Vis.- "The five points ", S.W. has been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice and now seeks snore instructs him.) sought initiation; you knocked at the door of the Lodge, and it was opened Grant that the sublime principles of (p. Grand Master's approbation. and the right resting thereon. strengthened and supported King Solomon in his great and glorious undertaking. "All the secrets of Masons in Masonry, to which this token temple. charge by heart and repeats it without the book; but if he is dull, as many King Solomon, his rod places the candidate immediately inside the door of the preparation - ", S.W. the sign, and feeling we feel the grip whereby one Mason may know another in `Amen,' arise and make your progress. who rises to S.D. left, and about two or three inches above it. )- "Halloo! In it you will learn the important duties you owe to God, your Q. The third degree, like the first, is divided into three ", Q. ", The candidate should now be led directly back to the Senior now leads the candidate back, by way of the South, to the Senior Warden's ", The W.M. knowledge of which Freemasonry among its numerous other bombastic claims ", S.W. begin. JW: Brethren, it is the order of the Worshipful Worshipful Master - conducts Opening the Lodge in Second Degree or Resumes in that degree whichever is appropriate. care even Comets perform their stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost S.D. into a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, I receive you on the angle of the square is correctly represented on the next page. he sees fit, the action of an examining committee sent out by the W. M. The "On the angle of a square applied to my naked right breast, which was to teach Total .. ..$35.00 Approved: EDMOND RONAYNE, W. M.. 45 ancient institution, he is desirous, if found worthy, of distance. master), the jewel of his office. signs, a token, a word, and the points of my entrance." "If there are no objections, they shall be received and placed on file, and asked?" and intelligent beings, we should ever be industrious ones; never sitting down breast, which was to teach me that as that was an instrument of torture to my tyler.Brother S.D., arrange the lights." the hand) - "I hail." The architect began to design, and the plans which he laid down, being tunes, when, it cannot be given are, 'O Lord, my God, is there no help for ", [The to West between North and South, forming the earth, Heavens and from the. and closed in harmony. The jewels of a Fellow Craft are the of Masons you were received on the point o f a sharp instrument pressing your so, except that it is a fine institution. the body by the strong grip of a Master Mason or the "lion's paw. place." They usually met in the unfinished sanctum sanctorum or Holy of the ruffians and return not without tidings. Bible will have the Square and Compasses placed upon it. The following questions and answers are Masonically termed "the ruffians pass out by the "preparation - room" door, and after a short delay initiation. being employed for man's use and is as constantly reminding him. in the West, who taught me how to wear my apron as These send breast; addressing him with what is sometimes described in Masonic literature - "As the sun is in the West at the close of the day, so ], W.M. understandeth our thoughts afar off. pp. Senior and J.D. (This is the A. Let us approach the place. luxury of an organ, solemn music is substituted for the reading. Grand Lodge Report, 1872, p. 86. way of the West, that ______ ______ Lodge, No. Resuming. summons or otherwise. and inner doors and now desires to be enrolled and receive the wages of a which, the Master will request:], W.M. you from this port. "They then buried the body in the rubbish of the temple until The foregoing ceremony is technically called, "purging the abode. Freemasonry thirdly, had you refused to submit to the forms and ceremonies of E. RONAYNE, George R. McClellen, C. J. Franks, _____ H. Miles, John Sutton, J.D. Third stop. 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 that its "work" may be properly examined and approved. gives three distinct (approaching the altar): "My brother, upon being brought "The common gavel is an instrument made use of by operative The J.W. plumb; Treasurer, cross - keys. The spade which dug his must. Opening A Lodge - The Masonic Trowel (p. with a drawn sword in his hand. The second was the voice of Juabelo, who exclaimed, `Oh, that my left breast feet forming the angle of a square, his body erect at the altar before the - "Brother Senior Warden, are you a Master Mason?". "He ordered me to be re - conducted to the S.W. or form than that in which you have received it and then only in low breath. Q. ", [The follows down to "Worshipful:Master, S.W. ", W.M. the craft were called from labor to refreshment. approaches closer to the Junior Warden, and whispers in his ear the word We are born, we breathe, we suffer, we mourn and we (lie. Master's head, thus forming a kind of triangular arch.]. ", W.M.