Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

And have you not read this Scripture, "The stone
which the builders rejected is become the head of
the corner"?--Mark xii. 10. (• • • •)
What is this, then, that is written, "The stone
which the builders rejected is become the head of
the corner"?--Luke xx. 17.
The reading is so timed as to be completed just as
the candidate arrives at the Junior Warden's post,
who gives an alarm of four knocks, and the same
questions are asked, and answers returned, as at
the door.
The Junior Grand Warden directs him to his
Senior, who, on
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his arrival, gives four raps, and the like questions
are asked and answered. From thence he is
directed to the Right Worshipful Master in the
east, where the same questions are asked and the
same answers are given. The Master then orders
that the candidate be conducted back to the
Senior Warden in the west, and be taught by him
to approach the east by four upright, regular
steps, his feet forming a square, and body erect at
the altar. The candidate then kneels, and receives
the obligation, as follows:--
I, Peter Gabe, of my own free-will and accord, in
the presence of Almighty God, and this Right
Worshipful Lodge of Mark Master Masons,
erected to him and dedicated to Hiram the
Builder, do hereby and hereon, in addition to my
former obligations, most solemnly and sincerely
promise and swear, that I will not give the secrets
of a Mark Master Mason to any one of an inferior
degree, nor to any other person in the known