THE WORKING TOOLS. There are three working tools in each of the three degrees, referring to the three phases in. This emphasis is repeated right throughout our three degrees: three degrees. The skilled craftsman. The craftsman takes the Rough Ashlar and. It becomes the Perfect Ashlar and is placed in the building. Master. Masonry is more than a ritual; it is a way of living. It. offers us a method and a plan, by which we may build a character so strong and true that. If we act justly, love mercy and walk humbly. SECOND DEGREE OR CEREMONY OF PASSING. 2nd Degree Fellow Craft 3rd Degree Master Mason Royal Arch. Immediate Past Master - places working tools in readiness on. This Master Mason Quiz may be used. Take this Master Mason Quiz to test your knowledge of the Masonic third degree. What is the principle working tool of a. Some Duties of a Master Mason. THE WORKING TOOLS - AN OPERATIVE PERSPECTIVE. THE THIRD, OR MASTER MASON'S DEGREE. Taylor’s Ritual of Craft Masonry Third Degree. God, then we can serenely await the solemn moment when we must quit this. God. This is a reminder. Initiate that he is mortal, that he has so many years of life, with so many days to. It is only the immortals that do not have to. Later we may learn the secrets of immortality, but first we must make. In other words, time and space are given to us with all their. Time is but the. gateway to eternity, and by learning to use our time, we prepare ourselves for eternity. The first is emphasised. God, our Lodge opens and closes with prayer. It means that. we give and go on giving to our neighbour, but do not make our own family suffer in. In other words, remember our neighbour, but do not neglect. It is, however, only superficial thought that is scandalised. There must be some. Masonic charity. And giving does not mean just giving. There is no real gift without the giver feeling it. There are. many different kinds of gifts; some have cash from their pocket, others have advice. A Basic Masonic Education Course For Master Masons. THE MASTER MASON DEGREE. Symbolism of the Degree The Working Tools. 2nd Degree Fellow Craft 3rd Degree Master Mason. I now present to you the Working Tools of a Master Mason. Interpretation of the 3rd Degree . The working tools of the degree are all the implements of Masonry, but more. Of the Emblems of the Third Degree. Without work the gifts that. The finest steel will rust and lose its temper if it is not. Maker. Excess never yet spelled efficiency. So. refreshment is enjoyed. Refreshment, like recreation, means nothing if not renewal. It is this inner voice that is ever ready to warn us when without it we. If we let conscience guide us, and are prompt to heed it, we will find its voice. As our ritual tells us: . There we are exhorted to extend our researches into. As the workman, with the aid of a chisel gives form and regularity to. The mind like the. Thus education discovers the latent. God and man. He is then ready for the Second Degree. We can all, however, do our best with. We must work with the full length of our cable tow. On the floor of the Lodge all men are equal. We know how he will act, and what he will do, because he stoops to nothing. The man of integrity is ruled by duty. No matter where it is placed, it always points to the. So it is in the spiritual world, but here it points unerringly to God. He harbours no. avarice, injustice, malice, revenge, nor an envy and contempt of mankind, but holds the. We can easily be tempted to take an easier path and. To. keep on the straight requires restraint, which is rarely easy. A lie often requires another, till we find that. As Shakespeare said: . Our building has been delineated in a draft or. Great Architect of the Universe. It is for us to. understand what is meant by each detail of the design, so that our life, when considered in. We have only to seek, and we will find the light that we need. They remind us to so limit our desires in every station. Mackey tells us that the Volume of the Sacred Law gives us light on our duty to God. Square on our duty to our neighbour, and the Compasses on our duty to ourselves. If the circle is taking in just one other, whose. Lodge, and still further. Third, or Master Mason's Degree. Sacred Texts. Buy this Book at Amazon. Illustrations of Masonry, by William Morgan, . The Bible informs us that there was a person of that name employed at the building of King Solomon's Temple; but neither the Bible, the writings of Josephus, nor any other writings, however ancient, of which I have any knowledge, furnish any information respecting his death. It certainly is very singular, that a man so celebrated as Hiram Abiff, was an arbiter between Solomon, king of Israel, and Hiram, king of Tyre, universallyacknowledged as the third most distinguished man then living, and in many respects the greatest man in the world, should pass 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 neither King Solomon, his bosom friend, nor any other among his numerous friends even recorded his death or anything about him. I make these remarks now, hoping that it may induce some person who has time and capacity to investigate the subject, and promulgate the result of his investigation. I shall let the subject rest where it is, at present; it is not intended that it should form any part of this little volume. The principal object of this work is to lay before the world a true history of Freemasonry, without saying anything for or against it. A person who has received the two preceding degrees, and wishes to be raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, is ? Since this is the case, you will wait till the Worshipful Master be made acquainted with his request and his answer returned. The number of raps given on those occasions are the same as the number of the degree, except the first degree, on which three are given, I always thought improperly. Also, when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets; or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. He is then conducted to the Senior Warden in the west, where the same questions are asked and answers returned as before; from whence he is conducted to the Worshipful Master in the east, who asks the same questions and receives the same answers as before, and who likewise asks the candidate from whence he came. If you are willing to take it, repeat your name and say after me. B., of my own free will and accord, in the presenceof Almighty God, and this worshipful lodge of Master Masons, dedicated to God, and held forth to the holy order of St. John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, in addition to my former obligations, that I will not give the degree of a Master Mason to any of an inferior degree, nor to any other being in the known world, except it be to a true and lawful brother or brethren Master Masons, within the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge of such; and not unto him nor unto them whom I shall hear so to be, but unto him and them only whom I shall find so to be, after strict trial and due examination, or lawful information received. Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will not give the Master's word which I shall hereafter receive, neither in the lodge nor out of it, except it be on the five points of fellowship, and then not above my breath. Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will not give the grand hailing sign of distress except I am in real distress, or for the benefit of the Craft when at work; and should I ever see that sign given or the word accompanying it, and the person who gave it appearing to be in distress I will fly to his relief at the risk of my life, should there be a greater probability of saving his life than losing my own. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will not wrong this lodge, nor a brother of this degree to the value of one cent, knowingly, myself, or suffer it to be done by others, if in my power to prevent it. Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will not be at the initiating, passing and raising a candidate at one communication, without a regular dispensation from the Grand Lodge for the same. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will not be at the initiating, passing, or raising a candidate in a clandestine lodge, I knowing it to be such. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will not be at the initiating of an old man in dotage, a young man in nonage, an Atheist, irreligious libertine, idiot, mad- man, hermaphrodite, or woman. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will not speak evil of a brother Master Mason, neither behind his back nor before his face, but will apprise him of all approaching danger, if in my power. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will not violate the chastity of a Master Mason's wife, mother,sister, or daughter. I knowing them to be such, nor suffer it to be done by others, if in my power to prevent it. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will support the constitution of the Grand Lodge of the state of ——, under which the lodge is held, and conform to all the by- laws, rules, and regulations of this or any other lodge of which I may at any time hereafter become a member. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will obey all regular signs, summonses, or tokens given, handed, sent, or thrown to me from the hand of a brother Master Mason, or from the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge of such, provided it be within the length of my cable- tow. Furthermore do I promise and swear that a Master Mason's secrets, given to me in charge as such, and I knowing them to be such, shall remain as secure and inviolable in my breast as in his own, when communicated to me, murder and treason excepted; and they left to my own election. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will go on a Master Mason's errand whenever required, even should I have to go bare- foot and bare- headed, if within the length of my cable- tow. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will always remember a brother Master Mason when on my knees offering up my devotions to Almighty God. Furthermore do I promise and swear that I will be aiding and assisting all poor, indigent Master Masons, their wives and orphans, wheresoever disposed around the globe, as far as in my power, without injuring myself or family materially. Furthermore do I promise and swear that if any part of my solemn oath or obligation be omitted at this time, that I will hold myself amenable thereto whenever informed. To all which I do most sincerely promise and swear, with a fixed and steady purpose of mind in me to keep and perform the same, binding myself under no less penalty than to have my body severed in two in the midst, and divided to the north and south, my bowels burnt to ashes in the center, and the ashes scattered before the four winds of heaven, that there might not the least track or trace of remembrance remain among men. So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same. The Master then asks the candidate, . On being brought to light, the Master says to the candidate, . The words accompanying this sign, in case of distress, are, ! King Solomon is said to have made this exclamation on the receipt of the information of the death of Hiram Abiff. Masons are all charged never to give the words except in the dark, when the sign cannot be seen. Here Masons differ very much; some contend that Solomon gave this sign and made this exclamation when informed. Others say the sign was given and the exclamation made at the grave, when Solomon went to raise Hiram, and, of course, they work accordingly; that is to say, the Master who governs the lodge, holding the latter opinion, gives the sign, etc., at the grave, when he goes to raise the body, and vice versa. The Due Guard is made by holding both hands in front, palms down, as shown in cut, and alludes to the manlier of holding the hands while taking the obligation of Master Mason. The Penal Sign is given by putting the right hand to the left side of the bowels, the hand open, with the thumb next to the belly, and drawing it across the belly, and letting it fall; this is done tolerably quick. This alludes to the penalty of the obligation: . After the Master has given the sign and due guard, which does not take more than a minute. It is the pass- word to the Master's degree. The Master, after giving the candidate the pass- grip and word, bids him rise and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens, and convince them that he is an obligated Master Mason, and is in possession of the pass- grip and word. While the Wardens are examining the candidate, the Master returns to the east and gets an apron, and, as he returns to the candidate, one of the Wardens (sometimes both) says to the Master, . Master to candidate, . I will now present you with the working tools of the Master Mason, and explain their use to you. The working tools of a Master Mason are all the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, but more especially the trowel. The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative masons to spread the cement which unites a building into one mass, but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection; that 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 can best work or best agree. I also present you with three precious jewels; their names are Humanity, Friendship, and Brotherly Love.
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