A. I was ordered to be returned to the place from whence I came, and reinvested of what I had been divested of, and wait the Worshipful Master's will and pleasure. King Solomon is said to have substituted, in place of the lost one, the word now used in the Master Masons' Degree, viz. They meet in the Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy of Holies of King Solomon's Temple.". 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. W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, do you know of any thing further before this Lodge of Masons previous to closing? 113:1 CASSIA--sometimes improperly and ignorantly used for acacia. 18.) W. M.--Brother Gabe, you will please approach the east. SD: The real grip of a Fellow Craft. I didn't know where I was to describe to a Taxi Company, I wasn't sure what to do. 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. To signify that my duties and obligations become more and more binding as I advance in Masonry. Ye brethren of "the mystic tie" [Masonry] what think ye! 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. WM: Begin you. SD: Foot to foot, knee to knee, breast to breast, hand to back, Do this three times three, hands coming together each time) 3 times and say: Amen, so be it. "O Lord, my God! 'The five points of fellowship are--foot to foot, knee to knee, breast to breast, hand to back, and cheek to cheek, or mouth to ear. ii. 6, p. 7. Conductor--By the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason. 1, It is generally known among Masons, that in the Northwestern States the lectures and "work" are those as taught by Barney. All the business of a "Blue Lodge" (a Lodge of three Degrees) is done in the Lodge while opened on this Degree, except that of entering an Apprentice or passing a Fellow Craft, when the Lodge is lowered from the Masters' Degree for that purpose. 16 and 17, pages 97 and 120; also see Note L, Appendix. M . 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. On the flap is delineated an eye, and on the area selections from the Master's carpet. SD: Shib 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.". 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. Hold up your heads, and hear your sentence. This retrospective cohort study used data collected from the labor ward of the Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Hail, The Master silently steps to the east, near the candidate's head, and strikes the hour of low twelve (which is twelve o'clock at night) on a triangle or bell. What have we done? 15. This interpretation is borne out in the higher Degrees of sublime Masonry. This sign is made by four motions and by three times three. p. 148. that my breast had been torn open, my heart plucked out and placed upon the highest pinnacle of the Temple, there to be devoured by the vultures of the air, ere I had consented to the death of so good a man as our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff.' An airport spokeswoman said flight QF144 flight from Auckland had issued a In order that I might travel in foreign countries, work and receive Master's wages, being better enabled to support myself and family, and contribute to the relief of worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. cement which unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends and brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, but that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work and best agree. "Mah-Ha-Bone" is the substitute for the Master's Word. and give three raps on the floor with his rod, the Junior Warden responding by three raps with his gavel. 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. In youth, in Entered Apprentices. . When all has been again quiet in the Lodge for a few seconds, the brethren jump up, commence laughing, singing, &c., exclaiming: No work to-day. J. W.--The password is right. When a candidate is 14.). ", "Yes, here is the body of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, in a mangled and putrid state. [5], I am the daughter of a Master Mason [Heber C. Kimball]! Senior Deacon passes on to the west, where the same questions are asked and answered as before, and the Senior Warden suffers them to pass on to the Worshipful Master in the east, where the same questions and answers are repeated. They usually meet in the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple. at the same time pulling up the evergreen--or acacia, as it is styled--at the head of the grave. 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. Now, as in p. 138 the former case, this arrangement would be impossible before the pillars were erected or the Middle Chamber built: and if it he pretended that any such plan was adopted after they were finished, the tragic drama could not be true because it professes to have been enacted before the Temple was completed. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? WM: Has it a name? After the sign is made, the whole party commence marching around the body with the sun, singing the following dirge; and, if the Lodge has an organ or melodeon, it is played on this occasion, in a very solemn and impressive manner. It is my orders that you be taken without the gates of the court, and be executed, according to your several imprecations, in the clefts of the rocks. The Master now gives and explains to the candidate the several signs and tokens of this Degree, commencing with the first (see Figs. 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.) 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! Our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, was slain at high twelve. John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal any of the secrets, arts, parts, point or points, of the Master Masons' Degree, to any person or persons whomsoever, except it be to a true and lawful brother of this Degree, or in a regularly constituted Lodge of Master Masons, nor unto him, or them, until by strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall have found him, or them, as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. "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. 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. FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE (Second Degree in the Blue Lo "SHIBBOLETH" PASS GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT (HANDSHAKE), "JACHIN" REAL GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT (HANDSHAKE). Give me the Master's word, or I will take your life in a moment! FAIR is controlled and operated by the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR). Q. Most adult men in Hancock County, Illinois, were Masons, and there were Masons in the mob that attacked the jail. (Gives one rap (), when the Junior Deacon, at the inner door of the Lodge, rises to his feet.) Craft.". Conductor. (Gives one rap (), steps to his desk, and turns the small column down on its side, as already explained.). (1 Kings vii. Upon which they rushed in, seized, bound, and brought them before King Solomon; who, after due conviction of their guilt, ordered them to be executed according to their several imprecations upon their own heads, uttered from the clefts of the rocks. 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 this purpose the ACACIA was used.--Lexicon. A. I did, by order of the Worshipful Master and the assistance of the brethren. knowest our down-sitting and our uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. 