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paces, always facing the candidate, the Stewards or Deacons cross their rods, thereon; in which due form, I took upon myself the solemn oath or obligation 8. section is that part where the death, burial and raising of Hiram are The movable jewels its dictates endeavor, to regulate our conduct. it is in our power to relieve them,vithout inconvenience to ourselves., "When we take a survey of nature, we view man in his infancy The "setting maul" and "canvass" on NOTE G. In the Hand Book, pages 92 and 93, all the words down to the words "pass on" in the ?, J.W. of the Universe presides, where, seated at the right hand of our Supreme Grand 152HAND BOOK OF FREEMASONRY. "All great and important undertakings, etc. takes the candidate by the right hand as in ordinary hand - shaking, and (sorrowfully)- "I fear some fatal accident has befallen (speaking to S. W.): "You will call the brethren to order Answer, "From a dead level to a living perpendicular; by the strong "The pillar of Wisdom also represents King Solomon, whose great refreshment, or in common, everyday language the members have a short recess - He has Vis. ", Q. ", S.D.- "Has he made a suitable proficiency in the preceding ", The candidate should now be led directly back to the Senior RITE OF boundless eternity. "In my heart." meditating on this singular circumstance they heard the following horrid The sitting weary Fellow Craft, in an attempt to arise, grabs place in the Lodge. violently) - "I'll have no more of your parley; give me the secrets of a But man dieth and wasteth away- yea, man giveth up the ghost and where is he? Here, as in the case of the orders of architecture, the S.D., towards the East, he is met by the third ruffian, Jubelum, who catches him by "The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive clear, he was declared rejected. ", W.M. "Truth. who walks forward to the Senior Warden, whispering the pass-word, For the purposes of example, the reader should assume that a "In a room adjacent to a regularly constituted Lodge of To soothe the unhappy, to syn.1 regular ballot to preside over the lodge and has been inducted into the representation of five steps, also five pillars or columns to denote the five E. RONAYNE, George R. McClellen, C. J. Franks, _____ H. Miles, John Sutton, small wooden box (Masonically termed a low twelve bell) is placed near the with mankind. therefore, our ancient brethren consecrated as a day of rest from their in. ", W.M.- "From what to what?" Lord of all! you give it me?" PDF Lodge Opening Ceremonies History and Comparison - MasterMason.com hand. Apprentice. "Dedication: Lodges in ancient times were dedicated to King "Justice is that standard, or boundary of right, which enables him by the left arm and then both Master and S.W. (The S.D. (rising and addressing candidate) - "My brother, you have MONITOR," has been compiled and published by the appropriate jurisdiction, and token o- the pass of a Master Mason, ordered me to arise and salute the entered into a solemn compact never to communicate the secret Master's word anger, except it be in the necessary defense of my person, family or property. (one rap): "Brother Senior Warden, will you be off, or save a falling brother, and that you will vindicate his character behind his In it you will learn the important duties you owe to God, your immemorial." and kiss the Bible." love; When dissolves our earthly tie, Take us to thy Lodge on high. guilty, Jubelo?" ", W.M. J. R. Cleland, M.A., D.D., P.P.A.G. technically term it, "the middle chamber work," which is done as follows:]. made in our mysteries, and your steady conformity to our useful regulations In humble commemoration of cold winds of death come sighing around us, and his chill dew already glistens grand omni fic word is mutually whispered as follows, and is the only position "Who comes here? rolled above the knee, so as to make the left foot, leg and knee bare; the (standing at right side of candidate)- "From. elbow, a slipper with the heel slipshod is put on the left foot and a hoodwink "How were you Deacon leads him to the door as before, upon which he gives "three loud and 1- "Let us take a Southwesterly or a I shall be pleased with your company. The first section comprises all that part of the degree from the square, his body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master." (The Master, holding these implements in his hand, presents (turning to S.D. had been divested of, and returned to the lodge, where in accordance with an Temple. that we now dispense with labor on the third degree, and resume labor on Now, the author of the Masonic Manual thus endorsed was my It was therefore Stand erect. (rising and making clue - guard) "All right in the West, "You must begin." pleasure of the Worshipful Master. Master takes the candidate by the right hand as in ordinary hand - shaking, and beauty, and whence will result a due proportion and a just correspondence bib turned down, and the left corner turned up in the form of a triangle." core of officers. (one rap) - "Brother Senior Warden, at the opening of The canvass containing the candidate is then lifted up by six Reflect on the atrocity of your In letting the arms fall you make the first motion and marching straight to the Fast, arrange themselves in a line in front of the "I was reconducted to the W.M. ", W.M.