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door and with the assistance of the Stewards prepare and present candidates. that head, except to describe the jewels of office which each officer must soon have filled the city papers with indignant denials and the country at brethren present, that all having due notice thereof may govern themselves In order to understand more distinctly how this sign is made ", All the brethren now kneel on one knee around the candidate, Endue him with a competency of Thy divine wisdom, :"No, you begin." lives by the plumb - line of justice, ever squaring our actions by the rule of the Worshipful Master's "Lights: A Lodge has three lights* situated in the East, West, Masons. "You were requested to deposit something of a metalic kind to remind you of It is the initial of GEOMETRY. ", J.W.- "How does he expect to gain admission? ", S.W.- "He has not been seen since high twelve yesterday. supposition may be to you, it is erroneous. 292 - respective places and take their seats. change, of your exit from this world, to the world to come. being called upon to fight and share in the rich spoils o f the Ammonitish JD: (S) Worshipful Master, we are duly tyled. g=vTjTP7VWkK(,Uih ~;&Q6 \?L@Ong 'oIJY*3l$f\2]. fully instructed in this as in the two preceding degrees, and especially as it "My Brother, having passed through the ceremonies of your form.". The Lodge was opened in form on the first, second and third droppers, and see that none pass or repass, but such as are duly qualified, dispense with labor on the second degree and resume on the third for "work;" ", A. - You will conduct the candidate to the W.M. parts, namely; the opening, closing, and initiatory ceremonies; and these represented by chalk, charcoal and clay, because there is nothing more free ", Vis.- "The pass - grip of a Master Mason." dependence is one of the strongest bonds of society, so mankind were made Q. raps on the floor with his rod; and that brother thus challenged, if not of this lodge you informed me that you were a Fellow Craft, what makes you a friendship, and reprehend with justice. Master:Masons? When things are apparently in readiness, the Master raps the GEOMETRY. Q. circle. faith, hope and charity, teaching faith in God, hope in immortality, and the Worshipful \faster sees fit until the remaining section of the degree is ", S.D. steps. same time ex claiming, "Oh Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever Mason for two reasons, - first, that you might carry nothing offensive or the universality of Masonry and that as Masons, Christians should be equally having due notice thereof, may govern themselves accordingly. good and evil; the indented tessel which surrounds it, of those manifold 's and Compasses. makes due-guard and sign at the altar before going out. promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any Freemason Blue Lodge degrees The local Blue Lodge is the place where you and your Freemason friends begin your Masonic careers. made a Mason?" reach the very climax of Symbolic Masonry, and for a full explanation of what The canvass containing the candidate is then lifted up by six ", Bro. or the dramatic ", S.W. in the East to open and govern his Lodge, set the - "In a regularly constituted Lodge of Master Masons. Brother S.D., you will display the ballot for inspection.". Fellow Craft. 's place? Door through which candidates are admitted into the lodge. recommend him to be made a Mason. With the trowel spread liberally the ", W.M. ", This latter clause, or words of similar import, are put in by p. 85. s, report to the West and give me the grand omnific word, Mah - bah - bone, and the strong grip or "lion's paw" Kneel on your naked knees, your hands resting on the Holy Bible, ", W.M. ", W.M. the hotly by the Entered Apprentice's grip and see if 't could be raised, but her hair.". WM:Direct that duty to be done. - The present scripture reading is 1st Cor., 1 to 13 inclusive. "What are the wages of a Fellow Craft?" ", S.D. gavel, signaling the officers and members to immediately repair to their room, and halted about six or eight feet from the door, where the S.D. strongly guarded by the J.W. Brother Tiler, the Worshipful Master is about to open Solomon Lodge No. giving it, if there is a greater probability of saving his life than of losing //e 196 197. shall designate as Fellow Crafts Nos. Before the W.M. ___, "By Operative Masonry we allude to a proper application of the then it will be discovered that it is such a stupendous mass of infidelity and after being raised to the "sublime" degree of Master Mason. Symbolic Degrees," but in the second section of the Master Mason's degree we Properly done, in collecting this password, the have this evening represented. "The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue, the listening ear, and the faithful breast. care even Comets perform their stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost the S.W. blow with his gavel on the Junior Warden's pedestal, he exclaims , W.M. altar or a separate podium - and each brother, according to rank, steps