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R E V I E W I N G T HE S I M I L A R I T Y B E T W E E N M A S O N R Y ,
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P as t M as te r Of Key s t o ne L o dge , N o . 6 3 9 , C h ic ago ,

A mi A u t h or
f
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f F r e e mas on ry .

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. 14
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i .
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P TE R 1 CH A PA G E .

I ntrod u c ti on —M asoni c L a w s o p p os e d to p are ntal

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.

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d u ty T h e G ood M an “
m
argu nt M asoni c
e
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. .

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c h ari ty P u re se lfi sh ne ss C i cago h F i r e » M as o n i c .

B oard o f R e l i e f —M asoni c B e n e vol e nc e r e w a

.

rde d 9

C H A P TER I I .

Ma son ry a r l
e g i i ous i nstit u ti on — T e a c h e s p i e ty . .

L odge m e e tin gs strictl y r e li gi o u s — O p en e d and

clos e d w i t h p ray e r —M ason ry o f d i vin e ori gin . .

T e ach es div i n e t r u th — L o dge s cons e crat e d t o h oly

—
.
.

ur
p p os e s N o t C h ri sti an
.

C H A P T ER I I I .

T h e M asoni c r eli gion e xa m in e d —M o x al law o f nat .

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u e
r — P u r e l y anti c h ri sti an — T ru e G o d e nti re ly ig .

nore d — G rand O ri e n t o f F ranc e — M asoni c d e s p ot

ism — O b e di e nc e ri gh t or w ron g — M asonry and
‘

R o m ani s m — P u r e t h e i s m — M asoni c r e l i gion n o t

fo u nd e d on t h e B i b l e —M asoni c tradi ti on s —R O
. .

m ani s m an d M asonry co m p ar e d —C ond e m n e d b y

th e W ord o f G o d

J
CH A P TE R I V .

W h at M asonry c lai m s to do — T h e n e w b i rt h — T e m p l e . .

b u i ldin g M ental i ll u m inat ion —R o m ani s m an d

.
-
.

M asonry co m p ar e d — B ot h o p p os e d to G od s W ord
’
.

— F r e e do m f ro m si n — J u st ifi c at i o n b y w ork s ” .
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.

M asonic p r e c e p t s — M asons i n s e arc h o f divi n e

tr u th — N e v e r fi n d i t M asonry a b ov e t h e tr u e -

r e l i gion —M asonry a w ic k e d co u nt e r f e i t
. .

CH A P TER V .

M asonry and R o m ani s m —P riv at e j mlgm e n t — T hei r

I
. .

s ecre cy and de s p oti s m i ll ustrat e d M asonry and .

-

th e B i b l e — S q u ar e and C o m p ass — B oo k o f t h e “

—M aso n i c c o v e n an t —l h e B i b l e not t h e
.

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M asoni c r u l e o f f ai t h — O nl y a S y m b o l —T h r e e
. .

g r e at l i g h t s — T h r e e le ss e r L i gh ts M as o ni c an d -

R o m i s h coi nc id e nc e —
.

B ot h f als e and u nscri p t u ral

. .

l h e W ors h i p ful M ast e r and P o p e b ot h go ds

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-
.

M asonry and L e o X II .

C H A P TER V I .

M asonry and R o m an i s m — T h e con fe ssi onal . C on d ict -

—M a soni c ray e rs — M ast e r o e nin

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th e lodge — T h e G A O T U M ast e r closin g th e . . . . .
-

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lodge M asonry i dolatro s w ors i p M ast er p ray
u h — .

i ng fo r candidat e — M asoni c con fe ssi on O f f ai t h .

P ray e r at Hi ra m s grav e —R o m i s h p ray e rs — I n co n

’
.

si st ency o f P rot e stant m ini st e rs — M asonry and

R o m ani s m cond e m n e d by G od s W ord ’
.

CH A P TE R V I I .

M asonry m u ti lat e s th e B i b l e — C r e di b i li t y o f M asoni c

w i tn e s se s — C h ri st s na m e e x p u nge d fro m th e ’

S cri p t u r e s - I nconsi st ency o f M asonic m ini st e rs

. .

M u t i lati on o f t h e B i b l e e x p r e ss ly f or b idd e n .

M asoni c m orali ty a car r i c atu r e —A trini t y o f .

t i v s
h e e — W ors i p of t h e V i rgi n M ary R o m e
h — .

m u t i lat e s t h e B i b l e — W h i c h i s m ost to b e con

de m n e d A C at h ol i c p ri e st or a M asonic m in is
?

C H A P TER V I I I .

M asonic anti q ui t y — K ing S olo m on n e v e r G rand M as

ter . T h e S S Jo h n n o t M asons .
— N or all t h e P r e s .

i de nt s — A rnold a M ason —F irst m e e ting h e ld i n

— "
.

1 7 17 S p r un g u p i n a grog s h o p
. T he M asoni c -
.

fat h e rs — T h e M asoni c r e l i gi on and p h i loso p h y

.
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r e vive d— S i gns gri p s p ass w ords and lo dge gove rn

, ,

m e nt i nv e nt e d — E arl y s e c e din g M ason s — T w o

con fl ictin g G rand L odge s — M asonry conc e iv e d i n
f r au d and s u stain e d b y d e c e p tion — M ah h ah b on e .
- -
,

b y w h o m i nv e nt e d and h o w .

CH A P TE R I X .

M asonr y and th e A nci e nt M yst e ri e s — A dam th e fi rst .

m an w h o wv o r e an a p ron — B y w h o m i nv e st e d . .

D i stincti on b e t w e e n M asoni c lod ge s and M asoni c

—
p h i loso p y h O ri g i n o f S ab ai s m or star w ors h i p -
. .

T he s u n go d —\V o r s h i p p e d
-
i n s e cre t — A nci ent
. .

m yst e ri e s —M yst e ri e s o f E g y p t an d E lc u si s
. .

M asonr y an d t h e M y s te ri e s id e ntical —O siri s t h e .

,

s u n g d o E gy p
-
o f t — H i ra m A b iff an d O si ri s o n e an d
.

t h e sa m e — F re e m asonry t h e O l d s u n w ors h i p r e -

v iv e d — M e anin g o f t h e t e r m
" G o d o f nat u r e .
”

M u s t b e l i e v e M asoni c t e sti m ony r e gardin g i ts e l f .

C HA P TER X .

P r e p arati on o f candidat s e — M asons i gnorant o f M ason

—G u ilt o f M as oni c m i ni st e rs — W h lod e s m ee t
ry.
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i n u p p e r ch a m b e rs P u rg in g t h e lod ge — I ni ti a
.

tion i n dark n e s s — T h e ca b l e t o w — N e i t h e r nak ed -

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nor c ] a d —N e i t r b ar e foot nor s h o t

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CH A P TER X I . AG EP .

ln iti atory c e r e m oni e s —.P i ti ab l e con d i ti on o f M asoni c

m i ni st e sr — it
R e o I f nd u cti on —R i t e O f c i r c u m am
.

in fl a t i o n — i
R e t f S e cr e c — M asoni c i dols
o y .

M s a on i c e na l t i e s — A n i dol atrous syst e m

p
C H A P TE R X II .

it
R e o f ] lu m l ination — . V i rt u e s o f a h ood w i n k — R i te o f .

l n t r u s t i ng —.R e i t o f l n v esl
t i t ur e — M asonr y u n .

do u b t e d ly th e w ors h i p o f B aal
C H A P TER X I I I .

T he M ast e r s ’
C ar p e t — W h y so c all ed M asoni c
—
.

e m b le m s — F or m of t h e lod — I t s s ort s 4
ge u pp
G ov e ri ng .
— F rniture O rn
u . a-
m e n ts — Lig h t s —Je w . .

e ] s — S i tuation
. .

C H A P TER X I V .

T h e p oint w i t h in a C i rcl e — L o dge de dicati on s R e f e rs -

to t h e s u m— B orro w e d f ro m t h e M yst eri e s — R e

p r e s e nts t h e P h a ll u s or B aa l p e or o f p agan w o r s ln p
-

—C ond e m n e d b y P au l —S u p p ort e d b y M asoni c

.

M ini st e r s — T h e s y m b ol o f M asoni c l ic enti o u sn e ss 3 16 .

C H A P TER X V .

T h e M asoni c L e ge n d — T h e M asoni c r e viva l — Ho w e f .

f e c t e d an d w h y — O si ri s and Hi ra m o n e and t h e
sa m e c h ar ac t e I S —L e ge ml o f Hi r am A b ifi Z — L e ge nd
o f O si ri s — B ot h i d e nti ca l
.

CH A P TE R X V I .

T h e M asoni c tr ag e d y — M u r de r o f Hi r am h i stori cally

f a ls e — A s u b st i t u t e fo r O si ri s — C andi dat e k n ee l
i n g to p ray — P e rson at e s t h e s u n go d i n h is con fl i ct -

w i t h ni g h t — l s s lai n b y J u b e lu m —B o dy conc e al e d
.

— B lll i e d fl t f oot o f a ta m arind tr e e — S e arc h fo r

.

t h e r u ffi an s —A cci de nta l d i scov e r y — S e arc h f o r th e

.

b o dy — L oss o f M ast e r s w or d — S u b sti tuti on o f

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M ah h ah b on e —P roc e ssi on —P ray e r at t h e g rav e

- -

—R ai sin g o f th e b o dy — F i v e p oints o f Fe llo w s h i p

. .

— C oincid en t sc e n e s —E gy p t i an fi gu r e — L i on s
.

“ ’

”—
p aw . M asonic w ors h i p i dolatry .

CH A P TER X V I I .

7 T a mm u z I d enti c al w i t h Hi ram — Hi s s ec re t w ors h i p r e

.

v e al e d to E z ek i el —T h e aca c i a or ev e rgre e n — T h e
.

b e auti ful vi rgin — T h e all s e e in g e y e — F orty

.
-

s e v ent h p rob l em o f E u cl id —C o r n w i ne and o il . .

, .

R o m ani s m and M asonr y co m p ar e d — T h e b e ast

an d h i s i m age —C as e su b m i tt e d — He nry s r e sol v e 3 81 ’
.
 ILL US T R A T I ON S .

M asoni c E m b le m s
P re p arati on o f C andidat e s
H oly B i b l e S q u ar e an d C o m p ass
, .

O p e nin g t h e
C losing t h e L od ge
M as t e r p rayin g fo r C an d i dat e
C andi dat e m ak in g con fe ssion o f M asonic fai h t

P rayin g at C andi d at e s s u p p os e d grav e

’

E m b l e m o f M asoni c S u n w ors h i p -

E m b l e m O f H i gh h i lls and lo w val e s

“
,

R i te o f
C a ndidat e le d b y S e n i or D e acon
J o u rn e y o f C an d idat e in S y m b oli c P i lgri m a ge
R i t e o f S e cr e cy and godd e ss F i de s
“
T w o h u m an fi gu r e s or go d o f S e cre c y
, 1
D u e f or m in F C and M M d e gr e e s
”
. . . .

D u e g uard o f a M ason
”

R i t e O f I ll u m inati on
R i t e O f I ntr u sting .

R i t e o i I nv e sti t u r e
F or m o f t h e L o dge
T h r e e P i llars — W i sdo m S tr e n gt h an d B e a u ty
,
S u n go d i n t h e E ast W e st an d S o u t h
-
,

C ov e rin g o f t h e L o dge or C lo u d e d C ano p y

,
“

F u rni t u re and L i g h ts
O rna m ents and B lazin g S t ar
“

T h e P h all u s or P oi nt w i t h in a C i rc le
“

C andidat e p raying fo r h i m se lf .

C on fl ict i n t h e S o u t h W e s t an d at ni gh t f all
,

He ro o r S u n go d slain conc e al e d and b u ri e d

“

-
,

S e arc h and int e rro gatin g w ay farin g m an -

S e arc h f o r th e M ast e r s w or d
’

S e le m n p roc e ssion
P ray e r at H i ra m s grav e
‘
.

M ast e r rai sing C an d i dat e b y L i on s P aw “ ’

,

F iv e P oints o f F e llo w s h i p
O siri s and B e a u t i fu l V i rg in
A ll s e e ing E y e and P ri e s t at M ass
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 P R E F A C E

In al l t h e m ost popul a r M an u al s o f F r e e m a
so n r
y and i n i ts st a nd ard w ork s o f t h e h i gh e st autho r

i ty and m e ri t th e r e ar e f o ur w e l l auth e n ti cat e d

,

cl a i ms s e t up o n b e h al f O f th at i nstitu t i on as f ol l ows : ,

I s t — T h at i t i s a r e l i giou s ph il osophy o r a sys

.
,

t e m o f r e l igi o us sc i e n c e
z ud — Th at i t was R E V I V E D i n i ts pr e s e n t o u t
.
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ward fo r m i n 1 7 1 7 .

r d — T h at al l i ts c e r e m on i e s sy mbol s an d t h e
g .
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’
c e l e b rat e d l e g e nd O f H i ra m in t h e M ast e r M ason s '

d e gr e e w e r e d i r e ctly bo rrow e d f ro m t h e An ci e n t
,
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My st e ri e s o r t h e s e c r e t worsh i p O f B aal , O s i r i s o r
,

T a m m u z and ,

t h — T h at a stri ct Ob e d i e n c e t o i ts pr e c e ts an d
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obl i gati o n s i s al l t h at is n e c e ss ar y to f r e e m an f ro m
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si n an d to s e cu r e fo r h i m a h appy i m m o rtal i ty
,
.

T h e d e si g n o f th i s work th e n i s to d is c uss th e s e
, ,

c l a i m s i n a cl e ar s i m pl e and i nt e ll i gibl e m an n e r an d
, ,

to d e m on strat e b e yo nd t h e possib il i ty O f d isp u t e o r

d oubt o n t h e part O f any F r e e m ason t h at t h e M ason i c
, ,

syst e m as i t e xi sts to d ay is p r e ci s e ly t h e sam e r e ligi

,
-
,

u s ph i l osophy and t h e sam e f o rm O f s ecret w orsh i p

p , ,

t hat us e d to b e tau gh t an d practi c e d i n h on o r o f t h e

“
god O f n atu r e i n t h e O ld t e mpl e s O f p agan is m Al l
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.

t h e proo f s add u c e d t o e st abl i sh th e s e f acts ar e de

s i n e dl d raw n f ro m t h e t e sti m o ny O f M ason ry i ts e l f
g y ,

an d ar e so arran g e d as t o b e r e cogn i z e d at a gl an c e ,

and m ust b e f ou n d O f g r e at v al u e f o r i m m e d i at e r e
f e r e n c e i n al l possibl e d i scussi on s o n th i s i mportan t
subj e c t T h e wo rk i s al so pro f us e ly i l lustrat e d — t h e
.

i nt e ri o r o f t h e l od g e t h e positi on o f its v ar iOu s o ffi c e rs

, ,

t h e c e r e m o n i e s t h rou gh w h i c h th e cand id at e i s m ad e t o
pass an d t h e e mbl e m s and sy mb ol s o f i ts d i ffe re n t
,

d e gr e e s b e i n g a c cu rat e ly r e pr e s e n t e d by wood e n
,
-

g ravi ngs sp e ci al ly p r e par e d f o r th is e xposi t i o n an d

, ,

pass e d upon by so m e o f t h e f o rm e r m e m b e rs o t t h e
O rd e r W h i l e t h e l e g e nd O f O si ris i n t h e E gypti an
,

My st e r i e s and t h e c e l e b rat e d l e g e nd o f H i ram in t h e

,

M ason i c Myst e r i e s ar e com p ar e d w i th su c h m i n ut e

,
n e ss O f de ta i l th at n on e can fa i l to n ot e th e i r abso lut e
i d e nti ty .

T hi s co nstitut e s t h e w a Z secr ets O f a M ast e r

M aso n and w as n e v e r b e f or e all u d e d to by any
,

s e c e d e r n o r i n any e xpositio n O f i ts p r e t e nd e d mys

t e r ie s .

T he u n m istak abl e coi ncid e nc e b e tw e e n Mason ry

and R o m an i s m i s also s e t f orth and i t i s d e m onst ra
,

t e d wi th p osi ti v e c e rtai nty th at both syst e m s h av e

spru n g f ro m t h e sam e pagan s o hr c e — th e o n e b e i n g
t h e Old pag an B E A S T O f R e v e lation and t h e o th e r t h e .

I mage of the B eas t Although I h av e b e e n a m e mb e r

.

o f t h e f rat e rn ity f o r a n u mb e r O f y e ars though I ,

h av e b e e n e x alt e d to t h e hi gh e st O ffi c e am on g my
br e th r e n i n th e l odg e and h av e r e c e i v e d t h e u n an i
,

m ou s pl au di ts O f th e G ran d Lodg e O f I ll i no is i n I S 7 Z , ,

e t acc e pti n g G od s W ord as t h e rul e O f my f aith and

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practi c e I i nsi st upon i t that I h av e j u st as m u ch
,

ri g ht to s e c e d e f ro m t h e i n stit u ti o n O f F r e e m ason ry ,

and to c ast O ff all all e gi an c e to i ts e xtra j ud i ci al an d -

i ro n cl ad oaths i ts i nh u m an d e ath p e n alti e s and i t s

-
, ,

an ti C h ri sti an and idol atrous w orship as I h ad to s e c e d e

-

f ro m th e id ol atro u s w orship O f R om e j u st
t h i rty y e ars ago Acti n g u po n thi s pri n cipl e th e n I
.
,

cl ai m t hat a f ath e r although a F r e e mason i s i n d uty

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bou nd to w arn h is son agai nst a fli liat io n wi th t h e M a

so ni c i nsti t u tion and in d oi n g so to gi v e h i m a ful l
, ,

e x pos iti o n Of it s pri ncipl e s and phil osoph y And .

h e n c e t h e con v e rsation b e tw e e n M r B arton an d .

H e n ry .

T hat i n th is m an n e r I m ay b e t h e hu mbl e m e an s O f
l i b e rati n g so m e o f my f orm e r b roth e rs f rom t h e de s
is m o f t h e l odg e as w e l l as savi n g oth e rs f rom its
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p o t ,

wi ck e d e ntangl e m e nts th at th ro u gh t h e in str u m e n

,

tal ity O f thi s book t h e pur e spi ri t u al h e art fe lt wor

, ,

sh ip O f God th rough C h rist m ay b e b e tt e r appr e ci at e d ,

and t h e R e d e e m e r s n am e b e glorifi e d and e x alt e d i s

’
,

t h e si n c e r e and e arn e st pray e r O f t h e author .

E D M ON D R ON A YN E ,

P ast M ast e r K e ysto n e N o 6 3 9 C h i c ago

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.
,
.

C h ic ago , M arch , I 8 7 9 .
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E XP LA INE D A ND E XPOS E D .
.

C HA P T E R I .

I N T R O DU C T I O N — . M ason i c L aws Op p os e d t o p ar e ntal

d uty .
— T he “
G ood M an ”
argu m e n t — M ason
ic C h arity .
—P ur e S e lfi s h n e ss .
—C h i cago F i re
M aso n i c B oard Of -n e f —M ason i c B e n e v o l
.

e n c e r e ward e d .

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And so , H en ry you t e l l ,
me th at
so m e Of you r M aso n i c f ri e nd s h av e
b e e n t ryi n g t o p e rsu ad e y ou to
b e c o m e a M aso n ? W e ll ,
I ca n
h ard ly s ay th at th i s aston i sh e s me,
as I am w e ll awar e th at co ns i d e rabl e r e c ru i t i n g i s
al m ost e v e rywh e r e p ra c t i s e d thoug h i nd i r e c tly to , ,

I nd uc e men t o j o i n th at o rd e r . B ut i t i s rath e r
s i n gul ar h ow e v e r th at k n ow i n g my s e nt i m e nts
, , ,
in

r e gard to t h e M aso n i c i n sti tu t i on as m any ,

Of ou r
M ason ic f ri e nd s do , any e ff
ort shoul d be m ad e on

the ir art toward i n v e i gl i n g ou i nto a n or an iz

p y g
at i o n w h ic h th e y h a v e e v e ry r e as o n to b e l i e v e i s

IS 4 5 5 Z
10 TH E M A STE R S CA R PE T ’
.

highly d istast e f ul to m e and to which th e y ought

,

to k n o w v e r y w e l l I s hould n e v e r g i v e my co n
s e nt to you r con n e cti n g yours e l f B ut w hat i s you r
.

o w n op i n i o n o n t h i s subj e ct ? H av e y ou h ad an y
v e ry s e ri ous n ot i o ns about j oi n i n g t h e l od g e ? O r
h av e you gi v e n t h e m att e r an y m or e than a m e re
”
passi n g thought ?
W e l l th e truth i s th at I h av e b e e n t hi n k i n g
, ,

so m e wh at o n th e subj e ct O f Mason ry and I co n ,

fe ss that I h av e b e e n v e ry stro n gly t e mpt e d t o s e n d

i n my p e t i tion B e fo r e d oi n g s o h ow e v e r i t was
.
, ,

my f ul l i nt e nti on to sub mi t th e whol e cas e to you r

j udg m e n t and ask your advi c e a n d i t i s partly ,

with thi s Obj e ct i n V i e w th at I h av e b roach e d th e

subj e ct th i s m orn i ng B ut you rath e r ast o n i sh m e
.

w h e n y o u say th at you sh o u ld n e v e r c o n s e n t t o
my j oi n i n g th e l odg e I u nd e rstand that as a
.
,

g e n e ral thi n g F r e e m asons do n ot sol i ci t m e n to b e

,

com e m e mb e rs and h e n c e I was f u lly pr e par e d to

,

b e l i e v e that y o u wo u l d n ot d e pa rt f ro m t h e u sual
practic e ; but wh e n you t e ll m e that so far f ro m r e
q u e sti n g m e to j oi n th e M aso n i c i n sti tuti on you ,

would a c tually w ithhold you r co ns e nt to my doi n g

so th e n i nd e e d , y o u n ot only su rpr i s e m e v e ry
, ,

m uch bu t I con fe ss t hat y o u g r e atly e xcit e my

,

cu r i os i ty as w e l l .

“ At fi rst si ght t his m ay aston i sh you i t i s ,

tru e , but u p o n c al m r e fl e ct i on I thi nk you wi ll ap

 IN T R O D U C T I ON . II

p ro v e Of my a c t i o n i n th e p re m i s e s . If F re e
ma so n ry w e r e a g ood h o norabl e i n st i tut i o n ,
. Of

cou rs e y o u k n ow v e ry w e l l ,
I w oul d be o nl y to o

gl ad th at yo u sh oul d b e c o m ea m e mb e r Of i t , and
n ot on ly th at bu t ,
I w oul d Of c ou rs e b e the fi rst
m ar; to tak e in you r ap p l ic at i o n mys e l f ; but k now
ing, as I do , th at th e M aso n i c i n sti tut i on i s n oth i n g
but a hol l ow sha m a co n su m m at e sw i ndl e a g i g an, ,

t i c f al s e hood ,
th e m ost c o rru p t an d th e m ost co r

ru
p t in
g syst em on th e f a c e of th e gl o b e , I c an n ot
and w i l l n o t c o n s e nt th at m y son sh o ul d h a v e any
con n e ct i o n wh at e v e r w ith i t .

“
F r e e m ason ry i s f ar to o s e r i ou s a m att e r fo r any
m an to assu m e i ts vi ll a i n ou s Obl i g ati on s w ithout due

re fl e c t i o n ; fo r , on c e y ou h a v e cross e d the th r e sh old

o f th e l od g e roo m d iv e st e d Of ou r ow n cl oth i n g
, y ,

and w e ar i n g th e h ab i l i m e nts of th e o rd e r ,
an d
wh e n o n c e y ou b e c o m e as i t w e r e bo u n d by
, ,
th e

c a ble tow Of S atan to th e al tar Of B aal ,

‘
th e r e i s
’
n o pl ac e fo r a ft e r r e p e n tan c e thou gh l i k e E sau o f , ,

Old , y ou m ay s
‘ ee k i t c ar e f ully w i th t e ars .
’
Liv
ing or d e ad F r e e m ason ry w i l l n e v e r g i v e y o u up
, .

T he law o f R o m an i s m i s ‘
On c e a p r i e st al w ays , ,

’
a pr i st e an d
,
i t i s i n M ason ry ; O n c e a M aso n
so ‘
,

’
alw ays a M aso n I f I w e r e ba c k aga i n w h e r e I
.

w as b e for e j o i n i n g th e M ason ic in s titu tio n I would ,

m u c h grat h e r h a v e my r i gh t arm c ut
'
O ff th an to

h a v e t ak e n suc h a t e rr i bl e l e ap i n th e d ark . N O,
 T HE MA STE R S CAR P E T
’
.

my son , I sh al l c e rt ai n ly n e v e r con s e n t to you r be

co m i n g a F r e e m ason and I stron gly advi s e you to
,

bani sh t h e s ubj e ct e nti r e ly f ro m you r m i nd and to

h av e n oth i n g wh at e ve r to d o w i t h i t .

W h y f ath e r I n e v e r b e fo r e h e ard you say

, ,

so m uch as th at about M ason ry I al wa y s had a .

sort O f a vagu e i mpr e ss i o n th at i t was a tol e rably

good i n sti t u tion and i n f act th at i ts m e mb e rs to a
,

c e rtai n e xt e nt w e r e a sort o f pri vi l e g e d c h aract e rs ;

but w i ll y o u n ot pl e as e e xpl ai n you r r e ason s fo r
thus advi s i ng m e to a v oid F r e e m ason ry ? O f cours e ,

if y o u i nsist upo n i t I sh al l th i n k n o m or e about

,

i t but wh e n you t e l l m e i t i s bad and w i ck e d thus

, ,

d e m ol ishi n g as i t w e r e a ] lm y pr e con c e i v e d good

, ,

Opin i on s o f t h e i nst ituti on you su r e ly can n ot r ef u s e

,

to e xpl ai n your m e ani ng and to show m e in w hat

its w i c k e d n e ss con sists so that I m ay j ud g e f o r
,

mys e l f and if I am con vi nc e d at all that I m ay b e

, , ,

convi nc e d upo n r e ason abl e grou nds and upon t h e ,

e vid e nc e o f t e st i m ony wh ic h can n ot b e e ith e r de

n i e d o r c ontrov e rt e d
’
My d e ar s o n y o u don t k now wh at y o u ar e
,

aski n g W hy to c o mply e v e n i n t h e v e ry s mall e st

.
,

d e gr e e w ith your r e ason abl e r e q u e st i s c onsid e r e d ,

an u npardon abl e cr i m e i n F r e e m ason ry E v e ry .

M ason i s sworn i n e v e ry d e gr e e th at h e w ill a l ’

w ay s h a il e v e r co n cea l a n d n e v e r r ev e a l ’ and S i l
,
‘
,

e n ce and S e c r e c y r e w
a t o O
’
f t h e ‘m ost pr e c i ous
 I N T R O D UC T I O N . I 3

j e w e ls ’
of th e or de r ,
an d, c o n s e q u e ntly ,
if I g iv e
you th e e x pl an at io n y ou d e si r e an d w h ic h
, y ou u n

do ub t e dl y ought to h av e ,
I sh all be vi ol at i n g my
obl i gat i o n an d c o m m i tt i n g th e o ne u npardo n abl e
cri m e ,
as I h a v e j ust s a i d wh ic h a M as o n c an ,

”
co m m it .

“ B ut sur e ly F r e e m aso n ry do e s
,
n ot bind a man
aga i n s t p e r fo rm i n g a s e c re t d uty toward his
c h ild ? I t d oe s n o t— it c an n o t fo r bi d a f ath e r to

te ach ,
t o ad vi s e or to ad m on i sh h i s so n , e ve n on

”
th e subj e ct Of F r e e m aso n ry i ts e l f ?
“
Y es i t do e s . F r e e m aso n ry f orb i d s e v e ry

thi n g a nd denies e v e ryth i n g th at c o m e s i n c on ta c t

w i th i ts d e spot ic sw ay . A f ath e r c an n ot e xpl ai n
anyth i n g c on c e rn i ng F r e e m aso n ry to his so n any
m o r e th an he c an to t h e g r e at e st stran g e r in t h e

l and ; and so w hen I w arn y ou ag a i n st th e t e rribl e

sn ar e Of th e M aso n ic syst e m an d wh e n ,
I ad m o n i s h
you to ‘h av e no fe l l o wship w lth th e u n f ru i t f ul
’
w ork s of d ark ne ss ,
as th e y ar e e x e mpl i fi e d in t h e

l odg e roo m and at ,

th e sa m e ti m e e xpl ai n to y o u

my r e ason s — de rived f ro m l on g e xp e r i e n c e a nd
,

study — fo r so d o i n g th e n ,
I a m c utti n g r i ght i n to
th e v e ry f ou nd at i o n Of th e i nst i tut i o n and ai m i n g a
,

d e adly bl o w at i ts m ost v i tal part and h e n c e F re e ,

m aso n ry f o rb i ds W hat i t would t e rm su c h a ‘

sa c

”
r ili
gio us act .

“
W hy , my d ear fath e r , th i s i s a v e ry s i n gular
 THE MA STE R S C ARPET ’
.

stat e Of thi ngs ! Y ou c au tio n w -

you warn me to
avoid F r e e m ason ry as I would th e bit e Of th e m ost
v e n e m ous s e rp e n t and wh e n I ask you fo r an e x
,

pl an at ion you an sw e r m e that t h e laws O f M aso n

,

r and its O b li ato in s and p e n alti e s f orbid you to

y g
e xpl ai n ! I s th is r e aso nabl e ? I s th i s honorabl e ?
Or v e n i s i t hon e st fo r any i nstituti on n o m att e r
e
,

by wh at n am e it m ay b e c all e d to thu s l ay t h e a x ,

at o n c e e v e n to t h e root O f f r e e i nqu i ry and to ,

i nt e rpos e its m an m ad e e d i c ts in th e way o f par

-

e ntal duty ? W hy this caps t h e c l i max O f any

,

absu rd ity and wi c k e d n e ss that I h av e e v e r h e ard O f .

“
M asonry i s n othi n g but absu rd ity and w ick e d
n e ss th rough out as y ou sh all cl e arly u nd e rstand by
,

and by I ts obl i gat ions would f a i n bi nd my whol e

.

b e i n g my h e art my a ffe c tion s my consci e nc e my

, , , ,

r e l i gious c o n v i c t i ons my f aith my par e ntal duty

, , ,

and i t would if i t c o u ld p r e v e n t m e f ro m O ffe ri n g

, ,

you any e x p l an atio n wh at e v e r why I adv i s e you

n ot to j oi n th e M ason i c f rat e rnity B ut my duty .
,

t o God my d uty to m y f am i ly and my d uty t o

,

mys e l f h av e a h i gh e r clai m to my all e gi anc e and

cons e q u e ntly a prior ri ght to d e ma nd and r e c e i v e
all my Ob e di e n c e ; and h e nc e hold i ng F r e e m ason ry ,

to i ts o w n part o f t h e c ontract e nt e r e d i nto b e

tw e e n u s w h e n I was m ad e a M ason — th at th e r e
was noth i ng i n t h e Obl igations and cons e qu e n tly ,

no th i n g i n M aso nry , that c ou ld conflict w i th any

 I NTRODUC TION . 1 5

Of thos e e x al t e d d ut i e s w h i c h I m ay ow e to GOD ,

my c ou nt ry my n e i ghbo r , ,
M Y FAM ILY or M Y SE L F ,

—it shal l be both my pr i d e an d my pl e asu r e as ,

I

c on s i d e r i t my bou nd e n d uty ,
to sat i s fy y ou in
e v e ry r e sp e ct th at my ad vic e r e g ard i n g M aso n ry
has not bee n p ro m p te d b y . any m e r e c ap r i c i o us
w h i m but that i t i s b as e d u p o n
,
th e W o rd of G o d,
upo n r e aso n ,
u p on co m m o n s e n s e ,
upo n h i sto ry ,

an d u p o n th e v e ry heat (50t an d oth e r stand ard

works Of th e i n st i tuti on i ts e l f . H ow e v e r as ,
1 p er

c e iv e th at I am n ow l i k e ly to be b u sy r e tty soon
p ,

I sh al l d e fe r m y pro m i s e d e x p l an at i o n Of t he en

tir e M aso n i c syst e m to so m e oth e r ti m e i n th e n e ar

f utur e ; bu t b e fo r e y ou l e ave me, my d e ar H e n ry ,

m ay I r e q u e st th at you l l tak e ’
no f u rth e r st e ps to
w ard b e i n g i ni t i at e d u nt i l su c h ti m e as we h av e
f ully e x am i n e d th e syst e m an d h a v e l e arn e d in

r e al ity w h at F r e e m aso n ry i s .

“
Y ou need ha v e n o fe ars , my d e ar f ath e r , on

that s c or e I sh al l d o n oth i n g toward tak i n g part

.

i n you r m onst e r p roc e ss i o n o n t h e 2 4t h w i th out ,

f ul ly adv i si n g y ou Of my i nt e n t ; and now ,

Of cou rs e ,

as y ou h av e al r e ady g i v e n me so m e wh at Of an
i n si ght i nto t h e arb i trary ch aract e r o f M aso n ry ,
I could
s c arc e ly b ri n g my s e l f t o j oi n it —e v e n w e r e I e v e r m

so m uch i ncl i n e d —Lw it h o u t h a v i n g a f ul l e r k now

l e dg e O f what I was goi n g to d o . S O I sh al l try
an d keep y ou to you r pro mi s e at an e arl y d ay ;
 T H E M A S TE R S C A R P E T ’
.

and now , as I m ay poss i bly i n t e r fe r e w i th oth e r

i mportant busi n e ss I shal l at onc e say good ,
-
by e ,
and l e a v e fo r down town -
.

Good b y e my son and don t f org e t to look

“ -
, ,
’

o ut f o r al l M ason i c f ri e nds .

T h i s con v e rsation to ok plac e i n t h e city Of

C h i cago o n a b e aut i f ul m orn i n g i n th e e arly part of

Ju n e 1 8 7 4 b e tw e e n M r G e org e B arton a pro m

, , .
,

imc nt F r e e m ason b e l on gi n g to K e yston e L odg e

, ,

N O . 6 39 ,
and h i s son H e n ry T h e l att e r as th e .
,

r e ad e r h as al r e ady l e arn e d h ad b e e n f r e q u e ntly ,

i mportun e d i n vari ous i nd i r e ct ways to allow hi s

, ,

n am e to b e tak e n i nto o n e o f th e M ason i c l odg e s

in that city B e for e doi n g so how e v e r h e fe lt i t
.
, ,

h is d uty to con sul t h i s f ath e r i n th e m att e r and to

s e e k h is advi c e i n r e gard to such an i mportant
st e p and M r B a rton as w e h av e s e e n p r omptly
, .
, ,

and ch e e r f ul ly a cc e d e s to h i s son s e arn e st d e s i re ’

.

N o w t h e qu e sti o n aris e s was M r B arto n wrong i n , .

d oi n g th i s ? I s i t w ron g o r wi ck e d i n a f ath e r to
advi s e h i s son as to wh e th e r O f n o t h e ough t to joi n ‘

t h e M ason i c o r any oth e r i nstitutio n o f whi ch h e m ay

h av e k nowl e dg e ? A nd i n g ivi n g th i s adv i c e ought ,

a f ath e r to say si mply y es or “

n o w i tho ut
“
,

O ffe ri ng any fu rth e r e xpl an ati o n on th e subj e ct ? I s

i t not a par e n t s d uty to warn and adv is e hi s ch ild
’

agai nst any and e v e ry wron g doi n g and h e nc e , ,

why m ay he n ot warn h i m a gai nst b e c om i n g a

 I NTRODUCTION . I
7

F r e e m as on ,
if h e h as c aus e t o k n ow th at F r e e m aso n
r
y is b ad and w i ck e d ? A nd in O ffe ri n g th i s
warn i n g i s th e r e any v al i d r e as o n w hy h e sh o ul d
,

h o t f ully e xpl ai n hi s r e aso ns f o r so do i n g ? A nd ,

l astly i s th e r e anyth i n g i n th e i n st itutio n of F re e

,

m ason ry i ts e l f th at w i l l op e rat e agai n st a f ath e r

g i v i ng such cou ns e l and adv i c e and O ffe r i n g su c h

e xpl an at i o n to h i s so n ? T h at s uc h a b ar actu al ly
ex ists w i ll scarc e ly b e ad m itt e d b y any m e mb e r o f
th e M ason i c f rat e rn ity as t h e ri tu al o f e v e ry de
,

g re e m ost e mphati cal ly a iii r m s th at in F r e e m ason ry

“
th e r e i s n oth i n g w h i ch ca n co nfli ct w i t h any Of

th os e e x alt e d d uti e s w h i c h a m an m ay owe to his

’ ”
fam ily . A nd w h at d ut y m o r e “
e x al t e d tha n th at
wh ich r e q ui r e s a par e n t to brin g up h i s ch i ld r e n
”
“
in th e n urtu r e and ad m on i ti on of th e L ord ?
E v e ry m an i s fi rst Of al l m oral ly bou n d to do
ri gh t and e v e ry l aw rul e
, , ,
e d i ct o r de c r e e n o ,

m att e r w h e r e any such m ay b e f ou nd th at i nt e r

,

v e n e s b e tw e e n a fat h e r and t h e p e r f o rm an c e O f h i s
bou nd e n duty i s rad ically an d i nt ri nsi cal ly w ron g
,

an d w ick e d and ought at o n c e to b e se t as i d e

, .

E v e ry o n e th e r e fo r e m ust hon e stly co n c e d e t h at

, ,

Mr . B arto n is S i mply p e r f orm i ng h is du ty ,

and nothi n g m or e wh e n h e , x p l a i n s th e f ul l
e

n atu r e O f th e M ason ic i nst i tut i o n to h i s so n H e n ry .

T h e law of G od r e q u i r e s th i s , con sci e n c e d i c

tat e s i t , an d p are ntal l o v e , br e ak i n g th rou gh al l art i
1 8 THE MA STE R S C A R P ET ’

fi c ial bou nds i mp e l s h i m to i t ; and if t h e l aws O f

,

F r e e m ason ry com e i n d i r e ct confli ct with th e l aws

O f G o d t h e hon e st r e qu i r e m e n ts O f consc i e n c e and
,

t h e n atu ral prompt i ngs O f a f ath e r s lov e th e n

’
in , ,

d e e d it m ust b e co n fe ss e d th at F r e e m ason ry w i th
, ,

al l i ts si n fu l s e l fish b rood O f oth e r s mall e r s e cr e t

,

ass o ci ations i s o n e O f t h e m o s t v i cious t h e m ost

,
a

wi ck e d and t h e gr e at e st e n e my to th e w e ll b e i ng -

o f t h e f a m ily that has e v e r e x i st e d i n an y age o r

'

i n an y n ation .

