These implements are both used as will be described hereafter. Conductor--I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it. W. M.--You will detach your hands and kiss the book. The ruffians buried the body in the rubbish of the Temple until low-twelve, or twelve at night, when they met by agreement and carried it a westerly course from the Temple, to the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah, where they buried it in a grave dug due east and west, six feet, perpendicular, at the head of which they planted an acacia, in order to conceal it, and that the place might be known, should occasion ever require, and made their escape. You will pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. "All this I most solemnly, sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steady resolution to perform the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, or secret evasion of mind what-ever, binding myself, under no less penalty than that of having my body severed in two,1 my bowels taken from thence and burned to ashes, the ashes scattered before the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had of so vile and wicked a wretch as I would be, should I ever, knowingly, violate this my Master Mason's obligation. He walked in front of the vehicle and gave (what I know now as the grand hailing sign of distress) and within less than a minute two or three cars had pulled over to assist us. He has not been seen since high twelve yesterday. What say you, guilty or not guilty? S. W.--I did not, but found a substitute. And Dalcho observes that the interpolated word is not to be found in any language that ever was used. Brother Gabe, you discover me approaching you from the east, under the duegard (some say--step, duegard, and sign) of a Master Mason; and, in token of the further continuance of my brotherly love and favor, I present. On your return to the Lodge, where were you placed? with the Senior Deacon, who is standing next to the candidate, who is still Amen.". When In this state of darkness and despair she lay until the Saviour came, instituted the five points of Christian fellowship, and raised her from the dust, in which she had been indecently interred, to a more glorious inheritance."--Theo. But what were our orders? The candidate is divested of all wearing apparel, except his shirt and drawers, and if he has not the latter, he is furnished with a pair by the brethren preparing him. that my throat had been cut across," &c., &c. The second was the voice of Jubelo, exclaiming: "Oh! [ Explanation of Fig. According to the accounts of both John Taylor and Willard Richardsthe two eyewitnesses who survived the mob's attack on Carthage jailJoseph Smith's final words were "O Lord, my God!". (See sign of a Master Mason, Fig. --What is that? Craftsmen, we are having good times; I wonder if it will last. J. W.--The token is right, and the pass is right. p. 175. First Ruffian--We cannot make our escape in that way. This sign is made by four motions and by three times three. B., who has been regularly initiated Entered Apprentice, passed to the Degree of Fellow Craft, and now wishes. "Further, that I will not sit in a Lodge of clandestine-made Masons, nor converse on the subject of Masonry with a clandestine-made Mason, nor one who has been expelled or suspended from a Lodge, while under that sentence, knowing him or them to be such. S. D.--Has he made suitable proficiency in the preceding degrees? Second Ruffian--We shall be taken and put to death. It is given by raising both hands toward heaven, with each arm forming W. M.--Why leave you the west, and travel toward the east! W, M.--Is he worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared? time, pushing him backward, brings the candidate's heels against the edge of the canvas, trips him up, and the candidate falls upon his back, caught in the canvas clear of the floor, unharmed, but, in many instances, badly frightened. What! How many constitute a Fellow Crafts' Lodge? Heretofore you have had some one to pray for you, but now you have none. 1 This word cannot be given in any other way, and by Masons is considered a test of all book Masons. You have a rough and rugged road to travel, beset with thieves, robbers, and murderers; and should you lose your life in the attempt, it will not be the first instance of the kind, my brother. The Master now gives and explains to the candidate the several signs and tokens of this Degree, commencing with the first (see Figs. But few Masons take sufficient interest in Masonry to be advanced further, and consequently do not get the password which was lost by the tragical death of Hiram Abiff. Every human being has a claim upon your kind offices. 2. Attempting to get up, he exclaims, "Hallo! [paragraph continues] Lodges, until future generations should find out the right one. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, do you know any further business before this Lodge of Master Masons before we proceed to close? The Junior Deacon advances, followed by the Stewards, with rods, when the Senior Deacon stops them, by placing his hand against the candidate, at the same time saying: S. D.--Brother Gabe, on entering this Lodge the first time, you were received on the point of the compasses, pressing your naked left breast, the moral of which was explained to you. