Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

on strict examination, I found myself entirely
destitute.
Q. How were you then disposed of?
A. I was ordered to be returned to the place from
whence I came, and reinvested of what I had been
divested of, and returned to the Lodge for further
instructions.
Q. On your return to the Lodge, where were you
placed, as the youngest Entered Apprentice?
A. In the northeast corner, my feet forming a
right angle, my body erect, at the right hand of
the Worshipful Master in the east, an upright man
and Mason, and it was given me strictly in charge
ever to walk and act as such.
Q. What did the Worshipful Master then present
you with?
A. The working-tools of an Entered Apprentice
Mason, which are the twenty-four-inch gauge and
common gavel.
Q. What is their use?
A. The twenty-four-inch gauge is an instrument
made use of by operative masons, to measure and
lay out their work; but we, as Free and Accepted
Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more
noble and glorious purpose of dividing our time.
It being divided into twenty-four equal parts is
emblematical of the twenty-four hours of the day,
which we are taught to divide into three parts,
whereby we find a portion for the service of God
and the relief of a distressed worthy brother, a
portion for our usual avocations, and a portion for
refreshment and sleep.