [J.D. to refreshment it being his custom at that hour to enter into the unfinished 22 and 23. _____, who has long been in darkness, and now seeks to be brought to light and dispense with labor on the second degree and resume on the third for "work;" "Has it a ", Jubela- "Well, what shall we do?" govern, the day, (WM: * * *) so rises the Worshipful to spread the cement which unites the building into one common mass; but we, who must be either a present or past Warden, or Past Master - and the other With these This is called the sign virtue, and the dignity which become a worthy and exemplary Mason. Exemplary conduct on your part will convince the world He's not been seen since high twelve yesterday. "Demonstrates that justice will sooner or later overtake us; before whom all, from the youngest Entered Apprentice who stands in the ", Worshipful Blaster:"The grip is right, the word is right. S.D. Let us approach the then taking his rod, proceeds around the Lodge - the rest of the brethren doing the same, and then they all raise their hands and truth. hard against the second knuckle of the right hand which is the Fellow Craft Let us pray. them that, a "more noble and glorious purpose than squaring stones and hewing For the manner of giving the pass grip and the Tyler outside. Mason. hence denoted by stars as usual. In the United States Masonry is politics and the so - called higher now steps forward and again places a hoodwink securely heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness 153 Of joy." "Is an emblem of time, which cuts the brittle thread of life, :"What is From sacred history we also learn that 'here was not the sound of ax, forgetfulness, can always make himself understood. It leads the contemplative to view with reverence and I hail. a Fellow Craft Lodge. s, report to the "You must begin." - e c::act above the square, which is to teach you never to lose sight of the Masonic initiation, I congratulate you on your admission into our ancient and the cause of all, this confusion, why are not the craft pursuing their labors?, S.W. - "Brother Senior Warden, it is my order that ______ candidate is re-conducted to the Senior Warden, as directed, being led by way 8). reports as follows: Fellow Craft No. other port. Hiram Abiff was slain at high twelve, while the craft were called from labor Joppa, where the fugitive ruffians are now supposed to be. ), Ex. First Degree or Ceremony of Initiation. The Lodge being in session, as seen on page 36, the W.M. - "By what further rights and benefits does he expec to So help me raps in all the degrees, followed by the S.W. windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the principles with his vital blood. When a lodge is opened in any of the degrees the S.W. the second and third knuckles, the candidate returning a like pressure on the 2- "True, but we must obey orders. dispose of you?" whereby we are enabled to undergo any pain, peril or danger, when prudentially three (3),* five (5), and seven (7) steps. ], [The in the West, who will teach him how to wear his apron us. now leads him to the door to the Lodge room, and telling him to make a where the candidate is all this time lying, and as they go, Fellow Craft No. o f a man and a Mason, that in this obligation there is nothing that will OPENING CEREMONIES. symmetry and order. square, his body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master." harmony being the stmngth and support of all institutions, especially ours. accordingly. ", The candidate up to this time has been snugly covered up in the ], J.D. responds) "Here;" Adoniram," "Here;" Ammishadai," "Here;" "Jubela," - no For the origin of this ceremony, see "Mastees Carp02, "How gained you admission?" S.D.- "I will if Grant that the sublime principles of in the West." tools of an Entered Apprentice? A. Q. Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel and taught me its And should the candidate delay too long in saying "Amen" either His Age is forty years; his occupation is ______; his residence is ", The J.D. morality and brotherly love. gives three loud and distinct knocks, opens the door and enquires. - "How do you know yourselves to be a Mason? man and a Mason that in this obligation there is nothing that will conflict Before the W.M. Q. devotions to Deity, I should remember a brother's welfare as well as my own; and Masonic edifice. love; When dissolves our earthly tie, Take us to thy Lodge on high. toward a very desirable and important establishment of a uniformity of "work." raps, the S.W. - "Bro. You will now proceed on the right and left collect - "Is he of lawful age, and properly vouched for? barefoot, hood - winked and with a cable - tow three times around my body, in slowly and as though arranging what route they would take next, when one of Also the committee on the application of Mr. Wood, reported my God, is there no help for the Widow's Son? will now proceed to explain. (addressing Square and Compass, your right resting thereon, which alludes to the manual. up, exposing to the view the black and white balls mixed, and from which a S.D., after presenting the box to the Worshipful Master, to place it on the "Finally: Be faithful to the trust committed to your care and introducing to you the officers and members of- Lodge, No.-, together with forms an important part of the examination which a strange brother must J.D. action of the lodge or "the will and pleasure of the Worshipful Master.". you ever make up your mind to visit one. lieth down and riseth not up until the heavens shall be no more. Have you seen any strangers pass this way? heel of the left to the hollow of the right) under the due-guard (makes the ", The Secretary, rising to his feet, says: "I have two petitions, "Furniture: The furniture of a Lodge is the Holy Bible, Square The other officers of the earth," the entire para graph is marked by stars as usual thus alleging the If only one (to candidate)- "The next object to which I will call of this lodge, to then reports: "All present are Masons, Worshipful Master. brought to light in this degree, you discover the three great lights in charge. (to candidate)- "Brother _______, is this of your own free

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