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thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."--Psalm xxiii. 1 LECTURE ON THE SIXTH, OR MOST EXCELLENT MASTER'S DEGREE. Question. Are you a Most Excellent Master? Answer. I am. Try me. Q. How will you be tried? A. By the cap stone. Q. Why by the cap stone? A. Because it completed King Solomon's Temple, upon the ceremonies of the dedication of which this Degree is founded. Q. Where were you received and acknowledged as a Most Excellent Master? A. In a regular and duly constituted Lodge of Most Excellent Masters. Q. How gained you admission? A. By six distinct knocks. (• • • • • •) O. To what do the six distinct knocks allude? A. To the Sixth Degree of Masonry, it being that upon which I was about to enter.
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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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FIG. 25. DUEGARD AND STEP OF A PAST
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word, and grip of this Degree, as f
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in life, and will now be enumerated
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p. 193 responsibility--he holding a
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or station that you do not know you
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season by the retired Master, who r
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Supreme Architect of the Universe,
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Q. What is that called? A. The sign
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Page 726: preceding Degrees? S. D.--He has. M
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Page 760: Q. Show me another sign. (Give sign
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Page 776: p. 219 The Grand Council consists o
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Page 796: Je ho vah. G o d. d G G o o d. 1 Af
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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.
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