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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 12 of 16 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
of a brief paper of questions which he considered more characteristic than any that had preceded them . I allude to Bro . Dunckerley , a name which will live as long as Masonry shall endure . His Tests were only ten in number , but each possessed a significant reference to some important landmark of the Order . 1 . Plow ht a Mason to be clothed ? 2
oug . When were you born ? 3 . Where were you born ? 4 . How were you born ? 5 . Did you endure the brand with fortitude and patience ? 6 . The situation of the Lodge ? 7 . What is its name 1 8 . With what have you worked as a Mason ? 9 . Explain the Spri g of Cassia . 10 . How old are you ? "About this period , " the Square proceeded to say , "a named Preston
young man appeared in town from the north , and was initiated in an Athol Lodge , where he displayed such extraordinary intelligence and zeal as elicited the applause of all classes of the Fraternity . Our E . W . M ., Bro . Hesletine , heard of his fame , and sought his acquaintance . An attachment sprang up between them , which produced some extraordinary results . Bro . Hesletine induced him to dissolve his
connection ivith the Athol Masons , ancl to legitimatize himself in a _ constitutional Lodge . This young man , as the first fruits of his labours , placed in the hands of our E . W . M . a new arrangement of the Tests , which , though not actually introduced till a later period , were read in the Lodge , and highly approved by the Brethren . He divided them into three sections of each
seven questions , and they contained , as you will hear , some novelties . First Section . — 1 . Whither are you bound ? 2 . Are you a Mason ? 3 . How do you know that ? 4 . How will you prove it to me ? 5 . Where were you made a Mason ? 6 . When were you made a Mason ? 7 . By whom were you made a Mason ? Second Section . —1 . From whence ? 2 What
come you . recommendation do you brino- ? 3 . Any other recommendation ? 4 . Where are the secrets of Masonry kept ? 5 . To whom do you deliver them ? 6 . How do you deliver them ? 7 . In what manner do you serve your Master ? Third Section . —1 . What is your name ? 2 . What is the name of your son ? 3 . If a Brother were lostwhere
, Should you hope to find him ? 4 . How should you expect him to be clothed ? 5 . How blows a Mason ' s wind ? 6 . Why does it thus blow ? 7 . What time is it ?" "In this country , in accordance with ancient practice , we admit only three degrees ; but on the Continent the list was swelled out to the enormous category of twenty de < n-ees of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
of a brief paper of questions which he considered more characteristic than any that had preceded them . I allude to Bro . Dunckerley , a name which will live as long as Masonry shall endure . His Tests were only ten in number , but each possessed a significant reference to some important landmark of the Order . 1 . Plow ht a Mason to be clothed ? 2
oug . When were you born ? 3 . Where were you born ? 4 . How were you born ? 5 . Did you endure the brand with fortitude and patience ? 6 . The situation of the Lodge ? 7 . What is its name 1 8 . With what have you worked as a Mason ? 9 . Explain the Spri g of Cassia . 10 . How old are you ? "About this period , " the Square proceeded to say , "a named Preston
young man appeared in town from the north , and was initiated in an Athol Lodge , where he displayed such extraordinary intelligence and zeal as elicited the applause of all classes of the Fraternity . Our E . W . M ., Bro . Hesletine , heard of his fame , and sought his acquaintance . An attachment sprang up between them , which produced some extraordinary results . Bro . Hesletine induced him to dissolve his
connection ivith the Athol Masons , ancl to legitimatize himself in a _ constitutional Lodge . This young man , as the first fruits of his labours , placed in the hands of our E . W . M . a new arrangement of the Tests , which , though not actually introduced till a later period , were read in the Lodge , and highly approved by the Brethren . He divided them into three sections of each
seven questions , and they contained , as you will hear , some novelties . First Section . — 1 . Whither are you bound ? 2 . Are you a Mason ? 3 . How do you know that ? 4 . How will you prove it to me ? 5 . Where were you made a Mason ? 6 . When were you made a Mason ? 7 . By whom were you made a Mason ? Second Section . —1 . From whence ? 2 What
come you . recommendation do you brino- ? 3 . Any other recommendation ? 4 . Where are the secrets of Masonry kept ? 5 . To whom do you deliver them ? 6 . How do you deliver them ? 7 . In what manner do you serve your Master ? Third Section . —1 . What is your name ? 2 . What is the name of your son ? 3 . If a Brother were lostwhere
, Should you hope to find him ? 4 . How should you expect him to be clothed ? 5 . How blows a Mason ' s wind ? 6 . Why does it thus blow ? 7 . What time is it ?" "In this country , in accordance with ancient practice , we admit only three degrees ; but on the Continent the list was swelled out to the enormous category of twenty de < n-ees of