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[ 
 
 THE 
 
 FREEMASON'S MANUAL 
 
 OONTAININQ THK 
 f IRST, ^ECOND AND JH.RD pEGREES 
 
 OF Freemasonry; 
 
 BMBKLLIBHKO WITH 
 
 SYMBOLICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 INSTALLATION, CONSECRATION, 
 
 
 AND 
 
 DEDICATION CEREMONIES, ETC. 
 
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 Forms for Minutes, By-Laws, &c. 
 
 —OOMPILED BY— 
 
 THOMAS 8ARGANT, 32.' 
 
 ADAPTED FOR THE DORIINION OF CANADA 
 
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 TORONTO. 
 
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 Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the 
 year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, by Thomas 
 Sarqant, in tho Office of the Minister of Agriculture ami 
 Statistics at Ottawa. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
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 The want of a Manual adapted for the use of 
 the Craft in the Dominion of Canada is my great- 
 est reason for compiling this edition. 
 
 A desire to supply this want, and, at the same 
 time, preserve sacred and intact our ancient 
 landmarks^ has prompted me to present to the 
 PYaternity this present issue, and ask for it a 
 careful perusal, and impartial consideration. 
 
 It will be found to contain the full arrange- 
 ments of Ceremonies for Consecration, Dedica- 
 tion, Institution, and Installation of Officers of 
 Lodges; the Rules and Regulations for Masonic 
 Trials; Forms for keeping M'nutes, and By- 
 Laws ; also, for making proper returns to Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
In the pleasant labor of compiling this work 
 I have availed myself of the assistance of many 
 of our leading Canadian Masons. 
 
 Hoping that the advantages anticipated may 
 be fully realized by my brethren, I respectfully 
 submit the result of my efforts for their ap- 
 proval. 
 
 . Thomas Sargant. 
 Toronto^ iSSo, 
 
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CON'i'ENTS. 
 
 
 . - « — 
 
 
 Introduction — 
 
 
 The Lodge and its Government . 
 
 . 8 
 
 (^)unlification of Candidates 
 
 10 
 
 The Charges of a Freemason, etc. 
 
 . II 
 
 Admission of Candidates , . . . 
 
 21 
 
 Form of Application ..... 
 
 . 21 
 
 Opening and Closint; the Lodge 
 
 22 
 
 THE LODGE. 
 
 
 Entkrkd Apprkntice — .... 
 
 . 28 
 
 Working Tools ...... 
 
 38 
 
 Charge ....... 
 
 . 57 
 
 Tracing Board ...... 
 
 63 
 
 FliLLOW-CRAKT— 
 
 . 74 
 
 Working Tools .... . . 
 
 8c 
 
 Tracing Board ...... 
 
 . 82 
 
 Ciiarge ........ 
 
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 Mastkr Mason — 
 
 . 114 
 
 Working Tools ...... 
 
 124 
 
 Charge ....... 
 
 • 137 
 
 Ancient Ceremonies — . . . . 
 
 1 
 
 139 
 
 Consecration of a Lodge .... 
 
 . 147 
 
 Dedication n . . . . . 
 
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 Constitution n . . . . . 
 
 . 152 
 
 Installation ....... 
 
 152 
 
 Laying F'oundation Stones, etc. . 
 
 . 185 
 
 Funeral Services . . . . ' . 
 
 189 
 
 Rules and Regulations for Masonic Trials . 
 
 . 205 
 
 Form for Minutes ...... 
 
 229 
 
 Form for By-Laws, etc 
 
 . 237 
 
 Form for making Returns to Grand Lodge 
 
 254 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
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 Freemasonry is a moral institution, established by vir- 
 tuous men with the praiseworthy design of recalling to 
 our remembrance the most sublime truths, in the 
 midst of the most innocent and social pleasures, — foun- 
 ded on LIBERALITY, LOVE and CHARITY. *' It is a 
 beautiful system of morality, vailed in allegory, and 
 illustrated by symbols." Truth is its centre — the point 
 whence its radii diverge, point out to its disciples a cor- 
 rect knowledge of tlie Great Architect of the Universe^ 
 
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 and the reoral laws which he has oiclaincU for their gov 
 ernment. 
 
 A proper administration ol »ne various ceremonies 
 connected with its ritual, is of the first importance, 
 and. worthy of our serious consideration. 
 
 The rites and ceremonies ot Freemasonry lorm the 
 distinctive peculiarity of the institution. In their nature, 
 they are simple — in their end, instructive. They naturally 
 excite a high degree of curiosity in a newly initiated bro- 
 ther, and create an earnest desire to investigate their 
 meaning, and to become acquainted with their object and 
 design. It requires, however, close application and un- 
 tiring diligence to ascertain the precise nature of every 
 ceremony which our ancient brethren saw reason to 
 adopt in the formation of an exclusive system, which was 
 to pass through the world unconnected with the religion 
 and politics of all times, and of every people among 
 whom it should flourish and increase. In order to pre- 
 serve our ceremonies from the hand of innovation, it is 
 essentially necessary that every officer should be tho- 
 roughly acquainted with them, and that a firm determi- 
 nation should exist among the craft to admit no change. 
 A few words here or there may not in themselves appear 
 of much consequence, yet by frequent allowance, we be- 
 come habituated to them, and thus open the door to 
 evils of more serious magnitude. There is, there can be, 
 no safety but in a* rigid adherence to the ancient cere- 
 monies of the Order. The ceremonies and rcgiilalions 
 
are fixed by the rules of the order similar to those gov- 
 erning affairs in social life. 
 
 Every Freemason is required to bring his portion of 
 good ideas, and contribute to the perfecting of the cere- 
 monies and symbols ; and to the edification of Truth, 
 the universal and eternal temple which will one day in' 
 close all humanity within its precincts. 
 
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 THE LODGE AND ITS GOVERNMENT. 
 
 1. The room in whicii a certain number of Freemasons 
 assemble, for business connected with the institution, is 
 called a Lodge. The assembly or organized body of 
 Freemasons is also called a Lodge, just as the word 
 Church is expressive both of the congregation and the 
 place in which they meet to worship. A Lodge of Free- 
 masons, to be legally constituted, must be in possession 
 of a charter, granted by the Grand Lodge in whose juris- 
 diction it is situated ; the Book of the Law ; Square and 
 Compasses ; the liook of Constitutions ; a code of By- 
 Laws ; its Officers and a sufficient number of members, 
 (in all not less than seven), to perform the ceremonies 
 pertaining to the Order, 
 
 2. The constitutional officers of a Lodge are the Wor- 
 shipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, Senior and 
 Junior Deacons, Inner Guard and Tyler, to which, for 
 the better regulation of the ]>rivate concerns of the Lodge, 
 are to be added a Treasurer ant. Secretary ; a Chnplain, 
 Director of Ceremonies, Organist and Stewards may also 
 be added. 
 
 3. A Lodge ought to assemble at least once a month 
 for work and instruction. 
 
 4. A Lodge has the right to do all the work of Ancient 
 Craft Masonry ; to be represented at all the Communica- 
 tions of the Grand 1 .odge (if they are not twelve months 
 in arrears for Grand Lodge dues^ • to elect and install its 
 
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THE LODGE AND ITS GOVERNMENT. 
 
 officers ; to inaease its members by the acbnission of new 
 members, ami no member can be forced upon a Lodge 
 without its consent, and by a favourable ballot ; to make 
 By-laws for its government ; lo exclude a member, on 
 cause shown, temporarily or permanently; to levy lax 
 on its members ; to appeal to the District Deputy Grand 
 Master from the decision of its Master, and if not satis- 
 fied with his decision, then to the Grand Lodge ; to ex 
 crcise i>enal authority over its own members, and over 
 all uiiafllliated Masons living within the limits of its juris- 
 diction. 
 
 5. A Lodge under dispensation is a temporary and in- 
 choate organization of Lreemasons, acting under autho- 
 rity from the Grand Master ; is not entitled to represen- 
 tation in the Grand Lodge until warrant has been re- 
 commended to be is.>ued by Grand Lodge ; can not elect 
 or install oIVjccVs ; is without power to frame IJy-laws or 
 adopt a Seal 
 
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 QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES, 
 
 The qualifications whicii are essential in those who 
 apj)ly for initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry, are 
 two kinds, Internal and External. 
 
 The Internal qualifications of a candidate are those 
 which lie within his own bosom, and are not known to 
 the world. They refer to his peculiar dispositions toward 
 the institution — his motives and design in seeking an 
 entrance into it. Hence they are known to himself 
 alone ; and a knowledge of them can only be acquired 
 from his own solemn declaration. 
 
 The External {qualifications are inose wmch reier to 
 his outward fitness for initiation, and are based on his 
 moral and religious character, the frame of his body, the 
 constitution of his mind, and his social position. A 
 knowledge of these is to be acquiied from a careful ex- 
 amination by a committee appointed for that purpose. 
 
 The person who desires to be a Mason m\ist be a man, 
 believing in the existence of a .Supreme Being, and of a 
 future existence ; at least twenty-one years of age ; of 
 good moral character, temperate, industrious, and capa- 
 ble cf earning an honest livelihood ; he must come of 
 liis own free will and accord, uninlluenced by mercenary 
 or other improper motives ; be of sound r.iind and body ; 
 capable of reading and writing ; not deformed or dismem- 
 bered, but hale and sound in his physical conformation, 
 having his right limbs as a man ought to have. 
 
THE CHARGES OF A FREEMASON, ETC. 
 
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 THE CHARGES OF A FREEMASON, &c. 
 
 I.— CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION. 
 
 A MASON is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the motal 
 law; and, if he rightly understand the art, he will never 
 be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of 
 all men, should best understand that GoD seeth not as 
 man seeth ; for man looketh at the outward appearance, 
 but God looketh to the heart. A mason is, therefore, 
 particularly bound never to act against the dictates of 
 his conscience. Let a man's religion, or mode of wor- 
 ship, be what it may, he is not excluded from the order, 
 provided he believe in the glorious Architect of heaven 
 and earth, and practice the sacred duties of morality. 
 Masons unite with the virtuous of every persuasion in 
 the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal love ; they are 
 taught to view the errors of mankind with conii«.ssion, 
 and to strive, by the purity of their own conduct, to 
 demonstrate the superior excellence of the faith they may 
 profess. Thus masonry is the centre of union between 
 good men and true, and the happy means of conciliating 
 friendship amongst those who must otherwise have re- 
 mained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 II.— OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE, SUPREME AND 
 
 SUBORDINATE, 
 
 A MASON .a a peaceable subject to the civil powers 
 wherever he resides or works, and is never to be con- 
 
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 cerned in plots and conspiracies against tlie peace and 
 welfare of the nation, nor to behave himself undutifully 
 to inferior magistrates. He is cheerfully to conform to 
 every lawful authority; to uphold, , on every occasion, 
 the interest of the community, and zealously promote 
 the prosperity of his own country. Masonry has ever 
 flourished in times of peace and been always injured by 
 war, bloodshed and confusion ; so that kings and princes, 
 in every age, have been much disposed to encourage the 
 craftsmen on account of their peaceableness and loyalty, 
 whw-rcby they practically answer the cavils of their 
 adversaries and promote the honor of the fraternity. 
 Craftsmen are bound by peculiar ties to promote peace, 
 culiivate harmony, and live in concord au.l brotherly 
 luve. 
 
 Ill— OF LODGES, 
 
 A LODGE IS a place wnere Freemasons assemble to 
 work and to instruct and improve themselves in the 
 mysteries of their ancient science. In an extended sense 
 it applies to persons as well as to place ; hence every 
 rci^'ular assembly, or duly organized meeting of masons 
 is called a lodge. Every brother ought to belong to some 
 lodge and be subject to its by-laws and the general regu- 
 lations of the craft. A lodge may be either general or 
 particular, as will be best understood by attending it, 
 and there a knowledge of the established usages and 
 customs of the craft is alone to be acquired. From 
 ancient times no master or fellow could be absent from 
 
his lodge, especially when warned to appear at it, with- 
 out incurring a severe censure, unless it appeared to the 
 master and wardens that pure necessity hindered him. 
 
 The persons made masons or admitted members of a 
 lodge must be good and true men, free born, and of 
 mature and discreet age and sound judgment, no bond- 
 men, no women, no immoral or smndalous men, but of 
 good report. 
 
 IV. — OF MASTERS, WARDENS, FELLOWS AND 
 APPRENTICES. 
 
 All preferment among masons is grounded upon real 
 worth and personal merit only, that so the lords may be 
 well served, the brethren not put to shame, nor the royal 
 craft despised ; therefore no master or warden is chosen 
 by seniority, but for his merit. It is impossible to de- 
 scribe these things in writing, and therefore every brother 
 must attend in his place, and learn them in a way peculiar 
 to ihis fraternity. Candidates may, nevertheless, know 
 that no master should take an apprentice unless he has 
 sufficient employment for him ; and, unless he be a 
 perfect youth^ having no maim or defect in his body that 
 may render him incapable of learning the art, of serving 
 his master's lord, and of being made a brother, and then 
 a fellow-craft in due time, after he has served such a 
 term of years as the custom of the country directs ; and 
 that he should be descended of honest parents, that so, 
 when otherwise qualified, he may arrive to the honor of 
 
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 being the warden and then the master of the lodge, the 
 grand warden, and at length the grand master of all the 
 lodges, according to his merit. 
 
 No brother can be a warden until he has passed the 
 pait of a fellow-craft, nor a master until he has acted as 
 a warden, nor grand- warden until he has been master of 
 a lodge, nor grand-master unless he has been a fellow- 
 craft before his election, who is also to be nobly born, 
 or a gentleman of the best fashion, or some eminent 
 scholar, or some curious architect, or other artist de- 
 scended of honest parents, and who is of singularly great 
 merit in the opinion of the lodges. 
 
 These rulers and governors, supreme and subordinate, 
 of the ancient lodge, are to be obeyed in their respective 
 stations by all the brethren, according to their old charges 
 and regulations, with all humility, reverence, love and 
 alacrity. 
 
 JV.B. — in ancient times no brother^ however skilled in 
 the ci'afty was called a master-mason until he had been 
 elected into the chair of a lod^e. 
 
 V. — OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CRAFT IN 
 
 WORKING. 
 
 All masons shall work honestly on working days that 
 they may live creditable on holy days ; and the time ap- 
 pointed by the law of the land, or confirmed by custom, 
 shall be observed. 
 
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 'Ihe most expert of the fellow-craftsmen shall be chosen 
 or appointed the master, or overseer of the lord's work ; 
 who is tc be called master by those who work under 
 him. The craftsmen are to avoid all ill language, and to 
 call each other by no disobliging name, but brother or 
 fellow ; and to behave themselves courteously within and 
 without the lodge. 
 
 The master, knowing himself to be able of cunning, 
 shall undertake the lord's work as reasonably as possible, 
 and truly dispend his goods as if they were his own ; nor 
 to give more wages to any brother or apprentice than he 
 really may deserve. •' 
 
 Both the master and the masons receiving their wages, 
 justly, shall be faithful to the lord, and honestly finish 
 their work, whether task or journey ; nor put the work 
 to task that hath been accustomed to journey. 
 
 None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a brother, 
 nor supplant him, or put him out of his work, if he 
 be capable to finish the same ; for no man can finish 
 an^'ther's work so much to the lord's profit, unless he be 
 thoi .ughly acquainted with the designs and draughts of 
 of him that began it 
 
 When a fellow-craftsman is chosen warden of the work 
 under the master, he shall be true both to master and 
 fellows, shall carefully oversee the work in the master's 
 absence, to the lord's profit ; and his brethren shall obey 
 him. 
 
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 AU mason, employed ^^^J^^^l^ ^,,,n the master 
 without murmuring or mutmy. and n 
 
 till the work be finished. ^^ 
 
 grand lodge. ,, in the proper «ork of 
 
 , No Uborer shall be emp^e'l J^ V ^^^^ ^^^^ ^„ 
 masonry ; rror shall f-mjjs ^ * _^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 „ot free, -'^'^-'."^X^d masons, as they should 
 teach laborers and rmacceptea 
 
 teach a brother or fellow. 
 
 ■ VI -ON BEHAVIOUR, VIZ. : 
 
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 , n orivate committees, or separa e 
 
 Vot; are not to'-'f J 'J^m the master, nor to ta^ 
 
 eonve,sation, >""« "' '^f^^^^^eemly, nor interrupt the 
 
 of anything inrpcrt.nenUy or - ^ ^^ ^^^ , 
 
 master or wardens, or any broU P ^^^,_^^^^ ^.j^,,^ ,y^, 
 
 nor behave yourself 1»^ ™"^^„^ Ja solemn •, nor use 
 lodge is engaged m what . ser ^_^^^ whatsoever ; 
 
 any unbecoming language upon any p ^^^^^^^^ ^„^ 
 
 fellows, and put them ^^_^^^ 
 
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 .he lodge, 
 
 who are the proper and competent judges of all such 
 controversies, (unless you carry them by appeal to the 
 grand lodge,) and to whom they ought to be referred, 
 unless a lord's work be hindered the meanwhile, in which 
 case a particular reference may be made ; but you must 
 never go to law about what concerneth masonry, without 
 an absolute necessity apparent to the lodge. 
 
 2.— Behaviour after the Lodge is over, and the Brethren 
 
 not Gone. 
 
 You may enjoy yourselves with innocent mirth, treat- 
 ing one another according to ability, but avoiding all 
 excess, or forcing any brother to eat or drink beyond his 
 inclination, or hindering him from gointr when his occa- 
 sions call him, or doing or saying anything offensive, or 
 that may forbid an easy and free conversation ; for that 
 would blast our harmony, and defeat our laudable pur- 
 poses. Therefore no private piques or quarrels must be 
 brought within the door of the lodge, far less any quarrels 
 about religion, or nations, or state policy, we being only, 
 as masons, of the universal religion above-mentioned ; 
 we are also of all nations, tongues, kindreds, and lan- 
 guages, and are resolved against all politics, as what never 
 yet conduced to the welfare of the lodge, nor ever will. 
 
 3.— Behaviour when Brethren meet without Strangers, 
 but not in a Lodge Formed. 
 
 You ^re to salute one another in a courteous manner, 
 as you will be instructed, calling each other brother, 
 freely giving mutual instruction as shall be thought expe- 
 
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 encroaching upon ea* oth«, ^,^^^ ^^ „„^ , 
 
 respect which .s ^"^ '° J^„^, „e as brethren upon the 
 „ason : for though all inasons ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^„ 
 
 same level, yet masonry takes ^^^^ ^^ ^.^ j_^^_,^^ 
 that he had before ; nay, rat brotherhoo<l, 
 
 manners. 
 
 - nf straneers, not Masons. 
 4 -Benaviour in Presence of Strange 
 
 ;n vour words and carnage, 
 You should be cautious in >our ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ 
 
 that the most penetrating ^trangej shj i.^mated; 
 
 discover or find out .hat rs no prop^rjo ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 ,_Be.avionratHon.eandinyour.ei...or.oo. 
 
 v „n,P<: a moral and wise man ; 
 You are to act as b^"""" ^ "f^i.^ds, and neighbors 
 particularly not to let y°-^" f^' ' ^u wisely to con- 
 know the concerns of the ^f^^'f- ^„,ient brother- 
 
 suit your own I'--- ;'"^^f^,:aoned here. You mus 
 hood, for reasons no o be me _ ^^^^^^^^ ^„„ 
 
 from working. 
 
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 6.— Behavloiir towards a Strange Brother. 
 
 You are cautiously to examine him in such a method 
 as prudence shall direct you, that you may not be im- 
 posed upon by an ignorant, false pretender, whom you 
 are to reject with contempt and derision, and beware of 
 giving him any hints of knowledge. 
 
 But if you discover him to be a true and genuine 
 brother, you are to respect him acccH-dingly ; and if he 
 is in want you must relieve him if you can, or else direct 
 him how he may be relieved. You must employ him 
 some days or else recommend him to be employed. But 
 you are not charged to do beyond your ability ; only to 
 prefer a poor brother that is a good man and true, before 
 any other people in the same circumstances. 
 
 Finally, — All these charges you are to observe, and 
 also those that shall be communicated to you in another 
 way ; cultivating brotherly love the foundation and cape- 
 stone, the cement and glory of this ancient fraternity ; 
 avoiding all wrangling and quarrelling, all slander and 
 backbiting, nor permitting others to slander any honest 
 brother, but defending his character and doing him all 
 good offices, as far as is consistent with your honor and 
 safety, and no farther. And if any of them do you injury, 
 you must apply to your own or his lodge ; and from 
 thence you may appeal to the grand lodge^ at the annual 
 communication, as has been the ancient laudable conduct 
 of our forefathers in every nation ; never taking a legal 
 course but when the case cannot be otherwise decided. 
 
THE 
 
 , vrefmeson's manual. 
 
 T^. to the honest and friendly advce 
 andpatientWU*«»'"g'°!;;/,h,y ^oM prevent you 
 of master and fellows, ^"J^^,^ excite yoa to put 
 
 going to >-.«;';>;^^^::-:;. , That so you may fin.l the 
 a speedy penod to aU law . ^^^^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^,,, . v,„ 
 
 affair of masonry wUh the . ^^^ ^^^,„ ^nd 
 
 .ith respect to brothers "^ f^^.^^^^iation, which ought 
 brethren should '"■-'ly"ff"^''"\,,,,„„,ending brethren; 
 ,o be thankfully ^«^"-' ^.Tp acticable, they must, how- , 
 and it '''"''"'^'"''.''""'jrorlaw-suit. without wrath 
 ever, carry on the.r F- -;2n way), saying or donrg 
 and rancour (not '" '^^ ~"^„,herly love and good offices 
 „othing which may '>'"^;^;°\;,/all may see the ben.gn 
 ,0 be renewed and co"""^f ; „^,„„, uave done fro,u 
 influence of masonry, sj^^ >' ^.^^ ^^^ ^^ ^,^ ,„, „f 
 
 time. Amen. 
 
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ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES. 
 
 Ty the regulations of the Fraternity, a canilidate for 
 the mysteries of Masonry cannot be initiated in any 
 regular lodge, without having been properly proposed at 
 one regular meeting of the lodge, and a committee has 
 been appointed by the W. M., or the petition referred to 
 the E. C, to make the necessary enquiries into the 
 character of the candidate. His name, age, addition or 
 p*^.r?ssion, and place of abode shall have been sent to all 
 the members in the summons for the next regular meet- 
 ing, when, after the committee have reported to the lodge 
 in his favor, he must be balloted for, and if approved, 
 he may be admitted to the first degree of masonry. 
 Should the report be unfia.vorabIe he shall be considered 
 a rejected candidate. 
 
 FORM OF APPLICATION. 
 
 To the Worshifful Master^ Wardens^ and Brethern of 
 -A.F.A.M, 
 
 -Lodge No.- 
 
 I,- 
 
 of the of in the county of 
 
 aged years, being free by birth, and of 
 
 mature age, do declare that unbiassed by the 
 improper solicitation of friends, and uninfluenced 
 by mercenary or other unworthy motives, I 
 freely and voluntarily offer myself a candidate 
 
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 for the mysteries of masonry ; ' that I . am 
 prompted by a favorable opinion conceived of 
 the institution, and a desire for knowledge ; that 
 I will cheerfully conform to all the ancient 
 usages, and established customs of the order, 
 and that I have not been rejected by this or 
 any other lodge within twelve months from date 
 of my present application- 
 
 Witness my hana this day of A.D. 
 
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 Recotntnendcd by 
 
 OPENING AND CLOSING THE LODGE. 
 
 In all regular assemblies of men who are convened 
 for wise and useful purposes, the commencement and 
 conclusion of business are accompanied with some form. 
 In every country in the world the practice prevails, and 
 is deemed essential. 
 
 Ceremonies, when simply considered, it is true, aie 
 little more than visionary delusions; but their effects are 
 
sometimes important. When they impre awe and 
 reverence on the mind, and engage the attention by ex- 
 ternal attraction to solemn rites, they are interesting 
 objects. 
 
 These purposes are effected by judicious ceremonies 
 when regularly conducted and properly arranged. On 
 this ground, they have received the sanction of the 
 wisest men in all ages, and consequently could not escape 
 the notice of Masons. 
 
 To begin well is the most likely means to end well, 
 and it has been properly remarked, that when order and 
 method are neglected at the beginning, they will be 
 seldom found to take place at the end. 
 
 The ceremonies of Opening and Closing a Lodge with 
 solemnity and decorum, is therefore, universally admitted 
 among Masons ; and which differ in each of the degrees, 
 — but differ so slightly as not to affect their general 
 character- They must, therefore, be considered in re- 
 ference to the several purposes which they are designed 
 to accomplish. 
 
 To conduct these ceremonies with propriety ought to 
 be the peculiar study of every Mason, especially of those 
 wlio have the honor to rule in our assemblies. To per- 
 sons who are dignified, — every eye is naturally directed 
 for propriety and behaviour, and from them, other 
 brethren, who are less informed will naturally expect to 
 derive an example worthy of imitation. From a share 
 
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 in these ceremonJes no Mason can be exempted. This 
 is the first request of the Master and the prelude to all 
 business. No sooner has it been signified that the lodge 
 is about to be opened than every officer repairs to his 
 station and the intent of the meeting becomes the sole 
 object of attention. 
 
 OPENING. 
 
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 ' The ceremony of opening is then proceeded with. 
 This relates to the position and duties of the several 
 officers necessary to properly open the Lodge for the dis- 
 patch of business. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 Brethren, the Lodge being thus duly formed, 
 before I declare it opened, let us invoke a bless- 
 ing from the Great Architect of the Universe 
 upon all our undertakings. May our labors 
 thus commenced in Order, be conducted in 
 Pcacp, and closed in Harmony. 
 
 Response by the brethren : *' so mote it be." 
 
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The following Ode may be sung. 
 
 y^/r— Dundee. 
 
 1. Within our temple met again, 
 
 With hearts and purpose strong ; 
 We'll raise our notes of grateful praise. 
 With union in our song. 
 
 2. AroMnd our altar's sacred shine, 
 
 May love's pure incense rise, 
 Bearing upon its mystic flame, 
 Our music to the skies. 
 
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 The general business is then proceeaed with, 
 after which degrees are conferred in the con- 
 stitutional manner, and at the proper period of 
 time. 
 
 CLOSING. 
 
 Previous to closing the brethren are informed 
 that if any desire to offer anything for the 
 benefit of Freemasonry, an opportunity is now 
 afforded to them. 
 
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 THE freemason's MANUAL. 
 
 III! i 
 
 
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 Closing ode may be sung. 
 
 /^/V— Sicilian Hymn. 
 
 1. Now our social labors closing, 
 
 Homage of the heart we pay ; '. 
 Each in confidence reposing, 
 
 Kindest thoughts that ne'er decay.^ 
 
 2. Let us eacn m timers commotion, 
 
 Heavenly light and truth implore ; 
 Thus will pass life's stormy ocean, 
 Landing on a happier shore. 
 
 BENEDICTION AT CLOSING..,^ 
 
 Brethren, before this Lodge is closed, let us,vvith 
 all reverence and humility, express our gratitude 
 to the G.A.O.T.U. for the favors already re- 
 ceived, and may He continue to preserve our 
 order by cementing and adorning it with every 
 moral and social virtue. 
 
 Response oy ike brethren : '* So mote it be." 
 
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THE LODGE— ANCIENT CEREMONIES 
 
 27 
 
 \ W 
 
 ©be f o<lflf. 
 
 r Entered Apprentice. 
 
 2. Fellow-Craft. 
 
 3. Master Mason. 
 
 Constitution. 
 Consecration. 
 Dedication. - 
 
 Installation. 
 Laying Foundation Stones. 
 Funeral Services. 
 
 /i^u/i's and Regulations for 
 Masonic Trials. 
 
 Form for keeping Minutes of Lodges. 
 Form for By-Laws and Regulations. 
 Form for Grand Lodge Returns. 
 
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 ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE. 
 
 Masonry is an Art. In every art there is a mystery 
 which requires a progress of study, and application, to 
 arrive at any degree of perfection. Witliout much in- 
 struction and more exercise, no man can be skilful in any 
 art ; in like manner, without an assiduous application to 
 the various subjects treated of in Masonry,- no person can 
 be sufficiently acquainted with its true value. From this 
 remark it must not be inferred that persons who labour 
 under the disadvantage of a confined education, or whose 
 sphere of life requires assiduous attention to business are 
 to be discouraged in their endeavours to gain knowledge 
 of Masonry. To qualify an individual to enjoy the bene- 
 fits of the society at large, or to partake of its privileges, 
 is not absolutely necessary that he should be acquainted 
 with all its intricate parts. These are only intended for 
 persons who may have leisure and opportunity to indulge 
 such pursuits. Some may be more able than others ; 
 some more eminent ; some more useful ; but all in their 
 different spheres may prove advantageous to the com- 
 munity, and our necessities, as well as our con'^ciencea 
 bind us to cherish one another. It must be admitted 
 that those who accept offices and exercise authority in 
 the Lodge, ought to be men of prudence and address, 
 enjoying all the advantages of a well cultivated mind and 
 retentive memory. Ad men are not blessed with the 
 same powers and talents ; all men therefore, are not 
 equally to govern. He who wishes to teach must submit 
 to learn, and no one is qualified to support the higher 
 
ENTERED APPRENTICE DKGREF-. 
 
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 offices of the Lodge who has not previously discharged 
 the duties of those which are subordinate. Experience 
 is the best ])receptor ; all men rise by gradation, and 
 merit and industry are the first steps to preferment; 
 
 Masonry was originally an operative society, and in 
 that form those who worked as Entered Apjnentices were 
 ^iy\G(ii/irsi-class, but in speculative, or Free Masonry, the 
 degree of which we are now treating, has for centuries 
 been regarded as the first of the order. 
 
 Its reception places the novitiate in possession of the 
 Masonic alphabet, and discloses to hiin the fundamental 
 principles of this time-honored institution. 
 
 SYMHOLISM OF THE I-KGREE. 
 
 The first or Entered Apprentice degree of Masonry, is 
 intended, symbolically, to represent the entrance of man 
 into the world, in which he is afterward to become a liv- 
 ing and thinking actor. Coming from the ignorance and 
 darkness of the outer world, his first craving is for light — 
 not thar physical light which springs from the great orb 
 of day, as its fount:ation, but that moral and intellectual 
 light which emanates from the primal source of all things, 
 from the Great Architect of the Universe — the Creator of 
 
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 the Sim, and all it illuminates. Hence the great, the pri- 
 mary object of the first degree, is to symbolize that birth 
 of intellectual light into the mind ; and the Entered Aji- 
 prentice is the type of unregenerate man, groping m moral 
 and mental darkness, and seeking for that light which is 
 to guide his steps and point him to the path which leads 
 to duty am) to Ilim who gives to duty its reward. 
 
 The first approach of a candidate to a Lodge of Free- 
 masons^ teaches him the pernicious tendency of Infidelity, 
 and shows him that the foundation on which Masonry 
 rests, is the belief and acknowledgement of a Supreme 
 Being ; that in him alone a sure confidence can be placed, 
 to protect his steps in all dangers and difficulties he may 
 be called to encounter in his progress through life. That 
 that Supreme Being will punish vice and reward virtue, 
 and that that Supreme Being has revealed his divine will 
 to man, which assures him that if his faith is well founded 
 on that Supreme Being, he may confidently pursue his 
 course without fear and without danger 
 
 ,c>e>^ 
 
INITIATION. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Every candidate, immediately after his recep- 
 tion, is required to give his free and full assent 
 to the following interrogations : 
 
 I. Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, 
 that unbiassed by the improper solicitations of 
 friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary or other 
 
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 unworthy motives you freely and voluntarily 
 offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries and 
 privileges of Freemasonry ? 
 
