Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

hand through a lattice window, and at the same
time give this token, holding under the two last
fingers of his hand a copy of his mark. (See Fig.
22, p. 156.)
The Senior Grand Warden casts his eye upon the
corresponding mark in the book (where all the
marks of the craft, eighty thousand in number,
were recorded), and, seeing how much money
was due to that particular mark, placed it between
the thumb and two fore-fingers of the craftsman,
who withdrew his hand and passed on; and so on,
each in his turn, until all were paid off. If any
person attempted to receive wages without being
able to give the token, the Senior Grand Warden
seized him by the hand, drew his arm through the
window, held him fast, and exclaimed
immediately, "An impostor!" Upon this signal, an
officer, who was stationed there for that purpose,
would immediately strike his arm off.
The following charge is then given to the
candidate by the Right Worshipful Master:
Brother, I congratulate you on having been
thought worthy of being advanced to this
honorable Degree of Masonry. Permit me to
impress it on your mind, that your assiduity
should ever be commensurate with your duties,
which become more and more extensive as you
advance in Masonry. In the honorable character
of Mark Master Mason, it is more particularly
your duty to endeavor to let your conduct in the
Lodge and among your brethren be such as may
stand the test of the Grand Overseer's square; that
you may not, like the unfinished and imperfect
work of the negligent and unfaithful of former
times, be rejected and thrown aside, as unfit for
that spiritual building, that house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. While such is your