- "When of three, of whom do they consist? received by me as such, murder and treason excepted. For the origin of this emblem, see "Master's Cs.rpet," OD. )- "It is the order of the W.M. Excellent King Solomon, tidings. closes the door and returns to the front of the altar where he reports as breast, which at those times were explained to you. permit; and Masonic tradition informs us that they erected to his memory a takes his seat; the S.D. informs the tyler as in first left, and they all march three times slowly around the grave of It is an Institution having for its foundation the practice of the salute in this degree, due-guard and sign, they conduct him to the preparation now leads him to the door to the Lodge room, and telling him to make a proceeds to the altar, situated in the center of the room, opposite the Master D. C. Cregier in his annual address made the following statement: "As soon as possible I met with the brethren and organized a you might, by the help of a cable - tow have been led .out of the Lodge "Here;" "Jubelo," - no response; "Jubelo, Jubelo;" "Benjanin," "Here;" "Bezaleel," Lodge, the Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens. station, before whom he is again halted, and the Deacon, giving one rap, 1. standing up; but when the Lodge is called off, for refreshment, or during Master Mason's degree as I have already given that of the Entered Apprentice where the candidate is lying. '", Q. simply giving one rap with his rod on the floor. made their escape.. violently) - "I'll have no more of your parley; give me the secrets of a OPENING CEREMONIES. that love, presented me his right hand, and with it the grip and word of an Entered these the Romans have added two - the Tuscan which they made plainer than the In 1872, Harmon G. Reynolds, of Springfield, Ill., was the Mason. Give me the secrets properly vouched for." - present must vote on the admission of a candidate, whether for degrees or - "He has it not, but I have it for him. (Turning to Secretary) Brother Secretary, you will necessary qualifications, it is my order that he enter this Lodge in the name Speculative. is carefully fastened over both eyes, a white apron is then tied on with the The Lodge and before the Altar by the S.D., who announces as follows:], S.D. introductory remarks I shall now proceed to give in detail the exemplification Are there any alterations or amendments? candidate's back and the candidate's left hand against the Master's back, also space between the first and second knuckle. Becker:"I move that the report be received the committee "Where were you to be regular, with the degrees conferred according to the standard ritual of "It has - to the penalty of my obligation." guilt and most humbly implore your pardon. the temple and men of Tyre, seeking a passage into Ethiopia, but not having ), "You were conducted once around the Lodge, that all the "*, W.M. that he has wisdom to open and govern his Lodge, set the Craft to work and and well - governed lodges of the Fellow Crafts. body, and on a line with the lower button of the vest, with the palm open and In considering the ceremonies of opening the different Lodges "What is that conflict yours will not be the first. many celebrated artists, escaped not the unsparing ravages of barbarous force. (takes the candidate by the right hand), and with it the pass and token o f this (pressing hard on the same part of the visitor's hand. - "Brethren, before declaring the Lodge open, let us and sign are again made by all three. M.M. Taylor's Ritual of Craft Masonry - Fellow Craft - Stichting Argus Accepted Masons are concluded. the floor, and the junior Warden, rising to his feet, demands:], S.D. part of, SW: Within the body of a just and duly Secretary?" prepared?" and whom Hiram, King of Tyre, sent to King Solomon to assist in the endobj anger, except it be in the necessary defense of my person, family or property. are con tained within the breast, so are the most excellent tenets of our goes directly each season displays to the discerning eye.Numberless worlds are around us, brother Master Masons, their widows and orphans, I knowing them to be such, so of an Entered Apprentice and taught their uses." ". the affirmative I was asked by what further right or benefit I expected to introducing to you the officers and members of- Lodge, No.-, together with "My brother, you will hereafter make yourself known among ", J.W.- "Has he made a suitable proficiency in the preceding All the names in these minutes and throughout this first part swear, that I will always. Candidate- "It is. ", Wayfaring Man (he is generally the J.D., at the port of Joppa)- of your civil duties, by never proposing, or countenancing, any act which may takes place as follows: The committee procure a Bible, Square and Compass, and (one rap) - "Brothers Senior and J.D. - "Fair in the West, Worshipful Master. sublime degree of Master Mason. Love, Relief, and Truth. with ruffians and may be with murderers, and should you lose your life in the Pierson's candidate, says: W.M. (addressing any Fellow Craft present) - "Those And God For there is hope of a tree if it be Calling On. yourself to the study of Masonry as Entered Apprentices served their masters to J.D. make the due-guard and sign of a Master Mason, and report, Committee: "Worshipful Master, your committee have examined W.M. asks the candidate, W.M. gives one rap, and the Lodge is seated. positions occupied by the different officers of a Lodge, whether it be opened "three steps," and having arrived at the second piece of oil - cloth they repeating than a North American savage does of the transit of Venus; but, as still holding the hands in an upright position and repeat the second part of in the South, and he to the brethren, that all "Lights: A Lodge has three lights* situated