Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

preceding Degrees?
S. D.--He has.
Master--By what further right or benefit does he
expect to obtain this favor?
S. D.--By the benefit of a pass-word.
Master--Has he a pass-word?
S. D.--He has not; but I have it for him.
Master--Give it.
Senior Deacon whispers in his ear the word
RABBONI.
Master--The pass is right. Since he comes
endowed with all these necessary qualifications,
let him enter this Lodge of Most Excellent
Masters, in the name of the Lord.
The door is then flung open, and the Senior
Deacon receives the candidate upon the keystone.
The candidate is then walked six times around the
Lodge by the Senior Deacon, moving with the
sun. The first time they pass around the Lodge,
when opposite the Junior Warden, he gives one
rap with the gavel; when opposite the Senior
Warden, he does the same, and likewise when
opposite the Right Worshipful Master. The
second time around each gives two blows; the
third, three, and so on, until they arrive to six.
(See Note K, Appendix.)
During this time the Right Worshipful Master
reads the following verses from Psalm cxii.: