always be given in this manner, by lettering or halving it. Is there no hope for the widow's son? 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. The sign is made by cupping the right hand over the After receiving instruction in the proper communication of the substitute for the Master's Word, the candidate is then instructed in regards to the Grand Hail, "Furthermore, I do promise and swear that I will not give the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress of a Master Mason, except for the benefit of the Craft while at work or for the instruction of a Brother, unless I am in real distress; and should I see the sign given, or hear the word spoken, I will hasten to the relief of the person so giving it.". A. The first was the voice of Jubela exclaiming:2 'Oh! See real grip of a Fellow Craft, Fig. What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? 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&39;s son". A. that my body had been severed in two, my bowels taken from thence," &c., &c. (See p. and more than all, what is the use of institutions which savages would honor, where civilized beings murder without cause or provocation? Q. They buried it in the rubbish of the Temple until low twelve, or twelve at night, when they met by agreement and carried it a westerly course from the Temple, to the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah, where they buried it in a grave dug due east and west, six feet perpendicular, at the head of which they planted an acacia, in order to conceal it, and that the place might be known, should occasion ever require; and then made their escape. 87:1 Our present Third Degree is not architectural, but traditionary, historical, and legendary; its traditions being unfortunately hyperbolical; its history apocryphal, and its legends fabulous.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 222. There is not only a sign, but words that accompany it. Most adult men in Hancock County, Illinois, were Masons, and there were Masons in the mob that attacked the jail. 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. ", "Oh! W. M.--The password is right. A. A. "Mah-Ha-Bone" is the substitute for the Master's Word. WM: Pass. 6 .--In making this sign, ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE (First Degree in the Bl "BOAZ" GRIP OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE (HANDSHAKE). To preserve the reputation of the fraternity unsullied must be your constant care; and, for this purpose, it is your province to recommend to your inferiors obedience and submission; to your equals, courtesy and affability; to your superiors, kindness and condescension. W. M.--Why in the south, and your duty there, Brother Junior? (They now pass to the pass grip of a Master Mason. --Brother Gabe, I presume you now consider yourself a Master Mason, and, as such, entitled to all the privileges of a Master Mason, do you not? Jubela!!!" W. M.--Why leave you the west, and travel toward the east! 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. Are you a sea-captain? Third Ruffian--But the rules are as strict in other ports as in this. The human body is only capable of holding a finite number of positions and consequently something resembling a FC sign can be found anywhere from Egyptian tomb paintings to the Mexico of Montezuma or the Arabian Bektashi ritual, quite without masonic context. Are you willing to take the oath? "Five constitute a Lodge of Fellow Crafts two Master Masons and three Fellow Crafts. 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. Third Ruffian, Jubelum, Candidate. Joseph's last exclamation was "O Lord my God! A. As they approach the Worshipful Master's station, he says: W. M.--Brother Senior Deacon, you will reconduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the west, with my orders that he teach him how to wear his apron as a Master Mason. At the usual report, preceded by an inquiry involving the best interests of Masonry, the brethren are again reminded what is the chief care of a Mason. On both points of the compasses, extending from my naked left to my right breast, which was to teach me that, as the most vital parts of man are contained within the breast, so the most excellent tenets of our institution are contained between the points of the compasses, which are, friendship, morality, and brotherly love. Amid its concerns and temptations, forget not the duties you have heard so frequently inculcated and so forcibly recommended in this Lodge. conceal it so that the place may be known should occasion hereafter require. 18.) towards the Master), and says: Brother, you will step off with your left foot one full step, and bring the heel of your right in the hollow of your left foot; now step off with your right foot, and bring the heel of your left in the hollow of your right foot; now step off with your left foot, and bring both heels together. WM: Has it a name? A. SD: I did not so receive it; neither will I so impart it. First Ruffian, Jubela, generally the J. W. in the south. The Worshipful Master approaching me from the east, under the duegard of a Master Mason, who, in token of further continuance of his brotherly love and favor, presented me with his right hand, and with it the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason, and ordered me to arise and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as such. The Word, which was said to be lost, was pronounced upon the cross, which the Jews could not comprehend. Q. WM: Syllable it and begin. Some Lodges have a small box with a house-plant or dry twig in it, which is set down on the floor near the candidate's head. The traditional account of the death, several burials, and resurrections of one of the craft, Hiram Abiff, the widow's son, as developed in conferring this Degree, is very interesting. SD: Letter or syllable it. to is, "having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, Worldly possession.--Dr. 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.". This reference to Jeremiah, where the prophet denounced the curse of the Lord upon the Princes and rulers who had broken the covenant which they had made with King Zedekiah, may explain the self-imposed penalty of J------ (Jubelum)." WM: Begin you. He ordered me to be returned to the Senior Warden in the west, who taught me to approach the east by three upright regular steps, my feet forming the angle of a perfect square, my body erect at the altar, before the Worshipful Master in the east. The first was the voice of Jubela, exclaiming: "Oh! K. S. (making grand hailing sign of distress.) In the primitive lectures--i.e., those which were used after the Revival in 1717, for the subject was never ventilated before that date--they were called "the three principal entrances to the Temple"; but subsequently it was thought expedient to particularize these entrances; and the passage was altered at first to "the east, west and south doors"; and, at the Union in 1813, the version became "north, south, and east entrances." --Advance the token. This interpretation is borne out in the higher Degrees of sublime Masonry. It also represents the execution and dying groans of Jubela, the first ruffian, and is repeated twice more to represent the death of the other two ruffians. of a Fellow Craft. What say you, sir, guilty or not guilty? 