Ronaynes Handbook Of Freemasonry 28

Ronaynes Handbook Of Freemasonry 28

Worshipful Master: "Give me the pass."

 

Senior Deacon (making again the due-guard of

Fellow Craft) : "Shibboleth."

 

Worshipful Master: "The pass is right; since he

comes endowed with all these necessary qualifications,

it is my order that he enter this Lodge in the name

of the Lord and be received in due form."

 

The Senior Deacon taking the square from off the

altar, unless there be another provided, proceeds to the

door which he opens wide up and says :

 

Senior Deacon: "It is the order of the Worship-

ful Master that the candidate enter this Lodge in the

name of the Lord and be received in due form."

 

 

 

WORK ON SECOND DEGREE.

 

 

 

 

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WEST.

 

ftlTB OF CIRCUM AMBULATION.

 

 

 

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*RITE OF INDUCTION.

 

" The candidate is led in by the Junior Deacon fol-

lowed by the Stewards, if any, and conducted to about

six or eight feet inside the door where he is met by

the Senior Deacon who addresses him thus :

 

Senior Deacon: "Brother Hunt, upon your first

admission into a Lodge of Masons you were received

on the point of a sharp instrument pressing your

naked left breast, which was then explained to you.

Upon your first admission into a Lodge of Fellow

Crafts, I receive you on the angle of the square (press-

ing the angle of a square to the candidate's naked

right breast) applied to your naked right breast,

which is to teach you that the square of virtue should

be the rule and guide of your conduct in all your

future transactions with mankind."

 

RITE OF CIRCUMAMBULATION.

 

The Senior Deacon then hands the square to t\ye

Junior Deacon, who replaces it upon the altar, and

taking the candidate by the right arm, conducts him

twice around the Lodge-room, as in page 115, count-

ing in all cases from the East, and as he passes the

stations of the Junior and Senior Wardens for the

first time and the Worshipful Master for the second

time, each of these officers gives one loud rap with

his gavel ; on passing around the second time they

give three raps each, and during this time also the

Master reads the following portion of scripture :

 

"Thus he showed me : and behold the Lord stood

upon a wall made by a plumb line with a plumb line

in his hand. And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what

 

* For the meaning and origin of this ceremony, see "Master's

Carpet," pp. 265-267.

 

 

 

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seest thou? And I said, a plumb line. Then said the

Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of

my people Israel I will not pass by them any more."

Amos vii. 7, 8.*

 

The reading of this passage is so timed as to con-

clude just as the candidate teaches the Junior War-

den's station the second time. Having arrived in front

of the Junior Warden, the Senior Deacon gives two

raps on the floor with the end of his rod which is

answered by one from the Junior Warden who rises to*

his feet and says:

 

Junior Warden (one rap) : "Who comes here? "

 

Senior Deacon : "Brother James Hunt, who has

been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice,

and now seeks more light in Masonry by being passed

to the degree of Fellow Craft."

 

Junior Warden (facing the candidate): "Broth-

er Hunt, is this of your own free-will and accord ? "

 

Candidate: "It is."

 

Junior Warden: "Brother Senior Deacon, is the

candidate worthy and well qualified ? "

Senior Deacon: "He is."

 

Junior Warden: "Is he duly and truly pre-

pared?" '

Senior Deacon: "He is."

 

Junior Warden: "Has he made a suitable pro-

ficiency in the preceding degree?"

 

Senior Deacon: "He has."

 

Junior Warden : "Who vouches for this ? " •

 

Senior Deacon: "A brother."

 

Junior Warden: "By what further right or bene-

fit does he expect to gain this favor ? "

 

Senior Deacon: "By the benefit of a pass."

 

. * "Standard Monitor," Cook, 1903, p. 29.

* For the meaning and origin of this ceremony, Bee "Master'*

Cat-pet," PP. 268-272.

 

 

 

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Junior Warden: "Has he the pass?"

Senior Deacon: "He has it not, but I have it for

him."

 

Junior Warden: "Give me the pass."

 

The Senior Deacon approaches closer to the Jun-

ior Warden, and whispers in his ear the word Shib-

boleth.

 

Junior Warden: "The pass is right. You will

conduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the

West for further examination."

 

The Senior Deacon with candidate then approaches

the Senior Wardens station and gives three raps with

his rod as before.

 

Senior Warden (i rap) : "Who comes here?"

 

Senior Deacon: "Brother Hunt, who has been

regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice and now

seeks more light in Masonry by being passed to the

degree of a Fellow Craft."

 

Senior Warden (turning to candidate) : "Broth-

er Hunt, is this of your own free will and accord?"

 

Candidate: "It is."

 

Senior Warden: "Brother Senior Deacon, is the

candidate worthy and well qualified?"

 

Senior Deacon: "He is," etc., etc.

 

Precisely the same dialogue takes place here as

at the Junior Warden's station, which see above, and

at the conclusion of which the Senior Warden says:

 

Senior Warden: "The pass is right. You will

conduct the candidate to the Worshipful Master in the East for further examination."