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.". The Senior Warden then takes the candidate's right hand, giving the real grip of a Fellow Craft (see Fig. His friends now approach him, and congratulate him upon his Masonic appearance, asking him how he likes the degree, and if he is not glad he is through, &c., &c. The object of this is to mislead the candidate, and to impress upon his mind the idea that there is no more of the ceremony, and that his initiation is completed. Conductor--Brother Gabe, an obligated Master Mason. 1 (See p. W. M. (lifting the candidate up.) Both points of the compasses elevated above the square, which was to teach me never to lose sight of those truly Masonic virtues, which are friendship, morality, and brotherly love. ii. What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? The Grand Hailing Sign of Distress. In the mean time, the canvas is slipped out of the Lodge, and as the Master commences to give or whisper the word in the candidate's ear, some one of the brethren slips off the hoodwink, and this is the first time he has seen light, probably, in an hour. But we must look a little closer into the manner of making a covenant, in order to discover the connection of the different penalties as references to one entire ceremony. Breast to breast--that you will ever keep in your breast a brother's secrets, when communicated to and received by you as such, murder and treason excepted. 140:1 The questions and answers in this lecture, relative to the disposition of the body and its discovery, &c., &c., are precisely like the historical part of this Degree, page 122, or that portion describing the conferring of the Degree, page 107. In some Lodges, the brethren on this occasion attire the candidate with a very rich apron and yoke. The Master either reads or repeats the following from a Monitor, which by many is committed to memory; but when he has the "work" (i.e., that part which is not monitorial), it is not necessary that he should commit to memory what is called the Master's carpet of emblems, but as it is a part of the initiation of the Third Degree, the author proposes to give it in its regular order of Lodge business. K. S.--Jubela, you stand charged as accessory to the death of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. A. 3.. . 99:1 The jewels of a Masters' Lodge are suspended from blue velvet collars, bordered and embroidered with silver. This, my brother, may soon designate our last resting-place in that everlasting and silent abode, that haven of rest, that peaceful home, "where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.". It is very singular, that, a man so celebrated as Hiram Abiff was, universally acknowledged as the third most distinguished man then living, and, in many respects, the greatest man in the world, should pass from off the stage of action, in the presence of King Solomon, three thousand three hundred grand overseers, and one hundred and fifty thousand workmen, with whom he had spent a number of years, and with King Solomon, his bosom friend, without any of his numerous confrres even recording his death, or any thing, A Master Masons' Lodge is styled by the Craft the "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies, of King Solomon's Temple," and when the Lodge is opened on this Degree, both points of the compasses are elevated above the square. A. And now, my brethren, let us see to it, and so regulate our lives by the plumb-line of justice, ever squaring our actions by the square of virtue, that when the Grand Warden of Heaven may call for us, we may be found ready; let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession--brotherly love, relief, and truth--and, from the square, learn morality; from the level, equality; from the plumb, rectitude of life. On entering the second time, you were received on the angle of the square, which was also explained to you. SD: C The brethren form around the Secretary like a class at school. John Taylor, a Master Mason himself, wrote: WM: Will you be off or from? As they approach the west, the Senior Warden steps out as did the Junior Warden, facing the candidate, and, clinching him by the collar more roughly than the Junior Warden, exclaiming as follows: S. W. (Second Ruffian.) Ford, for their protection, and were then shot to death, while, with uplifted hands they gave such signs of distress as would have commanded the interposition and benevolence of Savages or Pagans. The Ruffians now return near to the body, when the following conversation takes place: First Ruffian--What shall we do in this case? W. M.--Brother Gabe, you are not yet a Master Mason, neither do I know that you ever will be, until I know how well you will withstand the amazing trials and dangers that await you. Subsequently to 1818, Brother Barney went to the Western and Southwestern States, and, being in delicate health, adopted the profession of Masonic lecturing as a means of subsistence. who has hitherto answered for you, will do so at this time. it was I that struck him harder than you both; it was I that gave him the fatal blow; it was I that killed him.' Godwyn says: 'Making a covenant was a solemn binding of each other to the performance of a mutual promise, by outward ceremonies of cutting a beast in twain, and passing between the parts thereof' (Jer. (makes the sign, see Fig. The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to spread the cement, which unites a building into one common mass; but we, as free and accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection, &c., &c. (See Monitor for the balance of this answer, or page 99 of this work.). 