As further evidence that all present are Master, Masons, W. M.--Has any brother around the Lodge any thing to offer for the benefit of Masonry before we proceed to close? be ), A. 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. This reference to Jeremiah, where the prophet denounced the curse of the Lord upon the Princes and rulers who had broken the covenant which they had made with King Zedekiah, may explain the self-imposed penalty of J------ (Jubelum)." This figure appears in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute in the overture, suggesting the opening of the Masonic Master Mason's degree. K. S.--You twelve Fellow Crafts will now go and assist in raising the body. in a loud voice, until he calls that of the First Ruffian, "Jubela! Conductor--From the real grip of a Fellow Craft to the pass grip of a Master Mason. Which way shall we go?". may govern themselves accordingly. Herod, and Pilate. 5, 6, and 7, pages 17 and 18) and ending with the grips. The first great care of Masons when convened? Attend to that duty and inform the Tyler that I am, about About this time, the twelve Fellow Crafts, who had recanted from their murderous designs, appeared before King Solomon, clothed in white gloves and aprons, in token of their innocence, acknowledging their premeditated guilt, and, kneeling, implored his pardon. K. S. (to the S. W.)--My worthy brother of Tyre, I shall endeavor (with your assistance) to raise the body by the strong grip, or lion's paw, of the tribe of Judah. It is a very common practice in lodges to close a lodge of Entered Apprentices, and open a lodge of Fellow Crafts, and close that, and open a Master Mason's lodge, all in the same evening. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Senior Deacon? (See page 247.). Senior Warden, one. What! : Mah-Hah-Bone, which is given on the five points of fellowship, and in low breath. Within the body of a just and duly constituted, Lodge All rise. 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. East to the Senior Warden in the West, and. Brother JD JD: Worshipful Master WM:The first great care of Masons when convened? The brethren commence, in loud voices to inquire of one another: Have you seen any thing of our Grand Master Hiram Abiff? Conductor (for candidate.) 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. Third Degree of Freemasonry for work and, instruction. You say they turned back into the country? We therefore now appear before your Majesty, clothed with white gloves and aprons, in token of our innocence, and, acknowledging our premeditated guilt, we humbly implore your pardon." 16, 17, 18; also p. - Good evening Brethren. Answer--We have murdered our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. He has not been seen since high twelve yesterday. WM: --Brother Junior Grand Warden, what means all this confusion among the workmen? receive the pass-word from the Senior, and W. M.--To what do you allude, my brother? That is strictly forbidden; so you may set your minds at rest. (They now pass to the pass grip of a Master Mason. due, that none may go away dissatisfied; harmony Amid its concerns and temptations, forget not the duties you have heard so frequently inculcated and so forcibly recommended in this Lodge. W. M.--Brother Gabe, you will now take your seat in this Lodge as a Master Mason, after stepping to the Secretary's desk. A rope, technically called, by Masons, a cable-tow, is wound around his body three times, and a bandage, or hoodwink, is tied very closely over his eyes. --Give me the secrets of a Master Mason! Q. As the Senior Deacon and candidate pass the different stations of the officers, they (the officers) sound their gavels as follows; when they pass the Junior Warden in the south the first time, he gives one rap (), Senior Warden one rap, and Worshipful Master one rap; the second time, .Junior Warden two raps, Senior Warden two raps, and Worshipful Master two raps (); the third time round, Junior Warden three raps (), Senior. in the South, and he to the Brethren, present, Let him enter, and be received in due form. O Lord my God!! --Historical Landmarks, vol. 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. K. S.--Arise, you twelve Fellow Crafts, divide yourselves into parties and travel--three east, three north, three south, and three west--with others whom I shall appoint, in search of the ruffians. 5, p. For this purpose the ACACIA was used.--Lexicon. (See Note Q, Appendix.). It is a very common practice in lodges to close a lodge of Entered Apprentices, and open a lodge of Fellow Crafts, and close that, and open a Master Mason's lodge, all in the same evening. WM: Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, who was slain just before the completion of King Solomon's Temple. And finally, the veracity of the legend is completely ignored by a reference to the Holy Scriptures. 127-130. the Worshipful Master station in the lodge, SW: As the sun rises in the East to open and govern the day. The three (blows) were given with the three (tools, i.e., gauge, square, and gavel). "Five constitute a Lodge of Fellow Crafts two Master Masons and three Fellow Crafts. such as are duly qualified and have. The particular duties of the leaders of the respective bands of craftsmen are rehearsed. To observe the approach of cowans and, eavesdroppers, 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. 