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4.6.8 The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
These heavenly bodies are depicted on Masonic carpets, charts, etc. They are
seen in connection with the All-Seeing Eye, whose all-pervading intelligence
"the sun, moon, and stars [o]bey; and under whose watchful care even the
Comets perform their stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost recesses of
the human heart, and will reward us according to our merits." 622
4.6.9 The Three Steps
In the Degree of Master Mason, the three steps represent youth, manhood,
and old age. They are also illustrated on the Master's carpet. The lecture of the
Third Degree reads:
In Youth, as Entered Apprentices, we ought industriously to apply our
minds to the attainment of useful knowledge; in Manhood, as Fellow
Crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the discharge of our
respective duties to God, our neighbors, and ourselves; that so in Old
Age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflections consequent
upon a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious immortality. 623
622 Dove, p. 126. See also Sickels, p. 212. Illustrations taken from Dove, p. 126.
623 Dove, p. 122/123. Illustration taken from Sickels, p. 183.