 2. Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, 
 that you are prompted to solicit these privileges 
 from a favorable opinion preconceived of the 
 institution, a general desire for knowledge, and 
 a sincere wish to render younelf more exten- 
 sively serviceable to your fellow creatures. 
 
 3. Do you further seriously declare, upon 
 your honor, that avoiding fear on the one hand, 
 and rashness on the other, you will steadily per- 
 severe through the ceremony of your initiation, 
 and, if once admitted, you will cheerfully con- 
 form to the ancient usages and established cus- 
 toms of the Order. 
 
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 PRAYER USED AT INITIATION. 
 
 Vouchsafe thine aid Almighty Father and 
 Supreme Governor of the Universe, to this our 
 present convention, and grant that this candi- 
 date for masonry may so cledi(»ate, and devote 
 
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 INITIATION — SECTION I. 
 
 33 
 
 his life to thy service, as to become a true and 
 faithful brother among us. Endow him with a 
 competency of they divine Wisdom, that as- 
 sisted by the secrets of our Masonic art, he may 
 the better be enabled to display the beauties of 
 true godliness to the honor and glory of thy 
 holy name. 
 
 Jies/o;is6!-~So mote it be. 
 
 Music may be introduced, or the following 
 ode be sung ; 
 
 Ah—AiiU Lang Syne. 
 
 I. Behold ! how pleasant and how good. 
 For brethren such as we. 
 
 Of the accepted brotherhood 
 To dwell in unity ! 
 
 'Tis like the oil on Aaron's head, 
 
 Which to his feet distills, 
 
 - Like Hermon's dew so richly shed 
 
 On Zioa's sacred hills ! 
 
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 2. For there the Lord of h'ght and love, 
 
 A blessing sent with j)o\vcr ; 
 Oh may we all this blessing prove, 
 
 E'en life for evermore? 
 On friendship's altar, rising here. 
 
 Our hands now plighted be, 
 To live in love, with hearts sincere 
 
 In peace and unity. 
 
 It is the duty of the Master of the Lodge, as one of tlie 
 precautionary measures of initiation, to explain to the 
 candidate the nature and design of the institution ; and 
 while he informs him that it is founded on the ^ *rest 
 principles of virtue ; that it possesses ^reat and invalua- 
 ble privileges ; and that, in order to secure those privi- 
 leges to worthy men, and worthy men alone, voluntary 
 pledges of fidelity are required ; he will at the same time 
 assuie him that nothing will be expected of him incom- 
 patible with his civil, moral or religious duties. 
 
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INITIATION — SECTION I. 
 
 35 
 
 In the beginning, God created the heaven 
 and the earth. And the earth was without form, 
 and void ; and darkness was upon the face of 
 the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon 
 the face of the waters. And God said, Let there 
 be light ; and there was h'ght. 
 
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 The three * ^ * are the Volume of the 
 Sacred Law, Square and Compasses. 
 
 The Volume of the Sacred Law is to rule, and 
 govern our Faith, the Square to regulate our 
 actions, and the Compasses to keep us in due 
 bounds with all mankind, but more particularly 
 with our brethren in Masonry. 
 
The three * ^ >i^ are the Sun, Moon, 
 and Master of the Lodge. The Sun to mle the 
 day, the Moon to rule the night, and the Mas- 
 ter of the Lodge, to rule and govern his Lodge. 
 
 That ancient and spotless ensign of Masonry, the lamb- 
 skin apron, is presented in behalf of the Lodge, and the 
 Fraternity in general. 
 
 It is more ancient than the Golden Fleece, or 
 Roman Eagle; more honorable than the Star and 
 Garter, or any other order in existence, being the 
 badge of innocence, and the badge of a Mason. 
 The candidate is strongly recommended ever to 
 wear and consider it as such, and is assured 
 that if he never disgraces it. it will never dis- 
 grace him. 
 
 The Iamhshr\ or white leather apron was used 
 by operative Masons, to protect their garments 
 from spot or stain. But we as Free and Ac- 
 cepted Masons make use of it for a more noble 
 purpose. From its whiteness and the innocence 
 of the animal from which it is pi ocurcd, we are 
 constantly admonished to observe that blame- 
 
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INITIATION— SECTION I. 
 
 37 
 
 less purity of life and cooduct which will alone 
 enable us hereafter to stand before T. G. A. T. 
 U. unstained by vice, and unspotted by sin. 
 
 The newly-initiated brother is then conducted to his 
 proper station, **»**♦ where he receives 
 l\i> first lesson in moral architecture, teaching him ever 
 to walk uprifjhily before GoD and man. 
 
 In the course of this section is exhibited a beautiful 
 and impressive illustration of one of the grand principles 
 of Ihe institution, and concludes with a moral applica- 
 
 tion. 
 
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 • THE WORKING TOOLS OF AN E. A. MASON. 
 
 The Tiifeiity-foui' Inch Gaure, Common Gavel 
 and the Chisel. 
 
 The Tiventy-four Inch Gauge is the first im- 
 plement put into the hands of the workman, to 
 enable him to measure, and ascertain the size 
 and extent of the work in which he is about to 
 engage ; thus to compute the time and labor it 
 may cost. 
 
 The Common Gavel is an important instru- 
 ment of labor, and highly esteemed as an im- 
 plement of art. Though recognized by various 
 artists under different appellations, it is yet ad- 
 mitted by them all, that no work of manual 
 
 skill can be completed without it. 
 
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 The Chisel is a small instrument, though solid 
 in its form, and of such exquisite sharpness as 
 fully to compensate for the diminutiveness of 
 its size. It iiv calculated to make an impression 
 on the hardest substance, and the mightiest 
 structures have been indebted for their fine 
 polish to its aid. But as we are not operative 
 
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 but rather Free and Accepted or Speculative 
 Masons, we apply these tools to our moralso in 
 this sense. 
 
 From the Tiventy-four hich Guage we derive 
 a lesson of daily admonition and instruction ; 
 for as it is divided into twenty-four parts, it re- 
 calls to our mind the division of the day into 
 twenty-four parts, and directs us to apportionate 
 them to their proper objects, namely, prayer, 
 labor refreshment, and sleep. 
 
 From the Coiuvwn Gavel we learn that skill 
 without exertion is of little avail,- -that labor is 
 the lot of man ; for the heart may conceive, and 
 the head devise in vain, if the hand be not 
 prompt to execute the design. 
 
 From the Chisel we learn that perseverance 
 is necessary to establish perfection ; that the 
 rude material receives its fine polish, but from 
 re|)eatt'd efforts iilone that nothing short of in- 
 defatigable exertion can induce the habit of vir- 
 tue, enlighten the mind, and render the soul 
 Dure. 
 
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 I 
 
 From the whole we deduce this moral ; that 
 knowledge grounded on accuracy, aided by 
 labor, and prompted by perseverance, will finally 
 overcome all difficulties, raise ignorance from 
 ) despair, and establish happiness to the paths of 
 science. 
 
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 INITEATION— SECTION II. 
 
 41 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 ^ ■ 
 
 This section fully explains the manner of constituting 
 and the proper authority for holding a Lodge. Here, also, 
 we learn where Lodges were anciently held ; their form, 
 
 SUPPORT, COVERING, ORNAMENTS, LIGHTS, and JEWELS, 
 
 how selected and to whom dedicated, as well in former 
 times as at present. 
 
 A Lodge is an assemblage of Masons duly 
 congregated, having the Holy Bible, Square and 
 Compasses, and a Warrant authorizing them to 
 work. 
 
 Lodge meetings at the present day are usu- 
 ally held in upper chambers, probably for the 
 better security which such places afford. It 
 may be, however, that the custom had its origin 
 in a practice observed by the ancient Jews, of 
 
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 TIIK FREEMASON S MANUAL. 
 
 building their temples, schools, and synagogues 
 on high hills, a practice which seems to have 
 met the approbation of the Almighty, who said 
 unto the prophet Ezekiel, " upon the top of 
 the mountain the whole limit thereof round 
 about shall be most holy." Before the erection 
 of temples the celestial bodies were worshipped 
 on hills ^ and the terrestrial ones in valleys at a 
 later period. The Christians, when it was prac- 
 ticable, er \ ted their churches on eminences. 
 
 The form of a Lodcre is 
 
 Its 
 
 dimensions from east to west, embracing every 
 clime between north and south. In fact, its 
 universal chain of friendship encircles every por- 
 tion of the human family, and beams wherever 
 civilization extends. 
 
 «#»*»**»»*<rV»««» 
 
*" 
 
 1 
 
 The Masonic Lodge bounded only by the ex- 
 treme points of the cr^npass, the highest hea- 
 vens, and the lowest depth of the central abyss, 
 is metaphorioally supported by three great pil- 
 lars, Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty ; because 
 their should be wisdom to contrive, strength to 
 support, and beauty to adorn all great and im- 
 portant undertakings. The universe is the tem- 
 ple of the Deity whom we serve; Wisdom, 
 Strength and Beauty are about His t'hrone as 
 pillars of His work ; for His wisdom in infinite. 
 His strength is omnipotent, and His beauty 
 shines forth through all His creatures in sym- 
 metry and order. 
 
 Tr/.s'rfom is represented by the Ionic column and the W.*. M. •., 
 because the ionic column wisely combiner the strength without 
 
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 THE freemason's MANUAL. 
 
 the massiveness of the Doric ; with the grace, without the exu- 
 berance of ornament of the Corinthian ; and because it is the duty 
 of the W. •. M.*. to superintend, instruct, and enlighten the craft 
 by his superior wisdom. Solomon, King of Israel, is also con- 
 sidered aa the column of wisdom that supported the temple. 
 
 Strength is represented by the Doric column and the S.*. W, *., 
 because the Doric is the strongest and most massive of the Orders, 
 and because it is the duty of the S. *. W. '. by an attentive super- 
 intendence of the craft, to aid the W.*. M.\ in the performance of 
 his duties, and to strengthen and support his authority. Hiram, 
 King of Tyre, Is also considered aa the representative of the col- 
 umn of strength which supported the temple. 
 
 Beauty is represented by the Corinthian column and the J *. 
 W.*. because the Corinthian is the most beautiful and highly 
 finished of the Orders, and because the situation of the J.'. W.*. 
 in the S.-. enables him the better to observe that bright luminary 
 which, at its meridian height, is the beauty and glory of the day. 
 llirum Abiff is also considered a representative of beauty which 
 supported the temple. 
 
INITIATION — SECTION II. 
 
 45 
 
 Its Coveting is no less than the clouded can- 
 opy or starry decked heaven, where all good 
 Masons hope at last to arrive, by the aid of that 
 theological ladder which Jacob in his vision 
 saw from earth to heaven, the three principal 
 rounds of which are denominated Faith, Hope 
 and Charity, which admonishes us to have 
 faith in God, hope in immortality and charity to 
 all mankind. The greatest of these is charity. 
 For our faith may be lost in sight ; hope ends 
 in fruition ; but charity extends beyond the 
 grave through the boundless realms of eternity. 
 
 The Furniture of a Lodge consists of the 
 Holy Bible, Square, and Compasses. The Bible 
 to rule and govern our Faith ; the Square to 
 square our actions, and the Compasses to keep 
 us within due bounds, more especially with our 
 Brethren in Masonry. 
 
 The following appropriate illustrations of the * • * of Mas- 
 onry may be given with beautiful effect: 
 
 As more immediate guides for a Freeraas(pn, the Lodge is fur- 
 nished with unerring rules, whereby he shall form his conduct. 
 
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 THE freemason's MANUAL. 
 
 The Book of the Law is laid before him, that he may not say, 
 through ignorance lie erred ; whatever the Great Architect of the 
 world hath dictated to mankind, as the mode in which he should 
 be served, and the path in which to tread, is to obtam his appro- 
 bation ; whatever precepts he hath administered, and with what- 
 ever laws he hath inspired the sages of old, the same are faithfully 
 comprised in the Book of the Law of Masonry. That book reveals 
 the duties which the Great Master of all exacts from us ; open to 
 ever' eye, comprehensible to every mind. Then who shall say 
 amoi ; us that he knoweth not the acceptable service? 
 
 The Rule, the Square, and the Compasses, are emblematical of 
 the conduct we should pursue to society. To observe punctuality 
 in all our engagements, faithfully and religiously to discharge 
 those important obligations which we owe to God and our neigh- 
 bor ; to be upright in all our dealings ; to hold the scale of jus- 
 tice in equal poise ; to square our actions by the unerring rule of 
 God's sacred word ; to keep within compass and bounds with all 
 mankind, particularly with a brother; to govern our expenses by 
 our incomes ; to curb our sensual appetites ; to keep within 
 bounds those unruly passions which oftentimes interfere with the 
 enjoyments of society, and degrade both the man and the Free- 
 mason ; to recall to our minds that in the great scale of existence, 
 the whole family of mankind are upon a level with each other, 
 and that the only question of preference among Freemasons 
 should be, who is most wise, who is most good ? For the time 
 will come, and none of us know how soon, when death, the great 
 leveller of all human greatness, will rob us of our distinctions, 
 and bring us to a level with the dust. 
 
 The Ornaments of a Lodge are the Masonic 
 Pavement, the Indented Tessel, and the 
 Blazing Star. 
 
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 INITIATION — SECTION II. 
 
 47 
 
 The Mosaic Pavement is a representation of 
 the ground floor of King Solomon's Temple ; 
 the Indented Tessel of that beautiful tesselated 
 border or skirting which surrounded it ; the 
 Mosaic Pavement is emblematical of human 
 life, checkered with good and evil ; the Indent- 
 ed Tessel or tesselated border, of the manifold 
 blessings and comforts which constantly sur- 
 round us, and which we hope to j )y by a 
 firm reliance on Divine Providence which is 
 hicroglyphically represented by the Blazing Star 
 in the centre. 
 
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 THE freemason's MANUAL 
 
 A Lodge has three symbolic h'ghts ; one in 
 the East, one in the West, and one in the South. 
 A Lodge has six jewels ; three movable and 
 three immovable. 
 
INITIATION — SECTION II. 
 
 49 
 
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 jouth. 
 e and 
 
 The movable jewels are the Square, Level 
 and Plumb. 
 
 The Square inculcates morality ; the Level 
 equality ; and the Plumb rectitude of conduct. 
 
 The movable jewels a? the Rough Ashler, 
 the Perfect Ashler and the Trestle Board. 
 
 v. 
 
 The Rough Ashlar is a stone as taken from 
 the quarry in its rude and natural state. 
 
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 The Perfect Ashlar is a stone made ready by 
 the hands of the workmen, to be adjusted by 
 the working tools of the Fellow Craft. 
 
 The Trestle Board is for the Master work- 
 man to draw his designs upon. 
 
 By the Rough Ashlar we are reminded of oar 
 rude and imperfect state by nature ; by the Per- 
 fect Ashlar, of that state of perfection at which 
 we hope to arrive by a virtuous education, our. 
 own endeavors, and the blessing of God ; and 
 by the Trestle Board we are also reminded that, 
 as the operative workman erects his temporal 
 building agreeably to the rules and designs laid 
 down by the Master on the Trestle Board, so 
 should we, both operative and speculative, en- 
 deavor to erect our spiritual building in accord- 
 ance with the designs laid down by the Supreme 
 Architect of the Universe, in the Great Book of 
 Nature and Revelation, which is our spiritual, 
 moral, and Masonic trestle board. 
 
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 INITIATION — SECTION II. 
 
 51 
 
 The Lodge is situatea due East and West. 
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 The Lodges were anciently dedicated to i 
 King Solomon, as he was our first Most Excel- 
 lent Grand Master ; but Masons professing 
 Christianity, dedicate theirs to St. John the 
 Baptist and St. John the Evangelist who were 
 
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 two eminent patrons of Masonry ; and since 
 their time there is represented in every regular 
 and well governed Lodge a certain point within 
 a circle — the point representing an individual 
 brother ; the circle, the boundary line of his con- 
 duct to God and man, beyond which he is never 
 to suffer his passions, prejudices, or interest to 
 betray him on any occasion. The Circle is em- 
 bordered by two perpendicular parallel lines 
 representing these two Saints, who were perfect 
 parallels in Christianity, as well as in Masonry 
 and upon the vertex rests the Holy Scriptures 
 which point out the whoie duty of man. In 
 going round this circle we necessarily touch 
 upon these two linesj as well as upon the Holy ' 
 
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INITIATION — SECTION II. 
 
 53 
 
 Scriptures, and while a Mason keeps himself 
 thus circumscribed, it is impossible that he 
 should err. 
 
 The three great tenets of a Mason's profes- 
 sion inculcate the practice of those truly com- 
 mendable virtues. Brotherly Love, Relief 
 and Truth. 
 
 BROTHERLY LOVE. 
 
 By the exercise of Brotherly Love we are 
 taught to regard the whole human species as 
 one human family — the high, the low, the rich, 
 the poor, — who, as created by one Almighty 
 Parent and inhabitants of the same planet, are 
 to aid, support and protect each other. On this 
 principle, Mi:\sonry unites men of every country, 
 sect, and opinion, and concilliates true friend- 
 ship among those who might otherwise have 
 remained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 RELIEF. 
 
 To relieve tne distressed is a duty incumbent 
 on all men, but particularly on Masons, who 
 are linked together by an indissoluble chain of 
 
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 sincere affection. To soothe the unhappy, to 
 sympathize with their misfortunes, to compas- 
 sionate their miseries, is the great aim we have 
 in view. On this basis, we form cur friend- 
 ships and establish our connection. 
 
 TRUTH. 
 
 Truth is a divine attribute and the foundation 
 of every virtue. To be good and true is the 
 first lesson we are taught in Masonry. On this 
 theme we contemplate, and by its dictates en- 
 deavor to regulate our conduct. Hence, wliile 
 influenced by this principle, hypocrisy and deceit 
 are unknown among us; sincerity and plain deal- 
 ing distinguish us, and the heart and the tongue 
 join in promoting each others welfare and rejoic- 
 ing in each others prosperity. 
 
 An explanation of the four Cari;IN'AL Virtues, wliich 
 are Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance and Jus- 
 tice. 
 
 FORTITUDE. 
 
 Fortitude is that noble and steady purpose 
 of the mind, whereby we are enabled to undergo 
 any pain, peril or danger when prudently 
 deemed expedient. 
 
INITIATION— SECTION II. 
 
 55 
 
 Tliis virtue is equally distant from rashness 
 and cowardice, and should be deeply impressed 
 upon the mind of every mason as a safeguard 
 or security against any illegal attack that may 
 be made, by force or otherwise, to extract from 
 him any of those valuable secrets with which 
 he is entrusted, and which were emblematically 
 represented upon his first admission into the 
 Lodge. 
 
 PRUDENCE. 
 
 Prudence teaches us to regulate our iJves and 
 actions agreeably to the dictates of reason, and 
 is that habit by which we wisely judge and 
 prudently determine on all things relative to 
 our present, as well as to our future happiness. 
 This virtue should be the peculiar characteristic 
 of every Mason, not only for the government of 
 his conduct while in the Lodge, but also when 
 abroad on the world. 
 
 It should be particularly attended to, in all 
 strange and mixed companies, never to let fall 
 the least sign, token, or work, whereby the 
 secrets of Masonry might be unlawfully obtained. 
 
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 TEMPERANCE 
 
 Temperance is that due restraint upon our 
 affections and passions, which renders the body 
 tame and governable, and frees the mind from 
 the allurements of vice. This virtue should be 
 the constant practice of every Mason, as he is 
 thereby taught to avoid excess, or contracting 
 any licentious or vicious habits, the indulgence 
 of which might lead him to disclose some of 
 those valuable secrets which he has promised to 
 conceal and never reveal, and which would con- 
 sequently subject him to the contempt and 
 detestation of all good Masons. 
 
 JUSTICE. 
 
 Justice is that standard or boundary of right, 
 which enables us to render to every man his 
 just due, without distinction. This virtue is not 
 only consistent with divine and human laws, 
 but is the very cement and support of civil 
 society ; and as justice in a great measure con- 
 stitutes the really good man, so should it be the 
 invariable practice of every Mason never to 
 deviate from the minutest principles thereof. 
 
Such is the arrangement of the sections in the first 
 degree, which with the form adopted at the opening and 
 closing of a Lodge, comprehends the whole of the first 
 degree of Masonry. 
 
 This plan has the advantage of regularity to recom- 
 mend it, the support of precedent and autliority, and the 
 sanction and respect which flow from antiquity. 
 
 CHARGE. FIRST DEGREE. 
 
 As you have now passed through the cer- 
 monies of your initiation, allow me to congratu- 
 late you on being admitted a member of our 
 ancient and honorable society. Ancient, as 
 having subsisted from time immemorial, and 
 honorable because, by a natural tendency it 
 conduces to make all those honorable who are 
 strictly obedient to its precepts. Indeed no in- 
 stitution can boast a more solid foundation than 
 that on which freemasonry rests — the practice of 
 social and moral virtue^ and to so high an emin- 
 ence has its credit been advanced, that, in every 
 age, monarchs themselves have been promoters 
 
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 of the art ; have not thought it derogatory from 
 their dignity to exchange the sceptre for the 
 gavel ; have patronized our mysteries, and have 
 joined our assemblies. As a mason, I would 
 first recommend to your most senous contem- 
 plation the volume of the sacred law, charging 
 you to consider it the unerring standard of 
 truth and justice, and to regulate your actions 
 bv the divme precepts which it contams. 
 Therein you will be taught the important duty 
 you owe to God, to your neighbour, and to 
 yourself. To God, by never mentioning His 
 name but with that awe and reverence which 
 are due from the creature to his Creator, by im- 
 ploring His aid on all your lawful undertakings, 
 and by looking up to Him in every emergency 
 for comfort and support, to your neighbour, by 
 acting with him on the square, by rendering him 
 every kind office which justice or mercy may 
 require, by relieving his distresses by soothing 
 his afflictions, and by doing to him, as in simi- 
 lar cases, you would wish he should do unto 
 you ; and to yourself, by such a prudent and 
 well-regulated course of discipline as may best 
 conduce to the preservation of your corporeal 
 
CHARGE, FIRST DEGREE. 
 
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 and mental faculties in their fullest energy ; 
 thereby enabling you to exert those talents 
 wherewith God has blest you, as well as to his 
 glory as to the welfare of your fellow creatures. 
 
 As a citizen of the world, I am next to en- 
 join you to be exemplary in the discharge of 
 your civil duties, by never proposing, or at all 
 countenancing, any act that may have a ten- 
 dency to subvert the peace and good order of 
 society ; by paying due obedience to the laws 
 of any state which may »br a time become the 
 place of your residence or afford you its protec- 
 tion ; and, above all, by never loosing sight of 
 the allegiance due to the Sovereign of your na- 
 tive land ; ever remembering that nature has 
 implanted in your breast a sacred and indis- 
 soluble attachment to that country from which 
 you derived your birth and infant nature. 
 
 As an individual, I am further to recommend 
 the practice of every domestic as well as public 
 virtue. Let prudence direct you ; tem.perance 
 chasten you ; fortitude support you ; and justice 
 be the guide of all your actions, and be especi- 
 
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 ally careful to maintain, in their fullest splendor, 
 those truly masonic ornaments benevolence and 
 chanty. 
 
 Still, however, as a mason there are other ex- 
 cellencies of character to which your attention 
 may be peculiarly and forcibly directed ; among 
 the formost of these are secrecy^ fidelity and 
 obedience. 
 
 Secrecy may be said to consist in the inviol- 
 able adherence to the obligations you have 
 entered into, never improperly to reveal any of 
 those masonic secrets which have now been, or 
 may at any future time be, entrusted to your 
 keeping, and cautiously to shun all occasions 
 which might inadvertently lead you so to do. 
 
 Yonr fidelity must be exemplified by a strict 
 observance of the constitutions of the fraternity ; 
 by adhering to the ancient landmarks of the 
 order ; by never attempimg to extort, or other- 
 wise unduly obtain the secrets of a superior 
 degree, and by refraining to recommend any one 
 to a participation of our secrets, unless you 
 have strong grounds to believe that, by a simi 
 
CHARGE, FIKST DEGREK. 
 
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 ss you 
 a simi 
 
 lar fidelity, he will uliimately reflect honor on 
 our choice. 
 
 So must your obedience be proved by a close 
 conformity to our laws and regulations ; by 
 prompt attention to all signs and summonses ; 
 by modest and correct demeanour whilst in the 
 lodge ; by abstaining from every topic of re- 
 ligious or political discussions ; by ready acqui- 
 esence in all votes and resolutions duly passed 
 by the brethren, and by perfect submission to 
 the master and his wardens whilst acting in the 
 discharge of their respective offices. 
 
 And, as a .ast general recommendation, let 
 me exhort you to dedicate yourself to such pur- 
 suits as may enable you to become at once re- 
 spectable in your rank of life, useful to mankind, 
 and an ornament to the society of which you 
 have this day been admitted a member : that 
 you will more especially devote a part of your 
 kisure hours to the study of such of the liberal 
 arts and sciences as may lie within the compass 
 of your attainment, and that without neglecting 
 the ordinary duties of your station, you will con- 
 
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 sider yourself called upon to make a daily ad- 
 vancement in masonic knowledge. 
 
 From the very commendable attention which 
 you appear to have given to this charge, I am 
 led to hope that you will duly appreciate the 
 exellency of Freemasonry, and imprint indelibly 
 on your mind the sacred dictates of truth, honour, 
 and virtue. 
 
LECTURE ON THE TRACING BOARD. 
 
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 LECTURE ON THE TRACING BOARD. 
 
 The usages and customs of masons have ever 
 corresponded with those of the ancient Egyp- 
 tians, to which they bear a near affinity. Their 
 philosophers, unwiUing to expose their mysteries 
 to vulgar eyes, concealed their particular tenets 
 and principles of polity and philosophy under 
 hieroglyphical figures, and expressed their no- 
 tions of government by signs and symbols, 
 which they communicated to their Priests or 
 Magi alone, who were bound by oath not to re- 
 veal them. Pythagoras seems to have estab- 
 lished his system on a similar plan, and many 
 orders of a more recent date have copied their 
 example. But masonry, however, is not only 
 the most ancient, but the most moral institution 
 that has ever existed, as every character, figure, 
 and emblem depicted in the lodge, has a moral 
 tendency, and tends to inculcate the practice of 
 virtue. ' 
 
 Let me first call your attention to the form of 
 the Lodge, which is of an oblong square : in the 
 length from east to west, in breadth between 
 
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 north and south, in depth from the surface of 
 the earth to the centre, and even as high as the 
 heavens. The reason that a Freemason's Lodge 
 is represented of this vast extent is to show the 
 universality of the science, and that a Mason's 
 chanty should know no bounds save those of 
 prudence. Our Lodge stands on holy ground ; 
 because the first Lodge was consecrated on ac- 
 count of three grand offerings thereon made, 
 which met with divine approbation : first, the 
 ready compliance of Abraham to the will of 
 God, in not refusing to offer up his son Isaac as 
 a burnt offering, when it pleased the Almighty 
 to substitute a more agreeable victim in his 
 stead ; second, the many pious prayers and 
 ejaculations of King David, which actually ap- 
 peased the wrath of God, and stayed a pestilence 
 which then raged among his people, owing to his 
 inadvertently having had them numbered : and 
 thirdly, the many thanksgivings, oblations, burnt 
 sacrifices, and costly offerings, which Solomon 
 King of Israel made at the com])letion, dedica- 
 tion, and consecration of the Temple of Jerusa- 
 lem to God's service. Those three did then, 
 have since, and I trust, ever will, render the 
 
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 ground-work of Masonry holy. Our Lodge is 
 situated due east and west \ because all places 
 of divine worship, as well as Masons' regular, 
 weil-formed, and constituted Lodges are, or 
 ought to be, so situated : for which we assign 
 three Masonic reasons • first the sun, the glory 
 of the Lord, rises in tlie east and sets in the 
 west \ second, learning originated in the east, 
 and from thence spread its benign influence to 
 the west ; a third, last, and grand reason, which 
 is too long to be entered upon now, is explained 
 in the course of our lectures, which you will 
 have many opportunities of hearing. ' 
 
 Our Lodge is supported by three grand pil- 
 lars. They are called wisdom^ strength and 
 beauty. Wisdom to contrive, strength to sup- 
 port, aad beauty to adorn. Wisdom to conduct 
 us in all our undertakings ; strength to support 
 us under all our difficulties, and beauty to adorn 
 the inward man. The universe is the temple of 
 the Deity whom we serve — wisdom, strength and 
 beauty, are both his throne and pillars of his 
 works ; for his wisdom is infinite, his strength is 
 omnipotent, and beauty shines through the 
 
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 whole of the crcalion. In symmetry and order, 
 the heavens he has stretched forth as a canopy ; 
 the earth he has planted as his footstool ; he 
 crowns his temple with stars, as with a diadem ; 
 and his hands extend their power and glory. 
 The sun and the moon are messengers of his 
 will, and all his law is concord. The three 
 great pillars supporting a Mason's Lodge are 
 emblematical of those divine attributes, and 
 further represents, Solomon King of Israel, 
 Hiram King of Tyre, and Hiram Abiff. Solo- 
 mon King of Israel for his wisdom in building, 
 completing, and dedicating the temple at Jeru- 
 salem to God's service ; Hiram King of Tyre 
 for his strength in supporting him with men and 
 materials ; and Hiram Abiff for his curious and 
 masterly workmanship in beautifymg and adorn- 
 ing the same. As there are no noble orders in 
 architecture known by the name of wisdom, 
 strength, and beauty, we refer them to the three 
 most celebrated — the Doric, Ionic, and the 
 Corinthian. 
 
 The covering of a Freemason's Lodge is a 
 celestial canopy of diverse colours, even as the 
 
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 heavens. The way by which we, as masons, 
 hope to arrive at it is by the assistance of a 
 ladder, in Scripture called Jacob's ladder. It is 
 composed of many staves, or rounds, which 
 point out as many moral virtues. Three are 
 principle ones — Faith, H pe, and Charity. 
 Faith in the great Architect of the universe ; 
 hope in salvation ; and to be in charity with all 
 men. It reaches to the heavens, and rests on 
 the volume of the sacred law : because, by the 
 doctrines contained in that lioly book, we are 
 taught to believe in the wise dispensations of 
 Divine Providence, which belief strengthens our 
 faith and enables us to ascend the first step. 
 This faith naturally creates in us a hope of be- 
 coming partakers of the blessed promises therein 
 recorded, which hope enables us to ascend the 
 second step. But the third and last being 
 charity, comprehends the whole ; and the Ma- 
 son who is possessed of that virtue in its most 
 ample sense, may justly be deemed to have at- 
 tained the summit of his profession, figuratively 
 speaking, an ethereal mansion veiled from mor- 
 tal eye by the starry firmament ; emblematically 
 I depicted here by seven stars, which have an al- 
 
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 lusion to as many regularly made Masons, with- 
 out which number no Lodge is perfect, nor can 
 any candidate be legally initiated into the order. 
 
