Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-12-02

Icersitcate IN support OF The above statement az
any time 4 requested S855
After the candidate is brought to light, the
Master addresses him as follows;,i Brother, on
being brought to light, you first discover three
great lights in Masonry by the assistance Of
three lesser, they are thus explained; the threel
great lights, in Masonry are the Holy Bible,
Square and Compass.F The Holy Bible as
given to US as a rule and guide for our faith
and practice; the Square, to square our actionsI
and the Compass to keep us in due boundsI
with all mankind, but more especially with the
brethren. The three lesser lights are threel
burning tapers, or candles placed on candle
sticks, (some say, or candles on pedestais'
lthey represent the Sun, Moon, and Master oil
the lodge, and are thus explained As the sun
lIrules the day and the moon governs the night,
lso ought the Worshipful Master with equal
Regularity to rule and govern the lodge, or
cause the same to be done; you next discover
Inc as Master of this lodge, approaching you
from the east upon the first of Masonry, under
1.-The sign and due guard Of an Entered Appren-
lice Mason. CThe sign and due-guard has
lbeen explained.0 This is the manner Of giving
Them, initiate me as near as you can, Keeping
Iyour position. First, step off with your lett
foot and bring the heel of the right into the
hollow thereof so as to form alsquare.' b lhis
lis the first step in Masonry The following
land is the sign of distress in this degree; you
Iare not to give it unless in distress. Qt is
given by holding your two hands traversely
across each other, the right hand upwards and
lone inch from the left.) The following is the
ldue guard of an Entered Apprentice Mason.
l(This is given by drawing your right hand
lacross your throat, the thumb next to your
throat, your arm as high as the elbow in ho'
lrizontal position. = Brother, now present
lyou my right hand in token Of brotherly love
land esteem, and with it the grip and name o
, 1.-The grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason.
1.-THE right hands are Joined together, as insha
king hands. and each sticks his thumb nail int
the third Joint or upper end of the fore finger
the name of the grip is B0dS, and it is to b
given in the following manner and no other
! the Master first gives the grip and word, an
divides it for the instruction of the candidate
the questions are as follows: The Master an
candidate holding each other by the grip as bt
fore described, the Master says. What is this
Ans. "a grip G.. "A grip of what?' An
The grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason
G. Has it name?' Ans. 1t has, @. wv
YOU give it to mei' AnS. Il did not receive
neither can so impart with it, @. 'Wh
will YOU do with it?' Ans. Letter it or hall
it, q. Halve it and Begin Ans. You b
GIN @. Begin you Ans. 30. @. 'AZ
Ans. sBOAZ.' Master says, brother Boa
l greet you. 1t is the name of the left har
pillar of the porch of king Solomon's Tempt
arise, Brother Boaz, and salute the Junior al
Senior Wardens as such. and convince the
that you have been regularly initiated as
Entered Apprentice Mason, and have got Il
' lsign, grip, and world
tThe Holy Bible is here said to be given to Maso
as rule and guide for their faith and practice.
would ask, if Free Masonry is the among
nations Gas is declared by Masonic writers) how thi.
possible, when it is well known fact that but SIN
part of the human family are in possession Of or KIN
we'd by Masons a rule of faith and practice, why
they use square and compassH Is not the Bible s
fcicnt?
The truth is, Masonry is not the same among
nations only in some respects and these are the Fl
damental principles of the order. The appendix
of the Institution differ according to the peculiar fe
ngs and sentiment of the people among whom it exis
Hence in America, in a religious point of view, it /
Y. existed with difcuty Masonic writer's have been
floss what say the subject, and in their etrem
one has called it religion, another the handmade
religion third the 'twin sister Of Christianity
- fourth that it simply Institution of moral
and benevolence.' To please the Christian the Bibl
introduced,-to satisfy the nidel the square and CO
pass are added; the name of Christ is expunged fir
passages quoted, and the work of the Holy Ghost
II lcctcd, and all is done in such manner, that but
the see the foul and monstrous imposition.
Their, r-ar E. gra N,.sr ..H
o be ,.
lstre mo man provokes me with impunity.
$ "a The motto of the order of the Thistle, to