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1 LESTER'S LOOK TO THE EAST A REVISED RITUAL OF THE FIRST THREE DEGREES OF MASONRY A COMPLETE WORK OF THE entered apprentice , FELLOW-CRAFT AND MASTER-MASON'S DEGREES, WITH THEIR CEREMONIES, LECTURES, &C. ALSO CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS OF THE LODGE AND OFFICERS' INSTALLATION EDITED BY RALPH P. LESTER 2 3 This book has been published by: Contact: URL: Publishing Date: 2007 ISBN# 1-59547-921-X Please see my website for several books created for education, research and entertainment. Specializing in rare, out-of-print books still in demand.

2 4 5 PREFACE It has doubtless been a matter of comment and surprise among the Members of the Fraternity that all the books which are avowedly intended to serve as guides to the Work of a Lodge invariably contain more or less than their professed object demands. They are usually deficient in the very points that may be most needed, rendering the use of a separate Monitor unavoidable; while, on the other hand, they include a great deal of information on matters with which every Mason is necessarily perfectly familiar, and which it is neither needful nor desirable to be communicated to the uninitiated.

3 It has been the aim of the Compiler of this little volume to avoid both these defects; first, by omitting all Pass-Words, Grips, and other esoteric subjects; and second, by giving the Work of the first three degrees monitorially as well as actually complete, in plain language for ready reference, and entirely free from the tedious perplexities of cypher or other arbitrary and unintelligible contractions. 6 7 CONTENTS entered apprentice , OR FIRST degree ..9 OPENING A LODGE OF MASTER MASONS.. 9 CALLING A LODGE FROM A HIGHER TO A LOWER 14 OPENING A LODGE OF entered APPRENTICES.

4 15 CEREMONIES OF INITIATION.. 20 SECTION SECOND.. 37 THIRD SECTION .. 40 CEREMONY OF CLOSING AN entered APPRENTICES LODGE.. 47 A SHORT METHOD OF CLOSING A LODGE OF entered APPRENTICES.. 55 CALLING OFF AND FELLOW CRAFT, OR SECOND degree ..59 OPENING A LODGE OF MASTER MASONS.. 59 CALLING A LODGE FROM A HIGHER TO A LOWER 64 OPENING A LODGE OF FELLOW CRAFTS.. 65 CEREMONIES OF 69 LECTURE OF THE SECOND degree .. 87 SECTION II.. 91 MASTER MASON, OR THIRD degree ..105 CEREMONIES OF RAISING.

5 110 LECTURE OF THE THIRD degree , SECTION I..132 SECTION 136 CLOSING A LODGE OF MASTER MASONS..145 CONSTITUTION AND ARTICLE 149 ARTICLE II .. 149 ARTICLE III .. 150 ARTICLE IV .. 152 ARTICLE 154 ARTICLE VI .. 156 ARTICLE VII .. 156 ARTICLE VIII .. 157 ARTICLE IX .. 157 ARTICLE 158 ARTICLE XI .. 159 ARTICLE XII .. 159 OFFICERS' INSTALLATION ..161 171 8 9 entered apprentice , OR FIRST degree . All matters of business in a Lodge are transacted in the third degree . If a candidate is to be initiated, the Lodge is opened in the third degree ; and when, in the regular order of business, the time arrives for the ceremony of initiation to take place, the Lodge is called off in the third degree , and remains so while the first degree is opened.

6 OPENING A LODGE OF MASTER MASONS. The ceremony of opening a Lodge in the third degree is conducted as follows: When the regular time for opening has arrived the Master repairs to his station and calls the Lodge to order with one rap of his gavel. The door is shut, the brethren clothe themselves and take their seats; the officers put on their jewels; the Wardens dispose of their columns, down in the West, erect in the South; the Deacons take their rods; the Secretary lays his books and papers and the three Great Lights upon his table, and in a few moments the Lodge is silent and in order for the opening.

7 The Master then proceeds as follows: to Brother Senior Warden, proceed to satisfy yourself that all present are Master Masons. The Senior Warden rises and makes a personal observation of every one that is present. He then requests the Senior and Junior Deacons to give to him, in a whisper, the pass of a Master Mason, and to demand it, under the same conditions, from each person present except the Worshipful Master, Senior Warden and Junior Warden. After this is done, the Junior Deacon communicates the pass to the Senior Deacon and he to the Worshipful Master.

8 To The pass is------. to All present are Master Masons, Worshipful Master. 10 When any one addresses the Master during any Masonic ceremony, he must rise and salute. The Worshipful Master calls up the Senior Deacon and Junior Deacon by one rap. to Brother Junior Deacon, what is the first great care of Masons when in Lodge assembled? to To see that the Lodge is duly tyled, Worshipful Master. to Perform that duty. Inform the Tyler that I am about to open a Lodge of Master Masons, and direct him to tyle accordingly.

9 The Junior Deacon opens the door without knocking, and satisfies himself that the Tyler is at his post, he then communicates to him the Master's orders and shuts the door. The Tyler then locks the door on the outside. to The Lodge is duly tyled, Worshipful Master. to How are we tyled, Brother Junior Deacon? to By a brother Master Mason without the door, armed with the proper instrument of his office. to What arc his duties there? to To keep off all cowans and eaves-droppers, and to see that none pass or repass but such as are duly qualified and have permission from the Worshipful Master.

10 The Master then seats the Senior and Junior Deacon with one rap. to Arc you a Master Mason? I am. What induced you to become a Master Mason? In order that I might receive Masters' wages, and be thereby better enabled to support myself and family, and contribute to the relief of poor, distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans. to Where were you made a Master Mason? to In a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Master Masons. 11 After having rehearsed as much of the lecture as he deems necessary, the Master proceeds as follows: to How many anciently composed a Lodge of Master Masons?