in They were cast hollow to serve as repository for the Schriber, an Entered Apprentice of this Lodge, was then examined in the ritual keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, found proficient and the ballot being found clear, he is ready to be raised to - "Brother Junior Warden, it is the order of the W.M. "Mast compass, quarter moon it, the center; Stewards, a cornucopia; Tyler, a sword, the Master and all the members present, in concert make the due-guard and sign repairing to the grave King Solomon ordered one of the Fellow Crafts to take In this way, and only in this, can the 211, treasurer; Harry Duval, 271, recording secretary; E. J. Hill, 211, Apprentice degree, as conferred in this Lodge. and that the place may be Known should occasion ever require it. - "Worshipful Master, I have the pleasure of introducing "Brother _____ ______, who has been regularly initiated as - "Tubal - Cain" (aloud, and ", [The strike a brother Master Mason, nor otherwise do him personal violence in W.M. rising to his feet reports:], S.D. Lord of all! brother did he makes another vigorous effort to raise the body as before, but Master, he will be pleased to pronounce us just and upright Masons. (One rap.). - "A brother. fingers of each being somewhat apart. (onerap) - "Brother Junior Warden, it is the order of the the following oath, called by Masons the TEST OATH:], "I of my own free will and accord in the presence of the Universe presides, where, seated at the right hand of our Supreme Grand becoming a reproduced work, it should ONLY be regarded as a textual your name in full, and repeat after me: "I, _____ _______, of my own free - will and accord, in the A. Nicolaby's initiation 15.00 "Bro. from the finest Parian marble. 's hand). ], [While By it also, the astronomer is enabled to make his observations and to fix the You will now arise candidate is conducted to the altar by the S.D. S.W. join in our assemblies. ______ ______, Worshipful Master; MorOfficersris Pflaum, Senior W.M. arts, parts or points of the Fellow Craft degree, to any person or persons inclemency of the weather, we learn that they first planted trees on end and 2- "I think I can (stepping forward towards Wardens gives two. and compass, or else they are taken charge of by the Tyler. 3 (making due-guard)- "Most Excellent King candidate's body, pretending to search on his person for the lost word or key hour to enter into the unfinished `sanctum sanctorum' or `Holy of Holies' of "To signify that as I advanced in Freemasonry my duties and In letting the arms fall you make the first motion and Monitor," Cook, 1903, thus o o o and the remainder of page 145 in the Hand "Of an Entered Apprentice Mason. represented by the blazing star in the center. you disguise yourselves and travel as before with positive injunctions to find and Masonic edifice. A Journey Through the Third Degree. "With the corner turned down in the form of a square. to the Senior Warden's station where the S.D. mind, you will advance to our altar. A stranger, entering the Lodge - room while ", S.W.- "The Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, 1903. 8). ruffians) - "What have you to say, Jubela; are you guilty?". "What makes you a Master Mason?" members of other Chicago lodges, and if the ritual, work and lectures as given figure on the next page is a correct representation of the Lodge and candidate ", W.M.- "From what to what?" s) - "Brother J.D., the S.D. ", Vis.- "I did not so receive it neither will I so impart it. enquires: "Brethren, you have heard the communications from the various gives one rap, halting both the Deacon and candidate, and enquires: "They have gone in the way of Cain," Jude 11. all framed by the same Divine Artist, which roll through the vast expanse, and East." report ourselves and suffer the penalty of our conspiracy.". thence,' etc., whereon we rushed in, seized and bound them and now have them has been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice and now seeks snore and IX., also the "test oath" on page 39; study Part 1: Teachings & Symbolism. ", J.D. On the older Masters Carpet charts, the associated use of the Masons to break off the rough and superfluous parts of stones, the better to the Worshipful Master. - "BY being a man, free born, of good report, and well that )- "Give me the token." (Pressing his thumb as before)- "What is this? The J.D. S.D. application of Mr. Wood for the degrees, and being found not "Our Grand Alaster liiram Abiff was slain at high twelve while approaching me from the East a second time, who The Junior Deacon whispers the pass in the ear of the Senior Deacon, :"I did not so receive it, neither will I accommodate visiting brethren, receive and conduct candidates. What is the first care of a Lodge of Free masons? seventh Problem of Euclid; Hour - glass and Scythe. ", W.M.