Ronaynes Handbook Of Freemasonry 8

Ronaynes Handbook Of Freemasonry 8

HAND BOOK OF FRE^M ASONRY.

 

 

 

guard of a Fellow Craft, gives the pass-word, Shib-

boleth, to the Senior, and the Senior in the same man-

ner to the Worshipful Master, who answers: "The

pass is right f and the Deacons return to their respect-

ive places.

 

I have been somewhat particular in describing

this ceremony because, though simple in itself, I have

met but very few Deacons who were able to perform

it with neatness and precision; and further, because

it is a ceremony which must on no occasion be omitted r

either in the Grand Lodge or Blue Lodge.

 

Senior Warden to Junior Deacon and Senior Dea-

con, you will now proceed on the right and left, col-

lect the pass from the brethren, and convey it to the

East. 5 '

 

Worshipful Master (one rap) : "The pass is

right."

 

Worshipful Master: "Brother Senior Warden,

are you a Fellow Craft?"

 

Senior Warden: "I am, try me."

 

Worshipful Master: "How will you be tried?"

 

Senior Warden: "By the Square."

 

Worshipful Master: "Why by the Square?"

 

Senior Warden: "Because it is an emblem of

morality, and one of the working tools of a Fellow

Craft."

 

Worshipful Master: "What is a Square?"

 

Senior Warden: "An angle of ninety degrees,

or the fourth part of a circle."

 

Worshipful Master: "What makes you a Fellow

Craft?"

 

Senior Warden: "My obligation."

Worshipful Master: "Where were you made a

Fellow Craft?"

 

 

 

Senior Warden: "In a regularly constituted

Lodge of Fellow Crafts."

 

Worshipful Master: "What number constitutes

a Lodge of Fellow Crafts?"

 

Senior Warden: "Five or more."

 

Worshipful Master: "When of five only, whom

do they consist? "

 

Senior Warden: "The Worshipful Master, Sen-

ior and Junior Wardens, Senior and Junior Deacons."

 

Worshipful Master: "The Junior Deacon's

place?" ' .-

 

Senior Warden: "At the right hand of the Sen-

ior Warden in the West."

 

Worshipful Master (giving two raps, which call

up the Senior and Junior Wardens, and the Senior

and Junior Deacons) : "Brother Junior Deacon, the

Senior Deacon V place ? "

 

Junior Deacon: "At the right hand, of the Wor-

shipful Master in the East."

 

Worshipful Master: "Brother Senior Deacon,

the Junior Warden's station?"

 

Senior Deacon: "In the South, Worshipful."

 

Worship ful Master: "Brother Junior Warden,

the Senior Warden's station?"

 

Junior Warden: "In the West, Worshipful."

 

Worshipful Master: "Brother Senior Warden,

the Worshipful Master's station ? "

 

Senior Warden: "In the East, Worshipful."

 

Worshipful Master: "Why in the East?"

 

Senior Warden: "As the sun rises in the East

to open and govern the day, so rises the Worshipful

Master in the East" (Master rises to his feet) "to open

and govern his Lodge, set the Craft to work and

give them proper instruction."

 

 

 

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HAND BOOK OF FREEMASONRY.

 

 

 

Worshipful Master: "Brother Senior Warden,

it is my order that Keystone Lodge, No. 639, be now

opened on the second degree of Masonry. This you

will communicate to the Junior Warden in the South,

and he to the brethren, that all having due notice

thereof, may govern themselves accordingly."

 

Senior Warden: "Brother Junior Warden, it is

the order of the Worshipful Master that Keystone

Lodge, No. 639, be now opened on the second degree

of Masonry. This you will communicate to the breth-

ren, that all having due notice thereof may govern

themselves accordingly."

 

Junior Warden (three raps) : "Brethren, it is

the order of the Worshipful Master, communicated to

me by the way of the West, that Keystone Lodge, No.

639, be now opened on the second degree of Masonry.

Take due notice thereof, and govern yourselves ac-

cordingly."

 

Worshipful Master: "Together, brethren."

 

The Master leading off, and all the members

present looking towards the East, then make the due-

guard and sign of a Fellow Craft, as represented.

 

The due-guard or a Fellow Craft is made by

holding out the right hand a few inches from the lower

 

 

 

 

Due-guard

Fellow Craft.

 

 

 

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OPENING OF THE SECOND DEGREE. 27

 

button of the vest, the fingers extended and the palms

turned downward; raise the left arm so as to form a

right angle at the elbow, with the fingers extended

and the palm turned outward. This is in allusion to

the position in which the hands are placed while tak-

ing the obligation, "My right hand resting on the

Holy Bible, Square and Compass, my left forming a

right angle/' etc.

 

Now drop the left hand carelessly to the side,

and draw the right hand with the fingers a little bent

and turned inward, swiftly across the breast from left

 

 

 

 

Sign

Fellow Craft.

 

 

 

to right, and drop the hand perpendicularly to the

side. This is called the sign of a Fellow Craft, and

is in allusion to the penalty ,of the obligation, "Having

my left breast torn open, etc. (See obligation of

Fellow Craft, page 122.)

 

The Master gives two raps with his gavel, the

Senior Warden two, and the Junior Warden two ;

after which the Master, removing his hat, exclaims :

 

Worshipful Master: "Accordingly, I declare