Q. W. M.--If you are satisfied it is high twelve, you will erect your column, and call the craft from labor to refreshment, for the space of thirty minutes (or fifteen minutes, as the case may be), calling them in at the sound of the gavel. MOVEMENT ABOUT THE LODGE At no time, while the Lodge is at labor, should anyone pass between the Worshipful S. D--In search of further light in Masonry. You will remember you promised us, that when the Temple was completed, we should receive the secrets of a Master Mason, whereby we might travel in foreign countries, work, and receive Master's wages. the portrayal of the removal of everything that keeps us from rising to that state where. --Nothing, Worshipful. How should a Master Mason wear his apron? Even in its exoteric aspect its simple, yet dramatic, power must leave a lasting impression on the mind of every Cand.. Junior Warden, one. The Master Mason Degree Ritual | Secret Societies Exposed First, the Entered Apprentice Degree, second, the Fellow Craft Degree and finally, the Master Mason Degree. They usually meet in the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple. knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. conceal it so that the place may be known should occasion hereafter require. that my breast had been torn open, my heart plucked out and placed upon the highest pinnacle of the Temple, there to be devoured by the vultures of the air, ere I had consented to the death of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff.' "3d. Freemasonry: Entered Apprentice Degree | Excommunicate 99:1 The jewels of a Masters' Lodge are suspended from blue velvet collars, bordered and embroidered with silver. He is ultimately responsible for every other lodge officer and their duties, every lodge committee, ritual and degree work, Masonic education, social functions, fundraisers, District and Grand Lodge liaison, Trestle Board communication, etc. 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. The Master should instruct the candidate (and he generally does) how to make the signs before he gets up from the altar, after taking the obligation. Godwyn says: 'Making a covenant was a solemn binding of each other to the performance of a mutual promise, by outward ceremonies of cutting a beast in twain, and passing between the parts thereof' (Jer. 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. Seven years; during which it rained not in the daytime, that the workmen might not be obstructed in their labor. Brother A. 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.". A. 124:1 Can any living Mason be simple enough to believe that Dr. Anderson, in his "Defence of Masonry," intended to prove a real historical fact when he explained the exhumation of the body of H. A. The missing word was found, after four hundred and seventy years, and was then, and still is, used in the Royal Arch Degree, as will be seen in the ceremonies of that Degree. --Your duty there, Brother Junior Deacon? MasonicWorld.com (makes the sign, see Fig. 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. W. M.--You will attend to the alarm, and ascertain the cause. 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. In addition, the triangle is an ancient symbol, and its many forms have various meanings. Brother, your zeal for the institution of Masonry, the progress you have made in the mystery, and your conformity to our regulations, have pointed you out as a proper object for our favor and esteem. 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. FELLOW CRAFT AND MASTER MASON DEGREE . 5, p. In your present condition, what do you most desire? B.? He can study the . These answers are monitorial. 1 (See p. Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, was found to be missing on the following day; his absence was discovered by there being no designs drawn on the trestle-board. generally the W. M. in the east. W. M.--The password is right. Sec. Conductor here takes off the hoodwink and removes the cable-tow, and all around the altar place their hands in the position of the duegard of a Master Mason. The "work" known among Masons as the "Webb Work,". The brethren now all kneel around the body on one knee. The brother who has acted the part of sea-captain now takes his station at the door again, when these Fellow Crafts approach him in the west. "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. ENTERED APPRENTICE MASON - Learn About The First Masonic Degree It was to show that my duties and obligations became more and more extended as I advanced in Masonry. (Master has a small trowel, which he shows the candidate as he commences to read concerning it. JD: Worshipful Master. 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. (See Fig. If lodge functions go smoothly, it is the Master who takes the credit. This ends the third, or Master Masons' Degree. Here are seven things you may not know about Freemasons. W. M.--Brother Gabe, you will please approach the east. The first was the voice of Jubela exclaiming:2 'Oh! See pp. "All this I most solemnly, sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steady resolution to perform the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, or secret evasion of mind what-ever, binding myself, under no less penalty than that of having my body severed in two,1 my bowels taken from thence and burned to ashes, the ashes scattered before the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had of so vile and wicked a wretch as I would be, should I ever, knowingly, violate this my Master Mason's obligation. I suppose you are brothers, workmen from the Temple, and journeying, are you not? J. W.--Brethren, you are now called from refreshment to labor again. Complete Master Mason Study Guide | PDF | Freemasonry - Scribd p. 166. A. 100% (50) 100% found this document useful (50 votes) ), Conductor--Cain. We are all born to die; we follow our friends to the brink of the grave, and, standing on the shore of a vast ocean, we gaze with exquisite anxiety until the last struggle is over, and we see them sink into the fathomless abyss. Do good unto all. Complete Master Mason Study Guide - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. A. King Solomon is said to have substituted, in place of the lost one, the word now used in the Master Masons' Degree, viz. "Five constitute a Lodge of Fellow Crafts two Master Masons and three Fellow Crafts. For this purpose the ACACIA was used.--Lexicon. Fellowcraft Handbook. If this was of my own free will and accord, if I was duly and truly prepared, worthy and well qualified; if I has made suitable proficiency in the preceding degrees; all of which being answered in the affirmative. From the foregoing remarks, it will be seen that the essential points of Masonry are identical the world over, and that the differences, which are of minor importance, may be gathered by comparing the present work with Richardson's Monitor or Allyn's Ritual. 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. A late 18th century Freemasonry mnemonic aid. 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. 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. His friends now approach him, and congratulate him upon his Masonic appearance, asking him how he likes the degree, and if he is not glad he is through, &c., &c. The object of this is to mislead the candidate, and to impress upon his mind the idea that there is no more of the ceremony, and that his initiation is completed. Seven; one Master and six Entered Apprentices. 