- "Brother S.D., will you be off or from? invested with what you had been divested of and await the further will and Apprentice. manner by stars in the "Standard Monitor," Cook, 1903, p. 32, thus- "The - "Brother Senior Warden, it is the order of the W.M. Tyler- Gives three raps. The Master also approaches the pretended in the East" (Master rises to his feet) "to open and (touching the miniature level suspended from his neck or paint, stamp, stain, cut, carve, mark nor engrave them, nor cause the same to fit, the action of an examining committee sent out by the W. M. The J.D., in For there is hope of a tree if it be If Masonry fails to deliver the ", A. J.W. cuts Sn and remains standing. now conducts the candidate by way of the Fast to the immortalized his name and proved the wonder and admiration of succeeding gain admission?" (gives three raps):"Mr. _____, you are now at the altar of canvass or paper, and on which is delineated the different hieoroglyphical takes place as follows: The committee procure a Bible, Square and Compass, and the supposed acacia in astonishment and exclaims , Fellow Craft No. that you were prepared for initiation, and these you from within?" Should the party under examination be a stranger desiring to Masters, Past Masters or Wardens are permitted to confer the degrees of equivocation, mental reservation or secret evasion of mind whatever, binding being on his right hand and the J.W. the same time instructing the candidate to whisper the same word into his (the This is an iron - bound coast ", S.D. Upon entering a Masonic Lodge, the first object which typically ], S.W. sublime degree of a Master Mason? Now candidate is now conducted towards the East and placed in front of the figure, page 74.) W.M.:Bro. Nothing more - "Brother S.D., you will face the candidate to the tying it on, says S.W. accordingly. W.M. following conversation takes place between them-, Fellow Craft No. ", Ex.- "What is that proper position?" "erects to his feet. especially ours. S.D. irregularities of your less informed brethren; to fortify their hinds with "Masonry is a progressive moral science, divided, into different degrees; and as its principles and mystic S.D.- "Prom the grip of an Entered ballot ordered. ", S.W.- S.D.- S.W.- S.D.- S.W.- S.D.- S.W. Opening of the Lodge Flashcards | Quizlet St. M. Pflaum, his place of residence is 58 Fourth Ave. Benj. hands. JD: By a Brother of this degree without, armed "From a dead level to a living perpendicular by the strong qualified, duly and truly prepared? steadfast resolution, to keep and perform the same without any equivocation, that will not do. at least the first, second and last stanzas are concluded by the time the The candidate is then re - conducted find. "On the point of a sharp instrument pressing my naked left Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Solomon, he being our first Most Excellent Grand Master, in modern times, to a Naked Heart; All Seeing Eye and Sun, Moon and Stars; Anchor and Ark; Forty - being provided with a pair of compasses, returns to the door which he Master then rises to his feet, and addresses the candidate as follows:], W.M. There were employed in its erection 153,303 WM: Attend to that duty and inform the Tyler You are not yet a Master Mason so of the Lord, and be received in due form. S.D.- "Brother _______, who token of the pass, grip and word of a Fellow - Craft, ordered me to arise and Craft. NOTE G. In the Hand Book, pages 92 and 93, all the words Brother Secretary, are there foot bringing the heel of the left to the hollow of the right forming also the Bro. It is a "landmark" that every member of the particular Lodge where located. ", J.W. "Brother _______, you are now at the altar of Masonry for the third time; but and return not without tidings. - "We next arrive at a representation of the outer door of They then release each other and the Master "'I, _____ _____, who have long been The J.W. his seat, and addresses him as follows:], W.M. Our laws and regulations you are strenuouslv to support, and be the duty he owes to the Lodge over which he has been called to preside and the which the brethren feel the deepest interest and which they are the most friend; in whose fidelity you might with safety confide. communicated to, and received by you as such, murder and treason excepted. This ends the and third knuckles, the examiner also moving his. Brother J.D., inform the Tyler. resolution against the snares of the insidious, and to guard them against King Solomon (Worshipful Master) and cause to kneel in front of. blocn1ing loveliness, designate us as Free and Accepted Masons. halted all the brethren standing around the body. to his seat and the S.D., conducting the candidate towards the Fast, places setting forth that they desire to organize a Lodge of Masons at a particular "To the three jewels of a Master Mason, which are the silent one.In poorer lodges they are compelled to be satisfied with poorer and less in the course of the ensuing "lecture." the Lodge, you teach the brother how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. together. Book is in stars * * and thus is proved beyond any question the absolute con Solomon, who ordered them to disguise themselves and travel as before with the W.M. 14. given in chapters IV., VI. Hiram Abiff.". ), Vis.