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Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

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Q. What is that called?<br />

A. The sign<br />

Q. To what does it allude?<br />

A. To the penalty <strong>of</strong> my obligation, that I would<br />

sooner have my skull struck <strong>of</strong>f than divulge any<br />

<strong>of</strong> the secrets <strong>of</strong> this Degree unlawfully,<br />

Q. Give me another sign? (Give sign.)<br />

Q. What is that called?<br />

A. The grand hailing sign, or sign <strong>of</strong> distress <strong>of</strong> a<br />

Royal Arch Mason.<br />

Q. To what does it allude?<br />

A. To the additional portion <strong>of</strong> the penalty <strong>of</strong> my<br />

obligation, that I would sooner have my skull<br />

clove <strong>of</strong>f, and have my brain exposed to the<br />

scorchings rays <strong>of</strong> a noonday sun, than divulge<br />

any <strong>of</strong> the secrets <strong>of</strong> this Degree unlawfully.<br />

Q. What are the working tools <strong>of</strong> a Royal Arch<br />

Mason?<br />

A. The pick, spade, and crow.<br />

Q. What does the spade teach us as Royal Arch<br />

Masons? (Monitorial. )<br />

Q. What is the use <strong>of</strong> the crow?<br />

A. It is used by operative masons to describe<br />

circles--every part <strong>of</strong> the circumference <strong>of</strong> which<br />

is equally near and equally distant from its centre;<br />

so is every creature whom God hath made

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