[paragraph continues] Master that you teach this candidate how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. The thumbs of both hands are interlaced. J. W.--The password is right. (Clinches candidate more fiercely.) The Senior Warden then takes the candidate's right hand, giving the real grip of a Fellow Craft (see Fig. A. The Grand Hailing Sign of Distress One classic Masonic pose, duplicated by or similar to that employed in many other Orders, is the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress. We are a volunteer organization. In the context of the global increase in the rate of cesarean deliveries, with an associated higher morbidity and mortality, this study aimed to investigate the role of maternal age and parity in the cesarean section rate among women in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia. The body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, was found in a westerly course from the Temple, where our weary brothers sat down to rest and refresh themselves. Let us go and report. A. How should a Master Mason wear his apron? K. S.--Jubela, you stand charged as accessory to the death of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. MASTER GIVING THE GRAND MASONIC WORD ON THE FIVE POINTS OF FELLOWSHIP. Jubela!! The third was the voice of Jubelum, exclaiming, louder than the rest: 'It was I that gave the fatal blow, it was I that killed him. The sign of the Entered Apprentice alludes to the penalty of the Entered A. They all pass out of the Lodge with a rush, into the ante-room, where they form into a circle. We were sent in haste and on urgent business; there was nothing said about giving us a pass, and we presume it was forgotten, or not deemed necessary. 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! ), The Master steps to the feet of the candidate, bending over, takes him by the real grip of a Master Mason, places his right foot against the candidate's. Master then whispers "Mah-Ha-Bone" into the ear of the candidate. A phrase or gesture which is only to be used in extreme circumstances is the Grand Masonic Hailing Sign of Distress, or "High Sign". A Masonic defendant in court or "caught in the pinch" might bury his head in his hands and cry, "Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son?" Not even the Bible, the writings of Josephus, nor any other writings, however ancient, of which we have any knowledge, furnish any information respecting his death. The apron is white, lined and bordered with blue. This sign is made by four motions and by three times three. B.? And Moses also, when he came down from the mount, hailed his brethren with this double sign (the first and second part) in order to arrest their attention, as a signal for them to attend to with the right-hand corner tucked up, and he wears a yoke with a Senior Warden's jewel attached to it. According to the Jewish law, no interments were permitted within the walls of the city, and as it was unlawful for the cohens or priests to pass over a grave, it became necessary to place marks wherever a dead body had been interred, to enable them to avoid it. When through, signify by saying Amen, and arise and pursue your journey. SD: The pass-grip of a Master Mason. A. W. M.--Brother Gabe, as you are clothed as a Master Mason,1 it is necessary that you should have the working-tools or a Master Mason. In some Lodges the following paraphrase of the above is sung; and if the Lodge have an organ, or melodeon, the singers are generally accompanied on the instrument: For balance of this paraphrase, see Freemason's Monitor, or Illustrations of Masonry, by Thomas S. Webb, p. 61. 129:1 THEOREM.--In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described p. 130 upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.--Euclid, Lib. "A few years afterward, on his return to his brethren in Vermont, he stated to them, as I have been credibly informed and believe, that he found in the Western and Southwestern States different systems of lecturing prevailing, and that, upon presenting Gleason's Lectures to them, they were objected to by the different Grand Masters, who would not sanction his lecturing in their respective jurisdictions, unless he would adopt the lectures then in use among them; that, desiring to pursue his occupation there, he learned the different systems of lecturing existing among them, and made use of his newly acquired knowledge under the sanction of the respective Grand Masters." . On being brought to light, what did you discover more than you had heretofore discovered? The missing word was found, after four hundred and seventy years, and was then, and still is, used in the Royal Arch Degree, as will be seen in the ceremonies of that Degree. "Further, that I will not have illegal carnal intercourse with a Master Mason's wife, his mother, sister, or daughter, nor suffer the same to be done by others, if in my power to prevent. with the Senior Deacon, who is standing next to the candidate, who is still The animal was then divided into two parts, and placed north and south, that the parties to the covenant may pass between them from east to west, and the carcase was then left as a prey to voracious animals. "I furthermore promise and swear, that I will stand to and abide by all laws, rules, and regulations of the Master Masons' Degree, and of the Lodge of which I may hereafter become a member, as far as the same shall come to my knowledge; and that I will ever maintain and support the constitution, laws, and edicts of the Grand Lodge under which the same shall be holden. *, At this point in the text there is an asterisk for a footnote which runs as follows:-. Candidate. Ruffians (affecting surprise.) Why, it is well known that the celebrated artist was living at Tyre many years after the Temple was completed.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 291. The brethren form around the Secretary like a class at school. S. W.--The candidate is in order, Worshipful, and awaits your further will and pleasure. The Senior Deacon steps to the Master, and whispers in his ear, "Tubal Cain.". J. G. W.--Most Worshipful King Solomon, there are at the gate twelve Fellow Crafts, who wish to be admitted: they say they come with important tidings. How many constitute an Entered Apprentices' Lodge? despicable villains! Take a handkerchief by the corner with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and raise I am the widow of a Master Mason [Joseph Smith] who, when leaping from the window of Carthage jail pierced with bullets, made the Masonic sign of distress; butthose signs were not heeded.