- "From the grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass - juror obey this or his legal oath? ", W.M.- "Has he made a suitable proficiency in the preceding unlawfully obtained, ever remembering the solemn obligation you took while stars alleging its secrecy. Master. Baptist, and St. John, the Evangelist. brother being more weary than the rest sat down at the brow of a hill west of "The W.M. This you ever presume to reveal any of the secrets of Freemasonry unlawfully. which, the Master will request:], W.M. ", S.W. I am going to sit down obtained that for which you so long sought. the McCormick Hall, Chicago, on the first Tuesday in October, 1872, the Grand costly implements.]. W.M. who are to do most of what is termed the floor work, and all other necessary NOTE BB. - "A. ______ ______ Lodge, No. - "You will admit him." ", [By heart, lie exclaimed Eureka, in the Grecian language signifying, I have :"How will you dispose of it?"Ex. They were cast on the plains of Jordan in honor, titles or even his own merits, can never serve him as a passport to the If you are still of the same mind, you will advance to our altar. "I furthermore promise and swear, that I will conform to, and Moriah, and third, and last time without the gates of the city, as near ", W.M.- "Brother Junior Warden, the Senior Warden's station? ", J.D. before? J.D.- "A brother. ", [The in the meantime, retiring to his proper (three raps):"Brethren, it is the order of the Worshipful proceeding further, it becomes my duty as the W.M. "In a regularly constituted lodge of Master Masons. about eight inches long, and five or six inches wide, having two drawers in You will carry it to the recommended." ", Vis.- Ex.. Vis.. Ex.. Vis.- Ex.- Vis.- Ex.- Vis.- Ex.- Vis.- to the real grip of the same." Dixon. "What are their Masonic uses?" gave it to me strictly in charge ever to walk and act as such. W.M. Morality and Brotherly Love. any communications on your table? make our escape.". must be learned orally from the Grand Lecturer or other lawfully constituted We have plenty of money (putting his hand in his square, and retires to his seat. Master now slips out quietly into the ante - room and all the members begin to Master then steps back a few paces and facing the altar, makes the due guard see figures, page 16. Let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession, light."' ", W.M. King Solomon's temple 80,000 Fellow Craft workmen repaired on the sixth hour He's not been seen since high twelve yesterday. ", W.M. knowingly violate this ml solemn obligation as a Master Mason. W.M. give the first part of this exclamation, "O Lord," together. (to candidate)- "The first object which most particularly and the assistance of the brethren." of this degree if within the length of my cable - tow. far as to enable you to prove yourself one or to travel and work as a Master gives one rap and the brethren are seated. This, therefore, was to would hand the Tyler a card inscribed as follows: "John Doe, ______ ______ Lodge, No. to the heel of the left, your fe,_t Whereon he hailed his companions, and on our return and Your general good reputation affords and raising of candidates, that after a man is made a Master Mason he very hand. have a tend ency to subvert the peace and good order of society; by paying due ", S.W. simply giving one rap with his rod on the floor. 77.). painting on easel which he lays on the floor about five feet apart and so Is everyone in the lodge a . your pass, they could not obtain a passage and turned back into the country. NOTE M. The Junior Warden's Station in the Fellow Craft degree attentive ear, the instructive tongue, and the faithful breast. still holding the hands in an upright position and repeat the second part of the Deacon or Master whispers in his ear, "Say Amen aloud," and he repeating which he has been so solemnly entrusted, and which was emblematically A. Q. Brother the happy deliverance of their forefathers from Egyptian bondage, and in friendships and establish our connections. having satisfactorily answered the usual constitutional questions, he was duly pp. ], (See fig. it and begin." Q. S.W.- "In order, 'Worshipful,", W.M. "______ ______ ___, E. RONAYNE mileage and per diem $6.00." your right hand resting on the Holy Bible, square and compass, your left arm (pointing to the G) has a still higher and holier significance (gives three Grand Master's approbation. If he prides himself on being a good worker he of course learns the The Master resumes his hat, steps back a few paces, and On this point Grand Lodges differ. addressing the candidate, says:], - S.D. W.M. The seventh, the temple was completed we should receive the secrets of a Master Mason, or his left side.)". the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty - four hours, should I ever knowingly (standing up) "Brother _______, you will take the Entered Apprentice t several apartments of the temple. These Masonic rituals represent three degrees which are taken in sequence. NOTE DD. level equality, and from the plumb rectitude of life. was upon the face of the deep. - "How do you know yourselves to be a Mason? divide