B ut w e had b e tt e r h e ar what M r B arton .

h i m s e l f h as to say o n th i s s ubj e ct as w e fi nd h i m ,

conv e rsi n g w it h H e n ry a fe w e v e n i ngs subs e qu e nt

to t h e d ay al r e ady m e ntio n e d .

M r B a r to n :
. W e ll H e n ry i s th e r e any
, ,

mor e n e ws th i s e v e n i n g f ro m o u r M asoni c f ri e nds ?

H av e th e y m ad e any f u rth e r advanc e s i n t h e i r e f
f ort s to i n d uc e you to b e com e a M ason ? O r hav e

you you rs e l f g iv e n t h e m att e r any f u rth e r thought .

si nc e o u r t h
l ast bri e f con v e rsatio n on e subj ct e ?
‘

H e n ry : Y e s F r e e m ason ry i s n o w mor e o r
,

l e ss t h e subj e ct O f co nv e rsatio n e v e ry d ay e sp e c i ,

ally that g rand tu r n o u t w h ich al l s e e m so anx ious

ly to look f orward t o on t h e occasion o f l ayi ng ,

th at corn e r sto n e o f t h e C usto m H ous e

-
T hi s .

th e m e j ust n o w s e e ms to absorb all oth e rs and if

, , ,

t h e b r e thr e n ar e to b e b e l i e v e d, F r e e m ason ry i s o n e

Of th e nobl e st ,
if n ot th e nobl e st , tin stitu tio n in t h e
 I N T R O D U C TI O N . 1
9

‘
”
w o rld .
“
Its m e mb e rs ,
th e y sa
y ,
“
a ssi st e a c h oth e r i n
d i str e ss I t i s pu r e ly b e n e vol e n t I t i s p e tt e d and
. .

patron i z e d by th e go v e rn m e nt e n c ou rag e d and u p ,

h e ld by m i n i st e rs O i t h e gosp e l . It c an c ou n t w i th
i n i ts m e mb e rsh i p so m e O f t h e v e ry b e st and
”
g r e at e st m en in th e c o m mu n ity ,
and th e y argu e and , ,

I m ust c o n fe ss ,
n ot wi thout so m e show of r e aso n ,

th at “
if F r e e m aso n ry w e r e as bad as i ts e n e m i e s
woul d m a ke i t out to b e , al l thos e gr e at a nd good
”
men would not c o nti n u e to be m e mb e rs O f i t .

M r . B ar ton : T he l ayi n g of t h at c orn e r ston e -

by t h e M aso n ic f r at e rn ity o n th e 2 4th i nst i s i n , .

, ,

my Opi n i on o n e a mon g t h e m any O f th os e th i ngs

,

th at ought to cond e m n th i s i n stitut i o n i n th e e sti m a

ti on Of e v e ry ho n e st m i nd . W h at ri g ht has F r e e
m ason ry to arrogat e to i ts e l f pri vi l e g e s a nd p re

ro
g at iv e s whi ch can n ot b e f ul ly e nj oy e d by al l th e

r e st f t h e co m m u n i ty
O W hy should th e F r e e ?

m aso n s m or e than any oth e r C l ass o f m e n h e cal l e d

upo n to l ay t h e co rn e r ston e o f a bui ld in g f o r t h e -

e r e ction and subs e q u e n t m ai n t e n an c e Of wh i ch th e

publ i c at l arg e pay h e avy t ax e s ? But if M aso n ry

do e s this , th e n M ason ry m ust sub m i t to b e p ubl i cly
e x am i n e d and d i scuss e d? S o l on g as M aso n ry st e ps
i n and cl a i m s t h e e x cl us i v e r i g ht o f p e r form i n g
c e rta i n a c ts of publ i c s e rv i c e i n m att e rs w h e r e th e

e nt i r e co m m u n i ty i s i nt e r e st e d ,
th e n e v e ry m an ,

wo m an an d c h i l d in t h at c o mm un i ty has a p e r fe c t
20 THE MAS TER S C ARPET ’
.

ri gh t to i nqu i r e by what auth o rity F r e e m ason ry

d o e s th i s ; and f urth e rm or e th e y hav e a full ri ght
, ,

to e x am i n e wh a t F r e e m ason ry i s and if p ossibl e

, , ,

to l e arn al l about i t .

A nd as fo r m i n ist e rs o f th e gosp e l and good

m e n b e i n g m e mb e rs O f t hi s organ ization I do n ot ,

s e e h o w th at can b e any b e tt e r proo f that M ason

ry i s good any m o r e than i t i s th at hu nd r e ds and
,

thou s an ds o f b ad m e n w i th i n o u r l od g e s pro ve
th at t h e syst e m i s w i ck e d and vicious .

T ak e F r e e m ason ry f o r i nstanc e i n thi s city and

, ,

t e l l m e h o w m any r e al ly good m e n can w e find

con n e ct e d w ith all o u r C h i c ago lodg e s ? H o w
m any good m e n i n B l an e y i n B l ai r i n Cov e n an t
, , ,

o r i n K i l w i n ni ng lod g e s ? H ow m any r e ally good

m e n i n T hos .
J Tu. rn er D e arbor n
,
or W m B . .

W arr e n ? Ho w m any could w e coun t i n C l e v e

l and C h i cago O r N ati on al l odg e s ? H ow m any
,

g ood m e n co mpos e e v e n t h e G rand O fii ce r s Of

t h e G rand L od g e o f I lli noi s ? S t r ic kly sp e ak i ng ,

n ot o n e Y o u can f ai rly ch all e ng e t h e e nti r e M a

.

so n i c f rat e rn ity O f t h e city O f C h icago to d ay to ,

-
,

rodu c e h al f a d z e n tr u l o od m en f ro m am on g
p o y g c

t h e whol e f rat e rn ity T ak e e v e ry o n e o f o u r pub

.

l ic O ffi c e rs f o r i nstan c e i n th i s town f ro m th e n o
, , ,

t o r io ii s e x sh e ri ff
-
F i sch e r down to e x post mast e r -

M c A r t h u r and t e ll m e to wh ich o n e O f th e m all

,

”
W o u ld you apply t h e e p i th e t g ood ?“
 IN T R O DU C T I ON . 21

Th e r e ar e a fe w h on e st an d r e sp e c tabl e m e n ,

to b e su r e i n al l o u r l od g e s h e r e as w e l l as e l s e
,

w h e r e but to t h e o n e h on e st and r e s p e ct ab l e m an
,

stand i n g i n sid e t h e l od g e roo m d oo r t h e r e ar e a ,

h und r e d m en, b e tt e r acqu a i nt e d w i th i ts pri n ci pl e s ,

j ust as h on e st at l e ast and qu i t e as r e s p e c t abl e

, ,
w ho

Oppos e F r e e m aso n ry and stand upon th e o utsi d e .

W ill the v e ry fe w r e sp e c tabl e m en w i th i n th e

l odg e prov e the e xt r e m e good n e ss of th e M aso n i c

i nst i tut i on any m or e th an th e hu nd r e d s Of r e sp e ct
’

abl e men outs id e of it p ro v e i ts e xtr e m e b ad

n e ss ?
”
Ask a ny of th o s e “
good men wh o m th e

b a s e o n e s o f th e c ra ft and th e l ck aM ason s a r e so

con stan tly boasti n g abou t ,

t h e si m pl e st qu e sti o n O n

th e s u bj e ct o f M ason r y an d w i ll h e r e tu rn a truth
,
“

ful and st rai gh t fo r w ard an sw e r ? Ask any o n e O f

”
th e s e su ppos e d good m e n if B oaz J ach i n S h ib
‘
, ,

b o le t h , T u bal cai n and M ah h ah bon e ar e M ason i c

- - -

password s and ,
he wi ll i m m e d iat e ly an sw e r ,
th e y
ar e n ot . Ask any '
o ne O f th e m if “
R ona
y ne s
’

” ”
H and B ook or “
D u ncan ’
s R i tual ar e co rr e ct re

v e lat io n s of M aso n i c S O- cal l e d s e cr e ts an d he will

,

u n h e sitat i n gly d e ny i t L e t e v e n t h e wi fe o r ch ild

.

o f any o f thos e wond e r f ul ly good m e n put th e s e “

q u e st i on s and a n e gat iv e an sw e r Wi l l i n e v e ry cas e

,

b e r e tu rn e d an d i n e v e ry o n e O f th e s e d e n i al s
,

thos e Su p r m e ly e “
good m en say what th e y k now
 ’
22 THE M A STER S CA R PE T .

to b e absol ut e ly and positi v e ly f als e . N o w , fo r t h e

v e ry l i fe O f m e I can not s e e h o w thi s i s a tok e n
,

O f any e xt raord i n ary d e gr e e o t good n e ss i n th e s e m e n .

I t s e e m s t o m e th at a truly good m an wi ll al
w ays sp e ak th e t ruth wh i l e pr e v ari cation quibbl i ng
, ,

and f al s e h ood ar e th e sur e charact e risti cs O f an O p

o s ite qual i ty
p .

And agai n if i t b e any proo f O f t h e good n e ss

, ,

O f t h e M ason i c syst e m th at som e o f t h e m in i st e rs

b e l on g i n g t o t h e hI e t h O dist C on gr e gatio nal a n d
,

B apti st C hu rch e s f rat e rn i z e w i th th e U n i v e rsal ist ,

t h e U n i tari an and t h e i n fid e l o n t h e floor o f t h e

,

M ason i c l od g e roo m and assum e t h e v e ry sam e

,

Obl i gati on s ad m i n i st e r e d to th e r u m s e l l e r t h e pro

-
,

f an e Sw e ar e r and t h e l ib e rti n e — J say if th is b e

any p roo f that t h e sy st e m o f M ason ry i s good

ou gh t n e t t h e f act th at hu nd re ds O f t h e v e ry b e st
m e n a n d m i n ist e rs o f t h e m ost e x e mpl ary pi e ty
w h O s e c e de f ro m t h e i n st ituti o n e v e ry y e ar and
‘

wh o positi v e ly a ffi rm th at th e y co u ld not c On s ist

e ntly l e ad a C h risti an and a M ason i c l i fe at t h e
sam e ti m e b e proo f e q u al ly strong at l e ast and
, , ,

e qu ally convi n ci n g that t h e syst e m i s f als e w i ck e d ,

a nd A nti ch ri sti an .

B ut ar e th e r e any b e tt e r m e n i n M aso fi r y or
, ,

any m or e O f th e m th an ar e to b e fou nd i n t h e
,

R o m i sh C hurch ? C an F r e e m ason ry r e ckon any

m ore g ood m i n ist e rs am on g i ts m e mb e rship than t h e
 I N T R O D UC T IO N . 2
3

C hu r c h Of R o m e can cou n t good m i n i st e rs and

bi sh o p s an d card i n al s a mon g its m e mb e rsh i p ? A n d
if F r e e m aso n ry be a good i n st i tut i o n on th e si mpl e
grou n d th at a fe w good men, m i n i st e rs and oth e rs
m ay be cl ai m e d as i ts m e mb e rs ,
th e n ,
u po n th e

sam e g rou nd and fo r p r e c i s e ly th e s am e T e aso n , we

c an pr o v e R o m an i sm B udd h ism M oh am m e d an i sm , , ,

M orm on i sm ,
or e v e n M olly M a
g u i rei s m, to b e all
good i nst i tuti on s an d ,
e qu ally w orthy of our e st e e m
and r e s p e ct .

And agai n ,
if w e accou n t F r e e m as o n ry to b e a
good i n sti tut i on b e caus e a fe w m i n i st e rs c om para ,

t iv e ly sp e ak i n g ,
am on g M e th od ist ,
B apti st and
C on g r e gat i on al C hu rch e s ar e wi ck e d e n ou gh to be

e n rol l e d a m on g i ts m e m be rsh ip SO by a pari ty ,

Of

r e aso n in g th e t ra ffi c i n h u m an Sl av e s w as a m uch
b e tt e r i nsti tuti on ,
b e c aus e n ot on ly th e w hol e
P rot e stan t C h u rch south O f M aso n a nd D i xo n s ’

l i n e b u t al so a l a rg e proporti on o f th e i r b r e th r e n
,

in th e N o rth ,
u ph e ld th at p e cul i ar i nstituti o n Of

sl a v e ry n ot v e ry m any y e ars
,
ag o , i n th is cou n t ry .

I kno w i t i s a v e ry co m m o n th i n g fo r Ma
son s t o po i n t to m in is te r s gosp e l
'

of the w ho ar e

m e mb e rs Of th e O rd e r as a roo f th at th e in s tit
p
”
u t io n must be a good one “
oth e rw i s e th e y say
; , ,

“
th e s e good men w oul d n ot r e m a i n co n n e ct e d wit h
”
it ; and i t i s n otor i ou s th at i t i s th e m ost w o rthl e ss
ch ara c t e rs in th e lod g e w ho g e n e ral ly u se th i s ~
 ’
T HE MA S TE R S CA R P E T .

argu m e nt B ut i s i t a f a c t that m i nist e rs O f

.
-
th e

gosp e l as such ar e r e gard e d as r e al ly g ood

, , ,
re

li a ble , p i ou s , G odf e a r i ng m en by th e rul e rs O f

M ason ry and by thos e m en , e ven ,
w ith wh om
th e se m i sgu i d e d m i n i st e rs s e e k asso ci at i o n and ,
fe l
lo w s h ip ? If a m in i st e r i s a r e ally good , r e li abl e ,
'

pious G o d fe ar i n g m an w hy d o M ason s i n s i st
,
-
,

upo n i t th at h e Sh al l tak e an oath j ust t h e sam e

as a ru m s e ll e r a pro f an e sw e ar e r o r a l ib e rt i n e d o e s
-
, ,

wh e n b e i n g m ad e a M ason ? I f th e m i n i st e r i s con
s ide r e d su c h a n o t tak e h is si mpl e
7
o o o m an why
g ,

prom i s e o r e v e n a ffi rm ation ? B u t no ; h e m ust

”
“
sol e m nly sw e ar by th e H oly B ibl e S quar e and ,

C om p ass as al l oth e rs d o I f M ason ry con sid e rs t h e

, .

m i n ist e r a good r e l i abl e h on e st m an why c au s e

, , ,

h i m to sw e ar not to ch e at w ron g o r d e f raud a

“
,

l odg e o f M aste r M ason s o r a b roth e r o f th at d e ,

”
g r e e ? I f h e i s a pu r e m i nd e d pious G o d fe ar i n g
.
-
, ,
-

m an why r e q u i r e h i m to Sw e ar n o t to v i ol at e
,
“

th e c hasti ty o f a M ast e r M ason s w i fe m oth e r ’

, ,

”
sist e r o r d augh t e r ? I f h e b e su ch a good
m an why n ot acc e pt h is S i mpl e pro m i s e ? B ut n o
, ,

hi s w ord can not b e tak e n ; h e m ust sol e m nl y “

Sw e ar . T h is pro v e s c on c l us iv e ly th at as far as ,

h i s m oral w orth i s con c e rn e d t h e m i n i st e r o f t h e ,

gosp e l i s consid e r e d by M aso n i c law as n o b e tt e r

and n o wors e than th e vi l e st and t h e m ost m i s e rabl e
 IN T R O D U C T IO N . 2
5

ru m s e l l e r
-
or ru m d r i n k e r in t h e l od g e room an d th at
- -
,

h i s word or pro m i s e i s Of no m or e v al u e than t h e i rs .

And how a m an wh o m th e M ason ic i nstitut i o n

i ts e l f th u s d e grad e s a nd m i stru sts c an b e p o i nt e d to as
a roo f of th e xt r e m e good n e ss Of M ason ry i s o n e
p e ,

of th os e u n f ath om abl e my st e r i e s so f r e q u e n tly m e t

w i th i n d i s c uss i n g th e m e r its Of a syst e m w h i c h has

not th e l e ast sh adow Of su p p ort ,
e i th e r f ro m his
tory ,
f ro m scriptur e , f ro m
f ro m co mr e ason
m o n ,
or

s e ns e ,
but i n fact i s d i am e tr i cal ly O p pos e d to th e m all
, , .

Deg rad e a m i n i st e r t o th e l e ve l Of a co m m on r ou h
g ,
i n o rd e r to m ak e h i m a M ason and th e n a f t e rward s ,

po i nt to th at sam e m i n i st e r as a p roo f that M ason ry

mu s t b e a g oo d th i n g ! If th i s i s not an i nsul t to th e

m i n i st e r i al ch ara c t e r th e n I a m at a l oss
,
to u nd e r
stand h o w a m i n i st e r could b e i n sult e d .

“
F r e e m ason ry i s go o d ,
e x cl a i m th e M ason
”
ic rabbl e and th e i r cousi n s t h e J ack s ; ,
.
“ “
b e caus e
so m e g ood m e n an d m i n ist e rs O f r e l i g i o n ar e mem
’
b e rs O f i t .

J e s u s C h ri st i s a bad an d a w i ck e d m an e x
“
,

cl ai m e d t h e J e wi sh p ri e sts and P h ari s e e s ; b e cau s e ”

“

n on e O f t h e rul e rs o r o f th e P har i s e e s b e l i e v e d o n
”
hi m .

“
A nd s o m e o f t h e m would h a v e tak e n h i m but ,

n o m an l aid h and s o n h i m Th e n c am e t h e o ffi c e rs
.

t o t h e c h i e f pri e sts an d P h aris e e s a n d th e y sa i d u nto ,

‘
h i m why h a v e y e n ot b rou gh t h i m ? T h e O ffi c e rs ’

an sw r d : N e y e r m an spak e l i k e th i s m an
e e ‘
.

T h n an s w e r e d th e m t h e P h ari s e e s : A r e y e
“
e ‘

al s o d e c e iv e d ? H av e any O f t h e rul e rs o r o f th e P h ar
6
2 T HE ‘
M A S TER S CA ’
R P ET .

is e e s
b e li e v e d o n h im ? B ut th i s p e opl e who k now
n ot t h e l aw ar e cu rs e d j oh n vi i —
4 4 49
. . .

T hi s i s pr e cis e ly th e argu m e nt us e d to d ay in -

sup p ort O f F r e e m ason ry and i t i s as val id i n th e o n e

,

c as e as i t was in t h e oth e r .

B ut you h av e stat e d that F r e e m ason s h e lp o n e “

”
anoth e r wh e n i n difli c u lty a nd l i k e a good m any , ,

oth e r you n g m e n y o u v e ry f ool i shly con clud e that

,

th at m ust b e a good poi nt i n i ts f avor N o w if thi s .

b e a n argu m e n t t o sh o w that F r e e m ason ry i s a good

i nst i tuti on that it ough t to b e i e sp e cte d and uph e l d

,
'

and th at m e n ou gh t to bli ndly s w e ar to support al l i ts

l a w s and r e qui r e me nts w h e th e r r i gh t o r w ron g
,
“
,

th e n o n t h e sam e g rou nd and fo r si m il ar r e ason s

, , ,

b u rgl ary is good h ors e st e al i n g i s g ood gambli n g or

,
-
,

Molly M agu ir e is m i s good and o u ght th e r e fore to b e , , ,

support e d b e ca u s e i n al l th e s e i nstitutions th e i r m e m
,

b e rs h e lp o n e anoth e r as m uch as Mason s d o wh e n i n

d ifii c u lt y accord i n gto t h e t e n or and l e tt e r O f th e i r
‘

s e v e ral Obl i g a
tion s .

T h is i s no proo f th at a m an should j oi n t h e Ma
s o n s any m or e th an i t i s th at h e should b e com e a
gypsy an d i nd e e d th e r e is but v e ry l i ttl e d i ffe r e nc e
,

b e t w e e n t h e oath tak e n by a m an i n b e i n g adopt e d

i nto a t rib e O f gypsi e s an d th at tak e n by a m an i n
b e i n g m ad e a M ast e r M ason And if M ason s h e lp .

o n e anot h e r wh e n i n difli c u lt t e y do n oth i n g m or e

y h ,

th an the i r sworn d uty o r e v e n wh at t h e gypsi e s do

,
.
 I N T R O D UC T I ON . 2 7

W h at th an ks ough t a m an t o re ce i ve fo r d oi n g a
th in g wh i c h he posit i v e ly sw e ars t o do ? If a M aso n
sw e ars to h e lp a b roth e r M aso n i n d i ffi cu l ty , d oes it

argu e a s i n gl e wh i t i n f avo r of th e good n e ss Of F ree

m ason ry b e c aus e he s i mply do e s w h at he absol u t e ly
sw e ars he w ould do ? I th i n k n ot . I t m e r e ly pro v e s
he v e ry r e v e rs e . If M aso n ry r e q u i r e d i ts m e mb e rs
to h e lp al l m e n and wo m e n i n d i str e ss th e n i t woul d ,

h a v e som e show o f r e aso n fo r procl ai m i n g i ts good ;

n e ss and p arad i n g i ts n obl e charact e r b e for e t h e wo rld ,

b ut as i t i s al l th at c an
,
be said Of i t i s that i t i s
, p u r e

ly an d posit i v e ly s e l fish i n e v e ry si ngl e act an d m ov e

ment Of i ts whol e b e i n g ( S e e A pp e n dix ) ( N ot e A )
. . .

A nd l ast ly y o u ar e l abo ri n g u nd e r t h e e rr o n
, ,
'

eous Opi n i on th at F r e e m aso n ry i s C h ar itab le or h e nev

Ol e n t e v e n to i ts m e mb e rs B ut th i s my d e ar
’

ow n .
,

H e n ry i s ,
as g r e at a d e l usio n as any Of thos e to w h i ch
I h av e al r e ady al l ud e d . F r e e m ason r y a ch ari tabl e
or b e n e v ol e n t i n sti tuti on ! In th e n am e Of good n e ss
and co m m on h on e sty ,
wh e r e ar e th e tok e n s O f i ts
ch aritabl e n e ss o r b e n e vol e n c e ? W e k n ow th at M a
sonr
y h as e xi st e d i n o n e f orm o r an o th e r f ro m t h e

y e a r 1 7 1 7 to t h e pr e s e n t t i m e and w e al so k n ow th at
,

h e r e in t h e U n i t e d S tat e s i ts l od g e s h av e b e e n i n O p
erat i o n s i nc e t h e y e ar 1 7 3 3 but d u ri n g al l th i s l on g
,

p e r i od o f n e arly a c e ntu ry an d a h al f w h at h as i t
. ,

don e to e x e mpl i fy i ts b e n e v ol e nt c h aract er ? H as it

bu i l t e ve n o ne r e ally ch ar i tabl e i nst i tuti o n or
p er
 ’
28 THE M ASTER S CARP ET .

f orm e d si n gl e a c t o f publ i c ch ar i ty i n al l th at
one

ti m e ? N o t o n e T h e r e i s n ot t o d ay i n Am e ri ca a
.
-
, ,

si n gl e h ospital a si ngl e h ous e o f r e fu g e or a si ngl e

, ,

i n stitution o f any k i nd what e v e r wh e r e t h e o ld and ,

d e cr e p i t M ason can b e r e c e iv e d and wh e r e h e m ay ,

e n d h i s d ays i n p e ac e and n o t o n e f o r t h e M ason s ’

,

widow e x c e pt th at m is e rabl e e xcus e i n Loui svi ll e

, ,

Ky M ason ry h as n e v e r d on e anyth i n g to m ark i t

.

o u t as a b e n e vol e nt i n stitution but o n t h e con trary , ,

i t h as l e ft n u m e rou s foot p ri n ts on t h e sands o f o n e

-

hu nd r e d an d fi fty y e ars l i k e t h e Wand e ri ng Je w

, ,

w hi ch d isti nctly p o i n t to i t as a h ol low m ock e ry a ,

g i ganti c swi ndl e and a s e,

l fish v i ci ous wi ck e d f als e, ,

hood T h e p u r e lv s e l fish charact e r o f t h e M ason i c

.

syst e m i s v e ry stri k i ngly pr e s e nt e d ( thou gh o f cours e

u n wi tti ngly ) by P ast G rand M ast e r M orr i s i n h is ,

e diti on o f W e bb s M on itor o f F r e e m ason ry p

’
“
.
,

2 6
9 , u nd e r th e w ord “
TRAV EL . He say s
M ast e r M aso n on h i s trav e ls h as a ri ght to
A
visi t e v e ry r e gul ar l odg e i n h i s w ay E v e ry w e ll .

r e gul at e d l od g e will h av e a s e at and a w e lcom e f o r

h im e v e r y i nt e l li g e nt b roth e r a hand and w ord o f
,

gr e e ti n g
T h i s i s doubtl e ss v e ry pl e asant and v e ry com
forti n g to t h e trav e li n g broth e r ; but le t us n ow s e e
t h e cond iti ons upon wh i c h th e s e l ittl e soc i al am e n iti e s

ar eto b e e xt e nd e d to h i m D r Morr i s go e s o n to . .

e xpl ai n :

“
T o s ecu r e th is gr e e ti ng and th is w e l com e t h e ,
 I NTRODUC TION . 2
9

tra v e l i n g broth e r m u st h av e pass O f K i n g S o l ‘th e

o mo n H e m ust b e at l e ast in outw ard s e mbl an c e

.
’

”
m e n tal ly m oral ly an d p hys i c al ly p e r fe c t
,
.

W h at a good n obl e ch ar i tabl e i n st i tut i o n truly

, ,

M ason ry m ust be, wh e n thos e to who m i ts “

in te lli
” ”
gen t m e mb e rs to xt e n d a “
w e l c o m e a nd a
’

ar e e

“
wo r d of gr e e t i n g m ust al l be stou t h al e h e al thy
, ,

fe l lows , —
”
“
m e ntal ly m orally an d phys i cal ly p e r fe ct
,
.

N ow i t c ould lay so m e cl a i m to b e n e vol e n c e if it

xt e n d e d v e n i ts “
w e lco m e a nd i ts wo rd of
“
e e

gr e e ti n g ,
if n oth i n g m or e to t h e poor and ,
th e n e e dy ,

or to the h al t ,
th e m a im e d ,
th e l am e and ,
th e bl i nd ;
but no ! i ts s e at and i ts w e l c o m e as w e l l as i ts word ,

Of g r e eti n g ,
ar e o nly to be e x t e nd e d to m e mb e rs o f its
ow n o rd e r and th e n only to th os e
, w ho ar e “ men

tal ly m oral ly and phys ic al ly p e r fe c t at l e ast i n

, , ,
out

ward s e mbl an c e .

B ut aga i n D r M orr i s i n f orm s u s .

“
I f h i s l i mbs a r e m u ti l at e d o r h i s Se ns e s de fi
ci e nt so M a t fi e ca n n o t
g i v e and r e ce i v e a ll 17 26

M a s on ic m ea n s n it io n i n M a n c ie n t
of r e co
g e

M a s o n ic ma n n e r , h e i s physi cal ly i mp e r fe ct an d
can not v i si t l od g e the .

If h e i s u n ab le f ro m o ri gi n al i gn o ran c e o r
“

f o rg e t f ul n e ss to e xplai n to t h e sat i s f acti o n o f h i s

e x am i n e rs al l t h e c e r e m on i al s of B l u e L od g e M a
so n r
y tog,
e th e r with t h e rat i o n al i nt e n tio n o f t h e sa m e ,

and d o i t al l i n til e p e cu lia r p /z r a s eology (f Y or k

M a s o n ry h e i s m e nta lly i mp e r f e c t and can n ot v is i t
,

t h e lod g e .

I n both th e s e cas e s he h as not g ot “

th e

p ssa of K i n g S ol o m o n , an d althou gh he m ay h av e
30 THE M A STE R S C AR P E T
’
.

b e e n a M aso n fo r e i ght t e n or a doz e n y e ars and

, ,

O f cou rs e paid r e gul arly al l j ust d u e s and d e m ands

,

agai nst h i m y e t u nd e r t h e p e cul i ar ci rcu mstanc e s

,

m e nt ion e d h e i s n o t only e xcl ud e d f ro m any possibl e

ch an c e o f b e i n g fi n an ci al ly r e li e v e d but h e i s e v e n
,

d e barr e d f ro m t e mpo rari ly occupy i n g a s e at i n t h e

lodg e And y e t thi s th i n g wi ll cal l its e l f a ch ari
.

tabl e i nsti tut i on ! Wh e n t h e gr e at fi r e cam e and

bu rn e d d o w n th e f ai r e st an d b e st porti o n o f o u r
c ity d e stroyi n g n i n e t e e n l od g e s and r e duci n g hu n
, ,

d r e ds o f M ason i c fam i l i e s to absol u t e w ant e v e ry ,

one though t th at th e n at l e ast F r e e m ason ry w ould

e x e mpl i fy i ts b e n e vol e n c e and sho w to t h e world
that i t m ak e s n o e mpty b oast w h e n i t cl ai m s to " ‘

sooth e t h e u n happy t o sy mpathi z e w i th th e i r m is

,

f o rtu n e s t o compassi on at e th e i r m is e ri e s and to r e

'

, ,

store p e ac e to th e i r t ro u bl e d m i nd s B u t h o w w as
.

i t at th at t e rribl e ti m e i n C h i cago ? E v e ry in te lli

g e nt M aso n a mon g u s i s w e l l a w ar e that t h e f arc e
k n own by t h e n am e O f a M as o n ie B oard o f R e
“

”
lief ,
o rg an i z e d by t h e G rand M ast e r to d isbu rs e
t h e f ru its o f M ason ic s e l fish n e ss m iscal l d e “ B l e ss e d
C harity was o n e O f t h e bi g g
,
est h u mbugs and t h e

g rand est and most gi ganti c Swi ndl e that was e v e r

w itn e ss e d by t h e M aso n i c f rat e rn ity withi n th e
m e mory o f t h e pr e s e nt ge n e rati on A ft e r n u m e rous
.

soli ci tati ons G rand M ast e r C r e gie r w h o was at ,

that ti m e , b y vi rtu e o f his offi c e , P r e s i d e nt o f th at

 INTR O DUCTION .

so -
c all e d “ B o ard of R el ie f ,
was -
e n abl e d to g ath e r
tog e th e r th e handso m e su m Of as we

l e arn f ro m pag e 4 2 of his F i n al R e port

“
.

O n pag e 1 1 sam e F i n
Of al R e p o rt M r
th e “
.

C re
g ie r ack n owl e
d g e s th at i n n e arly al l l e tt e rs “

ac c ompany i n g th e d on ati o n s ,
th e i n stru c t i on s as to

th e d isposi ti o n th e r e o f w e r e e x p l i cit and i t m ay

,
be

worthy o f not e h e says th at th e s e le tt e rs co m i n g

,
”
,
“
,

as th e y d i d f ro m so m any d i ffe r e nt parts o f th e

c o nt i n e nt sh ould con tai n l anguag e al m ost i d e n ti c al
, ,

vi z : th at th e d o n ati o ns w e re i nt e nd e d f or ‘
th e re

lief f
o w or t /zy fl f a s i e r
'

j lf as o n s , llz e i r w i do w s an d

or
p /z ans w /z o w er e sz
fi f
g f cr e r s éy l/z e r e o

’
z z lz a n d n i n t /z o O c to é e r Acco rd i n g to B ro
‘
ei /
g f . .

C r e gie r s o w n sh o w i n g t h e n t h e m on e y h e r e ce i v e d
’
, ,

at that t i m e w as fo r t h e r e l i e f o f su ffe ri n g M ason s

and th e w i d ows an d orph an s o f d e c e as e d b r e th r e n ,

and n ot f o r l odg e s o r to b e gi v e n away as p r e s e n ts

o r d on at e d to p e rson al f ri e nds H i s i nstructi on s h e .

says ,
w e r e e xpl i c it as to t h e prop e r d ist ributi o n o f
“

thos e f unds b u t how did h e act i n t h e v e ry fac e

,

”
of thos e e xpl i ci t i n structi o n s ?
“
Ass i st e d by h i s
l i ttl e f actotu m H arry D u val h e S i m ply m is ap p r o
, ,

r iat e d out of th e wh ic h he
p re

e e iv e d .

H e g av e to “
B urned -o ut L od g e s
he gav e to “
L od g e s n ot ea r n e d on l

he gav e $ 2 00 of a d o n at i o n to h i s l i ttl e h en c h m an ,
3 2 THE M A STE R S CA RP ET
’
.

H arry b e sid e s al low i ng

, h im $ 1 00 a m onth salary
as S e c r e tary o f t h e B oard H e gav e $ 1 00 do natio n .

to J am e s M orri son b e sid e s allowi n g h i m al so $ 1 00

,

a m on th sal ary as S up e ri nt e nd e n t H e gav e $ 52 .

a mo n th to o ld Ioh n P F e rns t h e G rand Tyl e r .

,

of G rand L odg e H e gav e

th e to f o rm a
.

sh a m arran g e m e nt ycl e pt B oard o f R e l i e f to

,
“
,

c ar e f o r t h e n e e d s o f thos e o n ly w h o co m e f ro m
ab road ; h e r e tu rn e d to t h e G rand Lodg e s
f ro m whos e j u r i sd i ct i ons don atio ns h ad b e e n r e
c e iv e d ; h e sp e n t i n pri nti n g and publ i sh
”
i n g h is Bl e ss e d C harity and i n th e l arg e n e ss O f
‘
, ,

h is h e art and i n th e e xtr e m e gr e atn e ss O f h is b e n e v

,

o le n ce h e fe l t h i ms e l f at lib e rty
,
a ft e r th e for e ,

goi n g g e n e rous do n a t i o n s to h i s n u m e rous cron i e s ,

to d istribut e t h e m u n ifi c e n t su m o f
“
a mon g th r e e thousand o n e hu nd r e d and f orty fi v e -

n ee d
y b re th r e n wid ows an d ch ild r e n
,
o r an av e r ,

a
g e of abou t pi e c e O f t h e a- .

w h ich C r e gie r and D uval could find it i n th e i r

g e n e rous h e arts to d i stribut e am on g th e i r poor s u f
fe r i n g br o th e r Mason s th e r e w as ,
paid to R .

H M ason fo r sto v e s not o n e o f whi ch was worth

.
,

$ 2 e x c e pt t o br e ak i t up and s e l l i t to som e

rag m e rchant f o r O ld iro n as y o u r e m e mb e r I d id

-
,

w ith t h e o n e th e y ga ve m e Th is m an M ason .

ex M ayor M ason s so n — hu nt e d up al l th e worth

-
’

less o ld r e fu s e o f s to y e s spoil e d in th e m anu fa ctur e

 I N T R O D U C TI ON .
33

that h e coul d p oss i bly fi n d— Op e n e d a bogus stor e

o n N orth D e arborn str e e t and to h i m H arry Duv al
,

s e nt all h is poor d istr e ss e d broth e r M asons fo r

,

sto v e s and ch arg e d

, fo r th e th e m (N O
sm all e st of .

- n i n e t e e n doll ars a pi e c e And so m e v e ry good

-
.

M asons e v e n t o th i s d ay ar e w ick e d e n ough t o

‘

b e l i e v e that Duval and M ason d ivid e d th e profits .

O f cou rs e wh e n th e s e wo rthl e ss o ld stov e s w e r e all

d i s p os e d o f th e c on c e rn v e ry sudd e n ly col lap s e d
,
“

and ou r worthy broth e r b e took h i m s e l f e ls e wh e re

to practic e ch ar i ty and b e n e vol e nc e accordi n g t o t h e
p e cul i ar r e q u i r e m e nts o f h i s t e nd e r c onsc i e n c e
.

q u i ck e n e d by th e nobl e t e ach i ngs o f th e Anc i e nt

“

”
C ra ft .

Th is my so n i s a g e n e ral e x e m p lifi c atio n o f

, ,

M ason ic b e n e vol e nc e and t h e p e c ul iar m an n e r i n

wh i c h M asons ass i st e d o n e anoth e r d urin g th at te r
r i bl e wi nt e r subs e qu e n t to o u r G r e at F i r e i n O ct o
ber ,
E v e n t h e paltry su m that C r e gie r and D u v al
could aff ord to sp e nd fo r t h e r e l i e f o f th e i r su ffe r
i n g broth e rs and t h e widows and orph ans o f de
c e as e d M asons w as wi l fully and grossly m i s m an ag e d
'

and m i sappl i e d I nst e ad o f g i v i ng e ach n e e dy ap

.

p lic an t a fe w dollars w i th wh i c h to h e lp h i m s e l f a ,

shi ftl e ss E ngl ish gr e e nhorn w h o k n e w as m uch O f

,

w hat a fam i ly ought to h a v e as h e d id o f th e

C o n ic S e c ti ons , w as app o i n t e d to p u rch as e supp l i e s
34 THE M A STER S C ARP ET
’
.

of al l ki nds and th e n wh e n a poor d e stitu t e ,

, ,

burn e d o u t M ast e r Mason wan t e d som e l ittl e assist

-

anc e fo r hi s s u ffe ring fam ily e ith e r h i ms e l f or his ,

W i fe h ad to trudg e w e ari ly al ong through sno w

'

and ic e to t h e corn e r o f H alst e d an d R an do lp h

str e e ts and pr e s e nt hi m s e l f bask e t i n hand b e for e
, , ,

t h e l arg e h e art e d D uval to b e g fo r any l ittl e m i s e r

-
,

abl e pittanc e wh ich that capri c i ous i nd i vid u al m ay

se e fit t O do le out to hi m
. I nsults and not n e c e s
.

sary r e l i e f w as w h at poor su ffe r i ng M asons w e r e

.

m ost l arg e ly tr e at e d to du ri ng t h at c o ld fe ar ful

Wi nt e r F r e e m ason ry chari tabl e ! Why th e notori
.

ous sham — F r e e m asons th e ms e lv e s e v e n do not

r e ally b e l i e v e i n any such hollo w m ock e ry Th e y
‘

hav e a b y word am ong th e m and wh e n th e y de

-

si r e to r e fl e ct v e ry s e v e r e ly upo n anythi ng th e y ,

”
s ay i t is as c o ld as M asonic ch arity
“
But sup .

pos e a d e stitut e M ason or e v e n a su ffe ri ng w ido w

s hould r e c e iv e a fe w paltry d ollars from a Masonic
.

lodg e wh at i s that but givi ng back a v e ry small

,

part o f t h e i r o w n ? D o e s Mason ry e v e r assist any

one from w h m
p i t has r e c e iv e d no pr e vious e q u iv a
l e nt N e v e r Do e s M asonry e v e r assist e v e n
.

its o w n s u ff e r i g d e s e rv i ng poor ? It do e s not as

"
’

m any h e r e in C hicago can t e sti fy Wh at di ffe r e nc e .

i s th e r e b e t w e e n t h e b e n e vol e nc e o f F r e e m asonry
and th at o f a w e ll conduct e d L i fe I nsu ranc e C om
-

'

pany ? T h e l att e r is a thousand p e r c e nt b e tt e r .

