Draped designs. FIG 18. About this time a party arrived with the ruffians, and related that while sitting down to rest and refresh themselves, they heard the following horrid exclamations from the clefts of an adjacent rock. Phil., p. 309. the same to you that having due, notice Second Ruffian--We shall be taken and put to death. --Brother Senior Warden, at the opening of this Lodge you informed me that you were a Master Mason. of the same might be disturbed. Opening Optional . Let him enter, and be received in due form. A. Ruffian--That does not satisfy me. Some substitute for the latter, but with less propriety, the crown of thorns. Third Ruffian--But the rules are as strict in other ports as in this. The drawers are rolled up just above the candidate's knees, and both arms are taken out of his shirt-sleeves, leaving his legs and breast bare. The first was the voice of Jubela exclaiming:2 'Oh! that my breast had been torn open, my heart plucked out and placed upon the highest pinnacle of the Temple, there to be devoured by the vultures of the air, ere I had consented to the death of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff.' towards the Master), and says: Brother, you will step off with your left foot one full step, and bring the heel of your right in the hollow of your left foot; now step off with your right foot, and bring the heel of your left in the hollow of your right foot; now step off with your left foot, and bring both heels together. S. W. (rising to his feet, and giving the sign of a Master Mason, if opened on that Degree.) Some Lodges have a small box with a house-plant or dry twig in it, which is set down on the floor near the candidate's head. Present or Past Masters, they are, cordially 96% (57) 96% found this document useful (57 votes) 43K views. These instances, some of which have been thought worthy of preservation in the ineffable Degrees, were not numerous. Captain--What! On the Ground Floor of King Solomon's Temple. Senior Deacon passes on to the west, where the same questions are asked and answered as before, and the Senior Warden suffers them to pass on to the Worshipful Master in the east, where the same questions and answers are repeated. 16 and 17, pages 97 and 120; also see Note L, Appendix. 130.). As the embers of mortality are faintly glimmering in the sockets of existence, the Bible removes the dark cloud, draws aside the sable curtains of the tomb, bids hope and joy rouse us, and sustains and cheers the departing spirit; it points beyond the silent grave, and bids us turn our eyes with faith and confidence upon the opening scenes of our eternity. What I purpose, that I perform. Brethren, be clothed. Your virtue, honor, and reputation are concerned in supporting with dignity the character you now bear. cement which unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends and brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, but that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work and best agree. "Further, I will not cheat, wrong, nor defraud a Master Mason's Lodge, nor a brother of this Degree, knowingly, nor supplant him in any of his laudable undertakings, but will give him due and timely notice, that he may ward off all danger. It is very singular, that, a man so celebrated as Hiram Abiff was, universally acknowledged as the third most distinguished man then living, and, in many respects, the greatest man in the world, should pass from off the stage of action, in the presence of King Solomon, three thousand three hundred grand overseers, and one hundred and fifty thousand workmen, with whom he had spent a number of years, and with King Solomon, his bosom friend, without any of his numerous confrres even recording his death, or any thing, A Master Masons' Lodge is styled by the Craft the "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies, of King Solomon's Temple," and when the Lodge is opened on this Degree, both points of the compasses are elevated above the square. K. S.--No work laid out--no designs drawn on the trestle-board? (See page 247.). Brother Tyler, I am directed to inform you that, the Describe three methods businesses use to deal with theft. 1. According to District Education Officer, Brian Fitzgerald every lodge in the state of Ohio is open to the public as dictated by the grand master to do. Let him be found, if possible. Senior Deacon steps forward, and whispers in the Warden's ear, "Tubal Cain.". You will remember in whom you put your trust, with that divine assurance, that "he who endureth unto the end, the same shall be saved." left to right: S. D., or Conductor. and signing your name to the constitution and by-laws--which will then make you a member of this Lodge. from the Senior Warden to the Junior, Deacon. And, if finished, he would not have been permitted to enter it; for one living person alone possessed that privilege, viz., the High Priest, and he only once a year. Here the Warden opens the ante-room door, and says: "Come in, you twelve Fellow Crafts;" when all those that were left out by the Secretary come into the Lodge, stamping and scuffling along, especially if only a few of them, to impress upon the candidate's mind the idea that there are more. ii. S. D.