 The interior of a Freemason's Lodge is com- 
 posed of ornaments, furniture, and jewels. The 
 ornaments of the Lodge are the Mosaic pave- 
 ment, the blazing star, and the indented or tes- 
 selated border. The mosaic pavement is the 
 beautiful flooring of a Freemason's Lodge ; the 
 blazing star, the glory in the centre ; and the 
 indented or tesselated border, the skirtwork 
 round the same. The mosaic pavement may 
 justly be deemed the beautiful flooring of the 
 Lodge, by reason of its being variegated and 
 chequered. This points out the diversity of ob- 
 jects which decorate and adorn the creation, 
 the animate as well as the inanimate parts there- 
 of. The blazing star or glory in the centre re- 
 fers us to the grand luminary of the sun, which 
 enlightens the earth, and, by its benign influence, 
 dispenses its blessings to mankind in general. 
 The indented or tesselated border refers us to 
 the planets, which, in their various revolutions, 
 form a beautiful ' order of skirtwork round that 
 
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 grand luminary the sun, as the other does round 
 that,of a Freemason's Lodge. The furniture of 
 the Lodge is the volume of the sacred law, the 
 compasses and the square. The sacred writings 
 are to govern our faith. On them we obligate 
 our candidates for Masonry. So are the com- 
 pass and square when united to regulate our 
 lives and actions. The sacred volume is derived 
 from God to man in general. The compasses 
 belong to the Grand Master in particular, and 
 the scjuare to the whole craft. 
 
 The Jewels of the Lodge are tnree moveable 
 and three immoveable. The moveable jewels 
 arc the squaie, level, and plumb-rule. Among 
 operative Masons, the square is to try and ad- 
 just all irregular corners of buildings, and to as- 
 sist in bringing rude matter into due form ; the 
 levels to lay levels and prove horizontals ; and 
 the plumb-rule to try and adjust all uprights 
 while fixed on their proper basis. Among free 
 and accepted Masons, the square teaches mor- 
 ality, the level equality, and the plumb-rule 
 justness and uprightness of life and actions. 
 They are called moveable jewels because they 
 
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 are worn by the Master and his Wardens, and 
 are transferable from them to their successors 
 on nights of installation. The Master is distin- 
 guislicd by the square ; the Senior Warden by 
 the level ; and the Junior Warden by the plumb- 
 rule. The immoveable jewels are the tracing 
 board and the foug/i and perfect ashlers. The 
 tracing board is for the Master to lay lines 
 and to draw designs on. The rough ashler for 
 the entered apprentice to work, mark, and indent 
 on ; and tlie perfect ashler for the experienced 
 craftsman to try and adjust his jewels on. They 
 are called immoveable, l)ecause they lie open 
 for the brethren to moralize upon. As the trac- 
 ing board is for the Master to lay lines and draw 
 designs on, the better to enable the brethren to 
 carry on the intended structure with regularity 
 and propriety, so the volume of the sacred law 
 may justly be deemed the spiritual tracing board 
 of the great Architect of the universe, in which 
 are laid down such divine laws and moral plans, 
 that were we conversant therein and adherent 
 thereto, they would bring us to an ethereal man- 
 sion not built by hands, but eternally in the 
 heavens. The rough ashler is a stone, rough 
 
and unhewn, as taken from its quarry, till by 
 the industry and ingenuity of the workman it is 
 modelled, wrought into due form, and rendered 
 fit for tiie mtended building. This represents 
 the mind of man in its infant or primitive state, 
 rough and unpolished as that stone, till by the 
 kind care and attention of his parents or guard- 
 ians in giving him a liberal and vutuous educa- 
 tion, his nund becomes cultivated, and he is 
 thereby rendered a fit member of civilised so- 
 ciety. T\\Q perfect as/i^erisn stone of a true 
 die, square, and fit only to be tried by the square 
 and compasses. This represents the mind of a 
 man m a decline of years, after a regular and 
 well-s[)ent life m acts of piety and virtue, which 
 can no otherwise be tried and approved than by 
 the square of God's word, and the compasses of 
 his own self-convincing conscience. 
 
 In all regular, well-formed, constituted Lodges, 
 there is a point within a circle round which a 
 Mason cannot err. This circle is bounded be- 
 tween north and south by two grand parallel 
 lines, and one represents Moses, the other King 
 Solomon. On the upper part of this circle rests 
 
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 the volume of the sacred law, which supports 
 Jacob's Ladder, the top of which reaches to the 
 heavens ; and were we as adherent to the doc. 
 tmnes therein contained as both those parallels 
 were, it would not deceive us, nor should we 
 suffer deception. In going round this circle, we 
 must necessarily touch on both those parallel 
 lines and on the sacred volume, and while a 
 Mason keeps himself thus circumscribed he can- 
 not err. 
 
 The word Lewis denotes strength and is here 
 depicted by certain pieces of metal, which, 
 when dovetailed in a stone, form a cramp, and 
 enables the operative Mason to raise great 
 weights to certain heights with little encum- 
 brance, and to fix them on their proper bases. 
 Zerc'is likewise denotes the son of a Mason. His 
 duty is to bear the burden and heat of the day, 
 from which his parents, by reason of their old 
 age, ought to be exempt ; to help them in time 
 of need, and thereby render the close of their 
 days happy and comfortable. His privilege 
 for so doing is to be made a Mason before any 
 other person, however dignified. 
 
LECTURE ON THE TRACING BOARD. 
 
 73 
 
 Pendant to the corners of the Lodge are four 
 tassels, meant to remind us of the four cardinal 
 virtues, namely, Temperance^ Fortitude^ Prudence^ 
 and yustice^ the whole of which tradition in- 
 forms us were constantly practised by a great 
 majority of our ancient brethren. The distin- 
 guishing characters of a good Freemason are 
 virtue, honour, and mercy ; and should those 
 be banished from all other societies, may they 
 ever be found in a Mason's breast ! 
 
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 SYMBOLISM OF THE Dr:GRP:E. 
 
 If the object of the first degree be to symbolize the 
 struggles of a candidate groping in darkness for intellec- 
 tual light, that of the second degree represents the same 
 candidate laboring amid all the difficulties that encumber 
 the young beginner in the attainment of learning and 
 science. The loitered Apprentice is to emerge from 
 darkness to light — the Fellow Craft is to come out of 
 ignorance into knowledge. This degree, therefore, by 
 fitting emblems, is intended to typify these struggles of 
 the ardent mind for the attainment of truth — moral and 
 intellectual truth — and above all. that Divine truth, the 
 comprehension of \\lnch surpasseth human understand- 
 ing, and to which, standing in the middle chamber, after 
 
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 his laborious ascent of the winding stairs, he can only ap- 
 proximate by the reception of an imperfect and yet glori- 
 ous reward, in the revelation of that *' hieroglyphic light 
 which none but craftsmen ever saw." 
 
 SECOND LECTURE. 
 
 Masonry is a progressive science, and is divided into 
 different classes, or degrees, for the more regular advance- 
 ment in the knowledge of its mysteries. According to 
 the progress we make, we limit or extend our inquiries ; 
 and, in proportion to our capacity, we attain to a less or 
 greater degree of perfection. 
 
 Masonry includes within its circle almost every branch 
 of polite learning. Under the vail of its mysteries is 
 comprehended a regular system of science. Many of its 
 illustrations, to the confined genius, may appear unim- 
 portant J but the man of more enlarged faculties will 
 perceive them to be, in the highest degree, useful and 
 interesting. To please the accomplished scholar and in- 
 genious artist, Masonry is wisely planned ; and, in the 
 investigation of its latent doctrines, the philosopher 
 and mathematician may experience equal delight and 
 j satisfaction. 
 
 To exhaust the vuried subjects of which it treats, 
 would transcend the powers of the brightest genius ; 
 still, however, nearer approaches to perfection may be 
 made ; and the man of wisdom will not check the pro- 
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 first seem insurmountable. Perseverance and application 
 remove each difficulty as it occurs ; every step he ad- 
 vances, new pleasures open to his view, and instruction 
 of the noblest kind attend his researches. In the dili- 
 gent pursuit of knowledge, the intellectual faculties are 
 employed in promoting the glory of God and the good of 
 man. 
 
 The first degree is well calculated to enforce the duties 
 of morality, and imprint on the memory the noblest prin- 
 ciples which can adorn the human mind. It is, therefore, 
 the best introduction to the second degree, which not 
 only extends the same plan, but comprehends a more 
 diffusive system of knowledge. Here, practice and 
 theory join, in qualifying the industrious Mason to share 
 the pleasures which an advancement in the art must 
 necessarily afford. Listening with attention to the wise 
 opinions of experienced craftsmen, on important subjects, 
 he gradually familiarizes his mind to useful instruction, 
 and is soon enabled to investigate truths of the utmost 
 concern in the general transactions of life. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 The first section of the second degree accurately eluci- 
 dates the mode of introduction into that particular class, 
 and instructs the diligent craftsman how to -proceed in 
 the proper arrangement of the ceremonies used on the 
 occasion. It qualifies him to judge of their importance, 
 and convinces him of the necessity of strictly adhering to 
 
FELLOW craft's DEGREE — SECTION L 
 
 77 
 
 every established usage of the Order. Here he is en- 
 trusted with particular tests, to enable him to prove his 
 title to the privileges of this degree, while satisfactory 
 reasons are given for their origin. Many duties, which 
 cement in the firmest union well-informed brethren, are 
 illustrated in this section ; and an opportunity is given 
 to make such advances in Masonry, as will always dis- 
 tinguish the abilities of those who have arrived at pre- 
 ferment. 
 
 eluci- 
 class, 
 eed in 
 )n the 
 tance, 
 ing to 
 
 The candidate having been properly pre- 
 pared and answered the various interrogations 
 correctly is then admitted. 
 
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 RLCKl'TION. 
 
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 F 
 
 The square is an important emblem in this 
 degree. The Fellov/ Craft is instructed, on his 
 entrance, that he should always act upon the 
 square with all mankind, but especially with his 
 brethren in Masonry. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 
 We supplicate the continuance of thine aid, 
 O merciful God, on behalf of ourselves, and of 
 him who kneels before thee. May the work 
 begun in thy name, be continued to thy glory, 
 and evermore established in us by obedience to 
 thy holy precepts. 
 
 Response by the brethren, so mote it be. 
 
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 ODE. 
 
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 * * ♦ ♦ 
 
 laid, 
 of 
 rork 
 
 lory, 
 le to 
 
 Come craftsmen assembled, our pleasures to 
 share, 
 
 Who work by the plumb, and remember the 
 
 square. 
 While travelling in love, on the level of time, 
 Swecu hope shall light on to a far better clime. 
 
 We'll seek in our labors, the Spirit Divine, 
 
 Our Temple to bless, and our hearts to refine ; 
 
 And thus to our altar a tribute we'll '>ring 
 
 While, joined in true friendship our anthem we 
 sing. 
 
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 See Order and Beauty rise gently to view, 
 
 Each Brother a column, so perfect and true ! 
 
 When Order shall cease, and when temple 
 decay, 
 
 May each fairer columns immortal survey. 
 
 The candidate is conducted through the cermonies and 
 mysteries of the Fellow Craft degree and after the secrets 
 are imparted o him he is invested in the prescribed 
 form, he is then placed in the proper position, and the 
 wroking tools of the second degree are then presented. 
 
 1 1 
 
 THE SQUARE, LEVEL, AND PLUMB-RULE. 
 
 The Square is to try and adjust all rectangu- 
 lar corners of buildings, and assist in bringing 
 rude matter into due form. 
 
 The Level is to try levels and prove horizon- 
 tals, and the Plumb-rule is to try and adjust all 
 uprights, while fixing them on their proper bases. 
 
 But as we are not all operative, but rather 
 Free and Accepted or Speculative — we apply 
 these tools to our morals, in this sense : — 
 
 4 
 
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 I'KLLOW CRAFT S DEGREK — SECTION I. 
 
 8l 
 
 true ! 
 temple 
 
 •y- 
 
 onies and 
 he secrets 
 prescribed 
 I, and the 
 esentcd. 
 
 ULE. 
 
 reclangu- 
 bringing 
 
 2 horizon- 
 adjust all 
 )per bases. 
 
 but rather 
 -we apply 
 e : — 
 
 J 
 
 The Square teaches mciahty, the Level equal- 
 ity, and ihe Plumb-rule justness and uprightness 
 of life and action ; so that by square conduct, 
 level steps, and upright intentions, we liope to 
 ascend to those immortal mansions, whence all 
 goodness emanates. 
 
I I 
 
 82 
 
 THE FREEMASON S MANUAL. 
 
 TRACING BOARD. 
 
 At the building of King Solomon's Temple an 
 immense number of * "^ "^ were employed. 
 They consisted chiefly of EcA. and F.C. 
 
 The E.A. received a weekly allowance of 
 corn, wine, and oil. The F.C.'s were paid their 
 wages in specie. At the porch of the Temple 
 stood two great pillars. 
 
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 •it ¥r 
 
 ^ * it 
 
 The height of these pillars was eighteen 
 cubits, the circumference twelve, the diameter 
 four. Being formed hollow, the outer rim or 
 shell was four inches, or a hand's breadth in 
 thickness. They were made of molten brass, 
 and were cast on the plains of Jordan, in the 
 clay ground between Succoth and Zeradathah. 
 The superintendent of the casting was H. A. B. 
 Those pillars were adorned with two chapters, 
 each five cubits high. 
 
 The chapters were enriched with net work, 
 lily work, and pomegranates. Net work from 
 the connection of its meshes, denotes //////)'. 
 Lily work Irom its whiteness, denotes /eace, 
 
iple an 
 :)loye:l. 
 
 ince of 
 id their 
 Temple 
 
 eighteen 
 iiarnetei 
 rim or 
 eadth in 
 n brass, 
 in the 
 idathah. 
 . A. B. 
 hapters, 
 
 et 
 
 work, 
 
 orlv 
 
 from 
 
 es 
 
 unity. 
 
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 peace, 
 
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 83 
 
 and pomegranates from the exuberance of their 
 seeds denotes plenty. These pillars were 
 placed at the entrance of the Temple as a me- 
 morial to the children of Israel of the miracu- 
 lous pillars of fire and cloud which had two 
 wonderful effects — the fire gave light to the Is- 
 rael ilcs (luring their escape from their Egyptian 
 bondage ; while the cloud proved darkness to 
 Pharoah and his followers when they attempted 
 to overtake tliem. King Solomon ordered them 
 to be placed at the entrance of Temple as the 
 most proper and conspicious situation for the 
 children of Israel to have the happy deliverance 
 of their forefathers continually before their eyes, 
 while going to and returning fi ome Divine wor- 
 ship. 
 
 After our ancient brethren had passed those 
 two great pillars, they ascended a winding stair- 
 case consisting of three, five, seven or more 
 steps. Three rule a Lodge, five hold a Lodge, 
 seven or more make it perfect. 
 
 The three who rule a Lodge are * * * * * 
 The five who hold a Lodge are * ^^ * * * 
 
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 n 
 
 The seven who make it perfect are two added 
 to the other five. 
 
 Three rule a Lodge, because there were but 
 three Grand Masters who bore sway at the 
 building of the first Temple at Jerusalem. 
 
 Five hold a Lodge in allusion to the five 
 noble orders of Architecture, viz. : the Tuscan, 
 Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. 
 
 Seven or more make it perfect because King 
 Solomon was seven years and upwards in build- 
 ing, completing, and dedicating the Temple at 
 Jerusalem to God's service. 
 
 They have likewise an allusion to the seven 
 liberal acts and sciences, viz. : Grammar, Rhe- 
 toric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and 
 Astronomy. 
 
 After our ancient brethren had gained the 
 summit of the winding staircase, they passed in- 
 to the middle chamber of the Temple, where 
 their attention was particularly called to certain 
 Hebrew characters which are depicted in a 
 * by the letter G denoting '^^ * 
 to whom we must all submit, and 
 whom we ought humbly to adore. 
 
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 * 
 
 
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.dded 
 
 re but 
 Lt the 
 
 lc five 
 iiscan, 
 
 e King 
 I build- 
 iiple at 
 
 11 
 
 seven 
 
 , Rhe- 
 
 Isic and 
 
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 ned the 
 ssed in- 
 where 
 ) certain 
 id in a 
 
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 liiit, and 
 
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 SECTION II. 
 
 The second section of this degree has re- 
 course to the origin of the institution, and views 
 Masonry under two denominations — operative 
 and speculative. • These are separately con- 
 sidered, and the principles on which both are 
 founded, particularly explained. Their affinity 
 is pointed out, by allegorical figures, and typical 
 representations. The period stipulated for re- 
 warding merit is fixed, and the inimitable moral 
 to which that circumstance alludes is explained ; 
 the creation of the world is described, and many 
 other particulars recited, all of which have been 
 
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If 
 
 carefully preserved among Masons, and trans- 
 mitted from one age to another, by oral tradi- 
 tion. 
 
 Circumstances of great importance to the 
 fraternity are here particularized, and many tra- 
 ditional tenets and customs confirmed by sacred 
 and profane record. The celestial and ter- 
 restrial globes are considered with a minute 
 accuracy ; and here the accomplished craftsman 
 may display his talents to advantage, in the 
 elucidation of the Orders of Architecture, the 
 Senses of human nature, and the liberal Arts 
 and Sciences^ which are severally classed in a 
 regular arrangement. In short, this section 
 contains a store of valuable knowledge, founded 
 on reason and sacred record, both entertaining 
 and instructive. 
 
 Masonry is understood under two denomina- 
 tions — operative and speculative. 
 
 OPERATIVE MASONRY. 
 
 We work in speculative Masonry, out our 
 ancient brethren wrought both in operative and 
 speculative. They worked at the building of 
 
FELLOW CRAFT S DECREE — SECTION IL 
 
 87 
 
 traiis- 
 tradi- 
 
 to the 
 ly tra- 
 sacred \ 
 id ter- i 
 minute 1 
 ,ftsman 
 
 in the 
 ire, the 
 d Arts \ 
 id in a 
 
 section 
 ounded 
 rtaining 
 
 King Solomon's Temple and many other sacred 
 and Masonic edifices. 
 
 By Operative Masonry we allude to a proper 
 application of the useful rules of architecture, 
 whence a structure will derive figure, strength, 
 and beauty, and whence will result a due pro- 
 portion, and a just correspondence in all its 
 parts. It furnishes us with dwellings, and 
 convenient shelters from the vicissitudes and 
 inclemencies of seasons ; and while it displays 
 the effects of human wisdom, as well in the 
 choice as in the arrangement of the sundry 
 materials of which an edifice is composed, it 
 d -inonstrates that a fund of science and industry 
 lb implanted in man for the best, most salutary, 
 and beneficent purposes. 
 
 lomina- 
 
 Dut our 
 tive and 
 Iding of 
 
 SPECULATIVE MASONRY. 
 
 By Speculative Masonry, we learn to subdue 
 the passions, act upon the square, keep a tongue 
 of good report, maintain secresy, and practise 
 charity. It is so far interwoven with religion 
 as to lay us under obligations to pay that rational 
 homage to the Deity, which at once constitutes 
 
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 our duty and our happiness. It leads the con- 
 templative to view with reverence and admira- 
 tion the glorious works of the creation, and 
 inspires him with the most exalted ideas of the 
 perfection of his divine Creator. 
 
 In six days God created the heavens and the 
 earth, and rested upon the seventh day ; the 
 seventh, therefore, our ancient brethren conse- 
 crated as a day of rest from their labors, thereby 
 enjoying frequent opportunities to contemplate 
 the glorious works of the creation, and to adore 
 their great Creator. 
 
 The doctrine of the spheres is included in 
 the science of astronomy, and particularly con- 
 sidered in this section. 
 
 _^ OF THE GLOBES. 
 
 The g/odes are two artificial spherical bodies, 
 on the convex surface of which are represented 
 the countries, seas, and various parts of the 
 earth, the face of the heavens, the planetary 
 revolutions, and other important particulars. 
 
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 dmira- 
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 nd the 
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 mplate 
 ) adore 
 
 ded in 
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 bodies, 
 esented 
 of the 
 anetary 
 lars. 
 
 THE USE OF THE GLOBES. 
 
 Their principal use, besides serving as maps 
 to distinguish the outward parts of the earth, 
 and the situation of the fixed stars, is to ilhis- 
 trate and explain the phenomena arising fiom 
 the annual revolution, and the diurnal rotation 
 of the earth round its own axis. They are 
 invaluable instruments for improving the mind, 
 and giving it the most distinct idea of any 
 problem or proposition, as well as enabling it 
 to solve the same. Contemplating these bodies, 
 we are inspired with a due reverence for the 
 Deity and his works, and are induced to en- 
 courage the studies of astronomy, geography, 
 navigation, and the arts dependent on them, by 
 which society has been so much benefited. 
 
 THE ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE 
 
 Come under consideration in this section ; 
 a brief description of them may, the^-efore, not 
 be improper. 
 
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 of columns and pilasters ; or, it is a regular 
 arrangement of the projecting parts of a build- 
 ing, which, united with those of a column, form 
 a beautiful, perfect and complete whole. 
 
 OF ITS ANTIQUITY. 
 
 From the first formation of society, order in 
 architecture may be traced. When the rigor of 
 seasons obliged men to contrive shelter from 
 the inclemency of the weather, we learn that 
 they first planted trees on end, and then laid 
 others across, to support a covering. The bands 
 which connected those trees at top and bottom, 
 are said to hive given rise to the idea of the 
 base and capital of pillars ; and, from this simple 
 hint, originally proceeded the more improved 
 art of architecture. 
 
 The five orders are thus classed ; the Tuscan, 
 Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. 
 
 THE TUSCAN 
 
 Is the most simple and solid of the five orders. 
 It was invented in Tuscany, whence it derives 
 its name. Its column is seen diameters high ; 
 
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FKLLOW CRAFT S D KG REE— SECTION II. 
 
 91 
 
 and its capital, base and entablature have but 
 few mouldings. The simplicity of the construc- 
 tion of this column renders it eligible where 
 ornament would be superfluous. 
 
 THE DORIC, 
 
 Which is plain and natural, is the most ancient, 
 and was invented by the Greeks. Its column is 
 eight diameters high, and has seldom any orna- 
 ments on base or capital, except mouldings ; 
 though the frieze is distinguished by triglyphs 
 and metopes, and the triglyphs compose the 
 ornaments of the frieze. The solid composition 
 of this order gives it a preference, in structures 
 where strength and a noble simplicity are chiefly 
 required. 
 
 The Doric is the best proportioned of all the 
 orders. The several parts of which it is com- 
 posed are founded on the natural position of 
 solid bodies. In its first invention it was more 
 simple than in its present state. In after-times, 
 when it began to be adorned, it gained the name 
 of Doric ; for when it was constructed in its 
 primitive and simple form, the name of Tuscan 
 

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 92 
 
 THE FREEMAiiON's MANUAL. 
 
 was conferred on it. Hence the Tuscan pre- 
 cedes the Doric in rank, on account of its 
 resemblance to that pillar in its original state. 
 
 THE IONIC 
 
 Bears a kind of mean proportion uetween the 
 more soHd and delicate orders. Its column is 
 nine diameters high ; its capital is adorned with 
 volutes, and iis cornice has dentils. There is 
 both delicacy and ingenuity displayed in this 
 pillar ; the invention of which is attributed to 
 the lonians, as the famous temple of Diana, at 
 Ephesus, was of this order. It is said to have 
 been formed after the model of an agreeable 
 young- woman, of an elegant shape, dressed 
 in her hair ; as a contrast to the Doric order, 
 which was formed after that of a strong, robust 
 man. 
 
 THE CORINTHIAN 
 
 y 
 
 The richest of the five orders, is deemed a 
 masterpiece of art. Its column is ten diameters 
 high, and its capital is adorned with two rows 
 of leaves, and eight volutes, which sustain the 
 abacus. The frieze is ornamented with curious 
 
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 of its 
 tate. 
 
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 imn is 
 id with 
 here is 
 in this 
 jtcd to 
 ANA, at 
 
 to have 
 reeable 
 dressed 
 order, 
 , robust 
 
 emed a 
 ameters 
 vo rows 
 tain the 
 curious 
 
 FELLOW CRAFT S DECREE— SECTION II. 93 
 
 devices, the cornice with dentils and modilHons. 
 This order is used in stately and superb struc- 
 tures. 
 
 It was invented at Corinth, by Callimachus, 
 who is said to have taken the hint of the capital 
 of this pillar from the following remarkable cir- 
 cumstance : — Accidentally passing by the tomb 
 of a young lady, he perceived a basket of toys, 
 covered with a tile, placed over an acanthus 
 root, having been left there by her nurse. As 
 the branches grew up, they encompassed the 
 basket, until arriving at the tile, they met with 
 an obstruction, and bent downwards. Callima- 
 chus, struck with the object, set about imitating 
 the figure ; the vase of the capital he made to 
 represent the basket ; the abacus the tile, and 
 the volutes the bending leaves. 
 
 THE COMPOSITE 
 
 Is compounded of the other orders, and was 
 contrived by the Romans. Its capital has the 
 two rows of leaves of the Corinthian, and the 
 volutes of the Ionic. Its column has quarter- 
 rounds, as the Tuscan and Doric order ; is U.i 
 diameters high, and its cornice has dentils, or 
 
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 simple modillions. This pillar is c;enerally found 
 in buildings where strength, elegance and beauty 
 are displayed. 
 
 OF THE INVENTION OF ORDER IN ARCHITECTURE. 
 
 The ancient and original orders of architec- 
 ture, revered by Masons, are no more than three, 
 the Dorii\ Ionic and CorintJiian^ which were in- 
 vented by the Greeks. To these, the Romans 
 have added two, the Tuscan, which they made 
 plainer than the Doric, and the Composite, 
 which was more ornamental, if not more beau- 
 tiful, than the Corinthian. The first three or- 
 ders alone, however, show invention and parti- 
 cular character, and essentially differ from ei?ch 
 other ; the two others have nothing but what is 
 borrowed, and differ only accidentally ; the Tus- 
 can is the Doric in its earliest state ; and the 
 Composite is tlie Corinthian enriched with the 
 Ionic. To the Greeks, therefore, and not to the 
 Romans, we are indebted for what is great, judi- 
 cious and distinct in architecture. 
 
 Of these five orders the Ionic, Doric and 
 Corinthian, as the most ancient, are most es- 
 teemed by Masons. 
 
found 
 )eauty 
 
 TURE. 
 
 :hitec- 
 three, 
 ere in- 
 omans 
 made 
 posite, 
 t beau- 
 iree or- 
 i parti- 
 al each 
 what is 
 le Tus- 
 ind the 
 ^ith the 
 t to the 
 at, judi- 
 
 ric and 
 iiost es- 
 
 FELLOVV CRAFT S DEGREE — SECTION II. 
 
 95 
 
 OF THE FIVE SENSES OF HUMAN NATURE. 
 
 An analysis of llie human faculties is next given in this 
 ■section, in which llie five external senses particularly 
 claim attention. 
 
 The .'^oiiscs wo are to consider as the gifts of 
 nature, and though not the acquisition of our 
 reasoning fliculty, yet, in the use of them, are 
 still subject to reason. Reason, properly em- 
 ployed, confirms tlie documents of nature, 
 which are always true and wholesome ; she dis- 
 tinguishes the good from the bad ; rejects the 
 last with modesty, adheres to the first with re- 
 verence. The objects of human knowledge are 
 innumerable ; the channels by which this know- 
 
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 ledge is conveyed are few. Among these, the 
 perception of external things by the senses, and 
 the information we receive from human testi- 
 mony, are not the least considerable ; the ana- 
 logy between them is obvious. In the testimony 
 of nature, given by the senses, as well as in hu 
 man testimony, given by information, things are 
 signified by signs. In one as well as the other, 
 the mind, either by original principles or by cus- 
 tom, passes from the sign to the conception and 
 belief of the thing signified. The signs in the 
 natural language, as well as the signs in our ori- 
 ginal jireceptions, have the same signification 
 in all climates and nations, and the skill of in- 
 tercepting tliem is not acquired, but innate 
 
 Having made these observations, we shall 
 proceed to give a brief description of the five 
 senses. 
 
 HEARING 
 
 Is that sense by which we distinguish sounds, 
 and are capable of enjoying all the agreeable 
 charms of music. By it we are enabled to enjoy 
 the pleasures of society, and reciprocally to 
 
se, the 
 es, and 
 1 testi- 
 le ana- 
 timony 
 
 in hu 
 ings are 
 e other, 
 • by cus- 
 ;ion and 
 s in the 
 
 our ori- 
 lification 
 ill of in- 
 nate 
 
 we shall 
 the five 
 
 1 sounds, 
 agreeable 
 d to enjoy 
 rocally to 
 
 FELLOW CRAFTS DEGREE— SECTION II. 
 
 97 
 
 communicate to each other our thoughts and 
 intentions, our purposes and desires ; and thus 
 our reason is rendered capable of exerting its 
 utmost power and energy. 
 
 The wise and beneficent Author of Nature 
 intended, by the formation of this sense, that 
 we should be social creatures, and receive the 
 greatest and most important part of our know- 
 ledge from social intercourse with each other. 
 For these purposes we are endowed with hear- 
 ing, that, by a proper exertion of our rational 
 powers, our happiness may be complete. 
 
 SEEING 
 
 Is that sense by which we distinguish objects, 
 and in an instant of time, without change of 
 place or situation, view armies in battle array, 
 figures of the most stately structures, and all the 
 agreeable variety displayed in the landscape of 
 nature. By this sense we find our way on the 
 pathless ocean, traverse the globe of earth, de- 
 termine its figure and dimensions, and delineate 
 any region or quarter of it. By it we measure 
 the planetary orbs, and make new discoveries in 
 
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 98 
 
 TMK KKKKMASon's MANUAL. 
 
 the sphere of the fixed stars. Nay, more ; by 
 it we perceive the tempers and dispositions, the 
 passions and affections, of our fellow creatures, 
 when they wish most to conceal them ; so that, 
 though the tongue may be taught to lie and dis- 
 semble, the countenance will display the hypo- 
 crisy to the discerning eye. In fine, the rays of 
 light which administer to this sense, are the 
 most astonishing parts of the animated creation, 
 and render the eye a peculiar object of admira- 
 tion. 
 
 Of all the faculties, sight is the noblest. The 
 structure of the eye, and its appurtenances, 
 evinces the admirable contrivance of nature, for 
 performing all its various external and internal 
 motions ; while the variety displayed in the 
 eyes of different animals, suited to their several 
 ways of life, clearly demonstrates this organ to 
 be the master-piece of nature's works. 
 
 FEELING 
 
 Is that sense by which we distinguish the differ- 
 ent qualities of bodies ; such as heat and cold, 
 hardness and softness, roughness and smooth- 
 ness, figure, solidity, motion and extension. 
 
FELLOW craft's DEC! REE— SECTION H. 
 
 99 
 
 •e; by 
 ns, the 
 atures, 
 io that, 
 ,nd dis- 
 j hypo- 
 rays of 
 are the 
 reation, 
 adraira- 
 
 ist. The 
 enances, 
 iture, for 
 
 internal 
 I in the 
 ir several 
 
 organ to 
 
 the differ- 
 and cold, 
 i smooth- 
 ision. 
 
 Tiiese three senses, hearings seeing^ and fctl- 
 ingy are deemed peculiarly essential among 
 ! Masons. 
 
 SMELLING 
 
 Is that sense by which we distinguish odors, the 
 various kinds of which convey different impres- 
 sicjns to the mind. Animal and vegetable 
 bodies, and indeed most other bodies while ex- 
 posed to the air, continually send forth effluvia 
 of vast subiilty, as well in the state of life and 
 growth, as in the state of fermentation and pu- 
 trefaction. These effiuvia, being drawn into the 
 nostrils along with the air, are the means by 
 which all bodies are distinguished. Hence it is 
 evident, that there is a manifest appearance of 
 design in the great Creator's having planted the 
 organ of smell in the inside of that canal, 
 through which the air continually passes in res- 
 piration. 
 