 I N T R O D U C TI O N .
35

and w i thout th e t e rribl e oaths and blood c u rdl i n g -

p e n alti e s o f th e M ason ic l od g e F r e e m ason ry a .

b e n e vol e n t i nstitut i on ! H u mb u g ! W hy dur i n g ,

’
th at fe ar ful ti m e that tri e d m e n s sou ls if th e M a ,

son ic i n s titut i o n coul d n o t e v e n m an i fe st co m m o n

r e sp e ct toward s i ts o w n su ff ri ng m e mb e rs h o we

c ould w e e xp e ct e i th e r good n e ss or b e n e v ol e nc e
fro m it o n ord i nary occas i on s ? B u t l i k e p e opl e “

”
li k e pri e st .At t h e t i m e o f th e C h icago fi r e ,

H arm on G R e ynolds l at e o f S p ri ngfi e ld I ll i no i s was

.
, ,

t h e im m e diat e P as t G rand M ast e r and also pub

.
,

lis h e r o f a M ason i c m agaz i n e T h rough th e m e.

diu m o f t h at p e ri od i c al h e sol icit e d aid fo r t h e

'

M asoni c su ffe r e rs and r e c e iv e d i n al l

,
T hi s
m on e y h e k e pt an d appl i e d to h is own u s e n e v e r ,

on c e pr e t e nd ing th at h e h ad e v e r r e c e iv e d a S i ngl e
p e n ny o f it And t h e Worsh ip ful M ast e r
.
,

of K e yston e L odg e N O 6 39 — h e who i s n o w

, .

publ i cly work i ng t h e M ason i c d e gr e e s— at t h e

G ra nd Lodg e m e e ti n g h e ld in O ctob e r 1 8 7 3 p r e ‘

, ,

fe rr e d “
charg e s o f g ross i m m oral and u n m aso n ic
,

conduct agai nst th i s sam e m an R e y nolds fo r c o m

m i tti n g l arc e ny as bai l e y— fo r th e ft— fo r p e rj ury ,

fo r w il fully and w i ck e dly vi ol ati n g h i s obl i gat i ons ,

and fo r 5 gr e at m any oth e r cr i m e s too nu m e rous t o

m e ntion . A ft e r a l on g d e bat e and r e p e at e d sol icita
t i ons on th e part o f Ol d H arri son Dil ls and oth e rs ,

t he c harg e s w e r e w i t hd r aw n o n th e e x p r e ss e d co n
 TH E M A S TE R S C AR P ET
’
.

d ition that h e (R e ynolds ) sh o u ld r e c e iv e no fu rth e r

assistanc e fro m t h e G rand Lodg e b u t n o t w it h s t an d
,

In
g t h e fact th at e v e ry m e mb e r o f t h e G rand Lodg e

k n e w w e l l th at h e w as guilty y e t h e i s t o day a
,
-

m e mb e r o f t h e M asoni c frat e rn ity i n good stand ing ,

and w hat is m or e th e y m ad e h i m a pr e s e nt o f
,

$ 500 at that v e ry m e e t in g .

T h e follo w ing i s t h e e xpr e ssion o f t h e sp e ci al

r e port o f t h e F i nanc e C om m itt e e i n r e l ation to t h e

p e cul i ar m e thod ad opt e d by M ost Worsh ip fu l P as t

G rand M ast e r R e ynolds i n r e l i e vi ng a or o t ne r i n
,

dis t r es s .

G rand Lodg e R e port O f Ill i nois fo r 18

7 3,
p ag e 85
“
Y ou r com m itt e e to who m w as r e fe rr e d th e
sp e ci al r e port o f t h e G rand S e cr e tary i n r e g ard t o
c e rta in m on e ys p aid h i m by P G M R e y nold . . . s
,

h av e h ad t h e sam e u nd e r car e fu l cons id e ration and

would r e sp e ct fu lly r e port that th is cas e pr e s e nts so
m uch th at i s prai s e w orthy and nobl e on t h e part
o f t h e lodg e s contribu ti n g t h e m on e y and s o m a c /i

/ i n t /z e or ot /z c r
of an
pp
a a r en tl
y pp o os ite c z a r a ct e r

w /z o r e c e i v e d i t f r o m t /z e i n , ou t w no w i t /z /z e ld it .

r om t w no m t /z e g e n e r o u s do n e r s des ig n e d
f
it , t /z a t w e d it d if fe n lt t o p r op e r ly e x p r e s s o u r
a dm i r a t io n b e o n e , a n d ou r a in
r t lz e a c t s
f
o t p ”
o t ne co n du ct o t nc r
a t lz a v i n
g t o r fe r
e t o
f t ile .

‘
A c e rtai n l on e widow by t he n am e o f M rs
“
.

T who clai m e d t o h av e tidi ngs from th e W e st

w as pounc e d upon by l ittl e H arry and t h e gr e at

C r e gie r and brought u p b e for e a C h i cago P olic e

,

C ourt fo r obtai n i ng a fe w w orthl e ss st raw m atr e sse s

 INT R OD UC T i O N .
37

u n de r fals e pr e t e nc e s bu t P ast G rand M ast e r R e y

,

n o lds,
who absolut e ly stol e fro m hi s su ffe r
“

i ng broth e r M ast e r M asons wh e n th e y s or e ly

n e e d e d i t was not only not pu ni sh e d fo r h is cr i m e
,

but was actual ly r e ward e d fo r h is c /z a r ita é le i n te n t

by a h andso m e donation fro m t h e G rand L odg e o f
e m e mb e r l
V f
$5 00 . But th en you must r rs T .

was a wo m an and n e v e r h ad t h e c abl e to w rou n d

,
-

her n eck whi l e R e y nolds was P ast G rand M ast e r ,

and wh at e v e r h app e ns t h e fam e o f M ason ry must
,

b e p r e s e r v e d — and th e R i ght Worsh i p ful G rand

C hap l ai n a m i n ist e r o f t h e gosp e l — at th at v e ry
—

m e e ting wh ich vot e d R e y nolds th e m on e y h ad th e

t e m e r i ty to than k G o d fo r th e M ason i c i nstituti on ,

an d fo r t h e x ist e nc e o f t h e I ll i nois G rand L odg e

e .

E v e ry thi n g con n e c t e d w i th th at m is e rabl e

abortio n — th e E x e cut iv e B oard o f th e M ason i c
“

R e l i e f C o m m itt e e was so d isgrac e fully m is m anag e d

and so gl ari ngly i nsulti ng to t h e m oral s e ns e o f
ev e ry m e mb e r o f t h e M ason ic frat e rn ity at that

u n fortun at e p e riod that e v e n t h e G e rm an M ason s

h e r e in C h ic ago call e d s e v e ral i nd i gn at i o n m e e t i ngs
cond e m n i n g i n no u n m e asu r e d t e rms th e notor i ous
c o n du c t o f both t h e P r e s i d e nt and S e cr e tary o f t h e
_

B oard and fr e q u e n tly m an i fe st e d oth e r v e ry s e r i ous

,

sy mpto ms o f a g e n e ral r e volt .

I n 1 8 7 2 t h e G rand Lodg e o f Ill i no i s e xp e nd e d

, ,

in sal ari e s lodg e p ar ap h ar n alia m usic , p r i nti ng & c ,

, , , .
3 8 TH E M
’
A ST E R S C A RP ET .

th e normo u s su m o f
e and b u t only $ 1 00
i n charity accordi ng to t h e G rand Lodg e R e port
,
” “

fo r that y e ar pag e s
.

45 and 4 6 , .

Q
In 73 th 18
e r e w e r e e xp e nd e d
, fo r s i m ilar pur

os e s t h e stil l l arg e r s u m o f and not a

p
e nny i n ch arity w hi l e i n 1 8 74 t h e Grand Lodg e
p , ,

saw fit to e xp e nd upon a fe w o f its o w n m ost

favor e d m e m b e rs alon e t h e u npr e c e d e nt e d amou nt ,

of b u t not a n ick l e pi e c e i n charity ,

”
accordi ng to t h e G rand Lodg e R e port o f th e s e
“

y e ars pp 6 2 and 2 5 r e sp e cti v e ly

, . .

Al l m y e xp e ri e nc e in and o u t o f t h e Masoni c
lod g e s h as gOn e to e stabl ish t h e fact I n my m i nd
,

that F r e e m ason ry i n al l its d e partm e nts is t h e m ost

corr u pt and wick e d and contains t h e gr e at e st ,

am ou nt o f fals e hood o f any oth e r i nstituti on on t h e

fac e o f t h e glob e .

It is positiv e ly and absolut e ly s e lfish i n e v e ry

si ngl e e l e m e nt o f i ts pagan co mposition and can ,

truth ful ly l ay n o m or e clai m to charity b e n e vol e nc e ,

or goodn e ss o f any oth e r n am e o r d e scription t han

could any o f t h e h e ath e n organ ization s w hich
Ch ristian civi li zation h as l ong si nc e ban ish e d from .

t h e world ( N ot e B ) . .

xcl u d e s fro m e v e n its pr e t e nd e d b e n e fits all

It e

o ld m e n al l y oung m e n u nd e r t w e nty o n e al l
,
-
,

wom e n al l bl ind m e n al l d e a f and d u mb m e n all

, , ,

crippl e s all m e n w ith t h e l e ft o r right k n e e sti ff;

,
 M A S O N R Y A R E L I G IOU S I N S T I T U TI ON .
39

o i nt ed al l o n e arm e d m all m e n e v e n w ith t h e

j ,
-
en ,

r i gh t thu mb o r fi rst fi ng e r o f t h e ri ght hand o ff ,

al l n e gro e s o r c olor e d m e n and ALL P OOR M E N I n

, .

a word i t r ej e c ts s e v e nty fi v e p e r c e nt o f t h e e nt i r e
-
.

hu m an fam i ly fro m any part i c i pat i o n wh at e v e r in

any o f i ts boast fu l pri vil e g e s and w ond e r fu l b e n e v o
l e nc e and h o w an o rgan i z at i on doi n g al l thi s can
,

l ay cl ai m to ch ar i ty o r good n e ss i s so m e th in g m o r e
th an I h av e e v e r b e e n abl e to u nd e rstand .

C H A P T ER I I .

M A S ON RY A R E L I G I O U S I N S T IT U TI O N — T e ach e s .

pi e ty Lodg e m ee ti ngs str i ctly r e l i gi ous

.

,
.

O p e n e d and clos e d w ith pray e r M ason ry o f

.
-

d i v i n e ori gin T e ach e s d iv i n e truth —L odg e s

. .

co ns e crat e d t o holy purpos e s — N o t C hr i st i an .

H e n ry — W e ll ,
my d e ar fath e r

I can n o t say that

o u h a v e i m
y
pr e ss e d m e v e ry
favorably i n r e

gard to Mason
r
y , so far as i ts m utu al aid and i ts clai ms to a
 ’
T HE M A STE R S C AR P E T .

wond e r fu l b e n e vol e nc e ar e conc e rn e d but n o w s u p ,

pos e you t e l l m e som e th ing o f its i nt e rnal w orki ngs .

O utsid e o f any particular v i rtu e wh ich i t m ay p r e

t e nd to poss e ss what o n t h e wh o l e do e s F r e e
,

m ason ry cl ai m t o b e ? And what ar e its ge n e ral

obj e cts
Af r B a r to n — F r e e m aso n r c laim S to be a
.
y re

lig iou s i n s t it u t io n o r a syst e m o f r e lig io u s p lz ilos o

p lz
y ; noth i ng m or e and n othi ng l e s s T h e V e ry .

c onstruct i o n o f t h e organ i zatio n its e l f cl e arly e stab

l i sh e s this fact and i n th is r e spe ct its clai m (not as
,

i n t h e cas e o f i ts b e n e v ol e nc e ) i s som e thi ng mor e

than m e r e pr e t e n s e M aso nry i s u nd oubt e dly a
.

r e l igious syst e m All its pray e rs its mysti c ri t e ,

.
,
s

its n u m e rous c e r e m on i als its hy mns o f prais e i ts

, ,

altars its bur ial and baptism al s e rv i c e s its c o n s e c r a

, ,

ti on and d e d ic at ion c e r e m on i e s i ts pri e sts and h igh,

p ri e sts ,
and all its oth er vari ous r e l igious formul as

d e m onstrat e t h e fact b e yond any qu e stion e v e n in

t h e abs e n c e o f d ocu m e ntary e v id e nc e if n e c e ssary , ,

that F r e e m asonry is a r e l i gio u s i nstit u tion that and ,

nothi ng m ore B u t abov e and b e yond al l th is

.
,

e v e ry of its m anuals m onitors t e xt books -

one , , ,

l e x i cons and law books i n fac t al l M ason ic l it e ra

-
,

tur e posit i v e ly ass e rt th is i n l anguag e that c annot

,

b e doubt e d and t h e r e l igious ch aract e r o f t h e

,

i nstituti o n i s so thoro ughly und e rstood by t h e

m e mb e rs o f th e frat e rn ity g e n e ral l y that w e ,
 M A S ON R Y A R E L IG IO U S i N S T I T UT I ON .
4 1
.

h e ar th e s e nti m ent d aily e cho e d fro m e v e ry lodg e

roo m i n t h e l and th at M ason ry i s a go Od
,
“

“
”
e nough r e l i gi on fo r m e T his i s th e u n iv e r
.

’
sal b e li e f am ong M aso ns I f M ason ry don t sav e
.
“

” ”
a m an t h e y say th e n h e cannot b e sav e d B ut
,
“
,
.

i n ord e r to h a v e a p e r fe ct u nd e rstand i ng o f th i s
p e cul i ar f e atur e of th e M ason ic syst em and t o
,

p l a c e it b e yo nd t h e
p ossibil ity o f a doubt th at th i s i s ,

i nd e e d t h e tru e charact e r and d e s i gn o f F r e e m ason ry ,

I m ust at onc e r e fe r y o u to t h e di ffe r e nt t e xt books -

or m anu als i n g e n e ral u se among th e cra ft and ,

also to thos e v ari ous stand ard M ason i c works

whic h ar e i nt e nd e d to t e ach M ason ry to M asons .

I t i s only fro m M ason ic l it e ratur e that w e c an Obta i n

any accu rat e and auth e nt i c k nowl e dg e o f M ason ic
t e achi ng and h e nc e i n al l o u r futur e i nv e sti gati ons
, ,

we m ust c o n fi n e ours e l v e s e xclus iv e ly to th e

authori z e d and stand ard m on i tors m an ual s l e x i cons , ,

and l aw books o f th e l odg e and chapt e r and i n thi s

-
,

way my s o n y o u w il l b e abl e to obtai n th at tru e

, , ,

prop e r l e g i ti m at e and corr e ct i n form at i on conc e rn

,

i ng th e e nti r e M ason i c syst e m and its sy mboli c

t e achi ng to whi c h i t i s m y e arn e st d e s i r e as i t
, ,

shall be my gr e at e st pl e asur e to d ir e ct you r att e n

tio n.

”
I n W e bb s M onitor o f F r e e masonry by D r
“ ’
.

R obt Morris P ast G rand M ast e r o f K e ntucky ,

.
,

w e r e ad o n p 7 :
 ’
4 2 THE M ASTER S C ARP ET .

M
°

as o n ry i s a syst e m t e ach i ng sy mbol i c al l y

,
”
P I ETY m o ral ity sc i e n c e char i ty and s e l f d i s c ipl i n e
, , ,
-
.

N ow you w i ll obs e rv e, if M ason ry t e ach e s

p i e ty ,
if i t c l a i ms t o m ak e a m a n p i ous i t m ust ,

und oubt e dly be a r e l i g i ous i nst i tut i o n ,

fo r noth i ng bu t
r e l ig i o no f so m e so rt c an p o ss ibly do that A pur e ly .

s e cul ar o r s ci e nt ifi c i nstitut i o n c annot do i t e v e n ,

a b e n e v ol e nt so c i e ty w i ll n o t do i t N othi n g but .

r e l igi o n c an m ak e a m an p i ous and th e r e fo r e Ma ,

so u ry ac c o rd i n g to th is d e fi n iti on m ust o f n e
, , ,

c e s s it b e a r e l i g i ous i nstitut i on — P I E T Y and re

y .

S e e W e bst e r s D ict
’
lig io n ar e sy n o nym o u s t e rms .

io n ary .

But who e v e r s aw o r e v e n h e ard o f a m an ,

w ho m F r e e m ason ry h ad m ad e pious ? I f it b e r e

ally a fact as stat e d by D r M orr i s th at M aso n ry

, .
,

t e a c h e s p i ety th e n w ith out doubt so m e o n e o f i ts

, , ,

m e mb e rs — som e G rand M ast e r G rand C hapl a i n ,

‘
,

G rand H i gh P r i e st , so m e S ubl i m e P r i n c e o r W o r
sh i p ful M ast e r o r s o m e o n e o f i ts m e mb e rs h i gh
, ,

o r lo w grand o r oth e rwi s e m ust h av e b e e n m ad e

, ,

p io us th rough h i s con n e cti o n w ith t h e l odg e and ,

oug ht assu r e dly t o m an i fe st th is pi e ty i n h is wal k

and conv e rsati o n i n l i fe .

B ut if i t b e t h e Obj e c t O f F r e e m ason ry t o t e ach

p i e ty w hy
,
not e xt e nd i ts pr i v i l e g e s to all ? If

M ason ry t e ach e s P I E T Y w hy d e ny t h e b e n e fits of

’
its p i ous t e ach i ngs to th e M ason s w i fe , any m or e
 M A S O N R Y A R E LI G IOU S I N S T I T U T IO N .

than to th e M as o n h i m s e l f ? A nd if F r e e m as o n ry
t e ach e s M O RALITY w hy i s i t a st and i n g rul e th at
a m an m ust al r e ady be str i ctly mor al b e fo r e a
p

p ly i n g fo r ad m i ss i o n ? A n i n st i tut i o n h av i n g fo r i ts
sol e obj e c t th e i n c ul cat i o n of p i e ty and m oral p r i n

ci les, ou ght to h a ve no d r e ad of ubl ic d i scuss i on

p p ,

but y et i t i s a n ot o r i ou s fact th at e v e ry M aso n i s

absolut e ly forb i dd e n to e nt e r i nto any co ntrov e rsy
wh at e v e r on th e subj ec t of M ason ry . F r e e m ason ry
p ro fe ss e s to m ak e m e n p i ous , and y et as we h ave
al r e ady see n ,
it utt e rly c l os e s i ts d oors aga i nst
s e v e nty -
fiv e p e r c e nt . of th e w h ol e h u m a n rac e ,
an d

p o s i t i v e ly r e fu s e s to d i scuss i ts p r i nc i p l e s . R o m an
i s m also r o fe ss e s to m ak e m en i ous and s end
, , p p
th e m to h e av e n but l i k e,
th e M aso n i c i nst i tut i o n i t
'

absol ut e ly r e fus e s to do so e x ce pt u po n t h e p ay

m e nt of c e rta i n su m s o f m o n e y and i t ,
to o decl i nes
to be publ i cly di s c uss e d . P e rh ap s so m e M aso n i c
P rot e stant m i n ist e r w i ll be abl e to d i sc e rn t he

d i ffe r e n c e b e tw e e n F r e e m as o n ry an d R o m an i s m in

th e s e r e sp e c ts .

’
But agai n i n p 3
“
I W e bb s M o n i t o r
r e ad . 1 ,

N o l od g e ca n oe r e gul arly Op e n e d o r cl os e d
”
w ithout r e lig iou s s e r v ices o f so m e s o rt .

”
“
R e l i g i ous s e r vi c e s of s o m e so rt m ust be en

g ag e d i n b e fo r e a l od g e O f M ason s c an p roc e e d
w i th work or bus i n e ss of any k i nd and al so b e for e
,
 ’
44 T HE M A STE R S CA R P E T .

clos i ng its labors and this alon e is e nough to

, e stab
lish t h e r e lig ious charact e r o f t h e i nstit u tion .

A
gai n i n W e bb s Mon i tor “ ’
p 2 und e r the
, .
3 1

word C H AP LAI N w e r e ad
“
,

T he
Mast e r o f th e L odg e is its p r i e s t and ,
t h e di r e ctor O f its r e li gious c e r e m on i e s H is duty .

i s to s e l e ct t h e script u r e s pray e rs & c and h e , ,

.
,

Sh ould b e pr e s e nt at t h e buri al o f t h e d e ad A .

m e e ti ng o f a M ason ic Lodg e is a r e lig io u s c e r e

”
m o ny . M ason ry i n in any fe atur e s is a r e ligio u s as
”
w e ll as moral institution .

Th is I th i nk pl ac e s th e qu e stion o f t h e r e ligio u s
, ,

charact e r o f F r e e m ason ry b e yond t h e possibil ity o f

d isput e T h e Worship fu l Mast e r is t h e pri e st o f t h e
.

lodg e and his duti e s th e r e ar e pr e cis e ly t h e sam e as

,

thos e o f a M e t h Odis t Baptist C ongr e gati onal ist o r

, ,

any oth e r m i nist e r o f r e ligion i n t h e C hristian C hurch .

But l e st any do u bt should r e m ai n on t h e subj e ct i t is ,

d isti nctl y stat e d i n pl ai n e asy l ang u ag e that t h e ,

“

m e e tin g o f a Masoni c lodg e i s a r e ligi ous c e r e mony

and th at F r e e m ason r y is a r e li gi o u s i nst it ution
“ r
.

Th is is t h e t e sti mony o f t h e fath e r o f Am e rican “

M ason ry and s u r e ly a fath e r o u ght to k now t h e

,

r e al ch aract e r O f h is o w n o ff Spri ng -
.

B ut w e h av e strong e r t e sti mony still on this

poi nt or rath e r th e sam e pri ncipl e e xpr e ss e d i n
,

m or e forcibl e languag e .

’
I n W e bb s Mon itor p 2 84 u nd e r
“
, .
,
th e w ord
”
R E L I G I ON w e r e ad agai n
,
 M A S ON R Y A R E L I G I O U S I N S TIT U TI O N .

T he m e e t i ng of a M ason ic lodg e i s s tr i ctly a

”
lig io u s T
ce r e m o nh e r e li i o u s t e n e ts O f
re
y g .

”
M ason ry ar e fe w and s i mpl e , but fundam e ntal .

N O lodg e o r M ason i c ass e mbly can b e r e gul arly

‘

”
Op e n e d c los e d w i th o ut pray e r
or S o broad i s .

th e r e li
g i o n o f M asonry & c , .

H e r e i t i s p ositi v e ly affi rm e d that i n th e stri c t

est s e ns e O f t h e word th e m e e ti ng o f a M ason ic
lodg e i s a r e l i gi ous c e r e m ony t h at i ts r e l i g i ous ,

t e n e ts ar e fe w but fund am e ntal and l astly th at t h e , ,

r e li i of M ason ry i s a br oa d r e li i on Al l
g on
g .

e stabl ish i ng b e y ond controv e rsy that F r e e m ason ry

i s a syst e m o f r e l i gi ou s p hi losophy o r r e l i g i o us
i nstituti on S o m uch fro m W e bb
. .

N o w w e m ay turn t o anoth e r t e xt book wh e r e -

,

in fact w e shal l fi nd e v e n st ron g e r t e st i m ony , if

,

any st rong e r th an th is can e x i st .

I n th e M an u al o f th e L odg e
“
by A G . .

M ack e y p 40 i t i s stat e d th at
,
.
,

As M asons w e ar e taugh t n e v e r t o c o m
m e n c e any gr e at or i mportant u nd e rtak i n g w ithout
fi rst i nvok i ng t h e bl e ssi ng and prot e cti on o f d e ity ,

and th i s i s b e caus e M as o n ry is a r e lig iou s in s t it u

”
t io n .

He r e
y wi ll obs e rv e
ou D r M a c k e y ass i gns as .

th e r e ason why p ray e r i s al w ays o ffe r e d i n M a

soni c l odg e s that M ason ry i s a r e l i gi ous in stitu

“
,

”
tion ,and y o u and I m ust b e v e ry w e l l aw ar e
that P ast G rand M ast e r Alb e rt G M ack e y would .

b e v e ry far fro m p ubl ish i n g an y th i n g i n h i s L odg e

“

”
M anual o r m ak i ng u se o f any r e m ark wh i c h h e
,
46 TH E M A STE R S C ARP ET
’
.

thought would n ot b e e ndors e d by t h e g e n e ral

cra ft o r b e d e n i e d as th e c orr e ct t e ach i ng o f th e
,

O rd e r .

B ut th at F r e e m asonry is a r elig iou s p h ilO S O a

h
p y , D r M ack.ey fu rth e r prov e s i n h is “
M anual
o f t h e Lodg e p 57 H e says , . .

S p e culativ e M asonry n o w kn ow n as F r e e ,

m ason ry is th e r e for e th e sci e ntific appl ication and

, ,

th e r e l ig i ous cons e crati on o f t h e rul e s and pri ncipl e s ,

th e t e c h ni cal l angu ag e and t h e i mpl e m e nts and ,

m at e ri als o f op e rativ e M ason ry to t h e worship o f .

G o d as th e G rand Archit e ct o f t h e U n iv e rs e and ,

to th e pur i ficati on o f t h e h e art and th e i ncul c atio n ,

”
o f t h e dog m as o f a r e l i g i ous ph ilosophy .

R e duc i ng th is to plai n co m m on e v e ry day , ,

-

lan gu ag e w e l e arn that F r e e m ason ry pr e t e n ds to

,

worship G o d to puri fy t h e h e art an d to i ncul cat e

, ,

t h e dog m a s o a r e li i o u s n os o n
f g p i l p y through i ts
r e l ig i ou s cons e crat i on o f t h e rul e s principl e s t e ch , ,

mical l angu ag e i mpl e m e nts and m at e ri als o f o p e ra

, ,

tiv e M ason ry all o f wh ich m ani fe stly pro v e s that

F r e e m ason ry i s a r e l igious syst e m .

And now w e sh all tu rn to anoth e r t e x t book -

.

I n t h e L e x icon o f F r e e m as o n r v by M a ck e y
“
,

p 3 7 1 und e r t h e word P R A YE R w e r e ad
.
,
“
,

c e r e m on i e s o f o u r O rd e r ar e pr e fac e d
A ll th e
'

and t e rm i nat e d w ith pray e r b e caus e M as on ry i s a ,

r e l igious i nst ituti on .

”
And aga i n und e r t h e word O R D E R o n p
,
“
,
.

33 6
 M A S ONR Y A R E L I G I OU S I N S TI T U TI O N .
7

“
A rd e r i s d e fi n ed by Jo h nson to b e am on g
n o
‘
oth e r th i ngs a r e gular gov e rn m e nt a soci e ty o f ,

d i gn i fi e d p e rsons d isti nguish e d by m arks o f h onor

, ,
’
and a r e lig io u s f r a te r n ity I n all o f th e s e s e ns e s .

M asonry m ay b e styl e d an O rd e r .

T hat i s to say F r e e m aso n ry m ay b e styl e d an

,

O rd e r fo r th r e e r e asons : F i rst b e c aus e i t i s a

, ,

r e
g u la r
g o v er n m eu t S e cond b e caus e i t is a soci e ty
.
,

o f d ign i fi e d e rsons ; an d Thi rd b e caus e i t i s a

p ,

re lig io u sf r a te r n ity .

Aga i n i n
T rad iti ons the “
of F r e e m as o n ry by
A T C P i e rson p 1 3
. . .
,
.

T he
O rd e r k n own as F r e e m ason ry app e ars
to h av e b e e n i nst i tut e d as a v e h i cl e t o pr e s e rv e
and trans m i t an accou nt o f th e m i rac u lous d eal i ngs
o f t h e M ost H i gh w i th h is p e opl e in t h e i n fan c y ,

o f t h e world fo r at that e arly p e r i od F r e e m as on ry

,

m ay b e i d e nt i fi e d w i th r e l i gi on .

T h e w r it e r
th is M r A T C P i e rson th e
. of ,
. . . .
,

pr e s e nt G rand S e cr e tary o f t h e G rand L odg e o f

M i n n e sota i s a S ov e r e i g n G rand I nsp e cto r G e n
“
,

e ral o f the H oly E mpi r e o f F r e e m as on ry and

”
,

i t i s rath e r cu ri ous to n otic e h i s cl ai m fo r th at

o r an fz at io n th at i t was i ns it u t e d as a v e h ic l e t o
“
g , t

pr e s e rv e and tran sm i t an ac c ount o f t h e d e al i ngs o f

t h e M ost H i gh w i th h i s p e opl e i n t h e i n fan c y o f

t h e world .

N I th in k w e m ay l aw fully i n q u i r e h e r e
ow , , ,

by w ho m was t h e M ason i c ph i losophy i nst i tut e d ?

9

I f i ts sol e Obj e c t as P i e rson c l a i m s was to

,
trans ,
“
 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET
’
.

m i t an accou nt o f th e d e al i n gs o f th e M ost H igh

w ith h i s p e o p l e i n t h e i n f ancy o f t h e world
”
,
th e n ,

o f c ou rs e t h e i n fe r e n c e i s und e n i abl e th at thi s th i ng

n o w c all e d F r e e m ason ry m ust h av e b e e n institut e d

by God h i m s e l f B ut w e l e arn f rom th e Word o f

.

G o d a ll th at i s n e c e ssary fo r u s to k n ow o f th e
d e al i ngs o f t h e M ost H i g h with h i s p e opl e i n t h e
i n f an c y world ; w e l e arn th at h e prom i s e d
Of th e

th e m a R e d e e m e r : th at all th e i r d ai ly sacr i fic e s
and r e li g ious worsh ip typ i fi e d h is com i n g h is s u f ,

fe r in gs and h i s d e ath and th at a l l h is d e ali ngs

‘
,

wi th h is p e opl e at that e arl y p e ri od w e r e Sp e c i al ly

i nt e n d e d to k e e p b e f or e t h e m i nds o f m e n t h e
subl i m e t ru th th at r e c onci li ation w ith God an d a
,
.

r e storat i on to th e i r l ost cond it i on could on ly b e,

e ffe ct e d th rough t h e aton e m e nt o f th e pro m i s e d

M e ss i ah : And if M r P i e rson cl ai ms that F re e
.

m ason ry m ust h av e b e e n i nstitut e d by t h e M ost

H i gh th e n h e si mply a ffi rm s th at t h e M ost H i gh
,

i nstitut e d o n e syst e m o f r e l i g i o n as r e v e al e d i n th e
O ld T e stam e nt e mbodyi n g al l t h e typ es and
,

shadows o f a f utu r e S a v i our and an oth e r syst e m o f ,

r e l i gion as r e v e al e d i n F r e e m ason ry wh i c h ab s o ,

lu t e ly d e n i e s r e j e cts d i sown s and di sh o nors that

, , ,

S av i our Th at i s t o say God i s t h e autho r o f tw o

.
,

d isti n c t and d i ffe r e nt syst e m s o f r e l i gion t h e o n e ,

pagan t h e oth e r C hri st i an ; t h e o n e f al s e as th e

,

s e rp e nt th e oth e r tru e as G o d h i m s e l f I n t h e
, .
 M A SO N R Y A R E LIG IO U S I N STI TUTIO N .
49

v e ry n e x t s e nt e nc e to th e o ne al r e ady q u o t e d , i t i s
d i sti nctly afli r m e d, th at “
t he i d e nti ty of th e Ma
so n i c i n st i tut i o n w i th th e An ci e n t Myst e ri e s i . 6 .

? ”
w i th p agan s e c re t w o r s h ir “
is obv i o us ,
and st ran g e
to say it i s bold ly ass e rt e d of M ason ry th at i t was,

i n st i tut e d by t he M o st H i gh . T hat i s to say , M a

so nr
y and th e s e c r e t wo rsh ip of paga n i s m ar e o n e

and th e sam e an d as
,
“
i t i s cl a i m e d fo r M as o n ry
th at i t h as b e e n i n sti tut e d as a veh i cl e to pr e s e r v e
and t rans m i t th e d e al i n gs Of th e M ost H i gh w i t h
”
h i s p e opl e i n th e i n fan cy of th e world , th e r e fo r e ,

it f ol lows th at th e d e bas i n g l i c e nt i ous wo rsh i p

,
of

B aal an d O s i r i s i n S a m ar i a and E gypt w as ,

t he

tru e r e l i g i o n of G o d, and c o n s e q u e n tly th at th e

B i bl e i s wors e th an This is th e
’
an o ld w i fe s f abl e .

n atu ral d e d u c t i o n ,
if I a cc e pt P i e rso n s th e or y and
’ ’
,

in thi s w ay th e word of G od i s m ad e of none e ff e ct

by “
M ason i c t rad i ti on .

agai n w e r e ad o n p 1 4
B ut .

“
B ut t h e O rd e r o f F r e e m ason ry g o e s f u rth e r
th a n d id t h e An ci e n t Myst e r i e s i t b e c o m e s a c o n ,

s e r v at o r as w e l l as a d e pos i t o ry o f r e li
g i on , s ci e n c e
”
an d art .

A nd aga i n o n p 1 5 .

“
T hu s wi th out any r e fe r e n c e to fo rm s a nd
,

m od e s o f f ai th i t f u rn i sh e s a s e r ie s o f i nd i r e c t e v i
,

d e n c e s , w h ic h s i l e n tly op e rat e to e s ta blis /z t /z e g r e at

,

”
and e li A n d
g ene r a l
p r i n c i le s
p of r
g i on .

”
I n th e “
G e n e ral Ah i m an R e z o n by S i c kl e s ,

p 57 .
, we r e ad
 ’
5 0 THE M ASTER S CAR P ET .

“
Th at r i t e s e m b r ae e a ll th e poss i bl e ci r
our

c u m s t an ce s o f m an — moral soci al and spi ritual ,

and h av e a m e ani n g h i g h as t h e h e av e ns broad as ,

”
t h e u ni v e rs e and pro f ou n d as e t e rn i ty
,
.

I f thi s d o e s n ot m e an th at F r e e m ason ry i s a

r e l i g i ous phi l osophy th e n I must con fe ss mys e l f

,
'

u nabl e t o co mpr e h e nd t h e pl ai n i mport o f wo rds .

N o st ron g e r l an guag e th an thi s c a n b e us e d i n

r e fe r e n c e to C hr i sti an i ty .

A gai n i n t h e S y mbol i sm O f F r e e mason ry

,
“
,

p 1 1 D r M ack e y says :
.
, .

“
N o w I cont e nd th at t h e ph il osophy o f F r e e
,

m ason ry i s e n gag e d in t h e cont e mpl ati on o f t h e

”
d ivi n e and h um an ch aract e r .

Wh at m o r e can b e said o f t h e C h ri sti an

r e l i g i on th an thi s — that i t i s e n gag e d i n t h e con
t e m p latio n O f t h e d iv i n e and hum an ch aract e r ? —an d

if w e do n ot b e li e v e f ro m th i s t e sti m on y that F r e e
m ason ry i s a syst e m o f r e l i gion th e n why should ,

w e b e l i e v e f ro m t e sti m o ny n ot a wh i t stron g e r

th at C h ri sti an i ty i s a syst e m o f r e l i gi on ?
B ut D r M ack e y s e ts th i s whol e m att e r o f th e
.

r e l i gi ous ch aract e r o f F r e e m ason ry at r e st i n h is

“ T e xt book
-
of M ason i c J u r i sprud e n c e p 95 , .
,

wh e r e h e says
“
T h e trut h i s th at M ason ry i s u n dou é tedly a
,

r e li
g i ou s i n s t i t u t io n i ts r e l i gion
,
b ei n g O f that
”
u n iv e rsal k i nd i n whi ch al l m e n agr e e .

”
And i n h i s c e l e brat e d M ason i c L e xicon h e n ot
“

only ass e rts i n th e pl ai n e st po s s i bl e t e rms t h e r e li gious

 M A S O N R Y A R E L I G I O U S I N S T I T U TI O N .
5 1

c haract e r of t he M ason i c i n stituti o n but ,

he al s o af ‘

fi rm s i n l an gu ag e w h ic h c an n ot b e m i stak e n o r m i s
u nd e rsto o d , th e s o rt o f a r e l igi o n i t i s and t h e u n i ,

v e rsal law wh ic h al l m ust Obs e r v e i n r e l at i o n to it .

In th e “ L e xic o n of F r e e m as o n ry , p . 0
4 4, he

r e l i g i o n th e n O f M aso n ry i s p u r e t /z e is m
T he ,

o n wh i c h i ts d i ffe r e n t m e mb e rs e n g ra ft th e i r o w n
p e c ul i ar Opi n i on s ; bu t t/eey a r e n ot p e rm i tt e d to in
t r o du c e th e m i nto t h e l od g e o r to co n n e ct t h e i r
,
”
truth o r f al s e hood w i th t h e truth o f M ason ry .

F ro m al l th i s v ast array of M ason i c t e st i m o ny ,

th e n ,
f u rn i sh e d as i t i s by i ts acc r e d it e d t e xt book s -

and by th e v e ry h i gh e st an d m ost h on o r e d rul e rs

of th e ord e r .
y ou wi l l at o n c e u n d e rstan d th at F r e e
m ason ry i s c l a i m e d to be a r e l i gi ous i nst i tut i o n and
n oth i n g m o r e ; n ot a m e r e b e n e v ol e n t or soc ial
o rgan i z at i on ,
but s i m ply a r e l i gi ous syst e m e stab
lis h e d, as w e h a v e al r e ad y s e e n ,
fo r t h e “
pu r ific at i on
of th e h e art an d the worsh ip of G od ,
”
throu g h the
sp i ritu al co ns e c rat i o n o f th e i mpl e m e nts an d m a
t e r ials o f a h and ic ra f t M ason .

But we h a v e st i l l f u rth e r e vi de n ce ,
and one

e q u ally co nv i n ci n g t h at F r e e m ason ry i s a r e l i g i ou s
,

i n st i tut i o n ,
n a m el y : T he “
c h i e f d e si g n w h ic h ‘
co n

”
s t it u t e s al l its t e ach i n gs and wh i ch i s ass e rt e d to
,

”
b e th e l u c id ati o n an d e n f or c e m e nt o f d i v i n e t ru th
“
e .

I Sh al l n o w g i v e but a v e ry f e w e x t racts f ro m t h e
t xt book s upon th i s po i nt as I i nt e nd
e -
,
to r e fe r to
i t m o r e at l e n gth at an oth e r t i m e .
 ’
5 2 THE M ASTER S C ARP ET .

