What say you, guilty or not guilty? No designs are drawn on the trestle-board, and for this reason many of us are idle. The brother who has acted the part of sea-captain now takes his station at the door again, when these Fellow Crafts approach him in the west. about the Lodge as he may direct. The Jewish law had degenerated into a mass of rottenness and corruption:--piety, which planned the Temple at Jerusalem, was expunged; the reverence and adoration due to the Divinity was buried in the filth and rubbish of the world; and religion and morality were scattered to the four winds of heaven. The three that pursued a westerly course, coming down near the port of Joppa, met with a seafaring man, of whom they made inquiry, if he had seen any strangers pass that way; he informed them that he had, three, who, from their appearance, were work-men from the Temple, seeking a passage into Ethiopia, but not having King Solomon's pass, were not allowed to obtain one, and had returned back into the country. It is my orders that strict search be made for him through the apartments of the Temple, and due inquiry made. Jubelum!!!" They repaired to the grave, when King Solomon ordered one of the Fellow Crafts to take the body by the Entered Apprentice grip, and see if it could be raised; but, on account of its high state of decomposition, it could not be raised--the flesh cleaved from the bone. from the Senior Warden to the Junior, Deacon. 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. In the mean time, it is hoped and expected that every brother will demean himself as becomes a man and a Mason. A. Kneeling on both my naked knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses; in which due form I took the solemn oath of a Master Mason, which is as follows: (Here give the obligation; but it is never required--being only a matter of form.). The other example of such a covenant is in Genesis xv.--Historical Landmarks, vol. A sufficient number of the brethren now take up the body (yet rolled up in the canvas), and, raising it on their shoulders, proceed to carry it around the Lodge, head foremost, three times, in representation of ascending a hill, the last time halting in the west end of the Lodge, nearly in front of the Senior Warden's station, and a little to the right. We cannot, Is an emblem of time, which cuts the brittle thread of life, and. --Give me the secrets of a Master Mason! W. M.--Brother Gabe, you will now take your seat in this Lodge as a Master Mason, after stepping to the Secretary's desk. Brother Tyler, I am directed to inform you that, the Conductor. that my throat had been cut across," &c., &c.; the second was the voice of Jubelo, exclaiming, "Oh! In France, it was originally south, north, and east, but now west, south, and east. mountains of Zion; for there the Lord. 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. (See Fig. A. we must not go and report ourselves; if we do, the twelve will be put to death. B.? The 2023 Emerging Leaders Program is open to all Master Masons in good standing and amity with the Grand Lodge of Mississippi F. & A. . so subdue every discordant passion within, us W. M.--Why in the south, and your duty there, Brother Junior? and give three raps on the floor with his rod, the Junior Warden responding by three raps with his gavel. "Further, that I will not have illegal carnal intercourse with a Master Mason's wife, his mother, sister, or daughter, nor suffer the same to be done by others, if in my power to prevent. This Degree is very lengthy, and to give the lecture at an initiation would take up too much of the night; but if there is time, the Master and Senior Warden usually go through with the first section before closing the Lodge, so that the candidate and brethren may become conversant with it. When, placed at his right hand, he will be pleased to pronounce us just and upright Masons, then shall we be fitted as living stones for that spiritual temple, "that house not made. MASTER GIVING THE GRAND MASONIC WORD ON THE FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP. Q. O Lord my God!! Heretofore you have had some one to pray for you, but now you have none. 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. WM: One, acting as the principal mover, raises his right foot from the floor, at the same time his hands, in the manner of slapping them together, makes two false motions, but at the third all bring down their right feet and hands together, producing a very sharp noise. WM: 2, Ceremonies of Opening and Closing Grand Lodge & Provincial Grand Lodge and Form of Installation of W.M. 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. EAST LIVERPOOL The East Liverpool Masonic Temple (lodge), 422 Broadway St., held a ribbon-cutting and public open house on Saturday. Solomon Lodge is an active lodge with most of our officers being less than 50 years of age. [paragraph continues] Master that you teach this candidate how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. (See engraving.). JD: (makes the sign, see Fig. Q. ), WM:*. You will therefore suffer yourself to be again hoodwinked, and kneel where you are, and pray orally or mentally, as you please. 