Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

the very spot for their appropriation."--Christian
Witness, September 11, 1857.
165:1 The hoodwink is raised from over the
candidate's eyes while this scene is being then
enacted, it is replaced again, and he is marched
around four times.
168:1 MARK.--It is a plate of gold or silver worn
by Mark Masters. The form is generally that of a
Mark Master's keystone. within the circular
inscription there being engraved a device selected
by the owner. This mark, on being adopted by a
Mark Master, is recorded in the Book of Marks,
and it is not lawful for him ever afterward to
exchange it for any other. It is a peculiar pledge
of friendship, and its presentation by a destitute
brother to another Mark Master, claims from the
latter certain offices of friendship and hospitality,
which are of solemn obligation among the
brethren of this Degree.--Lexicon.
169:1 Yesterday morning at daybreak, boats put
off and surrounded the vessel to take us to the
town (JOPPA), the access to which is difficult, on
account of the numerous rocks that present to
view their bare flanks. p. 170 The walls were
covered with spectators, attracted by curiosity.
The boats being much lower than the bridge,
upon which one is obliged to climb, and having
no ladder, the landing is not effected without
danger. More than once it has happened, that
passengers in springing out have broken their
limbs, and we might have met with the like
accident if several persons had not hastened to
our assistance.--Lexicon.
There is an old tradition among Masons, that the
banks of the river at Joppa were so steep as to
render it necessary for the workmen to assist each