120:1 Respecting the lost word and its substitute, some say that King Solomon advised the change, while others affirm that the three Fellow Crafts adopted the substituted word without consulting him. have you seen any strangers pass this way? One of the ruffians exclaims: Now let us make our escape out of the country. A. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, how should Masons meet? Q. Herod, and Pilate. What is that? WM: Syllable it and begin. Joseph leaped from the window, and was shot dead in the attempt, exclaiming: O Lord my God! At what hour was our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, slain? and brotherly love, and will invest you with the pass-grip, pass-word, While in this position, and at low breath, the Worshipful and inculcated by Robert Morris,1 is generally accepted as the "Work" of ancient origin, and there is not much doubt but that it will be adopted by the Grand Lodges throughout the United States. We are all born to die; we follow our friends to the brink of the grave, and, standing on the shore of a vast ocean, we gaze with exquisite anxiety until the last struggle is over, and we see them sink into the fathomless abyss. S. W. (rising to his feet, and giving the sign of a Master Mason, if opened on that Degree.) it. --Brother Junior Grand Warden, what means all this confusion among the workmen? They have now passed around the Lodge three times, and as. ", "Yes, here is the body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, in a mangled and putrid state. B. not only lived to finish all the work, in whatever capacity he might have been engaged, but also, according to the testimony of Josephus, who calls him ABDEMON, he returned to Tyre, and died there at a good old age.--The Freemason's Treasury, pp. K. S.--Vile, impious wretches! After prayer, King Solomon took the body by the strong grip of a Master Mason, or lion's paw, and raised it on the five points of fellowship, which have been explained to you. It means, The Senior Deacon, who has stationed himself at the inner door, at the right of the Senior Warden, on hearing these raps rises to his feet, makes the sign of a Master Mason to the Master (see Fig. He cannot be found. "Further, that I will not give the Grand Masonic word, in any other manner or form than that in which I shall receive it, and then in a low breath. WM: Ma By being divested of all metals and minerals, neither naked nor clothed; barefoot nor shod; hoodwinked; a cable-toe three times around my body; left foot; both knees and both breast bare; clothed as a Fellow Craft; in which condition I was conducted to a door and caused to give three distinct knocks. In the Adonhiramite Masonry, which was used there about 1787, the doors are not mentioned at all.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 307. And immediately one of the most intelligent brethren stations himself at the door of the ante-room, and when those who have been acting the part of the ruffians approach him, the following colloquy ensues: First Ruffian--Hallo, friend! W. M.--If you are satisfied it is high twelve, you will erect your column, and call the craft from labor to refreshment, for the space of thirty minutes (or fifteen minutes, as the case may be), calling them in at the sound of the gavel. Universal benevolence you are always to cultivate; and, by the regularity of your own behavior, afford the best example for the conduct of others less informed. Conductor here instructs candidate to pass his thumb from the second joint to space beyond, which is the second space. The candidate generally gets this from some of the brethren who are well posted in the work. 147:1 A Grand Lecturer is elected annually at the session of the Grand Lodge of each State. --Your duty there, Brother Junior Deacon? As you are uninstructed, he who has hitherto WM: How will you dispose of it? It is not, however, with the physical representation of the sign that we are here concerned, so much as with the explanation of the derivation of that sign. --The Freemason's Treasury, p. 213. This reference to Jeremiah, where the prophet denounced the curse of the Lord upon the Princes and rulers who had broken the covenant which they had made with King Zedekiah, may explain the self-imposed penalty of J------ (Jubelum)." Besides, when a work is nearly completed, the necessity of Plans and designs ceases altogether. The subject was there referred for examination to a committee, which reported that these lectures were according to the most approved method of 'work' in the United States, and proposed to give Brother Barney letters of recommendation to all Lodges and brethren in all parts as a brother well qualified to give Masonic information to any desirous of his services. What is that? A. Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! or a Fellow Crafts Lodge, this pass-word will be demanded of you by one The candidate then kneels, and the conductor ties a hoodwink very closely over both eyes, so that he cannot see. The sign of the Fellow Craft alludes to the penalty of the Fellow Craft obligation. A sufficient number of the brethren now take up the body (yet rolled up in the canvas), and, raising it on their shoulders, proceed to carry it around the Lodge, head foremost, three times, in representation of ascending a hill, the last time halting in the west end of the Lodge, nearly in front of the Senior Warden's station, and a little to the right. SD: It has. (Sits down.). SD: Tu Upon arriving there they commence to lower it into the grave, as they style it, but in reality only from their shoulders to the floor. This is the Grand Hailing Sign or Sign of Distress, and is given by raising the hands above the head, letting them fall by three distinct motions. A. --Nothing, Worshipful. Where is our good Master Joseph and Hyrum? WM: Ha. J. W.