Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

put it through
the bosom of your shirt, that your arm and breast
may be naked. The Deacon now ties a
handkerchief or hoodwink over his eyes, places a
slipper on his right foot, and after-wards puts a
rope, called a cable-tow, once round his neck,
letting it drag behind. 1
The figure is a representation of the candidate
duly and truly prepared for the First Degree in
Masonry.
The Junior Deacon now takes the candidate by
the arm and leads him forward to the door of the
Lodge, and gives three distinct knocks, when the
Senior Deacon. on the inside, rises to his feet,
makes the sign of an Entered Apprentice to the
Master, and says:
S. D.--Worshipful Master, there is an alarm at the
inner door of our Lodge. W. M.--You will attend
to the alarm,
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and ascertain the cause. (The Deacon repairs to
the door, gives three distinct knocks, and then
opens it.)
S. D.--Who comes here?
J. D. (who always responds for the candidate.)--
Mr. Peter Gabe, who has long been in darkness,
and now seeks to be brought to light, and to
receive a part in the rights and benefits of this
worshipful Lodge, erected to God, and dedicated
to the holy Sts. John, as all brothers and fellows
have clone before.
S. D.--Mr. Gabe, is it of your own free-will and