Complete Master Mason Study Guide - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Members of the Lodge, in the act of holding the canvas to catch the candidate. The Setting-Maul, Spade, Coffin, Grave, and Sprig of Acacia; and are thus explained. Some Lodges sing the following, to the air of "Bonny Doon"; BRETHREN:--You are now about to quit this sacred retreat of friendship and virtue, to mix again with the world. have you seen any strangers pass this way? To the secrets of a Master Mason; after which he observed that my pursuit was truly laudable, and ordered me to be reconnected to the Senior Warden in the west, who taught me to approach the East, advancing by three upright regular steps, my feet forming the right angle of a perfect square, my body erect to the Master in the East. W. M.--If you are satisfied it is high twelve, you will erect your column, and call the craft from labor to refreshment, for the space of thirty minutes (or fifteen minutes, as the case may be), calling them in at the sound of the gavel. THE MM'S BOOK by J.S.M. In the United States they say that the first attack was made at the south door, the second at the west door, and finally at the east. Do good unto all. S. D.--The pass is right; you will wait with patience until the Worshipful Master is informed of your request and his answer returned. ", "Oh! Charles Franklin "Chuck" Wolfe, CDR USNR(Ret. Thus we find that "Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made King Solomon for the house of the Lord." The Master, stepping back one pace, now says: "Brother Gabe, you have now received that grand Masonic word, which you have solemnly sworn never to give in any other way or form than that in which you have received it, which is on the five points of fellowship, and then in low breath. it. 1. In the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple. W. M.--Why in the east, and his duty there? At this time, the twelve Fellow Crafts, who had recanted from their murderous designs, appeared before King Solomon, clothed in white gloves and aprons, in token of their innocence, acknowledging their premeditated guilt, and humbly imploring his pardon. Conductor here takes off the hoodwink and removes the cable-tow, and all around the altar place their hands in the position of the duegard of a Master Mason. After taking the obligation, what were you then asked? "The pillar of Wisdom represents Solomon, King of Israel, whose wisdom contrived the mighty fabric; the pillar of Strength, Hiram, king of Tyre, who strengthened Solomon in his grand undertaking; the pillar of Beauty, Hiram Abiff, the widow's son, whose cunning craft and curious workmanship beautified and adorned the Temple. W, M.--Is he worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared? 2 Fellow Craft. W. M.--Brother Gabe, you will please approach the east. The pass-grip is given by pressing the thumb between the joints of the second and third fingers where they join the hand; the word or name is Tubal Cain. 14.). FIG. King Solomon then ordered the twelve Fellow Crafts to go in search of the body, and, if found, to observe whether the Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing appertaining to the Master's Degree, was on or about it. MASTER GIVING THE GRAND MASONIC WORD ON THE FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP. 12, p. Master, pointing to these pillars, says: "These are called the three grand Masonic columns or pillars, and are designated Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty. ", All now form in a circle around the body, the Master and. and signing your name to the constitution and by-laws--which will then make you a member of this Lodge. Second Ruffian--We will go to some other port. Q. At the usual report, preceded by an inquiry involving the best interests of Masonry, the brethren are again reminded what is the chief care of a Mason. (See Note Q, Appendix.). 1, The "work," or rather the lectures in the several degrees of Masonry, more especially in the first three degrees (masonically termed the Blue Degrees, or Blue Lodge), differ so much in each State that it would be a difficult thing to get exactly at the proper responses to some of the Masonic interrogatories. (Master has a small trowel, which he shows the candidate as he commences to read concerning it. "2nd. First Ruffian--We cannot make our escape in that way. The York Rite is a system of Masonic degrees that is spread out between four organizations: the Symbolic Lodge, the Royal Arch Chapter, the Cryptic Council, and the Commandery of Knights Templar. When, placed at his right hand, he will be pleased to pronounce us just and upright Masons, then shall we be fitted as living stones for that spiritual temple, "that house not made. W. M.--Brethren, the minutes will stand approved, if there are no objections. . , worshipful master, senior warden, king solomon, fellow craft, tracing board, solemn obligation, great architect, master mason, middle chamber, junior warden Collection . By there being no designs drawn on the trestle-board. Are you willing to take the oath? Here Lodges differ in their mode of work; some only pass the candidate around the Lodge once, and as he passes the Junior and Senior Wardens he gives the Master's sign. All the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel. ), "Kneeling on both my naked knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses.". Within the Blue Lodge are conferred the Craft Degrees. times Master Mason's wore their aprons with the right corner turned up in the form of a triangle to distinguish them as Master Masons, and as overseers of the work, but in modern times we work in speculative Masonry only and a Master . Answer (1 of 12): Loads of stuff! You have this evening represented one of the greatest men, and perhaps the greatest Mason, the world ever knew, viz., our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, who was slain just before the completion of King Solomon's Temple. xxxiv. But what were our orders? (The signs are just the same as at opening. On both points of the compasses, extending from my naked left to my right breast, which was to teach me that, as the most vital parts of man are contained within the breast, so the most excellent tenets of our institution are contained between the points of the compasses, which are, friendship, morality, and brotherly love. and after a few more names, that of the Third Ruffian, "Jubelum! 