I n t h e M anual o f th e L od g e p 2 6, Dr
“
. .
,

M ack e y says that

S e arch o f truth is
“
th e gr e at obj e ct of all
”
Mason i c l abo r .

A nd ag ai n o n p 2 9 ,
.

S pi ritual l i ght which i s but anoth e r n am e

“
,
fo r
D ivi n e t ruth — th e truth o f G od and t h e soul — the
n atur e and e ss e nc e o f both wh ich constitut e ,
th e
chi e f d e si gn o f al l M ason i c t e ach i ng .

A nd agai n o n p 9 3 , .

N ow
“
w hat ar e t h e w ag e s o f a sp e cul ati v e
,

h f as o n ? N ot c o rn n o r wi n e n or oi l ,
All th e s e , .

a r e bu t sy mbols H i s wag e s ar e t r u t h
. .

An d agai n ,
f ro m th e “
S y mbol i sm of F re e
”
m ason ry ,
by M ack e y p 1 49 ,
.

“
H e ( t h e cand id at e ) c rav e s an i nt e l l e ctu al i l lu
m i n ati on wh i ch w il l bri n g t o h i s vi e w as an e y e
,

w i tn e ss t h e s u hlim e t r u th s of r e lig io u s p h i los op hy

and sci e n c e w h i ch i t i s t h e g r e at d e si gn o f F r e e
”
m ason ry to t e ach .

A nd l ast o f al l Fr e e m aso n ry is prov e d to b e a

, ,

r e l i gi ous i n stitut ion f ro m t h e f act th at i ts h al ls and

,

t e m pl e s ar e said to b e co ns e crat e d o r s e t apart fo r

sacr e d and hol y purpos e s as d i sti n g u i sh e d f rom ,

pro f an e e di fi c e s .

I n t h e T e xt book o f M aso n i c J u risprud e n c e

“ -
,

by M a c k e y p 2 8 8 w e r e ad as follo w s
,
.
,
'

C O N SE C R AT I ON —T h e c e r e m ony o f co u s e
“ .

c rati n g r e lig io u s e d ific e s to t h e s a c r e d pu rpos e s f o r

w hi ch th e y a r e i nt e nd e d by mysti c rit e s h as b e e n ,

t ran sm i tt e d to u s f ro m t h e r e m ot e st antiqu ity ‘

His .

tory says D udl e y ‘bot h anci e n t an d m od e rn t e lls us

,
’
, ,
 MA S O N R Y A R E L I G I OU S IN S T IT U T I O N .
53

th at e x trao rd i n ary r i t e s cal l e d r i t e s O f cons e c rati o n

,

o r d e d ic at i on h a v e b e e n e r f o rm e d by p e o p l e o f al l
,p
ag e s and n at i on s o n t h e occasi on o f th e fi rst ap p li
cati on o f al tars o r t e mpl e s o r pl ac e s t o r e lig iou s
, ,
”
u se sf

And a ft e r c i t i n g
,
th e e x am pl e s of M os e s S ol o ,

”
m on and ,
th e “
r e tu rn e d e xiles f ro m t h e B aby l o n
is h capt i vi ty ,
he go e s o n to sa
y
“
A m on g t h e pagans c e r e m on i e s o f t h e m ost ,

m agn i fi c e n t n atu r e w e r e o ft e n u s e d i n s e tt i n g apart

th e i r go rg e ou s t e m pl e s to t h e pu rpos e s O f worsh ip .

A M ason i c lod g e i s i n i m itati on o f th e s e an ci e nt

,

e x ampl e s con s e c rat e d w i th my sti c c e r e m o n i e s t o

,

t h e s a c r e d pu rpos e s f o r wh i c h i t h ad b e e n c o n
struct e d By th i s act i t i s s e t apart f o r a h oly
.

obj e ct t h e culti vati o n o f t h e g r e at t e n e ts o f a

,

M aso n s pro fe ss i on and b e c o m e s o r sh oul d b e c om e

’
, , ,

i n t h e m i nd o f t h e consc i e n ti ous M ason i n v e st e d ,

wi th a p e cul i ar r e v e r e n c e as a pl a c e wh e r e as h e ,

pass e s o v e r i ts th r e shold h e shoul d fe e l t h e appl i ca,

tion o f t e co m m and g i v e n t o M os e s : P ut o ff th y
h ‘

sh o e s f ro m O ff thy f e e t fo r t h e pl a c e w h e r e o n th ou
,
’
stand e st i s h oly g rou nd .

S u c h l an gu ag e as th i s can o nly be u se d i n
r e fe r e n c e to a r e l i g i ou s i n st i tut i on and ,
th e e x a m

pl e s add u c e d by th e M ason ic l aw g i v e r -
,
n am e ly
th at of anc i e ntl y c on s e c rat i n g “
alt ars ,
t e mpl e s or

”
pl ac e s to r e l i g i o us us e s suc h as t h e T ab e rn a c l e
, ,

t h e fi rst a n d s e c ond T e mpl e s and l i k e w i s e t h e

go r ,

g eous t e m l e s f t h ag an s i n i m i tati o n f al l of
p o e
p o ,

w h ic h M ason i c l od g e s h al ls an d t e m pl e s ar e s e t
,

apart fo r h oly p u rpos e s cl e arly d e m o nstrat e t h e ,

f act th at F r e e m ason ry i s a r e l i g i ou s i n st i tuti o n , and

 ’
54 T HE M A STE R S C ARP E T .

e v e n th at i t i s o f so sa cr e d a charact e r th at i n fact
”
t h e v e ry fl oor o f i ts l od g e s i s holy g round “
.

A nd agai n on p 2 9 3 ,
.

T h e con s e crati on and d e d i cation may b e con

“

s ide r e d as t h e r e l i gious f orm u l ari e s which giv e a ,

sacr e d ch aract e r to t h e l od g e and by wh ich i t i s ,

to b e d i sti n gui sh e d f ro m a p r ofa n e associ a t i on ,

i nt e nd e d only fo r t h e cul ti vati on O f good fe ll ow

”
Sh ip .

C o m m e n t on th i s i s e n ti r e ly u n n e c e ssary fo r it ,

i s scarc e ly possibl e to utt e r l an g u ag e i n any Dl ai n e r

word s . l od g e m ust b e d isti n guish e d f ro m a
T he “

a n e a ssoci ation o r e v e n f ro m a soci e ty o f m e n

p of
r ,

”
“
w h e r e only good f e ll o w sh ip i s c u lti vat e d I t m ust .

e ve r b e r e gard e d in i ts t ru e s a c r ed ch aract e r and ,

t h e m ysti c rit e s o f con s e cration and d e d icati o n

“

”
ar e th e r e l igi ous f orm ul ari e s
“
w hich giv e thi s,
“

sacr e d ch aract e r to th e M asoni c l odg e .

T h u s i t h as b e e n cl e arly e stabli sh e d that F r e e ,

m ason ry cl ai m s to b e a r e li gi ou s i n stituti on and ,

( w h at i s m or e
) that i t att e mpts to prov e and sustai n

th at cl ai m b e yon d t h e possibil ity o f a d i sp u t e o r ,

t h e S h ado w o f a do u bt I t clai m s to b e a r e l igi o u s

.

i n sti tuti on F i rst b e ca u s e o f t h e pri n cipl e s i t inc u l

.
,

cat e s S e c o nd b e cau s e o f i ts pray e rs an d b e n e di c

.
,

ti on s T h i rd b e caus e o f t h e ch aract e r o f i ts l od g e
.
,

work F ou rth b e caus e o f it s pro fe ss e d obj e ct

.
,
.

F i fth b e ca u s e o f its co ns e c ration c e r e mon i e s w hi ch

, ,

alon e ar e su ffi ci e n t t o d i sti n gui sh i t f rom a pro fan e

assoc i ati on and l ast ly b e caus e o f i ts d i vi n e or i gi n
, , ,
.
 M A S ON R Y A R E L I G I O U S I N S T I T U T I ON 55
“

H e n ry z— Y es, I m th orough ly sati sfi e d

’
on th at
poi n t . I a m f ully c o n vi n c e d th at M ason ry i s w ith ,

out any d oubt a r e l i g i ous in s tit u t io n , e ls e of c ou rs e ,

,

all i ts v ar i ou s t e x t bo o k s -
,
m an u al s ,
m o n i to rs ,
an d

l e xic on s ,
would n e v e r d ar e to ass e rt i n su c h v e ry
stron g and p os i t i v e l an gu ag e th at i t i s so ; b ut ,

af e t r al l ,
m ay not F r e e m ason ry be a C h r i st i an
i n st i tuti o n ,
j ust as th e M e thod i st B apt i st , ,
or C on

g r at io n al
C hu rch e s ar e ? And i n d ed I sup os
e
g e p e , ,

I a m j usti fi e d i n th u s j udg i n g o f its r e l i gi ou s ch ar

act e r ,
f rom t h e f act th at v e ry m any of th e m i n i st e rs
of th e s e d i ffe r e n t ch u rc h e s ar e m e mb e rs of th e

o rd e r .

Af r . B ar to n —N O, my so n , F r e e m ason ry i s not

a C h ri sti an i nsti tut i on ,

n o r d oe s it e v e n pr e t e n d i n
the v e ry r e m ot e st d e gr e e to be an y su c h th i n g .

B u t i t i s n e v e rth e l e ss
, ,
a r e l ig i ou s syst e m j ust as ,

M ah o m m e dan is m B udd h i sm J ud ai sm and R o m an

, ,
,

i sm , ar e r e li g i ous syst e m s . O n th i s poi n t i g n orant

M ason s g e n e rally m ak e a v e ry gr e at m i st ak e .

T h e y co n f ou nd th e wo rd “
r e lig io n wi th C h r i st i
an it and h e n ce th e y d e ny th at M aso n ry i s a
y ,

r e l i g i ous i nst i tut i o n at al l wh il e th e y s i m p ly m e an ,

o nly to d e ny that i t i s th e C h r i st i a n re l i g i o n . C h r i sti

an ity is th e tr u e re l i g i on e stabl i sh e d by th e F ath e r ,

th rou gh th e L ord J e sus C h r i st f o r m an s r e d e m pti o n ,

’

and fo r h i s r e storatio n to h ol i n e ss and fe l lowsh ip w ith

H i m s e l f wh il e M aso n ry i s but a b as e c o u nt e r fe i t and
, ,
 6 THE A STE R S CA R P ET
’
5 M .

w as only e stabl ish e d o r rath e r r e viv e d in th e e arly

, ,

part o f th e l ast c e ntu ry i n a L ondon g rog shop ,

- .

B ut th i s I Sh al l m or e f ully e xpl ai n to you at anoth e r

ti me F o r t h e pr e s e nt how e v e r le t us r e m e mb e r that
.
, ,

as r e gards t h e r e l i gious ch aract e r o f F r e e m ason ry ,

th e r e can b e n o con trov e rsy .

”
I n W e bst e r s U n ab ridg e d th e word r e li g i on
“ ’
,
“

i s d e fi n e d as b e i n g
1 st. T h e r e cog n i tio n
“
Of G od as an obj e c t of

worsh ip l ov e and ob e d i e nc e
,
.

2d “
Any syst e m o f f ai th and w orsh ip
. .

3 d T
. h e rit e s o r s e rvi c e s O f r e l igion
“
.

N ow M ason ry cl ai m s to r e c ogn i z e God as an

,
“

”
Obj e c t o f worsh ip and Ob e d i e nc e and h e n c e o n th i s , ,

g round i t i s a r e l i gious i nstitutio n Agai n Mason ry

, .
,

”
i s a syst e m o f f aith and worsh ip and th e r e fo r e i n
“
,

thi s s e ns e also i t i s a r e l i gion wh il e its vari ous rit e s

, ,
“

and s e rv i c e s m ost un qu e stion ably e stabl ish its r e

ligio u s chara c t e r B ut as al r e ady stat e d i t i s nothi n g
.
, ,

m o r e th an a bas e c ou nt er fe i t and y e t ( with sham e b e ,

i t stat e d ) e v e ry m i n i st e r and pro fe ssi n g C h risti an

,

who 15 I n i ti at e d i nto its pr e t e nd e d myst e ri e s must

bi nd hi ms e l f und e r oaths wh ich ar e e n for c e d by t h e
,

m ost t e rribl e d e a t h p e n alti e s that h e wi ll con form to,

“

and abid e by and e v e r m ai ntai n and support e v e ry

, ,

”
e d ict rul e l aw d e cr e e and r e gul ati on
,
o f th i s f al s e
,
,
re l i gious ph ilosophy n o m att e r what i ts n atu r e o r r e
,

i e m e n ts m ay b e
q u r .
 C H AP T E R III .

T HE M A SON I C R E L I G I ON E X A M I N E D .
— M o ral law

of n atu r e — P ur e ly an t ic h ri st i an
. .
— T ru e G od
e n t i r e ly i gn or e d — G rand O ri e n t of F ran c e .

M as on i c d e spoti sm .
- O b e d i e n c e r i g ht o r w ron g .

M as o n ry a nd R o m an i s m .
- P u re th e i s m .
-
Ma
so n i c r e l i g i on n o t f ou nd e d o n t h e B i b l e .

M aso n i c trad i tion s —R o m an i s m an d M ason ry

.

c om par e d .
—C o nd e m n e d by th e wo rd of G od .

H e n ry - I b e g i n to
fe e l a d e e p e r i n t e r e st
in th e study Of t he

M aso n i c ph i losophy
th an I e v e r thou g ht
I s h o n ld . I alw a
y s h ad
an i d e a th at i t w as

si mply an associ ati on e stab lis h e d m e r e ly fo r b e n e v o

lent p urpos e s o nly w i th a ,

little , co n v iv iality or soci a
b ility th row n i n to r e nd e r its m e e tin g s
. m o re i n t e r
e st i n g and
, to e n c ou r ag e i ts m e mb e rs to att e nd l od g e
m o r e r e gul arly bu t I n e v e r thoug ht
,
of i t as b e i n g
a syst e m of r e l i gi on I a m . n ow ,
h ow e v e r thorou gh ly ,

co n v i n ced that poi nt I nd e e d I c an n ot s e e i n

on .
, ,

th e f ac e o f th e e v i d e n c e add uc e d h o w any o n e c an ,

d e ny i t . B ut wh at sort of a re l i g i o n d o e s F re e
”
m as o n ry i n c ul c at e ? An d w h at r i g hts and b e n e fits “
,
58 T HE M A S TE R s CARP ET .

if any d o e s i t pr e t e nd
,
to con fe r on i ts adh e ri n g
m e mb e rs ?
M r . B — T he
sub j e ct to whi c h you r qu e s
a r to n

tions al l ud e my d e ar H e n ry i s e x c e e di n gly i mportan t

, ,

and ought to b e tho roughly i nv e sti gat e d and f ully ,

and c l e arly u nd e rstood .

T he si lly so call e d s e c r e ts o f th e M ason i c sys

-

t e m h av e b e e n e xp os e d and e xpl ai n e d ti m e and

agai n d u ri n g th e l as t fi fty y e ars at l e ast Its .

passwords si gns gri ps and t h e cl own i sh bu ffo on e ry

, , ,

o f i ts i niti atory c e r e m on i e s hav e al l b e e n publi sh e d

,

to t h e worl d ov e r h al f a c e ntu ry ago and h e nc e to , ,

d i r e c t att e ntion i n an e sp e c i al m an n e r to th e M ason i c

ritual o r to e xpl ai n to y o u m e r e ly h o w M ason s
,

ar e m ad e would b e only to d e m on strat e h o w v e ry

,
'

f ool ish and stup i d m e n ar e som e ti m e s c apabl e o f .

act i n g All th i s i s ully se t orth i n

. f f t h e “
Hand book -

o f F r e e m ason r
y and t o th at work I would th e r e
,

f or e r e fe r you fo r th e g e n ui n e s e c r e ts o f th e c ra ft .

But th at w e m ay f ul ly u nd e rstan d and thoroughly

,

appr e ci at e t h e absol u t e w ick e d n e ss and t h e i nfid e l ity

o f t h e whol e M a s on i c philosoph y w e m ust car e f u lly ,

e xam i n e and e xpos e i ts t ru e r e l igi ous ch aract e r and ,

t h e sou rc e f ro m wh i ch i t i s d e riv e d T o b e g i n with .

,

th e n
I t is c la i m e d fo r th e r e lig io n o
f F r ee m as o n r
y ,

hy its u
a u th o r
p o n e n ts and iz e d e te a c h e r s , t ha t it is

a UNIVER SAL RELIGION .

 M A S ON I C R E L I G I O N EX A M I N E D .
59

I n r e fe r e n c e to th i s po i n t I sh al l d i r e ct y o u r ,

att e nt i on fi rst al l to t h e old e st M ason i c d oc u m e n t

Of

now i n e x i st e n c e n am e l y : T he ,
C h arg e s o f a “

F r e e m ason o r i gi nally publ ish e d i n L ond o n by o n e

,

J am e s A nd e rson in an d th e bas i s of the

,
1
7 3,2

w ri tt e n law of M ason ry . T h is d ocu m e n t we find in

”
th e “ M anual o f the L od g e ,
by M a c k e y p , . 2 1
5 :

C HARGE I .
—“ C O N C E R N I N G G O D A N D R E L I G ION .

Th ou g h I n an ci e n t t i m e s M ason s w e r e c h arg e d
i n e v e ry cou nt ry to b e o f th e r e l i g i o n O f t h at cou n
t ry o r n at i o n w h at e v e r i t w as i t i s n ow th ou gh t
, ,

m or e e x p e d i e nt o nly to o hlig e th e m to t h a t r e lig io n

”
i n w h ic h a ll m en a
g r ee .

H e r e th e n we h a v e i t pos i t i v e ly ass e rt e d th at
th e elig io n of M ason ry i s th at r e li g io n i n w h i ch
“
r

al l men ag r e e ,
and f u rth e r , th at F r e e m aso n s as ,

such , ar e now e v e ry wh e r e “
obl i g e d ”
t o pro f e ss
”
th at r e l i g i o n . N ow th i s “
re l i g i o n ,
w h at e v e r e l se
i t is can not p o ssibly
, be C h ri sti an ,
f or in that al l
m en do n ot agr e e — n e v e r h av e ,
a n d d u ri n g th e

p r e s e nt d is e n sat i o n
p n e v e r w i ll . N e i th e r i s i t R o

m anism Jud ai sm M oham m e d an i sm o r M o rm o n is m

, , ,

f o r i n n on e o f th e s e syst e m s d o “
al l m e n ag r e e .

T he re l i g i o n of M ason ry ,
th e r e f o r e ,
m ust be a
r e l igi on e nti r e ly p e c ul i ar t o i ts e l f ,
f ro m th e v e ry
n atu r e of wh i ch i t borrows i ts v au n t ed u n i v e rsal i ty ,

and by m e an s of w hi ch i t boasti n gly pr e t e nd s to

a sso ci at e u p o n o ne c o m m o n r e l i g i ous pl at fo r m m en
60 THE M AS TER S ’
C ARP E T .

of e v e ry cou ntry and k i nd r e d and tongu e and

, , ,

p e opl e , and n ati on B ut h o w i s th i s pr e t e n d e d

.

u n i v e rsal ity sought to b e e stabl ish e d ? And w h at

i s th at p e cul i ar f e at u re o f t h e M ason i c syst e m
wh i ch i t cl ai ms r e nd e rs i t thus acc e ptabl e to all
, ,

class e s O f r e l i gion i sts but i n r e al i ty ,

to men of no
r e l i gi on at all ?
T he answ e r to th i s i s fou nd and c an only b e ,

fou nd , i n th e f act th at i t vi rtu al ly i g nor e s t h e l aw

of G od as r e v e al e d i n t h e B ibl e an d that i t posi ,

t iv e ly r e pud i at e s and r e j e cts t h e d i vi n i ty and t h e

m e d i atorsh ip o f t h e Lo rd J e sus C h rist O n th i s .

subj e ct w e h av e t h e m ost ampl e t e sti m ony that ca n

possibly b e f u rn ish e d by Mason i c works o f t h e
h igh e st standard .

I n th e T e xt book o f M ason ic J u risprud e nc e

“ -

by M ack e y o n p 50 2 it is stat e d that

, .
,

“
E v e ry M ason i s obl i g e d by h is t e nur e to .

”
ob e y th e m oral law ( O ld C h arg
. es of
“
N ow thi s m oral la w i s n ot to b e consid e r e d as
con fin e d to th e d e calog u e o f M os e s withi n wh i ch ,

n arrow l i m its t h e e ccl e si asti cal w rit e rs t e chn i cal ly

r e tai n i t b u t rath e r as allud i n g to w h at i s call e d
,
-

”
t h e le x n a t u r ce o r t h e la w of n a t u r e
,
.

O r i n oth e r words wh e n t h e Al m i ghty d e l i v e r e d

, ,

h is law f o r m an s gov e rn m e nt h e gav e i t so v e ry

’

i mp e r fe c t so i nco mpl e t e and so utt e rly i n ad e qu at e

,

to t h e purp os e f o r w h ie h h e i nt e nd e d i t th at it ,

fo im d to b e e nti r e ly too n arrow and to o li m

“
,
“
 M A S ON I C R E L I G I O N E X A M I N E D . 61

”
ite d to ‘b e a cc e p t e d as th e stand ard of r i g ht i n
M ason i c l od g e s ,
and h e n c e F r e e m ason ry v e ry
j ud i c i ously m anu fa c tu r e s a m u c h sup e r i o r law fo r i ts
ow n e sp e c i al u se wh i ch i t c all s th e “
lex n a tu r w, or

l aw of n atu r e ,
wh ic h i t pro c l a i m s as i ts o nly
r e l i g i ous stand ard and w h ic h ,
e v e ry o ne of i ts mem
”
b e rs by h i s t e n ur e i s bou nd to ob e y
“
. If th i s i s
not tu rn i n g th e truth of G od i n to a lie , w i l l so m e
M ason ic d i v i n e h a v e the good n e ss to say h ow o th e r
w i s e i t coul d be d o n e and to b e tt e r
,
e ffe ct ?
B ut D r M ack e y c o nt i nu e s
.

’
T h i s i s t h e ‘m o ral l aw to w h i c h th e o ld
“

c h arg e al r e ady c it e d r e fe rs an d wh i ch i t d e cl ar e s ,

t o b e t h e l aw o f M aso n ry And th i s was w i s e ly .

d o n e fo r i t i s e vi d e n t that n o law l e ss u n iv e rsal

,

co uld h av e b e e n approp ri at e ly s e l e c t e d f o r t h e
go v e rn m e nt o f an i n sti tut i on w hos e pro m i n e n t
”
ch aract e ri st i c i s i ts u n i v e r s al i ty .

”
Of c ou rs e i t w as
,
“
w i s e l y d on e ! W hy should
such a n obl e i nst i tut i o n as F r e e m aso n r y — so b road
i n its ph i l osophy — so u n i v e rsal i n i ts m e mb e rsh i p ,

and so e xt e ns i v e in i ts wo nd e r f ul b e n e vol e n c e ,
be
”
gov e rn e d by so “
n arro w ,
an d s o “
l i m it e d a c od e
as th e law of God ? F r e e m ason ry ,
wh i c h i s so

e xc e e d i n gly g e n e ro us an d e xpans i v e in t h e i mmen

s it of i ts c h ar i ty as to e x c l ud e by st e rn d e c r e e at
y , ,

l e ast s e v e n ty fi v e p e r c e n t
-
,
of the wh ol e hu m a n
f a m i ly f ro m t h e v e ry l e ast of i ts bo ast e d b e n e fits ,

m ust h av e so m e th i n g b e tt e r ! W hy sh ould such a

n obl i nst i tut i o n as th i s
e be g o v e rn e d by so l i m i t e d “
 THE M A ST E R
’
S CAR P ET .

a se t O f pr e c e pts as ar e to b e f oun d in th e m oral

law J e hovah ? N o no that would n e v e r d o
of , ,
.

F r e e m asonry m ust h av e a cod e o f l a w s f ar sup e ri or

to th at and e nti r e ly mor e su itabl e to i ts o w n p e e n
,

l i ar m oral i ty and so it h as s e t up f o r i ts e l f a som e

,

thi ng call e d t h e le x n a t u r ce o r l aw o f n atur e

“
,
“
.

B ut us h e ar t h e gr e at M ason i c
le t Dr . M ack e y out .

H e says i n co nt i n uati on
,

T he
pr e c e pts O f J e sus could n o t h av e b e e n
m ad e Obl i gatory o n a Je w ; a C h ri sti an would h av e
d e n i e d th e san cti on s o f t h e Koran ; a M oham m e dan
m ust h av e r e j e ct e d t h e law o f M os e s and a d i s cipl e ,

o f Z oroast e r wo u ld h av e turn e d f ro m al l to t h e
t e achi n gs o f h i s Z e nd Av e sta T h e u n iv e rsal la w .

of n at u r e wh ich t h e a u thors O f th e old charg e s

.

h av e p rop e rly call e d t h e m oral law i s th e r e fo r e , , ,

t h e o n ly law su i t e d i n e v e ry r e sp e c t to b e adopt e d
.

”
as th e M aso ni c cod e .

Her li s e e th e
s e cr e t o fwhol e m att e r th e
T he .
“

pr e c e pts o f J e s u s m ust b e ri g idly e xclud e d t h e 2 ,

l aw o f n atu r e must b e substit u t e d f o r th e l aw o f

God and a r e l i gi ous phi losophy f ound e d u po n thi s
, ,

law m ust b e substitut e d f o r t h e r e l i g i o n o f t he B ibl e ;

,

and upon thi s broad i nfid e l pl at f orm i t i s boast e d

th at m e n o f e v e ry cl i m e and e v e ry r e li gion Or o f ,

n o r e li gion at all m ay and do harm on i ously asso

,

ci at e tog e th e r B ut h o w can a pro fe ssi n g C hristi an

.
,

and m or e e sp e c i ally a C h ri stian m i n ist e r sol e m nly ,

”
'

sw e ar to m ai n tai n an d support s u ch a wick e d

“

co mbi n ation as thi s ? O r if h e i s u n w it tl n gly le d

 M A S ON I C R EL I GION EXAM IN E D . 63

i nto su c h an i n fid e l c o n s p i ra c y h ow c an he c o ns i st
e ntly r e m a i n a me mber Of i t and thus by
, th e v erv

e x ampl e he s e ts e n c ou rag e o th e rs t o do t h e sam e ?

T ak i n g th e v e ry b e st p oss i bl e v i ew of F re e
m ason ry i s th e r e any ,
one s i n gl e d o c tri n e ,
Or any
o ne d uty i n c ul cat e d and e n fo r c e d by th e M ason ic
ph ilosophy ,
wh i c h i s not f o u nd t o be i ncu l c at e d
and w ith i n of th e C hr i sti an
’
by G od s law the pal e
ch u rc h ? “
T he ch u ich
‘

of th e l i vi n g G od i s th e

p i l l ar an d th e g rou nd of th e tru th , ( 1 Ti m iii . . 1

5)
w h i ch th e L o rd J e su s C h r i st h as “
san c t ifi e d and
cl e ans e d w i th th e w ash i n g of w at e r by th e wo rd ,

th at he m i gh t p r e s e n t i t to h i m s e l f a gl ori ous
c h u rch ,
n ot h av i n g spot or w r i n kl e or any su c h
th i n g but th at i t sh ou ld
, be holy an d w i thout bl e m
”
i sh E 26 C an th i s
.
( ph v . .

“
be said of th e

M ason i c i n st i tut i o n ? I s th at m i s e rabl e syst e m of

”
s i n and folly w i th ou t Spot “
or wr i nk l e ? An d ar e

th e l aw s a nd pr e c e pts o f F r e e m ason ry i ts obl i ga ,

tion s d e ath p e n al ti e s and i ts f oul ph il osophy o f

, ,

s e lfi sh n e ss d e c e i t and cu n n i n g
, , ,
“
holy a nd w i th out
bl e m i sh ?” W hy ,
to co mp ar e th e ch u rch of C h r i st
to M aso n ry would be about th e sa m e as c o mpar i n g
th e b r i ght n e ss o f t h e s u n to th e d ark n e ss o f m id
n i gh t O r th e gl ory o f t h e M ou n t o f T ran sfi gu ratio n
,

to th e bl a c k n e ss of de sp al r In th e r e gi on s of e e t rn al
w oe . U po n wh at hypoth e s i s th e n can a p ro fe ssi n g
C lI r I stian , an d m o r e e sp e ci al ly a C h ri st i an m i n i st e r ,
64 THE M ASTER S CAR P ET ’
.

j usti fy h is co nduct i n con n e c ti n g h i m s e l f wi th th e

Mason i c i nst i tut i on and i n s w e ari n g to support its,

l aws rul e s and e di ct s wh e th e r ri ght o r wron g ?

,
”
,
“

S e condly t h e r e lig ion of M a s o n ry p la ce s t h e

,

g d
os
f
o p g a a n is m on a le v e l w it h t h e G od of t h e
B i hle , and i ts la w s an d e di cts ar e es
p e c i a ll
y
a n ta
g i
on s t c i to C h r is tia n ity .

Ofcou rs e w h e n i t acc e pts t h e le x n a tu r ce o r

,
“
,

l aw o f n atu r e as o f e qual authority with t h e D e

,

c alo u e o f E x od us i t n c ssarily f oll o w s that i t

g e e ,

h on ors t h e “
g o d O f n atu r e as m uch as i t do e s
t h e tru e G o d As r e gards thi s poi nt w e r e ad i n
.
,

’
W e bb s M on i tor o f F r e e m ason r y by R ob ,
.

Mo rri s p 2 80 as f ol lo ws
,
.
,

S o B R O A D i s t he r e l i gio n o f M ason ry and so

“
,

C A R E F U LL Y A R E AL L S E C TA R I A N T EN E T S E x
CL U D E D F R O M T H E S Y S T E M that t h e C h ri stian t h e , ,

J ew ,
and t h e M oham m e d an i n al l th e i r n u mb e rl e ss ,

s e cts an d div i s i ons m ay and d o h arm on iously co m

, ,

b I n e i n i ts m oral and i n t e l l e ctual work with t h e B ud

d h is t t h e P ars e e t h e C on f uci an and t h e worship e r
, , ,
”
o f D e i ty u nd e r e v e ry f orm .

H e r e i n pl ai n si mpl e l an guag e w e h av e t h e
, , ,

tru e n atur e o f th e Maso ni c r e l i gi on v e ry accu rat e ly

d e fin e d and its o n e g r e at l e ad i n g ch aract e risti c O f
,

t h e positi v e r e j e cti on o f e v e ry f e atu r e o f C h r i st i an i ty

authoritativ e ly d e c l ar e d and se t forth

F i rst i t i s a hr oa d r e l igi on S e condly , i t is
,
” “
.

so hr oa d that “
all s e ctari an t e n e ts f y ar e ca r e u ll

”
ex c ul ded f ro m th e s
y s tem . Th i rdly th is r e l igi o n
,
 M A SO N IC R E L I G I O N s A M IN E D . 65

”
o M ason ry i s so br oa d that t h e C hr i sti an t h e
f “
, , ,

J ew ,
t h e P ars e e t h e M ah o m e dan t h
,
e C on fuci an , ,

and t h e w orsh ipp e r o f D e i ty u nd e r e v e ry for m

i ncl u d i n g t h e w i ld Arab and th e A m e rican s avag e ,

m ay and do h arm o n i ously co mbi n e in i ts m ora l

,

and i nt e ll e ctu al work A n d i n ord e r to b e co m e a .

l iv i ng work in g m e mb e r o f th is tr u ly ac c o m m o
,

dati ng i nstituti on t h e m i n ist e r and t h e pro fe ss i n g

,

C h ri sti a n m u st bi nd hi ms e l f by th e m ost sol e m n

Obl igations to con form to and abid e by all its
“
,

l aws and t e ach i ngs .

’
Agai n i n W e bb s M o n itor
“
,
by Morr i s p , . 28
4,
i t i s ass e rt e d that '

T he r e l ig i ous t e n e ts o f F r e e m ason ry a r e fe w ,
s i mpl e but fund am e ntal T h e candid at e m ust
, .
p ro
”
fe ss a b e l i e f i n D e ity b e for e i niti ati o n
. .

Th is i s t h e M ason s cr e e d and t h e o n e sol e ’

,

articl e o f faith o f t h e Mason ic r e l i g i on as p ract i s e d ,

i n t h e U nit e d S tat e s I t pro fe ss e s to d e m an d .

b e l i e f in a G od But in w hat God d o e s F r e e.

m ason ry r e qui r e its cand idat e s to pro fe ss a b e l i e f ?

T h e clai m i s m ad e that t h e B u dh is t t h e P ars e e and “
, ,

th e C o n fuci an a c cord i ng to M aso ni c l aw and

,

usag e m ay and do h arm on iously co mbi n e w ith

“
,

t h e M ah o m e dan t h e Je w , and t h e C h r i st i an i n t h e
,

”
m oral and i nt e l l e ctual work o f t h e M ason i c i nsti

tu t io n b u t sur e ly al l th e s e do n o t b e l i e v e in t h e
,

same G od T h e C on fu ci a n b e l i e v e s in t h e G od
.
 TH E M A STE R S C A RP ET
’

J osh ; t h e M ah o m e d an b e l i e v e s i n t h e God o f th e

K oran w h il e t h e B u dh is t and t h e P ars e e ar e

idolatro u s pagans o f t h e m ost prono u nc e d and posi
tiv e typ e And h e nc e o f cours e t h e God o f
.
, ,

M ason r y m ust b e anythi ng and e v e ryth ing that t h e

capri ci o u s fancy o f any or o f all th e s e p e opl e m ay
choos e to m ak e h im T h e words . God and “

'

Lord it i s tru e ar e v e ry fr e q u e ntly us e d i n t h e

, ,

M asoni c ritual but th e s e n am e s M ason ically e x

, ,

pr e ss e d c an h av e n o m or e r e fe r e nc e to th e tru e
, .

G od an d to h is w orship than th e sq u ar e o f t h e
W orsh ip fu l M ast e r h as to t h e cross o f C alvary I f .

t h e God o f t h e B ibl e i s t h e tru e God and if i n ,

i

t h at b o o k H e h as giv e n us a r e v e l ation O f H i ms e l f ,

t h e n m o st ass u r e dly t h e M asonic phi losophy is a

l ib e lo u s fals e h ood and t h e God o f Mason ry a s e ns e
,

l e ss myth .

B u t t h e Christi an b e l i e v e s and w orships t h e

o n e only l iv ing and tr u e G od e v e rl asti ng — F ath e r

, ,

S o n and H oly Ghost w h o at sundry ti m e s and in

,
“
,

d iv e rs m an n e rs spak e i n ti m e past u nto th e fath e rs

,

”
by t h e proph e ts and who i n t h e p e rson o f t h e
, ,

L ord J e sus Christ “

app e ar e d onc e i n t h e e n d o f
,

th e world to put away si n by t h e sacrific e o f h i m

se l f H o w can i t b e truth fully ass e rt e d th e n by t h e

”
.

rul e rs o f M asonry that a pro fe ssi ng C hristi an o r a

, ,

C hristi an m i nist e r can h armon iously co mb i n e with

C h i n e s e Tu rks , and pagan B u dhists , i n th e v ariou s
,
 LI A S O N I C R ELIGI ON EXAM INED .

r e l i g i ous e x e r ci s e s of th e lod g e ,
e sp e c i al ly wh e n the

law is e x p r e ssly l ai d d ow n that ,

f ro m t h e p e c ul i ar
c on st ruct i on of th e M aso n ic ph i losophy ,
th e n am e
”
of C h rist m ust b e c ar e f ul ly e x cl ud e d
“
.

N o m an c an s e r v e two m ast e rs ; an d n o C h ri sti an

can w o rsh i p G o d, th rou g h C h r i st i n ,
th e ch u rch ,

’
wh i l e he pr e t e nds to worship th e pag an s G o d, w ith
o ut C h r i st i n,
th e l od g e . N O, th e M aso n ic cla i m i n
th i s r e sp e c t i s a m e r e sh al l ow pr e t e n s e an d h e n c e , ,

W h i l e A m e ri c a n F r e e m aso n ry r e qu i r e s al l cand i
”
d at e s to p ro f e ss a “
b e l i e f i n d e i ty ,
i t n ow h e r e
'

i n cul c at e s ,
nor c an i t co n si st e n tly i n cul c at e f a i th

and trust i n th e G od o f he av e n .

T he G ran d O r i e nt of F ran c e ,
h ow e v e r ,
t he

h i gh e st M aso n i c autho rity in th at cou n try and i n ,

fac t th e f ost e r p ar e n t Of th e F r e e m ason ry . of

"
A m e r i c a i s m or e hon e st i n i ts e xpr e ss i on in r e gar d
,

to i ts r e l i g i ou s t e n e ts an d m or e t ru e ,
t o th e r e al
pr i nc i pl e s o f th e M aso n i c ph i l osophy th an ,
th e

G rand L odg e s of t h e U n i t e d S tat e s ; f o r wh i l e th e

l att e r hypo c r i ti c al ly pr e t e n d to i n cul c at e f a i th in

G o d, wh i l e th e y r ej e c t C h r i st t h e l at te r by a de , ,

c re e p ass e d at i ts l ast G rand An n ual C o n c l a v e h as ,

or de r e d th e n am e of G od to be e nti r e ly str i ck e n
out f ro m e v e ry p art of i ts w ork an d r i tu al . T o

r e qu i r e a b e l i e f i n G od ,
wh i l e th e L o rd J esu s
C h rist i s d i sow n e d an d r e j e c t e d i s a , p i e ce o f th e

most co nsu m m at e h ypocr i s y, an d h e n c e th e F r e nc h

0
 ’
68 T HE M A S T ER S CARP ET .

F r e e m asons r e cogn i z i ng th is fact and b e l i e vi ng t fl m

,

n o G od at all i s quit e as good if n ot b e tt e r and ,

m or e pr e fe rabl e than G od w itho u t C hrist hav e

, ,

com e o u t i n th e i r tr u e M asonic colors and hav e ,

r ej e ct e d God altog e th e r and w h e n th e ir br e thr e n

,

i n th is and oth e r co u ntri e s wi ll follo w th e i r e xa m

p le,
is only a m e r e q u e stion o f ti m e .

But agai n i n “
W e bb s Mon itor
’
b y Morris , ,

28 w e r e ad
p.
5
T h e T e n C o m mand m e nts o r t h e i r e q u i v a l
’
e n t e m b i a c e t h e gist o f t h e M as o n i c r e lz i on f
g
I n th is si m p l e as s e I t io n o f t h e Mason ic l aw
giv e r w e h av e th r e e t h i ngs v e ry d isti nctly a ffi rm e d .