--From the west, travelling toward the east. This communicate to the Junior, Warden One of the brothers now takes off the jewel from the candidate's neck, and all repair to the Master's seat in the east, and report: Answer--A westerly course, where our weary brother sat down to rest and refresh himself. J. W.--Brethren, you are now called from refreshment to labor again. Third Degree of Freemasonry for work and, instruction. and have not obtained that which we have sought: this is no time for vain reflection--the question is, what shall we do with the body? Sublime Degree of Master Mason on 4-14-1950, and has been a Member of Fort Pierce Masonic Lodge No. Candidate. In this state of darkness and despair she lay until the Saviour came, instituted the five points of Christian fellowship, and raised her from the dust, in which she had been indecently interred, to a more glorious inheritance."--Theo. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will. Jubela!!!" being the support of all institutions, SW: OPENING THE LODGE WM: Officers, take your respective stations and places; Brethren, be clothed. The Worshipful Master gives three raps with his gavel, which brings the whole Lodge to their feet. 24 cards Religion Protestantism Practice all cards WM: officers, take your respective stations and places. (ALL) There is a lecture to this Degree, as well as in the other Degrees, but it is not generally given by the Master to the candidate on the night of his "raising." S. D.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding degrees? which constitute our authority for affirming that no such event ever happened; for H. A. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Ruffian--The very port to which we wish to go. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.". I suppose you are brothers, workmen from the Temple, and journeying, are you not? Let him enter, and be received in due form. It is neither a proper time nor place; but be true to your engagement, and I will be true to mine. After the signs are gone through with by the whole Lodge, the Master gives one rap with his gavel, which is responded to by the Senior Warden, and then by the Junior Warden, and then again by the Master, one rap. W. M. (looking conductor in the eye.) W. M.--Why in the south, and your duty there, Brother Junior? In the Adonhiramite Masonry, which was used there about 1787, the doors are not mentioned at all.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 307. Master takes off his hat, and repeats the following prayer: "May the blessing of Heaven rest upon us, and all regular Masons; may brotherly love prevail, and every moral and social virtue cement us. pp. they The ceremony of opening and closing a Lodge with solemnity and decorum is there universally adopted among masons; and though the mode in some lodges may vary, still an uniformity in the general practice prevails in every lodge; and the variation (if any) is solely occasioned by a want of method, which a little application might easily remove. The three Fellow Crafts who persisted in their murderous designs, knowing this to be his usual practice, placed themselves at the south, west, and east gates of the inner courts of the Temple, and there awaited his return. After the obligation, what were you asked? . Senior Warden, one. They roll the canvas around and over the candidate where he fell, which is in the east or northeast corner of the Lodge, and, for a few moments, retire, when the Lodge becomes still as the hour of midnight; not a sound is permitted to be made; all go--if at all--from place to place on tiptoe. JW: To see that the Lodge is properly tyled. WM: what is your duties brother Junior Deacon? be Attend A. Attend to that duty and inform the Tyler that I am, about --Nothing, Worshipful. (See Note Q, Appendix.). (They now pass to the pass grip of a Master Mason. Worshipful Master gives one rap with his gavel, when the Lodge is closed, and the brethren divest themselves of their regalia, preparatory to returning to their respective homes. Let us pray.". These generous principles are to extend further. Uploaded the Shannon Guy. "4th. By being divested of all metals, neither naked nor clothed, barefoot nor shod, hoodwinked, with a cable-tow three times around my body, in which condition I was conducted to the door of the Lodge by a brother. K. S.--Was the Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing appertaining to the Master's Degree, on or about it? But we must look a little closer into the manner of making a covenant, in order to discover the connection of the different penalties as references to one entire ceremony. W. M.--To what do you allude, my brother? You will remember you promised us, that when the Temple was completed, we should receive the secrets of a Master Mason, whereby we might travel in foreign countries, work, and receive Master's wages. : (o) Brethren, I'm about open a Lodge of Master Masons for the dispatching of business and thank you for your attention and assistance. "2nd. Takes the candidate by the "real grip" of a Fellow Craft, and says. Remember it more "especially to the household of the faithful.". Q. of the Universe, the Giver of all good, gifts A. I was conducted three times around the Lodge, to the Junior Warden in the south, where the same questions were asked, and like answers returned as at the door. WM: Brethren, assist me to open the Lodge in the Third Degree. 