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Title Page Preface Entered Apprenti
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p. 3 PREFACE THE objects which Free
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in any way injure the Masonic cause
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p. 6p. 7 DUNCAN'S RITUAL AND MONITO
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Degree. None but Master Masons are
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other arriving late should be ignor
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Entered Apprentice Mason: he was si
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Tyler--Without the inner door. W. M
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Lodge of such, duly assembled in a
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Treas.--In the south, Worshipful. W
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Entered Apprentice, the Master woul
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FIG. 2. SIGN OF AN ENTERED APPRENTI
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FIG. 6. SIGN OF A MASTER MASON. FIG
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First (or, as the case may be) Degr
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Mason, "Brothers, please retire," a
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Brother James B. Young, of Union Lo
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Petition of Robert Chase Fellow Cra
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p. 24 desirous of being admitted a
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Brother Jones--I move, Worshipful,
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S. W.--Clear (or not) in the west,
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Entered Apprentice Masons. The memb
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put it through the bosom of your sh
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door, and the Master says: W. M.--L
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"Behold, how good and how pleasant
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you travelling? S. D.--From the wes
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FIG. 8. CANDIDATE TAKING THE OATH O
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myself under no less penalty than t
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duegard, sign, and step of an Enter
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y the right hand.)--Rise, my brothe
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J. W.--What do you conceal? S. D.--
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ENTERED APPRENTICE'S APRON. conferr
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to the Worshipful Master in the eas
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others and fellows. (See Note F, Ap
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p. 43 Q. Z. A. Bo. Q. Az. A. Boaz.
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my naked left breast. Q. How were y
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A. The three great lights in Masonr
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on strict examination, I found myse
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Q. What were they? A. A listening e
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worldly wealth or honors; it is the
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Q. Why were you conducted once arou
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Q. What is a Lodge? A. A certain nu
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p. 52 Q. Why are they thus dedicate
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the Master on his trestle-board, so
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trouble to commit them to memory, a
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secrets of Masonry might be unlawfu
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citizen, true to your government, a
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PERFECT ASHLER Footnotes ROUGH ASHL
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extend--although we have no evidenc
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school as a most infamous and aband
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not see until the heart has conceiv
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p. 58 FELLOW CRAFT, OR SECOND DEGRE
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J. D.--Then you will take off your
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S. D.--And properly vouched for? J.
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While going around the Lodge, as th
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S. D. (for candidate.)--Brother Gab
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with your right foot, bringing the
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around the altar). OATH. I, Peter G
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of the duegard of a Fellow Craft. (
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Conductor - - From. W. M. - - From
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Conductor--By signs and tokens. J.
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Conductor--From the pass grip of a
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FELLOW CRAFT'S APRON W. M.--I now p
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After the candidate is dressed, the
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chapiters of five cubits each, maki
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Stepping forward to the five steps,
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spoils of the Ammonitish war, assem
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S. D.--Ja. S. W.--Chin. S. D.--Jach
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the vast expanse, and are all condu
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nature, is enriched with the most u
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degree of Fellow Craft. Q. What wer
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- Page 286: Craft. SECOND SECTION. Q. Have you
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- Page 298: where I would be received and recor
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- Page 306: p. 87 MASTER MASON, OR THIRD DEGREE
- Page 310: COMPASSES, PLACED IN A LODGE OF MAS
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- Page 318: S. D.--He is. W. M.--Has he made su
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- Page 330: FIG. 14. FIRST THREE STEPS IN MASON
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- Page 340: W. M.--Brother Gabe, on receiving f
- Page 344: Here Lodges differ in their mode of
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- Page 356: At the same time the Senior Warden
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- Page 368: S. W. (Second Ruffian.)--Give me th
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K. S.--No work laid out--no designs
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one of the best posted relates the
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put to death, probably. What have w
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Our cause is just; let us rush in a
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asely assassinated. Hold up your he
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Another says: "Let us go and report
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I. "Solemn strikes the funeral chim
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lost! Turning to the Senior Warden,
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decayeth and drieth up, so man liet
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FIG 18. MASTER GIVING THE GRAND MAS
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entered into a horrid conspiracy to
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three west, three north, and three
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hands were placed when he took the
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The Master next calls the candidate
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THE THREE STEPS Usually delineated
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opportunities of fulfilling the dut
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priesthood, and raised to the subli
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SETTING- MAUL. COFFIN, GRAVE, AND A
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that when the Grand Warden of Heave
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enevolence you are always to cultiv
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Masonry. Q. How gained you admissio
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Q. What did the Worshipful Master d
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Q. How were you then disposed of? A
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A. Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, h
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should appoint, in search of the ru
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Q. What did they represent? A. The
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consequently do not get the passwor
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message.) J. D.--The Lodge is tyled
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W. M.--Your duty there, Brother Sec
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W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, how s
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It is generally known among Masons,
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minor importance, may be gathered b
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The Senior " square and compass, De
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the different penalties as referenc
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esurrection of the body, and while
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after the Revival in 1717, for the
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tomb was in the rubbish and filth c