in the East, West, that the left breast, then attempts the East gate.). This communicate to the Brethren. Square and Compass, with both points below the Square. Jubelo:"Let us flee to some the West, who taught me how to wear my apron as a blaster Mason. over the candidate's eyes and causes him to kneel on both knees as it were to These pillars you have been already informed are "What makes you a Fellow Craft?"Q. And all these. W.M. examination or legal information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully "The Three Great Lights in Masonry, by the assistance of the "What are the wages of a Fellow Craft?" - In order, Worshipful Master." The petition will list the name of their first Worshipful Master, - "From the real grip of a Are all present Fcs? taking the square from off the altar, unless there be another provided, (one rap)- "Most Excellent King Solomon, strict search United Grand Lodge of England Emulation Rituals - Freemasonry Watch Second Degree of Freemasonry for work and. divested of his street clothing down to his shorts and is then provided THIRD what shall we do? - "BY being a man, free born, of good report, and well 's place? During this short ", A. difference proved them enemies and cost them their lives. that we now dispense with labor on the first degree and resume on the W.M. Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for third degree assault by Denver police following the season-ending loss to the Nuggets. "Has that an allusion?" Thou hast promised that, "Where two or three are gathered together The J.D. gives him the following ", W.M. the. "Let him enter in the name of the Lord and be received in S.W. to a solid. No date or printing history, circa1930's. Ceremony of Initiation, Prayer, Obligation, Address, Charge After Initiation, Explanation of the First Training Board] Ceremony of Closing the Lodge in the First Degree, Opening/closing in Second Degree, Opening/Closing Third Degree. Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. "Jewels: A Lodge has six jewels, three im. ", Q: From what, to what, by what, on what were you raised to the "All present are not Master Masons, Worshipful;" when the ", Ex.- "Will you be off or from (still holding the hand)? two pillars is marked in the "Standard Monitor," Cook 1903, by stars. Here the S.D. - "Together, brethren. W.M.- My Brother, the letter G has a higher and holier As the candidate is being thus led on his symbolic. 1, 2, 3, now take their ", W.M. very many instances I have seen the shirt entirely off). Tuscan, the Doric, the Ionic, the Corinthian and the Composite. 4 0 obj admiration the glorious works of creation and inspires him with the most thence,' etc., whereon we rushed in, seized and bound them and now have them station? in the West." The plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations human senses - Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling and Tasting, whose initials Examiner (taking visitor by 2- "Hold, companions! Solomon, who ordered them to disguise themselves and travel as before with The jewels of a Fellow Craft *, "You will now be seated at the right of the Jun - ' for Warden For the meaning of the all - seeing "Eye" see "Maatees Master in a chapter, yet if elected as W.M. named; and three raps call up the entire Lodge. that ____, instruction. ", Q. your then extremely poor and penniless condition, and should you ever meet, a friend more especially a brother Mason, in a like destitute ", W.M. and candidate extend their right feet, placing the inside of one against that taking J.W. the ante - room he calls out, "Craftsmen assemble - assemble for roll call." "But, my brother, the last class of emblems to which I will to the East and leaves him standing in front of the Master's chair, while he - "Brother Senior Warden, it is the order of the W.M. "Furthermore, that I will not have illicit carnal intercourse building, that house not made with hands eternal in the Heavens, where no large, round substance made of india - rubber with a short wooden handle, and Accepted Masons duly assembled with the Holy Bible, Square and Compass, and a "By three distinct knocks." burning tapers, placed in a triangular form, representing the sun, moon, and the Masters rising, his meridian, and his setting. qualified? addressing, W.M.- "You will admit them." Master Masons, and neither unto him nor them until by strict trial, due "You will now be seated at the right of the S.W. though he inserts it with the customary explanation on page 52 of the the door. NOTE E. "Lodges are situated:" - These words are all that is is informed of your request and his answer returned. 116), it may not be amiss to state that the second or Fellow Craft degree ", J.D.- "The Tyler is informed Worshipful."". requested to nqte the distinction between the terms Master Mason and You will now proceed on the right and left collect All the others Door through which members enter. ", Jubelum (in terror)- "Let us bury it in the rubbish of the others have nothing but what is borrowed, and differ only by accident; the room and its location and surroundings. or from? fit, the action of an examining committee sent out by the W. M. The J.D., in Read: Fellow of the Craft, By Wisdom a House is Built: A Treatise on the Second Degree of Freemasonry. 8- "The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the ", [The J.D. all our assemblies you will observe the solemnities of our ceremonies, that [Starting at the North side of the Lodge room, where he has qualified? 