[6]. Do good unto all. 155.). Conductor (S. D.)--Brother Gabe, who has been regularly initiated Entered Apprentice, passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, and now wishes to receive further light in Masonry, by being raised to the sublime Degree of a Master Mason. And at the same time he steps to the Master's desk, and re-ports as follows: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, I, being one of those who pursued a westerly course, coming down near the port of Joppa, met a seafaring man, of whom I inquired if he had seen any strangers pass that way; he informed me that he had--three--who from their appearance were workmen from the Temple, seeking a passage to Ethiopia, but not having King Solomon's pass, were not able to obtain one, and returned back into the country. There was nothing found on or about the body excepting the jewel of his office, by which his body was discovered. 1. Explanation of the Entered Apprentice sign: Draw the right hand rapidly 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. The brethren now all kneel around the body on one knee. A. Be diligent, prudent, temperate, discreet. (As explained from the preceding degrees, he then has this exchange and give three raps on the floor with his rod, the Junior Warden responding by three raps with his gavel. (At this time, the candidate is shown the Pass Grip) Emergency services are on standby at Sydney airport after a Qantas Airways Ltd flight issued a mayday signal on Wednesday. Behold! Are you a sea-captain? WM: Ma It is King Solomon's orders that the several rolls be called, and report made as soon as possible. Practically without exception, the first introduction to the Hailing Sign is received from the Master of the Lodge in which Brethren have been passed to the second degree. The method described is virtually identical for all workings, with certain minor variations. 113:2 Brother Goodacre, of the Witham Lodge, Lincoln, suggests that the various penalties which have been introduced into Freemasonry appear to have reference to a particular kind of covenant which was common among the Hebrews. Reader, I have given you the whole of the first three Degrees in Masonry. (Pronounced by the conductor--Tubal Cain.) For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will. 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. On the flap is delineated an eye, and on the area selections from the Master's carpet. How came he to be assassinated at that hour? 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. Phil., p. 297. 126.). He then turns to the Junior Warden, and says: "You will take the body by the Entered Apprentice grip, and see if it can be raised.". You should always remember it, for should you be present at the opening They shuffle about a few moments, when they are called to order by the sound of the gavel from the Master's seat in the east, who inquires in a loud voice as follows: W. M. (now styled King Solomon.) King Solomon then ordered them to take it by the Fellow Craft grip; but on trial, for the reason before given, the Fellow Craft's grip failed to benefit any--it could not be raised. (Gives candidate a sudden shake.). Remember that you have promised to befriend and relieve every brother, who shall need your assistance; you have promised to remind him, in the most friendly manner, of his errors, and, if possible, to aid him in a reformation. who has hitherto answered for you, will do so at this time. 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. Having my curiosity aroused, I examined it, and found it to be a grave.". Q. 147:1 A Grand Lecturer is elected annually at the session of the Grand Lodge of each State. --O Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever lost! While in this position, and at low breath, the Worshipful ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE (First Degree in the Bl "BOAZ" GRIP OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE (HANDSHAKE). Give me the pass-grip of [paragraph continues] Problem of Euclid, the Hour-Glass, the Scythe, and the Three Steps on the Master's Carpet. One of the brothers now takes off the jewel from the candidate's neck, and all repair to the Master's seat in the east, and report: Answer--A westerly course, where our weary brother sat down to rest and refresh himself. Is there no hope for the widow's son? WM: Begin you. : before Caiaphas. J. D. (makes sign.) Seven years; during which it rained not in the daytime, that the workmen might not be obstructed in their labor. "Solemn strikes the funeral chime, Notes of our departing time; As we journey here below, Through a pilgrimage of woe!" (Joseph and the other Mormons in the jail were Masons, Joseph himself having been initiated 40.) --Brother Junior Grand Warden, what means all this confusion among the workmen? Heretofore you have had some one to pray for you, but now you have none. How did the Worshipful Master dispose of you? 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. W. M.--Why in the south, and your duty there, Brother Junior? The brethren then all take their seats, and the candidate with them. Let him enter, and be received in due form. Now As you are uninstructed, he Upon which we rushed in, seized and bound the ruffians, and now have them before your majesty.". What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? This was an invention of our ancient friend and brother, the great Pythagoras, who, in his travels through Asia, Africa, and, Is an emblem of human life. J. W.--Pass. Jubela!!!" Whence did it take its rise ? (See Note Q, Appendix.). The next ceremony was to p. 114 tear the breast open and pluck out the heart, and if there were the least imperfection, the body would be considered unclean. K. S.--You twelve Fellow Crafts will go in search of the body, and, if found, observe whether the Master's word, or a key to it, or any thing that appertains to the Master's Degree, is on or about it. With these lectures he returned to Vermont, and submitted them to the Grand Lodge, at its annual session in October, 1817. Cheek to cheek, or mouth to ear--that you will ever caution and whisper good counsel in the ear of an erring brother, and, in the most friendly manner, remind him of his errors, and aid his reformation, giving him due and timely notice, that he may ward off approaching danger.". Then he would retire at the south gate of the outer courts of the Temple; and, in conformity with the custom of our Grand Master, whose memory we all so reverently adore, we will now retire at the south gate of the Temple. Brother Gabe, permit me to call your attention to the last emblem on the carpet--the spade, setting-maul, coffin, grave, and sprig of acacia. or a Fellow Crafts Lodge, this pass-word will be demanded of you by one The following appears to be the proper way:--After the candidate gets up from the altar, the conductor should lead him from the altar direct to the Junior Warden's station in the south. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, it is my orders that this Lodge be now closed, and stand closed until our next regular communication (barring emergency), when all, or a suitable number, shall have due and timely notice. --Grand Master Hiram, I am glad to meet you thus alone. On entering the second time, you were received on the angle of the square, which was also explained to you. The Senior Deacon then conducts the candidate to the Senior Warden in the west, and reports: S. D.--Brother Senior Warden, it is the orders of the Worshipful Master that you teach this candidate to approach the east, the place of further light in Masonry, by three upright, regular steps, his body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master in the east. 124:1 Can any living Mason be simple enough to believe that Dr. Anderson, in his "Defence of Masonry," intended to prove a real historical fact when he explained the exhumation of the body of H. A. ", "Yes, here is the body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, in a mangled and putrid state. First Ruffian, Jubela, generally the J. W. in the south. J. W.--Brother Gabe, is it of your own free-will and accord? no pass. W. M.--You will detach your hands and kiss the book. At the revival in 1717, they were called setting-tool, setting maul, and setting-beetle; later in the century, it was the twenty-four-inch gauge, square, and gavel; then the setting-tool, square, and rule; and now the plumb-rule, square, and strong or heavy maul.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 306. (Master has a small trowel, which he shows the candidate as he commences to read concerning it. The lecture is as follows: Q. (See grand hailing sign of distress, Fig. and cheek to cheek or mouth to ear. WM: Begin you. J. W. (makes the same sign as the Senior Warden.) Remember it more "especially to the household of the faithful.". The three Fellow Crafts who persisted in their murderous designs, knowing this to be his usual practice, placed themselves at the south, west, and east gates of the inner courts of the Temple, and there awaited his return. They returned and bore this information to King Solomon, who ordered them to disguise themselves and travel as before, with positive instructions to find the ruffians and with as positive assurance that, if they did not, they twelve should he deemed the murderers, and suffer severely for the crime committed. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, have you any alterations or additions to make to the minutes? In France, it was originally south, north, and east, but now west, south, and east. Sarah Lancashire has been praised as 'absolutely phenomenal' and hailed her as a 'GOAT' - one of the greatest actors of all time - following the latest episode of the BBC drama Happy Valley. has been; I did not so receive it, neither will I so impart it. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.". 2022 FAIR Conference videos are now available to watch! W. M.--Brother Gabe, you are kneeling, for the third time, at the altar of Masonry, to take upon yourself the solemn oath of a Master Mason; and I, as Master of this Lodge, take pleasure, as on former occasions, in informing you that there is nothing in it which will interfere with the duty you owe to your God, your neighbor, your country, or self. When was our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, found to be missing? Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, having finished his usual exercises, attempted to retire at the south gate, where he was accosted by Jubela, who thrice demanded of him the secrets of a Master Mason, or the Master's word; and, on being refused, gave him a blow with the twenty-four-inch gauge across the throat, upon which he fled, and attempted to pass out at the west gate, where he was accosted by Jubelo, who, in like manner, thrice demanded of him the secrets of a Master Mason, or the Master's word; and, on his being refused, gave him a blow with a square across his breast, upon which he fled, and attempted to make his escape out at the east gate, where he was accosted by Jubelum, who, in like manner, thrice demanded of him the secrets of a Master .Mason, or the Master's word: and, on his being refused, gave him a violent blow with a setting-maul, on his forehead, which felled him dead on the spot. SD: From the pass-grip of a Fellow Craft, to the real grip A. What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? across the neck as shown on the left. W. M.--Why in the east, and his duty there? B. The particular duties of the leaders of the respective bands of craftsmen are rehearsed. K. S.--Not been seen since high twelve yesterday! 112.) which constitute our authority for affirming that no such event ever happened; for H. A. the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I ever knowingly The three Fellow Crafts who persisted in their murderous designs, knowing this to be his usual practice, placed themselves at the south, west, and east gates of the inner courts of the temple, and there awaited his return. 17.) It is the general belief (and it would be readily inferred from most exposures of Masonry) that a candidate is knocked down with a large setting-maul kept for that purpose, but no reasonably sane person would for one moment entertain any such idea of the ceremony of making a Master Mason. They have now passed around the Lodge three times, and as. [paragraph continues] Deacon, and he (Junior Deacon) takes his seat near the door, at the right hand of the Senior Warden in the west, while the Senior Deacon proceeds to conduct the candidate, followed by the two Stewards, three times around the Lodge, during which time the Worshipful Master reads the following passage of Scripture: "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 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. K. S.--Vile, impious wretches! 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