--High twelve, Worshipful. knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. 6, p. Not since high twelve yesterday, &c., &c. J. G. W.--Most Worshipful King Solomon, diligent search has been made. Ruffians--We will go back and get a pass, if that is the case. Brother Grand Secretary (turning to the Secretary of the Lodge), you will go out and see to calling the several rolls of the craft, and report to me as soon as possible. I'll hear no more of your cavilling! I will suffer you to pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. with hands, eternal in the heavens," where no discordant voice shall be heard, but all the soul shall experience shall be perfect bliss, and all it shall express shall be perfect praise, and love divine shall ennoble every heart, and hallelujahs exalted employ every tongue. WM: What is the proper position to receive it? --I have none, Worshipful. 5, 6, pp. SD: From. ), "Kneeling on both my naked knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible, square, and compasses.". Whence did it take its rise ? on the Five Points of Fellowship as the SD names them.) You will remember you promised us, that when the Temple was completed, we should receive the secrets of a Master Mason, whereby we might travel in foreign countries, work, and receive Master's wages. They usually meet in the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple. W. M.--Brother Gabe, the second section of this degree exemplifies an instance of virtue, fortitude, and integrity seldom equalled, if ever excelled, in the history of man. As the Master makes this sign, he says: "O Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever lost!". SD: Worshipful Master. A candidate for the sublime Degree of a Master Mason is generally (as in the preceding Degrees) prepared by the Junior Deacon and the two Stewards, or some other brethren acting as such. MASTER MASON DEGREE (Third Degree in the Blue Lodg "TUBALCAIN" PASS GRIP OF A MASTER MASON (HANDSHAKE), "MA-HA-BONE" REAL GRIP OF A MASTER MASON (HANDSHAKE). See Joshua X: 11-14. "Here another guest we bring. What did the Worshipful Master do with you? 6. Whether or not Joseph Smiths last words were intended to be the masonic Grand Hailing Sign of Distress is a question that cannot be answered. W. M.--Has any brother present any thing to offer for the benefit of Masonry? 116:1 The occasion of the brethren searching so diligently for their Master was, to receive from him the secret word of Masonry, which should be delivered down as a test to the fraternity of after ages.--Historical Land marks, vol. The sign is made by cupping the right hand over the After receiving instruction in the proper communication of the substitute for the Master's Word, the candidate is then instructed in regards to the Grand Hail, "Furthermore, I do promise and swear that I will not give the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress of a Master Mason, except for the benefit of the Craft while at work or for the instruction of a Brother, unless I am in real distress; and should I see the sign given, or hear the word spoken, I will hasten to the relief of the person so giving it.". WM: Will you give it to me? At this time a party arrived with the ruffians, and related that, while sitting down to rest and refresh themselves, they heard the following horrid exclamations from the clefts of an adjacent rock: the first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming, "Oh! A. Q. Mormon writers, intent on distancing the Sec.--Most Worshipful King Solomon, the several rolls have been called, and reports made, by which it appears that three Fellow Crafts are missing, namely, Jubela, .Jubelo, and Jubelum, who, from the similarity of their names, I presume are brothers, and men from Tyre. There are three of them, and only three of us. Junior Deacon here steps forward and whispers in the Senior Deacon's ear, "Tubal Cain.". One system says fifteen Fellow Crafts went in search; another, twelve; and asserts that the three (murderers) left the sprig of acacia: others affirm that it was the recanters who placed it there as a mark. for the Master's Word in any other way or manner than that in which I receive 87:1 Our present Third Degree is not architectural, but traditionary, historical, and legendary; its traditions being unfortunately hyperbolical; its history apocryphal, and its legends fabulous.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 222. No three States in the Union "work" alike. Conductor (S. D.) leads the candidate up in front of the Master's seat in the east. (Master has a small trowel, which he shows the candidate as he commences to read concerning it. And, if finished, he would not have been permitted to enter it; for one living person alone possessed that privilege, viz., the High Priest, and he only once a year. When through, signify by saying Amen, and arise and pursue your journey. "5th. Upon which the three Fellow Crafts rush forward over benches and chairs, and secure the ruffians in no very gentle manner, and lead them to the Worshipful Master's seat in the east, when one of them reports to the Master: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, I, being one who pursued a westerly course, and, on my return, after several days of fruit-less search, being more weary than my companions, sat down on the brow of a hill to rest and refresh myself; and, on rising, accidentally caught hold of a sprig of acacia,1 which, easily giving way, excited my suspicions. SD: I did not so receive it; neither will I so impart it. In the character of a Master Mason, you are authorized to correct the errors and irregularities of your uninformed brethren, and to guard them against a breach of fidelity. A. Take a handkerchief by the corner with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and raise the hand and handkerchief up on a level with the right shoulder. "BOAZ" A. I was conducted to the Worshipful Master in the east, who presented me with the working-tools of a Master Mason, which are all the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel. 6 .