Düzenli duruş Due Guard

Ceza işareti Penal Sign

William Morgan - Morgan's Freemasonry Exposed and Explained 1882 (1993) s.91

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the Oath ; and the clapyimj them together four times, has strict allusion to the
fourth Degree of Masonry. This Due-Guard Sign is allowed in mixed companies, as no
one could suspect any meaning to it, except a Mark-Master Mason. The author of this
work recollects of seeing this often given before he ever sat in a Mark- Lodge, and
very likely the reader does the same. It should be done in a careless manner, in
order that the unenlightened may not notice it. A Mark-Mason may know another by
merely clapping with the hands four times, the same as applauding an actor on the
Stage in a theater, without placing his hands first behind him at all; but this
will not answer for one who would go in a Mark-Lodge, ns there they scrutinize very
closely, and if one be deficient in recollecting the way in which his hands were
tied behind him, back to back, when lie took the Oath, this deficiency would be
certain evidence that he was an impostor, and unworthy the privilege he claimed.
The Candidate is then told that his present situation represents the time previous
to the creation of the world, and the Master takes him by the hand, and says :
Master. Brother A. B., I now present you with the right-hand of a Brother, and also
with the grip of this degree.
Here the Master takes the. Candidate by the right-hand, and presses the nail of his
right thumb into the last joint of the third finger of the Candidate (i. e. the
joint farthest from the nail), and requests the Candidate to do the same—which
done, the Master says:
Master. This, Brother, is the Grip of a Mark-Master Mason, and its name is
emblematical of your present state. It is CHAOS; and as yet, Brother Chaos, you are
in the Dark. Should you, in your travels, hear the word CHAOS pronounced, whether
in darkness or daylight, you may rest assured a brother Mark-Master litters it, and
is in deep distress; and this word you are entitled to use when in like situation,
and then only, accompanied by the Grand Hailing-Sign of distress, which you will
hereafter be
instructed in.*
Tlie Candidate is now divested of his bandages, and conducted down the four steps
directly in front of the Temple, when the Master presents him with a Chisel and
Mallet, which are the working tools of this Degree; and placing the edge of the
Chisel on the right temple of the Candidate, orders him to "strike and receive the
marl:!” The Candidate of course declines, and this part of the ceremony is thus
explained to him by the Master at the time:
Master. Brother, it was not my intention that you should strike the blow, but this
is intended to teach you through life, to withhold your arm, when raised to injure
a fellow-being, especially a Brother, the same ns if raised against yourself. We
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same family, and are all the children of the same Great Parent; and all should
strive to “do unto others, as we would that others ehould do unto us.”
The Candidate is then caused to knee! on both knees, when the golden door is
opened, which presents to Ins view the illuminations within the Temple, when the
Master addresses him as follows:
Master. Brother A. B., you now discover the light by which Mark-Master Masons work.
You are now about to be invested with SECRETS, intrusted only in the faithful
breasts of Mark* Masters throughout the Globe; aud which will entitle you to, and
insure their respect and esteem, wheresoever dispersed around the known world. The
illuminated Temple before you, is a perfect miniature of King Solomon’s at
Jerusalem, the Iloly City; the key bioNE, supported by the Cherubinis with expanded
wings, is the main support in all arches, built by operative Masons: with us, as
Mark-Masters, it is emblematical of the binding link op brotherly love, which
unites,! in one strong chain, all who have attained to this Honorary Degree. 'Hus
stone, my Brother, is alßo typical of the Stone which was rejected by the builders
of old, and in modern days, which stone is truth. Truth is the Stone which unworthy
builders reject, and which is to become the “head of the Corner.” “lie that*hath an
ear to hear let him hear.” To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden
manna, aud will give him a white stone, and in the Stone a new name written, which
no man knoweth save him that receiveth it.” “ The Stone which the builders refused,
is become the head

Stone of the corner.” “ Did ye never rend in the Scriptures, The Stone which the
builders rejected, is become the head of the corner? ” “ And have ye not read this
Scripture, The Stone which the builders rejected, is become the head of the
corner?” “ What is this, then, that is written, The Stone which the builders
rejected, is become the head of the corner?” (The God of tbutii, my Brother.) “This
is the »Stone which was set at naught of you, builders, which has become the head
of the corner.”
“Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward Sanctuary, which
looketh toward the east; and it was shut” (Here the Master shuts the golden gate,
or door.] “Then said the Lord unto me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath
entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. It is for the Prince, the Prince he
shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the
porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the «ame. And the Lord said unto
me, Soon of Man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears,
nil that T sav unto thee concerning nil the ordinances of the house of the Lord,
and alt the laws thereof: and mark well the entering in of the house, with every
going forth of the Sanctuary'

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The Master now reopens the golden gate, and addresses the Candidate as follows:

Master. Brother A. B., I now have the pleasure to present you with the " New Name ”
which “ no man knoweth, saving him that reccivcth it;” and which is contained in
the " white stone " which “the builders rejected.” The initials you discover, are
H. T. W. S. S. T. K. S.—These, as Mark-Master Masons, we read thus: He That Was
Slain, Soars To Kindred Spirits—He That Was Slain, Soars To Kindred Spirits.
‘ These initials were placed on the Key Stone of the Ninth Arch, by King Solomon,
to commemorate the melancholy death of llirnm, an account of which you have
received in the preceding Degree. This Key Stone had its origiu as follows: A
skillful workman, at the building of King Solomon’s Temple, named Kerim, after the
death of his («rand Master, Hiram, held a consultation with King Solomon, on the
subject of the most appropriate manner in which the worth and excellence of this
truly great and good man, might be handed down to posterity. After considerable
discussion, it was agreed that these initials should be engraved on the Key Stone
of the Ninth Arch; and their signification communicated to those only of this
Degree, forever; you are therefore cautioned, my Brother, to divulge this mystery
to no one, cither within or without the Lodge, except in the following manner:
Should you wish to know if a stranger be a Mark- Master, you will say audibly, “
He.” No matter if the room be full of strangers, at the time, no one except a Mark-
Master will notice you. If there be one present, he will say, " That.” You will
then approach him, if there he others present, and in a low tone say, “ MW He will
then (if he he a Mark-Master,) say, “Slain;1'—when you will reply, “ Soars; ” and
he, “To;“—you, *' Kindred—he, “Sprits.” This much will satisfy each of you that the
other is a Mark-Master Mason, hut it is necessary to speak in a voice that cannot
be overheard by the bystanders. This, Brother, is the only way in which you are
ever to give the signification of these initials, except you preside as Master over
a Lodge, in which case you are allowed to repeat them twice at the opening of a
Lodge, aud twice to a Candidate, as I have done to you this evening/
At this stage of the proceedings, the Candidate is presented with a chair, and
requested by the Master to take his scat, which he is very willing to do, after
kneeling for so long a time. The Master then proceeds :
Master. Having progressed thus far, we now proceed to the Sanctum Sanctorum or Holy
of Holies. You here discover the extended wings of the two Cherubinis, which guard
and protect the heavenly Manna, sent down from God out of ITeaven. This Manna,
Brother, has been handed down by Mirk-Master Masons, since the Children of Israel
sojourned in the wilderness; and without a portion of this, no Mark-Lodge could be
established.

as follows:--
R. W. M.--Hiram.
Candidate--Tyrian.
R. W. M.--Widow's.
Candidate--Son.
R. W. M.--Sendeth.