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K. S.--No work laid out--no designs drawn on the trestle-board? While the Lodge is open for work, Masons must not hold private conversation or committees without leave from the Master . ii. Brother Senior Warden, all present are Master, WM: How should a Master Mason wear his apron? How came he to be assassinated at that hour? or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou When the Lodge is opened, the Junior Warden's column is turned down, and the Senior Warden's turned up, at his right hand. Some substitute for the latter, but with less propriety, the crown of thorns. The first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming: "Oh! at the same time pulling up the evergreen--or acacia, as it is styled--at the head of the grave. Third Ruffian--Let us secrete ourselves until night and steal a small boat and put to sea. receive the pass-word from the Senior, and being the support of all institutions, SW: 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. Now, as in p. 138 the former case, this arrangement would be impossible before the pillars were erected or the Middle Chamber built: and if it he pretended that any such plan was adopted after they were finished, the tragic drama could not be true because it professes to have been enacted before the Temple was completed. What have we done? 15. K. S.--Vile, impious wretches! 1. p. 118. 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. The Senior Warden moves to the East if WM is Absent or cannot perform his duties. 6, p. A. A. I was conducted to the Worshipful Master in the east, who presented me with the working-tools of a Master Mason, which are all the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel. Conductor--From the "real grip" of a Fellow Craft to the pass grip of a Master Mason. That is strictly forbidden; so you may set your minds at rest. Q. *. we 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 - Have all the Brethren signed the Tyler's attendance book? A. W. M.--Has any brother present any thing to offer for the benefit of Masonry? Opening in the Third Degree 5.0 (1 review) WM gavels once, repeated by SW and JW. 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. You say they turned back into the country? 82-3 OPENING AND CLOSING LODGE. W. M.--You will detach your hands and kiss the book. The Opening of the Lodge - The Masonic Trowel We feel our own feet sliding from the precarious brink on which We stand, and a few more suns, and we will be whelmed neath death's awful wave, to rest in the stilly shades, and darkness Said silence will reign around our melancholy abode. ), "Kneeling on both my naked knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses.". They travelled as before, and, after many days of hardships and toil, on their return one of the brethren, more weary than the rest, sat down on the brow of a hill to rest and refresh himself, and on attempting to rise, accidentally caught hold of an acacia, which easily giving way, aroused his curiosity; upon which he hailed his companions, and on examination found it to be a grave. You have a rough and rugged road to travel, beset with thieves, robbers, and murderers; and should you lose your life in the attempt, it will not be the first instance of the kind, my brother. In the mean time, the canvas is slipped out of the Lodge, and as the Master commences to give or whisper the word in the candidate's ear, some one of the brethren slips off the hoodwink, and this is the first time he has seen light, probably, in an hour. Grant 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. W. M.--Brother Junior Warden, have you any to make? Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. W. M.--By what further right or benefit does he expect to gain admission? At high twelve. and as the dew that descended upon, the JD: (before the senior warden stand) Br: SW, SW: I'm satisfied all persons are qualified to sit in a lodge of Master Mason, WM: As further evidence that all persons are Master Masons receive the password from the Senior and junior deacon. in the West, that ______ _______ Lodge No. Mark Master Masons. A. SW: Where were you made a Master Mason? S. D--In search of further light in Masonry. 96% (57) 96% found this document useful (57 votes) 43K views. : "O Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever lost!" [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.