1, It is generally known among Masons, that in the Northwestern States the lectures and "work" are those as taught by Barney. 140:1 The questions and answers in this lecture, relative to the disposition of the body and its discovery, &c., &c., are precisely like the historical part of this Degree, page 122, or that portion describing the conferring of the Degree, page 107. We are all born to die; we follow our friends to the brink of the grave, and, standing on the shore of a vast ocean, we gaze with exquisite anxiety until the last struggle is over, and we see them sink into the fathomless abyss. All these were, classed and arranged in such a manner, by the wisdom of Solomon, that neither envy, discord, nor confusion was suffered to interrupt that universal peace and tranquillity which pervaded the world at that important period." After saluting the Wardens, what did you first discover? SW: ascertain if all person are qualified to sit in a lodge of Master Mason. There was nothing found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was discovered. In the primitive lectures--i.e., those which were used after the Revival in 1717, for the subject was never ventilated before that date--they were called "the three principal entrances to the Temple"; but subsequently it was thought expedient to particularize these entrances; and the passage was altered at first to "the east, west and south doors"; and, at the Union in 1813, the version became "north, south, and east entrances." The missing word was found, after four hundred and seventy years, and was then, and still is, used in the Royal Arch Degree, as will be seen in the ceremonies of that Degree. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Treasurer? may govern themselves accordingly. : youth, man-hood, and age. 204--5. When all has been again quiet in the Lodge for a few seconds, the brethren jump up, commence laughing, singing, &c., exclaiming: No work to-day. A. 2707 Donna Dr, Taylor, TX. How did the Junior Warden dispose of you? This canvas is usually held behind the candidate, in an inclined position, by some of the brethren, and is for the purpose of catching him when he is tripped up by the assumed ruffian, Jubelum. A. Senior Warden, one. 5, 6, pp. Scribd is the world's largest socializing lesen and publishing site. Jubelum!! about the Lodge as he may direct. At the point is a blue rosette, in the centre of which is a silver five-pointed star. p. 175. J. W.--High twelve, Worshipful. due season, that the Worshipful Master may, receive (nothing being said, Worshipful Master continues): We will then proceed to close; but, before doing so, I would say to Brother Gabe (the candidate)--Is he present? According to the Jewish law, no interments were permitted within the walls of the city, and as it was unlawful for the cohens or priests to pass over a grave, it became necessary to place marks wherever a dead body had been interred, to enable them to avoid it. however, the connection of the widow's son with the building of the Temple was endeared to the two monarchs; and, to preserve and consecrate his memory, a new arrangement of discipline was adopted; and a legend incorporated into the system, which served to promote a similar object with the fabulous narrative used in the spurious initiations, viz., to inculcate and impress on the candidate's mind the doctrine of a resurrection and a future state--Theo. WM: Direct that duty to be done. J. W.--Brother Gabe, is it of your own free-will and accord? How many constitute an Entered Apprentices' Lodge? In the United States they say that the first attack was made at the south door, the second at the west door, and finally at the east. 124:1 Can any living Mason be simple enough to believe that Dr. Anderson, in his "Defence of Masonry," intended to prove a real historical fact when he explained the exhumation of the body of H. A. What gave rise to pret-a-porter fashions? The Senior Deacon steps to the altar, takes the compasses, repairs to the door, opens it, and says: S. D.--Let him enter, and be received in due form. SW: Godwyn says: 'Making a covenant was a solemn binding of each other to the performance of a mutual promise, by outward ceremonies of cutting a beast in twain, and passing between the parts thereof' (Jer. I have, from West to East, and from East to West. The over 30,000 Masons of Kentucky welcome you to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Free and Accepted Masons site. Brother Tyler, I am directed to inform you, that carefully to observe that their means of, refreshment of this degree station without the outer door, armed with the implement of his office. Now obtain it from the brothers on the right and left and communicated it to the WM in the East. --I have none, Worshipful. Master, pointing to these pillars, says: "These are called the three grand Masonic columns or pillars, and are designated Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty. --Nothing, Worshipful (some say), in the west. --Your duty there, Brother Junior Deacon? After the candidate is conducted to the east, before the Master, the conductor takes his position behind the candidate, with a hoodwink either in his hand or secreted in his pocket. . The Senior Deacon then conducts the candidate to the Senior Warden in the west, and reports: S. D.