35 We three should like to take a passage with you. 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. 143. 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. Let him enter, and be received in due form. We read in the Bible, that Hiram Abiff was one of the head workmen employed at the building of King Solomon's Temple, and other ancient writings inform us that he was an arbiter between King Solomon and Hiram, king of Tyre; but his tragical death is nowhere recorded, except in the archives of Freemasonry. "Here another guest we bring. How came he to be assassinated at that hour? xxxiv. A concise sketch of Brother Barney, the author of the three lectures introduced in. There is a lecture to this Degree, as well as in the other Degrees, but it is not generally given by the Master to the candidate on the night of his "raising." 1. . I'd say memorizing the (entire) 1st degree was the most difficult for me. "I furthermore promise and swear, that I will stand to and abide by all laws, rules, and regulations of the Master Masons' Degree, and of the Lodge of which I may hereafter become a member, as far as the same shall come to my knowledge; and that I will ever maintain and support the constitution, laws, and edicts of the Grand Lodge under which the same shall be holden. A. It is King Solomon's orders that the several rolls be called, and report made as soon as possible. "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. This, my brother, may soon designate our last resting-place in that everlasting and silent abode, that haven of rest, that peaceful home, "where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.". : before Caiaphas. J. W.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding Degrees? 12, p. Kneeling at the alter on my naked knees, my naked hands resting on the Holy Bible, Square, and Compasses; in which due form I took the obligation of a Master Mason. J. W.--High twelve, Worshipful. One of the brethren then replies: "We will go a southwesterly course, and will come up with our brothers." On the points of the compasses, extended from my naked right to left breast, which was to show that as the vital parts of man are contained within the two points of the Compasses, which are friendship, morality, and Brotherly love. In the second section, the historical traditions of the Order are introduced, and an important instance of Masonic virtue is exemplified. The first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming: "Oh! Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! Q. In some Lodges, the brethren on this occasion attire the candidate with a very rich apron and yoke. First Ruffian--We cannot make our escape in that way. 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. These degrees are given based on merit and ability, although Master Masons cannot progress through these degrees without time and examination. How did the Worshipful Master dispose of you? "This is an . 18.) Candidate. The highest degree that can be obtained in Freemasonry is the Master Mason Degree. "A few years afterward, on his return to his brethren in Vermont, he stated to them, as I have been credibly informed and believe, that he found in the Western and Southwestern States different systems of lecturing prevailing, and that, upon presenting Gleason's Lectures to them, they were objected to by the different Grand Masters, who would not sanction his lecturing in their respective jurisdictions, unless he would adopt the lectures then in use among them; that, desiring to pursue his occupation there, he learned the different systems of lecturing existing among them, and made use of his newly acquired knowledge under the sanction of the respective Grand Masters." 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. --Nothing, Worshipful. [paragraph continues] Lodges, until future generations should find out the right one. Master Mason Requirements | Horseshoes and Handgrenades Jubela!!!" The Lodge is closed in nearly the same manner that it is opened, and, in fact, all three of the Degrees are closed alike. And now, my brethren, let us see to it, and so regulate our lives by the plumb-line of justice, ever squaring our actions by the square of virtue, that when the Grand Warden of Heaven may call for us, we may be found ready; let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession--brotherly love, relief, and truth--and, from the square, learn morality; from the level, equality; from the plumb, rectitude of life. --No, we have no pass; we did not know it was necessary. Begone! All the business of a "Blue Lodge" (a Lodge of three Degrees) is done in the Lodge while opened on this Degree, except that of entering an Apprentice or passing a Fellow Craft, when the Lodge is lowered from the Masters' Degree for that purpose. MASTER MASON QUIZ - The 3rd Degree. Q. They returned and bore this intelligence to King Solomon, who ordered them to divide themselves, and travel as before, with positive instructions to find the ruffians, and with as positive assurance, that if they did not the twelve should be deemed the murderers, and suffer severely for the crime committed. Degrees of Masonry in pdf, Grand Lodge of Missouri Petition Then, fearing some accident had befallen him, the king ordered the several rolls of the workmen to be called, and there appeared to be three missing, namely: Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum, who, from the similarity of their names, were supposed to be brothers and men from Tyre. Conductor--Cain. One of the brothers, representing one of the three ruffians, in a corner near by, is now heard to exclaim, in a loud, but deep tone of voice: "Oh! Members of the Lodge, in the act of holding the canvas to catch the candidate. S. W.--I did not, but found a substitute. How does a crew neckline differ from a bateau? A. 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. Let him enter, and be received in due form. Q. iv. 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. The Junior Deacon now passes the candidate over to the Senior. (See Figs. With these lectures he returned to Vermont, and submitted them to the Grand Lodge, at its annual session in October, 1817. Degree, Holy Royal Are you a sea-captain? 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. A sufficient number of the brethren now take up the body (yet rolled up in the canvas), and, raising it on their shoulders, proceed to carry it around the Lodge, head foremost, three times, in representation of ascending a hill, the last time halting in the west end of the Lodge, nearly in front of the Senior Warden's station, and a little to the right. 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. Freemasonry | Definition, History, Stages, Lodges, & Facts Again, the Master, one. They would fail to become proficient in the required memory work. A Master Mason has the right to visit lodges throughout the world, sharing in fraternal fellowship with like-minded men who now share a common bond. It is right around 490 words long. . The lecture is as follows: Q. Codes, Documents, Grand Lodge of Nevada Entered Apprentice Ritual in how swiftly the sands run, and how rapidly our lives are drawing to a close. 1. However, those who understand the whys, and how-tos of memory can develop their own memorycraft's and reap many benefits. Second Ruffian--Are you going to put to sea soon? A. There are three of them, and only three of us.
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