Q. Give me the signs? [First sign made like Master Mason's, with hands clenched.] Q. To what does this sign allude? A. To the penalty of the obligation. [Second sign: bring your right hand upright, the palm outwards to guard your left cheek, your left hand supporting your elbow, then guard your right cheek with left hand, etc.] Q. To what does that sign allude? A. To the manner in which Moses guarded his eyes from the light of the burning bush, from which the Almighty revealed to him his true name. [Third sign is that of surprise: raise both hands as high as the shoulders, and step back with the right foot.] Q. To what does this sign allude? A. To the attitude of Solomon and Hiram, when the sacred treasure was first produced. Q. Give me the first token? [First token same as Intimate Secretary, giving the words Berith, Neder, Shelemoth] Q. What do those signify? A. Alliance, Promise and Protection. Q. To what do they allude? A. To the alliance of Moses and Aaron, of Solomon and Hiram, King of Tyre. The promise made by the Almighty to the ancient patriarchs that the true pronunciation of his name should be revealed to their posterity, and the perfection attained when this promise was fulfilled. Q. Give me the second token? [Pass from Master's grip, and seize his right arm above the elbow, and place your left hand on his right shoulder.] Q. Give me the third token? [With your left hand seize your brother's right elbow, and with your right hand, his right shoulder.] Q. Give me the three pass-words? A. First, Master Mason's; second, Elhanon; third, Fellow Craft's, repeated thrice. Q. Give me the three grand words? A. First, Gibulum; second, Eh-yeh-asher-eh-yeh. Q. What does that word signify? A. I am what I am. Third, El-hod-dihu kaw-lu. Q. What does that word signify? A. God be praised, we have finished it. Q. What followed? A. The Most Perfect caused me to pronounce the mysterious word of this degree. Q. Pronounce it? A. I cannot but once in my life. Q. How will you then give it? A. * * * * [A Hebrew pronunciation of God.] Q. What followed? A. The Most Perfect thus addressed me: "You are already acquainted with the fact, that the true pronunciation of the name of God was revealed to Enoch, and that he engraved the letters composing that name on a triangular plate of gold. The name was represented by the four Hebrew consonants, Jod, He, Vau, and He. The vowel sounds of this language being represented by points placed above the consonants, and being frequently omitted in writing, the consonants composing the mysterious word, at different ages, received different pronunciations. Hence, though the method of writing this word remained uniform, its pronunciation underwent many changes. These changes constitute what are termed the different ages of Masonry. These are 3, 5, 7 and 9. These are the three ages of Masonry, and are thus estimated: After the death of Enoch, the ineffable name was pronounced by