--Brother Senior Warden, it is the orders of the Worshipful Master that you teach this candidate to approach the east, the place of further light in Masonry, by three upright, regular steps, his body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master in the east. 15. Brother Senior Warden, the substitute has come, WM: But few Masons take sufficient interest in Masonry to be advanced further, and consequently do not get the password which was lost by the tragical death of Hiram Abiff. The Junior Deacon now passes the candidate over to the Senior. Turning in his seat toward the Treasurer's desk, he says to the Treasurer: "My worthy brother of Tyre, as the Master's word is now lost, the first sign given at the grave, and the first word spoken, after the body is raised, shall be adopted for the regulation of all Masters' Lodges, until future generations shall find out the right. that my breast had been torn open, my heart plucked out, and placed upon the highest pinnacle of the Temple, there to be devoured by the vultures of the air, ere I had consented to the death of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. All the brethren take their seats but the Master and candidate, when the Master continues: "Brother Gabe, you will now repair to the east, and receive an historical account of this degree.". 299-300. The conductor then turns about to the Senior Warden in the west, and says: Brother Senior Warden, it is the orders of the Worshipful. Which way shall we go?". S. W.--Brother Junior Warden, it is the orders of the Worshipful Master, &c., &c. J. W.--Brethren, you have heard the orders of the Worshipful Master, as communicated to me through the Senior Warden in the west--you will take notice, and govern yourselves accordingly. Reader, I have given you the whole of the first three Degrees in Masonry. p. 176. we Usually delineated upon the Master's carpet, are emblematical of the three principal stages of human life, viz. From Josephus we learn, that although seven years were occupied in building it, yet, during the whole time, it rained not in the daytime, that the workmen might not be obstructed in their labor, and from sacred history it appears that there was neither the sound of hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was building. As they approach the Worshipful Master's station, he says: W. M.--Brother Senior Deacon, you will reconduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the west, with my orders that he teach him how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. 17. The Master either reads or repeats the following from a Monitor, which by many is committed to memory; but when he has the "work" (i.e., that part which is not monitorial), it is not necessary that he should commit to memory what is called the Master's carpet of emblems, but as it is a part of the initiation of the Third Degree, the author proposes to give it in its regular order of Lodge business. W. M.--From whence came you, and whither are you travelling? On receiving this order, the Junior Warden takes from his desk a small wooden column, about eighteen inches in length, and sets it in an upright position at his right hand, and at the same time he gives three raps () with the gavel, and says: J. W.--Brethren, you are accordingly at refreshment. I would remark here, that in some Lodges the Master does not make the sign of distress first at the body, but only gives the sign of a Master Mason, which is done by drawing the right hand across the body, with the thumb inward. Thou hast promised that where. - so harmonize and enrich our hearts with, Thine Sec.--Most Worshipful King Solomon, the several rolls have been called, and reports made, by which it appears that three Fellow Crafts are missing, namely, Jubela, .Jubelo, and Jubelum, who, from the similarity of their names, I presume are brothers, and men from Tyre. No! As further evidence that all present are Master, Masons, Brother JD JD: Worshipful Master WM:The first great care of Masons when convened? King Solomon ordered them to divide in parties, and travel three east, three west, three north, and three south, with others whom he should appoint, in search of the ruffians. O Lord my God!! SW: The Junior Deacon advances, followed by the Stewards, with rods, when the Senior Deacon stops them, by placing his hand against the candidate, at the same time saying: S. D.