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. Second Ruffian--Then let us flee into the interior parts of the country, and avoid being taken as long as possible. In the Adonhiramite Masonry, which was used there about 1787, the doors are not mentioned at all.--The Freemason's Treasury, p. 307. King Solomon, believing him to be indisposed, ordered strict search and due inquiry to be made for him through the several apartments of the Temple, that he might be found, if possible. W. M.--Brother Gabe, you are not yet a Master Mason, neither do I know that you ever will be, until I know how well you will withstand the amazing trials and dangers that await you. WM: Bone. Thus, in the thirty-second, or Degree of Prince of the Royal Secret, according to the Continental nomenclature, the following analogies are p. 147 explained: "The symbolical mystery of the death of (Hiram Abiff) represents that of the Messiah; for the three (blows) which were given to him at the three gates of (the Temple) allude to the three points of condemnation against Christ at three separate places, viz. Then, fearing some accident had befallen him, the king ordered the several rolls of the workmen to be called, and there appeared to be three missing, namely: Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum, who, from the similarity of their names, were supposed to be brothers and men from Tyre. 6, p. Conductor--I cannot; nor can they be given, except in the presence of Solomon, king of Israel, Hiram, king of Tyre, and myself. SD: From. Some substitute for the latter, but with less propriety, the crown of thorns. ), 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. A. J. W.--Pass. John Taylor, a Master Mason himself, wrote: 96:1 Here the conductor or some brother draws his hand across candidate's naked belly: the sword is often used, especially if the initiation takes place in winter, the sword is left in a cold place--and when it is drawn across candidate's belly, it has a very shocking effect, causing the candidate to jump or tremble. The Master gives one rap with his gavel, when all take their seats except the candidate, who remains standing before the Master, by whom he is addressed as follows: W. M.--Brother Gabe, in closing this Degree, I now give you the following. The ruffians buried the body in the rubbish of the Temple until low-twelve, or twelve at night, when they met by agreement and carried it a westerly course from the Temple, to the brow of a hill west of Mount Moriah, where they buried it in a grave dug due east and west, six feet, perpendicular, at the head of which they planted an acacia, in order to conceal it, and that the place might be known, should occasion ever require, and made their escape. The second part is called the H Sn or Sn of P., and is given by &c. This took its rise at the time that J. fought the battles of the the Lord, when it was in this he prayed fervently to the Almighty to continue the light of day, that he might complete the overthrow of his enemies. Q. His business is to teach the subordinate Lodges the Ritual of Freemasonry, and he is paid generally by salary, or so much from each Lodge before whom he may lecture. Whether or not Joseph Smiths last words were intended to be the masonic Grand Hailing Sign of Distress is a question that cannot be answered. First Craftsman--Hallo, friend! the Temple is now about to be completed, and we have not obtained that which we have so long sought. WM: Will you be off or from? The conductor then turns about to the Senior Warden in the west, and says: Brother Senior Warden, it is the orders of the Worshipful. These are symbols of the blow on the cheek of Christ, the flagellation, and the blow with the spear. 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. A. SD: The real grip of a Master Mason, or lion's paw. : Mah-Hah-Bone, which is given on the five points of fellowship, and in low breath. it was I that struck him harder than you both; it was I that gave him the fatal blow; it was I that killed him.' Learn how . Let him enter, and be received in due form. (Moving off, one says:). No portion of this site may be reproduced without the express written consent of The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, Inc. Any opinions expressed, implied, or included in or with the goods and services offered by FAIR are solely those of FAIR and not those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. J. W.--Brother Senior Deacon, is he worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared? J. W.--Brethren, you are now called from refreshment to labor again. W. M.--Have you any thing to offer, Brother Junior Warden? never--no, never dies. Another says: "What course shall we pursue? This is the Grand Hailing Sign or Sign of Distress, and is given by raising the hands above the head, letting them fall by three distinct motions. The Grand Hailing Sign of Distress. of a Master Mason. 15. W. M.--Brethren, together on the signs. As the embers of mortality are faintly glimmering in the sockets of existence, the Bible removes the dark cloud, draws aside the sable curtains of the tomb, bids hope and joy rouse us, and sustains and cheers the departing spirit; it points beyond the silent grave, and bids us turn our eyes with faith and confidence upon the opening scenes of our eternity. Second Ruffian, Jubelo, generally the S. W. in the west. The room is cleared by removing the altar and lights, and the two large pillars used in the Second Degree. (Gives candidate a sudden twitch by the collar.) W. M.--Brother Senior Warden, do you know any further business before this Lodge of Master Masons before we proceed to close? 5, p. W. M.--Brethren, the minutes will stand approved, if there are no objections. I therefore now demand of you the secrets of a Master Mason! THE ceremony of opening and conducting the business of a Lodge of Master Masons is nearly the same as in the Entered Apprentice and Fellow Crafts' Degrees, already explained. You have a pass from King Solomon, I presume? at the same time pulling up the evergreen--or acacia, as it is styled--at the head of the grave. Senior Warden, one. They travelled as before, and after fifteen days of weary travel and hardships, one of the brethren, being more weary than the rest, sat down on the brow of a hill, west of Mount Moriah, to rest and refresh himself, and, on attempting to rise, caught hold. 140:1 The questions and answers in this lecture, relative to the disposition of the body and its discovery, &c., &c., are precisely like the historical part of this Degree, page 122, or that portion describing the conferring of the Degree, page 107. After saluting the Wardens, what did you first discover? Cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots, Worldly --... 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