Conductor--The pass grip of a Master Mason. JD: Worshipful Master. the soul communes with the Supernal Light. 11), "And Hiram finished the work that he was to make for King Solomon for the house of God,"--Historical Landmarks, vol. They then commence to search about the candidate, lifting off the canvas, feeling about his neck, &c., &c.: finally, one of the brethren, taking hold of the jewel which is attached to the yoke about the candidate's neck, exclaims: "Let us go and report that we find nothing on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office.". ), passed peacefully at home on the morning of February 24, 2023. The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to spread the cement, which unites a building into one common mass; but we, as free and accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection, &c., &c. (See Monitor for the balance of this answer, or page 99 of this work.). I was then asked by what other right or benefit I expected to gain admission. Seraphs of celestial wing, To our funeral altar come: Waft this friend and brother home. O Lord my God!!! W. M.--Brethren, the minutes will stand approved, if there are no objections. The candidate is not intentionally injured in any Degree of Masonry, impressions of a lasting nature being all that are intended by the ceremonies. Masons use memory craft for a variety of purposes. (See ACACIA.) Jubelo! 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. and after a few more names, that of the Third Ruffian, "Jubelum! S. D.--He has it not, but I have it for him. It is neither a proper time nor place; but be true to your engagement, and I will be true to mine. The Worshipful Master approaching me from the east, under the duegard of a Master Mason, who, in token of further continuance of his brotherly love and favor, presented me with his right hand, and with it the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason, and ordered me to arise and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as such. A. with hands, eternal in the heavens," where no discordant voice shall be heard, but all the soul shall experience shall be perfect bliss, and all it shall express shall be perfect praise, and love divine shall ennoble every heart, and hallelujahs exalted employ every tongue. 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. 1 "What means this acacia coming up so easily? There is a great degree of uniformity in Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin--also in Indiana and Iowa. The Junior Warden then takes hold of the candidate's right hand, giving him the Entered Apprentice's grip (see Fig. . Conductor (S. D.)--Brother Gabe, who has been regularly initiated Entered Apprentice, passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, and now wishes to receive further light in Masonry, by being raised to the sublime Degree of a Master Mason. By innocence is meant clean thinking and clean living, a loyal obedience to the laws of the Craft and sincere good will one's Brethren. 155.). ), Conductor--Cain. Ruffian--That does not satisfy me. A. 112.) Then one of the best posted relates the responded following, in a clear and distinct voice: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, we come to inform you that fifteen of us Fellow Crafts, seeing the Temple about to be completed, and being desirous of obtaining the secrets of a Master Mason, by which we might travel in foreign countries, and receive Master's wages, entered into a horrid conspiracy to extort them from our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, or take his life; but, reflecting with horror on the atrocity of the crime, twelve of us recanted; but the other three persisted in their murderous design, and we fear that they have taken the Grand Master's life. These are symbols of the blow on the cheek of Christ, the flagellation, and the blow with the spear. W. M.--Brother Senior Deacon, you will now reconduct this candidate to the place from whence he came, and reinvest him with what he has been divested of, and await my further will and pleasure. Q. For example, this section is from Entered Apprentice degree memory work: 138:1 Our traditions further say, that the time when this celebrated use went into the H. of H. (Holy of Holies) to offer up his orisons to God, at the hour of H (high) twelve, the Ark of the Covenant had not been removed thither, for that took place at the dedication, after which no one was permitted to enter but the H. P. (High Priest), and he only ours a year, on the great day of expiation, at which time he had a string or belt around his waist, which extended into the court of the tabernacle, that he might be drawn forth from the S. S. (Sanctum Santorum) in case sudden death should occur while he officiated there.--Historical Land-marks, vol. All the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel. 16, 17, 18; also p. p. 166. (pdf), Order of Demolay Ritual - Masonic Youth Organization Q. --Nothing, Worshipful (some say), in the west. 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. A. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, I now declare this Lodge duly closed. The Master silently steps to the east, near the candidate's head, and strikes the hour of low twelve (which is twelve o'clock at night) on a triangle or bell. that my throat had been cut across," &c., &c.; the second was the voice of Jubelo, exclaiming, "Oh! They meet in the Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies of King Solomon's Temple.". --You will arise, and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as an obligated Master Mason. A. I did, by order of the Worshipful Master and the assistance of the brethren. He directed me to the Senior Warden in the west, and he to the Worshipful Master in the east, where the same questions were asked, and like answers returned as before. Capt.