 TASTING 
 
 Enables us to make a proper distinction in the 
 choice of our food. The organ of the sense 
 guards the entrance of the alimentary canal, as 
 
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 l,y nature to d.stmgu-sh >vho ° ^^^^^ ^,^. 
 
 thatwWch is -"-°"",Srgo the scrutiny 
 
 -^ -'"^^ *^ Tbvt :e eO'e of discern- 
 of tasting ; and by it we ' , „„dergoes 
 
 i„g the changes winch the smne ^^^^^^^^ 
 
 in the different compositions 
 chemistry, pharmacy, 8:c. 
 
 SmeUing and tasting are insepara. V c.nne ^ - 
 ^'' ^""^ 'l ': 1 1n^s^S *at *ie senses are 
 
 .r use of these five senses enables 
 The proper ^^^ ^^^i^ns of the ope- 
 
 us to form just and accura ^^ ^,^^ 
 
 rations of nature ; and whenje ^^ 
 
 objects with which Jjrand are enabled to 
 rnTtoT:Sui:Ume familiar objects 
 
 of thought. ■ ; , 
 
 ona indeed all the operations ot 
 The senses, ''"d 'ndeea ^„j ,^ 
 
 the mind, are so difficult to un 
 
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 canal 
 f both 
 tended 
 d from 
 hat en- 
 icrutiny 
 discern- 
 dorgoes 
 :ookery, 
 
 connert- 
 life men 
 enses are 
 al oflices. 
 
 s enables 
 f the ope- 
 ct on the 
 atifted, we 
 jnabled to 
 iar objects 
 
 )eratlons of 
 md and to 
 
 
 analyse, that the most judicious may fail in {he 
 attempt to explain them. The mind is ulti- 
 mately aflected by the senses ; when that is dis- 
 eased, every sense loses its virtue. The fabric 
 of the mind, as well as that of the body, is curi- 
 ous and wonderful ; the faculties of the one are 
 adapted to their several ends with equal wis- 
 dom and no less propriety, than the organs of 
 tlie other. The ih onceivable wisdom of an 
 Almighty Being 's displayed in the structure of 
 the mind, whicn ext«indj its power over every 
 brand) of science ; aid is, therefore, a theme 
 peculiarly worthy oi attention. In the arts and 
 sciences which have the ler^^t connexion with 
 the mind, its facultiesi are still the engines which 
 we must employ ; the better we understand 
 their nature and use, their defects and disorders, 
 we shall apply them with the greater success. 
 In the noblest arts, the mind is the subject upon 
 which we operate. 
 
 Wise men agree, that there is but one way to 
 the knowledge of nature's works — the way of 
 observation and experiment. By our constitu- 
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 cular facts and observations to general rules, 
 and to apply those rules to account for other 
 effects, or to direct us in the production of 
 them. This procedure of the understanding is 
 familiar to every human creature in the common 
 affairs of life, and is the only means by which 
 any real discovery in philosophy can be made. 
 
 On the mind all our knowledge must depend; 
 what, therefore, can be a more proper subject 
 for the investigation of Masons ? By anatomi- 
 cal dissection and observation, we become ac- 
 quainted with the body ; but it is by the anato- 
 my of the mind alone we discover its powers 
 and principles. 
 
 To sum up the whole of this transcendent 
 measure of God's bounty to man, we shall add, 
 that memory, imagination, taste, reasoning, 
 moral perception, and all the active powers of 
 the soul, present a vast and boundless field fc/r 
 philosophical disquisition, which far exceeds 
 human inquiry, and are peculiar mysteries, 
 known only to nature, and to nature's God, to 
 whon all are indebted for creation, preserva- 
 tion, and every blessing we enjoy. 
 
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 103 
 
 THE SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 
 
 Are also illustrated in this section. A brief analysis of 
 the character of each, may not, therefore, be inappropri- 
 ate in this place. 
 
 GRAMMAR 
 
 Is the key by wliich alone a door can be opened 
 to the understanding of speech. It is Grammar 
 which reveals the admirable art of language, 
 and unfolds its various constituent parts, its 
 names, definitions, and respective offices ; it un- 
 ravels, as it were, the thread of which the web 
 of speech is composed. These reflections sel- 
 dom occur to any one before their acquaintance 
 with the art ; yet it is most certain, that, with- 
 out a knowledge of Grammar, it is very diflicult 
 to speak with propriety, precision, and purity. 
 
 RHETORIC. 
 
 It is by Rhetoric tliat the art of speaking elo- 
 quently is acquired. To be an eloquent si)eaker, 
 in the proper sense of the word, is far from be- 
 ing cither a common, or an easy attainment : it 
 is the art of being persuasive and commamling ; 
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 LOGIC 
 
 Is that science which directs us how to form 
 clear and distinct ideas of things, and thereby 
 prevents us from being misled by their simili- 
 tude or resemblance. Of all the human scien- 
 ces, that concerning man is certainly most 
 worthy of the human mind, and the proper 
 manner of conducting its several powers in the 
 attainment of truth and knowle-dge. This sci- 
 ence ought to be cultivated as the foundation 
 or ground-work of our inquiries ; particularly, 
 in the pursuit of those sublime principles which 
 claim our attention as Masons. 
 
 ARITHMETIC 
 
 Is the art of numbering, or that part of the ma- 
 thematics which considers the properties of 
 numbers in general. We have but a very im- 
 perfect idea of things without quantity, and as 
 imperfect of quantity itself, withou' the help of 
 Arithmetic. All the works of the Almighty are 
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 fore, to understand them rightly, \vc ouglit to 
 understand arithmetical calculations ; and the 
 greater advancement we make in the mathema- 
 tical sciences, the more capable we shall be of 
 considering such things as are the ordinary ob- 
 jects of our conceptions, and be thereby led to 
 a more comprehensive knowledge of our great 
 Creator, and the works of the creation. 
 
 GEOMETRY 
 
 Treats of the powers and properties of magni- 
 tudes in general, where length, breadth and 
 thickness are considered — from d, point toa//;/^, 
 from a line to a siiperfices^ and from a superfices 
 to a solid. 
 
 A point is the beginning of all geometrical 
 matter. 
 
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 given thickness. 
 
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 construct his plans, and execute his designs ; 
 the general, to arrange his soldiers ; the engi- 
 neer, to mark out grounds for encampments ; 
 the geographer, to give us the dimensions of 
 the world, and all things therein contained ; to 
 delineate the extent of seas, and specify the 
 divisions of empires, kingdoms and provinces. 
 By it, also, the astronomer is enabled to make 
 his observations, and to fix the duration of times 
 and seasons, years and cycles. In fine, Geo- 
 metry is the foundation of architecture, and the 
 root of the mathematics. 
 
 . • MUSIC 
 
 Is that elevated science which aftects the pas- 
 sions by sound. There are few who have not 
 felt its charms, and acknowledged its expres- 
 sions to be intelligible to the heart. It is a lan- 
 guage of delightful sensations, far more elegant 
 than words ; it breathes to the ear the clearest 
 intimations ; it touches, and gently agitates the 
 agreeable and sublime passions ; it wraps us in 
 
FELLOW craft's DEGREE — SECTION II. 
 
 107 
 
 melancholy, and elevates us in joy ; it dissolves 
 and enflames ; it melts us in tenderness, and 
 excites us to war. This science is truly conge- 
 nial to the nature of man ; for by its powerful 
 charms, the most discordant passions may be 
 harmonized and brought into perfect unison : 
 but it never sounds with such seraphic harmony 
 as when employed in singing hymns of gratitude 
 to the Creator of the universe. 
 
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 ASTRONOMY 
 
 Is that sublime science which inspires the con- 
 templative mind to soar aloft, and read the wis- 
 dom, strength, and beauty of the great Creator 
 in the heavens. How nobly eloquent of the 
 Deity is the celestial hemisphere ! — spangled 
 with the most magnificent heralds of his infinite 
 glory ! They speak to the whole universe ; for 
 there is no speech so barbarous, but their lan- 
 guage is understood ; nor nation so distant, but 
 their voices are heard among them. 
 
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 Assisted by Astronomy, we ascertain the laws 
 which govern the heavenly bodies, and by which 
 their motions are directed ; investigate the pow- 
 er by which they circulate in their orbs, discover 
 their size, determine their distance, explain their 
 various phenomena, and correct the fallacy of 
 the senses by the light of truth. 
 
 OF THE ADVANTAGES OF GEOMETRY. 
 
 Geometry, the first and noblest of sciences, is 
 the basis on which the superstructure of Free- 
 masonry is erected. By Geometry, we may 
 curiously trace nature througli her various wind- 
 ings, to her most concealed recesses. By it, we 
 discover the power, wisdom and goodness of the 
 Grand Artificer of the universe, and view 
 with delight the proportions which connect this 
 vast machine. By it, we discover how the 
 planets move in their respective orbits, and de- 
 monstrate their various revolutions. By it, we 
 account for the return of seasons, and the vari- 
 ety of scenes which each season displays to the 
 discerning eye. Numberless worlds are around 
 us, all framed by the same Divine Artist, which 
 
FELLOW craft's DEGREE — SECTION H. 
 
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 roll through the vast expanse, and are all con- 
 ducted by the same unerring law of nature. 
 
 A survey of nature, and the observation of 
 her beautiful proportions, first determined man 
 to imitate the divine plan, and study symmetry 
 and order. This gave rise to societies, and 
 birth to every useful art. The architect began 
 to design ; and the plans which he laid down, 
 being improved by time and experience, have 
 produced works which are the admiration of 
 every age. 
 
 The lapse of time, the ruthless hand of ignor- 
 ance, and the devastations of war, have laid 
 waste and destroyed many valuable monuments 
 of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of 
 human genius have been employed. Even the 
 Temple of Solomon, so spacious and magnifi- 
 cent, and constructed by so many celebrated 
 artists, escaped not the unsparing ravages of 
 barbarous force. Free-masonry, notwithstand- 
 ing, has still survived. The attentive ear receives 
 the sound from the instructive tongue^ and the 
 mysteries of Masonry are safely lodged in the 
 
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 repository of faithful breasls. Tools and im- 
 plements of architecture are selected by the 
 Fraternity, to imprint on the memory wise and 
 serious truths ; and thus, through a successien 
 of ages, are transmitted unimpaired the most 
 excellent tenets of our institution. 
 
 CHARGE. 
 
 Brother, — Being advanced to the second 
 degree of Masonry, we congratulate you on 
 your preferment. The internal not the external 
 qualifications of a man are what Masonry re- 
 gards \ as you increase in knowledge, sa you 
 will consequently improve in social intercourse. 
 It is unnecessary for me to recapitulate the du- 
 ties which, as a Mason, you are now bound to 
 discharge, or to enlarge on the necessity of a 
 strict adherence to them, as your own experi- 
 ence must have established their value. It may 
 be sufficient to observe, that as your past beha- 
 
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 viour and regular deportment have merited the 
 honor which we have conferred, in your new 
 character it is expected that you will not only 
 contonn to the principles of the order, but 
 steadily persevere in the practice of every virtue. 
 The study of the liberal arts, that valuable 
 branch of education, which tends so effectually 
 to polish and adorn the mind, is earnestly re- 
 commended to your consideration — especially 
 geometry, which is established as the basis of 
 our art. (Geometry or Masonry originally sy- 
 nonymous terms, is of divine and moral nature, 
 enriched with the most useful knowledge so that 
 while it proves the wonderful properties of na- 
 ture, it demonstrates the moie important truths 
 of morality.) 
 
 As the solemnity of our ceremonies requires 
 a serious deportment, you are to be particularly 
 attentive to your behaviour at our regular assem- 
 blies. You are to preserve our ancient usages 
 and customs sacred and inviolable, and induce 
 others, by your example, to hold them in due 
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MASTER MASON'S DEGREF. 
 
 SYMr.OLISM OF THE DEGREE. 
 
 We have seen the type of man complete in moral wortli 
 and intellectual culture — not left to acquire knowledge, 
 but first prepared to use that knowledge well when it 
 shall have been obtained. What more is left ? Com- 
 munion with our Maker. The mere knowledge of the 
 Deity, as given us heretofore, is that of an august Crea- 
 tor whom we are to reverence, and in whom alone we 
 are to place our trust. But we have not yet seen him 
 walking upon the earth, and holding open communion 
 with the sons of men. Man has not yet been ennobled 
 by personal contact with the All- Holy. 
 
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 Let us imagine a conception perfectly in acconlance 
 with the ideas and opinions of our early brethren *' Who 
 has at any time seen God and lived?" "Adam, our 
 first progenitor." " But only in the days of his inno- 
 cence. Since the day when all mankind was corrupted 
 hy his fall, no living man has looked upon the face of 
 the Almighty." 
 
 Now, what would be the natural opinion of our an- 
 cient brethren as to the means of securing God's actual 
 presence. We know that, for a thousand years, men la- 
 bored to find the true name of Jehovah, which they 
 believed would be a talisman, giving them power over 
 all the secrets of the Universe. Union, of the most un- 
 selfish nature, formed the grand characteristic of our 
 fraternity. Ambition, desire for fame — every passion j 
 which appeals to the self-love of man, was merged in j 
 the perfect union engendered by an adherence to the te- 
 nets of the Order to such a degree, that the names even 
 of our great architects have not come down to us, though 
 their works still stand to attest their excellence. All was 
 the work of brethren, and each was allowed his share of 
 the glory. 
 
 Now, with this perfect union, and with the knowledge 
 that the belief existed that it was through the weakness 
 of man only that he could not endure the presence of his 
 I Creator, what so natural as to suppose that if three bre- 
 thren be found as types respectively of moral, intellectual 
 and physical perfection, and they be joined together in 
 
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 we have that realization so longed for by the brethren of 
 old. And yet ai> a type, how interesting it is in looking 
 back upon their struggles, to look forward into what is 
 now bright and clear. 
 
 The practical lesson is to be found in the full exposi- 
 tion of the ♦ * » Like the ♦ » ♦ they require 
 us to be complete in our duty to our neighbor before we 
 can venture to direct him. Step by step, mounting from 
 the lowest to the highest, we must prove to ourselves 
 that we would serve him — pray for him — sympathize 
 with his inmost feelings, and sustain him from falling, 
 before we can venture to counsel him even to his good — 
 far less, dictate to him. 
 
 We now find man complete in morality and intelli- 
 gence, with the stay of religion added to ensure him of 
 the protection of the Deity, and guard him against ever 
 going astray. These three degrees thus form a perfect 
 and harmonious whole ; nor can we conceive that any- 
 thing can be suggested more, which the soul of man re- 
 quires. 
 
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 THIRD LECTURE. 
 
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 Freemasonry in every degree, as before remarked, 
 is progressive. A knowledge of it can only be attained 
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 we are taught the duties we owe to God, our neighbor 
 and ourselves. In the second, we are more thoroughly 
 inducted into the mysteries of moral science, and learn 
 to trace the goodness and majesty of the Creator, by 
 minutely analyzing his works. But the third degree is 
 the cement of the whoh. It is calculated to bind men 
 together by rnystic points of fellowship, as in a bond of 
 fraternal affection and brotherly love. It is among 
 brethren of this degree that the ancient Landmarks of 
 the Order are preserved, and it is from them that we de- 
 rive that fund of information which none but ingenious 
 and expert Masons can supply. 
 
 It is also from brethren of this degree, that the rulers 
 of the craft are selected ; because it is only from those 
 who are capable of giving instruction, that we can rea- 
 sonably expect to receive it. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Previous to the B. being admitted for the Third de- 
 gree, M is necessary that he should undergo a rigid ex- 
 amination as to his proficiency in the preceding degrees, 
 which, if satisfactory, he is then introduced and received. 
 
 The Compasses are peculiarly consecrated to 
 this degree, because within their extreme pomts, 
 when properly extended, are emblematically 
 
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 profession, and hence the moral application of 
 the Compasses, in the third degree, is to those 
 precious jewels of a Master Mason. Friendship, 
 Molality, and Brotherly Love. 
 
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 INVOCATION. 
 
 Almighty and Eternal Being, the glorious 
 Architect and Ruler of the universe, at whose 
 creative fiat all things first were made, we, the 
 frail creatures of thy providence, humbly im- 
 plore Thee to pour down on this convocation, 
 assembled in Thy holy name, the continued 
 dew of Thy blessings : more especially, we be- 
 seech Thee, to impart Thy grace to this Thy 
 servant, who offers himself a candidate to par- 
 take with us the mysterious secrets of a Master 
 Mason, endue him with such fortitude, that in 
 the hour of trial he fail not ; but pass him safe- 
 
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 ly, under Thy protection, through the valley of 
 the shadow of death, that he may finally arise 
 from the tomb of transgression to shine as the 
 stars for ever and ever. So mote it be. 
 
 The solemn and impressive ceremony is then proceed- 
 ed with and the candidate is then addressed by the W.M. 
 My Bro. ^ ««♦»**» 
 
 It is now my duty to call your attention to a retrospect 
 of those * * * through which you have already 
 passed, by which you will be the better enabled to dis- 
 tinguish and appreciate the connection of our whole sys- 
 tem, and the relative dependency of its several parts. 
 
 Your admission in a state of helpless indigence was an 
 emblematic representation of the entrance of all men 
 upon this their mortal existence. It inculcated a useful 
 lesson of natural equality and mutual dependence. It 
 instructed you in the proper exercise of universal benefi- 
 cence and charity, to seek the solace of your own distress 
 by extending relief and consolation to your fellow crea- 
 tures in the hour of their aflliction, it enabled you to free 
 the soul from the dominion of pride and prejudice, and 
 to look beyond the narrow limits of particular institutions, 
 whether civil or religious, and to view in every son of 
 Adam a brother of the dust. But above all it taught 
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 T. G. A. O. T. U. and to dedicate your heart, thus 
 purified from every baneful and malignant passion, and 
 filled only for the reception of truth and wisdom, as well 
 to His glory as to the welfare of your fellow creatures. 
 
 Proceeding onwards, and still guided in your progress 
 by the principles of moral truth, you were led in the 
 S. Deg. to contemplate the intellectual faculties, and to 
 trace them from their development through the paths of 
 heavenly science even unto the thrown of God himself. 
 The secrets of nature and the principles of moral truth 
 were then unveiled to your view, — you learned a just 
 estimate of those wonderous faculties with which God 
 has endowed the being formed after His own image ; and 
 feel the duty which he has thereby imposed on you, of 
 cultivating this Divine attribute with the most diligent 
 and unremitting care and attention ; that you may be 
 enabled to show forth His glory and render yourself use- 
 ful to the happiness of mankind. 
 
 To your mind thus moulded by virtue and science, na- 
 ture however presents one great and useful lesson more, 
 the knowledge of yourself. She prepares you by con- 
 templation for the closing hour of your existence, and 
 when by means of that contemplation she has conducted 
 you through the intricate windings of this your mortal 
 state, she finally instructs you how to die. 
 
 Such, my brother, is the peculiar object of this degree. 
 It invites you to reflect upon this awful subject, and 
 
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 teaches you to feel that to the just and virtuous man 
 death has no terrors equal to the stain of falsehood and 
 i dishonor. 
 
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 The following passage of scripture is intro- 
 duced during the ceremonies : 
 
 " Remember now thy Creator in the days of 
 thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor 
 the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have 
 no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, 
 or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor 
 the clouds return after the rain : in the day 
 when the keepers of the house shall tremble, 
 and the strong men shall bow themselves, and 
 the grinders cease because they are few, and 
 those that look out of the windows be darkened, 
 and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when 
 the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall 
 rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the 
 daughters of music shall be brought low. Also, 
 when they shall be afraid of that which is high, 
 and fears shall be in the way, and the almond- 
 tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be 
 
a burden, and desire shall fail ; because man 
 goeth to his long home, and the mourners go 
 about the streets : or ever the silver cord be 
 losed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the 
 pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 
 broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust re- 
 turn to the earth as it was ; and the spirit shall 
 return unto God who gavent." 
 
 INVESTMENT. 
 
 Bro. , I must state that the B with which 
 
 you have now been invested not only points out 
 your rank as a Mason, but is meant to remind 
 you of those important duties which you have 
 just solemnly engaged yourself to observe; and 
 while it marks your own superiority, it calls on 
 you to afford assistance and instruction to your 
 brethren in the inferior degrees. 
 
 ORNAMENTS. 
 
 The ornaments ****** arc the Porch, 
 Dormer, and Stiuare Pavement. The Porch is the en- 
 trance to the T., the Dormer the window which admit- 
 ted li^ht to the sanctum sanctorum, aud the Square 
 Pavement for the High Priest to walk upon. 
 
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 WORKING TOOLS. 
 
 The Skirret, Pencil and Compasses. The 
 Skirret is an implement which acts on a centre 
 pin, from which a line is drawn to mark out the 
 ground for the foundation of the intended struc- 
 ture. With the Pencil the skilful artist deline- 
 ates the building in a draft or plan, for the in- 
 struction and guidance of the workmen. The 
 Compasses enables him with accuracy and pre- 
 cision, to ascertain and determine the limits and 
 proportions of its several parts. But as we are 
 not operative, but speculative or F. and A., we 
 apply these tools to our morals. In this sense 
 the Skirret points out to us that straight and 
 undeviating line of conduct laid down for our 
 guidance in the volume of the sacred law. The 
 Pencil teaches us that all our words and actions 
 are not only observed but are recorded by the 
 Most High, to whom we must render an account 
 of our conduct through life. The Compasses 
 reminds us of his unerring and impartial justice, 
 which having defined for our instruction the 
 
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 , The 
 I centre 
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 id. strac- 
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 the in- 
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 and pre- 
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 as we are 
 id A., we 
 this sense 
 light and 
 n for our 
 law. The 
 nd actions 
 ed by the 
 an account 
 Compasses 
 tial justice, 
 action the 
 
 
 limits of good and evil, will either reward or 
 punish us as we have obeyed or disregarded his 
 Divine commands. 
 
 Thus, my Brother, the working tools of a * 
 * * teach us to bear in mind, and to act ac- 
 cording to the laws of the Divine Creator, so 
 that when we shall be summoned from this sub- 
 lunary abode, we may ascend to the "Grand 
 Lodge above, where the worlds great Architect 
 lives and reigns for ever and ever. 
 
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 SECTION II. 
 
 This section illustrates certain hieroglyphical emblems, 
 and inculcates many useful and impressive moral lessons. 
 It also details many particulars relative to the buildint; 
 of the Temple at Jerusalem. 
 
 This magnificent structure was founded in 
 the fourth year of the leign of Solomon, on the 
 second day of the month Zif, being the second 
 month of the sacred year. It was located on 
 Mount Moriah, near the place where Abraham 
 was about to offer up his son Isaac, and where 
 David met and appeased the destroying angel. 
 JosEPHUS informs us, that although more than 
 seven years were occupied in building it, yet, 
 during the whole term, it did not rain in the day 
 time, that the workmen might not be obstructed 
 in their labor. From sacred history we aUo 
 learn, that there was not the sound of axe, ham- 
 mer, or any tool of iron, heard in the house 
 while it was building. It is said to have been 
 supported by fourteen hundred and fifty-three 
 columns, and two thousand nine hundred and 
 six pilasters, all hewn from the finest Parian 
 marble. 
 
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 led in 
 on the 
 second 
 lied on 
 
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 ^ where 
 angel, 
 re than 
 it. yet, 
 the day 
 )Structed 
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 Lxe, ham- 
 he house 
 ave been 
 fty-three 
 dred and 
 St Parian 
 
 It was symbolically supported, also, by three 
 columns — Wisdom, Strength and Beauty. *^" 
 
 There were emplo}ed in its building three 
 Grand Masters ; three thousand and three hun- 
 dred Masters or Overseers of the work ; eighty 
 thousand Fellow Crafts ; and seventy thousand 
 Entered Apprentices, or bearers of burdens. 
 All these were classed and ai ranged in such 
 manner, by the wisdom of £'olomon, that 
 
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 neither envy, discord, nor confusion, was suf- 
 fered to interrupt or disturb the peace and good 
 fellowship which prevailed among the workmen. 
 
 In front of the magnificent porch, were placed 
 the two celebrated pillars — one on the left hand 
 and one on the right hand. They are supposed 
 to have been placed there as a memorial to the 
 children of Israel, of the happy deliverance of 
 their forefathers from Egyptian bondage, and in 
 commemoration of the miraculous pillars of fire 
 and cloud. The pillar of fire gave light to the 
 Israelites and facilitated their ; .arch, and the 
 cloud proved darkness to Pharaoh and his 
 host, and retarded their pursuit. King Solo- 
 mon, therefore, ordered these pillars to be 
 placed at the entrance of the temple, as the 
 most conspicuous part, that the children of 
 Israel might have that happy event continually 
 before their eyes, in going to and returning from 
 divine worship. 
 
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 Children of 
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 irning from 
 
 In this section are also cxi)laintrcl a variety of appro- 
 priate emblems, with which the skillful brother will not 
 fail to make himself familiarly acquainted, and they are 
 thus explained : 
 
 THE THREE STEPS, 
 
 Usually delineated upon the Master's carpet, 
 are emblematical of the three principal stages of 
 human life, viz : VoiM, Ma7ihood and Age. In 
 YGuth, as Entered Apprentices, we ought indus- 
 triously to occupy our minds in the attainment 
 of useful knowledge ; in Manhood, as Fellow 
 
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 Crafts, we sliould apply our knowledge to the 
 discharge of our respective duties to God, our 
 neighbor, and ourselves ; that so, in ^^ey as 
 Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflec- 
 tion consequent on a well-spent life, and die m 
 tlie hope of a glorious immortality 
 
 THE POT OF INCENSE 
 
 Is an emblem of a p«;re heart, which is always 
 an acceptable sacrifice to the Deity ; and, as 
 this glows with fervent heat, so should our 
 hearts continually glow with gratitude to the 
 great and beneficent Author of our existence, 
 for the manifold blessings and comforts we en- 
 
 THE BEE HIVE 
 
 Is a 1 emblem of industry, and recommends the 
 practice of that virtue to all created beings, from 
 the higlicst seraph in heaven, to the lowest rep- 
 tile of the dust. It teaches us, that as we came 
 into the world rational and intelligent beings, so 
 we sliould ever be industrious ones ; never sit- 
 I ting down contented while our fellow-creaturcs 
 around us are in want, especially when it is in 
 
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 . never sit- 
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 ken it IS in 
 
 our power to relieve them, without inconveni- 
 ence to ourselves. 
 
 When we take a survey of nature, we view 
 man in his infancy, more helpless and indigent 
 than the brute creation ; he lies languishing for 
 days, months and years, totally incapable of 
 providing sustenance for himself, of guarding 
 against the attack of the wild beasts of the field, 
 or sheltering himself from the inclemencies of 
 the weather It might have pleased the great 
 Creator of heaven and earth, to have made man 
 independent of all other beings ; but as depcn^ 
 dence is one of the strongest bonds of society, 
 mankind were made dependent on each other 
 for protection and security, as they thereby en- 
 joy better opportunities of fulfilling the duties 
 of reciprocal love and friendship. Thus was 
 man formed for social and active life, the noblest 
 part of the work of God; ..1 he that will so 
 demean himself, as not to be endeavoring to 
 add to the common stock of knowledge and un- 
 derstanding, may be deemed a rfro;ie in the 
 /iiz't' of nature, a useless member of society, and 
 unworthy of our protection as Masons. 
 
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 whom the Sun, Moon and Stars obey, and 
 under whose watchful care, even Comets per- 
 form their stupendous revolutions, pervades the 
 ii.most recesses of the human Heart, and will 
 reward us according to" our merits. 
 
 THE ANCHOR AND ARK 
 
 Are emblems of a well- 
 grounded /iopc\ and a^ 
 well-spent life. They'^^z^^^g 
 
 are emblematical of that divine Ark, 
 which safely wafts us over this tempestuous sea 
 of troubles, and that Anchor which shall safely 
 moor us in a i)eacefal harbor, where the wicked 
 cease from troubling, and the weary shall find 
 rest. 
 
 THE FORTY-SEVENTH PROBLEM OF EDCLID 
 
 This was an invention of our ancient friend 
 and brother, the great Pythagoras, who, in his 
 
 travels through Asia, Africa and 
 Europe, was initiated into sev- 
 eral orders of priesthood, and 
 raised to the sublime degree of 
 Master Mason. This wise phi- 
 
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 losopher enriched his mind abundantly in a gen- 
 eral knowledge of things, and more especially 
 in Geometry, or Masonry. On this subject he 
 d ew out many problems and theorems ^ and 
 aii "^^ " the most distinguished, he erected this, 
 whici, 'I the joy of his heart, he called Eureka, 
 in the Grecian language, signifying, I have found 
 it ; and upon the discovery of which ho is said 
 to have sacrificed a hecatomb. It teaches Ma- 
 sons to be general lovers of the arts and sciences. 
 
 THE HOUP -GLASS 
 
 Is an emblem of. human life. Behold ! how 
 swiftly the sands run, and how rapidly our lives 
 are drawing to a close ! We cannot without 
 astonishment behold the little particles which 
 are contained in this machine ; — how they pass 
 away almost imperceptibly ! and yet. to our 
 surprise, in the short space of an hour they are 
 all exhausted. Thus wastes man ! To-day, he 
 puts forth the tender leaves of hope; to-mor- 
 row, blossoms, and bears his blushing honors 
 thick upon him ; the next day comes a frost 
 which nips the shoot ; and when he thinks hl'^ 
 
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 greatness is still aspiring, he flills, like autumn 
 leaves, to enrich our mother earth. 
 
 THE SCYTHE 
 
 Is an emblem of time, which cuts the brittle 
 thread of life, and launches us into eternity. 
 Behold ! what havoc the scythe of time makes 
 among the human race ! If by chance we should 
 escape the numerous evils incident to childhood 
 and youth, and with health and vigor arrive to 
 the years of manhood ; yet, withal, we must soon 
 be cut down by the all-devouring scythe of time, 
 and be gathered into the land where our fathers 
 Save gone before us. 
 
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 Thus Nve close the explanation of the emblems 
 upon the solemn thought of death, which, with- 
 out revelation, is dark and gloomy ; but we are 
 suddenly revived by the cver-grccn and ever liv- 
 ing sprig of Faith in the merits of the Lion of 
 the tribe of Judah ; which strengthens us, with 
 confidence and composure, to look forward to a 
 blessed immortality ; and doubt not, but in the 
 glorious morn of the resurrection, our bodies will 
 rise, and become as incorruptible as our souls. 
 
 Then let us imitate the good man in his vir- 
 tuous and amiable conduct ; in his unfeigned 
 piety to God; in his inflexible fidelity to his trust; 
 that we may welcome the grim tyrant Death, and 
 receive him as a kind messenger sent from our 
 Supreme Grand Master, to translate us fron; this 
 imperfect to that all-perfect, glorious and celes- 
 tial Lodge above, where the Suj^rcme Architect 
 of the universe presides. 
 
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 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY RAISED 
 CANDIDATE. 
 
 Brother, — Your zeal for the institution of 
 Free Masonry, the progress you have already 
 made, and your conformity to our general regu- 
 lations, liave pointed you out as a fit object of 
 esteem and favor. In the character of a master 
 mason you are henceforth authorized to correct 
 the errors and i^egularities of your younger 
 brethren, and guard them against a breach of 
 fidelity. To improve the morals and correct the 
 manners of men in society ought to be your con- 
 stant care. You are to inculcate universal bene- 
 volence, and by the regularity of your own 
 beliaviour, afford the best example for the con- 
 duct of others. The ancient landmarks of the 
 order you are to preserve sacred and inviolable, 
 and never suffer an infringement of our customs, 
 or a deviation from established usages. 
 