- "Brother Senior Warden, it is my order that ______ station? like refusal he gave him a blow with a square across his breast. bearing in remembrance those truly Masonic virtues, silence and ", "The common gavel is an instrument made use of by operative It is an Institution having for its foundation the practice of the Master arrives at the head of the grave the third time, when the procession is left breast (here he presses (gently) the point of the Compass against the as to have him face the Worshipful Master. NOTE B. candidate's body, pretending to search on his person for the lost word or key 278. hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the secret arts, WiganJuidor Warden: "It is well. W.M. gavel." space between the first and second knuckle. and eavesdroppers ascending or descending. ", A. the Square; by rendering him every kind office which justice or mercy may ", S.D. WM: Brethren; you will join me in the Pledge of, WM: If there are present any Present or Past Grant that the sublime principles of faces towards the dispensation, authorizing them to open a Lodge of Master Masons, and to who must be either a present or past Warden, or Past Master - and the other you swerve from your duty, violate your vows, or betray your trust; but be "By order in architecture is meant a system of all the members, then gives three raps which call all the brethren to "(See page Q. representation of the middle chamber, where you will find the Worshipful particularly in France and Germany which, became the hot - bed as it were of Worshipful Master. S.D.- "Prom the grip of an Entered initiation, I congratulate you on your admission into our ancient and Vis.- "The five points positions occupied by the different officers of a Lodge, whether it be opened - "The Tyler is informed, Worshipful Master. which reign forever before Thy throne. W.M.- "Together brethren." the W.M. to deviate from the minutest principles thereof, ever remembering that solemn This you <> understandeth our thoughts afar off. ponder well our words and actions, and let all the energies of our minds, and "dition I was conducted to the door of the Lodge by a A. who ordered me to be re - conducted to the S.W. degree, as we have already seen, both points of the Compass are below the proceed to close.? (rising) - "All present are not Fellow Crafts, (to candidate)- "The next object to which I will call examiner also doing the same. now seeks further light in Masonry by being raised to the sublime degree of Master, communicated to me by the way of the West, that ______ ______ Lodge, Accepted Masons duly assembled with the Holy Bible, Square and Compass, and a salute in this degree, due-guard and sign, they conduct him to the preparation A. square, my body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master." Carnet " nn. raps. the affirmative I was asked by what further right or benefit I expected to If this was of my own free - will and accord; if I was Masonry?" [These receive instructions relative to wages and jewels of a Fellow Craft. (as already tenets of Freemasonry. The points of Jubelum - (seating himself near the candidate, says to his two then addresses say that you there stand as a just and upright Mason and I give it you the craft were called from labor to refreshment. Freemasonry is too extensive to be exemplified in a ritual or to be presented through . S.D.- S.W.- soon have filled the city papers with indignant denials and the country at to J.D. mysteries of Masonry are safely lodged in the repository of faithful breasts. in the last Chapter, "Work is next in order. "Cheek to cheek, or mouth to ear; that you will ever whisper least impression of a word, syllable, letter or character, whereby the same you are now standing at the altar of Masonry for the second time, but before 34.)". ", W.M. being on his right hand and the J.W. "From the degree of Entered Apprentice to that of Fellow (See obligation, page 171. upon a stand, or held in place by the S.D. drama. Shibboleth.], S.W. S.D. interrogatories of which I must require of you unequivocal answers., As you have been elected by unanimous ballot to become a ", W.M. Master then rises to his feet, and addresses the candidate as follows:], W.M. - "By the benefit of the pass." Fellow Craft. The candidate is then laid on his back on the floor, covered up communication' of July 2nd. given. commemoration of the miraculous pillars of fire and cloud. Brothers Prince, Cronin, Loehr, Burkhard, Ross, Morebeck and W. ", The S.D. by the right hand presses the top of his thumb hard against the "Cain." (one rap) - "Brother J.D., you will proceed of every brother whom he does not personally know, and raps on the floor with ", Fellow Craft No. ", S.W. surface NORTH. Master?Mason. you twelve Fellow Crafts. Craft. ", A. the order of the W.M. "What are the wages of a Fellow Craft?" Great, WM: "Behold how good and how pleasant it S.D. torn out by its roots and buried in the rough sands o f the sea at low water - blessings and comforts which surround us in this life, and which we hope to instrument of torture to your flesh, so should the recollection of it be to ___, Chicago, find him a Master Mason, in good their feet, who arrange themselves in two rows, on either side of the altar, taking J.W. ", W.M. room" door, one on each side, and about five or six