Most Holy and Glorious Lord God, the Great, Architect 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. Master now takes his seat in the east, and requests candidate to stand before him. But what were our orders? W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Senior Deacon? In, Thy They now retire from the body, in different directions. What induced you to become a Master Mason? What do you think caused the laws to be changed? 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. A. 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. Thus we find that "Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made King Solomon for the house of the Lord." K. S.--You twelve Fellow Crafts will now go and assist in raising the body. (See Figs. The Provincial Grand Master has always encouraged Mark Lodges to host an open lodge meeting to attract new members and generate interest in the Mark degree, especially those from Craft lodges within the building. Grand Master 2022-2023. be sent to the East, accompanied with, the It was his usual practice at that hour, while the craft were called from labor to refreshment, to enter into the unfinished "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies," of the Temple, and there offer up his adorations to the Deity, and draw his designs on the trestle-board. W. M.--From whence came you, and whither are you travelling? either through closing completely or amalgamating with another Lodge/Chapter. What say you, guilty or not guilty? "2nd. A. (See Note P, page 272. Ruffian--You have (here Master seizes the candidate more fiercely, and affects a great earnestness of purpose) escaped "Jubela" and "Jubelo"; me you cannot escape; my name is "Jubelum!" These generous principles are to extend further. and be thereby better enabled to support, myself W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Secretary? W. M.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding degree? (Deacon opens the door, and delivers his message.). You will pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. The Master (Third Ruffian) then exclaims: W. M. (as Third Ruffian.) While they are going out, the Master gives three sounds with his gavel (), and says, in a loud tone of voice: W. M.--Brother Junior Warden, what is the hour? Q. at the inner door; also to receive and, JW: Phil., p. 297. --Nothing, Worshipful. 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 ointment upon the head, that ran down, upon Phil., p. 232. MWB Palmer served the Grand Lodge of Masons in Tennessee as Most Worshipful Grand Master in 1997, and as Grand Secretary from 2005 until 2007. In Scotland the arrangement is east, south, and west. But is this. that having due notice thereof, they may, SW: 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. 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. 29684792 the Mason Ritual - Loose software as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation carriage online. Second Ruffian--We will go to some other port. (The signs are just the same as at opening. Thus you will render yourself deserving of the honor which we have conferred, and merit the confidence we have reposed. 87, for 72 Years, 6 Month, and 22 days. (See Fig. Which way shall we go?". declare _______ Lodge No. A. K. S.--Vile, impious wretches! Solomon Masonic Lodge #484. Ruffian--Give me the secrets of a Master Mason! carefully to observe that their means of, refreshment beauty of the day; call the Craft from labor, to of the Universe, the Giver of all good, gifts (See Fig. A. 116, W Alfred T. Shiller was recognized for his 65-Years as a Freemason. Jubela!! Opening in the Third Degree 5.0 (1 review) WM gavels once, repeated by SW and JW. At the time of request for Masonic funeral services, the Master shall notify lodge officers and members to assemble at a . 47. Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! receive the pass-word from the Senior, and Lodge Locator. It also represents the execution and dying groans of Jubela, the first ruffian, and is repeated twice more to represent the death of the other two ruffians. 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. The brethren representing the twelve repentant conspirators now walk out near the spot where the candidate is lying, and, when close to him, one of the party says: "Well, brothers, can we find where the acacia was pulled up?". 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. The Masonic Ritual. It should be remarked here, that there is a similar column on the Senior Warden's desk, which is always placed in a horizontal position (i.e., turned down on its side) when the Junior Warden's column is up, and vice vers. Sec. But we are assured, that not only were the plans drawn and the specifications approved, but every other preparation was made for completing the work before the foundations were laid; even the stone and timber were carved, marked, and numbered before they were removed from the quarry and the forest; and, hence nothing was required, when the materials were conveyed to Jerusalem, but skilled labor to make it perfect and complete from foundation to cope-stone. The Senior Deacon, who has stationed himself at the inner door, at the right of the Senior Warden, on hearing these raps rises to his feet, makes the sign of a Master Mason to the Master (see Fig. Senior Deacon gives three loud knocks (), which are responded to by one () from the parties outside. 