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For the meaning of this ceremony, see "Master's Carpet,"
pp. 268-272.
pilgrimage, the Master or Chaplain reads from the
.first to the seventh verse of the twelfth chapter of
Ecclesiastes, as follows: ,
"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 loosed, 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
return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall re-
turn unto God who gave it.*
This reading is so timed that the last words are
pronounced just as the candidate is halted in front of
the Junior Warden's station. In some aristocratic
lodges, in cities and large towns where they can afford
the luxury of an organ, solemn music is substituted
for the reading. In some lodges, also, and especially
in small country towns, both the reading and music are
dispensed with altogether. After the candidate is
• "Standard Monitor," Cook, 1903, p. 42.
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thus conducted three times around the lodge room, he
is halted in front of the Junior Warden's station in the
South, and the Senior Deacon giving three raps on the
floor with the end of his rod, that officer rises to his
feet and enquires:
Junior Warden: "Who comes here?"
Senior Deacon: "Brother James Hunt, who has
been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice,
passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, and now seeks
further light in Masonry by being raised to the sub-
lime degree of a Master Mason."
Junior Warden (to candidate) : "Brother Hunt,
is this of your own free-will and accord ? "
Candidate^: "It is."
Worshipful Master: "Brother Junior 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 degrees ? "
Senior Deacon: "He has."
Junior Warden: "Who vouches for this?"
Senior Deacon: "A brother."
Junior Warden: "By what further right of bene-
- fit does he expect to obtain this favor? 3 '
Senior Deacon: "By the benefit of the pass."
Junior Warden: "Has he the pass?"
Senior Warden: "He has it not, but I have it for
him."
Junior Warden: "Give me the pass."
The Senior Deacon approaches a few paces nearer
to the Junior Warden and whispers into his ear the
word, "Tubal-Cain."
WORK ON THIRD DEGREE.
Junior Warden: "The pass is right. You will
conduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the
West for further examination."
The candidate is now conducted towards the West,
and being halted in front of the Senior Warden's sta-
tion, the Senior Deacon gives three distinct raps as
before with the end of his rod, calling that officer to
his feet; and precisely the same questions are asked,
and the same answers returned, as at the Junior War-
den's station, which it is not necessary to repeat again,
and at the end 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 his examination/'
He is then led towards the East, and again halted
in front of the Worshipful Master's chair, where, as
before, the Senior Deacon gives three distinct raps.
The Master keeping his seat and in a very stern voice
demands :
Worshipful Master: "Who comes here?"
Senior Deacon: "Brother James Hunt, who has
been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice,
passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, and now seeks
further light in Masonry by being raised to the sub-
lime degree of Master Mason/'
Worshipful Master: "Brother Hunt, is this of
your own free-will and accord?"
Candidate: "It is." *
Worshipful Master: "Brother Senior Deacon, is
the candidate worthy and well qualified, duly and truly
prepared?"
Senior Deacon: "He is."
Worshipful Master: "Has he made a suitable
proficiency in the preceding degrees ? "
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Senior Deacon: "He has."
Worshipful Master: "Who vouches for this?"
Senior Deacon: "A brother."
Worshipful Master: "By what further right or
benefit does he expect to obtain this favor?"
Senior Deacon: "By the benefit of the pass"
Worshipful Master: "Has he the pass ? "
Senior Deacon: "He has it not, but I have it
for him."
Worshipful Master: "Give me the pass."
The Senior Deacon, as in the two previous cases,
whispers into his ear the word, "Tubal-Cain."
Worshipful Master: "The pass is right. Since
he comes endowed with all these necessary qualifica-
tions, it is my order that you re-conduct him to the
Senior Warden, in the West, who will teach him
to approach the East by three upright, regular steps,
his feet forming the angle of a square, his body erect
at the altar before the Worshipful Master."
The Senior Deacon now leads the candidate back,
by way of the South, to the Senior Warden's station,
befbre whom he is again halted, and the Deacon, giv-
ing one rap, addresses that officer as follows :
Senior Deacon: "Brother Senior Warden, it is
the order of the Worshipful Master that you teach
the candidate to approach the East by three upright,
regular steps, his feet forming the angle of a square,
his body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master."
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