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TA .•. P.'. Bro. Adonhiram, in our sorrow we must not forget the demands of duty . Are all present, Secret
Masters ? Let any who are not so, retire .
laip:. Th. Puissant. all present are Secret Masters.
What is the first duty of a Secret Master, when the Lodge is about to open?
Lap.• . To see that the entrance to the Holy of Holies is duly guarded, that ire may be secret and secure .
TA .• . P.•. Attend, my Brother, to that duty. through your proper officer, and cause the Tyler to be informed
that I am about to open this Lodge of Secret )laaors here, and direct him to tyle accordingly .
Inap :. Bro. Jun. Deacon . see that the entrance to this holy place is duly guarded ; and inform the Tyler
that the . ThP.. King is about to open a Lodge of Secret Masters in this place, and direct him to t y le
accordingly.
(The Jun:. Deacon goes to the door, opens it, informs the Tyler, closes it, raps on it [ ;] equal and then
which is answered by the Tyler, and then returns to his place and remains standing, and says]
Jr:. D. . Yen .-. Inspector, we are well tyled, and the entrance to this Holy Place is well guarded .
.nap .'. How tyled and guarded, my Brother?
Jr:. D.• . By a Secret Master at the entrance without, armed with & drawn sword .
Insp: . His duty there?
Jr:. D . •. To repel all intruders and cowaus, and allow none to enter here who have not the Pus-word .
nor until after your permission obtained .
Lup.•. It is well, my Brother. Th. •. P . •. King Solomon, we are well ty led, secret and secure .
TA .• . P.•. It is well, my Brother. Are you a Secret Master?
Lop:. I have passed from the Square to the Compass . I have seen the Tomb of our Master Hiram ; All
and with my Brethren have shed tears thereon .
Qt.-. Where were you received a Secret Master?
Ana .-. Under the laurel and olive trees .
Qu. •. Wbat were the lessons taught you in this degree?
Ans.. Secrecy, Obedience, and Fidelity .
TA.•. P•. Bro.: Jun .. Deacon, your place in this Lodge ?
Jr: . D.•. In the West, in front of the Yen .. Warden, to his right.
TA.*. .P.*. Your duty there ?
Jr .-. D.• . To keep inviolably the secrets entrusted to me.
TA .-. P•. Bro .• . Sen .. Deacon, your place in the Lodge?
Sat .*. D.•. In the East, in front of the Th:. P:. Master, to his right.
TA.•. P.•. Your duty there ?
&n. •. D:. To obey the laws of God, of the Order, and of the . ThP.. Master.
TA.*. P• . Ton. -. Bro. •. Adonhiram, your station in the Lodge?
Lap .*. In the West, Th . •. P: . ; between the lights.
TA:. P.•. Your duty there?
.Ltape. To be faithful unto death .
The station of the Master of the Lodge ?
Lop .: In the Bast, in front of the Tomb of our deceased Master, the Worker in Metals, and Son of a
widow of Tyro,
TA:. P.•. Ibis duties there ?
.bsap:. To provide for the welfare of the Order, and to teach the Craftsmen their duties ; remembering
that though the rMaster, they are still his equals in the eye of God and of Masonry .
1' L . P.•. Iacknowledge the truth, and recognize the duty . Ify Brothers, the husband must labour to
give his children bread, while their mother, the wife of his bosom, lies under his roof unburied, cold and
still in her coffin ; and the mother, while her tears still Bow fast for her first born that lies dead before her .