--They were three brothers, 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. The ruffians buried the body in the rubbish of the Temple until low-twelve, or twelve at night, when they met by agreement and carried it a westerly course from the Temple, to the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah, where they buried it in a grave dug due east and west, six feet, perpendicular, at the head of which they planted an acacia, in order to conceal it, and that the place might be known, should occasion ever require, and made their escape. Q. Hold up your heads, and hear your sentence. These facts will account for the want of agreement between the East and the West and Southwest, as to what are the true Barney Lectures. (Deacon opens the door, and delivers his message.). K. S.--Jubelum, you stand charged as the wilful murderer of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. From the above causes. The Master approaching me from the East, under the due guard and sign of a Master Mason, who in token of the further continuance of his brotherly love and friendship, presented me his right hand, and with it the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason; and bade me to arise and salute the Wardens as such. B. divided the operatives the three classes, viz., Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, and Masters; paying the wages of the former at the pillar of J (Jachin), and the Masters in the Middle Chamber. The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative Mason to spread the cement which unites a building into one common mass; but we as free and accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection; that 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, or best agree. (See Fig. As soon as a lodge accepts you, you are an apprentice. SW: We are all Masons, Worshipful Master. In Scotland the arrangement is east, south, and west. p. 175. At the same time the Senior Warden steps to his stand, and turns up the column on his desk at his right. ii. 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. 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. Again, some of the rituals taught that H. A. UNIFORM FLOOR WORK GENERAL RULES APRON: The apron shall be worn over the outer garment. Not!to!be!consulted!in!any!Lodge!or! The false brethren are represented by Judas, who proved false to his Master; and the sprig of cassia represented the cross, of which wood it is said to have been composed." By there being no designs drawn on the trestle-board. 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. Conductor. Sec.--Assemble, Craftsmen! Jubela!! What I purpose, that I perform. Cipher Book Grand Lodge F.A.A.M District of Columbia [1994] right hand in token of friendship and brotherly love, and invested me with the grip and word, ordered. Both points of the compasses elevated above the square, which was to teach me never to lose sight of those truly Masonic virtues, which are friendship, morality, and brotherly love. no pass. 1. K. S.--O Lord my God! 5, 6, and 7, pages 17 and 18) and ending with the grips. 204--5. It was from the last that he was led to that most violent and excruciating death. Master, pointing to these pillars, says: "These are called the three grand Masonic columns or pillars, and are designated Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty. W. M.--I presumed that you did from the jewel that you wear, it being the Senior Warden's jewel. A. (Gives candidate a sudden twitch by the collar.) ", "Oh! FIG. How should a Master Mason wear his apron? 12, p. 67), and letting his hand slip off quickly, he reports as follows: "Owing to the reason before given, the flesh cleaves from the bone, and the body cannot be so raised.". W. M.--Brethren, together on the signs. Cheek to cheek, or mouth to ear--that you will ever caution and whisper good counsel in the ear of an erring brother, and, in the most friendly manner, remind him of his errors, and aid his reformation, giving him due and timely notice, that he may ward off approaching danger.". .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. Q. Scroll all the way to the end for answers to the quiz. 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. W. M.--Brother Gabe, on receiving further light, you perceive more than you have heretofore. Ruffian--The very port to which we wish to go. Some say, that many days were expended in the search, and that the lost (body) was found near the seaside; others, that it was soon discovered near Jerusalem. All eyes are upon the Master. Masonic Jurisdiction in pdf, U.G.L.E. 115:1 Their real names (if there be any thing real in the whole transaction, which is more than doubtful), as preserved in a subsidiary degree. A. K. S.--No work laid out--no designs drawn on the trestle-board? How many were there employed in the building of King Solomon's Temple? ii. J. W. (makes the same sign as the Senior Warden.) In the mean time, it is hoped and expected that every brother will demean himself as becomes a man and a Mason. One of the ruffians exclaims: Now let us make our escape out of the country. 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. If lodge functions go smoothly, it is the Master who takes the credit. 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. How many constitute a Fellow Crafts' Lodge? A. The Third Degree is said to be the height of Ancient Free-masonry, and the most sublime of all the Degrees in Masonry (Royal Arch not even excepted); and when it is conferred, the Lodge is generally well filled with the members of the Lodge and visiting brethren. The Master, who ordered me to the Senior Warden in the West, who taught me how to wear my apron as a Master Mason. "The pillar of Wisdom represents Solomon, King of Israel, whose wisdom contrived the mighty fabric; the pillar of Strength, Hiram, king of Tyre, who strengthened Solomon in his grand undertaking; the pillar of Beauty, Hiram Abiff, the widow's son, whose cunning craft and curious workmanship beautified and adorned the Temple. Degree, Order of Royal and Select Masters, Super-Excellent Master W. M.