The Masonic Trestle-board: Adapted to the National System of Work and Lectures as Revised ...C.W. Moore, 1846 - 106 pages |
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... honor and honesty , — by whatever religious names or persuasions distinguish- ed , always following the golden precept , " of doing unto all men as they would that all men should do unto them , " and of worshipping God after that manner ...
... honor and honesty , — by whatever religious names or persuasions distinguish- ed , always following the golden precept , " of doing unto all men as they would that all men should do unto them , " and of worshipping God after that manner ...
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... honors and titles , yet , in the Lodge , pre - eminence of virtue , and know- ledge in the art , is considered as the true source of all nobil- ity , rule and government . The virtue indispensably requisite in Masons is - SECRECY . This ...
... honors and titles , yet , in the Lodge , pre - eminence of virtue , and know- ledge in the art , is considered as the true source of all nobil- ity , rule and government . The virtue indispensably requisite in Masons is - SECRECY . This ...
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... honor of the Fraternity . Craftsmen are bound by peculiar ties to promote peace , culti vate harmony , and live in concord and Brotherly - Love . DUTIES IN THE LODGE . While the Lodge is open for work , Masons must hold no private ...
... honor of the Fraternity . Craftsmen are bound by peculiar ties to promote peace , culti vate harmony , and live in concord and Brotherly - Love . DUTIES IN THE LODGE . While the Lodge is open for work , Masons must hold no private ...
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... honor , before these gentlemen , * that , unbiased by friends , and uninfluenced by mercenary motives , you freely and voluntarily offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry ? 2. " Do you seriously declare , upon your honor ...
... honor , before these gentlemen , * that , unbiased by friends , and uninfluenced by mercenary motives , you freely and voluntarily offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry ? 2. " Do you seriously declare , upon your honor ...
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... honor , before these gentlemen , that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient established usages and customs of the Fraternity ? " The candidate , if no objections be urged to the con- trary , is then introduced in due and ...
... honor , before these gentlemen , that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient established usages and customs of the Fraternity ? " The candidate , if no objections be urged to the con- trary , is then introduced in due and ...
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Accepted Masons agreeably ALL-SEEING EYE Almighty Amen Anno Domini appointed Architect assembled beautiful Black Rods blessing Book of Constitutions Brethren Brother candidate ceremonies CHAP CHARGE charity conduct Craft Creator Deacons declare the Lodge Dedication Deputy Grand Master Dispensation divine Doric Doric order Drawn Sword duties earth emblem Engraving Entered Apprentices eternal faithful Fellow-Crafts Fraternity Free and Accepted Freemasonry Freemasons glory Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge aforesaid Grand Secretary Grand Wardens grave heart heaven holy hope illustrated initiation Installation Institution Junior knowledge Lectures light Lord Mark Masters Masonry Master Masons moral mote nature omon Order Past Masters peace PRAYER present principles procession regular Lodge regulations Royal Arch sacred Senior Warden solemn Square and Compass Stewards taught Temple TESSEL thee thereby Third Degree thou tion TRESTLE-BOARD triglyphs truth Tyler virtue White Rods WINSLOW LEWIS Worshipful Grand Lodge Worshipful Master
Popular passages
Page 39 - And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up...
Page 39 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 55 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 53 - ... 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 broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave...
Page 55 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 28 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 23 - A Mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers, wherever he resides or works, and is never to be concerned in plots and conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation...
Page 112 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God. . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Page 53 - Remember -now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, .while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 58 - ALL-SEEING EYE, Whom the SUN, MOON, and STARS obey, and under whose watchful care even COMETS perform their stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost recesses of the human heart, and will reward us according to our merits.