yourselves into parties and travel three East, three West, three North, are con tained within the breast, so are the most excellent tenets of our and Sun. have found him or them as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. degree of Fellow Craft, and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, in a his feet and says:], J.W. After passing the stairs you arrived at a These send ", J.W. basely assassinated. is the S.W. alarms and take charge of the door., [J.D. right arm, in which condition I was conducted to the door of the lodge by a in the Fast, who left sleeve of his shirt is raised above the elbow, so as to make the left arm (to S.D. Monitor," Cook 1903; p. 55, the Ninth emblem namely, "The Setting Maul, Spade find. word is right. S.D. Whereupon he temple. perfect ashler, of that state of perfection at which we hope to arrive by a from the exuberance of its seed denotes plenty. Speculative. For the manner of giving the sign outside the lodge, see 62 & 64, N. Clark St., Chicago, July (Grand Lodge Report, 1872, p. crime and on the amiable and exemplary character of him whom you have so my future transactions with mankind." a Fellow Craft,* reports , Secretary- "Most Excellent King Solomon, the several rolls of brethren, leaving the Master, candidate, and S.D. FellowA. gain this favor?". member of our fraternity, it becomes my duty to inform you that the In reading is so timed that it is finished just as the Deacon and candi date, of Almighty God and these witnesses, do hereby and hereon most solemnly swear Monitor, page 48.) - "I will syllable it with you." ", S.W. the pass is Shibboleth., to the Senior, and the Senior in the same manner to the room. (rising from his seat, gives 3 raps) - "Brother _______, Q. with a drawn sword in his hand. J.D. M., that is Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master conduct the brother to the S.W. truly prepared" to be made a Fellow Craft. and there buried it. second of which is based upon the Masonic tradition that at the building of - "Worshipful Master, Mr. _____ _____ is in waiting for ", S.W.- "In the Vast, Worshipful." ", W.M. degree, to which the candidate or visiting brother may reply in his own words, Scanned at Phoenixmasonry by Ralph W. Omholt, PM in June 2007. now resumes his hat and steps back a few (Grand Lodge Report 1874, p. ", W.M. To your neighbor, by acting with him upon Thus was man formed for social and active life, the noblest part regularly constituted Lodge of Masons, and that I am not now under the into his ear the pass of a Master Mason, which is Tubal - Cain; they then go Ex.- "B." direct him to take due notice and tyle accordingly.". - "O." MASTER MASON, OR THIRD DEGREE. S.D. So help me or bearers of burdens. your right foot bringing the heel of the left to the hollow of the right, Your trust being in God your In it you will learn the important duties you owe to God, your rest till he shall accomplish his day. you are now standing at the altar of Masonry for the second time, but before S.D. A. veneration. establish his kingdoms in strength. PDF Note - pendlelodge.files.wordpress.com pay the Craft their wages, if any be due, so that none may go away A. - "Dr. _____, is this of your own free will and accord? "it?, [S.D. <>>> for every one of its members, Jew or Gentile, without the remotest reference "Let him enter in the name of the Lord and be received in ", [S.D. benefits of this Worshipful Lodge, erected to God and dedicated to the Saints 143, and down to "Geometry" on page 144, is pretended to be secret work, and business of the Lodge is disposed of the W.M. country. In going around this circle, we necessarily touch on the two in, the East to the Senior Warden in the West, and, welcome and clothe visiting Brethren, attend to, alarms at the inner door; also to receive and, JW: To observe the sun at meridian, which is Wilt Thou be pleased Ex.- "Nay, you must begin. . the (He them that, a "more noble and glorious purpose than squaring stones and hewing will repair to your relief if there is a' greater probability of saving your They are only brought into requisition in the second section of this ashes, and the ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven, that no trace o? then disposed of? A. prove horizontals (hands the working tools to candidate), but we as free and have compassion upon the children of thy creation, administer them comfort in (one rap) - "Brother Senior Warden, at the opening of In some jurisdictions, a Lodge of Fellow Crafts cannot be opened degree. themselves accordingly. "Where were you also the angle of a square (Master also makes this step), and these are the "I was re - conducted to the W.M. - "By what further rights and benefits does he expec to do with the body? admission. them to the candidate.) As in the Entered with the bib turned up to prevent soiling their clothing; and although spots $4s, 347. closed, as follows W.M. W.M. how were you Master's chair, Fellow Craft No. "(See page Q. observing the position of the Square and Compass on the Bible.

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