 Duty, honor and gratitude, now bind you to 
 your trust, let no motive, therefore, ever make 
 you swerve from your duty, but be true and 
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 merit has been your title to our privileges, and 
 that on you our favors have not been undeser- 
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 ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 
 These ceremonies should be carefully studied, 
 and well mdcrstood by every Master of a Lodge. 
 They treat of the government of our society, the 
 disposition of our rulers, and illustrate their re- 
 quisite qualifications. They include the form of 
 Petition and directions for organizing Lodges ; 
 Consecrating, Dedicating and Constituting new 
 Lodges ; Installing officers of subordinate Lodges ; 
 Laying Foundation-stones, Dedication of Masonic 
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 ILLUSTRATION OF THE CEREMONIES OF 
 CONSECRATING, DEDICATING, AND 
 CONSTITUTING A LODGE. . 
 
 I. — CONSECRATION. 
 
 The ceremony of consecrating religious edifices to the 
 sacred purposes for which they are intended, by mystic 
 rites, has been transmitted to us from the remotest anti- 
 quity. 
 
 ** History," says Dudley, *' both ancient and modern, 
 tells us that extraordinary rites, called rites of consecra- 
 tion or dedication, have been performed by people of all 
 ages and nations, on the occasion of the first application 
 of altars or temples, or places, to religious uses." 
 
 Thus Moses consecrated the tabernacle, Solomon the 
 first temple, and the returned exiles from Babylon the 
 second. 
 
 Among the Pagans, ceremonies of the most magnifi- 
 cent nature were often used in setting apart their gorgeous 
 temples to the purposes of worship. 
 
 A masonic lodge is, in imitation of these ancient exam- 
 ples, consecrated with mystic ceremonies to the sacred 
 purposes for which it has been constructed. By this act 
 it is set apart for a holy object, the cullivalion of llie great 
 tenets of a Mason's profession, and become?, or should 
 
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 by mystic 
 lOtest anti- 
 id modern, 
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 application 
 
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 Jabylon the 
 
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 , the sacred 
 By this act 
 I of ih.e great 
 or should 
 
 become, in the mind of the conscientious mason, invested 
 with a peculiar reverence, as a place, where, as he jmsses 
 over its threshold, he should feel the application of the 
 command given to Moses, ** Put off thy shoes from off 
 thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy 
 ground," 
 
 On this occasion a small box or chest is to be used as 
 the symbol of the hnij^e. It is placed in the centre of the 
 room, and is a representation of the Ark of the Covenant 
 which was deposited in the holy of holies of the ancient 
 temple. 
 
 In the course of the ceremony this symbolized lodge is 
 sprinkled with Corn^ II ine and Oil, which are the ma- 
 sonic elements of consecration, being to the mason sym- 
 bolic of the many gifts and blessings for which we are 
 indebted to the bounty of T.G.A.O.T. U.; for the first is 
 emblematic in masonic symbolism of Health and Plenty^ 
 the second of Joy and Cheerfulness^ and the third of Com- 
 fort and Consoliition, 
 
 The ancient altars were thus consecrated by the offer- 
 ings of barley cake, and libations of ^v ,. and oil, and the 
 Jewish ritual gives ample directions .01 a similar cere- 
 mony. 
 
 The rite of ma?onic consecration is accompanied by a 
 prnyer in which the lodge is solemnly consecrated ** to 
 the honor end glory of God.^' 
 
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 II.--DED1CATI0N. 
 
 The ceremony of dedicating a lodge iinn ..itely fol- 
 lows that of its consecration. This, too, is a very ancient 
 ceremony, and finds its prototype in the religious ceremo- 
 nies of antiquity. 
 
 Every temple among the Pagans was dedicated to 
 some particular deity, oftentimes to the conjoint worship 
 of several, while the Jews dedicated their religious edi- 
 fices to the one supreme Jehovah. Thus David dedicated 
 with solemn ceremonies the altar wliich he erected on the 
 threshing floor of Araunah (or Oman) the Jebusite, after 
 the cessation of the plague which had aff ' I his peo- 
 ple ; and Calmet conjectures that he compv. .. the thir- 
 tieth psalm on this occasion. The Jews extended this 
 ceremony of dedication even to their private houses ; and 
 Clarke tells us, in reference to a passage on this subject 
 in the book of Deuteronomy, that "it was a custom in 
 Israel to dedicate a new house to God with prayer, praise 
 and thanksgiving ; and this was done in order to secure 
 the divine presence and blessing ; for no pious or sensi- 
 ble man could imagine he could dwell safely in a house 
 that was not under the mimediate protection of God." 
 
 According to the learned Seldan, there was a distinc- 
 tion among the Jews between consecration and dedica- 
 tion ; for sacred things were both consecrated and 
 dedicated, while profane things, such as private dwelling- 
 nouses, were only dedicated. Dedication was therefore 
 
ANCIENT CERKMONIES. 
 
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 a less sacred ceremony than consecration. This distinc- 
 tion has also been preserved among Christians, many of 
 whom, and in the early ages all of whom, consecrated 
 their churches to the worship of God, but dedicated them 
 to, or placed them under the especial patronage of, some 
 particular Saint 
 
 A similar tiactice was introduced into masonic institu- 
 tions Dy formerly dedicating lodges to King Solomon, 
 and subsequently o either of the two Saints John, as the 
 patrons of inasonrv ; ther*^ is, however, neither historical 
 proof nor c*ny other ithentic evidence that either of the 
 Saints J )hn was z freemason. The most rational mode, 
 therefore^ of dedicatiig freemasons' lodges is to dedicate 
 them to fretmai^onry^ without any addition of patrons or 
 of Saints. 
 
 By these acts cf consecration and of dedication the 
 lodge is set apart as something sacred, in which to culti- 
 vate the principles of freemasonry 
 
 III. —CONSTITUTION 
 
 The consecration and ded'cation may be considered as 
 the religious formularies which give a sacred character to 
 the lodge, and by which it is to be distinguished from a 
 profane association, intended only for the cultivation of 
 good fellowship. 
 
 The ceremofiv of constitution which immediately fol- 
 lows, is of a legal character. It is intended to give 
 
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 legality to the lodge, and constitutional authority to all 
 its acts. It is of course dependent on the preceding cere 
 monies, for no lodge can be rightfully constituted until it 
 has l)een consecrated and dedicated. 
 
 The two preliminary ceremonies refer to the place ; 
 the latter to the persons assembled. 
 
 The lodge is consecrated and dedicated as a place 
 wherein the science of freemasonry is to be cultivated ; 
 by its constitution the raembers then present and their 
 successors are authorized to cultivate that science in the 
 lega! and acknowledged mode. ^ 
 
 The ceremony of constitution is a simple one, and con- 
 sists merely in the enunciation of the fact by the Grand 
 Master, or his special proxy under his authority, as re- 
 presenting the Grand Lodge, which body alone can give 
 this legal character to an assembly of masons. 
 
 The Grand Master (or his proxy) constitutes tlie lodqc 
 "in the name of the Most Worshipful the Grand Ledge." 
 
 By this ceremony the lodge is taken out of its inchoate 
 and temporary condition as a lodge under dispensation, 
 and is placed among the pe -manent and registered lodges 
 of the jurisdiction. 
 
 After the ceremony of constituaon follows the Instal- 
 lation and Investiture of Officers^ whereby the officers 
 chosen are duly invested with the power to exercise the 
 fur.ctlons confided to them. 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 The lodge being opened, tlie Grand Master and Grand 
 Officers having assembled in a convenient room and 
 opened a Grand Lodge, the new lodge sends to the 
 Grand Master the following message : 
 
 " M. W. Sir, 
 
 "The Worshipful Master, Wardens, Officers and 
 
 Brethren of lodge arc now assembled 
 
 at and have instructed me to inform 
 
 you that under the dispensation which you were 
 
 pleased to grant them, bearing date the 
 
 day of A.L. 58. ., authorizing them to form 
 
 and open a lodge of P^ree and Accepted Masons in 
 
 the of , they have regularly 
 
 assembled and conducted the business of masonry 
 according to the best of *heir abilities ; that their 
 proceedings having received the approbation of the 
 Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge, they have 
 obtained a warrant of constitution, and are desir- 
 ous that their lodge should be consecrated, dedi- 
 cated and constituted, their Worshipful Master 
 installed, and their Wardens and other officers 
 invested, agreeably to the ancient usaj/es and cus- 
 toms of the fraternity, for which purpose they are 
 now assembled and await your pleasure." 
 
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 The Grand I odge now moves in procession to the hall 
 of the new lodge, the lodge receives them with the grand 
 honors, the ofificers resigning their seats to the Grand 
 lyodge Officers. 
 
 D. G. M. addresses the G. M. 
 
 " M. W. Sir : — A number of brethren, duly in- 
 structed in the mysteries of freemasonry, having 
 assembled together at stated periods for some time 
 past, by virtue of a dispensation granted them for 
 that purpose, do now desire to be constituted into 
 a regular lodge, agreeably to the ancient usages 
 and customs of the fraternity." 
 
 The W. M. presents the dispensation and the minute 
 hook to the G. M., who examines the same, and if fomid 
 correct, proclaims : 
 
 G.M. — "The records appear to be properly en- 
 tered, and are approved. Upon due deliberation, 
 the ("irand Lodge has granted the brethren of this 
 new lodge a warrant of constitution, confirming 
 them in the rights and privileges of a regularly 
 constituted lodge, which the Grand Secretary will 
 now read." 
 
 (Grand Secretary reads the n-arrant. ) 
 
 CM. — " We shall now proceed according to 
 ancient usau^e to constitute these brethren into a 
 regular lodge.'"' 
 
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 CONSECRATION. 
 
 The brethren form a precession two and two, the Ark 
 of the Covenant, covered with white linen, representing 
 the lodge, is carried in front of the procession by four 
 Past Masters. 
 
 The Grand Master and the other Grand Officers stand 
 around the altar, the D. G. M. holds the gohlen vessel 
 with corn, G. S. W. holds the silver vessel with wme, 
 G. J. \V. holds the silver vessel with oi/ ; Grand Chap- 
 lain before the procession moves invokes a blessing. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Grand Chaplain.—" Grand Architect of the 
 Universe ! Maker and Ruler of all worlds ! Deign 
 from Thy celestial temple, from realms of light and 
 glory, to bless us in all the purposes of our present 
 assembly !" 
 
 " We humbly invoke Thee to give us, at this and 
 at all times, ivisdoui in all our doings, streni^ih of 
 7nindm all our difficulties, and the beauty 0/ har- 
 mony in all our communications ! 
 
 " And permit us, Thou great author of light and 
 life ! great source of love and happiness ! to erect 
 this our lodge, and now solemnly to consecrate the 
 same to Thy honor and glory ! 
 
 " Glory be to God on high I" 
 (Response by the brethren). 
 
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 " As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be, world without end ! So mote it be." 
 
 After this prayer tlic first procession is made aruuiid 
 the altar, during which, the organist leading at the organ, 
 the brethren sing the first verse of the following hymn ; 
 that verse being sung, the "lodge' is placed on the 
 altar. During the second procession the second verse is 
 sung, and during the third procession die thiic' verse is 
 sung. 
 
 HYMN. — (Tune, God save the Queen). 
 
 I. 
 
 Thou ! who art God alone ! 
 Accept before the throne 
 
 Our lervent prayer 
 To fill with light and grace 
 This house, Thy dwelling jMace, 
 And bless Thy chosen race, 
 
 O, Lord ! draw near. « 
 
 II. 
 
 As through the universe, 
 Ail nature's works diverse 
 
 Thy praise accord ; 
 Let FtuVi upon us shine, 
 And Charity combine 
 With Hope to make us Thine, 
 
 Jehovah, Lord ! 
 
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 III. 
 
 Spirit of truth and love ! 
 Descending from above, 
 
 Our hearts inflame ; 
 Till Masonry's control 
 Shall build in one the whole, 
 A temple to the soul, 
 
 To Thy great name ! 
 
 The "lodge'' being placed on the altar after the first 
 procession, the D. G. M. presents the vessel with corn to 
 the G. M. 
 
 G. M. giving iii. k. sprinkles corn on the " lodge" 
 and says : " In the name of the great Jehovah, to 
 whom be all honor and glory, I consecrate this lodge 
 with com., the emblem oi health diwd-p/enty^ and sym- 
 boHc of the many gifts and blessings for which we 
 are indebted to the bounty of the Great Architect 
 of the Universe." 
 
 The brethren now give the grand honors thrice, the 
 procession moves the second time, music and hymn, the 
 ** lodge" is again placed on the altar, the G. S. W. pre- 
 sents the vessel with wine to the G. M. 
 
 G. M. giving iii. k. pours wine on the "lodge" 
 and says : " In the name of the great Jehovah, to 
 
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 whom be all honor and glory, I consecrate this 
 lodge with ivine^ the emblem of joy and cheerful' 
 
 ness. 
 
 The brethren again give the grand honors thrice, the 
 procession moves the third time, music and hymn, the 
 "lodge" is again placed on the altar, the G. J. W. pre- 
 sents the vessel with oil to the G. M. 
 
 G. M. giving iii. k. pours oil on the "lodge" and 
 says : "In the name of the great Jehovah, to whom 
 be all honor and glory, I consecrate this lodge with 
 oiij the emblem of comfort and consolation.''^ 
 
 And I coftsecrate this lodge to the honor and 
 glory of T.G.A.O.T.U." 
 
 The brethren respond, "So mote it be"; and they 
 again give the grand honors thrice. 
 
 [end of the consecration ceremony]. 
 
 DEDICATION. 
 
 Three processions, same as at Consecration. 
 After the first procession, the G. M. giving iii. k. 
 says : " In the name of the G.A.O.T.U., to whom 
 be all honor and glory, I dedicate XhXs lodge to Free- 
 
 masonry. 
 The brethren give the grand honors thrice. 
 
ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 151 
 
 I. 
 
 After the second procession, the G. M. giving iii. 
 k. says : '' In the name of the G.A.O.T.U., to whom 
 be all honor and glory, I dedicate this lodge to Vir- 
 tuer 
 
 The brethren give the grand honors thrice. 
 
 • 
 
 After the third procession, the G. M. giving iii. 
 k. says : *' In the name of the G.A.O.T.U.,to whom 
 be all honor and glory, I dedicate this lodge to Uni- 
 versal Benevolence^ 
 
 The brethren give the grand honors thrice. 
 
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 Gd. Chaplain.—" Glory be to God on high." 
 
 The brethren respond : " As it was in the begin- 
 ning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
 So mote it be." 
 
 The brethren of the new lodge (after G. M. and other 
 G. L. officers have resumed their seats) advance in pro- 
 cession to salute the Grand Master, giving the sign of 
 Fidelity, and bowing as they pass j they then take their 
 places and stand as before. 
 
 G. M. giving i. k., all resume their seats. 
 
 
 [end of the dedication CEREM(kNV]. 
 
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 THE freemason's MANUAL. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 G. M. giving iii. k. says : " In the name of the 
 Most Highj and of the Most Worshipful the Grand 
 Lodge, I now constitute and form you, my good 
 brethren, into a lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, 
 under the name of the lodge, and num- 
 bered on the register of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 From henceforth I empower you to act as a regular 
 lodge, constituted in conformity to the rites, cere- 
 monies and charges of our honorable fraternity ; 
 and may the Supreme Architect of the l^nivcrse 
 prosper, direct and counsel you in all your doings." 
 
 The brethren respond, ** So mote it be," and give the 
 grand honors thrice ; the brethren of the new lodge ad- 
 vance ard salute the G. M. as at close of the Dedication. 
 [An ode or hymn inay be sung after the salute by new 
 lodge]. 
 
 G. M. giving i. k., all resume their seats. 
 
 [end of the constitution ceremony]. 
 
 INSTALLATION. 
 
 After confirmation of the minutes so far as relates to 
 the election of Master, the installing Master assumes tlic 
 chair and gavel, and opens the i,oD(;e in the second 
 degree. 
 
I.M. — " Brethren, are you still satisfied with your 
 choice of Worshipful Master of your lodge ?" The 
 brethren replying in the affirmative, the I. M. ad- 
 dressing the P. M., who is to present the candidate 
 
 for the chair, says : " Brother P. M. , has the 
 
 Master elect been examined, and has he been found 
 well skilled in our noble science and royal art, and 
 duly instructed in our mysteries ?" 
 
 P.M. -" He has, W. Sir (or V.W. Sir or R. W. 
 
 Sir)." 
 
 I.M. — "You will now present him to mc." 
 
 The candidate is placed in front of the altar. 
 
 P.M. — " \V. Sir, I present to you this my worthy 
 
 brother , the Master elect of this lodge, to 
 
 receive at your hands the benefit of installation, 
 the better to qualify him for the discharge of the 
 duties of his high and important office. I know 
 him to be of ^ood tnorals and of great skill, true 
 and trusty, and a lover of the whole fraternity 
 wheresoever dispersed over the face of the earth." 
 
 I.M. — " Brother (naming him) : From time im- 
 memorial it has been an established custom among 
 Free and Accepted Masons, for each lodge, once 
 in every year, at a stated period, to select from 
 among those brethren who have served the office 
 
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 of Warden, an expert craftsman to preside over 
 them in the capacity of Master. He must have 
 been regularly elected by the Master, Wardens 
 and Fellows in open lodge assembled, and must 
 have been presented to a Board of Installed Mas- 
 ters for examination." 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, then add: "To 
 this rule exception only can be made in case of the first 
 Worshipful Master of a new lodge, it being the preroga- 
 tive of the Grand Lodge, in its discretion, to appoint any 
 brother Master Mason as the Master of a new lodge." 
 
 I.M. — ''You having been so elected and pre- ^ 
 sented, I claim your attention while I recite to you 
 those qualifications which are essential in every 
 candidate for that high office : 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, say: "appointed," 
 instead of "elected." 
 
 " He ought to be of good report, true and trusty, 
 and held in high estimation by his brethr?n and 
 fellows. 
 
 " He must have been initiated, passed and raised 
 in the three established degrees, be a lover of our 
 noble science, and have duly served the office of 
 Warden in a warranted lodge. 
 
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 ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 155 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, omit the latter 
 qualification. 
 
 " He ought to be exemplary of conduct, courteous 
 in manner, easy in address, but steady and firm in 
 principle, and able and willing to undertake the 
 management of the work, and well skilled in the 
 ancient charges, regulations and landmarks. 
 
 " Can you, my brother, conscientiously undertake 
 the duties of Master of this lodge under these qua- 
 lifications ?" 
 
 Candidate. — " I can." 
 
 I.M. — " Then 1 shall direct your attention to the 
 Secretary while he reads to you a summary of the 
 Ancient Charges and Regulations, to each of which 
 your unqualified assent is required, which you will 
 signify by the sign of Fidelity, at the same time 
 bending the head forward in token of submission." 
 
 Secretary reads the charges from the Book of Consti- 
 tution. 
 
 CHARGES. 
 
 1. You agree to be a good man and true, and 
 strictly to obey the moral law. 
 
 2, You are to be a peaceable subject, and cheer- 
 fully to conform to the laws of the country in which 
 you reside. 
 
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 THE KREKMASON's MANUAL. 
 
 3. You promise not to be concerned in plots or 
 conspiracies against the government, but patiently 
 to submit to the decisions of the supreme legisla- 
 ture. 
 
 4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the civil 
 magistrate, to work diligently, live creditably, and 
 act honorably by all men. 
 
 5. You agree to hold in veneration the original 
 rulers and patrons of the order of freemasonry, and 
 their regular successors, supreme and subordinate, 
 according to their stations ; and to submit to the 
 awards and resolutions of your brethren in general 
 lodge convened, in every case consistent with the 
 constitution of the order. 
 
 6. You agree to avoid private piques and quar- 
 rels, and to guard against intemperance and excess. 
 
 7. You agree to be cautious in your carriage and 
 behaviour, courteous to your brethren, and faithful 
 to your lodge. 
 
 8. You promise to respect genuine nd ue..^ 
 thren, and to discountenance im] and all 
 dissenters from the original plan ot masonry. 
 
 9. You agree to promote the general good of 
 society, to cultivate the social virtues, and to pro- 
 
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ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 157 
 
 and 
 thful 
 
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 pagate the knowledge of the mystic art, as far as 
 your influence and abiUty can extend. 
 
 10. You promise to pay homage to the grnnd 
 master for the time being, and to his officers when 
 duly installed, and strictly to conform to every 
 edict of the grand lodge. 
 
 11. You admit that it is not in the power of any 
 man, or body of men, to make innovation in the 
 body of masonry. 
 
 12. You promise a regular attendance on the 
 communications and committees of the grand 
 lodge upon receiving proper notice thereof ; and to 
 pay attention to all the duties of freemasonry, upon 
 proper and convenient occasions. 
 
 13. You admit that no new lodge can be formed 
 without permission of the grand master and that | 
 no countenance ought to be given to any irregular 
 lodge, or to any person initiated therein ; and that 
 no public processions of masons clothed with the 
 badges of the order can take place without the 
 special license of the grand master. 
 
 14. You admit that no person can regularly be 
 made a freemason, or admitted a member of any 
 lodge, without previous notice and due inquiry into 
 his character ; and that no brother can be ad- 
 
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 Tin-; freemason's man'jal. 
 
 vanced to a higher degree except in strict conform- 
 ity with the laws of the grand lodge. 
 
 15. You promise that no visitor shall be received 
 into your lodge without due examination, and pro- 
 ducing proper vouchers of his having been initiated 
 in a regular lodge. 
 
 I.M. — " Do you submit to and promise to support 
 these Charges and Regulations, as Masters have 
 done in all ages ?" 
 
 Candidate.--" I do." 
 
 I.M. — "Then you will advance to the Altar, and 
 take an obligation as regards your duties as master 
 of this lodge. 
 
 " You will K. on your R.K., place your R.H. on 
 the V.O.T.S.L., repeat your several names, and say 
 after me : 
 
 O. B. 
 
 " I (name in full), in the presence of the G.G.O. 
 T.U. and this W.W. and W. lodge of F.C.F.Ms., 
 duly constituted, regularly assembled, and properly 
 dedicated, of my own free will and accord, do 
 hereby and hereon solemnly agree to accept the 
 office of Master of this lodge, denominated the 
 lodge, and numbered on tne register 
 
ancib:nt ceremonies. 
 
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 •.Ms., 
 jperly 
 [d, do 
 )t the 
 Id the 
 agister 
 
 of ihe Grand Lodge, and the duties of that high 
 office faithfully, zealously and impartially to admin- 
 ister, to the best of my skill and ability for the 
 ensuing twelve months, and until a successor shall 
 have been duly elected and installed in my stead. 
 
 " I furthermore solemnly promise that I will not, 
 during my term of offi«:e or at any time a lodge 
 shall be under my direction, peniiit or suffer any 
 deviation from the established usages, customs and 
 landmarks. 
 
 " That I will not administer or cause or suffer to 
 be administered any rite or ceremony contrary to, 
 or subversive of our ancient Constitution ; but on 
 the contrary, that I will support, uphold and main- 
 tain, pure and unsullied, the genuine tenets and 
 principles of the craft. 
 
 " That I will observe and to the utmost of my 
 povvcr and ability strictly enforce obedience to 
 those Charges and Regulations to which I have 
 already given my assent, to the by-laws of this 
 lodge, and the statutes and ceremonies of the 
 Grand Lodge ; and that I will in all things consci- 
 entiously discharge my duties as a ruler in the craft 
 and Master of thi s lodge. So help me God and keep 
 mc steadfast in this my great and solemn O.B." 
 
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 I.M. directs the candidate to seal the O.t. on the 
 V.O.T.S.L. twice ; this being done, 
 
 I.M.— "You will now arise and take your scat 
 among the brethren." 
 
 I.M.—" All brethren not M.Ms. y'M now retire." 
 
 This being done, the lodge is opened in the 
 
 THIhD DEGREE. 
 
 I.M. — " All brethren who are not installed Mas- 
 ters will nov/ retire, except the Worshipful Master 
 ek^ct." 
 
 BOARD OF INSTALLED MASTERS. 
 
 I.M. •— " Brethren, assist me now to open a Board 
 of Installed Masters." 
 
 The Wardens' chairs are taken by Past Masters, who 
 occupy the same until the new Master is installed, the 
 lodge closed in the thir^^ and second degrees, and the 
 new Master requested by the installing Master to name 
 the elective ofi'icers. 
 
 I. M.— Giving i. k„ S.W. i. k., J.W. i. k.: " Bre- 
 thren, J dcchirc this a duly constituted Board of 
 Installed Masters." 
 
 Note. — Three nistalled Masters must he present. 
 
 I.M. requests the candidate to kneel in front o.*" 
 the altar. 
 
 I.M. — Giving iii. k., invokes a blessing. 
 
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 Llof 
 
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 (The brethren will assume that attitude in prayer 
 wliich is most agreeable to them). 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 "Vouchsafe Thine aid, Almighty Father and 
 Supreme Ruler of the Universe, in this our solemn 
 rite, and grant that this worthy and distinguished 
 brother, who is now about to be enrolled amongst 
 the rulers of the craft, may be endowed with wis- 
 dom to comprehend, judgment to define, and ability 
 to enforce obedience to Thy holy law ; sanctify 
 liim with Thy grace, strengthen him with Thy 
 mighty power, and enrich his mind with true and 
 jjenuine knowledge, that he may be the better ena- 
 bled to enlighten the minds of his brethren and 
 rule this our Lodge to the honor and glory of Thy 
 most holy name." 
 
 Response by the brethren : " So mote it be." 
 
 I.M. — " Let the candidate rise and approach the 
 altar.'' 
 
 LM. — '*You have already taken an obligation 
 with respect to your duties as Master of the lodge ; 
 you will now take a further obligation as regards 
 the secrets of the Master's chair. 
 
 *' You will therefore K. on B.Ks., place B.Hs. on 
 ihe V.O.T.S.L., repeat your several names, and 
 Gay after me : 
 
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 THE TREIiMASON .S MANUAL, 
 
 O. li. 
 
 " I (full name), in the presence of the M.H. and 
 before this W.Bd. of I.Ms., of my own free will 
 and accord, do hereby and hereon most solemnly 
 promise and swear that I will never divulge any or 
 either of the secrets or mysteries restricted to the 
 Master's chair, to any one in the world, except it 
 be to an installed Master or a brother duly elected 
 to that office, nor even unto him unless assisted by 
 or in the presence of two or more installed Masters 
 assembled tor that purpo e. 
 
 " These several points I solemnly swear to ob- 
 serve, without evasion, equivocation or mental 
 reservation of any kind, under no less a penalty on 
 the violation of either of them, than that * 
 * * * ^ So help me the M.H. and 
 keep me steadfast in this my great and lasting 
 O.B. of an installed Master." 
 
 I.M, — "As a pledge of your fidelity, and to ren- 
 der this a solemn obligation, you will seal it with 
 your lips once on the V.O.T.S.L." 
 
 Canditlate does 
 
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 I.M. — " Let me once more call your attention to 
 the three great lights in Masonry. 
 
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 iting 
 
 ren- 
 
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 ith 
 
 m to 
 
 *' The V.O.T.S.L., and the S. and C. The V.O. 
 T.S.L. is that great light which will guide you to 
 all truth, direct your steps in the paths of happi- 
 ness, and point out to you the whole duty of man. 
 
 " The S. reminds you to regulate your life and 
 actions by the principles of morality and virtue ; 
 ihe C. teach you in every station of life so to limit 
 your desires, that rising to eminence by merit, you 
 may live respected and die regretted. 
 
 " Rise duly obligated and installed Master,'' 
 
 Candidate rises and is taken to the north side of llie 
 ah '.11. 
 
 I.M. — " When the holy temple at Jerusalem was 
 completed by the wisdom of King Solomon, sup- 
 ported by the strength of Hiram, King ot Tyre, 
 and aided by the beautifying hand of Hiram Abiff, 
 the monarchs of surrounding nations sent ambas- 
 sadors to congratulate the King ; but there was 
 one, the Queen of Sheba, who, not content with 
 sending an embassy, herself journeyed thither 
 avtended by a numerous retinue bearing costly 
 presents. 
 
 '• On her arrival she was received by King Solo- 
 mon, who accompanied her to view the stately j 
 edifice ; and on going round tl e building, the I 
 
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 164 
 
 THE freemason's MANUAL. 
 
 King seeing Adoniram the chief overseer at a 
 distance, beckoned to him three times, thus : 
 (gives the sign). Adoniram approaching his royal 
 master, was about to kneel, which the King pre- 
 vented by taking him thus : (gives grip of an 
 installed Master), saying, rise * "^ ^ which 
 
 signifies ^ * * * qy more literally 
 * * * 
 
 " When the royal party had completed their 
 in-^pection of the holy temple and were about to 
 retire, Adoniram in token of humility saluted the 
 King three times, thus (gives the sign) : hence are 
 derived the grip and word of an installed Master, 
 and the sign and salutation of a Master of Arts 
 and Sciences. 
 
 " The P.Ss. of this degree are given thus : (P.M. 
 gives them)." 
 
 The W.M. elect is now taken to the left of the chair. 
 
 I M. — Clothes candidate with a Past Master's 
 apron and says : " I now invest you with the badge 
 of an installed Master, which is the highest honor 
 the lodge can bestow on any of its members. 
 
 if I also invest you with this collar, to which is 
 attached the jewel of vour office. The Square, 
 being an implement that forms the rude and 
 
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ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 i6s 
 
 proves the perfect mass, is justly applied to j 
 Masons to inculcate the purest principles of mc r- 
 ality and virtue, and, masonically speaking, may 
 it be th.; guide of all your actions throui;li life. 
 
 " Being now in possession of the grip and word 
 of an installed Master, and the sign and salutation 
 of a Master of Arts and Sciences, I place you in 
 the chair of King Solomon, according to ancient 
 usage. 
 
 {Places him wilh the ^^rip ami ivord). 
 
 " And may the M.H. give you a goodly portion 
 of that monarch's wisdom to enable you to conduct 
 aright the affairs of this lodge, to which end I 
 present you with this Gavel, which being an em- 
 blem of power, will enable you to preserve good 
 order, and when used by you will be duly answered 
 by your Wardens." 
 
 " You will now be pleased to invest the imme- 
 diate Past Master of the lodge." 
 
 (W.M, invests the I. P.M.). 
 
 I.M.— Givino- i. k. says: "Brethren, I hereby 
 declare this Board of Installed Masters duly 
 closed." (Gives i. k.). 
 
 The Master Masons are now called in, they form a 
 procession, led by the Past Master, and tlie brethren 
 
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 111 
 
 salute tlie new Master by giving tlie P.S. of a M.M. in 
 passing the chair, saying : ** I i^net vivi.'' 
 
 I.M. — Taking his station in the E., proclaims : 
 " IJrethren, for the first time, in the E., I proclaim 
 W. Brother (naming him) the Worshipful Master 
 of this lodge, denominated the and num- 
 bered on the register of the Grand Lodge, 
 
 for the ensuing twelve months and until his suc- 
 cessor shall have been duly elected and installed 
 in his stead." 
 
 r/ie brcthrefi tJien greet the new W.M. as Master 
 Alasons, 
 
 I.M. — " I now present you with the working \ 
 tools of a Master Mason ^ which are the S/cirret, 
 Pencil and Compasses. 
 
 " The Skirret is an implement which acts on a centre 
 pin, from \\liich a line is drawn to mark out the ground 
 for the foundation of the intended structure. 
 
 " With the Pencil the skilful artist delineates the 
 building in a draft or plan for Uie instruction and guid- 
 ance of the workmen. 
 
 ** The Compassi's enable him with accuracy and preci- 
 sion to ascertain and determine the limits and proportions 
 of its several parts. ,/ 
 
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R;JI 
 
 ANCIENT CERKMONIES. 
 
