Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

FELLOW CRAFT'S APRON
W. M.--I now present
you with the working
tools of a Fellow Craft
Mason, which are the
plumb, square, and
level.
The Master here shows
the candidate these tools, which are generally
made of rosewood .or ebony, and kept for these
occasions on the Master's desk.
WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT.
W. M.--The plumb is an instrument made use of
by operative masons to raise perpendiculars, &c.
This is monitorial, and is generally read to
candidates by the Master. The reader will see the
Masonic Monitors. After reading this, the Master
says:
W. M.--Brother Senior Deacon, it is my orders
that you reconduct this candidate to the place
from whence he came (ante-room), and invest
him of what he has been divested of, preparatory
to making an ascent through a porch, by a flight
of winding stairs, consisting of three, five, and
seven steps, to a place representing the Middle
Chamber of King Solomon's Temple, there to
receive instructions relative to the wages and