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.). Officers, take your respective stations and, SW: None but he who has visited the Holy of Holies, and travelled the road of peril, can have any conception of the mysteries unfolded in this degree. See pp. WM: Brethren, assist me to open the Lodge in the Third Degree. We have several, and they are divided into two classes. The Master so times his reading of the passage of Scripture, as to finish just as the parties reach the Junior Warden's station in the south, on the third round, when they halt. 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. SW: WM: Are all present Master Masons? knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. I will suffer you to pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. with the right-hand corner tucked up, and he wears a yoke with a Senior Warden's jewel attached to it. Mark Rituals, No. He has not been seen in or about the Temple. This is not, however, practised in city Lodges. S. W.--As the sun rises in the east, to open and govern the day, so rises the Worshipful Master in the east (here the Master gives three raps (), when all in the Lodge rise to their feet, the Master rising first), to open and govern his Lodge, set the Craft to work, and give them proper instructions. the Lodge is now opened on the Master, Masons Ruffians--We will go back and get a pass, if that is the case. Demonstrate and model your design. B. not only lived to finish all the work, in whatever capacity he might have been engaged, but also, according to the testimony of Josephus, who calls him ABDEMON, he returned to Tyre, and died there at a good old age.--The Freemason's Treasury, pp. iv. 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.". --No, we have no pass; we did not know it was necessary. Both points of the compasses are elevated above the square, which is to teach you never to lose sight of those truly Masonic virtues, which are friendship, morality, and brotherly love. If there are present any Present or Past Grand, Officers, W. M. (looking conductor in the eye.) Member of Washington Lodge No. --Nothing, Worshipful (some say), in the west. In youth, in Entered Apprentices. All rise. On removal of the earth, they came to the body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, which they found in a high state of putrefaction, and in a mutilated and mangled condition, it having been buried already fifteen days: the effluvia which arose from it compelled them to place involuntarily their hands thus (Master here places his hands in form of a duegard of a Master Mason, which alludes to the manner in which his hands were placed when he took the oath of a Master Mason), to guard their nostrils--but nothing was found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was easily discovered. As the Sun is in the West at the close of the day so is the Senior Warden in the west to assist the Worshipful Master in opening and closing his Lodge; to pay the craft their wages if an be due, and to see none go away dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all societies more especially of ours. 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. --Brother Gabe, I presume you now consider yourself a Master Mason, and, as such, entitled to all the privileges of a Master Mason, do you not? East to the Senior Warden in the West, and. Captain--What! of an acacia, which easily giving way, excited his curiosity: upon examination they found it to be a grave. 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. 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. be now opened on the Third Degree of, Freemasonry Thus was man formed for social and active life, the noblest part of the work of God; and he that will so demean himself as not to be endeavoring to add to the common stock of knowledge and understanding, may be deemed a drone In the hive of nature, a useless member of society, and unworthy of our protection as Masons. Where were you made a Master Mason? in the West, that ______ _______ Lodge No. Jubelo!! Answer--Most Worshipful King Solomon, we are but Fellow Crafts; we therefore know nothing about the Master's word or the Master's Degree. 87:1 Our present Third Degree is not architectural, but traditionary, historical, and legendary; its traditions being unfortunately hyperbolical; its history apocryphal, and its legends fabulous.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 222. The Master, stepping back one pace, now says: "Brother Gabe, you have now received that grand Masonic word, which you have solemnly sworn never to give in any other way or form than that in which you have received it, which is on the five points of fellowship, and then in low breath. - Have all the Brethren signed the Tyler's attendance book? The candidate generally gets this from some of the brethren who are well posted in the work. 