18.) The above is the "Emulation" form but another reading is this:- This is said to have been the S. used by Joshua when fighting the battles of the Lord "in the going down to Beth-Horon". According to Masonic code, any Mason who hears another Mason utter the Grand Hailing Sign must come to his aid. The room is cleared by removing the altar and lights, and the two large pillars used in the Second Degree. S. W.--The candidate is in order, Worshipful, and awaits your further will and pleasure. 2. 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. 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. who has hitherto answered for you, will do so at this time. The Hailing Sign: whence did it take its rise? In Scotland the arrangement is east, south, and west. of a Fellow Craft. The thumbs of both hands are interlaced. WM: Syllable it and begin. 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. On entering the second time, you were received on the angle of the square, which was also explained to you. Do good unto all. ", WM: Brother Senior Deacon. (Joseph and the other Mormons in the jail were Masons, Joseph himself having been initiated on 15 March 1842.). [Demonstrates] This sign was actually given during World War II when a U-boat captain was about to torpedo an American ship dead in the water.. 2022. K. S.--No work laid out--no designs drawn on the trestle-board? Oh! We will carry the body a westerly course from the Temple to the brow of the hill west of Mount Moriah, where I have dug a grave due east and west, six feet perpendicular. A. 5, 6, and 7, pages 17 and 18) and ending with the grips. 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. 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. K. S.--I fear that some accident has befallen him. The ruffians being executed, the brethren all return quietly to the Lodge, when one of them reports, in a loud tone of voice: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, your orders have been duly executed upon the three murderers of Grand Master, Hiram Abiff." W. M.-- Why in the west, and your duty there, Brother Senior? Senior Warden, one. S. W.--In order that I might travel in foreign countries, work, and receive Master's wages, being better enabled to support myself and family, and contribute to the relief of worthy distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. About this time, the twelve Fellow Crafts, who had recanted from their murderous designs, appeared before King Solomon, clothed in white gloves and aprons, in token of their innocence, acknowledging their premeditated guilt, and, kneeling, implored his pardon. 67.). Captain--Very well, you can have a passage. J. W.--Brethren, you are now called from refreshment to labor again. Conductor here takes off the hoodwink and removes the cable-tow, and all around the altar place their hands in the position of the duegard of a Master Mason. J. W. (offering his hand to candidate.) 2. SD: The pass-grip of a Master Mason. WM My Brother, the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress of a Master Mason is given in this manner raising the hands toward Heaven, your arms forming a square, and lowering them by three Conductor--From the "real grip" of a Fellow Craft to the pass grip of a Master Mason. SD: From the pass-grip of a Master Mason to the real grip of the Many accounts exist of it being used during the Civil War. WM: Pass. A. Candidate. Second Ruffian--We shall be taken and put to death. WM: Will you give it to me? The Senior Deacon steps to the Master, and whispers in his ear, "Tubal Cain.". WM: Will you give it to me? Cand: Bone, being sure the candidate fully The Lodge is closed in nearly the same manner that it is opened, and, in fact, all three of the Degrees are closed alike. The sign of the Fellow Craft alludes to the penalty of the Fellow Craft obligation. S. W.--I did not, but found a substitute. ii. A. WM: bal --Nothing, Worshipful (some say), in the west. which constitute our authority for affirming that no such event ever happened; for H. A. SD: It has. The Senior Warden then takes the candidate's right hand, giving the real grip of a Fellow Craft (see Fig. 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. 1. As his feet went out of the window my head went in, the balls whistling all around. I made it about a half mile, the Painkillers wore off and I could barely walk. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of FAIR, its officers, directors or supporters. A. They usually meet on the Ground Floor of King Solomon's Temple. You will pass on to the Senior Warden's station in the west, for his examination. As soon as the craftsman has finished this report, another party arrives with the ruffians, and reports as follows: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, while sitting down to rest and refresh ourselves, we heard the following horrid exclamations from the clefts of the adjacent rocks. Candidate. SD: It has. 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. 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. (Deacon opens the door, and delivers his message.). After calling a few more names, which are responded to by the brethren, he says: "Jubelo! Ruffian--You have (here Master seizes the candidate more fiercely, and affects a great earnestness of purpose) escaped "Jubela" and "Jubelo"; me you cannot escape; my name is "Jubelum!" Q. The Senior Warden approaches the candidate and ties the apron upon him, with the flap and corners turned down, and says: The conductor now conducts the candidate back to the Worshipful Master in the east. S. D.--Brother Junior Deacon, is he worthy and well qualified? The Master now steps back about three paces from the altar, and says. Copyright 1997-2023 by The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved. You have a pass from King Solomon, I presume? Junior Warden, one. We feel our own feet sliding from the precarious brink on which We stand, and a few more suns, and we will be whelmed neath death's awful wave, to rest in the stilly shades, and darkness Said silence will reign around our melancholy abode. WM: Jachin, my Brother, is the name of this grip, and should It is a dangerous coast, and we shall be taken; for before this time our escape is discovered, and the sea-coast will be lined with our pursuers. Then one of the best posted relates the responded following, in a clear and distinct voice: "Most Worshipful King Solomon, we come to inform you that fifteen of us Fellow Crafts, seeing the Temple about to be completed, and being desirous of obtaining the secrets of a Master Mason, by which we might travel in foreign countries, and receive Master's wages, entered into a horrid conspiracy to extort them from our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, or take his life; but, reflecting with horror on the atrocity of the crime, twelve of us recanted; but the other three persisted in their murderous design, and we fear that they have taken the Grand Master's life. SD: From the pass-grip of a Fellow Craft, to the real grip They repaired to the grave, when King Solomon ordered one of the Fellow Crafts to take the body by the Entered Apprentice grip, and see if it could be raised; but, on account of its high state of decomposition, it could not be raised--the flesh cleaved from the bone. 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