--Brother Gabe, as you are clothed as a Master Mason,1 it is necessary that you should have the working-tools or a Master Mason. Q. 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. Sec. A candidate for the sublime Degree of a Master Mason is generally (as in the preceding Degrees) prepared by the Junior Deacon and the two Stewards, or some other brethren acting as such. 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. 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. (See page 247.). 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. the end of man, and of the aspiring hopes of all faithful Masons? Which way shall we go?". 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? 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. How did the Worshipful Master dispose of you? or Best Offer. It was his usual practice at high twelve, 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 to offer up his adorations to Deity, and there to draw his designs on the trestle-board. The highest degree that can be obtained in Freemasonry is the Master Mason Degree. of Royal and Select Masters, Select Master Degree, Order in a loud voice, until he calls that of the First Ruffian, "Jubela! The second was that of Jubelo, exclaiming: 'Oh! 5, 6, pp. 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. , worshipful master, senior warden, king solomon, fellow craft, tracing board, solemn obligation, great architect, master mason, middle chamber, junior warden Collection . 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. 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. The Secretary commences to call off a lot of Bible names, to which each brother responds "Here!" A. Answer--Most Worshipful King Solomon, we are but Fellow Crafts; we therefore know nothing about the Master's word or the Master's Degree. 14.). Conductor--I cannot; nor can they be given, except in the presence of Solomon, king of Israel, Hiram, king of Tyre, and myself. "Five constitute a Lodge of Fellow Crafts two Master Masons and three Fellow Crafts. I furthermore promise and swear that I will not violate the chastity of, nor have Illicit carnal intercourse with a Master Mason . In order that I might travel in foreign countries, work and receive Master's wages, being better enabled to support myself and family, and contribute to the relief of worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. Amid its concerns and temptations, forget not the duties you have heard so frequently inculcated and so forcibly recommended in this Lodge. Here, too, one may easily discover the visual, in terms of a sequence; memorizing accordingly. J. W.--Brother Senior Deacon, is he worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared? 107:1 Professor Stuart, of Andover, one of the most skilful linguists and earned men in the United States, has endeavored to show that the legend of the Third Degree is an imposture, "since the names of the criminals are formed from the Latin language, and not from the Hebrew, to which they have no affinity whatever." These instances, some of which have been thought worthy of preservation in the ineffable Degrees, were not numerous. In one form of the Degree of Elect of Fifteen, they assume the Protean names of JUBELA-KURMAVIL (another corruption of Cromwell), JUBELO-GRAVELOT, and JUBELUM-AKIROP.--The Freemason's Treasury, pp. 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. [paragraph continues] Master's carpet is a large map that Lodges generally keep, which is highly embellished with Masonic emblems). The York Rite is a system of Masonic degrees that is spread out between four organizations: the Symbolic Lodge, the Royal Arch Chapter, the Cryptic Council, and the Commandery of Knights Templar. 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. 12 days ago. Having my curiosity aroused, I examined it, and found it to be a grave.". Even in its exoteric aspect its simple, yet dramatic, power must leave a lasting impression on the mind of every Cand.. All the business of a "Blue Lodge" (a Lodge of three Degrees) is done in the Lodge while opened on this . Ward PREFACE THE third degree in Freemasonry is termed the Sublime Degree and the title is truly justified. You will pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. ", "Yes, here is the body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, in a mangled and putrid state. How came he to be assassinated at that hour? In the Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies, of King Solomon's Temple. Third Ruffian, Jubelum, Candidate. One of his companions exclaims: "I am tired, too!" The Entered Apprentice Degree represents the physical side of a man yet to be tempered by enhancing his mind in the Fellowcraft Degree and finally, spiritually, in the Master Mason Degree. . Q. The brethren are now allowed a few minutes for recreation, styled by Masons refreshment; during which time the candidate is being prepared in the ante-room, and the Lodge made ready for the remaining portion of the ceremony of initiation. (pdf), Masonry of Adoption: (Masonic Rituals for Women) W. M. (lifting the candidate up.) tokened the place of his interment, so may virtue's ever-blooming loveliness designate us as free and accepted Masons. At best, critics alleged, men made Masons in a day or two would undoubtedly be the fastest ones to leave. He ordered me to be returned to the Senior Warden in the west, who taught me to approach the east by three upright regular steps, my feet forming the angle of a perfect square, my body erect at the altar, before the Worshipful Master in the east. Thus you will render yourself deserving of the honor which we have conferred, and merit the confidence we have reposed. Morgan [1827] (Murdered by These degrees are given based on merit and ability, although Master Masons cannot progress through these degrees without time and examination.
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