Here Lodges differ in their mode of work; some only pass the candidate around the Lodge once, and as he passes the Junior and Senior Wardens he gives the Master's sign. Conductor--From the "real grip" of a Fellow Craft to the pass grip of a Master Mason. Brother Junior Deacon (turning to that officer), you will inform the Tyler. Conductor. 18.) And finally, the veracity of the legend is completely ignored by a reference to the Holy Scriptures. "Furthermore, I do promise and swear that I will not give the substitute In the character of a Master Mason, you are authorized to correct the errors and irregularities of your uninformed brethren, and to guard them against a breach of fidelity. Ruffian--This (shaking candidate) does not satisfy me! Brother Junior Deacon, the last as well as the first care of Masons, when convened? 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. 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. WM: Will you be off or from? 105:1 In the progress of Masonry during the last century the fatal weapons underwent several changes. He made me a Master Mason in due form. 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. SD: From. Most adult men in Hancock County, Illinois, were Masons, and there were Masons in the mob that attacked the jail. 204--5. After receiving instruction in the proper communication of the substitute for the Master's Word, the candidate is then instructed in regards to the Grand Hail i ng Sign of Distress. It is given by raising both hands toward heaven, with each arm forming the angle of a square, or a 90 degree angle. GRIP OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE Breast to breast--that you will ever keep in your breast a brother's secrets, when communicated to and received by you as such, murder and treason excepted. Take a handkerchief by the corner with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and raise Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! A. The penalty that the sign alludes 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? S. W.--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. 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. What! 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. 6 ) the sign of a Master Mason, which alludes to the penalty of the obligation of a Master Mason. 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. He fell on his left side a dead man. (They take hold of each other's hands by the real grip of a Fellow Craft. --Nothing, Worshipful. (left to right: Worshipful Master Altar, Candidate. WM: My Brother, the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress of a Master Mason is given in this manner: raising the hands toward Heaven, your arms forming a square, and lowering them by three J. W.--Brother Senior Deacon, is he worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared? SD: The real grip of a Master Mason, or lion's paw. W. M. (looking conductor in the eye.) Treasurer--(See opening ceremony, p. (Secretary reads the minutes, &c., &c.). The Lodge is closed in nearly the same manner that it is opened, and, in fact, all three of the Degrees are closed alike. has been; I did not so receive it, neither will I so impart it. The brethren form around the Secretary like a class at school. knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. who is still kneeling at the altar, after having assume the obligation WM: Pass. As the embers of mortality are faintly glimmering in the sockets of existence, the Bible removes the dark cloud, draws aside the sable curtains of the tomb, bids hope and joy rouse us, and sustains and cheers the departing spirit; it points beyond the silent grave, and bids us turn our eyes with faith and confidence upon the opening scenes of our eternity. So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same.". At 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: the first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming, "Oh! (Gives one rap (), steps to his desk, and turns the small column down on its side, as already explained.). WM: Tubalcain, my Brother, is the name of this grip. Donate to us by shopping at Amazon at no extra cost to you. To place the fact of Hiram's being alive at the finishing the Temple beyond all doubt, it is said (2 Chron. was an attempt to save his life and the life of his friends by calling out to Freemasons in the mob. And Moses also, when he came down from the mount, hailed his brethren with this double sign (the first and second part) in order to arrest their attention, as a signal for them to attend to S. D.--Brother Gabe, is it of your own free-will and accord? ), Ruffian--Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! 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. Give J. W. (Jubela, First Ruffian.) John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal any of the secrets, arts, parts, point or points, of the Master Masons' Degree, to any person or persons whomsoever, except it be to a true and lawful brother of this Degree, or in a regularly constituted Lodge of Master Masons, nor unto him, or them, until by strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall have found him, or them, as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. In this state of darkness and despair she lay until the Saviour came, instituted the five points of Christian fellowship, and raised her from the dust, in which she had been indecently interred, to a more glorious inheritance."--Theo. Drop the hand and handkerchief three distinct times. 1 This word cannot be given in any other way, and by Masons is considered a test of all book Masons. King Solomon then ordered them to divide themselves into parties, and travel three east, three west, three north, and three south; and that they should, with others whom he should appoint, go in search of the ruffians. That is strictly forbidden; so you may set your minds at rest. "Further, that I will not sit in a Lodge of clandestine-made Masons, nor converse on the subject of Masonry with a clandestine-made Mason, nor one who has been expelled or suspended from a Lodge, while under that sentence, knowing him or them to be such. WM: Syllable it and begin. W. M.--The password is right. Cand: Ha To preserve the reputation of the fraternity unsullied must be your constant care; and, for this purpose, it is your province to recommend to your inferiors obedience and submission; to your equals, courtesy and affability; to your superiors, kindness and condescension. 6, p. 18), and says: Worshipful Master, while engaged in the lawful pursuit of Masonry, there is an alarm at the inner door of our Lodge. W. M.