F irst : that th e r e i s a M ason i c r e l igi on S e cond .

th at th e gist o f t h e Masoni c r e lgio n is e mbrac e d

i n t h e T e n Com mand m e nts and T hi rd : that t h e
,

M ason ic authoriti e s allow that th e T e n Com m and

m e nts m ay h av e an e qu ival e nt .

T he fi rst o f th e s e propositions has b e e n al r e ady

fully e stablish e d by n u m e ro u s quotations both from ,

t h e rit u al and fro m th e stand ard w orks o f t h e

i nstit u tion ; th e s e cond i s an add iti onal proo f o f th e
antichristi an ch aract e r O f its r e l i gio u s ph ilosophy ,
'

wh il e th e thi rd savors v e ry strongly o f t h e rank e st

bl asph e my I f F r e e m ason ry adm its that God s law
.
’

”
m ay h av e an e q u ival e nt and that th at e q u iv a
“
,
“

”
l e nt can b e found i n t h e writi ngs o f Mahom e d ,

C o nfu ci us , o r Jo e S m i th , th e n i t si mply a ffi rms th at

 M A S O N I C R E LI G I O N EX A M I N E D . 69

th eGod o f h e av e n is no b e tt e r and no wis e r than

a m e r e s e nsu al adv e nt u r e r a ty r an ic al usurp e r o r , ,

an a mbitious pr e t e nd e r .

Thi rdly T h e r e lig io n of M a s o n ry is a sy s tem

,

of a hs o lu t e de sp ot is m , and li h e t hat o
f R o m e,

de m a n ds a hlin d ii i/
q u es t o ni i ng o hedie n ce t o a ll it s
”
la w s , r u le s , and e d icts , w h e t h e r “
r ig h t or w r o ng .

W h i l e F r e e mason ry i s a r e l igi ous ph ilos ophy ,

pr e t e nd i ng to t e ach pi e ty and m oral ity th o u gh its

l a w s and l and m arks ar e so fram e d and i nt e rpr e t e d
as to e xclud e fro m i ts syst e m e v e ry p arti cl e o f th e
C h risti an faith and wh il e i t ad m i ts th at an y pagan
,

ph ilosoph e r m ay fram e a cod e o f l aws e qual i n e v e ry

r e sp e ct to t h e m oral law o f God y e t l e st any o f ,

it s m e m b e rs l ay or cl e rical shoul d r e p e nt o f h is
, ,

wi ck e d folly i n e nt e ri ng such a notor i ous co mbi n a

t ion o f fra u d d e c e ption and i n fid e l ity and so s e c e d e
, , ,

fro m i ts ran ks i t r e qu i r e s e v e ry c and id at e by a

,

m ost t e rribl e Obl i gati on to e nt e r i nto a l i fe l ong -

cov e nant w ith i t an d t o bi nd h i m s e l f for e v e r t o

,

ob e y w itho u t qu e sti on i ng e v e ry l aw rul e and d e cr e e

, , ,

of th e syst e m un d e r any and all ci rcu m stanc e s .

Th is p u r e ly d e spoti c pri ncip al i s v e ry cl e arly ,

ass e rt e d i n t h e follo w i ng e x t racts fro m t h e M ason i c

Obl igat i ons
’
In th e F e ll ow C ra ft s O bl i gati on s e cti on , 2
i

I
fu r th e r m o r e sol e m nly pro m is e and s w e ar
that I w il l s ta n d t o and a bide (By a ll t h e l aws rul e s
,
 ’
7 0 T HE M ASTER S cA R P E T .

and r e gul ati on s o f th e F e l l o w C ra ft d e gr e e so far ,

as t h e sam e sh al l co m e to my k nowl e d g e .

And agai n i n t h e M ast e r M aso n s O b lig at i on ,

,
’

s e c t i on 2 :
“ I f urth e rm or e sol e m nly prom is e and sw e ar
th at I w i l l co nf o r m to and a hide by a ll t h e l aws ,
’
rul e s and r e gu lati ons o f t h e M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e
and
of t h e lo d e
g f
o w h i ch [ m a
y h f
e r e a te r he com e

a m em he r , and th at I w il l e v e r m a i n ta i n and s up
o r t t h e cons t ituti on l aws and d icts o f t h e G rand
p ,
e

L o d g e u nd e r wh i ch t h e s am e S h all b e hold e n so ,

f ar as t h e sam e sh al l com e to my k no w l ed g e .

“
T o all o f t hi s I m ost sol e m nly and si nc e r e ly
prom is e an d s w e ar wi th a fi rm and st e ad fast r e so
,

lu tio n to k e e p and p e r f o rm t h e sam e w i tho u t any

e q u iv ocati on m e ntal r e s e rvati on o r s e cr e t e v asio n
,
.

o f mind w h at e v e r hi n di ng my s e lf u n de r n o l e ss a
,

p e n al ty than that o f h avi n g my body s e y e r e d i n

twai n my bow e ls tak e n f ro m t h e nc e and b u rn e d to
,

ash e s and t h e ash e s scatt e r e d to t h e fo u r w i nds O f

,

h e av e n s o t h at n o m or e t rac e or r e m e mbranc e
,

m i gh t b e had o f so vi l e and p e rj u r e d a w y e tc h as
‘

I sh o u l d I e v e r k now i ngly o r w ill i n g ly vi ol at e o r

, , ,

t ran sg r e ss th i s my sol e m n obl i gati on as a M ast e r

,

M aso n ; so h e lp m e G od and k e e p m e s t e ad f ast i n

,
”
t h e d u e p e r f orm an c e o f t h e sam e S ee H and
.
“

”
Book pp 6 6 and 9 9
, . .

I f s u ch an oath as th is w e r e publ ish e d i n any

o f t h e d aily pap e rs with a stat e m e nt th at i t w as

,

ad m i n i st e r e d i n th e d e ad o f ni ght , a nd at a s e c r e t
m e e ti n g gu ard e d by an arm e d s e nti n e l by th e
, ,

M o lly Magu i r e o r K u Kl ux so cie ti e s to a j oi n i n g

-

m e mb e r t h e whol e cou ntry would b e horri fi e d and

, ,

th e s e w ick e d i n sti tuti on s j ustly ran k e d as among t h e

v e ry w orst o f th e i r k i nd i n th e world And y e t, .
 MA S O N IC RE L IG ION E XA M I N E D
.

e v e ry m i n ist e r i n b e i ng m ad e a M ast e r M aso n

m ust tak e th i s oath .

N o w co mpar e th is w i th t h e fol low i ng fro m

t h e oat h ad m i n ist e r e d by t h e R om i sh c hurch to

e v e ry o n e o f h e r c o nv e rts and m ark t h e d i ffe r e nc e ,

I n t h e C r e e d o f Po p e P i us I V Art X 1 1 w e . .

,
I N N do at th i s p r e s e nt fr e e ly p ro fe ss and
. .

t ru ly hold th is t r u e C a th o lic f a z t h w it h ou t w h ic h
n o on e C A N B E S A V E D a n d I pro m is e m ost c o n
,

s t an t l
y to r e tai n and con fe ss t h e sa m e e nti r e and

i nv i olat e w ith God s assiste n c e to t h e e n d of m y

’

77

And th e n e v e ry p ri e st
,
bishop and e c c l e si ast ic
m ust furth e r sw e ar
And I w i ll tak e c ar e as far as i n m e l i e s ,

th at it shall b e h e ld t aught and pr e a c h e d by my

,

subj e cts o r by th os e t h e car e o f wh om shall ap

, ,

e I t ain to m e i n my o ffi c e ; th is I pro m i s e v o w and

p ,

sw e ar— so h e lp m e G od and t h e holy gos p e ls o f

”
G od .

I s th e R o m i sh syst e m th e n any m o r e e x act i n g

or any m or e d e spoti c th e n t h e syst e m o f M ason ry ?
Agai n i n th e M aso ni c ritu al t h e fol low i ng qu e stions
and ans w e rs occur and wh il e th e y s e rv e to i nd ic at e
,

th e tr u e sou rc e O f al l M ason i c p i e ty and m o ral ity ,

th e y also po i nt o u t t h e only bond wh ic h c ould

o th e rwi s e c e m e nt th is w ick e d c onsp i racy tog e th e r :
”
\V h at m ak e s y ou a M aso n ? “
My Obl i
7 2 THE M A STE R s CARP ET .

”
W hat m ak e s y ou a F el low C ra f t ?
”
Obl i gati on .

”
W h at m ak e s y o u a M ast e r M ason ? “ My
Obl i gat i on ”
(
. S ee “
H and B ook ”
pp ,
.

T h us w e s e e th at t h e Mason i c Obl igati ons ar e

t h e v e ry f ou nd ati on o f t h e wh ol e syst e m and w i th ,

o u t whi c h th i s m is e rabl e wic ke d sh am woul d f al l to

,

pi e c e s i n a y e ar ; and t h e o nly conditi on upon wh i ch

Ob e d i e n c e to th e r e q ui r e m e n ts o f th e s e Obl i gatio n s l s
d e m and e d an d e n f or c e d i s e xpl ai n e d by D r R ob . .

M dr r is P ast G ran d M ast e r o f K e ntucky i n l an

, ,

guag e so pl ai n and e asy th at n o M as o n c an f ail to

u nd e rs tand h i s duty .

In “ ’
W e bb s M on itor ,
p . 1
9 6 ,
h e say s
“
T h e fi r s t du ty o f t h e r e ad e r o f thi s sy n opsis
i s t o o bey t h e e d i cts o f h is G rand L od g e R ig h t o r .

w r o ng , h is v ery e x is te n ce a s a [Ma s o n h a ng s u p o n
‘

o be di e n c e t o t h e o w e r s i m m e di a te l s e t a bo v e h i m
p y .

T h e o n e u np a r do n a ble cri m e i n a M ason i s e o n t u

m a cy o r dis o be di e n ce .

F rom thi s I th i n k w e can h av e a pr e tty c l e ar

,

c o n c ep tion O f th e d e e p root e d conspi racy and t h e

-

cra fty d e sig n o f th e M ason ic i n stituti on F i rst th e .

,
i

candi dat e i s m ad e t o s w e ar e t e rn al Ob e d i e n c e to all

M ason i c l aws and e di c ts and w itho ut h avi ng t h e ,

sl i ght e st k n o w l e d g e o f any o n e o f th e m ; th e n t h e
l aw p e r e mptori ly e x cl ud i n g th e n am e O f C h rist i s
s u bm itt e d fo r h i s a c c e ptan c e and l astly i n p e r fe ct, , ,

h arm o ny with t h e r e qu i r e m e nts o f h i s M ason ic

 M A S ON IC R E LI G I O N EX A M I N E D .
73

o b li at i bl i nd i mpl i ci t u nwav e r i ng ob e d i e nc e
’

g on, a , ,

to th is law 18 d e m and e d o f h i m wh e th e r ri h t “
g or

I n d i r e ct Oppos i t i on to th is t e rr i bl e syst e m o f
m e ntal and m oral e nsl av e m e nt and as if i n utt e r
cond e m n ation o f th i s v e ry pri ncipl e O f th e M ason ic
i nst i tution t h e word o f God dist i n c tly a ffi rms in
,

Lev
'

.
4 vthat
.
,

I f a soul s w e ar pron o u n ci ng w i th h i s l ips t o

,

do e v i l o r to d o go od w h a ts oe v e r it be t h a t a m a n
s h al r om
l
p r o n ou n c e be h id
f w ith an oa t h an d it .

h im wh e n h e k now e th o f it th e n h e sh all b e gu ilt y

i n o n e o f th e s e , and i t sh all b e wh e n h e sh all b e
gui lty i n o n e o f th e s e thi n gs that h e sh al l c o n fe ss
”
th at h e had s i n n e d i n th at thi n g .

F r e e m ason ry says to e v e ry cand i d at e sw e ar “

,

although w h at y ou ar e call e d upon to sw e ar to is

”
h idd e n fro m you T h e word o f G o d on t h e oth e r
.

hand says if you do th i s y ou s i n aga i n st G o d and

“

”
you shal l b e gu ilty .

F ou rthly T h e r e lig io n of F r e e m a s on ry is
,

P U R E T I IE I S M a ch n o w le d i n A G O D but d e n in
‘

g g , y g
”
r ev e la t i o n .

T h is i s v e ry cl e arly ass e rt e d und e r t h e word

“
R e lig i on i n t h e
L e x i c o n o f F r e e m ason ry , by A G M ack e y . .
,

p .
4 4
0 .

“
TR E LI G I ON T H EN O F M A SON R Y I s P UR E
HE
T H E I S M o n wh ic h i ts d i ffe r e nt m e mb e rs e ngra ft
th e i r o w n p e cu l i ar Opi n ions but t h ey a r e n ot p e r ,

m it t e d t o i n t r o du ce t h e m i n t o t h e lo dg e o r to con
n e e t th e i r truth o r fals e hood w i th t h e truth o f
”
Masonry .
 ’
74 T HE M A S T ER S C A R P E T .

I n th e e x tract b e for e us my d e ar H e n ry w e , ,

h av e as cl e ar and e mphatic a stat e m e nt as can

possibly b e fo u nd anywh e r e o f t h e r e al charact e r ,

o f t h e Mason i c r e l igi o u s ph ilosophy It i s P UR E .

T HE I S M N oth i n g m or e and noth i n g l e ss ; and upo n

.

t h e broad pl at form o f thi s p u r e t h e is m it pr e t e nds

to u nit e al l cl ass e s and cond itions o f m e n N ow .

t h e Je w t h e Turk t h e C on fuci an and t h e

, ,
Brah
m i n i n j oi n i ng th e M ason ic frat e rn ity bi nds hi m ,

s e l f to support and m ai ntai n th is p u r e t h e is m B ut .

wh e n t h e pro fe ssi ng Ch risti an o r m i nist e r o f th e

gosp e l b e com e s a M ason what do e s h e sw e ar to ,

support an d m ai ntai n ? Why this v e ry sam e syst e m

u r e t h e is m f
of
p And wh e n th e
Jew t h e M ah o m
‘

.
,

e dan and t h e U n itari an ar e i nitiat e d or wh e n th e y

‘

v isi t a lodg e what do e s M ason ic law r e qui r e th e m

,

”
to e x c lu de from t h e syst e m ? N othi ng ; absol u t e ly
“

noth i ng Th e i r r e l igi on if th e y hav e any is p u r e

.
, ,

t h ei s m al r e ady and cons e q u e ntly th e y comprom is e

,

n othing what e v e r r e li giously by b e i ng m ad e Ma .

sons B ut w h e n a C hri stian m in ist e r is mad e a

'

M ason and l iv e s u p to h is obl igations w hat is h e ,

call e d u pon to e x c lu de and wh at do e s h e m ai ntai n

and support ? H e must car e fully e x c lud e all se e “

”
tarian t e n e ts That is h e can not u se th e nam e o f
.

J e sus C hrist i n t h e lodg e room i n conn e ction with

any M ason ic pray e r o r r e l igio u s c e r e mony He .

c an not i ntroduc e any o f, what M as onry calls h is ,

 M A S O N IC R E L I G I O N E XA M I N E D .
75
O

p e c ul i ar C h r i st i an O p i n i ons i nto th e lodg e , nor co n

n e e t th e i r t ruth or fals e hood w i th th e t ruth Of

M ason ry and h e nc e h e w i l l fully c o m p r o m i s e s his
,

C hr i st i an ch aract e r And s h ou l d a p r o fe ss i ng
.

C h r i sti an o r m i n i st e r s o far forg e t h i s duty as a

good M aso n as t o u se th e n a m e o f C h r i st wh e n
c all e d u p on to p ray i n any M ason ic Ass e mbly h e
s i m p ly v i olat e s h i s obl i gat i o n as a M as t e r M aso n
.

an d thus i n r e al ity b e co m e s as m uch a p e rj u r e d vi ll a i n “

as if h e had p ro c la i m e d i ts si lly s e ns e l e ss s e c r e ts u p o n
,

th e hous e to p s H avi ng sol em nly sworn th at

. he “

w i ll c on form t o and abid e by AL L T H E L AW S

’
rul e s and r e gul at i ons o f t h e M ast e r M aso n s d e g r e e ,
'

and it b e i n g o n e o f t h e m ost fund am e ntal l aws ,

rul e s and r e gul at i o n s of th at d e gr e e th at “
al l se e

tar i an t e n e ts must b e car e ful ly e x c l ud e d ,

he is
bou nd to sub m i t to th i s i n e x orabl e m andat e or el se

w ill ful ly vi ol at e h i s Obli gat i o n and thus i ncu r ,

th e

p e nalty of e xpuls i o n if not d e ath it s e l f .

”
B ut w h at i s “
p ur e th ei s m ? P olyth e i s m we

k now i s a b e lie f in m a ny gods Ath e i s m i s a b e l i e f

,

in no G od at al l and ,
t h e is m is th e be l ie f i n a G o d,

an d h e nc e D r M ack e y us e s
. t e rm p u r e t h e is m
th e

i n th is pl ac e , e vi d e ntly to ass e rt th at t h e r e l i g i ous

ph i losop hy of F r e e m aso n ry m e r e ly r e c ogn i z e s th e

e x i st e n c e of a so m e t h ing w h ic h i t c alls god , but

w h ic h i s n ot to b e u n d e rst o o d as e mbody i ng a
p lu
 7 6 THE M
’
ASTER S CA RP ET .

r alit of i i
°

y prson
e s n th at g o d ; o r n oth e r ,
w o r d s , yt

i s a pos i t i v e d e n ial o f t h e T ri n i ty .

F r e e m aso n ry as w e shal l fi nd h e r e a ft e r i s t h e
, ,

“
s e c r e t worsh i p o f pagan i sm r e v iv e d and thi s ,

”
do c tr i n e o f p u re th e is m e nu n ci at e d h e r e by t h e
M aso n ic l e x i co n i s S i mply t h e sam e pri ncipl e
wh i ch i n al l pagan countri e s d i sti nguish e d th e i r
s e cr e t f ro m th e i r publ i c worsh ip T his sam e i d e a .

o f t h e M ason i c r e l i g i on i s e ls e wh e r e r e fe rr e d to by

M a c k e y and oth e rs as th e u n ity o f God and

,
“
, ,

tog e th e r w i th t h e d octri n e o f i m mortal ity i s cl ai m e d ,

t o c onstitut e th e sol e r e l ig i ous b e li e f o f t h e M ason i c

ph ilosophy
R e fe rri ng to th e s e doctr i n e s and t h e m an n e r ,

i n w h i ch th e y w e r e com m un icat e d and pr e s e rv e d

i n e arly t i m e s t h e “ S y mbolism o f F r e e m ason ry
, ,

by D r M ack e y p 1 5 stat e s as f ol l ows

.
, .
,

“
B ut thos e am on g t h e m ass e s — and th e r e w e r e
so m e —wh o w e r e m ad e acq u ai nt e d w i th t h e t ruth
, ,

r e c e iv e d th e i r k n owl e d g e by m e ans o f an in itia t io n

i n to ce r ta i n s a cr e d my s te r i e s i n th e boso m o f
”
wh ich i t was conc e al e d f ro m t h e publ ic gaz e .

H e nc e th e n th e p u r e th e is m whi ch constitut e s
, ,

th e su m and substan c e o f t h e M ason i c phi losophy

i s pr e c i s e ly t h e sam e d o c tr i n e an d m od e o f f a i th
wh i ch i s c l ai m e d t o h ay e e xi st e d i n t h e pagan
myst e ri e s a ft e r t h e d isp e rs i o n o f m an k i n d i n t h e
,

pl ai ns o f S h i n ar ; an d to th is pagan ph il osophy o f
t h e l odg e e v e ry cand id at e b e h e m i n ist e r o r lay
,
 M A SON IC R E LI G I O N E X A M I NE D .
77

m an ,
m ust with r e v e r e nc e m ost hu mbly
“
, ,
bo w ,

accord i ng to t h e t e nor o f h is Obl igation .

I ii di r e ct Oppositi o n to th is pagan i d e a of l od g e
th e i sm th e word o f G od v e ry d i sti nctly a ffi rm s
,
a

plu ral ity o f p e rson s i n th e G od h e ad -

.

I n G e n e si s i 2 6 w e r e ad .
,

And G o d s aid le t us m ak e m an ,
.

Agai n i n Joh n i 1 1 4 .

I n t h e b e gi n n i ng w as th e W OR D and t h e
“
,
”
W OR D w as w ith G o d and t h e W O R D was G od ,
.

A nd t h e W O R D w as m a de fl es h a n d dw elt
“
,

am on
g us .

S also in M att x x v n i 1 9
ee, ,
. .

T e a c h al l n at i ons bap t i s i n g ,
th e m i n the n am e
o f th e F ath e r and O f t h e S o n , ,
and o f th e H oly
”
Ghost .

A nd aga i n i n J oh n v 7 .

T h e r e ar e th r e e that b e ar r e c ord i n h e a v e n ,

t h e F ath e r t h e W o rd and t h e
, ,
H oly G host and ,
”
th e s e th r e e ar e o n e A nd .

L astly ,
T he re lig i o n of M as on r
y is bo t h un

s cr i t u r al an d a n t is c r ip t u r a l, an d lih e R m a n is m ,
p o

w h o lly ba s e d on co r r u
p t t r a di t i o n s .

I n th e D ig e st o f M aso ni c L aw by G eo .

Win gat e C has e pp 2 0 7 2 0 8 I r e ad , .

, ,

T he J e ws ,
th e
C h i n e s e t h e T urks e ach r e , ,

j e ct
, e i th e r t h e N e w T e sta m e n t o r t h e O ld or ,

both and y e t w e se e n o good r e aso n why th e y

,

s h ould n ot b e m ad e M asons I n fact B lu e L odg e .

A l a s o n ry h a s n o t h i ng w h a t ev e r t o do w it h t h e
i t is n ot ou n d e d h e B i ble
u
pon t
f If it .
 ’

7 8 TH E M A STER S C ARP ET .

was i t w o u ld n ot b e M asonry i t w ould b e som e

, ,
”
th ing e ls e .

T h is i s t h e u nch ang e abl e law i n t h e cas e ab ,

solut e and b e yond controv e rsy Ch in e s e T u rks

.
,

and J e w s m ay b e com e F r e e m asons al tho u gh th e y ,

’
r e j e ct e ith e r a part o r t h e whol e O f God s w ord ,
and t h e r e ason giv e n fo r t h e e x ist e nc e o f thi s u ni
v e rsal pri n cipl e i s th at M asonry has noth i ng
“

wh at e v e r to do with th e B ibl e It i s not found e d

.

o n th e B ibl e ; if i t was i t would not b e M asonry

”
i t would b e so m e th i ng e ls e .

Y o u w i ll Obs e rv e that h e r e four th i n gs ar e e x

p lic itl
y a ffi rm ed
. F i rst
,
th at a m an who r e j e cts

t h e B ibl e altog e th e r m ay b e com e a M ason S ec .

o nd ,
that F r e e m ason ry i s n ot found e d on t h e B ibl e .

T hi rd that if M asonry w e r e found e d on t h e Bibl e

,

i t would not b e Mason ry and F ourth that t h e

, ,

r e l igious syst e m o f M ason ry is so m e thi ng e ls e “

th an w h at th e B ibl e t e ach e s .

N o w with r e gard to t h e fi rst poi nt — that m e n

who r ej e ct th e B ibl e m ay b e com e M ason s — H ow
i s i t th at t h e candid at e i s obl igat e d o n t h e
B ibl e i n all A m e rican lodg e s ? And w hy is h e r e
qui r e d to salut e it with hi s l ips a ft e r taki ng h is ,

Obl i gat ion ? K iss a B ibl e wh ich h e m ay d e spis e

and r ej e ct ! Tak e an obligation o n a B ibl e o n e ,

word o f wh ich h e may not b e li e v e ? Why this i s ,

so lem n m o c k e ry— an i nsul t to c o mm on s e ns e , to

 "

M A S O N IC R E L I G I O N E X A M I N E D .
9

r e ason ,
to th e r e l i g i on of th e B i bl e and to G od .

An d y e t as M ason s we ask G od to h e l p u s to keep

st e a
d fast i n an d
‘

c ar r y ou t th i s w i c k e d hypoc ri sy to
”
the e nd of l i fe .
( S ee “
H and B ook p 18
5 l ast
,
.
,

c l aus e o Obl i gat i o n )

f .

B ut agai n su p pos e ,
o ne of th e s e m e n w ho d is
be l ieve the
B ibl e ( and th e r e ar e th ousand s o f th e m
,

in M ason ry ) should b e t h e M ast e r o f the l od g e ,

wh e n a m i n ist e r o r a d e aco n o f a C h r i sti an c hu rc h

i s b e i n g i n i t i at e d h o w c an such a m an t ruth f ully
,

an d con si st e ntly assu r e th e c and id at e th e n st and i n g

,

b e fo r e h i m th at th e r e i s n oth i n g i n
,
th e obl i gati on
wh i ch he i s ab out to tak e th at c an “
c on fli c t w i th
”
any o f th os e e x alt e d d uti e s h e m ay o w e to G od ?

O r h o w c an a C hri sti an m i n i st e r w i th a ny Sh o w , of

con s i st e n c y or truth f ul n e ss ,
sub m it h i s ow n j ud g
m e nt to th e such a m an ? W e co n
j ud g m e nt of

de m n R o m an i sts and pity i n gly r e fe r to th e i r i gn o r

,

an c e and bl i nd sup e rst i t i o n i n y i e l d in g th e i r pr i vat e

j ud gm e nt to t h e w i ll and j ud g m e nt O f a p r i e st ; but
in th e M aso n i c l od g e we fi nd th at th e m i n i st e r of

a pu r e ly P rot e stan t an d e van g e l i cal chu rch at h i s

initi at i o n m ay be, a nd v e ry o f t e n i s ,
cal l e d upon to ,

y i e l d h i s pr i v at e j ud gm e n t to t h e w i ll and j udg
m e n t o f a ru m s e ll e r a pro f an e sw e ar e r a gambl e r
-
, , ,

”
or e ve n an i n fid e l .
( S ee “
H an d B ook p . 1 81 .

’
M ast e r s add r e ss to c an d id at e b e fo r e t ak i n g th e

Ob li gat i o n ) .
80 THE M A STE R S C A RP ET
’
.

W ith r e gard to t h e s e cond poi nt —that M ason ,

r i s not found e d o n t h e B ibl e — th e n on W hat is it

y
fou nd e d ? O f cours e pur e th e is m is not and c an
,
“

n o t b e found e d on God s Word

’
Wh at th e n is t h e .

found ation o f Sp e cul at iv e F r e e m ason ry ?

”
I n t h e L e x icon o f F r e e m asonry by D r A
“
. .

G M ack e y pp 49 1 49 2 w e r e ad
.
, .
, ,

TR A DI TI ON S T h e l e g e nds or trad iti ons

o f F r e e m ason ry const itut e a v e ry consid e rabl e and
i mportant part o f its ritual
‘

I n m any i nstanc e s
.

th e s e t r a di t ion s hav e b e e n corrupt e d by an ac h r o n

”
i sms and oth e r e rrors w h ich h av e cr e pt i nto th e m .

“
A ll that can b e cl ai m e d fo r th e m is th at i n
'

som e th e r e is a gr e at d e al o f tr u th fu l n arrativ e
”
m or e o r l e ss ov e rl aid with fiction .

T he M ason ic ph ilosophy th e n r e cogn izi ng only

wh at i t calls th e m oral law o f n atur e h as noth ing
“
,

to sustai n i t but a syst e m o f ly i ng trad itions and

l e g e nds borrow e d from t h e old pagan r e l igi ons and
, ,

which its b e st and m ost i nt e llig e nt a u thors candidl y

’

con fe ss h av e b e e n falsifi e d and corrupt e d al most

,

b e yond r e cogn ition .

N o w it is v e ry si ng u l ar that t h e r e ligion o f
R om anism is also clai m e d to b e bas e d on th e sam e
fabulo u s and u nr e li abl e foundation .

In th e cr e e d of P op e P ius I V art i cl e , 1 , we

r e ad as follows
I most st e ad fastly ad m it and e mbrac e A p os
?

t e lic a l and e c c le s i a s t i c a l t r a dit i o n s and all oth e r ,

”
Obs e rva n c e s an d c on st i tutions o f th e sam e chur c h .
 M A S ON IC R E LI G I O N E x A M IN E D. 81

A nd aga i n ,
in th e Abr i dg e m e n t of C h r i st i a n
D o c tr i n e p 1 0 ,
.

“ Is it n
ot e n o u g h to b e l i e v e al l th at is wr i tt e n
”
In t h e B i bl e ?

“
N o i t is n ot , fo r we m ust a ls o be l ie ve a ll

A pos tolica l t r a dit i on s .

N ow , what d i ffe r e n c e m ay ,
I ask , is th e r e be
tw e e n th e s e n s e l e ss and c o rrupt t rad i t i o n s and
l e g e nd s of F r e e m ason ry an d th e n u m e r o us “
e cc l e
”
s ias t ic al an d so - c all e d “
apo stol i cal t rad i t i o n s an d

ly i n g l e g e nds of R om an i s m ? N ot a p art ic l e . One

i s j ust as g ood author i ty as th e oth e r ,
an d j u st as
worthy the sam e d e g r e e of c r e d i t wh i l e at
, ,
the

sam e ti m e both ,
ar e f als e and u nsc r i p tu ral . And in
wh at part i c
u l ar r e sp e ct do e s th e bl i n d c r e d ul i ty
d e m and e d of th e M aso n d i ffe r f ro m th e i g n o rant ,

su p e rst i t i ous b e l i e f of the R o m a n C ath o l i c ? A p oor ,

i gn orant I r i sh C athol i c w h o n e v e r k n e w , an d
, , w ho
er haps n v r h ad a n Opportu n ity o f l e arn i n g any
p e e
,

b e tt e r bows sub m i ssi v e ly an d y i e ld s h i s j u dg m e n t

,

to t h e will of h i s p ri e st ,
a cc e pti n g as l i t e ral t ruth
al l th e stupi d l e g e nd s and trad i t i on ary f abl e s of

sup e rst i t i ou s m o n k s and h e rm its ; bu t a P rot e stant

'

m in i st e r hold i n g p e r h ap s h is d ipl o m a o f D D
, , , . .

f ro m s o m e f am ou s u n i v e rs i ty , an d c la i m i n g to b e ,

hi m sel f , a te ac he r of truth and a gu i d e to th e

i g no ran t , bows w i th e q ual sub m i ss i v e n e ss to t h e

wi ll of h i s M ason ic su p e r i o r , an d a cc e p ts , w i th th e
82 THE M ASTER S CAR P ET
’
.

sam e d e g r e e of bl i nd cr e d ul it y , all the d i sgusti ngly

stupid fabl e s conc e rn i ng Hi ram S olomo n Z e r u bb a , ,

b e ] t h e S a i nts Joh n and oth e r B i bl e worthi e s w i th

, , ,

w h ich th e ritual and man uals o f M ason ry abound .

I f a P rot e stant m i n i st e r p r ot es ts agai nst th e e rror

”
of “
R o m is h t r a dit io n h ow c an h e co nsist e n tly ,

”
Ic c e
p t “
Al a s o n ic t r a dit io n ,
wh ic h i s n o t a bit mor e
r e l i abl e if i nd e e d i t i s as good ? But what is still
, ,

m or e s i n gul ar h o w can h e sol e m nly s w e ar to abid e

,
“

”
by a nd suppo rt all thos e fabl e s and t e a c h th e m
t o oth e rs as truth ?

H o w e x c e e d i ng ly consist e n t a m an must a c t
w h e n o n c e h e b e co m e s a Maso n !
F abulous t rad i tio n is t h e o nly f oundat i o n o f
both M aso n ry and R o m an i sm and as w e Shall find , ,

f u rth e r o n t h e sup e rstructu r e i n e i th e r c as e i s th e

,

sam e i n pri ncipl e and i s c o nd e m n e d w i th e q ual

,

s e v e rity i n God s Wo rd
’
.

I n M att x v 3 6 and 9 w e r e ad
. .
, ,

Why do y e also transg r e ss t h e com m and m e nt

o f God by you r trad i ti on P
l
” ,
T h u s h av e y e m ad e t h e co m mand m e n t o f
“

G od o f no e ffe ct by you r trad itio n ” .

But i n vai n th e y d o w ors hip m e t e a c h in g

“
,
”
fo r do c tri n e s t h e co m m and m e nts o f m e n .

S also C o l i i 8
ee . .

B e ware l e st any m an spoi l y o u th rough

“

philosophy and vai n d e c e it a ft e r t h e t radi tion o f

me n ,
a ft e r t h e rud i m e n ts o f th e world and not
”
a ft e r C h ri st .
 C H AP T E R IV .

WH A T M A S O N R Y C LAIM S T o Do — T he . new

bi rt h -
T e mpl e bu i ld i n g — M e ntal i ll u m i n ati on .

R o m an i s m an d M ason ry co m par e d — B oth o

.
p
’
pos e d to G od s W o rd .
-
F re e d o m f ro m si n .

“
J ust i fi cati o n by w orks — M ason i c pr e c e pts .

M ason s i n s e arc h of d i v i n e truth .

— N e v e r fi nd
it . M ason ry abov e th e tru e r e l i g i o n —M aso n .

r
y a w ic k e d c ou nt e r fe it .

M r . B ar to n — H av i n g th us e x am i n e d th e c har
a ct e r o f th e M aso n i c r e l i g i o n and th e basi s upo n
w h i ch i t r e sts ,
t he n e xt po i nt of i nt e r e st to w hic h I
d e si r e to cal l you r att e n tio n i s th e e xt rao rd i n ary
good n e ss w h i ch i t c la im s to poss e ss ,
o r, as th e r i tual
”
e xpre ss e s i t i ts ri ghts l i g hts and b e n e fi ts
,
“
,
.

E v e ry r e l i gi on ,
no m att e r by w h at n am e i t i s
k n own pro fe ss e s
, ,
of cou rs e ,
to c o nta i n w i th i n i ts e l f
so m e wond e r ful ad vantag e s . W h at ar e th e g r e at
r e sults th e n to be d e ri v ed f ro m M aso n i c a ffi l i ati o n ?

A nd w h at ar e th e p r e t e nd e d pr i vi l e g e s w h i ch
M as o n ry pro fe ss e s to con fe r upon thos e w ho be

co m e i n i ti at e d i nto its an t ic h ri sti a n myst e r i e s an d

pagan c e r e m on i al s?
F ir s t : T h e j ll a s o n ic
-
re lig io n c la i m s to re

’
n ew man s n a tu r e and to a cc o m
p lish in ev e r
y
c a n dida t e th e “
new bi r t h .
84 THE M A ST E R
’
s CARP ET .

M ini s te r r e p ar e d M i i
n s t e r p r e p a r ed M i n is te r p r e p a r e d
In E . A . eg res . In F C . De g r ee
. . i n M M De g r ee
. . .

T he abov e figu r e s r e p r e s e nt t h e cand idat e

as h e stands outs id e t h e d o o r o f t h e l od g e pr e par e d
fo r i n iti at i o n H e i s d i v e st e d o f al l h i s c lothi n g
.

sh i rt e x c e pt e d — d r e ss e d i n an old pai r o f d raw e rs ;

t h e l e f t le g arm an d br e ast a r e bar e
,
i n t h e fi rst ,

d e g r e e ; h i s ri ght le g arm and b r e ast i n t h e , ,

s e c ond ; and both l e gs both arm s and both br e asts ,

l
ar e bar e i n th e thi rd d e g r e e A rop e i s pu t o nc e .

round h is n e ck i n t h e fi rst ; twi c e round his ri ght

,

arm i n t h e s e cond and th r e e ti m e s rou nd h is bod y

,

i n th e th i rd d e gr e e ; and i n e ach d e gr e e a hood

wi n k is c ar e fully f ast e n e d ov e r h is e y e s
 W HA T M A S O N R Y CLA I M S To DO .
5

S p ak i n g
e of h i m th us ,
th e “
M an u al of th e
”
L odg e , by M ack e y p ,
. 2 0, says
T h e re he
stand s w ith out o u r p ortals o n th e , ,

th e r e s h o ld o f h i s n e w M aso n i c l i fe i n d ark n e ss h e lp , ,

l e ssn e ss and i gn oran c e H av i n g b e e n w and e r i n g .

am id t h e e rro rs , a nd c o v e r e d ov e r wi th t h e p o l
l uti on s o f th e out e r and pro f a n e world h e co m e s ,

i n qu i ri n gly t o o u r d o ors S E E K I N G T H E N E w B I R T H , ,

and ask i n g a w it h dr aw al o f t h e v ai l w h ic h c o n ‘

”
c e als di v i n e t r u t h f rom h i s u n i n i t i at e d S i gh t .

( S ee H “
and B ook pp 3 0 , .
,

And aga i n o n pag e 2 1 ,

M ason ry stands b e for e t h e n e o p hyt e i n al l

“

t h e gl ory o f i ts f o rm and b e auty t o b e f ul ly r e ,

v e al e d to h i m h ow e v e r on ly W H E N T H E N E w
, ,

B I R T H h a s be e n c o m le t e l a cc o m lis h e d
p y p .

H e re y ou w i l l Obs e r v e th at , .
acc o rd i n g to Ma
son i c t e ach i n g ,
th e n ew bi r th i s to be a c co m pl ish e d
in e v e ry cand id at e wi thout ,
an y e x c e pt i o n wh at e v e r
by th e i nflu e n c e of th e M aso n i c r e l i gi o n an d th rou g h
m e an s o f th e i n iti ato ry c e r e m on i e s o f t h e M ason i c
'

d e gr e e s An d i t i s al so r e pr e s e n t e d th at e v e ry can
.

d idate — ru m s e ll e r i n fid e l o r d o c tor o f d i v i n i ty — u p
-
,

to th at t i m e h as b e e n
,
“
cov e r e d ov er w i th th e pol
”
l uti on s of th e out e r and pro f an e world ,
th at he

h as b e e n i n d ark n e ss h e lpl e ssn e ss and i gn o ran c e

“
, ,

and th at d uri n g al l h i s l i fe pr e vi ous h e h ad b e e n

“
wand e r i n g i n e rror ,
a nd th at now ,
at l ast ,
he
”
c o m e s to th e on ly pl ac e w h e r e d i v i n e t ruth can “

a lon e be f ou nd ; wh e r e h i s “d ark n e ss i s to b e
c h an g e d i n to m ar v e l ous b ri ghtn e ss w h e r e h i s h e l p
,
“
86 TH E M A S T E R S C A R P ET
’
.

l e ssn e ss and i gnoran c e ar e to b e r e m ov e d w h e r e ,

t h e cl oud s o f e rror
“
by wh ich h e had b e e n h e r e
to f or e e nv e l op e d ar e to b e d i sp e ll e d and wh e r e h e ,

i s to b e acc e pt e d i n to t h e j oy ful compan ionship o f

”
th e “
S on s of L i ght an d r e c e iv e the gl ori ous
pri v il g
e t h e n e w bi rth
e of “
W hat an hon or abl e .

positi on thi s f o r a Ch ri st i an m i n ist e r to occ u py ,

and wh at an e xal t e d opin io n F r e e m ason ry e nt e r

tai n s o f h i s B ibl e h is ch urch h i s k n o w l e d g e h is
, , ,

C h ri sti an i ty and hi s God wh e n i t thus d e grad e s

,

h i m to t h e l e v e l O f t h e rou gh t h e r u m s e lle r and ,

t h e d an ci n g m ast e r ; and e t th is sam e m i n ist er

y
tak e s fi ft y fo u r sol e m n obl i gati on s n e v e r to t e ll
-

an
y b odv anyth i ng w h at e v e r about t h i s an d to b e
.
,

e v er strictly ob e d i e n t to al l th e l aws r u l e s an d “
,

”
r e g u l ations o f t h e syst e m wh e th e r ri ght o r ,
“

w ro n g .