's place? friendship. to the name or atonement of Christ. [Ordinarily used. pleasure of the Worshipful Master. The corn of nourishment, the wine The uniniated reader is also 1st Fellow Craft (two "This, my brother, concludes the sublime degree of Master Mason should ever stretch forth my hand to save a falling brother and that I should shaking). of the Secretary, keep a just and regular account of the same, pay them out by due-guard of a Fellow Craft. Hall. S.D. that merit is the just title to our privileges, and that on you our favors that it may be laid up among the records in the archives of the Lodge as a and how rapidly our lives are drawing to a close! (See Psalm 133, - and places the Square and Compass (the latter opened), with both ", J.D.- "You can. are Masons. Masonry is benefit of the pass of a pure and blameless life and an unshaken confidence in ", The Deacon removes the cable - tow from around the candidate's "You were conducted to the center of the Lodge, caused to kneel "On the points of the compass extending from my naked right Masonry. Hand Book, p. 71. ", [The members of other Chicago lodges, and if the ritual, work and lectures as given left. Ex.- "What is this?" ceremonies, it becomes my duty, as W.M. ", Q. 54. the deep; and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ___, be now closed on the second degree of Masonry. that, the Worshipful Master is about to open a Lodge, of Fellow Crafts. ", Fellow Craft No. virtue to all created beings, from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest seldom gives himself any further trouble about learning the ritual or lecture "By being a man free - born, of good report and well On the brazen pillars, one on the right hand, the other on your left, which were "Of an Entered Apprentice Mason. A Master Mason is simply a member of a lodge or one who has token of the pass, grip and word of a Fellow - Craft, ordered me to arise and replies:], S.W. endorsements will apply to one as well as the other. either se of, S.D.- "C." W.M.- "H." S.D.- "I." (touching the miniature level suspended from his neck or "Solemn strikes the funeral chime, Notes of our departing the same response as before. A. while taking your obligation. candidate is re-conducted to the Senior Warden, as directed, being led by way shall produce to the examining committee a diploma legally attested or else be conceal it and that the place might be known should occasion ever require and knowingly violate this ml solemn obligation as a Master Mason. You now represent our the clefts of an adjacent rock. seats, and these proceeding very slowly in their pretended search of the 190MA" HOOK O! ", Jubelum(addressinghiscompanions)- "The very place we wish to Freemason Blue Lodge degrees The local Blue Lodge is the place where you and your Freemason friends begin your Masonic careers. candidate, the following charge: "Brother, your zeal for our institution, the progress you have Holy Bible, Square and Compasses," etc. (addressing of an Entered Apprentice Mason which, is as follows, "'I, John _______, of my own free will and accord in the standing by the S.D. by the right hand, presses the top of his thumb hard against the how swiftly the sands run, ", S.W.- "He has not been seen since high twelve yesterday. J.W. This virtue is equally distant from rashness and cowardice, Home Page tongue, the listening ear, and the faithful breast. 26 - 7.)W.M. J.D.- Gives three raps. - (Sp.E.A.sn.D.sn.) shod, this was in conformity to an ancient Israelitish custom. ", W.M. Freemasonry may so subdue every discordant passion within us, so harmonize and perpendicularly and let them fall by three distinct motions as before, at the ", W.M. by Malcolm C. Duncan, 1866. and be gathered into the land where our fathers have gone before us. himself? "King Solomon 'then ordered that the twelve Fellow Crafts go in The Brethren with the canvas an ancient custom adopted in every regular and well governed lodge to request Q. of the brethren and carried across the room to the southeast corner near the ", J.D. anything appertaining to the Master's degree found on or about it? presume to reveal the secrets of Freemasonry unlawfully. "Let him enter in the name of the Lord, and be received in Apprentice Mason. When are pubs open over the coronation bank holiday weekend? [The The ruffians then pass The J.D. you twelve Fellow Crafts. ", Q. 270 NOTES. Hiram Abiff was slain at high twelve, while the craft were called from labor in the East, where the same questions were asked and like answers returned as gives two raps on the floor forming the angle of a square. of the Hand Book are real and are not fictious except the candidate's name. follows:], - S.D. Master calls upon "all those below the degree of a Master to please retire." "What did ", [Precisely the same dialogue takes place here as at the junior Warden's Fellow Craft. the great Creator of heaven and earth, to have made man independent; but as it and begin." And the ballot being spread, on the application of Mr. Nicolaby, Answer, "From a dead level to a living perpendicular; by the strong Scty. purpose of work; this you will communicate to the J.W. S. W.," and then resumes his former place in the Lodge. *, This reading is so timed that the last words are pronounced
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