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. Brother JD JD: Worshipful Master WM:The first great care of Masons when convened? All- Good evening Worshipful Master W.M. 67.). Junior Warden, one. further light in Masonry, by being raised to the sublime Degree of a Master Mason. Is the Tyler of the Lodge present? The Secretary commences to call off a lot of Bible names, to which each brother responds "Here!" PRAYER AT CLOSING A LODGE O God, our Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, we heartily thank Thee for the fraternal communion that we have been permitted through Thy kind providence to enjoy. Q. J. D.--He has it not, but I have it for him. 6, p. (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? JD: To keep off Cowan and Eavesdroppers and see that none passes or repast except show all are duly qualified in by permission from the WM. S. D.--Brother Junior Deacon, is he worthy and well qualified? generally the W. M. in the east. After the sign is made, the whole party commence marching around the body with the sun, singing the following dirge; and, if the Lodge has an organ or melodeon, it is played on this occasion, in a very solemn and impressive manner. ", "Oh! A. The work of the evening being over, I will proceed to give a description of the manner of closing the lodge. The Wardens and brethren of this Lodge require a more satisfactory proof of your fidelity to your trust, before they are willing to intrust you with the more valuable secrets of this Degree. Turning to the Senior Warden, he continues: K. S.--My worthy brother of Tyre, I will thank you to endeavor to raise the body by the Fellow Craft's grip. Each lodge has its own personality, so we recommend attending a meeting and getting to know the Brothers to find the best fit for you. Brother Junior Deacon, the last as well as the first care of Masons, when convened? The Word, which was said to be lost, was pronounced upon the cross, which the Jews could not comprehend. How should a Master Mason wear his apron? 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. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, have you any alterations or additions to make to the minutes? At the command of the Worshipful Master, the Senior Warden performs his duty, after seeing that the brethren have received their due proportion of Masonic instruction and improvement; and the whole concludes with an impressive address to the brethren on their respective duties as men and Masons, when pursuing their accustomed avocations in the world; and with a fervent petition to the Deity, supplicating his blessing on the fraternity wheresoever dispersed under the wide canopy of heaven."--Theo. THE ceremony of opening and conducting the business of a Lodge of Master Masons is nearly the same as in the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Crafts' Degrees, already explained. that my body had been severed in two, my bowels taken from thence, and burned to ashes, the ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had of so vile and wicked a wretch as I. Ah! W. M.--Reading of the present communication. So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same.". Junior Deacon here steps forward and whispers in the Senior Deacon's ear, "Tubal Cain.". . The Setting-Maul, Spade, Coffin, Grave, and Sprig of Acacia; and are thus explained. 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. 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. WM: The Junior Deacon then carries them to the, East (See ACACIA.) Grand Lodge: Publisher: United Grand Lodge, 1909: Length: 20 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan: . The Ruffian gives the candidate a brush across the throat with his right hand, and at the same time relinquishes his hold with his left, steps quietly to one side, and permits the conductor and candidate td pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, which is done by the conductor advancing very rapidly, pulling the candidate along with him. 7, p. Do good unto all. &c., &c.; the third was the voice of Jubelum, exclaiming, "Oh! A. "Further, that I will keep a worthy brother Master Mason's secrets inviolable, when communicated to and received by me as such, murder and treason excepted. Subsequently to 1818, Brother Barney went to the Western and Southwestern States, and, being in delicate health, adopted the profession of Masonic lecturing as a means of subsistence. Present or Past Masters, they are, cordially What I purpose, that I perform. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.". No designs are drawn on the trestle-board, and for this reason many of us are idle. At the revival in 1717, they were called setting-tool, setting maul, and setting-beetle; later in the century, it was the twenty-four-inch gauge, square, and gavel; then the setting-tool, square, and rule; and now the plumb-rule, square, and strong or heavy maul.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 306. SW: Opening Optional . (See engraving.).
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