T he Ap ostl e Joh n t e lls us B e hold w hat ,

“

m an n e r o f lo v e t h e F ath e r h ath b e stow e d u pon u s

that w e sho u ld b e c all e d t h e son s o f G od B e lov e d .
,

now m e w e t h e son s o f G od a nd i t d o th n ot y e t ,

app e ar w h at w e shal l b e b u t w e k n ow that w h e n

,

h e shall ap p e ai w e S h al l b e l i k e h i m fo r w e S hal l ,
”
s e e h i m as h e i s 1 J ohn i i i
(
. 1 .
,

D o e s a ch ild o f G od r e q u i r e to go to a M ason ic
lodg e fo r d i vi n e truth — to hav e h i s m e ntal d ark n e ss
d isp e l l e d and hi s h e lpl e ssn e ss and i g noran c e r e m ov e d
,

O r do e s h e n e e d to pass th rough th e sh am j ug gl e ry o f
”
M ason i c i ni ti at i on I n ord e r to r e c e i v e t h e n e w bi rth ? “

T h e w ord o f G od d e cl ar e s that t h e L ord J e sus

 WHAT M A S ON R Y C L A I M S T O DO .

C h r i st i s “
th e t ru e l i ght wh i ch l i ght e t h ,
e v e ry m an
th at co m e th i nto th e world J oh n i t hat he is
, ( ,

“
th e root and th e O ffspr i n g o f D avid and ,
th e bri gh t
1n d m orn i n g star R xxii and he h i m sel f
, ( ev . .

say s ; “ I am th e li gh t of th e world ; he th at f ol l ow

e th me sh al l not w al k i n d ark n e ss but sh al l h av e ,

”
th e l i gh t of l i fe John vi i i B ut F r e e m ason ry
.
( .

”
“
car e fully e x cl ud e s th e L o rd J e su s C h ri st f ro m

th e l od g e an d chapt e r r e pudi at e s h i s m e d i atorsh i p

, ,

r e j e cts h i s ato n e m e n t fd n i an d d i sown s h i s gosp l

e es e ,

f rown s upo n h i s r e l i gi o n and h i s ch u rch ,

i g n o re s
the H oly S pi ri t, r
an d s e ts U fo r i ts e l f a spi ritu al
p
e m p ir e a r e l i gi ou s th e oc racy at
, ,
the h e ad of w hi ch
i t plac e s th e G A O T U
. . . . .
— t h egod of n atu r e— an d
f ro m w h ic h th e o ne onl
y l i vi n g and tru e G od i s
e xp e ll e d by r e s o lu t o i g; an d by vi rtu e of th e si lly
c e r e m on i e s of th i s r e l i g i o u s sy st e m i t pro fe ss e s ,
to
’
r e n e w m an s n atu r e and s e cu r e fo r hi m i n the h e re
Ift e r a happy i m m ortal ity i n th e G rand L odg e
“

abov e .

r I f F r e e m ason ry th e n a cc o rd i n g to its ow n
, ,

sh owi n g ,
be n ot th e A N T IC H R I S T i t i s i mposs i bl e ,

to u nd e rstan d wh at a n t ic h r i st m e an s and e v e ry m an ,

m i n ist e r , or l ay m an ,
d e acon ,
or d ru n k ard ,
cl ass
l e ad e r ,
or gambl e r i n i t i at e d i n to M aso n ry sw e ars
,
to

m a i ntai n and su p p o r t th is t e rribl e ant ic h r i st f o r e v e r

'

”
'

F r e e m ason ry r e pr e s e nts th e new bi rth as “

b e i n g a c com p l i sh e d in th e l o d g e an d th rough pag an

,
 ’
88 T HE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

i n iti ati on s T h e H oly S c r i ptu r e s t e ach that th e

. .

”
“
n e w bi rth i s to b e accompl ish e d th ro u g h t h e w o rd
o f G od and by th e Op e ration s o f t h e H oly G h ost
,
.

W hi ch ought to b e be l i e v e d F r e e m ason ry o r G o d ? ,

W h ich i s to b e ob e ye d th e law ,
of M ason ry or th e

law o f C h ri st ?

T h e L ord J e sus C h rist says

“
E x c e pt a m an be born aga i n ,
he can not se e the

k i n gdo m o f God .

“
E x c e pt a m an b e born o f wat e r and o f th e
S pi ri t h e can not e n t e r i nto t h e ki n gdom o f G o d
, .

J oh n i ii 3 5 .
,
.

And agai n 1 P e t e r i 2 3 ,
.

“
B e i n g born agai n n ot O f corruptibl e s e e d , ,

but o f i ncorruptibl e by t h e word o f God which , ,

”
l i v e th and abid e th f or e v e r .

H o w d i ffe r e nt th i s f ro m t h e v ai n juggl e ry and

f o o lis h b u ffo o n e r y o f F r e e mason ry !
'

S e c ondly z— Op e r a tiv e i ll a s on ry be ing th e a r t

f
o bu ildi n
g t e mp o r a l e dific es , f r ee or
p
s l
e c u a ti v e

M as on r
y p of r es s es to e r ect a s
p i r it u a l t e m le
p in
th e h ea r t .

In t he “
M anu al of th e L od g e p we
, .
35 ,

r e ad
“
sp e cul ati v e M ason i s e n gag e d i n th e con
T he
stru c ti on o f a spi ri tu al t e m pl e i n h is h e art p u r e and ,

spotl e ss fit fo r t h e dw e l li n g pl ac e o f H i m who i s
,
-

t h e author o f pu rity ; wh e r e G od i s to b e wor

s hi ed
p i n spi rit and i n truth and w h e n ce e ve ry ,

e v i l thou ght and u n ruly pass i on ar e t o b e ban is h e d ,

 W HA T M A S ON R Y C L A I M S T o DO .

as th e si n n e r and th e G e nt i l e w e r e e x c l ud e d f ro m
”
th e san ctu ary o f t h e J e w i sh t e mpl e .

A nd again i n ,
th e “
S v m b o lis m of F r e e m ason ry ,

by Mack e y p 1 6 2 , .

T h e sp e cul at i v e M ason th e n if h e r i ghtly

“
, ,

c om pr e h e n ds t h e s c op e and d e s i g n o f h i s pro fe ssio n ,

i s o cc upie d f ro m h is v e ry fi rst ad m iss i on i nto t h e

o rd e r u ntil t h e cl os e o f h i s l abors and h i s l i f e i n t h e

con stru c t ion th e ad orn m e n t and t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f

, ,

thi s spi ritual t e mpl e o f h i s body .

A nd aga i n i n ,
“
T he G e n e ral Ah i m a n R e zon ,
or

”
’
F r e e m aso n s G u id e by D S i ck l e s 3 3 S e c r e tary
, .
,
O

G e n e ral o f th e S upr e m e C ou n ci l N orth e rn Ju r isdic

ti on p 7 1
,
.

“
M ason s ar e c al l e d m o ral bu i ld e rs I n th e i r .

r i tu al s th e y d e cl ar e e mph ati c all y th at a m or e n obl e

and gl o ri ous p urpos e th an squ ari n g ston e s and h e w
i ng ti m b e rs i s th e i rs— fi ttin g i m m ortal n atu r e fo r
th at s p i ri tual bu i ld i n g n o t m ad e w i th h and s e t e rn al
in t h e h e av e n s T h e py ra m i d s w e r e m ausol e u m s
.
,

i n w h i ch t h e bo n e s o f th e m i ghty d e ad m i gh t r e pos e
i n i mp e r i al m ag n ific e n c e M aso n s ar e e r e ct i n g a .

st ructu r e in w h ic h t h e G o d o f I sra e l sh al l d w e ll
fo r e v e r fi ’

T h i s th e n i s
, , th e o ne g ran d pr e t e nd e d ob j e c t o f

Fr ee m aso n ry .
“
T he M aso n i s sup p os e d to be
en gag e d i n t h e c o n stru c t i o n o f a sp i r i tual t e mpl e i n
”
h i s h e a rt p u r e and spotl e ss An d th i s s p i r i tual .

t e mpl e i s to b e c o n st ru c t e d ad orn e d and com p l e t e d

,

by h i m s e l f al on e w i thout any r e fe r e n c e wh at e v e r to
,

t h e f ul l and f r e e s al va t i on O f C h r i st t h e d i vi n e
,

i nfl u e n c e of the H oly S p i ri t ,
or w i thout th e re m o t
 9
9 0 T HE M ASTER s C AR P ET .

’
e st al l usi on to God s pl an o f sal vat ion as r e v e al e d ,

i n t h e S c riptu r e s .

S t P aul w riti ng to t h e C ori nthi an C h ri sti ans

.
, ,

sp e aks of th e m as foll ows

1 C or .
3 ,
10

’ ’
“
Y e G od s h u sband ry y e ar e God s bu ild
ar e ,

and th e r e ason th ey w e r e so i s f u rth e r

e xpl ai n e d i n C hapt e r i 2 w h e re he call s , ,

th e m th e C hurch o f God w h ich i s at C ori nth

“
, ,

th e m t ha t a r e san cti fi e d i n C h ri st and

i n C h apt e r i i i 1 1 h e d i sti nctly ass e rts that oth e r
.
,
“

fo u nd ation can n o m an lay than that i s l aid whic h ,

”
i s J e sus C h ri st and al l b e lie y e r s i n t h e Lord J e s u s
C h rist ar e l i vi n g ston e s b u il t u p by God s H oly ,
’

S pi rit — n ot by M ason ry — i nto a spi rit u al h o u s e a “

,

”
h oly pri e stho od and th e y w orshi p G od i n spi ri t
,

and i n t r u th b y O ffe ri n g spi ritual sacrific e s acc e pt

_
“

abl e to God b y Je s u s C h ri st S e e 1 P e t e r i i 5 . . .

’
Th i s and thi s only i s God s appoi nt e d m e an s ;
, ,

b u t F r e e m ason ry as w e hav e s e e n h as a d i ffe r e nt

, ,

pl an T h e Je w t h e M oh am m e d an t h e Chi n e s e t h e
.
, , ,

B uddhi st t h e P ars e e t h e wi ld Arab t h e Am e ri can

, , ,

s avag e and th e w o rship e r o f d e ity u nd e r any and

,

e v e ry f orm m ay and d o harm on i ously combi n e i n

,

t h e Mason i c w ork accord i ng to P ast G rand Mast e r

,

M orr i s o f K e ntucky and e ach o n e o f th e s e pagans

, ,

an d u nb l i e v rs i s e n gag e d i n t h e co nstru c tion o f

e e “

a S ir it u al t e mpl e i n h is h e art , pur and spotl e ss

p e ,
 WH A T M A S O N R Y C LA I M S T O DO .
9 1

w h e re G o d is to be wo rsh ip e d i n spi ri t and i n

”
truth ; an d e ach o ne of the m ,
b e fo r e th e cl os e of

l i fe i s s u ppos e d to h av e su c c e e d e d i n c o n st ruct i n g
, ,
r
ado rn i n g and c o mpl e ti n g th i s t e m pl e T h i s i s su r e .

ly m o r e bl as p h e m ous and w i ck e d b e c aus e couc he d ,

i n l an guag e m or e c al c ul at e d t o d e c e i v e th a n th e ,

v e ry worst an d m ost abusiv e t i rad e s a

gai n st C h r i sti
a n it
y of e i th e r V ol t a i r e , V ol n e y R ouss e au ,
or Tom
P ai n e .

T h ird z— F r ee m a s on ry c la i m s to en l ig h te n t h e

un de r s t a n di ng f
o e v er
y ca n dida te , t o p ur z
fy h is

ev il n a t u r e , and to r es c u e h im
f r o m t h e w o r ld .

C o n c e rn i n g the e xt rao rd i n ary e ffi cac y of th e

M aso n i c r e l i gi on i n th e s e r e sp e cts ,
w e r e ad in th e
”
“
M an u al of the L od g e ,
by D r M a c k e y .
,
p .
39 ,
all ud i n g to th e d ark n e ss prod u c e d by th e h ood w i n k
worn at i n i t i ati on
Appl i e d to M ason i c sy mbol i sm i t ( t h e d a i k ,

n e ss ) i s i n t e nd e d to i e m in d t h e cand id at e o f h i s
i g noran c e w h ich M ason ry i s t o e n l i gh t e n ; o f h is
,

e vi l n at u i e wh i c h lVl as o n i y i s to pu ri fy ; o f t h e
,

wo rld i n w h os e Obscu ri ty h e h as b e e n w and e r i n g ,

”
and f ro m wh i ch M ason ry i s to r e s c u e h im .

An d i n th e “
B ook of th e An c i e nt an d A c

ce t ed S cott i sh R i t e of F r e e m ason ry by C h arl e s

p ,

T . M c C le n ac h an , 3 3 0
,
and P ast G rand
“
M hs t e r
of C e re m o n i e s ,
of th e S upr e m e C ou n ci l of th e

N orth e rn J u ri sd i c ti o n O f t h e U n i t e d S tat e s ,

c ontai n e d a v e ry e x t e n si v e ri tu al o r rub ri c f o r the

 ’
9 2 T HE M AS TER S C AR P E T .

ad m i ni st rati on o f “
Mason i c B apti sm Thi s r u b i ic
ord ai ns th at thi s e xtra o rd i n ary c e r e m ony sh al l b e
p e r form e d o nly i n t h e fi rst o r E nt e r e d Appr e ntic e
d e g r e e ; t h at i t i s i nt e nd e d ch i e fl y fo r i n fan ts ; and i t

pr e scrib e s f u rth e r that t h e e l e m e nts to b e us e d i n

, ,

ad m i nist e ri n g thi s r ite ar e wat e r o il sal t l i ght e d , , ,

candl e s and go d f ath e rs and god m oth e rs pr e c i s e ly

,
- -
,

as w e fi nd al l th e s e th i n gs i n t h e bapti sm al s e rvi c e
o f t h e R o m i sh C h urch F ro m thi s M ason i c ri tual I
.

quot e o n p 57 6 as f ol lo w s
, .
,

Wo rshi p ful M ast e r : —I n t h e n am e and u nd e r ,

t h e auspi c e s o f t h e S u pr e m e C oun ci l o f S ov e r e i gn
G rand I n sp e ctors G e n e ral o f t h e thi rty thi rd and l ast -

d e g r e e I procl ai m th e s e ch ild r e n to b e p u r ifi e d by
,

M ason i c baptism and anoi n t e d with t h e oil o f con

,

s e c rati o n to M ason i c d u ty P rocl ai m i t al on g you r

.

colu m n s b r e thr e n S e ni or and Ju n i or W ard e n s and

, , ,

ch arg e al l F r e e and Acc e pt e d M ason s ov e r t h e su r

f ac e o f t h e two h e m i sph e r e s to k now and ack now
”
l e d g e th e m as such .

T h e S e ni or and J un ior Ward e n s m ak e t h e n e c e s

sary procl am at i on as ord e r e d an d t h e c e r e m ony o f ,

baptisi n g i n f ants accordi n g to t h e formul a pr e scrib e d

by t h e M ason i c l odg e i s o v e r A nd n o w i n vi e w .

o f t h e strang e d octrin e thus stron gly prom ulgat e d

by M ason i c law I would l i k e to ask som e
,

M as on i c m in i st e r o f th e P rot e stan t E v an g e l ical

C h risti an c hu rch w hat do e s h e u n d e rstan d by M a
,

i e vi l n atu r e and by chi ld r e n

’
so n r
y pur fyi n g a m an s
b e i n g pu ri fi e d by M ason i c baptism ? P uri fi e d i n
w hat w ay ? P urifi e d f ro m what ? W i ll som e B ap
 WHAT M ASONRY CLAIM S T O DO .
93

t ist M ason i c m i n i st e r h ave th e good n e ss to s ay

wh e th e r ,
or no ,
he b e l i e v e s th i s d o c tri n e ? A n d if

he d o e s n ot b e l i e v e i t th e n w hy d id h e sw e ar to
,

”
“
con fo rm to an d ab i d e by i t an d e v e r m ai nta i n
, ,
“

”
a nd support i t ? and w h at i s w ors e wh y do e s , ,
he

sti l l ad h e r e to i t ? Or ,
if he d o e s b e l i e v e i t th e n ,

wil l he k i nd ly i n f or m u s why sh ould n ot C h r i st i a n

bapt i s m be as ef fi cac i o us i n u r i fy i ng a l i ttl e s i nl e ss
'

i n f an t as M ason i c b apt i s m i s ? A nd l astly I w oul d , ,

like to k n ow h ow a bi shop or m i n i st e r of th e R e

f orm e d E piscopal C h u rch c an c on s i st e n tly r e j e c t th e

”
d o c tri n e of “
i n f ant r e g e n e ratio n as h e ld an d taugh t 0

by th e C hu r c h of E n gl a nd wh i l e at,
th e s ame ti me
he b e l i e v e s and sw e ars t o U ph old and m a i nta in th e
”
d octri n e of “
j ust ifi c ati o n by w o rk s as h e ld by M a
onr
y, and of i n f an t r e g e n e rat i o n by M aso n i c ba p t i s m ?
W h at r e ply c an B i sh op F all ows and h i s co - l ab o r e rs
i n c h urch or m m ak e to th i s i n q u i ry ? A n d wh at
re f

a stran g e i n co n s i st e n c y th at m e n wh o ar e v e ry l oud
i n th e i r prot e stat i o n s ag ai n st t h e e rro rs o f R o m an
i s m as p racti c e d in t h e chap e l sh ould sw e ar sol e m nly
, ,

to “
m a i n tai n and suppo rt the v e ry s e l f sam e e rro rs
w he n p ra c ti c e d i n a M ason i c l od g e ; fo r on th i s
subj e ct o f t h e pu rifi c at i o n o f m an s n atur e ’
,
F re e
m aso n ry and R o m an i s m a g a i n ar e si m i l ar .

In th e R o m an C athol i c cat e c h is m ,
e n t i tl e d
Ab r i d g e m e n t of C hr i st i an D o c tr i n e p . 1 12, we
,

r e ad
 94 THE M A STE R S C AR P E T ’
.

—Wh at
Q i s O:r i gi nal S i n ?

A — I t i s a privatio n o f ori gi nal justic e w hich ,

w e i n h e ri t f ro m ou r fi rst par e nt Adam b e i ng al l by ,

cour s e o f n atu r e con c e i v e d and born i n th at priv a

ti on o r i n ori gi n al si n
, .

9
9 .
— W h at ar e th e e ffe cts o f ori gi n al si n ?
A .
—C on cupisc e n c e i gnoranc e e v i l i ncli nation
, , ,

pro n e n e ss to S in si ck n e ss and d e ath ,

.

A nd a g ai n i n th e G e n e ral C at e chism
,
“
,
p . 2
5
—
Q What .oth e r particul ar e ffe cts f ollo w e d f rom

t h e s i n o f our fi rst par e n ts ?

TL— O u r wh o l e n atu r e was corrupt e d by i t ; it

d ark e n e d o u r u nd e rstand i n g w e ak e n e d o u r w i ll and , ,

l e ft i n u s a st r o n g i ncl i n ation fo r e vil .

Th i s i s pr e cis e ly t h e nat u ral cond iti o n o f man ,

as s e t f o rth by t h e M ason ic ph i losophy And n o w .

m ark t h e i n fal li bl e r e m e dy pr e scrib e d by t h e

C hu rch o f R o m e .

Ab ridg m e n t o f C h ri sti an D octri n e p 1 1 2 , .

— H o w i s ori gi n al si n r e mov e d ?
Q .

A — B y holy baptism
. .

Agai n i n t h e C at e
,
c hi sm of t h e C ouncil o f
“

o
”
T r e n t p 2 57 , .

“
B apti s m i s a sacram e nt b e caus e i t w as h es ,

awa
y a ll parti c u larly ,
ori g i n al s in ; p e n anc e also
wash e s aw ay a ll s in s o f thought and d e e d com
m it t e d a f t e r baptism ; o n t h e sam e pri ncipl e th e r e ,
”
f or e p e n an c e i s a s acra m e n t
,
.

”
And agai n i n t h e C ou n c il o f T r e nt S e ss 7
,
“
,
.

C an vi ii w e r e ad
.
,
 WHAT M A S O N RY C LA I M S T O DO .
95

W ho e v e r sh al l afli r m th at g ra c e i s n o t con
fe rr e d by th e s e sac ra m e nts o f t h e new law by ,

v ir tu e h e r o r m e d , bu t that f a i th i n h
of t e a c t p f t e

d i vi n e pro m is e i s al l th at i s n e c e ssary t o obta i n

”
g rac e L E T H I M AC C U R S E D
, .

F ro m al l th i s t e s ti m ony th e n w e l e arn t w o , ,

thi ngs : I s t, th at ,
a cc ord i n g to R o m i s h t ea c h i n g ,

si n both or i g i n al an d actual i s
, ,
f o rg i v e n , t h e n atu r e
pu r i fi e d ,
the und e rstan d i n g ill u m i n at e d , th e m an
r e scu e d fro m t h e capti v i ty of th e world ,
th e fl e sh
and th e devil ,
by m e an s of bapt i s m and oth e r
s ac r a m e n tal c e r e m o n ials : and , 2 n d, that th i s pu ri
fi c atio n , e nl i ght e n m e n t and l ib e rty ar e s e c u re d s i m p
‘
ly by th e m e re p y
e f or m a nce o f th os e c e r e m o n i e s .

Accord i n g to th e R om i sh syst e m a m an i s , p u r i
fie d and m ad e h oly by th e c e r e m on i e s of th e

ch ap e l ; a c cord i n g to th e M aso n i c sy st e m , he is
m ad e pu r e and h oly an d spi ri tual ly i nt e l l i g e n t by
th e c e r e m on i al s of th e l od g e an d by th e pagan
j uggl e ry o f th e H i ram Abi ff t rag e dy A n d y et .

m i ni st e rs and ot h e r pro fe ss i n g C h r i st i an s w h o
cl ai m to be P rot e stan ts absol ut e ly sw e ar to con
f orm t o t h e e nd l i fe to o n e
of of th e f ou l e st do c
tr i n e s of th e idolatri e s o f R o m e .

I n d i r e ct Oppos i t i o n to thi s w ic k e d syst e m of

demon or m an w orsh ip b o t h ,
of th e R o m i sh and
M ason i c r e l i g i o ns ,
th e H ol y S c ri ptu r e s e v e rywh e r e
d e cl ar e th at faith al on e i n th e d i vi n e pro m i s e s of

G od t h r oug h t h e Lo r d 7 es u s C h r is t i s al l that 18
 9 6 THE M A S T E R S CA R P E T
’
.

n e c e ssary to obta i n al l n e e d e d g r ac e and s e cur e

’
m an s sal v at i on .

F i rst — G rac e i n th e pardo n o f s i n as i n R o m i i i 2 4 ,

. .

B e i n g j usti fi e d f re e ly by h i s grac e th rou gh ,

”
t h e r e d e mpti o n th at i s i n C h ri st J e sus .

S e c ond T h e gra c e o f ad opti on J oh n i 1 2

-
, ,
r
“
B ut as m any as r e c e iv e d h i m ( C h ri st ) to th e m
g av e h e po w e r t o b e com e th e sons o f God e v e n to ,
'

”
th e m th at b e l ie v e on h is n am e .

Th i rd —T h e grac e o f th e n e w bi rth 1 Joh n v 1 ,

.

W hoso e v e r b e l i e v e th that J e sus i s th e C h r i st

”
i s born o f G o d .

F ourth T h e g rac e o f t h e H oly S pi ri t G al i i i

-
,
. .

C h ri st h ath r e de é m e d us f ro m th e curs e o f
“

t h e l aw b e i n g m ad e a curs e fo r us : fo r i t i s wri t
,

te n ,
cu rs e d i s e v e ry o n e that h an g e th o n a tr e e
that t h e bl e ssi n g o f Ab raham m i ght co m e o n t h e
G e ntil e s th roug h C h ri st Je s u s ; t h at w e m ight r e c e i v e
”
t h e pro m is e o f t h e S pi rit by f aith .

F i fth : T h e grac e o f right e ousn e ss G e n x v 6

-
,
. .

Abrah a m b e l i e v e d G o d and i t was count e d t o ,

”
h i m fo r ri ght e ousn e ss .

S ix tl G rac e t o l e ad a h o ly l i fe T i tus 1 1 1 1 1 2
-
,
.
,

T h e g rac e o f God that bri ng e th sal vati on

hath app e ar e d to all m e n t e achi n g us that d e nyi n g
,

u n godl i n e ss and world ly l usts w e should l iv e sob e r

,
”
ly r ig h te o u siy and g odly in thi s p r e s e nt world
, .

And t h e i nspi r e d Apostl e d i sti n ctly a ffi rm s that

t h e H oly S criptu r e s ar e abl e to m ak e th e “
man of
God p e r fe ct thorough ly furn ish e d u n to al l good
,

”
works and wi s e u nto sal v at i o n th rou gh f aith
,
“

”
wh ic h i s i n C h ri st J e sus .
 WHA T M ASONRY CLA IM S T o Do.
97

Al l th i s b e i n g t ru e , th e n ,
i s it not
p o s i t i v e ly
i mpi ous and w i ck e d fo r F r e e m ason ry to e xp e l th e

L o rd J e sus C h ri st f ro m e v e ry part of its r e l i g i ous

worsh i p and l i k e ,
th e R o m i sh C hu rch subst i tut e ,
fo r

f aith i n C h r i st i ts d e g rad i n g an d pro f an e ce r e m o

n i e s , an d ob e d i e n c e to th e obl i gat i o n s and p r e c e p ts

of th e ord e r ? A nd i s i t not e q u al ly i mp i ou s an d '

w ic k e d fo r a pro fe ssi n g C h ri st i an and m o r e e sp e c i

’

al ly fo r a C hr i st i an m i n ist e r t o sw e ar to e v e r ,
’

”
“
m a i n ta i n and sup p ort th i s u ns c r i p tu ral an d an t i
s c r i ptu ral do c tri n e ?
F ou rth : -
F r ee m as o n ry c la im s , un de r ce r ta i n

con dit ion s , tof r e e m e n f r om s i n .

In th e “
G e n e ral Ah i m an R e z on ,
or F ree
’ ”
m ason s G u i d e ,
by D an i e l S i c kl e s M ason i c P ubl i sh
,

”
i n g C o mpany ,
N ew Y OI k, p 7 0 and
.
,
“
H and B oo k ,

p 86.
,
w e r e ad
T he C o m mon Ga v e l i s an i nstru m e nt m ad e
u s e o f by O p e rativ e M ason s t o br e ak o ff t h e rou g h

co rn e rs o f sto n e s t h e b e tt e r to fi t th e m fo r t h e
,
’
bui ld e rs u s e but w e as F r e e and A cc e p t e d M ason s
,

are taugh t to m a k e u s e o f i t f o r th e m o r e n obl e

and gl o r i ous pu rpos e o f d i v e st i n g o u r h e arts an d
c o nsci e n c e s o f a ll t h e v ic es a n d s ugfierfl u it ies of life ,

t h e r e by fi tt i ng u s as l i v i n g ston e s o f that spi r i tual

bu ild i n g , t h at hous e n ot m ad e w i th h an ds , e t e r n al in
”
t h e h e av e n s .

H e re i t w i l l be obs e r v e d f ou r th i n gs are v e ry
pl a i n ly a ffi rm e d F i rst th at m an by n atu r e i s
.
,

c o rru p t , h is h e art and c on s ci e n c e b e i ng f ull o f al l “

9 8 T HE M A S T ER S C A R P E T
’
.

”
the vic e s and s u p e r fl u i tie s o f l i fe S e cond that all .
,

th e s e v ic e s and s u p e r fl u itie s m u st b e r e m ov e d .

Th i rd th at by r e movi ng or stri ki ng O ff all th e s e

,

v ic e s and s u p e r fl u it ie s o n e is fitt e d as a l iving ston e

fo r th at Spi ritual b u ild i ng th at hous e not mad e with
,

”
h ands e t e rn al i n t h e h e av e ns and F o u rth that w e
, , ,

as S p e cul ativ e M asons a r e taught to m ak e u se o f

,

th e co m m on gav e l fo r t h e m or e nobl e and g lor i ous

p u rpos e o f d iv e sti ng o u r h e arts and consci e nc e s o f

all th e s e V i c e s and su p e r fl u itie s or i n oth e r words , ,

m an i s s i n ful and corrupt by n atu r e and by practic e ,

he m ust be cl e ans e d and p u rifi e d and M ason ry ,

al on e sy mboli z e d by th e com mon gav e l i s to e ff e ct

, ,

h is r e g e n e ration .

But th e r e l i gion o f F r e e m ason ry i ts pr e t e nd e d ,

v ic ari ou sn e ss and t h e gr e at b e n e fits to b e d e riv e d

from a ffi l i ati on w ith its i nfid e l syst e m o f lodg e w o r

sh ip is m or e d istinctly ass e rt e d i n th e
L e x i con o f F r e e m asonry by A G M ack e y , . .
,

p 1 6 u nd e r th e word AC AC I A N :
.
“

Acacian — a t e rm sign i fyi ng a Mason w h o by

liv i ng in s tr ict o be di e n c e t o the o bl ig a t i on s and

p p qf
r e cets th e f f
r a te r n i ty is f r ee ro m s in .

I t could n ot b e possibl e fram e w ords so as to

t o e xpr e s s a si mpl e proposit i o n i n any cl e ar e r o r

p la i n e r l anguag e than th is S trict ob e d i e nc e to t h e

.

”
obl igation s and pr e c e pts o f th e frat e rn ity it is ,

eed b f
“
g
uarant y M asonry w i ll thorou g yhl r ee a
 W H AT M A SON R Y CLA I M S T O DO .
99

m an fro m si n N o w le t us e xa m i n e th is grand
.

M asoni c boast and s e e wh at co m e s o f i t But le t .

m e fi rst pr e m is e that n o m an is born i nto M ason ry ,

al l ar e i n iti at e d L e t us suppos e th e n t h e cas e o f

.
,

tw o m e n w h o ar e M asons o n e a ru m s e ll e r and th e
,
-

oth e r a m i n i st e r or M e thod i st cl ass l e ad e r T h e -

.

ru m s e ll e r w e w i ll assu m e h as b e e n co ncocti n g and

-
,

di sp os i n g o f po iso nous l iquors m a n u factu ri n g d ru n k ,

’
ards and pr e parin g m e n and wom e n fo r satan s
,

k i ngdo m fo r t w e nty y e ars b e for e h e b e co m e s a

M ason H e is i n iti at e d w e wi l l say wh e n h e i s
.
,
'

forty y e ars o ld and fo r t w e n ty y e ar s th e r e a ft e r h e

, ,

l i v e s i n strict Ob e d i e nc e to t h e obl igati ons and p r e

ce
p t s of th e
M ason i c syst e m whil e at t h e sam e t i m e ,

h e s e l ls a gr e at d e al m or e gi n and ru m d uri n g thi s

p e ri od than h e e v e r d id b e for e N ow accord i n g to
,
.
,

M ason ic t e ach i ng th is ru m s e l l e r i s fr e e fro m si n

- “
.

B ut h e r e a v e ry i mportant qu e st i on p r e s e nts its e l f .

Do e s M asonry fr e e th is ru m s e ll e r fro m -
th e si ns of

th e f orty y e ars o f h is l i fe b e for e he b e cam e a M a

so n , or d o e s i t si mply fr e e h i m fro m si n dur i n g h i s
M ason i c l i fe only . If w h il e he i s a M aso n he l i ve s
i n str i ct ob e d i e nc e to the obl i gations and pr e c e pts
of M aso nry and i s ,
m ad e fr e e from t h e s i ns co m

m itte d du ri ng that p e riod of h is l i fe alon e ,

how

do e s he g et fr e e fro m th e si ns he co m m i tt e d
dur i n g th e forty ye ars b e for e he b e ca me a M aso n ?
 1 00 T HE M A STE R S CA R P ET
’
.

Let F r e e m ason ry answ e r, or p e rhaps som e C hr i st i an

M ason can d o s o ?
And n o w h o w i s i t wi th th e m in ist e r ? H e
to o
,
w e w i ll suppos e ,
is m ad e a M ason at th e
a e o f forty and l i v es t w e nty y e ars a M a son
g , ,

strictly ob e y i ng al l its pr e c e pts and l i vi ng

'

up to al l i ts Obl igati ons and r e qu i r e m e nts and o f ,

cours e l i k e h i s b roth e r t h e ru m s e ll e r h e also is

, ,
-
,

m ad e fr e e from S i n du ri ng all that ti m e Duri ng .

t h e tw e nty y e ars pr e v ious to h is i n iti ation how e v e r , ,

h e h as b e e n d i sp e nsi ng t h e Word o f L i fe pr e achi ng ,

th e gosp e l to t h e b e st o f h is ab il ity and pr e pari ng,

m e n fo r t h e k i ngdo m o f h e av e n H e was brought

.

i nto cov e n ant r e l at ion w i th God th rough faith i n

C hr i st and th e r e fo r e had h is Si ns forgiv e n through
,

t h e bl o od o f t h e aton e m e nt .But wh e n h e was

m ad e a M ason h e w as brought into cov e n ant
r e lat io n with Masonry through t h e m ost horribl e
,

and v illi anous obl igat ions i m agi nabl e I n t h e m in is

.

t e rs cas e th e n h av e th e pr e c e pts and obl igations

’
,

o f F r e e m ason ry tak e n t h e pl ac e o f t h e blood o f

C hrist ? And is strict Ob e di e nc e to th e s e pr e c e pts

and Obli gations abl e to accompl ish fo r h i m duri ng
t h e l ast t w e nty y e ars o f h is M ason ic l i fe what a ,

st e ad fast l ivin g faith in th e L ord J e sus

C hrist had aff e ct e d dur i ng t h e pr e vi ous tw én ty
y e ars o f h is m i n ist e ri al l i fe and b e for e h e had b e
r
co m e a M ason ? O b e die n ce to M asoni c Obl i gat i o ns
 \V I I A T M A S ON R Y C LA I M S T O DO . 10 1

and p r e c e pts as w e hav e al r e ady s e e n n e c e ssarily

, ,

r e qui r e s t h e car e ful e xcl usio n o f C h rist o r any

“
,

al l u si o n w h at e v e r to h is n am e o r any r e fe r e nc e t o ,

t h e pri ncipl e s o f h is gosp e l fro m t h e W hol e Ma

soni c sy s t e mi j an d cons e qu e ntly t h e i n fe r e n c e i s u m
avoidabl e th at in all t h e fu t u r e M ason i c l i fe o f th e
M i n i st e r or C lass l e ad e r Ob e d i e nc e to M ason ic Ob
-

li gati ons m ust t ak e t h e pl ac e o f faith i n C hrist and ,

c ons e qu e ntly j u s t yic a t io n by w o r hs m ust sup e rc e d e

i

a it h
and b e co m e a s u bsti t u t e fo r j u s t fica t io n
i by f .

Th is is pr e cis e ly t h e doctrin e pro m ul gat e d by

th e C hu rch o f R o m e .

T h e R o m i sh C hurch d e cl ar e s i n C ano n 9 ,

S e ss 6 C o u nci l o f Tr e nt as fol lows

.
, ,

Whoso e v e r Sh al l a ffirm th at t h e u ngodly i s

j u s t i ed
fi by f a it h on l
y so that it i s to b,
e u nd e r

stood th at noth i ng e ls e i s r e qui r e d t o c o op e rat e -

th e r e with i n ord e r to obtai n j usti ficati on and th at

, ,

i t is on n o accou nt n e c e ssary th at h e s h o u ld p r e
p a r e a n d dis
p o s e h im s e l b
f y” t h e
ef or t o
f h is ow n

w ill L E T H I M B E ACC U R S E D Also in C ano n 1 1 .

Whoso e v e r Shal l a ffirm th at m e n ar e justi

fi e d sol e ly by t h e i mp u t ation o f t h e right e ousn e ss
o f C h rist o r by t h e r e m issi on o f si n to t h e e x
e l usion o f grac e and ch arity whi ch i s sh e d abroad
i n th e i r h e arts and i n h e r e s i n th e m ; o r that th e
grac e by wh ich w e ar e j usti fi e d i s on ly t h e fa v or
”
o f God ,
L E T H I M B E A C C U R SE D .

And agai n S e ss 7 C anon 8 C oun ci l o f T r e nt

,
.
, ,
‘

“
W hoso e v e r shal l affi rm that grac e i s not c o n
fe rr e d by t h e s e v e n ) sacram e nts o f t h e N e w L aw ,

by f
ir t u e o t a ct
p f m ed ( p p e r a ta
)
—
v e er or ex o er e o
 ’
T HE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

but that faith i n th e d iv i n e prom i s e i s all that i s

”
n e c e ssary to obtai n grac e L E T H I M B E ACC UR SE D
, .

I n opposi ti on to thi s fals e p e rni ci ous doctri n e both

of F r e e m asonry and R o manis m t h e Word o f God
d ist i nctl y a ffi rm s R om i i i 2 4
. . .

“
B e ing j u stifi e d f r e e ly by hi s grac e th rough ,
”
t h e r e d e mptio n that is i n C h rist J e sus .

Agai n i n G als i i 1 6 . . .

