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Title Page Preface Entered Apprenti
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p. 3 PREFACE THE objects which Free
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in any way injure the Masonic cause
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p. 6p. 7 DUNCAN'S RITUAL AND MONITO
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Degree. None but Master Masons are
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other arriving late should be ignor
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Entered Apprentice Mason: he was si
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Tyler--Without the inner door. W. M
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Lodge of such, duly assembled in a
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Treas.--In the south, Worshipful. W
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Entered Apprentice, the Master woul
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FIG. 2. SIGN OF AN ENTERED APPRENTI
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FIG. 6. SIGN OF A MASTER MASON. FIG
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First (or, as the case may be) Degr
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Mason, "Brothers, please retire," a
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Brother James B. Young, of Union Lo
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Petition of Robert Chase Fellow Cra
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p. 24 desirous of being admitted a
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Brother Jones--I move, Worshipful,
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S. W.--Clear (or not) in the west,
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Entered Apprentice Masons. The memb
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put it through the bosom of your sh
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door, and the Master says: W. M.--L
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"Behold, how good and how pleasant
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you travelling? S. D.--From the wes
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FIG. 8. CANDIDATE TAKING THE OATH O
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myself under no less penalty than t
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duegard, sign, and step of an Enter
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y the right hand.)--Rise, my brothe
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J. W.--What do you conceal? S. D.--
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ENTERED APPRENTICE'S APRON. conferr
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to the Worshipful Master in the eas
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others and fellows. (See Note F, Ap
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p. 43 Q. Z. A. Bo. Q. Az. A. Boaz.
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my naked left breast. Q. How were y
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A. The three great lights in Masonr
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on strict examination, I found myse
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Q. What were they? A. A listening e
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worldly wealth or honors; it is the
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Q. Why were you conducted once arou
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Q. What is a Lodge? A. A certain nu
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p. 52 Q. Why are they thus dedicate
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the Master on his trestle-board, so
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trouble to commit them to memory, a
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secrets of Masonry might be unlawfu
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citizen, true to your government, a
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PERFECT ASHLER Footnotes ROUGH ASHL
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extend--although we have no evidenc
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school as a most infamous and aband
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not see until the heart has conceiv
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p. 58 FELLOW CRAFT, OR SECOND DEGRE
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J. D.--Then you will take off your
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S. D.--And properly vouched for? J.
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While going around the Lodge, as th
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S. D. (for candidate.)--Brother Gab
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with your right foot, bringing the
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around the altar). OATH. I, Peter G
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of the duegard of a Fellow Craft. (
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Conductor - - From. W. M. - - From
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Conductor--By signs and tokens. J.
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Conductor--From the pass grip of a
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FELLOW CRAFT'S APRON W. M.--I now p
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After the candidate is dressed, the
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chapiters of five cubits each, maki
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Stepping forward to the five steps,
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spoils of the Ammonitish war, assem
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S. D.--Ja. S. W.--Chin. S. D.--Jach
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the vast expanse, and are all condu
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nature, is enriched with the most u
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degree of Fellow Craft. Q. What wer
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asked? A. What I most desired. Q. Y
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Craft. SECOND SECTION. Q. Have you
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Q. Were they adorned with any thing
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Q. What do the five steps allude to
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where I would be received and recor
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intrusted on the faith of a solemn
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p. 87 MASTER MASON, OR THIRD DEGREE
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COMPASSES, PLACED IN A LODGE OF MAS
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eing raised to the sublime Degree o
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S. D.--He is. W. M.--Has he made su
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are few; and those that look out of
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J. W.--Who vouches for him? S. D.--
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FIG. 14. FIRST THREE STEPS IN MASON
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of Almighty God, and this worshipfu
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Sign of Distress, except in case of
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Conductor FIG. 16. PASS GRIP OF A M
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Conductor--From the real grip of a
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W. M.--Brother Gabe, as you are clo
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or six strong loops on each side, i
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the matter of closing the Lodge, an
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they approach the Junior Warden's s
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left to right: S. D., or Conductor.
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Conductor (for candidate.)--I canno
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lower it to the floor, when the fol
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p. 108 conceal it so that the place
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night and steal a small boat and pu
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ethren, into the ante-room, leaving
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Capt.--They were three brothers, wo
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"Oh! that my throat had been cut ac
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vultures of the air, ere I had cons
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appertains to the Master's Degree,
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"My worthy brother of Tyre, as the
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For Mortality is here: See how wide
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uprising, and understandest our tho
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least this is a substitute, for, ac
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"4th. Hand to back--that you will e
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p. 123 The ruffians buried the body
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The first was the voice of Jubela,
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have been explained to you. The bod
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Crafts, or hewers on the mountains
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gratitude to the great and benefice
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perform their stupendous revolution
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Is an emblem of time, which cuts th
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with him enter into an endless eter
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with hands, eternal in the heavens,
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with it. The lecture is as follows:
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equest, and his answer returned. Q.