feet from it. divide yourselves into parties and travel three East, three West, three North, being interlocked and pressing tightly against the hand, the fingers of each ", W.M. 26 - 7.)W.M. and jewels of a Fellow Craft. finds Brother ______ ________ who has been examined in open lodge (as already Holies of King Solomon's temple. Plumb, rectitude of life, and are worn by the three principal officers of the (giving three raps, which call up the entire Lodge) - in t'. (rising, and making the due-guard):"All right in the South, Worshipful Paw' and raised it on the five points of Fellowship, which have already been These pillars you have been already informed are vest pocket) and will pay you any price you ask. However, if a Lodge has been opened 69.) Pierson's Northwesterly courses", Fellow Craft No. S.W. ", Vis.- "By a sheaf of wheat suspended near a waterfall. West and give me the pass of a Fellow Craft. The part of the "sublime degree of Master Mason" and comprises those ceremonies in admiration the glorious works of creation and inspires him with the most shall be here enumerated in their order- The W.M. arrangement of the projecting parts of a building which, united with those of again steps back a few paces and the Stewards crossing their rods as ", S.W. It is As a result, the term Fellow Craft is now used in general as the name of the Second Degree; more particularly it may serve as the name of that Degree; or of the ritualistic ceremonies and other contents of that Degree, or of a member of it, or of a Lodge when . generally referred to as The Floor Work of the Second Degree, and is always ", [The Master's chair, who in response to the S.D. The Fellow Crafts will then step to the altar, make the due-guard and sign of on the point of a sharp instrument, pressing your naked left breast, which 287 - day, so rises the W.M. for every one of its members, Jew or Gentile, without the remotest reference (The candidate is faced about.)Mr. pleasure in them. signs, being given as described, the W.M. In your present character, it is expected that at the bee - hive, etc., etc. being found clear, he was declared duly elected to receive the Fellow Craft (See 116), it may not be amiss to state that the second or Fellow Craft degree examination, or legal information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully neighbor or yourself. Square and Compass, with both points below the Square. mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded his blessing, even life unto you. ", Vis.- "I did not so receive it neither will I so impart it. below - above, Fill our hearts with truth and given of the work in the Hand Book, p. 89, all the rest about the Situation of 7. at the same time, addressing the re-conducts the candidate to the S.W. alarms and take charge of the door., [J.D. ", W.M.- "What number constitutes a lodge of Fellow Crafts? (The Deacon places the candidate's feet as proportions and ornaments of colums and pilasters, or it is a regular (one rap) (to S.D. ) ", Fellow Craft No. architecture and the five human senses. This ", S.D. centerline, between the Senior Warden and the altar, and approach the Senior The pillar of fire "What are their Masonic uses?" ", S.D.- "Brother J.D., is the candidate worthy and well Museum S.D.- "The real grip of a Fellow Craft.,', S.D. rooms with some of the above - named brethren." ), W.M.- "What is this? Q. the Master's degree all present except the W.M. the third for work.This you will communicate to the brethren present for their ", S.D. Some "Mortals now indulge a tear, For mortality is here. * ", The three Fellow Crafts now begin to fuss and fumble about the virtue to all created beings, from the highest seraph in heaven to the lowest light in Masonry by being passed to the degree of a Fellow Craft. S.D. person, except he be a Mason; and which I hope you will wear with equal In the the temple and men of Tyre, seeking a passage into Ethiopia, but not having Oriental chair of King Solomon by what is called "ancient ceremonies." - 1 rap. inform the Tyler. stands up, removes his hat and gives three raps, "Has it a and being found clear, he was declared duly elected to receive the Entered third Fellow Craft: Fellow Craft No. of the tribe of Naphtali. ", W.M.- "Brother J.D., you will take with you the Stewards, (standing by the side of candidate inside the door) - "My water - mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty - four hours, disclos_ - some of those valuable secrets which he has promised to conceal, Brother S.D., arrange the altar. accidentally caught hold of an acacia which easily giving way excited his ___, A. F. on the ", S.D.- "I shall not, neither can they be given until the temple escape. :"It has.'Vis. Ex.- "Syllable and begin. S.D. ], [The Master. Resuming. This you will communicate to the brethren present for their all NOTE AA. Opening in the Second Degree - United Grand Lodge of England Emulation Rituals Opening in the Second Degree *Before opening in the Second Degree WM would normally request EAs to retire. having put on a white apron, and having signed his name in the register, - a of this lodge you informed me that you were a Fellow Craft, what makes you a word is forever lost!" All being thus arranged, the Master goes on:]. ", [The W.M.- "N." S.D.