140:1 The questions and answers in this lecture, relative to the disposition of the body and its discovery, &c., &c., are precisely like the historical part of this Degree, page 122, or that portion describing the conferring of the Degree, page 107. --To see that the Lodge is duly tyled. This reference to Jeremiah, where the prophet denounced the curse of the Lord upon the Princes and rulers who had broken the covenant which they had made with King Zedekiah, may explain the self-imposed penalty of J------ (Jubelum)." So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same.". After being taught to wear your apron as a Master Mason, how were you then disposed of? J. W. (Jubela, First Ruffian.) I would remark here, that in some Lodges the Master does not make the sign of distress first at the body, but only gives the sign of a Master Mason, which is done by drawing the right hand across the body, with the thumb inward. How did the Worshipful Master dispose of you? 9, p. 36), and then lets his hand slip off in a careless manner, and reports: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, owing to the high state of putrefaction, it having been dead already fifteen days, the skin slips, and the body cannot be raised.". What induced you to become a Master Mason? The body of our Grand Master was buried three times: first, in the rubbish of the Temple; secondly, on the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah; and, thirdly and lastly, as near the "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies," of King Solomon's Temple, as the Jewish law would permit; and Masonic tradition informs us that there was erected to his memory a Masonic monument, consisting of "a beautiful virgin, weeping over a broken column; before her was a book open; in her right hand a sprig of acacia, in her left an urn; behind her stands Time, unfolding and counting the, ringlets of her hair.". Worldly possession.--Dr. The Pot of Incense, the Beehive. These degrees are given based on merit and ability, although Master Masons cannot progress through these degrees without time and examination. A. Some Lodges use a large drum, others roll a large cannon-ball across the ante-room floor, letting it strike on a cushion placed against the wall. B.? First Ruffian, Jubela, generally the J. W. in the south. K. S.--No work laid out--no designs drawn on the trestle-board? For them, learning the Masonic work happens fast like the below scene from the Matrix. Again, the Master, one. I was conducted three times about the alter, to the Junior Warden in the South, the Senior Warden in the West, and the Master in the East. I furthermore promise and swear that I will not be present at the making of woman a Mason, an old man in his dotage, a young man in his non-age, an atheist, a mad man, a libertine, or a fool, knowing them to be so. Be diligent, prudent, temperate, discreet. Duncan's Masoic Ritual and Monitor, by Malcom C. Duncan, [1866], at sacred-texts.com. Conductor (for candidate.) The last of the Lodge ceremonies, the Master Mason degree, makes a candidate a full member of the Fraternity, enjoying both the rights and responsibilities of membership. What say you, guilty or not guilty? G. It was his usual practice at that hour, while the craft were called from labor to refreshment, to enter into the unfinished "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies," of the Temple, and there offer up his adorations to the Deity, and draw his designs on the trestle-board. 1 (See p. The Barney "work" is that adopted by the Baltimore Convention. Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic lodge. The Master so times his reading of the passage of Scripture, as to finish just as the parties reach the Junior Warden's station in the south, on the third round, when they halt. Takes the candidate by the "real grip" of a Fellow Craft, and says. I have long sought this opportunity. They then commence to search about the candidate, lifting off the canvas, feeling about his neck, &c., &c.: finally, one of the brethren, taking hold of the jewel which is attached to the yoke about the candidate's neck, exclaims: "Let us go and report that we find nothing on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office.". Updated on March 23, 2022. The Senior Deacon then answers with one rap (), and opens the door. 5, p. 97. I fear he is indisposed. Fellowcraft Handbook. Answer--We will bury it in the rubbish of the Temple, until low twelve, and then we will meet and give it a decent burial. Rapping three times each. The Ruffian gives the candidate a brush across the throat with his right hand, and at the same time relinquishes his hold with his left, steps quietly to one side, and permits the conductor and candidate td pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, which is done by the conductor advancing very rapidly, pulling the candidate along with him. "Further, that I will not knowingly strike a brother Master Mason, or otherwise do him personal violence in anger, except in the necessary defence of my family or property. 155.). Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge', The Degree Rituals of the Northern "This report of the committee was accepted and adopted by the Grand Lodge, and Brother Barney, provided with the recommendation thus obtained, visited many of the Lodges of the State, and imparted to them a knowledge of these lectures.