1, It is generally known among Masons, that in the Northwestern States the lectures and "work" are those as taught by Barney. These include the use of suspensions to indicate friendship and brotherhood, the use of three-part . Brother Senior Warden, all present are Master, WM: W. M. (lifting the candidate up.) Ruffian--Give me the secrets of a Master Mason, or I will take your life! J. W. (Jubela, First Ruffian.) but which, he adds, "I can find only twice particularly described. S. W. (rising to his feet and making the sign.) What do you think caused the laws to be changed? Third Ruffian--But the rules are as strict in other ports as in this. 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. Q. Brethren, give your attention to the Chaplain. S. D.--He has it not, but I have it for him. J. D. (makes sign.) This is also used occasionally by some Masters in the lecture: S. W.--At the right hand of the Senior Warden in the west. xxxiv. A. (See ACACIA.) Three Grand Masters, three thousand three hundred Masters or overseers of the work, eighty thousand Fellow Crafts, and seventy thousand Entered Apprentices, &c., &c. (See p. He informed them that he had seen three, who, from their appearance, were workmen from the Temple, seeking a passage into Ethiopia; but, not having King Solomon's pass, were unable to obtain one, and had returned back into the country. As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up, so man lieth down, and riseth not up till the heavens shall be no more. Heretofore you have had some one to pray for you, but now you have none. Most Holy and Glorious Lord God, the Great, Architect Brother Junior Deacon (turning to that officer), you will inform the Tyler. Home Page Brother Senior Warden, it is my order that the, substitute W. M.--You will attend to that part of your duty, and inform the Tyler that we are about to close this Lodge, and direct him to tyle accordingly. never--no, never dies. Grand Lodge Duncan's Masoic Ritual and Monitor, by Malcom C. Duncan, [1866], at sacred-texts.com. Besides, when a work is nearly completed, the necessity of Plans and designs ceases altogether. W. M.--Have you any thing on your desk, Brother Secretary? --Grand Master Hiram, I am glad to meet you thus alone. Here are three of the poor fellows with us; we must not go and give them up, to be put to death; rather let us take a northwesterly or a southwesterly course. 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. "1st. WM: Brother Senior Warden. [paragraph continues] Master that you teach this candidate how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. They have now passed around the Lodge three times, and as. . (Pronounced by conductor--Tubal Cain.). In the third section, our emblems are explained, and the construction of Solomon's Temple described.--Lexicon. This you will communicate to the Junior Warden in the south, and he to the brethren about the. Upon which the three Fellow Crafts rush forward over benches and chairs, and secure the ruffians in no very gentle manner, and lead them to the Worshipful Master's seat in the east, when one of them reports to the Master: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, I, being one who pursued a westerly course, and, on my return, after several days of fruit-less search, being more weary than my companions, sat down on the brow of a hill to rest and refresh myself; and, on rising, accidentally caught hold of a sprig of acacia,1 which, easily giving way, excited my suspicions. 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. SW: MASTER GIVING THE GRAND MASONIC WORD ON THE FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP. A. When was our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, found to be missing? Phoenixmasonry, Inc. "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. "Further, that I will acknowledge and obey all due signs and summonses sent to me from a Master Masons' Lodge, or given me by a brother of that Degree, if within the length of my cable-tow. Captain--Very well, you can have a passage. Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, having finished his usual exercises, attempted to retire by the south gate, when he was accosted by Jubela, who thrice demanded of him the secrets of a Master Mason, or the Master's word, and, on his being refused, gave him a blow with the twenty-four-inch gauge across his throat, upon which he fled and attempted to pass out at the west gate, where he was accosted by Jubelo, who, in like manner, demanded of him the secrets of a blaster Mason, or the Master's word, and, on his being refused, gave him a blow with the square across his breast, upon which he fled, and attempted to make his escape out at the east gate, where he was accosted by Jubelum, who, in like manner, thrice demanded the secrets of a Master Mason, or the Master's word, and, on his like refusal, gave him a violent blow