--Brother Gabe, the second section of this degree exemplifies an instance of virtue, fortitude, and integrity seldom equalled, if ever excelled, in the history of man. The second part is called the H Sn or Sn of P., and is given by &c. This took its rise at the time that J. fought the battles of the the Lord, when it was in this he prayed fervently to the Almighty to continue the light of day, that he might complete the overthrow of his enemies. and after a few more names, that of the Third Ruffian, "Jubelum! First Ruffian, Jubela, generally the J. W. in the south. Are you a sea-captain? Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt, exclaiming: O Lord my God! --Nothing, Worshipful (some say), in the west. The MASTER MASON represents a man under the doctrine of love, saved from the grave of iniquity, and raised to the faith of salvation. they approach the Junior Warden's station in the south, he steps silently out from his seat to the floor, and confronts the blind-folded candidate, clinching him by the collar in a very rough manner, and at the same time exclaiming: left to right: S. D., or Conductor. "Mah-Ha-Bone" is the substitute for the Master's Word. "3d. always be given in this manner, by lettering or halving it. --The Freemason's Treasury, p. 301. 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. This proper means for an exchange of the substitute "Further, that I will always aid and assist all poor, distressed, worthy Master Masons, their widows and orphans, knowing them to be such, as far as their necessities may require, and my ability permit, without material injury to myself and family. It is the general belief (and it would be readily inferred from most exposures of Masonry) that a candidate is knocked down with a large setting-maul kept for that purpose, but no reasonably sane person would for one moment entertain any such idea of the ceremony of making a Master Mason. J. G. W.--We do not know, Most Worshipful King Solomon. SD: From the grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass-grip In the last comment my brother mason denoted that the sign would not physically be possible during a firing squad situation. Reader, I have given you the whole of the first three Degrees in Masonry. It is King Solomon's orders that the several rolls be called, and report made as soon as possible. You will pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. 1, It is generally known among Masons, that in the Northwestern States the lectures and "work" are those as taught by Barney. --Brother Senior Warden, at the opening of this Lodge you informed me that you were a Master Mason. 17. ", "Oh! real grip and word of a Fellow Craft. 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. I didn't know where I was to describe to a Taxi Company, I wasn't sure what to do. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.". Ye brethren of "the mystic tie" [Masonry] what think ye! They travelled as before, and after fifteen days of weary travel and hardships, one of the brethren, being more weary than the rest, sat down on the brow of a hill, west of Mount Moriah, to rest and refresh himself, and, on attempting to rise, caught hold. Jubelo!!!" Mason. Five; two Masters and three Fellow Crafts. They then pass on to this officer's station, where the same questions and answers are repeated as at the Junior Warden's station, and he (the Senior Warden) suffers them to pass on to the Worshipful Master's station in the east. A. 2. Are you willing to take the oath? At this command the Secretary passes out of the Lodge, accompanied by ten or fifteen of the brethren, into the ante-room, leaving the door open, so that the candidate can hear the rolls called. 7, p. Heretofore you have had some one to pray for you, but now you have none. After the candidate is conducted to the east, before the Master, the conductor takes his position behind the candidate, with a hoodwink either in his hand or secreted in his pocket. How many were there employed in the building of King Solomon's Temple? S. W. (rising to his feet and making the sign.) This Degree has a reference to the Christian dispensation, when the day of salvation is more fully revealed; atonement is made for sin; and the resurrection from the dead plainly communicated and confirmed by the resurrection of Christ from the grave. ), "Kneeling on both my naked knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses.". a cry for help or mercy from Freemasons in the mob at the Carthage jail? 1. The human body is only capable of holding a finite number of positions and consequently something resembling a FC sign can be found anywhere from Egyptian tomb paintings to the Mexico of Montezuma or the Arabian Bektashi ritual, quite without masonic context. SD: You begin. 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. A. By being divested of all metals and minerals, neither naked nor clothed; barefoot nor shod; hoodwinked; a cable-toe three times around my body; left foot; both knees and both breast bare; clothed as a Fellow Craft; in which condition I was conducted to a door and caused to give three distinct knocks. 5, p. of a Master Mason. 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. Jubelum!!!" 97:1 What does it denote? As previously explained from the Entered Apprentice degree, he then answered for you will do so at this time. we must not go and report ourselves; if we do, the twelve will be put to death. Worshipful Master gives one rap with his gavel, when the Lodge is closed, and the brethren divest themselves of their regalia, preparatory to returning to their respective homes. You say they turned back into the country? The body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, was found in a westerly course from the Temple, where our weary brothers sat down to rest and refresh themselves. On entering the second time, you were received on the angle of the square, which was also explained to you. 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. [4], Masons, it is said, were even among the mob that murdered Joseph and Hyrum in Carthage jail. Jubelum!! a Master Mason. (The signs are just the same as at opening. A. A. At high twelve. If Joseph was attempting to give the Grand Hailing Sign, they would have been obligated to stop their attack and defend Joseph, Hyrum, John Taylor, and Willard Richards. of an acacia, which easily giving way, excited his curiosity: upon examination they found it to be a grave. 1 (See Note P, page 271.). S. D--In search of further light in Masonry. 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. It is my orders that strict search be made for him through the apartments of the Temple, and due inquiry made. But nothing could be seen or heard of him. A. 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. Craftsman--We will go in pursuit of them; they are the fellows we want. He has not been seen since high twelve yesterday. 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. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Treasurer? 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. There was nothing found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was discovered. 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