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Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

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Q. What was its color?<br />

A. White; and to it alludes a certain passage <strong>of</strong><br />

Scripture, which says: "To him that overcometh<br />

will I give to eat <strong>of</strong> the hidden manna, and I will<br />

give him a white stone, and in that stone a new<br />

name written, which no man knoweth save him<br />

that receiveth (or receives it).<br />

Q. What is that new name?<br />

A. It is composed <strong>of</strong> the words <strong>of</strong> which the<br />

letters on the "key-stone" are the initials.<br />

Q. What are they?<br />

A. "Hiram, Tyrian, Widow's, Son, Sendeth, To,<br />

King, Solomon."<br />

Q. Of what use is this circle <strong>of</strong> letters?<br />

A. It was the mark <strong>of</strong> our G. M., H. A.; it is now<br />

a general mark <strong>of</strong> this degree, in the centre <strong>of</strong><br />

which each brother places his own private mark,<br />

to which the tie in the obligation particularly<br />

alludes.<br />

Q. What is the price <strong>of</strong> a brother's mark?<br />

A. A Jewish half shekel <strong>of</strong> silver, equal in value<br />

to one-quarter <strong>of</strong> a dollar.<br />

Q. Were you, at any time during your<br />

advancement to this degree, called upon with this<br />

portion <strong>of</strong> your obligation? A. I was.<br />

Q. At what time?<br />

p. 182

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