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p. 150 MARK MASTER, OR FOURTH DEGRE
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The interior arrangements of the Lo
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R. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother
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R. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother
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in the south, that the brethren may
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fingers of the right hand, leaving
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p. 157 living stone, disallowed ind
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Sometimes this stone weighs twelve
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Candidate--It is not. Junior Overse
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Overseer catches it over the left s
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As they finish the second verse, ea
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inexperience, the penalty is remitt
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J. D.--He has. S. D.--By what furth
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And have you not read this Scriptur
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most solemnly and sincerely promise
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supplied you with that amount, unkn
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FIG. 23. PASS-GRIP OF A MARK MASTER
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The Senior Warden takes the stone f
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HIRAM, TYRIAN, WIDOW'S SON, SENDETH
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destroy, The soul's calm sunshine,
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conduct should misfortunes assail y
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them, Go ye also into the vineyard,
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A. They were not, for King Solomon
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quarries and exhibited suitable spe
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Worshipful Master. Q. How did the R
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Q. To what does it allude? p. 180 A
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which was upon it, and concluding i
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A. While on my bended knees at the
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Supreme Grand Architect of the Univ
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the very spot for their appropriati
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p. 184 PAST MASTER, OR FIFTH DEGREE
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Richardson's work, the initiated wi
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members exclaim, No!) It is not a v
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12. You promise a regular attendanc
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Degree of Mark Master, or been elec
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giving a lecture, or some section o
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R. W. M.--Brother, let me now have
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and Senior Deacons; two strokes cal
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one obeys the signal with the utmos
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design. He (the candidate) sits the
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p. 196 for it was doubtful to many
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A. Kneeling upon both knees, both h
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Bible, square and compasses. Within
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Footnotes 184:1 The regular officer
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necessary instructions p. 197 are c
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The officers of a Chapter rank as f
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implements of his office. Master--H
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The Right Worshipful Master resumes
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Junior Deacon whispers in the ear o
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"I was glad when they said unto me,
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hereon, most solemnly and sincerely
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Furthermore do I promise and swear,
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Excellent Master's Song: All hail t
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Wherever assembled, The knowledge o
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is good (here one of the brethren,
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thy staff they comfort me. Thou pre
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Q. What was his answer? A. Let the
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Q. Show me another sign. (Give sign
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assembly, dedicated or consecrated
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work, in the centre of which a mort
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deemed appropriate to their occupat
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p. 219 The Grand Council consists o
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Master of the Second Veil, 11. Gran
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to sit in the Grand Council, to for
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instructs us that in the mind of a
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The companions now all balance thre
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Je ho vah. G o d. d G G o o d. 1 Af
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First Candidate (prompted.)--It is.
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Brethren, as you advance in Masonry
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America; together with that of the
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creatures, didst adorn us with grea
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One of the members now personates t
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Captain of the Host goes and opens
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themselves with the fraternity. I h
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Master of First Veil--Who comes the
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the Second Veil. (Stamps on the flo
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hand into thy p. 238 bosom. And he
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glorious work of rebuilding the hou
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the workmen, none are allowed to un
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such, we will employ you on the Tem
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High Priest (looking closely at it.
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Scribe--Nothing, Most Excellent. Hi
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"In the beginning, God created the
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King--A Pot of Manna! Holiness to t
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The second way to read the alphabet
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p. 250 places his right foot forwar
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The High Priest then reads to them
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It is generally conceded by Masonic
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and Scribe, Captain of the Host, Pr
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permitted to enter the presence of
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Q. What was then said to you? A. We
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exhibited to you at this point of y
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A. We are of your own brethren and
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Q. What were you then asked? A. By
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have come thus far to promote so no
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together with the signet. Q. What w
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A. We repaired to the place as befo
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sides to be the initials of our thr
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equally near and equally dear. Q. W
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in use among the different nations
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some of Zerubbabel's workmen. But t
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say, instead of JAO-BUL-ON, or JAH-
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secret vault under ground, leading
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Such is the Masonic and literal tra
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selfish consideration, I will be ev
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ORIGINAL POINTS.--Ancient Masonry a
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p. 270 import and ideas change with
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p. 271 APPENDIX. NOTE A, page 12.--
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captives to Babylon, where we remai
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down to rest and refresh himself. Q
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her left, that his ashes were then
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Q. By whom are they represented? A.
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Address of M. W. P. Al. Tucker, G.
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(as Professor of Astronomy and Geog
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them as matters of fact and princip
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Lodges of this city--and in view of
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Freemasonry. "Inaugurate a new era.