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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 8 of 19 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
effort being made in its behalf . It may be needless to add , that he was elected unanimously , and was installed on St . John ' s day , 1772 . " We found , " said the Square , " the new R . W . M . very methodical in all his Masonic arrangements ; and hence you
may be certain that his Lodge was placed at once under a systematic mode of management . He used to say that , as the R . W . M . represents the rising sun , he ought to make his appearance in the east with the unvarying regularity which his prototype displays . And , accordingly , the following routine was always punctually observed . He opened the
Lodge at the exact hour and minute expressed in the Bylaws ; and from this practice he never , on any occasion , deviated . When the Lodge was open , and the Officers at their post , the Secretary was desired to read the Minutes of the last Lodge , which were then formally put for confirmation . If there happened to be an initiationpassingor raisingon the
, , , books , it took precedence of all other business , and preparations were immediately made for introducing the candidate . After the ceremony was over , any motion , of which notice stood on the books , was entertained , and temperately discussed .
Then followed a lecture , adapted in length to time , for the J . W . was called on . to exercise his peculiar duty at nine o ' clock precisely . At the expiration of half an hour , which was spent in cheerful conversation , song , and toast , the R . W . Master ' s gavel struck one , and was followed by a dead silence , —the Lodge was called from refreshment to laboiu * , with the
proper ceremonies ; and the R . W . M . was prepared to receive propositions of candidates , notices of motions , or any general observations for the benefit of Masonry in general , or that particular Lodge ; and at ten the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren departed to their own homes , —except at the quarterly supperswhich were conducted with the same order and
, decorum , and broke up at midnight . " The consequences of this system of regularity , " the Square continued , " were soon visible in the increase and improvement of the members ; and many of the Brethren became so well acquainted with the ritual , and understood the ceremonies so perfectlyas to be fully equal to the duties of the
, Chair ; although , for the succeeding three years , no one would accept the office of R . W . M ., under an apprehension that the retirement of the present Master might perchance deteriorate from the popularity which the Lodge hacl so deservedly attained under his judicious management . It is true that Dr .
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The Revelations Of A Square.
effort being made in its behalf . It may be needless to add , that he was elected unanimously , and was installed on St . John ' s day , 1772 . " We found , " said the Square , " the new R . W . M . very methodical in all his Masonic arrangements ; and hence you
may be certain that his Lodge was placed at once under a systematic mode of management . He used to say that , as the R . W . M . represents the rising sun , he ought to make his appearance in the east with the unvarying regularity which his prototype displays . And , accordingly , the following routine was always punctually observed . He opened the
Lodge at the exact hour and minute expressed in the Bylaws ; and from this practice he never , on any occasion , deviated . When the Lodge was open , and the Officers at their post , the Secretary was desired to read the Minutes of the last Lodge , which were then formally put for confirmation . If there happened to be an initiationpassingor raisingon the
, , , books , it took precedence of all other business , and preparations were immediately made for introducing the candidate . After the ceremony was over , any motion , of which notice stood on the books , was entertained , and temperately discussed .
Then followed a lecture , adapted in length to time , for the J . W . was called on . to exercise his peculiar duty at nine o ' clock precisely . At the expiration of half an hour , which was spent in cheerful conversation , song , and toast , the R . W . Master ' s gavel struck one , and was followed by a dead silence , —the Lodge was called from refreshment to laboiu * , with the
proper ceremonies ; and the R . W . M . was prepared to receive propositions of candidates , notices of motions , or any general observations for the benefit of Masonry in general , or that particular Lodge ; and at ten the Lodge was closed , and the Brethren departed to their own homes , —except at the quarterly supperswhich were conducted with the same order and
, decorum , and broke up at midnight . " The consequences of this system of regularity , " the Square continued , " were soon visible in the increase and improvement of the members ; and many of the Brethren became so well acquainted with the ritual , and understood the ceremonies so perfectlyas to be fully equal to the duties of the
, Chair ; although , for the succeeding three years , no one would accept the office of R . W . M ., under an apprehension that the retirement of the present Master might perchance deteriorate from the popularity which the Lodge hacl so deservedly attained under his judicious management . It is true that Dr .