 167 
 
 *' JjuL as we are not operative but speculative or F. Sc 
 A. Masons, we a;)ply these tools to our morals, in this 
 sense : the Skincl points out to us that straight and 
 uncievia-ting line of conduct laid down for our guidance - 
 in the V.O.T.S.L. 
 
 " The Pencil teaches us that all tuir words and actions 
 aie not only observed but arc recorded by the M.I I., to 
 u horn we must render an account of our conduct through 
 life. 
 
 The Compasses remind us of His unerring and impar- 
 tial justice, which having defined for our instruction the 
 limits of good and evil, will either reward or punish us, 
 as we have obeyed or disregarded I lis divine commands. 
 
 "Thus, W, Sir, the working tools of a Master Mason 
 teach us to bear ni mind and to act according to the laws 
 of the Divine Creator, so that when we shall be sum- 
 moned from this sublunary abode we may ascend to the 
 Grand Lodge above, where the world's Great Architect 
 lives and reigns for ever and ever." 
 
 The lodge is now closed in the third degree, and the 
 Fellow Crafts are admitted ; a second procession is 
 formed, led by the Past Master, and the brethren salute 
 the new Master by giving the I'.S. of a F.C. in passing 
 the chair-, saying : '* / //rt/'/jw^." 
 
 I.M.-Taking his station in the W., proclaims : 
 " Brethren, for the second time, in the W., I pro- 
 
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 THE FREEMASON S MANUAL. 
 
 m 
 
 claim brother (naming him) the Worshipful Master 
 
 of this lodge, denominated the lodge and 
 
 numbered on the register of the Grand Lodge, 
 
 for the ensuing twelve months and until his suc- 
 cessor shall have been duly elected and installed 
 in his stead." 
 
 The brethren then greet the new W.M. as Fellow 
 Crafts. 
 
 I.M. — Returning to the East ; 
 
 "I now present you with the xvorking tools of a Fel- 
 lo^v Craft Mason, which are the .Square, the Level, and 
 the Plumb-Rule. 
 
 "The Square is to try and adjust all rectangular cor- 
 ners of buildings, and assist in bringing rude matter into 
 due form. 
 
 *' Thv^ Level is to try levels and to prove horizontals. 
 
 "The Plumb-Rule is to try and adjust all uprights, 
 whilst fixing them on their proper bases. 
 
 "But as we are not all operative, but rather F. & A. 
 or speculative Masons, we apply these tools to our morals. 
 
 " The Square teaches us to regulate our life and actions 
 by the masonic rule and line, and to correct and harmon- 
 ize our conduct by the principles of morality and virtue, 
 so as to render us acceptable to the Divine Being, whence 
 
ANCIENT CEREMQNIES. 
 
 169 
 
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 all goodness emanates, and to whom we must give an 
 undisguised account of our lives and actions. 
 
 "The Level demonstrates that we are descended from 
 the same stock, are partakers of the same nature, and 
 share in the same hope; and although distinctions among 
 men are necessary to preserve subordination and to re- 
 ward merit and ability, yet no eminence of station m life 
 should make us foFgetful that we are brothers, and that 
 he who is placed on the lowest spoke of fortune's wheel, 
 is equally entitled to our regard ; because the time will 
 most assuredly come, and the best and the wisest know 
 not how soon, when all distinctions, save those of good- 
 ness and virtue, shall cease, and death, the grand leveller 
 of all human greatness, shall re luce us all to the same 
 level. 
 
 **The infallible Plumb-Rule which, like Jacob's Lad- 
 der, forms a line of union between Heaven and Earth, is 
 the criterion of moral rectitude and truth. 
 
 ** It teaches us that to walk uprightly and with hu- 
 mility before God, neither turning to the right hand nor 
 to the left from the strict path of virtue, is a duty incum- 
 bent upon every Mason. 
 
 " As the builder raises his column by the Level and 
 Plumb-Rule, so ought every Mason to carry himself 
 uprightly in this life, to observe a due medium between 
 avarice and profusion, between intemperance and plea- 
 sure, to hold the scales of justice with an equal poise, so 
 
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 TUli TREEMASUN S MANUAL 
 
 as to make all his passions and prejudices coincide with 
 the exact lines of his duty, and in every pursuit to have 
 eternity in view. 
 
 ** Thus the Square teaches morality, the Level, equality, 
 and the Plumb-Rule, justness and uprightness, of life ami 
 action ; so that by square conduct, level steps, and up- 
 right intentions, we may hope to ascend to those immor- 
 tal mansions whence all goodness emanates.'' 
 
 The lodge is now closed ni the second degree and the 
 Entered Apprentices are admitted ; a third procession is 
 formed, led by the Past Master, and the brethren salute 
 the new Master by giving the P.S. of an E.A. in passing j 
 the chair, saying : " / obey you." 
 
 I.M. — Taking his station in the S., proclaims : 
 " Brethren, for the third time, in the S., I proclaim 
 brother /^naming him) the Worshipful Master of 
 this lodge, denominated the lodge and num- 
 bered on the register of the Grand Lodge, 
 
 for the ensuing twelve months and until his suc- 
 cessor shall have been duly elected and installed 
 in his stead." 
 
 7Vie brethren then j^tve the grand honors thrice. 
 
 I . M . - Returns to the East : 
 
 "I now present you with the xuorking tools of an En- 
 tered Apprentice, which are the Twenty Four Inch Gauge, 
 tho Common Guvel and the Chisel. 
 
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 "The Tioenty- Four Inch O'^/w^e* is the first implement 
 put into the hands of the workman to enable him to 
 measure ami ascertain the size and extent of the work he 
 is about to engage in, thus to comitate tlie time and labor 
 it may cost. 
 
 "The Common Gavel is an important instrument of 
 labor, and highly esteemed as an implement of art. 
 Though recognized by various artists under different 
 appellations, it is yet admitted by them all that no work 
 of manual skill can be completed without it. 
 
 "The C/iist'lxs, a small instrument, though solid in its 
 form, and of such exquisite sharpness as fully to compen- 
 sate for the diminutiveness of its size. It is calculated to 
 make an impression on the hardest substances, and the 
 mightiest structures have been indebted for their fine 
 polish to its aid. 
 
 " Ikit as we have met on this present occasion as 
 speculative rather than operative "Masons, it is the moral 
 conveyed in these emblems that we are called upon more 
 particularly to regard. 
 
 "From the Twenty- Four Inch Gauge we derive a 
 lesson of daily atlmonition and instruction ; for as it is 
 divided into twenty-four parts, it recalls to our mind the 
 division of the day into twenty-four hours, and directs 
 us to apportionate them to their ])roper objects, namely : 
 prayer, labor, refreshment and sleep. 
 
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 "From the Common Crt^v/ we learn that skill without 
 exertion is of little avail> that labor is the lot of man, U^v 
 the heart may conceive and the head devise in vain, if 
 the hand be not prompt to execute the design. 
 
 '* From the Chisel we learn that p«^.*rseverance is neces- 
 sary to establish perfection ; that the rude material re- 
 ceives its fine polish but from repeated efforts alone ; 
 and that nothing short of indefatigable exertion can 
 induce the habit of virtue, enlighten the mmd and render 
 the soul pure. 
 
 " From the v/hole we deduce this moral : That know- 
 ledge, grouiKled on accuracy, aided by labor, and 
 prompted by perseverance, will finally overcome all diffi- 
 culties, raise ignorance from despair, and establish hap- 
 piness in the paths of science. 
 
 " r also present you with the Book of Constitution^ 
 together with the Warrant, the By-Laws, and the Min- 
 ute Book of your lodge." 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, leave out "the 
 By-Laws," if such have not yet been conhimed by the 
 Grand Master. 
 
 I.M. — " IVarrantSy you are aware, have passed 
 through the hands of many talented and highly 
 esteemed brethren, and we feel assured that in 
 commitiing- this IVarrant to your care, its value 
 will be properly appreciated. It must always be 
 
present when the lodge is duly opened, as without 
 it the meeting would be illegal." 
 
 I.M. — Delivers the following charge from the N.E. : 
 
 " Worshipful Master, the brethren have com- 
 mitted the government of this lodge to your care, 
 and you can neither be insensible to the duties 
 which dev'^olve upon you as their head, nor of your 
 responsibility for the faithful discharge of the same. 
 
 " The honor, reputation and usefulness of this 
 lodge will materially depend upon the skill and 
 ability with which you manage its affairs, while the 
 happiness of the brethren will be generally pro- 
 moted in proportion to the zeal and assiduity with 
 which you promulgate the general tenets and prin- 
 r']7les of the fraternity. 
 
 " As a pattern for your imitation, consider that 
 glorious luminary of nature, which regularly dif- 
 fuses light and lustre to all within its sphere. In 
 like manner it will be your province to communi- 
 cate light and instruction to the brethren of your 
 lodge. Forcibly impress upon them the dignity 
 and high importance of Freemasonry, and charge 
 them to practise out of the lodge those excellent 
 precepts which are ever inculcated in it ; so that 
 when any one is said to be a Mason, the world at 
 
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 large may know th.it lie is one to whom the bur- 
 dened heart may pour forth its sorrow, to wliom 
 the distressed may prefer their suit, whose hand is 
 guided by justice, and whose heart is expanded by 
 benevolence. 
 
 " In short, Worsi;ipful Sir, by a diligent observ- 
 ance of the B. of C. and the By Laws of your lodge, 
 but above all the \^O.T.S.L. which is gi\en as a 
 rule and guide to our faith, ) ou will be enaljled to 
 discharge the duties of your office vvith honor and 
 reputation, and lay up for yourself a crown of joy 
 and rejoicing which shall ne\cr fade away, but 
 shall continue when time shall be no more." 
 
 I.M. — "You will now be pleased to enter upon 
 the immediate exercise of the duties of your office 
 by naming and appointing the elective and other 
 officers of the lodge." 
 
 The Past Masters now leave the Wardens' chairs, the 
 jewsels are placed on the dais, and the Worshipful Master 
 invests the officers, commencing with the Senior Warden. 
 
 The Worshipful Master or the Installing Masler then 
 proceeds an follows : 
 
 SKNIOU WAKDKX. 
 
 I.M. — "Brother (naming him), you have been 
 elected Senior IVardcti of this lodge, and I invest 
 you with the jewel of your office. 
 
ANCIENT v-aREMOMES. 
 
 175 
 
 " The Level being an emblem of equalit)-, points 
 out the equal measures you are bound to pursue in 
 conjunction with the Worshipful Master, in the 
 well ruling and governing of the lodge. 
 
 " Your regular attendance at our stated meetings 
 is essentially necessary^ as in the absence of the 
 Worshipful Master you are to rule the lodge, and 
 in his presence assist him in the government of it. 
 
 " I firmly rely on your knowledge of the Art, and 
 on your attachment to the lodge, for a faithful dis- 
 charge of the duties of your office. Look well to 
 the West." 
 
 JUNIOR WARDEN. 
 
 I.M. — "Brother (naming him), you have been 
 elected Junior IVarden of this lodge, and I now 
 invest you with the jewel of your office. 
 
 " The Plumb-Rule being an emblem of upright- 
 ness, points out the integrity of measures you are 
 bound to pursue in conjunction with the Worship- 
 ful Master and Senior Warden in the well ruling 
 and governing of the lodge. 
 
 " To you is intrusted (with such assistance as 
 may be necessary) the examination of visitors and 
 the introduction of candidates. 
 
 *' To you is also committed the superintendence 
 of the Craft during the hours of refreshment. 
 
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 "Your regular and punctual attendance is parti- 
 cularly requested, and T have no doubt you will 
 faithfully execute every duty which you owe to 
 your present election. Look well to the South." 
 
 CHARGE TO THE WARDENS. 
 
 I.M. — "Brother Wardens, you are both too ex- 
 pert in the principles of Freemasonry, to require 
 much information as to the duties of your respec- 
 tive offices ; suffice it to mention that what you 
 have seen praiseworthy in others, it is expected you 
 will carefully imitate, and what in them may to you 
 have appeared defective, you will in yourselves 
 amend. Good order and regularity you must 
 endeavor to promote, and by a due regard to the 
 laws in your ovv'n conduct, enforce obedience in 
 the conduct of others." 
 
 CHAPLAIN. 
 
 I.M. — " Brother , you have been elected 
 
 Chaplain of this lodge, and I have great pleasur*^ 
 in investing you with this jewel. You are too well 
 acquainted with your duties for me to offer any 
 remarks. 
 
 ** I congratulate the lodge on your election. 
 
ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
 177 
 
 TREASURER. 
 
 " Brother , you have been elected Trea- 
 surer of this lodge, and f have much pleasure in 
 investing you with this jewel. 
 
 ■• "It will be } our province to keep a just account 
 of the receipts and expenditures, which we fully 
 believe will be done to the entire satisfliction of 
 every member. 
 
 ^ SECRETARY. 
 
 " Brother , you have been elected Secre- 
 tary of this lodge, and I now invest you with this 
 jewel. 
 
 ' " It iG your duty to record the proceedings of 
 the lodge, proper to be written, collect the sub- 
 scriptions and issue summonses for the assembling 
 of tlie brethren ; your good inclination to Free- 
 masonry, and to this lodge in particular, will no 
 doubt induce you to discharge the duties of your 
 oftice with fidelity, and by so doing you w ill merit 
 the esteem and applause of your brethren. 
 
 DEACONS. 
 
 " Brothers , you have been respectively 
 
 appointed Senior Deacon and yunior Deacoi of 
 this lodge, and I now invest you with th jewel of 
 your office. 
 
 

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 " It is your duty to attend the Worshipful Mas- 
 ter, and assist the Wardens in the active duties of 
 the lodge, such as in the reception of candidates 
 into the different degrees, and in the immediate 
 practice of our rites and ceremonies. 
 
 " These wands, the badges of your office, I en- 
 trust to your care, not doubting your vigilance and 
 attention. 
 
 DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES AND STEWARDS. 
 
 " Brother , you have been appointed 
 
 Director of Cei-emonies^ and Brothers and 
 
 , you have been appointed Stewards of 
 
 this lodge, and I now invest you with the jewels of 
 your respective offices. 
 
 " Your duties are to introduce visitors and see 
 that they are properly accommodated, and gener- 
 ally to attend to any ceremonies the lodge may 
 take part in. 
 
 " The duties of the Stewards are also to prepare 
 the candidates. Your regular attendance will 
 afford the best proof of your zeal and attachment. 
 
 ORGANIST. 
 
 " BroU'.cr , you have been appointed 
 
 07'i:;anist of this lodge, and I now invest you with 
 the jewel of your office. 
 
ANCIENT CEREMONIES. 
 
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 "It is your province to conduct and preside over 
 the musical part of our ceremonies, your early 
 attendance being indispensable. 
 
 INNER GUARD. 
 
 "Brother , you have been appointed 
 
 Inner Guard oi this lodge. I hereby invest you 
 with the jewel of your office, and deliver you this 
 sword as the instrument of your office. 
 
 "Your duty is to admit Alasons upon proof, 
 receive candidates in due form, and obey the com- 
 mands of the Junior Warden. 
 
 TYLER. 
 
 " Brother , you have been elected Tyler 
 
 of this lodge, and I hereby invest you with the 
 jewel of your office, and deliver you this sword as 
 the instrument of your office. 
 
 " Your duly is to keep off all cowans and intru- 
 ders from Masonry, and see that the candidates 
 for admission come properly prepared. 
 
 " It is also your province to see that all brethren 
 and visitors have properly registered their names 
 before entering the lodge." 
 
 The installing Master delivers, in conclusion of the 
 ceremony, a general charge. 
 
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 Tlic following may cither be given in full, or the whole 
 or portions of that part thereof wliich is between the fust 
 paragraph which ends with the word "happiness'' and 
 the last paragraph which commences with the word 
 ** finally," may be omitted at the option of the installing 
 Master. 
 
 GENERAL CHARGE. 
 
 I.M. — " Brethren, such is the nature of our insti- 
 tution, that while some must of necessity rule and 
 teach, so others must of course learn to submit and 
 obey. Humility in both is an essential duty. The 
 brethren elected and appointed to assist in the 
 government of the lodge are too well acquainted 
 with the principles of Freemasonry and the rules 
 of propriety, to exceed the power with which they 
 are intrusted, and you are of too generous a dispo- 
 sition to envy their preferment. I therefore shall 
 trust that we have but one aim, to please each 
 other and unite in the grand design of being happy 
 and communicating happiness. 
 
 " Masonry, my brethren, according to the gene- 
 ral acceptance of the term, is an art, founded on 
 the principles of geometry, and directed to the 
 service and convenience of mankind ; but Free- 
 masonry, embracing a wider range, and having a 
 nobler object in view, namely, ^/ig cuUivation and 
 
ANCIKNT CEREMONIES. 
 
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 improvement of the lunnan miiid^ may with more 
 propriety be styled a science, inasmuch as availing 
 itself of the term of the former, it inculcates the 
 principles of the purest morality, though veiled in 
 allegory and illustrated by symbols. To draw 
 aside this veil, therefore, or more properly speak- 
 ing, to penetrate throughout it, is the object of 
 rulers in Freemasonry ; and by a careful and 
 appropriate attention to them, we may hope ulti- 
 mately to become acquainted with all its mysteries. 
 
 •'Freemasonry, from its origin to the present 
 time, in all its vicissitudes, has been the steady, 
 unvarying friend of man. It has (in the language 
 of an eloquent brother) gone forth from age to age, 
 the constant messenger of peace and love , never 
 weary, never forgetful of its holy mission, patiently 
 ministering to the relief of want and sorrow, and 
 scattering with unsparing hand blessings and bene- 
 fits to all around. It comforts the mourner, it 
 speaVi peace and consolation to the troubled spirit, 
 it c rries relief and gladness to the habitations of 
 '.vant and destitution, it dries the tears of the widow 
 and orphan, it opens the sources of knowledge, it 
 widens the sphere of human happiness, it even 
 seeks ♦'o light up the darkness and gloom of the 
 grave by pointing to the hopes and promises of a 
 better life to come. All this Freemasonry has 
 
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 ^o?iej and is still doin/r. Such is Freemasonry, 
 and such its mission ; and we shall never forget, 
 while enjoying its benefit and appreciating its 
 value, the duties we owe to the Order ; for there 
 is no right without ^. parallel duty^no liberty with- 
 out the sttpremacy of the law^ no high destiny 
 without earnest perseverance y and no real greatness 
 without self-denial, 
 
 " A Freemason's lodge is the temple of peace, 
 harmony, and brotherly love ; nothing is allowed 
 to enter which has the remotest tendency to dis- 
 turb the quietude of its pursuit. A calm enquiry 
 into the beauty of wisdom and virtue, and the 
 study of moral geometry, constitute the chief em- 
 ployments in the tyled recesses of the lodge. The 
 lessons of virtue which proceed from the east, like 
 rays of brilliant light from the rising sun, illuminate 
 the west and the south, and as the work proceeds, 
 are carefully imbibed by the workmen. Thus while 
 wisdom contrives the plan, strength lends its able 
 support to the moral fabric, and beauty adorns it 
 with curious and cunning workmanship. All this 
 is accomplished without, any compulsory or coer- 
 cive means, but on the principle of friendship and 
 brotherly love, which guards the precincts of our 
 temple that nothing may enter to disturb the peace- 
 ful sanctity of that holy place. 
 
ANCIENT CEREMONIKS. 
 
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 "The object, however, of meeting in the lodge, 
 is of a two-fold nature, namely, moral instruction 
 and social intercourse. Our meetings are intended 
 to cultivate and enlighten the mind, to induce a 
 habit of virtue, and to strengthen the fundamental 
 principles of our Order : Brotherly Love, Relief 
 and Truth. And if these meetings are blended 
 with social mirth, and a mutual interchange of 
 fraternal feelings, then Freemasonry will be shown 
 in its true light, as an institution which fosters and 
 improves the best affections of our nature, and 
 carries into active operation the practice of the 
 four cardinal virtues : Temperance, Fortitude, 
 Prudence and Justice, combined with the theolo- 
 gical virtues : Faith, Hope and Charity, thereby 
 dcmonstratmg to the world at large that in Free- 
 masonry is found the true import of the three great 
 social treasures : Fraternity, Liberty and Equality. 
 Therefore, the utmost extension of fraternal feeling 
 and affection which can subsist between man and 
 man is expected to be displayed am mgst the bre- 
 thren of our Order in a Freemason's lodge, and 
 then will be attained the chief point in Freemason- 
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 to communicate that happiness to others. 
 
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 continue until time shall be no more. May kind- 
 ness and brotherly love distinguish your conduct 
 as men and as Masons. Within your p^eaceful 
 walls may your children's children celebrate with 
 joy and gratitude the annual recurrence of this 
 auspicious solemnity. And may the genuine tenets 
 of our time-honored institution be transmitted 
 through your lodge, pure and unimpaired, from 
 generation to generation." 
 
 Response by the brethren : " So mote it be." . 
 
 Note. — Should the Grand Master and grand officers 
 be in the several chairs, then the Worshipful Master of 
 the lodge, upon ueing installed, is placed into a chair in 
 front of the dais in the east, and the Wmucns of the lodge 
 are inducted into chairs placed in front of the Grand Se- 
 nior Warden and Grand Junior Warden respectively. 
 
 [end of the installation ceremony]. 
 
CEREMONY OF LAYING A FOUNDATION 
 
 STONE, &c., BY THE M. W. GRAND 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 The grand lodge having been opened, at a convenient 
 place, and the necessary directions and instructioi.a given, 
 it is called off. The brethren being in their proper cloth- 
 ing and jewels, and wearing white gloves, the procession 
 moves in the following order, viz : 
 
 Two tylers with drawn swords. 
 
 Music. 
 
 Brethren not members of any lodge, two and two 
 
 The lodges according to their numbers, 
 juniors going first. 
 
 Architect, or builder, with the plans. 
 
 A cornucopia with corn, borne 
 
 by the master of a lodge. 
 
 Two ewers with wine and oil, 
 
 borne by masters of lodges. 
 
 Grand pursuivant. 
 
 Grand organist. 
 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies. 
 
 Grand 
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 Grand supcrintenden': of works, with the plate bear- 
 ing the inscription. 
 
 Past grand sword ber.rers. 
 
 Past grand deacons. 
 
 Grand secretary, with book of constitution, on a 
 
 cushion. 
 
 Past grand registrars. 
 
 Grand registrar, with his bag. 
 
 Past grand treasurers. 
 
 Grand treasurer, bearing a phial containing the coin 
 to be deposited in the stone. 
 
 Past grand wardens. 
 
 Past district deputy grand masters. 
 
 District deputy grand masters. 
 
 Past deputy grand masters. 
 
 Past grand masters. 
 
 Visitors of distinction. 
 
 The Corinthian light, borne by the master of a lodge 
 
 The column of G.J. W. borne by the masterof a lodge 
 
 The G.J.W. with the plumb rule. 
 
 / ' ^i \ Banner of the grand lodge. } ' ^i 
 steward. ( & & j steward. 
 
 The doric light, borne by the master of a lodge. 
 
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 The column of G.S.W.borne by the master of a lodge 
 
 The G.S.W. with the level. 
 
 The G. J . deacon. 
 
 Grand ( The grand chaplain, bearing ) Grand 
 steward. | the sacred law on a cushion. ) steward. 
 
 Deputy grand master with square. 
 
 The ionic light, borne by the master of a lodge. 
 
 A past grand master or other brother of eminence, 
 bearing the mallet. 
 
 Grand j The standard of the grand ) Grand 
 steward. ( master. J steward. 
 
 Grand sword bearer. 
 
 The most worshipful grand master. 
 
 The G. S. deacon. 
 
 Two grand stewards. 
 
 Grand tyler. 
 
 Having arrived within a proper distance of the spot 
 the procession halts, the brethren open to the right and 
 left, face inwards, so as to leave room for the grand 
 master to pass up the centre, he being preceded by his 
 standard, and sword bearer — the grand oflicers and breth- 
 ren following in succession from the rear, so as to invert 
 the order of procession. The grand master having ar- 
 rived at his station on a platform, an ode is sung or music 
 played (previously arranged). The stone being prepared 
 
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 and the plate with the proper inscription, the upper part 
 of the stone is raised by an engine, the grand chaplain 
 repeats a prayer. The inscription on the plate to be de- 
 posited in the stone will then be read, and the grand 
 treasurer having, by the grand master's command, depos- 
 ited oi^ the plate various coins of the present reign, the 
 cement is laid on the lower stone, and the upper one is 
 let down slowly, solemn music playing. Being properly 
 placed, the grand master descends to the stone, proves 
 that it is properly adjusted, by the plumb rule, level and 
 square, which are successively delivered to him, by the 
 grand junior warden, grand senior warden, and deputy 
 grand master; after which the architect or builder delivers 
 to him the mallet, with which the grand master gives 
 three knocks. The grand master then delivers to the 
 architect or builder the several implements for his use. 
 The plan and elevation of the building are presented by 
 the grand superintendent of the works, to the grand 
 master for his inspection, who, having approved thorn 
 delivers them to the architect for his guidance. The 
 grand master re-ascends the platform, music playing. An 
 oration suitable to the occasion, is delivered. Some 
 money for the workmen is placed on the stone, by the 
 grand treasurer. 
 
 If the building be for a charitable institution, a volun- 
 tary subscription is made in aid of its funds. 
 
 The procession then returns to the place from whence 
 it set out, and the lodge is closed. 
 
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 The bfcthrcn being assembled at a Iodide room^ the 
 lodge is opened in ilie firsi degree, and the wor- 
 shipful master havi/tg stated the object of the 
 meetings the brethren proceed to the room where 
 the body of the deceased lies, where the service 
 is commenced as follows, the brethren standi nj^i 
 to order. 
 
 NoTB - No brother below the degree of a master in.\»on is en- 
 titled to receive inasoDic burial. 
 
 Worshipful master. — What man is he that liveth 
 and shall not see death ? Shall he deliver his soul 
 from the hand of the grave ? 
 
 Response by the brethren. — Man walketh in a 
 vain shadow, he heapeth up riches and cannot tell 
 who shall gather them. 
 
 IV. M. — When he dieth he shall carry nothing 
 away, his glory shall not descend after him. 
 
 Response. — Naked came he into the world and 
 naked he must return ; the Lord gave and the 
 Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 W. M. Where now is our departed brother ? 
 
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 Response. — He dwelleth in night, he sojourneth 
 in darkness. 
 
 IV. i^/.— Can we offer no precious offering to re- 
 deem our lost brother .-* 
 
 Response. — "We have not the '•ansom. The place 
 that knew him once shall know Iwm ncnv no more 
 for ever. 
 
 W. M. — Shall his name be lost upon earth .? 
 
 Response. — We will record it in our hearts, we 
 will treasure it m our memories, he shall live m the 
 exercise of nis virtues. 
 
 W.M. — He hath fulfilled his earthly destiny. 
 May we all live the life of the righteous that our 
 last end may be like his. 
 
 Response.— God is our God for ever and ever, he 
 He our guide even unto death. 
 
 W.M. — I heard a voice from heaven saying 
 unto me, write, from henceforth, blessed are tlio 
 dead which die in the Lord, even so saith the 
 spirit, for they shall rest from their labors. 
 
 The worshipful master here 7'eceives the roll from 
 the secretary^ and inscribes upon it the name, age 
 and masonic rank of the deceased. 
 
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 W. M. — Almiglity Father, in thy hands we leave 
 with humble submission the soul of our departed 
 brother. 
 
 Response. — The will of Ood is accomplished. — 
 Amen. 
 
 The worshipful master and brethren ^i^ivc the 
 grand honors, all repeating — So mote it be. 
 
 VV\ M. — Most gracious God, great architect of 
 the universe, author of all good and giver of all 
 mercy, pour down we implore thee thy blessings 
 upon us, and grant that the solemnity of this occa- 
 sion may bind us yet closer together in the tics of 
 brotherly love. May the present instance of mor- 
 tality forcibly remind us all of our approaching and 
 inevitable destiny, and weaning our affections from 
 the things of this world, fix them more devotedly 
 on Thee our only sure refuge in the hour of need, 
 and grant, O God, that when the awful summons 
 shall arrive for us to quit our transitory lodge on 
 earth, the light which is from above shall dispel 
 the gloomy darkness of death, and that departing 
 hence with faith in our redeemer, in a full hope of 
 a resurrection, and in charity with all men, we 
 may, through thy favor, be admitted to thy celes- 
 tial lodge on high, to partake in peaceful re-union 
 with the souls of our departed brethren, the ms ste- 
 
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 rious and unspeakable happiness of thine everlast- 
 ing kingdom. 
 
 Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 7h.t procession is then formed. The differeftt 
 hhiges rank accordini^ to seniority ^ the junior pre- 
 LcdiHi^, each iodide forms one divisioti^ and the fol- 
 io7i>ing order is observed^ the brethren walking to- 
 gether tivo and two : — 
 
 The tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Two stewards with white wands. 
 
 The brethren two and two. 
 
 The junior preceding. 
 
 The inner guard with sword. 
 
 Senior ami junior deacons with wands. 
 
 Secretary and treasurer. 
 
 Senior and junior wardens. 
 
 Past masters. 
 
 The worshipful master. 
 
 Royal arch masons. 
 
 The lodge to which deceased belonged in the fol- 
 lowing order, all the members having sprigs of 
 evergreens in their hands. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
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 Drums muffled and trumpets covered with black 
 
 crape. 
 
 The tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Stewards with white wands. ' 
 
 Members of the lodge two and two, 
 the junior preceding. 
 
 The inner guard with sword. 
 
 Director of ceremonies and organist. 
 
 The senior and junior deacons with wands. 
 
 The secretary with roll, and the treasurer with 
 
 badge of office. 
 
 The junior warden wiih the plumb-rule, and the 
 senior warden with level. 
 
 The past master with badge of office. 
 
 The volume of the sacred law on a cushion, 
 covered with black crape, 
 
 borne by the oldest member of the lodge. 
 
 The worshipful master with the gavel. 
 
 Two stewards with wands. 
 
 Chaplain, or officiating clergyman. 
 
 The coffin, 
 with the rc'.^a'i.-i of the deceased thereon. 
 
 The pall borne by six or eight brethren. 
 Chief mourners. 
 
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 IVhgn the procession arrives within a proper 
 distance of the jrrai'e^ the brethren ivill halt and 
 open out rif^ht and left^ and f .ice inwards to allow 
 the latter part of the procession to pass between 
 them in the following order : 
 
 Chaplain or officiating clergyman. 
 Coffin. 
 
 Mourners. 
 
 Stewards. 
 
 Worshipful master and members of deceased's 
 lodge in the reverse of their previous order. 
 
 The other lodges following in their order, and the 
 order of their members being also reversed. 
 