--Brother Gabe, on entering this Lodge the first time, you were received on the point of the compasses, pressing your naked left breast, the moral of which was explained to you. SW: Deacons approach the west give me the password of a master mason. Some Lodges use a large drum, others roll a large cannon-ball across the ante-room floor, letting it strike on a cushion placed against the wall. Let me admonish you, in the most serious manner, in reference to the close of life, that, when the cold winter of death shall have passed, and the bright summer morn of the resurrection appears, the Sun of Righteousness shall descend and send forth His angels to collect our ransomed dead; then, if we are found worthy, by the benefit of his "pass" we shall gain a ready admission into that celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe presides, where we shall see the King In the beauty of holiness, and with him enter into an endless eternity. As the candidate falls into the canvas the brethren lower it to the floor, when the following dialogue ensues between those who held the canvas and the Master, or the brother acting as the Third Ruffian. and suffer none to pass or re-pass, except 138:2 A similar divergence from uniformity will be found in describing the p. 139 places where the above-mentioned instruments were supposed to have been used with such terrible effect. that my body had been cut in two," &c., &c. The third was the voice of Jubelum, exclaiming: Upon which they rushed in, seized, bound, and brought them before King Solomon; who, after a due conviction of their guilt, ordered them to be taken without the gates of the courts of the Temple, and executed according to the several imprecations upon their own heads. time may humbly reflect that order and beauty. Hand to back--that you will ever be ready to stretch forth your hand to assist and save a fallen brother; and that you will vindicate his character behind his back, as well as before his face. Within the body of a just and duly constituted, Lodge Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. 147:1 A Grand Lecturer is elected annually at the session of the Grand Lodge of each State. Yet, O Lord! ii. WM: brother Junior Deacon the Senior Deacon place in the lodge, JD: to the right and in front of the Worshipful Master in the East, WM: your duty there brother Senior Deacon, SD: to carry order from the Worshipful Master to the Senior Warden and elsewhere around the lodge as he may direct to introduce and accommodate visiting brethren and to received and conduct candidates, SE: to duly observe the Worshipful Master will and pleasure in recoding the proceedings of the lodge transmit a copy of the same to the Grand Lodge if required receive all moneys paid into the lodge pay them over to the Treasurer taking his receipt thereof, WM: brother Secretary the Treasurer place in the lodge brother Secretary, SE: on the right of the Worshipful Master, TRS: to receive all moneys paid into the lodge from the hands of the Secretary to keep a just and regular account of the same and pay them out by order of the Worshipful Master with consent of the brethren, WM: bother Treasurer the Junior Warden station in the lodge, WM: brother Junior Warden Way in the South and your duties there, JW: As the sun in the south at meridian is the glory and beauty of the day. A. I was ordered to be returned to the place from whence I came, and reinvested of what I had been divested of, and wait the Worshipful Master's will and pleasure. A. W. M.--Brother Secretary, have you any thing on your desk? The Senior Warden then takes the candidate's right hand, giving the real grip of a Fellow Craft (see Fig. CANDIDATE TAKING THE OATH OF A MASTER MASON. Allegiance S. D.--At the left hand of the Worshipful Master in the east. Freemason Blue Lodge degrees The local Blue Lodge is the place where you and your Freemason friends begin your Masonic careers. Third Ruffian--Let us secrete ourselves until night and steal a small boat and put to sea. Besides, when a work is nearly completed, the necessity of Plans and designs ceases altogether. What induced you to become a Master Mason? A. WM: Brother Gabe, permit me to call your attention to the last emblem on the carpet--the spade, setting-maul, coffin, grave, and sprig of acacia. Lodge Locator. The three (blows) were given with the three (tools, i.e., gauge, square, and gavel). The first great care of Masons when convened? This famous fabric was supported by fourteen hundred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand nine hundred and six pilasters--all hewn from the finest Parian marble. At this time Brother Barney wrote a portion of them in cipher. time, pushing him backward, brings the candidate's heels against the edge of the canvas, trips him up, and the candidate falls upon his back, caught in the canvas clear of the floor, unharmed, but, in many instances, badly frightened. Present the flag of our country at the Altar. Second Ruffian--Then let us flee into the interior parts of the country, and avoid being taken as long as possible. J. D.--He has it not, but I have it for him. At high twelve. 97:1 What does it denote? At the right of the Worshipful Master in the East. We cannot, Is an emblem of time, which cuts the brittle thread of life, and. (1 Kings vii. They advance before the Master in the east, and form across the Lodge, when all make the duegard and sign of a Fellow Craft (Figs. He served on the Commission for Information and Recognition of . Jubela, Jubelo, it was I, that struck him harder than you both: it was I that gave him the fatal blow; it was I that killed him.". how swiftly the sands run, and how rapidly our lives are drawing to a close. Thus we find that "Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made King Solomon for the house of the Lord."
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