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. Let him be found, if possible. in the West, that ______ _______ Lodge No. Accordingly our traditions furnish in stances, both among the Apprentices and Craftsmen, of treachery--violation of sacred pledges--and the commission of actual crime. be Seven; one Master and six Entered Apprentices. .18); as if they would say--Thus let it be done to him, and thus let his body be cut in two, who shall break this covenant. For the purpose of Masonic funerals only, a Lodge of Sorrow may be opened annually on the Degree of Master Mason, after the installation of officers, the usual lodge ceremonies conducted. the same to you that having due, notice In youth, in Entered Apprentices. Brethren, give your attention to the Chaplain. Your donations to the Grand Lodge Relief Fund for those brethren who have lost their Lodge Building, Homes and also those brethren who lost their lives during the recent Floods that swept through Kentucky in . The only alterations which occur in the lectures of each degree are in the commencement. WM: Worldly possession.--Dr. Let him enter, and be received in due form. finishing with a few other names; when he leaves the brethren in the ante-room, closes the door, and reports as follows to King Solomon: G. There was nothing found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was discovered. 1 (See Note P, page 271.). Conductor--Brother Gabe, an obligated Master Mason. The body of our Grand Master was buried three times: first, in the rubbish of the Temple; secondly, on the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah; and, thirdly and lastly, as near the "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies," of King Solomon's Temple, as the Jewish law would permit; and Masonic tradition informs us that there was erected to his memory a Masonic monument, consisting of "a beautiful virgin, weeping over a broken column; before her was a book open; in her right hand a sprig of acacia, in her left an urn; behind her stands Time, unfolding and counting the, ringlets of her hair.". "Here another guest we bring. J. D.--To keep off all cowans and eavesdroppers, and suffer none to pass or repass, except such as are duly qualified and have the Worshipful Master's permission. J. D.--At the right hand of the Worshipful Master in the east. Take due notice thereof and. Q. JD: with sacred and brotherly love also by a Brother. W. M.--I presumed that you did from the jewel that you wear, it being the Senior Warden's jewel. Our map will help you identify the lodges that are closest to your home or workplace. At the same time the Senior Warden steps to his stand, and turns up the column on his desk at his right. JD: to carry messages from the Senior Warden to the Junior Warden and elsewhere around the lodge as he may direct and take charge of the door. 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. what's this?" Q. the Sanctum Sanctorum of King. At the usual report, preceded by an inquiry involving the best interests of Masonry, the brethren are again reminded what is the chief care of a Mason. W. M.--And part on the Square; and so let us ever meet, act, and part. We will suppose the business of the Lodge finished, and that the Master proceeds to close. day (WM:***) so rises the Worshipful Master, in A. (Gives one rap (), steps to his desk, and turns the small column down on its side, as already explained.). (1 Kings vii. Behold! J. W.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding Degrees? There is a great degree of uniformity in Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin--also in Indiana and Iowa. As further evidence that all present are Master, Masons, WM: Q. . And now, my brethren, let us see to it, and so regulate our lives by the plumb-line of justice, ever squaring our actions by the square of virtue, that when the Grand Warden of Heaven may call for us, we may be found ready; let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession--brotherly love, relief, and truth--and, from the square, learn morality; from the level, equality; from the plumb, rectitude of life. 9, p. 36), and then lets his hand slip off in a careless manner, and reports: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, owing to the high state of putrefaction, it having been dead already fifteen days, the skin slips, and the body cannot be raised.". FIG. Q. They usually meet on the Ground Floor of King Solomon's Temple. You say they turned back into the country? SW: within the body of a just and regular constituted lodge of Master Masons assembled in a place representing the unfurnishes Sanctum Sanctorum of King Solomon's Temple furnishes with the Holy Bible Square and Compass together with a charter or dispensation from some grand body of competent jurisdiction empowering it to work, WM: how many constitute a Master Mason lodge, SW: the Worshipful Master Senior and Junior Warden, Treasurer, Secretary, Senior and Junior Deacon, SW: at the right in front of the Senior Warden in the West. knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. [paragraph continues] Deacon, and he (Junior Deacon) takes his seat near the door, at the right hand of the Senior Warden in the west, while the Senior Deacon proceeds to conduct the candidate, followed by the two Stewards, three times around the Lodge, during which time the Worshipful Master reads the following passage of Scripture: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them: while the sun, or the moon, or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few; and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low. The Masonic Ritual | PDF | Freemasonry | Masonic Lodge | A RITUAL AND A Description of the Ceremonies used in opening a Lodge of Entered Apprentice Masons; which is the same in all upper degrees, with the exception of the difference in the signs, due-guards, grips, pass-grips, words and their several names; all of which will be given and explained in their proper places as the work progresses. When was our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, found to be missing? After the first such opening, no further formality need be followed. 