Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

102 SUBLIME DEGREE OF MASTER MASON,
" What ought a Mason most to guard against?"
" Cowens."
" You will do your duty. 1 '
(Hereupon Hiram of Tyre is absent a season.)
" Most worshipful, the lodge is duly tyled."
" In what manner ?"
u By a good lock on the outer door, key on the inside. 17
(As there were no Master Masons in the world but these
three,* we will Hot feign any names for other usual parts
in the ceremonies of modern lodges.)
" Where is the place of the youngest man in the lodge ?"
. " In the northeast, worshipful."
" What are you there for, brother ?"
" The better to Watch the morning dawn, to call the men
up early, and set them at work, that the king may be
pleased with the progress of Masonry."
" Your brother's place here ?"
" In the north, most worshipful."
" Your duty in the north, brother ?"
" As the Aurora borealis shines out of the north, to tell
of the night which overshadows the earth, so stand I in the
north to be close by my brother in the northeast."
" Has the king a fixed place in the lodge ?"
« He has."t
" Please tell me where ?"
-' In the west, brother."
u What is his office in the west ?"
" As my brother stands in the northeast to observe the
morning dawn, so stands the king in the west to watch the
departure of twilight, to put the men to bed as they come
from work, having given them their suppers."
* Such is the prevailing form of the tradition.
t " Behold, as the sun in the east doth arise,
« The master the workmen and hireling employs,
" The west and the south their assistance impart,
" T'embellish the fabric, and strengthen the art."