Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

left breast; as a Fellow Craft Mason, you were
received upon the angle of a square, pressing
your naked right breast; as a Master Mason, you
were received upon both points of the compasses,
extending from your naked left to the right breast.
They were then explained to you. The chisel and
mallet (placing the edge of the chisel against his
breast) are instruments used by operative masons
to hew, cut, carve, and indent their work; but we,
as Free and Accepted Masons, make use of them
for a more noble and glorious purpose. We use
them to hew, cut, carve, and indent the mind.
And, as a Mark Master Mason, we receive you
upon the edge of the indenting chisel, and under
the pressure of the mallet.
As he pronounces the last words, he braces his
feet, raises his mallet, makes two or three false
motions, and gives a violent blow upon the head
of the chisel; throws down mallet and chisel,
takes hold of the candidate's left arm. 1
"Follow me."
They walk four times round the Lodge, and each
time, as he passes the stations of the Master, and
Senior and Junior Grand Wardens, they each give
one loud rap with their mallet. The Master, in the
mean time, reads from a text-book the following
passages of Scripture: (•)
"The stone which the builders refused is become
the head stone of the corner."--Psalm cxviii. 22.
(• •)
Did ye never read in the Scriptures, "The stone
which the builders rejected is become the head of
the corner"?--Gospel of St. Matthew xxi. 42.
(• • •)