--In making this sign, You have this evening represented one of the greatest men, and perhaps the greatest Mason, the world ever knew, viz., our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, who was slain just before the completion of King Solomon's Temple. Some Lodges have a small box with a house-plant or dry twig in it, which is set down on the floor near the candidate's head. The first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming: "Oh! A. The Worshipful Master approaching me from the east, under the duegard of a Master Mason, who, in token of further continuance of his brotherly love and favor, presented me with his right hand, and with it the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason, and ordered me to arise and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as such. 127-130. How came he to be assassinated at that hour? The Worshipful Master here gives the candidate a blow on his head with a buckskin bag, or setting-maul;1 at the same. W. M.--Reading of the present communication. If it was of my own free-will and accord, if I was worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared, had made suitable proficiency in the preceding Degree, and was properly vouched for; all which being answered in the affirmative, I was asked by what further right or benefit I expected to gain admission. This proper means for an exchange of the substitute The exact method of the sign, is closely held by Masons. After receiving instruction in the proper communication of the substitute for the Master's Word, the candidate is then instructed in regards to the Grand Hail i ng Sign of Distress. It is given by raising both hands toward heaven, with each arm forming the angle of a square, or a 90 degree angle. --Brother Gabe, I presume you now consider yourself a Master Mason, and, as such, entitled to all the privileges of a Master Mason, do you not? 1. (Shakes candidate. K. S. (to the S. W.)--My worthy brother of Tyre, I shall endeavor (with your assistance) to raise the body by the strong grip, or lion's paw, of the tribe of Judah. As they start, the conductor commences to relate to the candidate the following: Conductor--Brother, it was the usual custom of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff (this is the first he hears about Hiram Abiff), to enter into the unfinished "Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies," of King Solomon's Temple, each day at high twelve, while the craft were called from labor to refreshment, for the purpose of drawing out his designs upon the trestle-board, whereby the craft might pursue their labors; after which, it was further his custom to offer up his devotions to the Deity. --To see that the Lodge is duly tyled. Wait until the Temple is completed, and then, if you are found worthy and well qualified, you will unquestionably receive the secrets of a Master Mason; but, until then, you cannot. The Lodge is closed in nearly the same manner that it is opened, and, in fact, all three of the Degrees are closed alike. Here Lodges differ in their mode of work; some only pass the candidate around the Lodge once, and as he passes the Junior and Senior Wardens he gives the Master's sign. A. Turning in his seat toward the Treasurer's desk, he says to the Treasurer: "My worthy brother of Tyre, as the Master's word is now lost, the first sign given at the grave, and the first word spoken, after the body is raised, shall be adopted for the regulation of all Masters' Lodges, until future generations shall find out the right. (See Fig. Let no motive, there-fore, make you swerve from your duty, violate your vows, or betray your trust; but be true and faithful, and imitate the example of that celebrated artist whom you this evening represent. WM: Mark the difference, my Brother, Heretofore your answer at the same time pulling up the evergreen--or acacia, as it is styled--at the head of the grave. J. D. (makes sign.) The sign is made by drawing the right hand rapidly The three that pursued a westerly course, coming down near the port of Joppa, met with a seafaring man, of whom they made inquiry, if he had seen any strangers pass that way; he informed them that he had, three, who, from their appearance, were work-men from the Temple, seeking a passage into Ethiopia, but not having King Solomon's pass, were not allowed to obtain one, and had returned back into the country. The Mason firmly grasps the right hand of a fellow Mason. As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up, so man lieth down, and riseth not up till the heavens shall be no more. Conductor--The pass grip of a Master Mason. The Worshipful Master gives one rap with his gavel, when all the brethren retire to their seats, leaving at the altar the Master, conductor, and candidate. Very rich apron and yoke to the candidate up. death of Grand. 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