 On arriving at the grave^ the brethroi form a 
 circte around it, the clergy and officers of deceased'' s 
 lodge take their station at the head, the mounters at 
 the foot. The regalia is taken from the coffin by the 
 senior deacon. The clergy ma)i concludes thefiineral 
 service of the church to which deceased belonged, 
 after tuhich the worshipful master proceeds as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 IV.M.— My brethern, we are again called upon 
 by a most solemn admonition to regard the un- 
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 death and the vanity of all earthly pursuits— de- 
 crepitude and decay are written on every living 
 thing — weakness and imperfection are the inci- 
 dents of our fallen condition — the damp, dark- 
 grave is our destiny and our doom — tiie cradle and 
 the coffin stand in juxtaposition, and a- iioon as 
 we begin to live, that moment do we also begin to 
 die. What an eloquent commenta*- ' is liere ex- 
 hibited on the instability of every human pursuit, 
 and how touchingly does it echo the sa.l s^intiment 
 * that great preacher, who wrote for oMr per- 
 petual warning the immortal text, "vanity of 
 vanities, all is vanity. '' 
 
 The. last sad offices paid to the dead are but 
 useful as lectures to the living— from them we arc 
 to derive instruction, and consider every solemnity 
 of this kind as a summons to prepare for our ap- 
 proaching dissolution ; bur notwithstanding the 
 various mementos of mortality we meet in our 
 daily progress, and notwithstanding that death has 
 established his empire over all the work of nature, 
 yet through some unaccountable infatuation we 
 wilfully forget that we are all born to die. We go 
 on from one design to another, add hope to hope, 
 and lay out plans for the ei ^ployment of many 
 years until we are suddenly alarmed by the ap- 
 proach of death, when we least expect him, and at 
 
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 an hour which we probably may have considered 
 the meridian of our existence. 
 
 What are all the externals of human dignity — 
 the power of wealth, the dreams of ambition, the 
 pride of intellect, the charms of beauty — when na- 
 ture has paid her just debt. Fix your eyes on the 
 last scene and view humanity stripped of its daz- 
 zling meretricious ornaments, and exposed in its 
 natural meanness, and you will be convinced of 
 the futility of those empty delusions. In the grave 
 all fallacies are detected, all ranks are levelled, and 
 all distinctions are swept away. 
 
 While we drop a sympathetic tear over the grave 
 of our departed brother, let us cast around his 
 foibles, whatever they may have been, the broad 
 mantle of a mason's charity, and lei us cheerfully 
 render to his memory the praise to which his vir- 
 tues have entitled him. Suffer the apologies of 
 human nature to plead in his behalf. Perfection 
 on earth has never been attained, the wisest as 
 well as the best of men have erred. His meritori- 
 ous actions it is our duty to imitate, and from his 
 weakness we ought to derive instruction. 
 
 IV. AT. — My brethren, may we be all true and 
 faithful to each other, and may we live and die in 
 brotherly love. 
 
THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
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 Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 W. M. — May we profess what is good, and 
 always act agreeably with our piofessions. 
 
 Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 W. M. — May the Lord bless us and keep us ; 
 rr ly the Lord be gracious unto us, and grant that 
 our good intentions may be crowned with success. 
 
 Response, — So mote it be. 
 
 - W.M. — Glory be to God in the highest ; on 
 earth, peace, and good will towards men. 
 
 Response, — So mote it be, now, henceforth, and 
 for evermore. Amen. 
 
 The secretary will then advance and deposit the 
 roll in the grave with the usual ceremonies.. 
 
 W.M. — Friend and brother, we bid thee a long, 
 a last farewell. Thou art at rest from thy labors ; 
 may it be in holy peace. 
 
 Response. — Amen. So mote it be. 
 
 The senior deacon then hands the worshipful 
 master the apron. 
 
 W.M. — The lambskin apron of a mason is more 
 ancient than the golden fleece or roman eagle, and 
 
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 more honorable than the star and garter or any 
 other order in existence, being the badge of inno- 
 cence and the bond of friendship. 
 
 T/tt' master then deposits it iji the i^rave, 
 
 IV. AT. — The emblem now deposited in the grave 
 of our deceased brother reminds us of the universal 
 dominion of death, and that the wealth of the 
 ' world cannot purchase our release ; nor the strong 
 arm of friendship, nor the virtue of innocence, can 
 prevent his coming. 
 
 ( One of the folitranni; hymns may or may not be sung at 
 the discretion of t fie IV. M.) 
 
 MASONIC FUNERAL HYMNS. 
 
 Deep sorrow now prevades each heart, 
 
 And grief our bosoms swell ; 
 A brother from our band departs, 
 
 In that new home to dwell. 
 
 No more in our loved lodge again 
 
 Shall we our brother greet ; 
 But in that lodge that's free from pain 
 
 Shall we our lost one meet. 
 
 Here rest in peace, thy labors o'er,- 
 
 Our brother we resign, 
 Till the Grand Master's word restore 
 
 To light and life divine. 
 
Tin-: FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
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 rsal 
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 Hrother thou art gone before us ; 
 
 And thy saintly soul is flown 
 Where tears are wiped from every eye, 
 
 And sorrow is unknown ; 
 From the burthen of the flesh, 
 
 And from care and fear released, 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling. 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
 Earth to earth, and dust to dust. 
 
 The solemn priest hath said ; 
 So we lay the turf aoove thee now, 
 
 And we seal thy narrow bed — 
 But thy spirit, brother, soars away 
 
 Among the faithful blest. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
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 And when the Lord shall summon us, 
 
 Whom thou has left behind, 
 May we untainted by the world, 
 
 As sure a welcome find ! 
 May each, like thee, depart in peace. 
 
 To be a glorious guest, 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
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 The master holding the everj^reen in his hand^ 
 
 continues : 
 
 IV.M. — This evergreen is an emblem of our 
 faith in the immortality of the soul. By it we are 
 reminded of our high and glorious destiny beyond 
 the world of shadows, and that there dwells within 
 our tabernacle of clay, an imperishable and im- 
 mortal spirit, which the grave shall never receive, 
 and over which death has no dominion. 
 
 The brethren then move round the grave in pro- 
 cession^ and at the grave each deposits his sprig 
 of evergreen J when returned to their positions^ 
 the worshipful master leads ^ and all give the 
 public grand honors. Repeating^ 
 
 We treasure his memory in our hearts 
 
 We commend his spirit to God who gave it. 
 
 We commit his body to the earth. 
 
 W.M. — From time immemorial it has been a 
 custom among the fraternity of free and accepted 
 masons, at the request of a brother to accompany 
 his corpse to the place of interment and there to 
 deposit his remains with the usual formalities. 
 In conformity with this usage, and at the desii»e 
 of our deceased brother whose loss we deplore, 
 
THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 20 1 
 
 and whose memory we revere, we have assembled 
 in the character of masons to resign his body to 
 the earth, whence it came, and to offer up to his 
 memory before the world this last tribute of affec- 
 tion, thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our 
 esteem for him and our inviolable attachment to 
 the principles of our order. 
 
 With proper respect, therefore, to the estab- 
 lished customs of the country in which we live ; 
 with due deference to our superiors in church and 
 state, and v/ith unlimited good will to all mankind, 
 we appear here clothed as masons, and publicly 
 express our perfect submission to the laws of the 
 land ; our unceasing devotion to peace and order, 
 and our ardent desire as far as in our power, to 
 promote the welfare of our fellow men. Invested 
 with the badges of innocence, we humbly bow to 
 the will of the universal parent and implore his 
 blessing on every zealous endeavor to promote 
 peace and good order, and earnestly pray for per- 
 severance in the principles of piety and virtue. 
 
 My brethern the great creator having been 
 pleased out of his mercy, to remove our worthy 
 brother from the cares and troubles of a transitory 
 existence to a state of eternal duration, and there- 
 by to weaken the chain by which we are united 
 man to man, may we who survive him anticipate 
 
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 our approaching fate, and be more strongly ce- 
 mented in the ties of union and friendship. Let 
 us support with propriety the character of our 
 profession ; advert to the nature of our solemnities 
 and pursue with assiduity the secret tenets of our 
 order, during the short space allotted to our pre- 
 sent existence ; wisely and usefully employ our 
 time in the reciprocal exchange of kind and friendly 
 acts, and mutually promote our own welfare and 
 happiness, and the welfare and happiness of all 
 mankind. 
 
 Let the present example of our mortality excite 
 our most serious thoughts and strengthen our 
 resolutions of moral amendment. As life is un- 
 certain, and all earthly pursuits are vain, let us no 
 longer postpone the important concern of prepar- 
 ing for eternity, but embrace the present moment, 
 whilst time and opportunity offer, to provide 
 against the great change, when all tlie pleasures 
 of this world shall cease to delight, and the reflec- 
 tions of a virtuous life, yield our only comfort and 
 consolation. Thus our expectations will not be 
 frustrated, nor we be summoned unprepared into 
 the presence of an all-wise and all powerful judge, 
 to whom the secrets of all hearts are known, and 
 from whose dread tribunal no culprit can escape. 
 
 Response. — 'So mote it be. 
 
IV.A/. — Almighty and most merciful God, in 
 whom we live and move and have our being, and 
 before whom all men must hereafter appear, to 
 render an account of the deeds done in the body, 
 we do most earnestly beseech thee, as we now sur- 
 round the grave of our departed brother, deeply to 
 impress upon our minds the solemnities of this 
 day. May we ever remember that in the midst 
 of life we are in death, and so live and act our 
 separate parts that we may have no cause for re- 
 pentance, when the hour of our departure is at 
 hand. 
 
 And oh, gracious father, votichsafe us we pray 
 thee, thy divine assistance to redeem our misspent 
 time, and in the discharge of the duties thou hast 
 assigned us in the erection of our moral edifice ; 
 may we have wisdom from on high to direct us ; 
 strength commensurate with our task to support 
 us, and the beauty of holiness to adorn and ren- 
 der all our performances acceptable in thy sight ; 
 and at last when the gavel of death shall call us 
 from our labors, we may obtain a blessed and 
 everlasting rest in that spiritual edifice not made 
 with hands, eternal in the heavens. 
 
 Response. — Amen. So mote it be. 
 
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 The procession will then re-form in the first 
 order, and return to the lodge rooni^ where^ when 
 the proper forms are <^one through^ the worshipful 
 master will address the brethren on the proceedifigs 
 of the day^ and the lodge will be closed 
 
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 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 FO^ THE 
 
 GOVERNMENT OF MASONIC TRIALS. 
 
 Trials, under the Constitution of the Grand 
 Lodge of Canada, may be held before : 
 
 1. A Lodge which has power "to suspend or 
 exclude a member for gross, immoral or infamous 
 conduct, or for non-payment of dues ;" 
 
 2. The District Deputy- Grand Master for such 
 district, who " may hear and determine any sub- 
 ject of masonic complaint or irregularity respecting 
 Lodges or individual Masons within his District, 
 and may proceed to admonition or to suspension 
 until the decision of the Grand Master shall be 
 known thereon :" 
 
 3. The Grand Master, before whom " all differ- 
 ences or complaints that cannot be accommodated 
 privately or in some regular Lodge " may be laid. 
 
 4. It is also provided in the Constitution that all 
 differences between or complaints of members that 
 cannot be accommodated privately or in some 
 
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 regular Lodge, delivered to the Grand Secretary, 
 shall be laid before the Grand Master, the District 
 Deputy Grand Master, or the Board of General 
 Purposes, each of whoi"rt may, after investigation, 
 make such orders and adjudication as shall be 
 authorized by the by-laws and regulations of 
 Masonry. 
 
 5. And it is further provided that the Board of 
 General Purposes has authority to hear and deter- 
 mine all subject of masonic complaint or irregu- 
 larity respecting Lodges or individual Masons, 
 when regularly brought before it, and may proceed 
 to admonition, fine or suspension, according to 
 the laws. 
 
 T/ie Regu,,aiions noiu submitted are specially 
 adapted to Trials before a Lodge j but it is recom- 
 mended that in all trials before the other tributials^ 
 the same practice may be followed as nearly as the 
 circumstajtees will admit of 
 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 It may not be amiss to record the fact that a 
 Lodge has jurisdiction over all Masons within 
 its territorial limits, whether affiliated or non- 
 affiliated, as well as over all its own members 
 wheresoever they may reside or be situated. Thus 
 a Mason who resides beyond the jurisdiction of 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 207 
 
 his own Lodge is subject to two concurrent juris- 
 dictions, viz., the territorial jurisdiction of the 
 Lodge where he resides, and the personal jurisdic- 
 tion of his own Lodge. But trial, conviction, pun- 
 ishment or acquittal, under either of these jurisdic- 
 tions, would exempt him from the like proceedings 
 under the other — upon the principle that a Mason 
 cannot be twice punished for the same masonic 
 offence ; neither can a Mason, by a formal resig- 
 nation of his membership of the Order, withdraw 
 himself from its jurisdiction over him. 
 
 It is generally considered by the best authori- 
 ties to be the special duty of the Junior Warden to 
 take steps to bring to trial all masonic offenders, 
 and he may of course avail himself of the assist- 
 ance of any member of the Lodge who may pre- 
 fer charges against an offending brother, or who 
 may feel called upon to assist in the prosecution. 
 
 of 
 
 MASONIC OFFENCES. 
 
 It may be convenient also to define to some 
 extent what are masonic offences. 
 
 In general terms, it may be said that every violation 
 by a Mason of his masonic covenant or obligations, or of 
 the established laws, usages and customs of the Order, — 
 every violation of the moral law, and every violation of 
 the laws of the land involving moral turpitude, is a ma- 
 sonic offence. 
 
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 Masonic tribunals do not assume to adjust mere 
 legal rights — pecuniary or otherwise ; nor do they 
 take cognizance of difficulties of a legal character 
 growing out of business transactions between 
 brethren, or breaches of contract or agreement be- 
 tween one Mason and another, unless the circum- 
 stances disclose unmistakable fraud or moral 
 turpitude on the part of the offender. 
 
 A violation of the laws of the land which is malum in 
 se^ and not merely malum prohibitum^ is a masonic 
 offence. On this principle it is that murder, larceny, 
 assault, adultery, and such ofiences as are evil in them- 
 selves, are recognized to be masonic offences, whilst 
 issuing an unstamped note, or neglecting to observe a 
 by-law providing for removing snow, although in direct 
 violation of the statute or municipal law, will not be 
 noticed by masonic authorities. * 
 
 The following have been selected from amongst 
 masonic offences as the most frequent ; but it 
 must be understood that by no means all have 
 been enumerated : — 
 
 I. All public crimes and misdemeanors involv- 
 ing moral turpitude. 
 
 2. Drunkenness and profligacy. 
 
 3. Fighting. 
 
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KULES ANJ) RLGLLATl.jNs. 
 
 209 
 
 4. Improper revelations. 
 
 5- Undue solicitation of candidates. 
 
 (y- Disobedience of those in authorl.v ^. 
 ten,ptuous language to vardstl"'^'"^^^- 
 
 stiLS::ic;:^^--^--especting^^^ 
 
 8- All countenance of impostors. 
 
 10. Unseemly conduct in Lodge. 
 
 n. Abuse of the ballot in Lodge. 
 
 12. Defrauding or wronging a Mason in a Lodge. 
 
 >vhethef wit? '"f ■'" '^'^^'"""^ -=°-^"°"> 
 strai::. ' "'^'"^ °^ ^ «-- - -itl. a 
 
 '4. Any intentional violation of the technical 
 parts or ponns of the several masonic obligatfJn: 
 
 I nf '/h ^"^ r'°''"°" "f "'^ particular injunctions 
 of the ritual or of anv of )!•,« 1 1 'J"""'ons 
 sonry. ^ ^ landmarks of Ma- 
 
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 i6. Violation of the Constitution, laws, edicts, 
 rules or regulations of the Grand Lodge or a 
 subordinate Lodge, by a member thereof. 
 
 17. Cruelty to wife or child of one's family. 
 
 18. Contempt for God or religion. 
 
 19. Atheism. 
 
 The greatest importance and attention should be at- 
 tached to proceedings at all masonic trials. No member 
 should be indifferent whilst his brother is upon trial ; but 
 he should devote to the enquiry all the patient investiga- 
 tion and careful solicitude which he would wish that 
 brother to devote if he were himself the ccused ; and 
 whilst on his guard not to look too lightly upon any 
 actual guilt because the offender is a Mason, let him en- 
 deavor to judge with candour and reprimand with 
 justice. 
 
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 REGULATIONS 
 
 ADOPTED RESPECTINCr THE TRIAL DKFORE A 
 LODGE OF CHARGES FOR MASONIC OFFEN- 
 CES, AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON. 
 
 The followhig Rules and Directions are presented for 
 regulating proceedings against a member for 
 
 NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. 
 
 1. Any member of a Lodge, who may be in ar- 
 rears for dues to such Lodge, may be proceeded 
 against. in accordance with the provisions of the 
 By-Laws of such Lodge in respect of the same, and 
 the Book of Constitution. 
 
 2. In ca ;e no provision has been made in the 
 By-Laws v)f a Lodge for notice to and procedure 
 against a rnonber for non-payment of dues, the 
 following procedure may be adopted : 
 
 (a) In case dues of a member remain unpaid for 
 twelve months, it shall be tlie duty of the Secretary 
 of the Lodge to read out the name of such member 
 in default, after which a special summons to appear 
 at the next regular meeting of the Lodge to shew 
 
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 cause why he should not be suspended, together 
 with the statement of the amount of dues remain- 
 ing unpaid, shall be sent to such member. 
 
 (b) In case such member shall not, before such 
 next regular meeting of the Lodge, have paid the 
 amount of such dues, and no such excuse be offered 
 as the Lodge may deem sufficient, it shall then de- 
 volve upon the Senior Warden to propose and the 
 Junior Warden to second a resolution that such 
 member be forthwith suspended ; and on such 
 motion being carried by a majority of votes of 
 members present, the member shall be suspended 
 accordingly. 
 
 (c) Such summons shall be deemed duly served 
 if mailed to the last knov/n address of such mem- 
 ber. 
 
 3. Save as aforesaid, none of the formalities 
 hereinafter prescribed for notices or procedure for 
 the trial of cha ..;es for unmasonic conduct shall be 
 required in proceeding againsv a member for non- 
 payment of dues. 
 
 OTHER MASONIC OFFENCES. 
 
 The following Rules and Directions are prescrilied for 
 regulaling the manner of submitling and proceeding with 
 the trial of masonic offences other than that of " non- 
 
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 shall be 
 
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 cribed for 
 
 kling widi 
 
 of " non- 
 
 payment of dues," and for regulating appeals from such 
 proceedings and judgments therein. 
 
 CHARGES AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS. 
 
 1. All charges of unmasonic conduct shall be 
 made in writing, with particulars specifying with 
 reasonable cerlainty the character of the offence 
 alleged, and the time and place of its commission, 
 as near as may be practicable, and be signed by 
 the accuser, who must be an affiliated Master Ma- 
 son, in good standing. 
 
 2. All charges and particulars shall be fyled with 
 the Secretary of the Lodge ; if received at a stated 
 meeting, they shall be then and there read ; if re- 
 ceived during recess of the Lodge, such charges 
 shall be read at the next stated meeting thereafter, 
 of which meeting all the members shall have due 
 notice ; Provided, that in cases where the magni- 
 tude of an offence demands, or where the Lodge 
 or the Master shall deem it for the best interests 
 of Masonry, the matter may be laid before the 
 Grand Master, and by authority of his dispensation 
 said charges may be read and received at a special 
 meeting of the Lodge, called for the purpose, of 
 which due notice shall be given the members. 
 
 3. The trial of charges may proceed at any 
 meeting appointed for the purpose, and continue 
 
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 until completed ; and in case the trial be not com- 
 pleted at one meeting, it may be continued at any 
 subsequent meeting to which the same may be 
 postponed. 
 
 RECEIVING CHARGES, PRELIMINARY PROCEED- 
 INGS, NOTICES, ETC. 
 
 1. When charges shall be presented and read as 
 provided above, the Lodge shall decide by a m ijo- 
 rity vote whether the charges shall be accepted, 
 and the accused brother be placed on trial, or the 
 charges be dismissed ; when decided in the affir- 
 mative, the charges cannot be withdrawn, except 
 for cause shown, and by the vote of two-thirds of 
 the members present ; such charges shall not be 
 amended except by a majority vote, of which pro- 
 posed amendment the accused shall have due 
 notice. 
 
 2. Immediately upon the acceptance of charges 
 by a Lodge, the Master shall appoint the time and 
 place for trial ; and it shall be the duty of the 
 Master to cause the accused to be served with a 
 duly £ittested copy of the charges and particularSj 
 and notice stating the time and place appointed 
 for the trial thereof ; Provided always^ that the 
 accused shall be entitled to reasonable time and 
 opportunity to preoare his defence. 
 
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 mo. and 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
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 3. If the accused shall neglect or refuse to attend 
 in person, or by some brother authorized in writ- 
 ing to' act as his counsel, after notice has been duly 
 served on him, or if notice cannot be served on 
 him personally by reason of his residence being 
 unknown or beyond the limits of the district in 
 which the Lodp"e is located, then a copy of such 
 notice shall be sent to him by mail, addressed to 
 him at his last known place of residence, or left at 
 his last known place of residence or with a grown- 
 up member of his family ; and upon proof that the 
 notice has been sent to him, or left for him as 
 above prescribed, the Lodge at the time in such 
 notice specified may proceed without his presence, 
 and conduct the proceedings to a final issue ; Fro- 
 vided^ that at least one regular meeting shall in- 
 tervene between the time of mailing, sending or 
 leaving such notice, and any action of the Lodge 
 in pursuance thereof. In such cases the Lodge 
 shall appoint a competent brother to act as coun- 
 sel for, or representative of, the accused. 
 
 4. In every case where a flagrant offence shall 
 be committed by any Mason present while the 
 Lodge is at labor, the foregoing rules requiring 
 notice and delay may be dispensed with, and the 
 Master may order the offending brother to show 
 cause instanter why he should not be punished, 
 
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 and may in his discretion proceed or permit the 
 Lodge to proceed to trial and suspension. 
 
 TRIAL, WITNESS AND TESTIMONY. 
 
 1. Witnesses in masonic trials, who are Masons, 
 shall be mentally competent, and in good standing 
 in the fraternity, and may be affiliated or non- 
 affiliated brethern. 
 
 2. Every Mason shall give his testimony upon 
 his honor as a Mason. 
 
 3. All witnesses in masonic trials, who are not 
 Masons, shall be any person of sound mind, of 
 such religious belief as to feel the obligations of 
 an oath^ and they shall solemnly pledge themselves 
 to state the truth, the whole truth, and nothing 
 but the truth. The evidence of such persons must 
 be received with caution when disputed by the ac- 
 cused, and, in fact,. should be admitted only when 
 their evidence cannot be supplied by a Mason, un- 
 less in cases requiring corroborative testimony. 
 
 4. The evidence of both the accuser and the ac- 
 cused, if offered, shall be leceived in any masonic 
 trial. The status of a Mason under charges is not 
 affected until after conviction. 
 
 5. The testimony of witnesses who are Masons, 
 may be taken in open Lodge, or by a special com- 
 
it the 
 
 asons. 
 mding 
 • non- 
 
 ^ upon 
 
 are not 
 ind, of 
 ions of 
 nselves 
 nothing 
 ns must 
 he ac- 
 y when 
 jon, un- 
 ony. 
 
 the ac- 
 
 nasonic 
 s is not 
 
 VI asons, 
 lal com- 
 
 kEGULA'lIONS. 
 
 217 
 
 mittee appointed by Master. Witnesses who are 
 not Masons shall be examined only by a committee 
 appointed for the purpose by the Master. In either 
 case, the accused and the accuser, in person or by 
 a brother Mason as counsel or representative, shall 
 be entitled to be present and propound such rele- 
 vant questions as they may desire. 
 
 6. The testimony of any witness, unable to at- 
 tend the Lodge or a committee, may be taken by 
 deposition before a properly authorized person, 
 who must be a Mason appointed for the purpose, 
 due notice of the time and place having first been 
 given. 
 
 7. It shall be the duty of the accused and accu- 
 ser to secure the attendance of their respective 
 witnesses who are not Masons ; and through the 
 Master and Secretary of the Lodge, they may, 
 when necessary, summon for such purpose any 
 resident Mason, whether he be a member of the 
 Lodge or not. 
 
 8. When testimony is taken in open Lodge, the 
 Lodge shall be opened in the ist degree ; but the 
 decision as to guilt or innocence, and the question 
 of punishment, shall be severally determined in 
 and by a Lodge of Master Masons. 
 
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 9. The Master shall decide all questions arising 
 as to the relevancy of the evidence, and the regu- 
 larity of the proceedings ; and the Secretary or 
 other person appointed for that purpose by the 
 Master, shall taice down in writing all the evidence 
 submitted by both the prosecution and defence, 
 and note all objections made by either party, and 
 the rulings of the Master ; and the record thereof 
 shall be fyled among the archives of the Lodge ; 
 and the main facts of the case shall be entered 
 upon the Lodge records. 
 
 10. At the conclusion of the evidence, the ac- 
 cused and the accuser in person, or their counsel 
 or representative, may, if they desire, address such 
 relevant remarks to the Lodge upon the merits of 
 the case as may be deemed proper ; after which 
 the accused and the accuser shall retire from the 
 Lodge, and remain in an ante-room until the final 
 decision : (Provided^ that if the Junior Warden 
 shall be the accuser, in his official capacity, he 
 shall not be obliged to retire) ; after which any 
 member entitled to vote may express his views of 
 the case, and of the law and the facts involved ; 
 and no member shall be permitted to withdraw 
 from the Lodge until after final action, except for 
 urgent cause, and by consent of two-thirds of the 
 members present. 
 
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REGULATIONS. 
 
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 -etary or 
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 evidence 
 defence, 
 )arty, and 
 d thereof 
 e Lodge ; 
 )e entered 
 
 :e, the ac- 
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 dress such 
 merits of 
 ifter which 
 
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 il the final 
 )r Warden 
 apacity, he 
 which any 
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 except for 
 lirds of the 
 
 1 1. When a committee is appointed as in section 
 5 of this article, it shall consist of not less than 
 three members of the Lodge, either of whom, if 
 objected to by either of the pajtids for cause to 
 l3e fully explained by the objecting party, may be 
 removed by the Master and another appointed. 
 
 12. Every such committee shall convene and 
 select from their number a Chairman and Secre- 
 tary ; and when so organized, shall have power, 
 through the Master and the Secreta/y of the 
 Lodge, to summon before them the accused and 
 accuser, with their respective witnesses. 
 
 13. The proceedings of such committee shall be 
 governed by the foregoing provisions so far as 
 applicable. The duties of the Master and Secre- 
 tary of the Lodge above prescribed shall apply to, 
 and may be discharged by, the Chairman and Sec- 
 retary of the committee. 
 
 14. The committee may sit whenever and as 
 often as it may deem best for the interests of 
 Masonry and the full investigation of the com- 
 plaints before them ; Provided^ that every trial 
 1)ec'un shall be prosecuted with n«^ vo •-V d • nntch 
 as the law governing the same, and full justice to 
 the accused and accuser, will permit. 
 
 15. When the committee have concluded their 
 labors, they shall report their proceedings and all 
 
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 the evidence to the Lodge; and upon letirement 
 of the accused and accuser, any member of the 
 Lodge present may express his views of the case ; 
 and any portion or the whole of the evidence shall 
 be read, as he may require, to enable him to come 
 to a decision. 
 
 16. A brother against whom charges have been 
 preferred, may deny or admit any portion or the 
 whole of the charges and specifications. 
 
 17. In case an accused brother shall plead 
 guilty, such plea may be accepted as evidence, and 
 shall render the taking of further proof unneces- 
 sary ; but such plea shall not excuse the Lodge 
 from voting upon the question of guilt or innocence. 
 
 18. No visitor shall attend the Lodge or com- 
 mittee for any other than giving evidence during 
 any of the proceedings of a Masonic trial, unless 
 permission be granted by the Master, or by the 
 Lodge, or by the committee when the proceedings 
 are before a committee. 
 
 JUDGMENT. 
 
 I. Upon conclusion of the trial, the question of . 
 "guilty ""or "not guilty," shall be immediately 
 and distinctly put by the Master, upon each charge 
 in its order, which shall be voted upon separately ; 
 
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and every member prcacjnt shall be required to 
 vote by ballot ; and it shall require a vote of a ma- 
 jority of said members to sustain any charge 
 
 2. If any charge shall be sustained, the accused 
 shall be then and there declared guilty, and the 
 Master shall put the question as to whether the 
 accused shall be suspended or excluded, which 
 shall be decided by a majority of the members 
 present ; and every member present shall be re- 
 quired to vote by ballot. 
 
 3. When any Mason, after due trial, shall be 
 guilty of unmasonic conduct, punishment shall 
 follow, which shall be proportionate to the offence. 
 
 4. When any Mason shall have been excluded 
 or suspended by a Lodge, he shall be notified of 
 such action by the Secretary, who shall also im- 
 mediately report the same to the Grand Secretary. 
 When any brother shall have been acquitted, he 
 shall be notified of the same by the Master in open 
 Lodge, as well as by the Secretary in writing, 
 
 PUNISHMENT. 
 
 I. The masonic punishment which shall be in- 
 flicted by chartered Lodges for unmasonic conduct, 
 after due trial and conviction, shall be, in the 
 
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 definite Suspension, Definite Suspension, or Re- 
 primand. 
 
 2. ExcUision or Indefinite Suspension for any 
 offence, subjects an offender, during such suspen- 
 sion, to an absolute deprivation of all the rights, 
 privileges and benefits of Masonry to the offender 
 and his family. 
 
 3. Definite Suspension shall require the vote of 
 a majority of the members present, and the penalty 
 and the period of suspension may be voted upon 
 together or separately ; Provided^ that no definite 
 suspension shall be voted for a longer time than 
 three years, nor for a less time than three inonths. 
 
 4. Reprimand shall be the least masonic punish- 
 ment, and shall only be inflicted after due trial and 
 conviction, and when voted by a majority of the 
 members present ; the reprimsand shall be ad- 
 ministered in open Lodge by the Master. 
 
 APPEALS. 
 
 I. Any Mason who has been subjected to any of 
 ihe foregoing proceedings of a Lodge, or against 
 whom charges have been presented, or his accuser 
 or any member of the Lodge, has the right to ap- 
 peal from any verdict or sentence therein in his 
 
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 case rendered or adjudged, and from any vote or 
 decision of a Lodge, upon the subject of any charge, 
 and such appeal may be made to the District De- 
 puty Grand Master of the District in which the 
 Lodge is situated, or to the Grand Master. 
 
 2. All appeals from any such verdict or sentence 
 of a Lodge shall be made in writing, and contain 
 a statement of the case, the exceptions taken to the 
 decision of the Lodge appealed from, and the 
 grounds upon which they are based. The appeal 
 shall be fyled with the Grand Secretary thirty days 
 prior to the next succeeding annual meeting of the 
 Grand Lodge, if possible. 
 
 3. The appellant shall give the Lodge appealed 
 from, notice of his intention, within thirty days after 
 receiving notice of its action or decision ; and the 
 Secretary of such Lodge, under the direction of the 
 Master, shall, at least ten days before the Annual 
 Communication of the Grand Lodge, produce to 
 the Cirand Secreary a certified copy of all the 
 charges, papers, proceedings and evidence in the 
 case ; Provided^ the times herein specified chall 
 intervene between such decisions and the Annual 
 Communication aforesaid ; if not, then such lime 
 shall apply to the next succeeding Annual Com- 
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 Grand Lodge. 
 
 4. Whenever an appeal shall be taken from any 
 constituent Lodge, as provided in the foregoing 
 sections, the Grand Master or the District Deputy 
 Grand Master to whom the appeal shall have been 
 made, respectively may, upon investigation — 
 
 Dismiss the appeal, approve the proceedings, or 
 affirm the decision appealed from ; or 
 
 Modify or change a decision, or sentence, or in- 
 flict a penalty where the constituent Lodge has 
 failed to do so ; or 
 
 Set aside the proceedings of the Lodge for infor- 
 mant}-, and remand the case for further proceed- 
 
 ings 
 
 or 
 
 Gi\e such directions as may appear to him rea- 
 sonable and proper. 
 
 5. The decision or sentence of the District De- 
 puty Grand Master shall in all cases be subject to 
 appeal to the Grand Master. 
 
