The Mysteries of Free Masonry: Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge — John Shaqi
The Mysteries of Free Masonry: Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's LodgeMorgan, William
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The Mysteries of Free Masonry: Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge
Morgan, William
Freemasonry -- United States -- Rituals
Q. How explained? A. The Bible to God, it being the inestimable gift
of God to man for his instruction, to guide him through the rugged
paths of life; the Square to the Master, it being the proper emblem
of his office: the Compass to the Craft; by a due attention to which
we are taught to limit our desires, curb our ambition, subdue our
irregular appetites, and keep our passions and prejudices in due
bounds with all mankind, but more especially with the brethren.
Q. Has your Lodge any ornaments? A. It has; the Mosaic, or checkered
pavement; the indented tressel; that beautiful tesselated border which
surrounds it, with the blazing star in the centre.
Q. What do they represent? A. The Mosaic, or checkered pavement,
represents this world; which, though checkered over with good and
evil, yet brethren may walk together thereon and not stumble; the
indented tressel, with the blazing star in the centre, the manifold
blessings and comforts with which we are surrounded in this life, but
more especially those which we hope to enjoy hereafter; the blazing
star, that prudence which ought to appear conspicuous in the conduct
of every Mason, but more especially commemorative of the star which
appeared in the East to guide the wise men to Bethlehem, to proclaim
the birth and the presence of the Son of God.
Q. Has your Lodge any lights? A. It has; three.
Q. How are they situated? A. East, West, and South.
Q. Has it none in the North? A. It has not.
Q. Why so? A. Because this and every other Lodge is, or ought to be, a
true representation of King Solomon's Temple, which was situated North
of the ecliptic; the Sun and Moon, therefore, darting their rays from
the South, no light was to be expected from the North; we, therefore,
Masonically, term the North a place of darkness.
Q. Has your Lodge any jewels? A. It has; six; three movable and three
immovable.
Q. What are the three movable jewels? A. The Square, Level, and Plumb.
Q. What do they teach? A. The Square, morality; the Level, equality;
and the Plumb, rectitude of life and conduct.
Q. What are the three immovable jewels? A. The rough Ashlar, the
perfect Ashlar, and the Tressel-Board.
Q. What are they? A. The rough Ashlar is a stone in its rough and
natural state; the perfect Ashlar is also a stone, made ready by the
working tools of the Fellow Craft to be adjusted in the building; and
the Tressle-Board is for the master workman to draw his plans and
designs upon.
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