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A. The Worshipful Master approachin
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A. Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, w
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Q. How was his absence discovered?
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horrid exclamations from the clefts
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A. Three Master Masons. Q. Where di
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your desk? Sec.--Nothing, Worshipfu
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S. W.--In search of that which was
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the east (here the Master gives thr
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temperate, discreet. Remember that
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ecommendation to all Lodges and bre
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Dr. Hemming. That Tubal Cain gave f
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in the search, and that the lost (b
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meaning."--The Freemason's Treasury
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and the Masters in the Middle Chamb
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the brethren are again reminded wha
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the Chief Architect was present at
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wages of the diligent and faithful
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p. 152 in this place, for the dispa
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R. W. M.--Your duty there, Brother
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R. W. M.--The Right Worshipful Mast
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You are ordered to take due notice
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all the signs of the different Degr
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Senior Deacon to ascertain if there
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Junior Overseer--This is good work-
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p. 160 The Master Overseer now stam
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p. 162 Before the Chief O’erseer:
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The members of the Lodge then take
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S. D.--Right Worshipful, while we a
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left breast; as a Fellow Craft Maso
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world, except it be a true and lawf
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gets it, and send the money per the
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to the candidate: I cannot, brother
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WELL, and, when properly made, form
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is become the head of the corner"?-
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The Master further instructs the ca
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hand through a lattice window, and
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penny." Some one asks the candidate
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Q. How will you be tried? A. By the
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Q. Where were you prepared to be ad
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A. On the edge of the engraver's ch
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A. To the penalty of my obligation,
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inspection. Q. What followed? A. Th
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Q. What was its color? A. White; an
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mark and granting assistance? A. Ou
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distinctly known. The perfect stone
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other up by means of a peculiar loc
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Junior Warden; 4. Secretary; 5. Tre
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J. W.--Right Worshipful, I certainl
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to submit to the decisions of the s
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I, Peter Gabe, of my own free-will
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deemed appropriate to their occupat
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p. 219 The Grand Council consists o
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Master of the Second Veil, 11. Gran
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to sit in the Grand Council, to for
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instructs us that in the mind of a
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The companions now all balance thre
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Je ho vah. G o d. d G G o o d. 1 Af
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First Candidate (prompted.)--It is.
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Brethren, as you advance in Masonry
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America; together with that of the
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creatures, didst adorn us with grea
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One of the members now personates t
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Captain of the Host goes and opens
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themselves with the fraternity. I h
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Master of First Veil--Who comes the
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the Second Veil. (Stamps on the flo
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hand into thy p. 238 bosom. And he
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glorious work of rebuilding the hou
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the workmen, none are allowed to un
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such, we will employ you on the Tem
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High Priest (looking closely at it.
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Scribe--Nothing, Most Excellent. Hi
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"In the beginning, God created the
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King--A Pot of Manna! Holiness to t
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The second way to read the alphabet
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p. 250 places his right foot forwar
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The High Priest then reads to them
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It is generally conceded by Masonic
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and Scribe, Captain of the Host, Pr
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permitted to enter the presence of
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Q. What was then said to you? A. We
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exhibited to you at this point of y
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A. We are of your own brethren and
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Q. What were you then asked? A. By
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have come thus far to promote so no
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together with the signet. Q. What w
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A. We repaired to the place as befo
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sides to be the initials of our thr
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equally near and equally dear. Q. W
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in use among the different nations
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some of Zerubbabel's workmen. But t
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say, instead of JAO-BUL-ON, or JAH-
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secret vault under ground, leading
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Such is the Masonic and literal tra
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selfish consideration, I will be ev
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ORIGINAL POINTS.--Ancient Masonry a
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p. 270 import and ideas change with
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p. 271 APPENDIX. NOTE A, page 12.--
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captives to Babylon, where we remai
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down to rest and refresh himself. Q
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her left, that his ashes were then
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Q. By whom are they represented? A.
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Address of M. W. P. Al. Tucker, G.
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(as Professor of Astronomy and Geog
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them as matters of fact and princip
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Lodges of this city--and in view of
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Freemasonry. "Inaugurate a new era.