126:1 Among such a vast concourse of people as were assembled together at the construction of this edifice, it is natural to expect every variety of propensities, both good and evil. The Setting-Maul, Spade, Coffin, Grave, and Sprig of Acacia; and are thus explained. left to right: S. D., or Conductor. It might have pleased the great Creator of heaven and earth to have made man independent of all other beings; but, as dependence is one of the strongest bonds of society, mankind were made dependent on each other for protection and security, as they thereby enjoy better opportunities of fulfilling the duties of reciprocal love and friendship. And immediately one of the most intelligent brethren stations himself at the door of the ante-room, and when those who have been acting the part of the ruffians approach him, the following colloquy ensues: First Ruffian--Hallo, friend! JD: (return to his place) the tiler his been inform WM and the lodge is duly tiler. "This report of the committee was accepted and adopted by the Grand Lodge, and Brother Barney, provided with the recommendation thus obtained, visited many of the Lodges of the State, and imparted to them a knowledge of these lectures. that my breast had been torn open." Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! What gave rise to pret-a-porter fashions? A momentary silence then ensues, during which one of the party groans, as if nearly dying. . A. We were ordered to observe whether the Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing appertaining to the Master's Degree, was on or about the body; but, brothers, we are only Fellow Crafts, and know nothing about the Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing appertaining to the Master's, [paragraph continues] Degree; we must, however, make an examination, or we will be put to death.". When composed of five, of whom does it consist? xxxiv. W. M.--Brother Secretary, have you any thing on your desk? (See Fig. 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. Phil., p. 309. In your present condition, what do you most desire? Purple Card Certificate of Proficiency - Sarasota Lodge No. 147 p. 127 It testifies our faith in the resurrection of the body, and while it inculcates a practical lesson of prudence and unshrinking fidelity, it inspires the most cheering hone of that final reward which belongs alone to "just made perfect."--Lexicon. What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? 112:1 The system of Freemasonry, as practised in different countries and at different periods, is not uniform on this subject; and I feel so little at liberty to bring forward evidence on such a delicate point, that I am afraid it will he impossible to place it clearly before the brethren. 18.) Jubela!!!" --The Freemason's Treasury, p. 213. (Pronounced by the conductor--Tubal Cain.) Brethren; attend to giving the signs; observe the. A. Opening and closing lodge | My Freemasonry | Freemason Information and Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for, Brethren as well as the substitute word, are, communicated (All the Brethren are standing) W.M. Ruffians--We will go back and get a pass, if that is the case. the end of man, and of the aspiring hopes of all faithful Masons? the blessing, even life for evermore. that having due notice thereof, they may, SW: Approaching the candidate, another replies: "Yes, this is the place; let us remove the rubbish and dig down here. --O Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever lost! 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. A. (Gives one rap (), when the Junior Deacon, at the inner door of the Lodge, rises to his feet.) Captain--The sooner the better! If so he will approach the East., Tiler: Tiler dose so, WM: your place in the lodge brother Tiler and more. SW: I will ascertain through the proper officer and report. W. M. (one rap, Senior Warden rises to his feet.) (They now pass to the pass grip of a Master Mason. Again, some of the rituals taught that H. A. 11), "And Hiram finished the work that he was to make for King Solomon for the house of God,"--Historical Landmarks, vol. In the name of God and the Holy Saints John, I, now By this time they have got near the candidate (who is still lying on the floor, rolled up in the canvas), when one of the party sits down near his head, and at the same time says: "Well, brothers, I am very weary; I must sit down and rest before I can go any farther.". Brother JD JD: Worshipful Master WM:The first great care of Masons when convened? 87, for 72 Years, 6 Month, and 22 days. Why, it is well known that the celebrated artist was living at Tyre many years after the Temple was completed.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 291. K. S.--Divide yourselves and travel, as before, with positive instructions to find the ruffians, and with as positive assurance that, if you do not, the twelve shall be deemed the murderers, and suffer severally, for the crime committed. Craft at work, giving them proper instruction, WM: A. The next ceremony was to p. 114 tear the breast open and pluck out the heart, and if there were the least imperfection, the body would be considered unclean. 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. in order for business; at the same time strictly, forbidding A. Fourteen hundred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand nine hundred and six pilasters; all hewn from the finest Parian marble. What induced you to become a Master Mason? 14.). "The construction of this grand edifice was attended with two remarkable circumstances.
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