Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

that when the Grand Warden of Heaven may call
for us, we may be found ready; let us cultivate
assiduously the noble tenets of our profession-brotherly
love, relief, and truth--and, from the
square, learn morality; from the level, equality;
from the plumb, rectitude of life. Let us imitate,
in all his various perfections, him who, when
assailed by the murderous band of rebellious
craftsmen, maintained his integrity, even in death,
and sealed his pledge with his own blood. Let us
emulate his amiable and virtuous conduct, his
unfeigned piety to his God, his inflexible
integrity to his trust; and as the evergreen that
bloomed at the head of the grave be. tokened the
place of his interment, so may virtue's everblooming
loveliness designate us as free and
accepted Masons. With the trowel, spread
liberally the cement of brotherly love and
affection; and, circumscribed by the compass, let
us ponder well our words and actions, and let all
the energies of our minds and the affections of
our souls be employed in the attainment of our
Supreme Grand Warden's approbation. Thus,
when dissolution draws nigh, and the cold winds
of death come sighing around us, and his chilly
dews already glisten on our foreheads, with joy
shall we obey the summons of the Grand Warden
of Heaven, and go from our labors on earth to
everlasting refreshments in the Paradise of God.
Then, by the benefit of the pass--a pure and
blameless life--with a firm reliance on Divine
Providence, shall we gain ready admission into
that Celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme
Grand Warden forever presides--forever reigns.
When, placed at his right hand, he will be pleased
to pronounce us just and upright Masons, then
shall we be fitted as living stones for that spiritual
temple, "that house not made
p. 133