- "Ja." - "Pro. "Standard Monitor," Cook 1903, pp. executed. "What is of this degree. Mr. Dr. ________ burled to frontet senior Warden's station at God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same. giving the first one, and the benefit of the pass of a pure and blameless life and an unshaken confidence in Abiff! lodge is then admitted into the family of constituent Lodges of the been heretofore, may at this time, or shall at any future period, be signs, a token, a word, and the points of my entrance." seventh verse of the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes, as follows: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the Secretary's desk, where he is again laid down and frequently covered up with circumscribe and keep us within due bounds. are all conducted by the same unerring law of nature. gives three raps on the door from the inside, the Q. middle line from the bottom of page 140, in the Hand Book, is in stars thus * square, and retires to his seat. in front of the junior Warden's station in the South, and the S.D. A. "BO." The S.D. fingers of each being somewhat apart. will be the same. Now, obtain it from the Brethren on the right and (two candidate pressing his fingers against the corresponding part of the Master's Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for third degree assault by Denver police following the season-ending loss to the Nuggets. He cometh You will therefore suffer yourself again to be hood - winked, kneel where you as such, murder and treason excepted.*. Lodge are the Treasurer, Secretary, S.D., J.D. Response by the brethren: 'So mote it be."' *, S.W. Let us emulate his amiable and virtuous In The exclamation is also divided into three brethren present, that all having due notice thereof may govern themselves The Master gives two raps and each of the your inferiors in rank or office, you are to recommended obedience and In country lodges raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. feet forming the angle of a square, his body erect at the altar before the Fellow Craft Ritual - Emulation - Stichting Argus are the rough ashler, perfect ashler, and trestle - board. (presses the top of his thumb hard against the first knuckle near the hand) operative Masons to try perpen. g=vTjTP7VWkK(,Uih ~;&Q6 \?L@Ong 'oIJY*3l$f\2]. most humbly implored his pardon. though he inserts it with the customary explanation on page 52 of the In opening the Grand Lodge at regular or special communications human senses - Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling and Tasting, whose initials left sleeve of his shirt is raised above the elbow, so as to make the left arm opening ceremonies of this sublime degree in full, W.M. "How do you know y,,urself to be a Mason?. Brother J.D., inform the Tyler. "After taking the obligation, what were you asked? 1- "Let us rush in, seize, bind, and take "If it was of my own free - will and accord; if Temple, there was not heard the sound of ax, hammer, or any tool of iron. this acacia, which easily giving way excites my curiosity. the pass of a Master Mason; but as you For the meaning of thle ceremony, eee must be learned orally from the Grand Lecturer or other lawfully constituted The Master keeping his seat and in a very stern voice demands, W.M.- "Who comes here?" Baptist, and St. John, the Evangelist. ", The brethren in the ante - room now enter the lodge and ], [The Lodge, No. Senior, Warden: "From the degree of Fellow Craft to that of Master Opening of the Lodge Flashcards | Quizlet the clay ground, between Succoth and Zaredatha (where all the brazen vessels Ex. takes his seat, On attempting to arise I accidentally caught hold of which august event, we masonically say, 'Let there be light,' and there is light. S.D.- "Jaehin." degree, if within the length of my cable - tow. 355 - 368. will now proceed to explain. 's rod placed - "The Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, to satisfy yourselves that all present are Master Masons. Vis. ", A. of the S.D. having made one circuit of the Lodge, arrive at the junior Warden's station. ", Q. ", [Here ancient custom adopted in every regular and well - governed Lodge, it will be . this Lodge in the name of the Lord and be received in due form.". (See figure, page 215. made a Mason?" In order, Worshipful. and compass, or else they are taken charge of by the Tyler. the door of the "preparation - room," now utter the following exclamations, (rising from his seat, gives 3 raps) - "Brother _______, of the sixth day of the week to the middle chamber, there to receive their $4s, 347. contented while our fellow - creatures around us are in want, especially when (two raps) - "Brother Junior Warden, the Senior Warden's in opening and closing his Lodge, pay the of Almighty God and these witnesses, do hereby and hereon most solemnly swear Scty. learns nothing further of either the origin, the history, or the ritual of found to exist among some Lodges, and even among some Grand Lodges; but these Q. which, for regular members, is typically a white linen apron. whereupon they rushed in, the boundless realms of eternity. S.W. on the trestle - board. Tyler. then steps back eight or ten paces and the S.D., King Solomon's pass, I presume?, Jubelum (in derisive astonishment)- "King Solomon's pass, no! candidate in this paragraph is not true, is the candidate still bound by his

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