 6. Whenever the Grand Mast^^r shall modify or 
 chan;^e a decision or sentence adjudged by a con- 
 stituent Lodge, or the District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter, the same shall be final ; and upon notice 
 
ess of the 
 
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 foregoing 
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 have been 
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 thereof, such constituent Lodge shall cause the 
 same to be entered upon its records. 
 
 7. Whenever the Grand Master or District De- 
 puty Grand Master, on a review of the trial or 
 other proceedings of a Lodge, resulting in the ex- 
 clusion or suspension of a Mason, shall reverse or 
 annul thv^ judgment of said proceedings, or shall 
 order a new trial, the accused shall be thereby re- 
 stored to all his rights, privileges, and membership. 
 When a case is remanded for new *rial, no amend- 
 ment shall be made to the original charges, unless 
 the accused have due and timely notice thereof. 
 
 8. Every Lodge shall communicate to the Grand 
 Secretary and to the District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter of the District in which a Lodge is situated, all 
 suspensions and exclusions as they may severally 
 occur. 
 
 RESTORATIONS AND RE-INSTATEMENTS 
 
 1. No Lodge shall have the power to restore an 
 expelled, excluded or suspended Mason to mem- 
 bership, nor to his former rignts and privileges in 
 Masonry. 
 
 2. A Mason who has been expelled, excluded, or 
 suspended, (unless suspended for non-payment of 
 dues) seeking restoration, shall peiuon the Lodge 
 
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 from which he was exchided or suspended for its ' 
 recommendation to the (xrand Lodge for his resto- 
 ration ; if such petition be concurred in by a vote 
 by ballot of two-thirds of the members present at 
 a stated communication of the Lodge, the same 
 shall be so indorsed, under seal, and be transmitted 
 to the Grand Secretary at least ten days before the 
 Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge ; Pio- 
 vided, that in case such Lodge has become extinct, 
 said petition may be made direct to Grand Lodge, 
 with a statement of the fact ; and upon favorable 
 action thereon, the brother shall be entitled to re- 
 sume the status of a non-affiliated Mason. 
 
 3. Any Mason suspended for non-payment of 
 dues seeking re-instatement, shall, on payment of 
 dues, be restored to membership in accordance 
 with the constitution of Grand Lodge, without pre- 
 senting such petition ; Provided^ that if the Lodge 
 from which a Mason shall have been suspended for 
 non-payment of dues has ceased to exist, a petition 
 for re-instatement may be made to the Grand 
 Lodge, which may re-instate the petitioner to good 
 standing in the fraternity as a non-affiliated Mason. 
 
 4. Definite suspension shall expire by limitation; 
 and any Mason so suspended shall be entitled to 
 resume membership, and all the rights and privi- 
 
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 his reslo- 
 by a vote 
 present at j 
 the same \ 
 •ansmitted j 
 before the I 
 >dge ; Pro- 
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 titled to re- 
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 ayment of 
 payment of 
 accordance 
 ithout pic- 
 the Lodge 
 pended for 
 t, a petition 
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 ner to good 
 ited Mason. 
 
 limitation; 
 ; entitled to 
 s and privi- 
 
 leges thereof, at the expiration of the time defined 
 in his sentence, without vote or other action on the 
 part of the Lodge. 
 
 MASTERS AND LODGES. 
 
 1. A Worshipful Master may be tried by his 
 Lodge after the expiration of his official term, for 
 any unmasonic conduct (except for ordcial miscon- 
 duct, or a violation of his official obligations.) All 
 complaints for official misconduct shal' be made to 
 tiie proper authority during the official term of the 
 offender, otherwise he shall not be tried therefor. 
 
 2. When a controversy shall arise between 
 Lodges, or between a Lodge and its Master, or 
 charges be preferred, or an informal complaint be 
 mride, the same may be fyled with the Grand Sec- 
 rciarv, who shall forward the same to the Grand 
 Master : if the matter be deemed by him of a suffi- 
 ciently jrave character to warrant investigation, he 
 may p;oceed in person, or appoint a commission 
 of not mire than seven nor less than three Mas- 
 ters, or Past Masters, with, if consistent, the Dis- 
 trict Deputy Grand Master as chairman, to inves- 
 tigate such charges or complaint ; such commis- 
 ricn shall have authority to summon witnesses, and 
 : '1..II have such other powers as may be spccia'ly 
 delegated to them by the Grand Master ; and said 
 
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 commission shall make such report, and give such 
 opinion to the Grand Master, as will enable him to 
 make a final decision. 
 
 3. When a ?. ster or other officer of a Lodge 
 shall be deposed. -1 i ofnce only, he shall not 
 thereby be deprived 01 any of the rights or privi- 
 leges of membership. 
 
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 f a Lodge 
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 FORMS OF ENTRY. 
 
 IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF riUVAfE LODGES. 
 
 OPINING LODGE. 
 
 The Lodge was opened in the First Degree at 
 
 [giving the hour.] '^ ' 
 
 Tlie Minutes of the last Regular Meeting [and subse- 
 qucnt emergeiKies, if any] were read, and on motion 
 were confirmed. * 
 
 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The Committee on the petition of Mr. , a 
 
 Candidate for Initiation, reported favorably, [or unfavor- 
 ably as the case may be.] 
 
 REPORTS GINERAL. 
 
 The Committee appointed to take into consideration, 
 [here state tlie subject] submitted their re|K)rt, whicli 
 
 was, on motion of Bro. , seconded by ]]ro. , lo- 
 
 ceived and adopted. 
 
 PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS. 
 
 Oil the motion of Bro% — , seconded 1 y J5ro. . 
 
 
 
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 That ihe sum of $ , in full of Account for , 
 
 [or in part payment, as the case may l)o] was ordered to 
 be paid. 
 
 PROPOSAL OF CANDIDATES. 
 
 It was moved by Bro. , seconded by Bro.- 
 
 adoi)ted, [or rejected as the case may be.] 
 
 -, and 
 
 TIkU the application of Mr. , be received and 
 
 placed on the Minutes to be balloted for, at the next 
 re[;ular meeting, f rin'tiulion into the ni.ysteries of Free- 
 masonry. 
 
 [The .same Form to be used for joining meml)ers, sub- 
 sliuiting the word " ]3ro." for "Mr.'' ** and to become a 
 member," in the place of '* for initiation," «S:c.] 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The Worshipful Master appointed Bros. , , and 
 
 a Committee to make the necessary enquiries on the ap- 
 plication of , for ; to report thereon at the next 
 
 regular meeting. 
 
 APPOINTMEi^IT OF GENERAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 Tlie Lame form, only insert the specific business. 
 
 BALLOT 
 
 The W. M. ordered the Ballot to be passed for Mr. 
 
 ^ a Candidate for initiation into the mysteries of 
 
 l''reemasonry, which was l.iken, and on examination, dj- 
 clared in favor of [or against] th^ Candidate, as iy.ay be. 
 
rt)KMS UF ENTRY. 
 
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 Didered to 
 
 [The same form will apply to joining members, using 
 ihe term "liro. " for '* Mr." and the words *' to become a 
 member," for "initiation," &c.] 
 
 EOAED OF TRIAL. 
 
 The W. M. appointed Bros. and , a Board of 
 
 Trial, to put the necessary questions to Mr. , a 
 
 Candidate for initiation. If more than one, state their 
 several names, and say "candidates." 
 
 INITIATION OF CANDIDA-^^S. 
 
 The Board of Trial, having reported to the W. M. tliat 
 the Candidate had answered the necessary questions satis- 
 factorily, and the Candidate having been properly pre- 
 pared, he was [or lliey were severally,] initiated into the 
 First Degree of Freemasonry. 
 
 PASSING. 
 
 Bro. , [or Bros.] a Candidate [or Canaiaates] for ad- 
 vancement was [or were] examined in open Lodge, and 
 directed to retire. 
 
 The Lodge was opened in the Second Degree, at • 
 
 [stale the hour.] 
 
 [No objection being made] Bro. , [or Bros.] having 
 
 been found worthy of advancement, and having l)een 
 properly prepared, he M:is[or they Avcre severally] passed 
 to thf^ .Second or Fellow Craft's Decree. 
 
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 The \V. M. elect was then presented to the I. M. ami 
 liaving answered the necessary questions, assenting to the 
 Ancient Charges and Regulations, and taking the O. B., 
 was dnccted to lake liis seat amongst the B. in the 
 Lodi'e. 
 
 RAISING. 
 
 Bro. , [or Bros.] a Candidate [or Candidates] for 
 
 further advancement, was [or were] examined in open 
 Lodge as to his [or their] ])roliciency, and directed to re- 
 tire. 
 
 The Lodge was then opened in the Third Degree, at 
 , [slate the hour.] 
 
 [No objection being made] Bro. [or Bros.] liaving 
 
 been found well skilled, lie was [or they were severally] 
 raised to the third or sublime degree of Master Mason. 
 
 a. p. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS). 
 
 All B. under the rank of W. M. were directed to re- 
 tire, and after the ceremony of placing W. M, elect in 
 the chair, they were then admitted, saluting the W. M. 
 (who was proclaimed by the L M.) with honors. 
 
 The Lodge was closed in the Third Degree, at— 
 o'clock. 
 
 The W. M. was proclaimed by the I. M. and saluted 
 [for the second time] by the B., with honors. 
 
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 The Lodoe wa5 closed in the Second Degree at 
 
 o'clock. 
 
 The W. M. Avas proclaimed by the I. M. [for the thnd 
 time] and saluted by the Brethren with grand honors. 
 
 The installation of the other elected, and the appointed 
 officers, was then proceeded with, viz. : 
 
 Bro. - 
 Bro. - 
 Bro. 
 Bro. - 
 Bros.- 
 Bro. -^ 
 
 -S. W. 
 -- Chaplain. 
 —Secretary. 
 -J. I). 
 —Stewards. 
 -I. G. 
 
 Bro. 
 Bro. 
 Bro. 
 Bro. 
 Bro. 
 
 -J. W. 
 -Treasurer. 
 -S. D. 
 -1). ofC. 
 Organist. 
 
 Bro. Tyler. 
 
 If E. Com., TIall Trustees, or any other officers are 
 appomtcd, or any general business, record is made here 
 in the Minutes. 
 
 CALLING FROM LABOR TO REFRESHMENT. 
 
 The Lodge was called from labor to refreshment, at 
 o'clock. 
 
 CALLING FROM REFRESHMENT TO LABOR. 
 
 The Lodge resumed labor at o'clock. 
 
 CLOSING THE LODGE. 
 
 Tiic Lodge was closed in harmony in the First Degree 
 nt o'clock [state llie lime.] 
 
 
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 [If opened in Three Degrees, say "severally in the 
 Third, Second ami Fir.sl ; " if opened in the Second De- 
 gree, say "severally m the Second and First." 
 
 Confirmed in open Lodge [give date] A. L. 
 
 [ . Musie/s ' i^u.i/urt'. ] 
 IV. M. 
 
 [Sarr/diy^s Signature. ] 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 For the sake of clearness and di.^linction, a line at least 
 should be left blank between each minute, and a marginal 
 note be made of its contents. 
 
 Each Lodge must keep a book, or books, outside the 
 Lodge-room, for members and visitors to enter their 
 names as they arrive, which it is the duly of the Tyler to 
 see done before he gives notice of their being present. 
 It must be borne in mind that no visiting brother, unless 
 he b? a subscriber to some regular Lodge, has a right to 
 visit a Lodge more than once during his iion-afliliation 
 with the Ciail. 
 
 Lodge minutes are to be read on regular nights only ; 
 I and after having read the minutes of the previous regular 
 • meeting, those of any ;,ubs'.'4ue:.t eincigency are to be 
 : read for confirmation. 
 
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 Secretaries of Lodges should also keep a rougli minute 
 hook (and never, on any accoiu.t, use slips of paper,) to 
 enter the proceeilings of the Lodge as they occur, and 
 afterwards fairly copy them in the regular minute book, 
 to which he must attach his signature ; and when they 
 liave been read and confirmed in open Lodge, tlie W. 
 M. likewise signs them at the left-hand corner. 
 
 It is usual on the presentment of Reports from Com- 
 mittees, to move their reception, or their reception and 
 adoption. If open to discussion or amendment, first 
 move their reception and afterwards their adoption. 
 
 The Constitution declares twenty dollars ($20) the 
 lowest fee that can be charged for the Degrees of Free- 
 masonry, which is to be paid previously to the candi- 
 date's initiation. This sum also includes the fee for re- 
 gistering the candidate's name in the lx)oks of the (Irand 
 Lodge and a Grand Lodge Certificate, 
 
 The W. M. is responsible for the fees collected on be* 
 half of the Grand Lodge, and it is his particular duly to 
 see that the same are regularly forwarded with the re- 
 turns. 
 
 In all cases, and under all circumstances, the Lodge 
 must be opened in the First Degree, and in this Degree 
 all the ordinary business of the Lodge is to be transacted. 
 If a candidate makes application for the Second Degree 
 he must undergo an examination in open Lodge in the 
 First Degree ; he is then directed to retire. The Lodge 
 
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 is tlien opened in the Second Degree and if it appear that 
 the candidate has made suitaljle i)roliciency, lie may 'oe 
 passetl. llie same may be said with lefeience to a candi- 
 date for Tiiird Degree. The candidate is examined in a 
 Lodge of l'"cIlow Crafts, and directed to retire. The 
 Lodge is then opened in tlie Third Degree. If the candi- 
 date IS found v.'orthy lie may be raised to the sublime de- 
 gree of Master Ma^on, and the Lodges are then clo.^ed 
 down, commencing \sjth the TJiird, next the Secondy and 
 lastly, the I^'lrst. 
 
 Newly Initialed candidates are required to sign the 
 liy-laws on the night of initiation, as an evidence of their 
 membciship and \viilingnc33 of obedience to the same. 
 
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 lie banie. 
 
 FORM OF 
 
 BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 PREAMBLE. 
 
 For the purpose of securing order and icgularity, and 
 Mith the view of promoting harmony and decorum, the 
 
 brethren of Lodge No rei 
 
 agree to the following By-laws : 
 
 .'peal all former, and 
 
 Akhcle i.-DUTY to grand LODGE. 
 
 This Lodge acknowledges the supremacy of the Grand 
 Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, 
 and will at all times pay respect and obedience to its 
 Laws, Rules, Orders and Regulations. 
 
 Article il— MEETING. 
 
 Sec. I. Regular Meetings of this Lodge shall be held 
 
 "" of every month, and on the Festival of St. John 
 
 ^^'^^ («^ should it fall on a Sunday, then on the fol- 
 lowing (lay) at such hour as the Master shall appoint, of 
 which the members shall be duly notified. 
 
 Sec. 2. Emergent Meetings of this Lodge may be held 
 as provided by the IJook of Constitution. 
 
 
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 Article hi.— OFFICERS. 
 
 Sec. I. Tlie officors of this Lodge shall l)c the Master, 
 Senior Warden, Junior Warden. Cliai)lain, Treasurer, 
 Secretary, Senior Deacon, Junior Deacon, Director of 
 Ceremonies, two Stewards, Organist, Inner Cuard, ard 
 Tyler. 
 
 Sec. 2, Annually, at the regular meeting immediately 
 
 preceding the Festival of St. John the , the Master, 
 
 Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Chaplain, Treasurer 
 and Secretary, shall be elected by ballot, and the Tyler 
 by open vote of the Lodge. 
 
 vSec. 3. Annually, on the Festival o( St. John the 
 
 the installation and investure of officers shall take 
 
 pl^'ce. 
 
 Sec. 4. Annually, on the Festival of St. John the 
 
 , after the Master has been duly installed ii. the 
 
 chair, the Deacons, Director of Ceremonies, Stewards, 
 Orgpnist, and Inner Guard shall be appointed. 
 
 Sec. 5. Every officer shall attend punctually at tlic 
 hour named in the summons, under penalty of censure 
 by the Master. 
 
 A^off. —Some Lothi't's arratti^e their I^y- Laivs by vtakitts^ 
 th: ehition of officers at a regular inonthiy meetif>i^, ami the 
 ins,\iUaiion at the f/teetinq iu the foil oiuing month. 
 
Articlk IV.— duties OF OFFICERS. 
 
 'UiE MASTER. 
 
 Sec. I. Tlie duties of the Master are not fixed by by- 
 law, but are such as he agreed to on liis installation. 
 
 THE SENIOR WARDEN. 
 
 Sec. 2. Beyond the regular duties appertaining to his 
 office, he shall keep an inventory of the jewels, para- 
 phernalia and furriiture of the Lodge, cause them to be 
 properly insured against loss by fire, and especially see 
 to their safe-keeping. 
 
 THE JUNIOR WARDEN. 
 
 Sec. 3. Beyond the regular duties appertaining to his 
 office, he shall attend to the necessary arrangements for 
 refreshments on all ordinary occasions. 
 
 THE CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Sec. 4. The duties of this officer speak for tb.emselves ; 
 it is very desirable to have his punctual attendance. 
 
 THE TREASURER. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall receive from the Secretary 
 all moneys of the Lodge, and pay all orders duly signed 
 by the Master and countersigned by the Secretary. He 
 sliall keep books in which his receipts and disbursements 
 shall be regularly entered, so as to be able to exhibit the 
 balance in liis hands at any time, lie shall keep separ- 
 
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 ate and distinct from the private funds of llie Lodge, all 
 moneys received on account of the Grand Lodge, and 
 hand the same to the Master for transmission to the 
 Grand Secretary. He shall annually, at lea^' ne week 
 previous to the P'estival of St. John (or the regular meet- 
 ing for installation of officers), submit his accounts a •. 
 vouchers to the audit committee for examination, and 
 transfer to his succv--.tsor, immediately after his installa- 
 tion, all moneys and other property of the Lodge in 
 his possession. 
 
 THE SECRETARY. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Secretary shall be exempt from the pay- 
 ment of all Lodge dues. He sliall keep a faithful record 
 of the proceedings of the Lodge, and preserve in order 
 all papers and documents belonging thereto. He shall 
 keep a correct register of the members, and of their re- 
 spective accounts with the Lodge, and an account show- 
 ing the fees and dues received for, and payable to the 
 Grand Lodge. He shall sign all authorised certificates, 
 and affix the Lodge seal thereto ; issue all necessary iio- 
 tices and summonses for meetings, (S:c ; countersign all 
 orders and charges of the Master ; prepare all returns re- 
 quired by the Grand Lodge ; notify tiie members of every 
 committee of their appointment, and the nature of their 
 duties ; receive all moneys jiaid by members, or others, 
 to the Lodge, and pay the same to the Treasurer before 
 the next regular meeting ; ar.d discharge all other duties 
 appertaining to the office of Secnetary. 
 
FORM OF BY-LAWS AND RKGULATIONS. 
 
 241 
 
 THE DEACONS. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Deacons shall attend at the opening of 
 the Lodge, and take such part in the ceremonies as the 
 Master may direct. 
 
 THE DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES. 
 
 Sec. 8. The Director of Ceremonies shall see thrit the 
 Lodge Room is properly prepared ; that all brellnxa ap- 
 pear in the clothing prescribed in the Book of Constitu- 
 tion ; and, to the best of his ability, that every brother, 
 when in Lodge or at refreshment, is stationed according 
 to his rank. 
 
 THE STEWARD. 
 
 Sec. 9. The Steward, under the direction of the Senior 
 Warden, shall see to the safe and careful keeping of the 
 jewels, paraphernalia, and furniture of the Lodge ; and, 
 under the Junior Warden, shall have the arrangement 
 and ordering of the refreshments. 
 
 THE ORGANIST. 
 
 Sec. 10. The Organist shall punctually attend all 
 meetings, and take such part in the ceremonies as the 
 Master may direct. 
 
 THE INNER GUARD. 
 
 Seci II. The Inner Guard shull attend all meetings, 
 punctually at the hour numed in the summons, to guard 
 the interior of the Lodge, and give directions to the 
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 Sec. 12. The Tyler shall diligently watch the exterior 
 of the Lodge ; see that all candidates for admission are 
 properly prepared ; that all brethren register their names, 
 and are properly clothed ; that the furniture and orna- 
 n\ents are kept in good order and perform such other 
 duties as the Lodge or its officers may direct. He shall 
 be paid .... for each meeting. 
 
 Article v.— COMMITTEES. 
 
 Sec. I. Annually, after the Master has been duly 
 installed in the chair, the following committees shall be 
 appointed, viz. ; an Audit Committee, a Charitable Com- 
 mittee, and a Sick Committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Audit Committee shall examine all 
 counts, and, when found correct, recommend them for 
 payment j examine the books and vouchers of the Trea- 
 surer and Secretary ; and report annually to the Lodge, 
 on the Festival of St. John the. . . . 
 
 Sec. 3. The Charitable Committee shall make instant 
 enquiry on all applications for relief, and report to the 
 Lodge cases deserving aid and assistance. In cases of 
 urgent necessity they shall make immediate report to the 
 
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 Master, who may issue his order on the Treasurer for a j 
 sum not exceeding dollars 
 
 In places where more than one Lodge is held, and a 
 general fund is formed, tlie Master may represent the 
 Lodge, at the United Benevolent Fund Committee. 
 

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 Sec. 4. The Sick Committee shall make immediate 
 enquiry in every case of sickness reported to them, and 
 acquaint the Master of all cases where it is possible to 
 render assistance. 
 
 Artici.i-: VI. MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 PliTITIONS FOR MEMBERSHU'. 
 
 Sec. I. Every candidate for initiation, or for member- 
 ship, (except in cases of emergency provided for in the 
 Constitution) shall sign a petition in accordance with 
 the form annexed, which shall be handed to the Secre- 
 tary, and read by him at the first regular meeting. 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Sec. 2. Honorary membership siiall not be conferred 
 on any brother until he has been regularly proposed and 
 seconded at one regular meeting, and his name inserted 
 in the summonses for the next regular meeting. 
 
 BALLOTING FOR MEMBERSHU'. 
 
 Sec. 3. No person shall be initiatcil, and no brother 
 shall be admitted a mcn^ber if, on the ballot two black 
 balls ap[)ear against him j and no brother shall l)e made 
 an honorary member unless elected by unanimous ballot ; 
 but to prevent mistakes, the Master may direct the ballot 
 to be forthwith taU^a a second time. 
 
 NON-ATTENDANCE AFTER BALLOT. 
 
 Sec. 4. Should any candidate who has been approved 
 for initiation, not attend for that purpose within six 
 
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 months after being accepted by the Lodge, he must, be- 
 fore he can be initiated, be again proposed, and a fresh 
 b.'.llot taken. 
 
 WITHDRAWAL OK MEMDEKS. 
 
 Sec. 5. Any brother desirous of resigning member- 
 ship, may notify the vSecretary in writing, or signify the 
 same personally at a regular meeting ; and a certificate 
 of his standing shall be furnished liim, if required, by the 
 Secretary. 
 
 RE-ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Sec. 6. ((?.)— Should any member resign, he shall not 
 be re-admitted without a ballot and a joining fee. 
 
 {d.) Should any member who has been excluded, or 
 suspended for an indefinite period, desire to be re-ad- 
 mitted, he may petition the Lotlge for its recommenda- 
 tion to Grand Lodge, that he be restored ; and, if at the 
 next regular meeting, the Lodge by a two-third vote by 
 ballot concur, the petition shall be endorsed under seal, 
 and transmitted to the Grand Secretary, to be presented 
 to Grand Lodge. Should the action of Grand Lodge be 
 favorable, he shall be re-admitted without a ballot or 
 joining fee. 
 
 {c.) Any member who has been suspended for non- 
 payment of dues, shall be immediately restored without 
 ballot, on payment of all arrears owing at the time of his 
 siispension, and of the regular Lodge dues for the period 
 l»e was so suspended. 
 
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 time of his 
 the period 
 
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 245 
 
 (</.). Any member who has been suspended for a de- 
 finite term, sliall be restored to membership without 
 ballot, at the expiration of the term defined in his sen- 
 tence. 
 
 Articlk VII.— FEES AND DUES. 
 
 Sec. I. The fee for making a mason shal' be. . . .dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 2. The fee for joining .shall be. . . . 
 
 Sec. 3. The annual dues to be paid by each member 
 (except the Secretary) whose place of residence is three 
 miles or less from the Eodge room, shall be . . .dollars, 
 and by each member residing beyond that distance. . . . 
 dollars, which shall be exacted whether he i)e absent or 
 present, and be payable semi-annually in equal propor- 
 tions. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any member six months in arrears of clues, 
 shall be notified by the Secretary, and if the arrears be 
 not paid within three months, the Secretary shall bring 
 the matter before the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 5. Should any member allow his dues to fall in 
 arrear for one year his name shall be read out in open 
 Lodge by the Secretary, after which a special notifica- 
 tion, with a copy of this By-law, shall be sent to such 
 member. If such arrears shall not have been paid before 
 next regular meeting, then such defaulting member shall 
 be summoned to attend the ensuing regular meeting to 
 
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 sliow cause why he sliould not be suspended from mem- 
 bership. Should any member present become responsible 
 for the payment of the said dues, or offer such excuse as 
 the Lodge may deem sufficient, or should the Lodge re- 
 mit the dues, the defaulting mend^er may be allowed to 
 remain in good standing for such time as may be ordered. 
 
 Article viil— DISl'OSAL OF FUNDS, 
 PROPERTY, ETC. 
 
 Sec. I. No part of the funds of the Lodge shall be ex- 
 pended, except for monthly or other necessary expenses, 
 unless on a notice of motion given at one regular meeting, 
 when, if a majority of the members present approve, 
 the expenditure may be incurred. 
 
 Sec. 2. No portion of the furniture, jewels, parapher- 
 nalia, or other ]):operiy of the Lodge shall be sold, alien- 
 ated, or in any way disjiosed of, except by the unanimous 
 consent of the members present at a meeting to be speci- 
 ally called for that purpose. 
 
 Article ix.— CLO rillNG. 
 
 Brethren shall at all times (when in Lodge) appear in 
 the proper masonic clothing, as prescribed in the liook 
 of Constitution. 
 
 Article x.— BEHAVIOUR. 
 
 A brother violating any of the provisions of these By- 
 lawS; or behaving in such manner as to disturb the har- 
 
mony of the Lodge, may be admonished by the Master ; 
 or after due trial, subjected to such punishment as the 
 l)iethren may have the power to inflict ; or his case may 
 be reported to higher authority. 
 
 Article xi. 
 
 These By-laws shall be written in a book, signed by 
 the Master and Secretary, and have the seal of the Lodge 
 affixed. Every brother shall sign them, as a declar^ition 
 of his submission thereto, and one copy shall be delivered 
 to each member free of expense. 
 
 Article xii. 
 
 No alteration shall be made in these By-laws, unless 
 by a notice of motion, given at a regular meeting, when 
 the proposed alteration shall be duly entered on the 
 minutes and inserted in the summonses for th« next regu- 
 lar meeting, when the proposed alteration shall come on 
 for discussion ; and on a resolution, regularly moved and 
 seconded, being passed in favour thereof, by two-thirds 
 of the members present, it shall, as soon as it receives 
 the sanction of the Grand Master, become law. 
 
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 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 T/ie arrangetnoii of business is at the discretion of the 
 Master ; but^ for convenience of rcjerence^ the foUo^ving 
 tabular order is prepay cd^ and may be jollinvea : 
 
 1st. — Reading and Confirming Minutes. 
 
 2nd. — Reports of Committees. 
 
 3rd. — Balloting. 
 
 4th. — Reading of Correspondence. 
 
 5th. — Reception of Petitions, and other new business. 
 
 6th.— Work. 
 
 7th. — Reading of Rough Minutes for correction 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 DISCUSSION. 
 
 All discussion is under the superintendence of the 
 Master ^ but the following Rules of Order may be observed : 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 1. Every brother desirous of speaking shall stand up 
 in his place, and address himself to the Master. 
 
 2. When two or more brethren rise to speak at the 
 same time, the Master may decide as to the one who in 
 his opinion is entitled to the floor. 
 
 3. No brother shall speak twice on the same question, 
 unless by permission of the Master. 
 
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 ne who in 
 
 e question, 
 
 4. No brother shall ])e so unmasonic as to interrupt an- 
 other while speaking ; or disturb him by hissing, ap- 
 plauding, unnecessary coughing, loud whispering, or 
 other unseemly noise. 
 
 5. No personal or abusive remarks, or other improper 
 language shall be used by :.ny brother, in debate. 
 
 6. Points of order decided by the Master, are not de- 
 batable. 
 
 7. If the Master indicate a desire to speak while a 
 brother is on the floor, that brother shall immediately sit 
 down, that the Master may be heard. 
 
 8. AH brethren shall observe the first call of the Mas- 
 ter's gavel. 
 
 VOUCHING. 
 
 No brother should vouch for any visitor, unless he 
 knows to a certainty that he is a mason. lie should 
 know this not from a casual conversation, or a loose and 
 careless enquiry, but from due trial, strict examination. 
 He should be able to say. ** I know this man to be a 
 Mason, because I have sub- 
 jected him to a strict examination ; and you may safely 
 recognize him as such ; " or, ** [ know him to be &c., 
 &c., because I have sat with him in a just and legally 
 
 constituted Lodge of Masons ; " or, ** I know 
 
 him to be &c., cLc, because I have sure information, 
 given me, for the purpose of vouching for him." 
 
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 document mii^ht pass into the hands of an imposter. 
 
 The above suggestions should never be departed from, 
 the fear of offending a visitor, should never deter an ex- 
 amining Committee from saying to him, ** I am not sat- 
 isfied " or **I do not recognize you." The mason who 
 is so unmindful of his obligations, as to have forgotten the 
 instructions he has received, should pay the penalty of 
 his carelessness. It is better that ninety and nine true 
 men should be turned away from the door of a Lodge, 
 than that one cowan should be admitted. 
 
 visitors' test, oil TYLERS O. B. 
 
 I do hereby and hereon solemnly 
 
 and sincerely swear, that I have been regularly Initiated, 
 Passed, and Raised to the sublime degree of Master Ma- 
 son, in a just and legally constituted Lodge of such ; 
 that I do not stand suspended or expelled, and know of 
 no reason why I should not hold Masonic communication 
 with my brethren. 
 
 FORMS. 
 
 APPLICATION FOR JOINING. 
 
 To the Worshipful Master, Officers and Me.-i- 
 
 bers of Lodge No A. F. & A. 
 
 Masons. 
 
I I, of the of 
 
 I aged being a Mason, am desirous 
 
 I of becoming a member of Lodge No ... . 
 
 I was initiated, passed and raised in 
 
 Lodge No held at and I am in 
 
 iiood Masonic stardin 
 
 Dated at 
 A. I 
 
 tliis day of. 
 
 i Recommended by, 
 
 PETITION FOR INITIATION. 
 
 To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Breth- 
 ren of Lodge No Canada. 
 
 I, of the of in the County 
 
 of being free by birth and of mature age^ 
 
 do declare, that unbiased by the improper solicita- 
 tion of friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary or 
 other unworthy motives, I freely and voluntarily 
 offer myself a candidate for the mysteries of Ma- 
 sonry ; that I am prompted by a favorable opin- 
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 the ancient usages, and established customs of 
 the order, and that I have not been rejected by 
 this, or any other Lodge, within twelve months 
 from the date of my present application. 
 
 Witness my hand, this day of. . . .A. L 
 
 Age 
 
 Profession 
 Residence, 
 
 Recommended by 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAWAL. 
 
 Lodge No on the Registry of 
 
 the Grand L jdge of Ancient Free and Accepted 
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 7'o allio whom the'^j Presents shall come^ 
 
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