with the setting-maul on his forehead, which felled him dead on the spot. SW: I will ascertain through the proper officer and report. this work, would not be out of place, as it will account to the reader for the difference existing between Masonic "works" in the several States, and in Europe: "In the year 1817, Brother John Barney, formerly of Charlotte, Vermont, went to Boston, and obtained possession of the Preston Lectures, taught there by Gleason, and approved by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. to the Flag of our Country. These generous principles are to extend further. The ceremony of opening and closing a Lodge with solemnity and decorum, is therefore universally admitted among masons; and though the mode in some lodges may vary, and in every degree must 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 Upon which we rushed in, seized and bound the ruffians, and now have them before your majesty.". "Further, that I will not aid, nor be present at, the initiation, passing, or raising of a woman, an old man in his dotage, a young man in his nonage, an atheist, a madman, or fool, knowing them to be such. S. W. (rising to his feet, and giving the sign of a Master Mason, if opened on that Degree.) The second was that of Jubelo, exclaiming: 'Oh! the Sanctum Sanctorum of King. Allegiance ), The Master next calls the candidate's attention to the three grand Masonic pillars, usually delineated on Master's carpet (a. On entering the second time, you were received on the angle of the square, which was also explained to you. JD: It is my orders that you be taken without the gates of the court, and be executed, according to your several imprecations, in the clefts of the rocks. and graces. Finally, brethren, be ye all of one mind, live in peace, and may the God of love and peace delight to dwell with and bless you. The avenues to the Lodge are carefully inspected by the meridian officer, whose knowledge and fidelity have entitled him to the confidence of the brethren, and, after he had publicly proclaimed the security of the Lodge, the business of closing proceeds. Prop. Q. We have already seen that the opening words of the Worshipful Master - "Brethren, assist me to open the lodge" - constitute a summons by the Master, Wisdom, to all the powers and faculties that man possesses, to assist him in the task that is before him. The "work" in Minnesota and New York is strongly impregnated with what is called, among Masons, "Morganry"--very similar to the disclosures of Morgan and Richardson--so much so, that many Masters purchase these publications for their instruction in their duties and in the ritual. W. M.--Is it of his own free-will and accord? W. M.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding degree? (Master has a small trowel, which he shows the candidate as he commences to read concerning it. worthy Master Masons, their widows. ", "Oh! Usually delineated upon the Master's carpet, are emblematical of the three principal stages of human life, viz. As the candidate is hurried along toward Jubelum (Worshipful Master), the latter seizes him with both hands by the collar of his coat, and swings him round, so as to place his back toward the east, with his heels a few inches from the edge of the canvas before alluded to. Foot to foot--that you will never hesitate to go on foot, and out of your way, to assist and serve a worthy brother. If so he will approach the East., Tiler: Tiler dose so, WM: your place in the lodge brother Tiler and more. And at the same time he steps to the Master's desk, and re-ports as follows: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, I, being one of those who pursued a westerly course, coming down near the port of Joppa, met a seafaring man, of whom I inquired if he had seen any strangers pass that way; he informed me that he had--three--who from their appearance were workmen from the Temple, seeking a passage to Ethiopia, but not having King Solomon's pass, were not able to obtain one, and returned back into the country. Second Ruffian, Jubelo, generally the S. W. in the west. ii. 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. . There was nothing found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was discovered. 142:1 LECTURE.--In the Masters' Degree, the first section illustrates the ancient and proper mode of raising a candidate to this sublime Degree. Let no motive, there-fore, make you swerve from your duty, violate your vows, or betray your trust; but be true and faithful, and imitate the example of that celebrated artist whom you this evening represent. 1, King Solomon then ordered them to go and assist in raising the body; and it was agreed between him and Hiram, king of Tyre, that as the Master's word was then lost, the first sigh given at the grave, and the first word spoken after the body should be raised, should be used for the regulation of all Masters'. 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? Upon arriving there they commence to lower it into the grave, as they style it, but in reality only from their shoulders to the floor.
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