“
Kn o w i ng th at a m an i s not j u st i fi e d by th e
works o f t h e law but by t h e faith o f J e sus C hrist
,

even , w e h av e b e l i e v e d i n J e sus C hrist that w e

m ight b e j ustifi e d by t h e faith o f C hrist and not by
t h e works o f t h e law fo r by t h e works o f t h e law
,
”
shall n o fl e sh b e j u stifi e d .

A n d agai n in T itus i i i 5 . .

“
N ot by w orks o f right e ousn e ss wh ich w e
h av e don e but accordi ng to h is m e rcy h e sav e d us
by t h e w ashi ng o f r e g e n e ration and r e n e wi ng o f
t h e H oly Ghost , wh ic h i s sh e d o n u s ab u nd an tl y .

thro u gh Je su s C hr i st o u r S av i ou r
, .

And agai n i n E ph i i 8 9 . .
,
.

“
F or by grac e ar e y e sav e d through faith and
th at not o f yours e lv e s ; it is th e g i ft o f God N ot .

”
o f works ,
l e st any o n e sho u ld boast .

F r e e masonry ass e rts th at by strictly ob e yi ng

t h e obl igati ons and pr e c e pts o f t h e frat e rnity w e

ar e sav e d T h e Word o f God d e cl ar e s that by “

.

”
grac e w e ar e sav e d thro u gh fa i th i n t h e Lord ,

J e s u s C hrist
.

F r e e m asonry and R o m a is m both d e cl ar e that

p
wh at th e y t e r m good works will sav e a man T h e .

W ord o f G o d d e cl ar e s , “
not o f works , l e st any
 WHA T M A S ON R Y C LA I M S T o Do .

”
one sh ould boast ,
fo r all o u r right e o u sn e ss ar e
“

but filthy r ags . E ph i i 8 9 I sa 6 4 6

. .
,
.
,
.

A nd agai n i n I Joh n i 7 . . .

I f w e wal k i n t h e l i ght as h e i s i n t h e l i ght

w e h av e fe llowship o n e w i th an oth e r and t h e
b lood o f J e sus C h r i st h is S on cle an e th us fro m
”
ALL si n .

T h e p r e ci ou s blood o f t h e S on o f G o d cl e ans e s
,

fro m all si n — orig i nal and act u al — pr e s e nt p ast and ,

fu tu r e — is t h e positiv e ass e rti on o f D i vi n e R e v e l

ati on O b e d i e nc e to th e Obl igations and pr e c e p ts

7
o f t h e frat e rni ty wi ll fr e e fro m si n i s t h e e qual ly
positiv e d e cl arat i o n o f M aso nry .

N ow both th e s e can not possibly b e t r u e and

which th e r e for e a m I bo u n d to be l i e v e ? I f t h e
boast ful g oo d w o r hs o f t h e M ason i c syst e m and
t h e e qually pr e t e nd e d o o d w o r hs of t h e R o m ish
g
syst e m w i ll fr e e a m an fro m si n and i nsu r e h i s
acc e ptanc e w i th G od th e n m ost assu r e dly th e
,

gosp e l O f God is a fabl e and faith i n C hrist is

v ai n.

But le t us h e r e e nu m e rat e a fe w o f t hos e p r e

c e ts
p and obl i gat i ons wh ich as M asons w e a r e ,

”
call e d u po n to Ob e y ri ght o r wron g
“
and by ,

l i v i ng i n strict Ob e d i e nc e to wh ich w e ar e c o n fi
de n tly as sur e d s hal l fr e e us fro m si n .

All s e ctar i an te ne ts m ust b e car e fully e x

” ’
c lud e d fro m t h e syst e m W e bb s M on itor p 2 8 5
. .
, .

“
P ray e r i n M aso n i c lodg e s s h ould b e o f a
 ’
1 04 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

g e n e ral ch aract e r c o n ta in in
o ff e nsiv e to n ot h i n
g g
an c la s s o f c o n c ie n t io u s br e thr e n Ib i d
y . .

T h e Je w th e M ah o m e da n t h e P ars e e t h e
, , ,

B u dhist t h e C on fuci an and t h e savag e would b e

, , ,

o ff e nd e d at t h e
’
bar e m e nti on o f C hrist s n am e i n
an
y M ason i c pray er or r e l igious c e r e m ony
,
and in ,

ord e r to pl e as e al l th e s e and to r e nd e r t h e r e l i gio n

,

o f M ason ry u n iv e rsal h is n am e mu s t be car e full y

e xcl ud e d and lodg e pray e rs must b e o f a g e n e ral
,

c haract e r .

T h e word o f God e mphat i cally d e cl ar e s that

“ th e r e i s o n e G od and o n e m e d i ator b e tw e e n God

and m e n t h e m an C hrist J e sus

, ( Ti m ll and , . .

F r e e m ason ry as e mph at ically a ffirms that th at m e d i a

tor m ust b e r ej e ct e d .

B ut ag ai n
”
T h e r e l igi on o f Mason ry i s pu r e th e ism Lexi .

c on o f F r e e m asonry p 404 : , .

A C hr i st i an M ason is not p e rm itt e d to i ntroduc e

h is o w n p e cul i ar Opi n i ons w ith r e gard to
’ ”
C hrist s m e di atori al O ffi c e i nto t h e l odg e .

”
L e x i con p 404 ,
.

“ R i ght
o r wrong y o u r v e ry e x ist e nc e as a M a
,

s o n hangs upon ob e di e nc e to t h e pow e rs im

” ” ’
m e di at e ly s e t abov e y o u W e bb s Mon itor , .

P I
9 6
“ If w e would be M asons w e must y i e ld p r iv ate
,

” ”
j u dg m en t .
“
Trad i t i ons o f F r e e m asonry ,
0
p .
3 .
 WHAT M ASON RY CLAIM S T o Do . 10
5

M ason s m ust b e of th at r e li g i o n i n wh i c h al l m en
”
agr e e .
“
M an u al of th e L od g e , p . 2 1 5
.

Al w ays h a i l ,
e v e r c o n c e al and n e v e r r e v e al
,
our

” ”
l i ttl e s e n s e l e ss s e cr e ts p 74 .
“
H an d B ook , . .

I f you r w i fe o r ch ild o r f ri e nd sh ould ask

, , ,

y o u any th i n g about you r i n itiati o n — as fo r i n s ,

tan c e if y ou r cl oth e s w e r e tak e n O ff if y ou w e r e

, ,

bl i nd f old e d if y o u h ad a rop e rou nd y ou r n e ck

, ,

e tc . you m u st al ways e mph at i cally d e ny e v e ry

,

th i n g f y o u m ust c on c e al h e n c e o f c ou rs e y o u
‘

-
, ,

m ust d e l ib e rat e ly lie abou t I t i s part o f

you r Obl i gat i on n e v e rth e l e ss \ B ut y o u k n ow
, .

‘
if y o u l i v e i n st ri ct ob e d i e n c e t o you r Obl i
33
’
g at io n you l l b e f r e e f r o m s in
, .
’

“
F urth e rm or e th at I w i l l Ob e y al l du e s i g n s an d
”
su m m o ns “
Han d B ook p 1 8 3
.
”
, . .

W h e n e v e r you s e e any o f o u r si g n s m ad e by a
b roth e r M ason and e sp e c i al ly t h e g r a n d h a il
,

i ng s ig n of dis t r es s you m ust al way s b e su r e ,

_to o bey th e m e v e n at t h e ri sk o f yo ur l i f e
, .

T I f you r e o n a j u ry and t h e d e fe nd an t i s a
’
,

M ason and m ak e s th e G ran d H ai l i n g Si g n

, ,

you m ust ob e y it ; y ou m u st d i sag r e e w i th you r

b roth e r j u ro rs if n e c e ssary but y o u m ust b e
, ,

v e ry su r e n o t to bri n g th e M aso n gu il ty f o r ,

th at would b ri n g d i sg ra c e upon o u r o r de r I t .

m ay b e p e rj u ry to b e su r e to do th i s bu t th e n
, , ,
’
y o u r e f ul fil l i n g you r obl i gat i on and you k n ow ,

if you ‘l i v e up to y ou r obl i g at i on s yo u l l b e ’

f r e e f ro m si n
“
F urth e rm or e th at , I w i ll k e e p th e s e c r e ts of a
b roth e r M ast e r M aso n as i nv i ol abl e as m v
” ”
Ow n “
H and B ook p 1 8 3
. .
, .

“ Y ou
m ust co n c e al al l t h e cri m e s o f you r b roth e r
M ason , e xc e p t m u rd e r and tr e aso n and th e s e ,
1 06 TH E ASTER S CAR P ET ’
M .

on ly at you r o w n opti on and should y o u b e ,

s u m m on e d as a w it n e ss agai nst a broth e r M a s on

b e al wa \ s s u i e t o shi e ld h i m r P r e v ar ic at e do n t .
’
,

t e ll t h e w h ole t ruth i n t hi s cas e k e e p h i s s e c r e ts , ,

f org e t t h e m ost i mportant poi nts I t may b e

’
p e rj u ry to do th is i t i s tru e but you r e k e e pi n g
, ,

you r obli gations and r e m e mb e r if you ‘l i v e u p

,
’
to you r Obl igati on stri ctly y ou l l b e f r e e f rom ,
’
si n.
I

“
F u rth e rm o r e that I wi l l n o t c h e at wron g o r de
, ,

f raud a lod g e o f M ast e r M asons o r a b roth e r

”
o f th i s d e gr e e H and B ook p 1 84.
“
, . .

If y o u ch e at w ron g o r d e f raud any oth e r

,

soci e ty o r i nd i vid ual i t i s e nti r e ly yo u r o w n ,

busi n e ss I f y ou ch e at t h e gov e rn m e nt e v e n
.
'

M ason ry can n ot and w il l not touch you but b e ,

v e ry car e f u l not to ch e at wron g o r d e f raud a ,

broth e r M a son or a l odg e W ho e v e r e l s e y o u ,

m ay d e f raud ; l iv e u p to your Obl i gation and ,

”
y ou ll b e f r e e f rom si n
’
.

“
F u rth e rm or e th at I w i l l n o t s t r ik e a broth e r M ast e r
”
M ason H and Book p 1 84
.
“
, . .

Wh e th e r you q u arr e l w i th o r st ri k e oth e r m e n

i s n on e o f our b u sin e ss b u t yo u r obl igati ons ,

e njoi n you n ot to strik e a broth e r Nlast e r

l\f as o n It m ay b e w ic k e d and si n f ul to b e su r e
’

.
, ,

to stri k e any m an o r to q u arr e l w ith anybody , ,

b u t o u r r u l e s m ak e n o prov isi o n e x c e pt f o r t h e
prot e ction o f M asons only and if y o u l i v e i n ,
’
st rict ob e d i e nc e to your Obl i gatio n you ll b e ,
”
f r e e f ro m si n .

“
F urth e rmor e that I wil l n o t vi ol at e t h e ch as tity
,

’
o f a M ast e r s wi fe moth e r si st e r or d augh t e r
, , ,

”
k no w i n g th e m to b e su c h H and B oo k .
“
,

18
9 .
4 .
 WHAT M A SON R Y C L A I M S T o Do . 10
7

T h i s g i v e s y o u f ul l p e rm i ssi on my d e ar si r to , ,

d o as y ou pl e as e o uts i d e o f t h e M ason i c ord e r ,

but y o u m ust al way s r e sp e c t t h e fe m al e r e l a

t iv e s o f M ason s Ad ult e ry i s a g r e at cr i m e
.

u nd e r an y ci r c u m stan c e s i t i s tru e ; but s o l o n g,

as y o u l iv e i n stri ct Ob e d i e n c e t o y o u r M as o n i c
obl igation you l l b e f r e e f ro m si n
,
’
.

“
F urth e rm or e th at I w ill n ot g ive th e G rand
-
M ason i c word ,
e x c e pt U po n th e fi v e poi nts
”
of fe l lowsh i p , and th e n on ly i n lo w b r e ath .

“
H and B o ok p ”
. 1 84 .

’
W h e th e r y o u s w e ar o r tak e G od s n am e i n
vai n d on t m att e r so m uch O f c ou rs e t h e
’
.

n am e o f th e L o rd J e su s C h r i st as y o u k n o w , ,

d on t am ou nt t o anyth i ng but M a h h a h bo n e
’
,
- -

O h orror ! Y o u m ust n e v e r o n any accou n t

, , ,

Sp e ak th at aw f ul n am e al oud T hat would b e .

a m ost h e i n ou s c ri m e — u n m as o n ic— u n pard on

abl e Y o u ar e r e com m e n de d i t i s tru e n o t to
.
, ,

tak e th e n am e o f G od i n v ai n but to sp e ak ,

o f h i m w i th r e v e r e n c e b u t th e n o k n ow o u
; y u
y , ,

h a v e s ole m n ly s w or n n ot to tak e M ah h ah bon e - -

,

t h e n am e o f t h e g r e at M aso n ic g o d i n va i n , ,

an d y ou m u st b e v e ry sur e to k e e p you r o h
l i gati on fo r h e w h o l i v e s i n str ic t Ob e d i e n c e t o
,

h is M ason i c obl i gat i o n i s f r e e f ro m si n .

A nd l astly
“
B i nd i n g mys e l f u nd e r n o l e ss a p e n alty th a n th at
o f h av in g my th roat c ut a c ross and my ton gu e

” ”
torn by its roots
o nt H and B ook p 7 4
.
“
,
. .

W he n a broth e r r e v e als an y o f o u r g r e at
s ec r e ts
; wh e n e v e r f o r i n st an,
c e h e t e l l s any ,
'

th i n g about B oaz o r T ubal c ai n o r la c h i n o r

, , ,

th at aw ful M ah h ah bon e o r e v e n W h e n e v e r
- -
, ,

a m i n i st e r
p ray s i n t h e n a m e o f C hr i st i n any
1 08
’
T HE M A STER S C AR P ET

ofou r ass e mbl i e s you must always h old y our

,

s e l f in r e ad i n e ss if call e d upon to c u t h is
, ,

throat fro m e ar to e ar p u ll out h is tong u e by

,

t h e roots and bury h is body at t h e botto m o f

,

so m e l ak e o r pond Of co u rs e al l th is
.
,

m ust b e don e i n s e cr e t as i t was i n t h e cas e ,

o f that notoriou s m an M org an fo r both l aw ,

and ci v ilizati on ar e Oppos e d to s u ch barbaro u s

cri m e s b u t th e n you k n ow y ou m u st l i v e up
, ,

to y ou r obl igation an d so long as y o u hav e

,

swo rn to d o it by b e i ng v e ry st rict and

'

,
’
ob e d i e nt i n t h e m att e r you ll b e fr e e fro m
,
”
si n .

Th e s e my son ar e a fe w o f th e pr e c e pts and

o bl igat i ons of t h e M ason i c i nstituti on as w e find ,

th e m scatt e r e d up and down thro u gh our vario u s

m on itors and i n th e ritual o f t h e ord e r and all ,

’
th at s n e c e ssary to say conc e rni n g th e m is th at if
, ,

t h e m aj or i ty o f F r e e m asons d o not strictly l i v e u p

to th e m i t i s b e caus e as m e n th e y ar e nobl e r and

,

b e tt e r th an t h e v il lai nous syst e m w hich th e y hav e

sworn to c on form to and abid e by wo u ld m ak e ,

th e m .

F ift h z— T h e M a s o n i c p h i los op hy afi r m s t h a t
s lo d e s is
ev er
y m e m be r w i t h i n th e
p r e c in c ts
of i t g
n s e a r ch d v i n e t r u th
c on s t a n t
ly i of i .

This pr e post e rous cl ai m on th e part of F r e e ~

~

m asonry and th is ph as e o f its antichrist i an r e l igion

e rhaps m or e th an any thin g e ls e s e r v e s to brand
p
th is w ic k e d syst e m as th e m ost braz e n hypo c risy
r
an d t h e m b st consu m at e bl asp h e my that e v e r
c u rs e d th e e arth .
 WHAT M A SON R Y C LA I M S T O DO . 10
9

R e m e mb e ri ng th e u nchang e abl e l and m ark o n

”
th e e xclusion o f all s e ctar i an t e n e ts and th e r eje c ,

t i on of th e
nam e o f C hr i st f ro m all l odg e p ray e rs ,

w e sh all b e b e tt e r abl e to u nd e rst and and m or e ,

fully to appr e c i at e t h e tru e p urport o f t h e cun n i ngly

d e v is e d fabl e se t fort h by F r e e m asonry i n th e fo l

low i ng e xtracts .

’
I n M ack e y s M anu al o f t h e L odg e , p 2 0,
“
.

I r e ad
“
S e arch o f T r u t h t h e gr e at Obj e ct o f all M a
,

s oni c l abor .

Aga i n o n p 2 9 . .

“
T h e truth o f G o d and t h e soul — t h e n atur e
and e ss e nc e o f bot h — wh i ch c onstitut e th e ch i e f
”
d e s i gn o f al l M ason i c t e a c h i ngs .

Agai n o n p 48 .

“
T h e M ason l i vi n g and w ork i ng i n t h e world
as hi s l odg e m u s t s e e h to r a is e h im s e lf o u t of it
,

t o that e m i n e n c e w hi c h su rm ou nts i t w h e r e alon e ,

”
h e c an fi nd D I V I N E T R U T H .

Agai n o n p 88 .

T h e whol e d e si g n o f F r e e m ason ry as a S p e e n
l ativ e sc i e n c e i s th e i nv e sti gati on o f D iv i n e T ruth .

T o th i s gr e at obj e ct e v e ryth i ng e ls e i s subs i d i ary .

T h e M ason i s fro m t h e m o m e nt o f h i s i n i t i at i o n
,

as an E nt e r e d Appr e nt i c e to t h e t i m e at wh i c h h e
,

r e c e i v e s t h e full fru i ti o n O f M as on ic l i ght an ,

—
i n v sti g ator a lab o r e r i n th e qu arry and th e t e mpl e
e

w hos e r e ward i s to b e t r u t h and al l t h e c e r e m o ,

n i e s and traditi ons o f t h e ord e r t e nd to th i s ulti m at e

d e sign I I I S p e cul at iv e F r e e m ason ry th e r e i s an ad
.

van c e m e nt fro m a l ow e r to a h i g h e r stat e —fro m

e — o o —
d ark n ss to l i ght fr m d e at h t l i fe fro m e rror to
”
tr ut h .
 THE M A STE R S C ARP ET
’
.

Agai n o n p .
93
“
N h at ar e t h e wag e s O f a S p e cula t i v e
ow w
M aso n N ot m on e y nor w i n e n o r oil Al l t h e s e , , .

a r e but sy mbols H is w ag e s ar e t r u th
. .

Agai n o n p 9 4 : .

“
T h e F e l l ow C ra ft I e p i e s e n t s a m an l abori ng
i n t h e p u i s u it o f t r u t h .

”
I n th e M asoni c R itual ist by A G Mack e y
“
, . .
,

M D I r e ad :
. .

T he
k e yston e o f a M ark M ast e r i s th e r e for e
t h e sy mbol o f a frat e rn al cov e nant among thos e w h o
ar e e n gag e d i n t h e com m on s e arch a ft e r D ivi n e
”
T ruth .

And agai n i n t h e S y mbol ism o f F r e e maso n ry “

,

by M ack e y p 1 6 6 : ,
.

E v e ry S p e cul ativ e M ason is fam il iar with t h e

fact th at t h e E ast as t h e so u rc e o f m at e ri al l ight is
, ,

a sy m bol o f h is o w n o r de r w h ic h p r ofes s e s t o c o n
”
t a i n w i t h i n i ts bos o m t h e p u r e lig h t of t r u t h .

A nd n o w to cap as i t w e r e t h e v e ry cl i max , ,

o f t h e u nparal l e l e d hypocrisy o f thi s whol e syst e m ,

W e ar e furnish e d t h e follo w i ng e xplan ati on O f th e s e

w i ck e d p P e te n sio n s .

I n t h e M an u al o f t h e Lodg e
“
by M ack e y , ,

p 9 3 and i n t h e
.
,
G e n e ral Ah im an R e zon by
“
,

S i ckl e s p 1 6 9 w e r e ad
,
.
,

“
It i s o n e o f t h e m ost b e auti ful b u t at th e ,

sam e ti m e o n e o f t h e m ost abstrus e doctri n e s o f t h e

'

sci e nc e o f Mason ic sy mbol ism t h a t t h e M a s o n is

e v e r t o be i n s e a r c h o f t r u th B UT I S NE VE R T O ,

E IN D 1T
3 .

W h at a strang e p ictu r e this p r e s e nts ! M i nist e rs ,

 WHAT M A SON R Y C LA I M S T O DO . I I I

dx m so ns and cl ass l e ad e rs all r e pr e s e nt e d as

-
,
s e arch
i ng a ft e r truth i n t h e l aby ri nth i n e for e sts o f M a
”
son ic fals e hood but all doo m e d n e v e r to fin d it
,
“
.

H o w accu rat e ly S t P a u l d is c r ib e s th i s stup e n d

.

o u s folly wh e n i n w riti ng to T i m othy h e says 2 .

Tim iii I 7
. .

T h is k now also th at i n t h e la s t d ays p e ri lous

,

t i m e s sh al l co m e F or m e n shal l b e l ov e rs o f th e ir
.

ow n s e lv e s cov e tous boast e rs proud bl asp h e m e rs

, , , ,

d isob e d i e nt t o par e nts u nt han k fu l u nholy w i thout, , ,

n atu ral affe cti on truc e br e ak e rs fals e accus e rs , in

, ,

contin e nt fi e r c e d e spi s e rs o f thos e th at ar e g ood ,

, , .

traitors h e ady h igh m i nd e d l ov e rs o f p l e asu r e mor e

, ,
-
,

th an l ov e rs o f G od ; hav i n g a for m o f godl i n e ss ,

but d e ny i ng th e pow e r th e r e o f f r o m s u c h t u r n ,
”
aw a
y .

And now m ark th e coi ncid e nc e i n v e rs e 7

E v e r le a r n i ng a n d
“
n ev er a ble to co me to a
”
h n o w le dg e of t h e t r u t h .

And
L astly z— F r e e m a s o n ry c la im s to be the on
ly
tr u e re lig i o n n ow i n t h e w o r ld, t h a t D i v i n e T r ut h

w h i c h g u i de s m a n i n h is i
p gl r im a
g o
e
f life , an d

th a t w h ic h co n
f er s s u ch i n e s t i m a ble be n efits on i ts
v o ta r ie s th a t “
n ot h in
g ca n be su
gg e s te d m or e

w h ich t h e s ou l of m a n ca n re
q i u
r e .

I n th e S y mbol ism o f F r e e m ason ry by P ast

“
,

Grand M ast e r M ac k e v p p 1 48 w e 1 e ad ,
.
,

F r e e m ason ry i ts e l f anci e n tly 1 e ce iv e d am on g

“
, ,

oth e r app e ll ati ons th at o f L u x o r L ig h t to si gn i fy

,

that i t I S to b e r e gard e d as th at S U B L I M E D O C T R I N E
O F D I V I N E T R U T H , by wh ic h th e ath o f hi m w h o
p
 1 12 THE M A S TER S C A RP E T
’
.

h as attai n e d it i s to b e i llu m i n at e d i n h is p i lgri m ag e

”
o f l i fe .

What mor e can b e said o f t h e Gosp e l o f

C h r i st than that i t is
, t h e s u bl i m e doctri n e o f
“

”
D ivi n e T ruth ? And w h at h igh e r clai m can b e
m ad e fo r it than that it illu m i n at e s o u r path w ay
“

”
i n l i fe s pilgri m ag e
’
.

And i n t h e G e n e ral H i story Cyclop e d ia and

“

D icti onary o f F r e e m ason ry by M acoy and O l iv e r , ,

p 42 8 w e r e ad
.
,
‘

“
T h e r e i s that lat e nt i n F r e e m ason ry wh ich ,

m ak e s i t e x ac t ly t h e i nstitution T H AT I S M OS T
”
NE E D E D i n th is age .

And agai n i n th e G e n e ral Ahi m an R e zon o r

“

’
F r e e m ason s G u id e by D ani e l S ickl e s p 1 9 6 i t
, ,
.
,

i s stat e d that
“
W e n o w fi nd m an co mp le te i n moral ity and
i nt e ll ig e nc e w ith t h e stay o f r e l igion add e d to
,

e nsur e h i m o f t h e prot e cti on o f t h e D e ity and guard

hi m against e v e r goi ng astray Th e s e thr e e d e gr e e s .

thus form a p e r fe ct and ha rmonious whol e nor can ,

it b e conc e iv e d t h at anyth ing c an b e sugg e st e d

”
m or e whi ch t h e so u l o f m an r e qu i r e s
,
.

And i n t h e Book o f t h e Anci e nt and A C

“

”
c e t e d S cottish R it e by M c C le n a c h a n p w
p , 57 5 e , .
,

r e ad
O n w ard and al l e arth shal l aid u s ,

E r e o u r p e ac e fu l fl ag b e furl e d ,

M ason ry at l ast Sh all conqu e r ,

”
And its altar b e t h e world .

H e nc e accord ing to all this t h e r e l i gion o f

, ,

M asonry c an not p ossibl y b e e x c e ll e d I t is th e .

 WHAT M A S ONR Y C LA I M S T O DO . 1
3

”
“
D ivi n e T ruth its e l f i t i s that which i s e x actly
,
“

m ost n e e d e d i n th i s age it con fe rs such in e stim a

,
’

b le bl e ss i ngs and b e n e fits that it i s not possibl e t o

conc e i v e h o w th e sou l o f m an can r e qu i r e anyth i ng
m or e And i t i s boast fully a ss e rt e d th at i t shall go
.

o n conqu e r i n g and to conqu e r u nti l at l ast i t sh all

,

b e t h e only r e l ig i on i n t h e world And y et w i th

.

all th i s sup e rl ativ e gr e atn e ss and good n e ss and with ,

all th e s e pr e t e nd e d advantag e s ac c ru i n g fro m a

k nowl e dg e o f its d iv i n e pr i nc i pl e s i t r e q u i r e s e v e ry
o n e o f i ts m e mb e rs m i n ist e rs and all t o tak e “
, a

m ost sol e m n and b i nd in g obl i gati on n e v e r to l is p ,

a s i ngl e syl l abl e co n c e rn in g i t to fath e r m oth e r w i fe

, , , ,

ch ild or fr i e nd it p os itiv e ly r e fus e s ad m i ssio n w i th

, ,

i n i ts sa c r e d l odg e s to s e v e nty fi v e or e i ghty p e r

-

c e nt o f th e hu m an fam il y and i t abs ol ut e ly r e q u i r e s

.
,

th at e v e ry o n e w h o i s fortu nat e e nough to s e cu r e

th e ri ght o f i n i t i at i on sh al l pay a l arg e su m o f

m on e y b e for e e nt e ri ng o n e o f i ts l odg e s Tal k o f .

th e arrogan c e and t h e lyi ng pr e t ensi ons o f R o m e

, ,

but if R o m an is m can outdo F r e e m ason ry i n th e

i mpud e nc e o f its assu mpti ons in t h e fal s e hood o f i ts
,

doctri n e s and in t h e ch i can e ry and c un n i ng m a n i

, ,

fe st e d i n e x e c uti ng i ts vicious d e s i gns , th e n i t m us t

b e v e ry w ic k e d i n d e e d .
 C H AP T E R V

M A SON R Y A N D R O M A N I S M — P rivat e j udg m e nt . .

T h e i r s e cr e cy and d e spotism i llustrat e d Ma .

-

so n r and t h e B ibl e — S quar and C ompas

y e .

Book o f t h e L aw — M ason ic cov e n ant . .

~

T h e B ibl e not t h e M ason ic r u l e o f faith

O nly a S y mbol — Th r e e gr e at l ights

. T hr e e .

l e ss e r l i ght s — M ason ic and R om ish c o in c id

e nc e .B oth fals e and u nscript u ral T he .

Worsh ip ful Mast e r and P op both god e s — Ma

so n r and L eo XI I
y .

M r . B ar ton : —I n
our i nv e stigation o f t h e
M ason i c phi lo sophy th u s far my d e ar H e n ry w e ,

h av e m ad e at le ast I th i nk o n e v e ry i mportant
, ,

F
d iscov e ry nam e ly : that as r e h gi o u s 1 n s t1tu ti o n s
, ,

th e r e i s a m ost r e m ark abl e coi ncid e nc e b e tw e e n

F r e e m aso nry and R o man ism W e hav e found .

that both syst e m s ar e bas e d u p on ly I n g trad itions ;

that both t e ach j u stification by works ; that both
’
pr e scrib e th e sam e r e m e di e s fo r p u ri fy i ng man s
r
e v il n atur e ; that both cl ai m un iv e rsal ity and a vast
ant i quity ; that both ass e rt a divi n e o rigin ; that both
u se alta is an d l ight e d candl e s i n th e i r r e ligio u s
worship and that both cl ai m an unchang e abl e o r
,

i n fall ibl e p e r fe ction fo r all th e i r d e cr e e s and l and

m ar ks .
 M A SO N R Y A N D R OM A N I SM .

But th e S im iliar ity b e t w e e n th e m is st i ll m or e

cl e arly m an i fe st e d i n th e fact th a t both r e l i g ions ,

p ositiv e ly and absolut e ly d e ny t h e right of

p r i vat e

N o n e h and
j g
ud m e nt
d e ith e r t h e M ason on t h e ,

n or th e C athol i c o n t h e oth e r dar e th i n k and act fo r

,

h im s e lf in m att e rs p e rtai ni ng to e i th e r syst e m and in r

,

th is total s u bj u gati on O f t h e w i ll and j udg m e nt w e

d iscov e r t h e r e al s e cr e t O f t hat t e rribl e pow e r w h i ch
both M as onry and R o m an is m e x e rci s e ov e r t h e i r
m e m b e r s an d by m e ans O f wh ich t h e l att e r ar e
fl
k e pt in such compl e t e subj e ctio n and ar e m ad e to
acc e pt as trut h al l t h e w ick e d abs u rd iti e s and t h e
stup e nd ous m ass O f rid icul ous fabl e s found i n t h e
trad it i on ary t e ach i ng s o f both i nstituti o ns .

In th e cr e e d of P op e P iu s I V arti c l e . 2, we

I al so ad m it th e H01 S criptu r e s di ng
a c co r

to t h a t s ens e w h ic h ou hf o t h e r , t h e C h u r ch
h as h e ld, and d o e s h old , to wh i ch i t b e longs to
judg e O f th e t 1 u e s e ns e and i nt e rpr e tat i on o f t h e
S criptu r e s n or w i l l I e v e r tak e and in te r p I e t th e m
,

o t h e r w I s e th an accord i n g to th e unan i m ous cons e nt

”
O f t h e F ath e rs .

I n this articl e Of th e R o m is h c r e e d th r e e th ings

,

ar e pl ai nly se t forth

F i rst that e v e ry R o m an C athol ic i s bound to

,

ad m it th e S cript u r e s o n ly i n th at s e ns e i n whi ch
,

t h e ch u rch has h e ld and do e s h old th e m -

.

S e cond that ,
n on e but th e R o man C hurch can
I 16
’
T HE M ASTER S C AR P ET .

giv e th e tr u e s e ns e and i nt e rpr e tation o f t h e S cri p

tu r e s And
.

Th ird that n o R om an C athol ic m u st e v e r tak e

,

and i nt e rpr e t t h e S cript u r e s or any part O f th e m

e xc e pt only i n that s e ns e w h ich t h e church p r e
r
scrib e s and i n w h ich a scor e o r m ore O f Lati n and
,

G r e e k th e ologi sts a r e s u ppos e d to hav e int e rpr e t e d

"h e m so m e s ixt e e n or s e v e nt e e n h u nd r e d y e ars
S u m m i ng all thi s u p i n a fe w w ords th e n it ,

si mply m e ans th at n o m e mb e r o f th e R om ish

Chu rch can e x e rcis e h is p r i v a t e j u dg m e n t i n m att e rs
of faith but must al w ays subm issiv e ly bow to th e
,

w ill and j u dgm e nt O f his pri e st or bishop .

J ust thi nk O f a rail road I rish m an an Itali an ,

o rgan gri nd e r
-
a S pan i ard or a P ort u g u e s e s e arch
, , ,

i ng th e S acr e d S criptu r e s i n t h e l ight O f t h e G r e e k

and L ati n F ath e rs
But F r e e m asonry i mpos e s a l i k e r e stricti on if ,

n o t a w e i g hti e r o n e on e v e ry .
m e mb e r s w orn i nto
i ts i nfid e l associ ation .

J u st as a R o man C athol i c is bo u nd to s u bmit

to t h e wi ll O f h is pr ie st or s u p e rior i n t h e C h u rch ,

SO a F r e e m ason i s bo u nd to subm it to t h e w ill O f

-

th e Worsh ip fu l M ast e r or h is s u p e rior i n t h e lodg e ,

and that e v e n w h e th e r t h e M asonic d e c r e e b e right “

or w rong .

”
I n th e “
Trad itions Of F r e e m asonry , by P i e r
son p,
.
3 0, we r e ad
 S O NR Y A N D NI S M 7
‘

MA R oM A . 1 1

IV e m ay n o t c a ll i n q u e s t io n t h e p p
ro r i e ty o
f
”
th is o r g a n iz a t i o n , i e t h e d e spot ic
. . c h ar ac t e 1 Of

M as o n i w e w o u ld b e M asons W E M UST y ie ld
p r iv a te m en t
” ,

O r i n oth e r words S O fa r as h i s M asoni c stand

,

m g i s conc e rn e d n o m e mb e r o f th e frat e rn ity i s

,

all o w e d to e x e rcis e h is o w n j u dg m e nt b u t must ,

subm it to t h e de cr e e s O f t h e ord e r and b e l i e v e ,

w h at e v e r t h e h las o n ic rit u al t e ach e s .

’
Agai n i n W e bb s M on itor by M orri s p 1 6 9 , ,
.
,

v v e r e ad

’
R ig h t o r w r o ng hi s (a m e mb e r s ) v e ry e x ist
e nc e as a M ason h an gs upo n Ob e d i e nc e to t h e
pow e rs i m m e d i at e ly s e t ab o v e h i m T h e o n e n u .

pardon abl e c 1 i m e i n a Maso n i s contu m acy o r d i s

”
Ob e di e nc e .

Th is i s M ason ic law i nfl e x ibl e and u n ch ang e ,

abl e and b e yond th is n o M aso n dar e go H e m ust

, .

Ob e y i mpl icitly wh e th e r h e l i k e s i t o r not and

,
-
,

wh e th e r t h e co m m and g iv e n or t h e stat e m e nt m ad e ,

be “
ri ght or w ron g and l ik e th e R o m an ist h e
, ,

has no r e d r e ss H e m ust y i e ld h is pr i vat e j udg

.
“

m e nt and allow anoth e r m an l e ss m oral an

”
, d l e ss ,

i nt e ll ig e nt p e rhaps to thi n k and j udg e fo r h i m as

,

r e gards M ason ry And if h e r e fus e s to do SO

.
,

wh ich i s v e ry s e ldo m t h e cas e h e v i ol at e s h is Obl iga ,

tion and co m m its t h e o n e u np ardon abl e cri m e i n

,
“

a M ason .

In o ppositio n to th is w ick e d d e spot is m both O f ,

th e l odg e and c h ap e l t h e S cr i ptur e s v e ry pl ai nly

,
 1 18
’
T HE M A S T ER S C A R P E T .

t e ach u s i
that o u r Lord and h is Apostl e s always
app e al e d to th e i r h e ar e rs to e x e rcis e th e i r o w n j u dg
m e n t u pon t h e d octri n e s add r e ss e d to th e m
. J

What do e s o u r Lor d say ? L u k e x 1 1 57 .

,

“
And why e v e n o f yo u rs e l v e s do y o u n o t
, ,

j u dg e that wh ich i s right

Wh at d o e s S t P a u l say P I C or x 1 5
. . . .

“
I Sp e ak as to w is e m e n j u dg e y e w
, hat I ,

And agai n I Th e ss v 2 1 . . .

“
P rov e al l thi ngs ; hold fas t that which is
good .

B u t apart fro m t h e coi ncid e nc e s wh ich e x ist

b e t w e e n F r e e m asonry and R o m anism i n th e i r m ock

sol e m n c e r e m on i e s and i n th e i r m oral and d octri n al
,

fe at u r e s th e r e i s also a v e ry cl os e S im ilia r ity plainly

d isc e rnabl e in th e i r constr u ct ion and in t h e v icious ,

pri ncipl e O f s e cr e cy so p e cul iar to both syst e ms .

Th is p e rhaps can scarc e ly b e b e tt e r e x e mpl i fi e d

than by r e fe r e nc e to t h e d i agram on t h e n e xt
pag e .

I n F ig u r e I r e pr e s e nti ng t h e R om ish syst e m

, ,

ar e a n umb e r O f conc e ntri c ci rcl e s w ith O u r Most “

S ov e r e ig n L ord God th e P op e i n t h e c e nt e r In
,
.

th e o u t e r ci rcl e is t h e C ongr e gation w ith t h e P ri e st ,

as c e nt e r I n t h e n e xt ci rcl e ar e th e P ri e sts w ith

.
,

t h e B ishop as c e n t e r I n t h e n e xt ar e t h e B ishops
.
,

w ith t h e Arch B ishop as c e nt e r

- I n t h e ne xt ar e
.

th e Arch B i shops w ith t h e C ardi nal Arch B ishop

-
,
P OP E .
 20 THE M A ST E R S ’
C A R ‘
I n x o

as c e nt e r In t h e n e x t ci rcl e ar e t h e C ardi nal Arch

.

B i shops with t h e C ard i nal as c e nt e r and i n th e

,
-
,

i nn e r ci rcl e ar e th e C ardi nals with H is H ol in e ss ,

t h e P op e i n t h e c e nt e r O f all
, .

N o w le t i t b e r e m e mb e r e d that e v e ry m an
, , .

wom an and chi ld i n t h e C on g r e gati on or out e r ,

ci rcl e i s bound u nd e r p ai n o f e t e rnal d am nation to

,

Ob e y t h e P ri e st i mpli citly and w itho u t q u e st ioni ng ;

t h e P ri e sts a r e bound u nd e r si m il ar p e nalti e s to Ob e y

t h e B i shop ; t h e Bishops a r e i n l ik e m ann e r bo u nd

to Ob e y t h e Arch Bishop ; t h e A rch Bish ops t h e

- -

C ard in al Arch Bishop ; th e C ard i nal A rch B ishops

- -

th e C ard i nal ; and al l m u st i mpl icitly Ob e y t h e P op e .

H e cl ai ms to b e i n fal l ibl e and act u ally S its i n t h e

,

t e mpl e O f God e xalt e d abov e all that i s call e d G od ,

or that is w orshipp e d and showi ng h i ms e l f as if

,
“

h e w e r e God 2 Th e ss
. ii 4 . . .

