Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

Master of First Veil--Who comes there? Who
dares approach this outer Veil of our sacred
Tabernacle? Who are you?
Principal Sojourner--Three weary travellers from
Babylon.
Master of First Veil--What are your intentions?
Principal Sojourner--We have come to assist in
the noble and glorious work of rebuilding the
house of the Lord, without the hope of fee or
reward. (See Note M, Appendix.)
Master of First Veil--How do you expect to enter
here?
Principal Sojourner--By a pass-word that .we
received in Babylon.
Master of First Veil--Give it to me.
Principal Sojourner--I AM THAT I AM.
Master of First .Veil--The pass is right. You have
my per. mission to enter.
The candidates now enter the First Veil, when the
bandages are removed from their eyes.
Master of First Veil--You surely could not have
come thus far unless you were three Most
Excellent Masters; but farther You cannot go
without my words, sign, and word of exhortation.
My words are Shem, Ham, and Japhet; my sign is
this (holding out a cane), in imitation of one
given by God to Moses, when he commanded
him to cast his rod upon the ground thus (casting
down the cane), and it became a serpent; but
putting forth