A silent tongue teaches me to be silent in the lodge, that the peace and harmony thereof may not he disturbed; but more especially that I should be silent when before the enemies of Masonry. 0000097816 00000 n Blue Ridge Masonic Lodge 435 Af amp AM Highlands North. Officially, the Grand Lodge was founded on 24 June 1717, St. John the Baptist's day, when four existing Lodges gathered at the . ", "You being hoodwinked how did you know it to be a door? By 1817, this had been adapted to conform to the new UGLE ritual put forward by the "Lodge of Reconciliation", and arranged into 15 individual sections that were grouped into three Lectures, one for each degree of Craft Freemasonry.[2]. [2], At the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) in 1813, the various Masonic rituals then in use in England and Wales were standardized under the supervision of the Duke of Sussex. To wait until the Worshipful Master could be informed of my request and his answer returned. Who comes there? What are the working tools of a master mason? Should interest, honor, prejudice, or human depravity ever influence you to violate any part of the sacred trust we now repose in you, let these two important words, at the earliest insinuation, teach you to put on the check-line of truth, which will infallibly direct you to pursue that strait and narrow path, which ends in the full enjoyment of the Grand Lodge above, where we shall all meet as Masons and members of one family; where all discord on account of religion, politics or private opinion shall be unknown and banished from within our walls. The first set consists of the square, level, and plumb rule. Where were you first prepared to be made a Mason? He directed me to the worshipful master in the east, where the same questions were asked, and like answers returned as before. I was ordered to be reconducted to the place whence I came, there to be reinvested of what I had been divested, and await the worshipful master's further will and pleasure. ", "He ordered me to be conducted out of the lodge and vested of what I had been divested, and returned for further instructions. He ordered me to be reconducted to the senior warden in the west, who taught me to approach the east, advancing by three upright, regular steps, my feet forming the right angle of a perfect square, my body erect to the worshipful master in the east. An attempt was made to burn down the publishing house, and separately, Morgan was arrested on charges of petty larceny. [11][12], Freemasons often say that they "are not a secret society, but rather a society with secrets". Duncan S Masonic Ritual And Monitor Master Mason Or. 0000002052 00000 n Veteran RVers, they’ve explored 44 of the 50 U.S. states so far, staying in literally hundreds of campgrounds and parks.

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