Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

Joshua, nor David, not Solomon, nor Hiram, nor
St. John the Evangelist, nor St. John the Baptist
belonged to the Masonic Order. It is unwise to
assert more than we can prove, and to argue
against probability. There is no record, sacred or
profane, to induce us to believe that these holy
and distinguished men were Freemasons, and our
traditions do not go back to their days.--Dr
Dalcho, G. M. of South Carolina. Historical
Landmarks, vol. i, p. 59.
34:2 "HAIL," or "HALE."--This word is used
among Masons with two very different
significations:
(1) When addressed as an inquiry to a visiting
brother, it has the same import as that in which it
is used, under like circumstances, by mariners.
Thus, "Whence do you hail?" that is, "of what
Lodge are you a member?" Used in this sense, it
comes from the Saxon term of salutation "Hael,"
and should be spelled "hail."
(2.) Its second use is confined to what Masons
understand by the "tye," and in this sense
signifies to conceal, being derived from the
Saxon word "helan," to hide.--Lexicon.
35:1 In some Lodges, at the words "throat cut
across," one of the members, or the conductor,
draws his hand across candidate's throat:
sometimes they draw the sword.
35:2 A terrible instance of the consequences
which attended a violation of this principle has
been handed down to us in the story of
Hipparchus, a Pythagorean, who, having out of
spleen and resentment violated and broke through
the several engagements of the society, was held
in the utmost detestation, expelled from the