Th e n again all th e s e vari ous grad e s O f ch u r ch

,

d i gnitari e s ar e bo u nd tog e th e r by th e m ost sol e m n

Obl igat i ons O f s e cr e cy SO that w hat o n e t e lls th e
,

oth e r i n th e c on fe ssi onal can n e v e r b e r e v e al e d

,

u nd e r pai n O f th e most fe ar ful p e nalt i e s and e v e n ,

should a C atholi c pri e st b e s u m m on e d as a witn e ss

in a cri m in al p r os e cution and although t h e p rison e r
,

m ay hav e con fe ss e d to h i m all th e partic u lars Of

th e cri m e com m itt e d e t h e w ill posit iv e ly r e fu s e
y ,

t o t e sti fy or e ls e d e ny al l knowl e dg e o f t h e facts

,
.

And should a husband and wi fe go to con fe ssion to

 M A S ON R Y A N D R OM A N IS M . 12 1

t he sam e pri e st n e ith e r can t e ll th e oth e r wh at

,

both h ad pr e v iously w h isp e r e d i nto t h e e ar o f th at

strang e m an in t h e co n fe ssion al T h is i s R o m e
“
. .

And n o w le t us l ook at F r e e m aso n r v .

I n F i gur e 2 wh ich r e pr e s e nts t h e M asoni c

,

syst e m w e h av e t h e sam e n u mb e r o f conc e ntric

,

ci r c l e s as i n t h e form e r cas e w i th t h e M ost P u is “

”
sant S ov e r e i g n G rand C o m m and e r i n t h e c e nt e r .

I n th e out e r ci rcl e ar e t h e M ast e r M ason s w ith t h e ,

Worship fu l M ast e r i n t h e c e nt e r ; n e xt ar e t h e
W o rsh ip fu l M ast e rs wi th t h e De puty G rand M ast e r
,

as c e nt e r ; th e n t h e D e puty G rand M as t e rs with t h e ,

G rand M ast e r as c e nt e r ; and SO on u p to t h e

”
“
M ost P u 1ssan t S ov e r e i gn G rand C o m m and e r ,

who occupi e s a positi on corr e spond i n g to th at O f

th e P op e .

J
I n F r e e m ason ry also v e ry M ast e r M aso n i s
,
e

bou nd to Ob e y t h e b e h e sts
.
O f t h e Worsh ip ful M as

”
te r r i h t w r on t h Worsh ip ful M ast e rs ar e
, g or
g e ,

e qu al ly bou nd to sub m it to an d Ob e y t h e D e puty

G rand M as t e r ; th e D e p u ty G rand M ast e rs ar e
bou nd l i k e w i s e to Ob e y th e G rand M ast e r and t hus ,

right th rough up to th e M ost P u issant S O VE R E I G N

, ,

w h o Sits at t h e v e ry h e ad O f t h e H oly E mpi r e and ,

l
h o lds a sway ov e r h is subj e cts not a wh it i n fe ri or,

to th at O f t h e P op e o r t h e m ost d e spotic M on arch

,

o n e art h
1

Th e n r e m e mb e r agai n th at , th e m e mb e r s O f all
 122 T HE M A S T ER S C A R P E T
’
.

th e s e M ason ic r i ngs ar e l i k e w is e sworn to k e e p

’
o n e an oth e r s s e cr e ts in vi ol abl e to ob e y al l Mason ic
,

”
l aws , ri ght o r w rong ; to giv e dn e anoth e r du e
“

and ti m e ly n otic e O f all approachin g dang e r an d to ,

’
o b e y o n e anot h e r s si gns and s u m m ons at any risk .

T h e M asoni c h u sband has s e cr e ts i n com mon

w i th t h e r u m s e ll e r or p e rh aps w ith a gambl e r

-
, ,

wh i c h h e cannot and d ar e no t co m mun icat e to his

Wi fe and h e m ay and v e ry O ft e n has confid e nti al
, ,

co n fe r e nc e s with w orthl e ss charact e rs o n e w ord o f,

W h i c h h e must n e v e r l isp at ho m e .

Both th e l odg e and t h e chap e l ar e I mp e rious ,

arbitrary and d e spotic i n t h e e xtr e m e and n e ith e r ,

th e l aws O f t h e C h u rch t h e S tat e n

,
o r t h e fam ily
, ,

n o t e v e n t h e pl ai n positiv e com m ands O f S criptu r e ,

ar e p e rmitt e d t o int e r fe r e w ith or obstr u ct t h e e n

,

forc e m e nt O f th e i r s e l fish e nact m e nts .

But p e rhaps t h e m ost stri ki ng coi n cid e nc e o f

all b e tw e e n F r e e m ason ry and R o m an ism is that
, ,

Ib o t h syst e ms d e grad e d e bas e and r ej ep t th e B ibl e

i

.
,

H e n ry : — B ut my d e ar fath e r h o w can that b e ?

,

I k now that R om an ism i s at w ar w ith t h e Bibl e

.
,

and with our p u bl ic school syst e m b e ca u s e that i n , ,

o u r publ ic schools t h e B ibl e i s r e ad but I hav e ,

always suppos e d that F r e e m ason ry paid t h e v e ry

h igh e st r e sp e ct to t h e Bibl e and i n fact that it was
, ,

an i ndisp e nsibl e articl e i n e v e ry l odg e and publ icly ,

c arri e d i n e v e ry M asoni c proc e ssion

 M A SO N R Y A N D T HE I
B B LE .

Ai r . B ar B ibl e i s an in disp e n s i
to n — Y e s, t he

b le art icl e i n al l A m e ri can and E n gl ish l odg e s but ,

i

only as an a r t i c le of f u r n itu r e Th e r e must b e a .

copy O f t h e B ibl e o n t h e altar and so must th e r e ,

b e a h at on t h e M ast e r s h e ad and a sword i n th e ’

,

’
Tyl e r s h and and o n e i s j ust as i nd isp e ns i bl e and
,
-
,

7
as m uch tho u ght o f as t h e oth e r T h e B ibl e is a . .

pi e c e O f lod g e f u r n it u r e and n o m or e .

O n th is poi nt t h e M ason i c ritu al is e xpl icit .

I n t h e M an u al O f t h e Lodg e by Mack e y p
“
, , .

W e r e ad
49 "
,
I
“
T h e f ur i t u r e O f a l odg e cons i sts o f a H oly
n
Bibl e squar e and
,

And as fo r carry in g t h e B ibl e i n al l o u r M a

son ic proc e ssi o ns th at i s Si mply don e with t he v i e w
,

Of bli nd fol din g t h e C h risti an publ i c to t h e r e al ,

d e sign o f F r e e m ason ry and to adv e rtis e t h e p r e

,

t e nd e d good n e ss O f t h e ord e r N O my son F r e e .

,

m asonry and t he B ibl e h av e n oth i ng i n co m m on .

’
Don t y o u r e m e mb e r that M asoni c law w h ich
stat e s SO pl ai n ly that Mason ry has noth i ng wh at
e v e r to d o wi th t h e Bibl e th at i t is n o t o u n de d o n
f ,

t h e B ible fo r i f i t w as i t w o u ld n o t be M a s o n r y
'

, ,
.

i t w o u ld be s o m e t h i n g e ls e (D ig e st Of M ason i c ,

L aw p 2 0 7
,
. and th at th e m oral l aw O f M ason ry “

i s t h e le x n a t u r ce or law O f natu r e
“
,
.

Anci e nt M ason ry consisti ng o f only th r e e de

g r e e s which is r e al ly th e on ly l e g it i m at e M ason ry
,
 ’
T HE M A S TE R S cA R P E T .

i n e x istanc e i s p u r e ly sy mbol ic a nd e v e ry l\/las o n ic

, ,

i mpl e m e nt i n t h e l odg e room t h e Bibl e i ncl u de d

, ,

i s but a m e r e sy mbol .

an n e x e d fi g
I n th e

u re
y ou w i ll notic e

t hat t h e S q u ar e and
C ompass a r e pl ac e d on
t op o f th e B ibl e as ,

w e h av e th e m i n t h e

E nt e r e d Appr e ntic e
d e gr e e VVe ll th e S q u ar e i s a sy mbol t h e Co m
.
, ,

pass a sy mbol and t h e Bibl e a sy mbol — noth i n g

,

m o r e and n oth in g l e ss B u t M ason ry r e gards t h e

.

sq u ar e and co mpass w ith far mor e v e n e rati on than

i t d o e s t h e Bibl e ; fo r t h e l att e r is only a m e r e
local sym b ol w hil e t h e S q u ar e and Compass a r e
,

u n iv e r s a l . F or i nstance s u ppos e w e al lo w t h e
,

p r e t e nd e d clai m O f Masonry to u n i v e r s a li
ty and ,

ad m it th at th e r e i s a M ason ic l odg e i n C onstanti n

Opl e am ong t h e T u rks ; i n C alc u tta or Madras
am on g th e H i ndoos i n P e ki n or C anton among
,

t h e C h i n e s e ; i n T e h e ran among t h e P e rsians i n ,

S alt L ak e C ity a mong t h e M orm ons ; o r e v e n i n

th e camp o f S itti ng B u ll among t h e A m e rican
savag e s wil l any o n e b e si mpl e e no u gh to b e l i e v e
,

th at i n any O f th e s e pl ac e s th e B ibl e co u ld b e
found 0 11 t h e M ason ic altar e v e n as an arti cl e o f
,

furn itu r e ? Most assu r e dly no t T h e Koran . th e ,

 M ASONR Y A N D T HE B IB LE . 12
5

S h ast e rs th e V e das th e B ook o f C on fuc ius th e

, , ,

book o f M orm on o r a pi e c e O f b i rch bark m ay

,
.

poss i bly b e fou nd but c e rtai nly n o B ibl e

,
T he .

’
B ibl e i s t h e M agn a C h arta O f h e av e n t h e C h r i st i an s ,

rul e O f faith an d cons e qu e ntly can form n o part O f

,

t h e f u r n it u r e O f a l odg e O f M aso ns i n any O f

“

th e pl ac e s o r am on g any o f t h e p e opl e j ust

m e ntion e d But t h e S qu ar e and C o mpass m ust al
.

ways and e v e rywh e r e b e d ispl ay e d o n th e M ason i c

altar , and h e n c e u nqu e sti on ably F r e e m aso n ry r e
gards th e Sq u ar e and C o mpass w i th m or e r e sp e ct
an d r e v e r e n c e th an i t do e s t h e B ibl e B ut h e ar .

W h at M ason i c law h as t o say o n th is subj e ct .

I n th e T e xt B O Ok O f M ason ic J ur i sprud e n c e ,
“ -

by A G M ack e y p 33 w e r e ad
. .
, .
'

“
L and m ark x x 1 : I t i s a l and m ark th at
a “
B ook o f t h e L aw Sh al l consti tut e an in
d is p e nsibl e part O f t h e furnitur e O f e v e ry lodg e .
,

”
I say adv is e dly a B oo b of t h e L a w
“
b e caus e i t
is n ot a bs o lu t e l i r ed t h at ev e r w h e r e t h e Old
y r e
g u
y
an d N ew T he
T e s t a m e n t s h a ll be Book u s ed .
“

O f t h e L aw i s th at v olu m e w h ich by t h e r e l i gio n

O f t h e cou ntry is b e l i e v e d to co ntai n t h e r e v e al e d
wil l O f t h e G ran d Arch it e c t o f th e U n iv e rs e H e nc e .

in al l l od g e s i n C h risti an cou ntri e s t h e “

B ook O f
”
th e Law i s co mp os e d o f t h e O ld and N e w
T e sta m e nts ; i n a cou ntry wh e r e J ud a i s m was t h e
pr e v ail i ng fa i th , th e O ld T e stam e nt al on e wou ld b e
su ffi ci e nt ; and i n M ah o m e dan cou ntri e s and a m on g
M ah o m e dan M asons , t h e K o r a n m i ght b e sub
”
st i tut e d .

Th i s i s th e u n i v e rsal and i m m utabl e l aw O f

”
M asonry T h i s i s o n e O f th e L and m arks conc e rn
.
1 26 T HE M ASTE R S C ARP ET
’
.

i ng which it is positi v e ly stat ed o n pag e 1 6 ( T e x t ,

“

B O Ok O f M ason ic T h e l a nd m arks
O f t h e ord e r li k e th e l a w s o f t h e M e d as and P e r
,
’

sians c a n s af e r n o c h a ng e
,
.

H e r e th e n w e hav e t h e e xpr e ss d e cl aratio n o f

an i n fall ibl e b e caus e u nch ang e abl e d e cr e e that t h e
, ,

H oly B ibl e G od s r e v e al e d w ill to m an is n o b e tt e r

,
’
,

a n d no wors e tha n t h e Koran t h e S hast e rs t h e V e , ,

d as or t h e Book O f l\I o r m o n and that at b e st it i s

, ,

i n t h e l odg e room b u t a m e r e pi e c e o f fu rn iture .

T h e B ook O f t h e L aw i s that v olu m e wh ich by

th e r e l igion O f t h e country i s b e l i e v e d to contai n

t h e r e v e al e d w il l O f t h e G A O T U is t h e plai n
. . . . .
,

e mph atic t e ach i ng O f M ason ry and o n e O f t h e B a lls ,

Of Leo X I I I m ight as w e l l b e th is book O f t h e “

,

l aw as any oth e r so far as F r e e m asonry is co n

c e rn e d and occ u py t h e sam e position i n th e lodg e
,

th at t h e B ibl e d o e s .

I n ord e r to accom m od at e t h e M asonic p h ilOS O

p yh ,
t h e Bibl e and t h e Koran m u st b e pl a c e d on

t h e sam e l e v e l O n e m u st b e consid e r e d j u st as
.

good as t h e oth e r M ason ry l i k e its t w i n sist e r

.
,

R om an is m u nchang e d and unch ang e abl e t h e sam e

, ,

e ve rywh e r e in C h icago Constantinopl e C alcutta

, , , ,

P e ki n and S alt L ak e C ity i ns ists upon i t that e v e ry

, ,

thing h u m an and d ivi n e must giv e pl ac e to i ts l and

m arks l a w s and e d icts T h e l a w s O f h e av e n m u st
,
.

b e se t asid e God s word m ust b e d e bas e d t h e Lord

’
, ,
 M A SON R Y A N D T HE B B I LE .

J esus C h r i st m ust b e r ej e c t e d t h e H oly S i rit must

p ,

be d e n ied r e p e ntan c e m ust b e forbi dd e n h e av e n

, ,

m ust b e d e fi e d and d e s p is e d but F r e e m ason ry m ust ,

b e hon or e d and e x alt e d Th is i s what t h e t e ach in g

.

O f M ason ry a mou nts 10 wh e n i t p l ac e s th e H oly

,

S criptu r e s o n a c o m m on l e v e l wi th th e phi losophi e s

of pagan ism t h e wri t i ngs O f Jo e S m ith or
,
w ith t h e ,

S quar e and C o mpass .

H e n ry — But th is i s t h e M ason i c law and usag e

p e rhaps i n countri e s w h e r e so m e oth e r th an
,
th e

C h risti an is th e pr e vail i n g r e l i g i on N o w i s not t h e .

,

B ibl e h ighly r e sp e ct e d as such by M ason ry in all , ,

C h risti an countr i e s and i s i t n ot po i nt e d o u t to th e

,

c and i dat e at h i s i n iti at ion as h is rul e o f fa i th

, ,

ll
r / r B ar ton —F r e e m as o r r
cl a i m s to b e a
.
y .

un iv e rsal syst e m cos m opol itan i n i ts n atu r e and

, ,

w i th n o sp e cial law fo r its gov e rn m e nt in o n e

c ou ntry m or e than anoth e r and h e nc e I utt e rly ,

and positiv e ly d e ny that i t Shows any r e sp e ct wh at

e v e r to t h e H o l y B i b l e as t h e Word o f G od any
wh e r e o r o n any occasi on I t h as t h e B i bl e o n i ts
, .

altars i n C h risti an cou ntri e s and h as i t carri e d in al l

i ts publi c parad e s it i s tru e but th at is d on e th at ,

M ason ry m ay b e hon or e d and r e sp e ct e d and not t h e

B ibl e Who fo r i nstanc e c arri e s t h e B ibl e i n all
.
, ,

o u r M ason i c proc e ssions ? I S h e usually a m a n O f

k now n p i e ty ? o r i s h e always e v e n a m o ral and

good m an ? D i d y o u e v e r s e e a chu rc h d e ac o n o r
 1 28 THE A STE R S C A R P ET’
M .

e ld e r o r any oth e r church o ffi c e r or m e mb e r b e ari ng

,

along t h e H oly B ibl e i n any o f o u r publ ic parad e s ,

W h e th e r at a fu n e ral o r corn e r ston e l ayi ng I f you -

?

h av e I must say fro m lon g e xp e ri e nc e and all c an

, ,
‘

d id M asons w ill b e ar m e out i n t h e ass e rtion that ,

i t i s t h e e xc e ption and not t h e rul e O n all s u ch .

occasions t h e v e ry worst and m ost rabid O ld i nfid e l

in t h e l odg e o r among t h e l ocal broth e rhood i s t h e
,
.

o n e g e n e rally chos e n to b e t h e b e ar e r i n publ ic of

’
G od s W ord .

But aga i n as y o u se e fro m t h e l\/I aso n ic e m ,

bl e m on pag e 1 2 4 although t h e Bibl e i s Op e n

, ,

o n t h e altar e t t h e S q u ar e and C o mpass must al way

y , s
r e st u p on i t N o w why not r e v e rs e th is ord e r and
.

h av e t h e B ibl e r e st upon and b e a bo v e t h e S quar e

,

and C o mpass ? O r why could not t h e S quar e and

Co mpass b e pl ac e d b e for e or b e sid e or b e hi nd t h e
, ,

B i bl e ? Why i s it al w ays n e c e ssary that th e S quar e

and C ompass s hould b e plac e d abov e t h e B ibl e ?
T h e r e ason fo r th is is v e ry pl ai nly stat e d i n t h e
Mason ic law book as follows ,

’
In W e bb s Mon ito r by Morris p
“ “

, , . 2 0
4 , we

r e ad u nd e r t h e word C O V E N A N T
,

C ov e nant is i rr e vocabl e E v e n though a

T he .

M ason m ay b e s u sp e nd e d o r e xp e ll e d though h e ,

m ay w ithd raw fro m t h e l odg e j ourn e y i nto coun ,

tri e s w h e r e Masons can not b e fo u nd O r b e com e a

subj e ct o f d e spoti c gov e rn m e nts that p e rs e cut e o r a ,

co m mun icant O f bi got e d c hur c h e s that d e nou nc e

 M A SON RY A N D T HE B I B LE . 12
9

M ason ry ,
he fy
c a n n o t ca s t
of or n u lli h is M a

s o n i co o v e n a n t N O L A W OF THE LAND CAN

.

A F F E C T I T N o a n a t h e m a of t h e c h u r ch ca n
’

w e e b ou i t IT I S I R R E V OC A B L E
. .

This i s pu r e M aso n i c law , as i n fl e xi bl e as

g ran i t e ,
as u n c h an g e abl e as th e d e c ree s of f at e .

T he M aso n ic co v e n ant m ust be c o n s i d e r e d ab o v e ,

and be sup e r i or t o e v e ry oth e r c o v e n ant h u m an ,
or

d ivi n e ; the l aws of M aso n ry m ust be pl a c e d ab o v e

e v e ry l aw ; and h e n c e th e S quar e and C o mpass ,
t he

pu r e u n i v e rsal sy mbol s of th e ord e r m ust al ways

, be
pl a c e d o n top of th e B ibl e to si g n i fy th at
, th e co v e n
an ts of Mason ry i ts l aws and r e q u i r e m e nts m ust
, , be
h e ld as b e i n g param ou nt to ,
of m or e b i nd i n g for c e ,
.

a nd t h e r e fo r e m or e to b e ho no r e d r e s p e c t e d and
,

ob e y e d th a n al l
,
the l aws and o rd i n an c e s of G od as
r e v e al e d i n th e B ibl e ,
an d all the l aw s and cov e n an ts
of th e r e al m as r e c ord e d i n
,
th e statut e books of th e

n at i o n .

B ut agai n ,
th e H oly B ibl e i s n o t se t f orth by
’
M ason ry as b e i n g m an s rul e of f aith i n any h on e st
or tru e s e n s e ,
an d th e t e ach i n g of its ri tual on th at
po i n t i s Si mply a m ock e ry . T he B ibl e as we h av e
s ee n , o cc upi e s n o h i gh e r positio n i n the M aso n i c
ph i losophy th an th e Ko ran ,
the S hast e rs ,
or th e

V e d as , and sp e ak i n g of the B ibl e ,

th e r e for e , i n a
M ason i c l odg e as a rul e , of f a i th u nd e r a ny c i r c u m
stan c e i s ,
th e m e r e st hypo c r i sy . H e re in C h ic ago
fo r i nstan c e, we h ave “
C h ic ag o L od g e , N o .
43 7 ,
 1 30 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET ’
.

compos e d e xcl usiv e ly o f J e ws and I b e lie v e r e ckon , , ,

i n g amon g th e i r nu mb e r som e o f t h e m ost b ign o te d ,

t h e m ost bi tt e r and t h e mo st bl asph e m i n g agai nst

,

t h e na m e o f C h rist and C h ri stianity o f al l t h e Je w

j
i sh population i n th i s ci ty W e ll th e y h av e th e H oly
.

B i b l e ( O ld and N e w T e stam e nt ) o n th e altar DO

J
.

y ou thi n k t h e Worship f ul M ast er of t h at l o dg e

m e an s any thi ng by i t w h e n h e says at t h e i n iti a
, ,

t 1on o f aJ e w i sh candidat e th e H oly B ibl e i s giv e n

,
“

”
to us as th e rul e and g u id e o f o u r faith ? Or do
o u suppos e t h e cand idat e hi m s e l f pays t h e sli ght e st
y
att e ntion to w h at i s said ? W h e n a R om an C ath o
li c i s i n iti at e d i nto M ason ry d o e s h e acc e pt t h e B ibl e
,

as hi s rul e o f faith ? O r wh e n t h e Worsh ip f u l

M ast e r c all s h i s att e nt i o n to i t i n th e word s o f t h e
ritual do y ou th i n k
,
he attach e s any m e an i ng to W hat
h e says ?
”
W hy a C atholi c s ru l e o f faith i s S criptu r e
,
’ “

and t r a dit ion and th e r e for e to O ffe r h i m t h e

, , ,

”
B ibl e alon e as a rul e o f f aith would b e a
“

posi tiv e i nsul t to his b e l i e f and i n fact a d i r e ct

,

v iolati on b v Mason ry its e l f o f i ts ow n part o f t h e

co v e n an t fo r th e cand id at e i s positi v e ly ass u r e d that
,

th e r e i s nothi n g i n t h e M ason i c syst em that c an

con flict w i th h i s d u ty to G od o r to h i ms e l f .

S uppos e a C h i n am an o r Japan e s e o r Morm on

, , . ,

or S pi r i tual ist w e r e i n it i a te d i n any o n e o f o u r

,

C h icago l odg e s would

, th e H oly B i bl e be h i s rul e
“
 M ASONRY AND THE B IB LE . 1
3 1

”
of f a i th ? M ost assu r e d l y not . T he B i bl e th e r e
,

fo r e , on th e M aso n i c al ta r ,
i s a m e r e arti cl e o f

fu rn itu r e an d n o m o r e , and th e l an guag e of th e

r i tu al i n r e ga rd to i t is a hol low m ock e ry .

B ut t h e S qua r e a n d C o m p ass b e i n g , p l a c ed

abo v e th e B ibl e on th e M ason i c al tar , h av e an oth e r

sy mbol i c m e an i n g . Y ou w i l l r e m e mb e r th at th e

“ moral law of M aso n ry i s d e fi n e d as th e “

lex
”
n a tu r e ,
or l aw of n atu r e ,
and th at th i s law , w hat
ve r it is is th e t r u e bas i s of M ason i c h 1lo so h
e , p p y .

”
T he M osa i c d e calogu e i s con sid e r e d too co n fin ed
- “

and to o “
l i m i t e d to e xp r e ss al l th e grand r e qui r e
m e nts of M aso n i c m oral ity ,
and h e n c e i t m ust be

se t asid e and a m or e co mpr e h e n si v e and sup e r i o r

cod e ad opt e d and ,
o ne th at wi l l m o 1 e f u lly c 0 1 r cs

po nd w i th t h e bou nd l e
ss ( ?) un i v e rsali ty o f th e syst e m .

T hese tw o l aws th e n — t h e la w of G od as 1 e v e ale d

in th e
B ibl e an d t h e law o f n atu r e r e pr e s e nt e d
,
“
,

o r sy mbol i z e d by t h e C o mpass and S qu ar e — ar e

both d i spl ay e d U pon the M ason ic al ta r . B ut as th e

l att e r i s c o nsid e r e d by M ason ry sup e ri or to th e fo r

m e r, so th e r e pr e s e n tati v e of th e g r e at e r l aw i s
always pl ac e d abov e th e l e ss e r and h e n c e
,
th e S qu ar e
and C o mpass m ust al ways b e pl ac e d abo v e t h e B ibl e
i n all M aso n ic ass e mbl i e s and as th e s e ar e b ut sy m ,

bol s O f t h e “law o f n atu r e so t h e B ibl e m ust b e r e ck

,

ou e d on ly as a sy mbol of t he law of G od . O n th i s
p o i n t th e t e ac h i n g o f M ason ry i s c l e ar and e m ph at ic .
 1
3 2 THE M ASTE R S C ARP ET
’
.

”
L e x ic o n o f F r e e m as o n ry by Mack e y
I n th e “
, ,

p 6 2 u nd e r th e word B I B L E w e r e ad
.
, ,

T h e B ibl e i s us e d amon g M ason s a s a sy m

bol of th e w ill o f G od how e v e r i t m ay b e ex ,

”
pr e ss e d .

”
B ut wh at i s a “
s
y m bol, as e xpl ai n e d in t h e

l od g e phi losophy ? T h e d e fin iti on of i t i s aga i n

fu rni sh e d by t h e M ason i c t e x t book -
.

In th e “
L e x ic on o f F r e e m aso n ry ,
by M a c k e y ,
p .
46 6 r e ad
, w e

S Y M B O L —A s e nsibl e i m ag e us e d to e x pr e ss
.

”
an oc c ul t but an alog ic al s i gn i fi c ation .

S o th e n accordi n g to t h e M ason i c law th e

, ,

Bibl e o n t h e M ason i c altar i s n othi n g m or e o r l e ss

”
th an a m e r e i mag e o f God s w i ll and th is“ ’
,

” ”
“
sy mbol o r i m ag e i s o f n o m or e val u e th an
“

t h e rusty S quar e or th e i ro n C ompass wh i c h ar e al

ways l a i d upon it ; t h e law o f God o f n o mor e

val u e th an t h e “ law o f n atu r e and th e God o f ,

t h e B ibl e as n o b e tt e r than t h e god o f t h e h e ath e n .

H e n ry : — B ut my d e ar f ath e r at thos e p u bl ic
'

, ,

e xposi tion s w h i ch I r ec e n tly witn e ss e d I notic e d

th at t h e Wo rship ful M ast e r a ft e r th e hoodwi n k

.

’
w as r e m ov e d f ro m t h e candidat e s e y e s call e d his ,

att e ntio n to t h e H oly B ibl e as i t l ay op e n o n t h e

al tar W hat di d th e M ast e r say at that ti m e ? And
.

wh at i s th e m e ani ng o f th e r i tual us e d i n that

c e r e m ony ?
Mr B a r to n — As y o u obs e r v e d , the ho od
.
 M ASONRY A ND T HE B IB LE .

wink i s r e m ov e d by th e S e n i o r D e aco n . T he

Wo rsh ip ful M ast e r t h e n a p pro ac h e s th e c an d i d at e ,

sti l l k n e e l i n g at th e altar an d says to h i m ,

”
“
B roth e r H u nt ( o r wh at e v e r h i s n am e m ay b e )
,

"o n b e i n g b r o ugh t to li gh t i n M ason ry , o u b e h ol d

y
b ef or e you th e THREE GREAT LIGHTS fi bl a s o n ry ,
’
7 th e aid of t h e t h r ee le s s e r lig h ts . T he THREE
C
E
E A T LIGHTS of M ason ry ar e th e H o ly B i ble
”
u ar e an
g d C o mpas s .
( S ee fig ur e , p . 12
4,
“
H and
”
B ook , p 77 .

H e r e you w i ll n ot ic e th at F r e e m ason ry r e c o g
n iz e s t h r e e g r e a t lig h ts , t h e H oly B i bl e ,
th e S qu ar e ,

and th e C o mpass . T he th r e e ar e e qu al ly g r e at ;
th e r e i s n o d i ffe r e nc e ac c o rd i n g to ,
t he M ason i c ,
ri tu al b e tw e e n
, the d e g re e s of g r e atn e ss poss e ss e d
by e ith e r and , ,
so far as b e i n g lig h ts , t h e B ibl e i s
j ust as g r ea t as a ny o ne of the oth e r tw o , and
re c e i ve s th e sa m e d e g r e e o f v e n e rat i o n a nd r e sp e c t
f ro m t h e l odg e u nd e r the s e al of th e M as o n i c co v

e n an t.

Th i s I th i n k pl a c e s th e W o rd Of G od v e ry lo w
d own i nd e e d .

D av i d says by t h e H oly G h ost : “ T hy w ord i s a

”
l am p u nto my fe e t and a l i gh t u n to m y path , .

P sal m c x i x .

T he S on of G od
say s : S an c ti fy th e m th rou g h “

”
thy truth ; thy word i s t rut h J oh n x v n . .

T he H oly G h ost say s : E v e ry wo rd “

of G od is
”
p u r e . P ro v x x x 5 . . .
 ’
1 34 T HE M AS TE R S C AR P E T .

T he
P sal m i st says : “
T hou hast m agni fi e d thy
W ord a bov e al l thy n am e . P sal m cxx x vi i i 2 . .

B ut F r e e m ason ry pl a c e s th e S qu are and C om “

’”
p ass abov e God s w o rd and cons e qu e ntly consid e rs
,

th e m e qual ly worthy o f b e i n g m ag n i fi e d abov e all

h is n am e ; and notwithstandi n g al l this as w e h a v e
, ,

al re ady s e e n i t i s ass e rt e d o f F r e e m ason ry th at i t i s

,

t h e i nstitution th at i s e xactly most n e e d e d i n th is

“

ag e and th at i t i s not possibl e t o con c e i v e that any

,

th i n g can b e su gg e st e d m or e wh ich t h e soul o f ,

”
m an r e qu i r e s .S i ckl e s M on i tor p 1 9 6
“ ’
,
. .

And h e r e a g ai n anoth e r m ark e d coi n ci d e nc e

ar i s e s b e tw e e n F r e e m a son ry and R om an ism .

Wh e n t h e h ood w i n k i s r e mov e d t h e ri t e o f -

i l lu m i n ation p e r form e d and t h e n e w bi rth a e com

,

p l is h e d accord i ng to t h e
,
M ason i c philosophy t h e ,

Worsh i p f u l M ast e r d i re cts t h e cand idat e s att e n tion ’

to th e M asoni c altar and its s tran g e su rrou nd

H e says to h i m B ro H un t on b e in g brought
- “
.
,

to l ight i n M ason ry y o u be h o ld bef o r e y o u th e

,

T H R E E G R E AT L I G H T S O f M ason ry by t h e a id o f th e
t h r e e le s s e r lig h ts T h e T H R E E G R E A T LI G H T S o f
.

M ason ry ar e t h e H oly B ibl e S q u ar e and Co mpass , .

T he th r e e le s s e r th r e e bu rn i n g tap e rs
lig h ts ar e ,

pl ac e d i n a tr i an gul ar f orm n e ar t h e altar r e pr e s e n t ,

i n g th e SU N M O O N and M A S T E R O F T H E L O D G E
, ,
.

N ow , wh at i s t h e m e an m g o f all th i s and what ,

 M A S ON R Y A N D T HE BI B L E .

l e sson d o e s M ason ry u rpos e h e re to c o n v e y to th e

p
m i nd ?
’
c an d i d at e s
O n b e i n g b rou gh t to l i gh t we se e th at h i s att e n
tion i s d i r e ct e d to six Obj e c ts ,
th e H oly B i bl e ,

S qu ar e and C o m p ass on one sid e an d ,

th e “
th r e e b u rn
i ng tap e rs on th e oth e r W e also fi nd th at th e s e th r e e
.

bu rn i n g t ap e rs ”
1e
‘

p r e se n t th e “
S un, M oo n , an d

M t h e L odg e
” r m an i fe stat i on s of
a s te r
f
o ,
th e th r e e

H o ly B ible is be h e ld
th e M aso n ic g o
d, an d th at th e

on b
ly y t h e a id o f th e s e “
less e r ligh ts , or i n th e i r
sy mbol i c r e fl e c t i o n al on e and h e n c e F r e e m aso n ry ,

m e an s to t e ac h th e c an didat e th at wh o e v e r ,
or wh at
e v e r h as b e e n h i s guid e an d cou n s e l o r i n th e past ,
th e

M aso n i c phil osophy alo n e “ th at subl i m e d octri n e of

,

”
d iv i n e tr u th ,
m ust l e ad and g u i d e h i m i n t h e f utu r e .

T h at h e r e a ft e r he m ust r e c e i v e th e B ibl e on ly i n th at
se n se i n w h i ch M as o n ry r e c e i v e s i t ,
r e ad i t
wi th M asoni c e y e s and u nd e rstand i t w ith M ason ic
,

u nd e rstand i n g I n a wo rd th at fo r e v e r a ft e r h e
.
,

m ust as a F re e mason i nt e rpr e t

, , th e S cri ptu r e s on
ly
ac c o rd i n g to th at s e ns e w h ic h F r e e m aso n ry m ay se e

fit to san cti o n ,
or acco rd i n g to th e i nsp i rati on of

th e M ast e r ,
or god of M aso n ry .

N o w, co mpar e th is w i th t h e t e ach i n g o f R om e .

In th e articl e o f t h e c r e e d al r e ady quot e d C r e e d '

of P op e P i us I V art ic l e . 2 d, we r e ad
“
I also a dm it th e H ol y S c ri ptu r e s a c co r ding ,

to th a t sense wh i c h our H oly M oth e r t h e C h u rch , ,

 ’
THE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

has h e ld and do e s h old to wh ich i t b e lon gs to

, , ,

j ud g e o f t h e tru e s e n s e and i nt e rpr e tati o n o f t h e

S c r ip tu r e s an d n e i th e r w i l l I e v e r tak e an d i nt e r
,

pr e t th e m oth e rwis e than a c cordi n g to t h e u nan i mous

”
c on s e n t o f th e F ath e rs .

T h at is th e R o m an C athol i c pro m is e s and de

,

c l ar e s that h e w i ll ad mi t t h e H oly S c r i p tur e s ,

“

n o t accord i n g to his o w n j udgm e nt e x e rcis e d upo n

th e m bu t si mply as t h e c hu rch ad m i ts th e m an d
, ,

th at h e w i l l n e v e r try to i nt e rpr e t th e m at all nor ,

any part o f th e m e x c e pt accord i n g to t h e u nan i mous

,
“

”
c ons e n t o f t h e F ath e rs . T h e R om ani st prom is e s to

r e ad t h e S criptu r e s th rough t h e eye s of

the c h u r c h r e pr e s e n t e d by t h e prie st and to ,

u nd e rstand th e m o nly wi th h is u nd e rstand in g .

T h e M ason i c m i n i st e r o r pro fe ssi n g P rot e stant

,

C hri sti an sol e m nly sw e ars th at h e wil l b e ob e d i e nt

,

’
to al l th e l aws o f t h e M ast e r Maso n s d e gr e e and ,

h e nc e that h e w il l r e ad th e H oly S criptur e s only

th rough t h e e y e s o f M ason ry r e pr e s e n t e d by t h e
,

W orship f ul M ast e r that h e w ill und e rstand th e m

,

o nly w i th h is u nd e rstandi ng and th at co m e what , ,

m ay t h e l and m arks o f t h e o rd e r m ust n e v e r b e

,

i n fr i n g e d upon o r ch an g e d .

H ow wond e r fully c o ns i st e n t a m a n c an a c t wh e n
on c e h e has tak e n t h e M ason ic obl igat i ons an d has ,

e xp e ri e n c e d t h e M ason i c n e w b i rth '

B ut again , th e W orsh i p ful M ast e r st i l l addr e s s

,
 M A S O NR Y A N D T H E B IBLE .
37

i ng the c and i d at e k n e e l i n g at th e altar , go e s on to

”
S ee “
M an ual of th e L od g e, by M a c k e y , p .
3 0 .

”
“
H and Book of p 77 F r e e m ason ry ,
.

T h e H oly B ibl e i s gi v e n to u s as t h e rul e

an d gu i d e o f o u r f ai th t h e S quar e to s q u ar e o u r
,

act i ons and t h e C o m pass to c i rc u m scrib e o u r de

,

s i r e s and p ass i on s w it hi n du e bound s t oward al l

m an k i n d an d m or e e sp e c i al ly tow ar d o u r b roth e r
,
”
M aso ns .

And th i s p o rt i o n o f t h e r i tu al i s cl e arly an d
autho r i tati v e ly e xpl a i n e d by P ast G rand M ast e r
and P ast G e n e ral G rand Hi g h P r i e st , A G M a c k e y , . .

as f ol lows :
”
I n the “
M anu al of th e L odg e , p . 0
3 , he stat e s

T h e B ibl e i s t h e l i ght w h i c h e nl i ght e n s th e

path o f o u r d uty to G od ; t h e Sq uar e th at wh i ch
e n l i ght e n s t h e path o f o u r d uty to ou r f e ll ow m e n ; -

an d t h e C o m pass th at w h ic h e nl i g ht e n s t h e pat h
”
o f o u r d uty to ou rs e l v e s .

H e re th e n we fi nd th at th e pl a i n positi v e ,

te ach i n g of F r e e m ason ry i s th at t h e H oly B ibl e

,

e n li h t e n s , th e S q uar e en lig h te n s an d th e C om pass

g
e n li h t ens T he M aso n i c i n i t i at e i s tau gh t to
g .

l e arn f ro m th e B i bl e ,
f ro m t h e S qu ar e and f ro m

th e C o m p ass and h i s m i nd i s di r e c t e d to al l th r e e
,

in t h e sam e b r e ath e a c h o n e b e i n g O f e q ual

,
im

port an c e N o w if t h e H oly B i bl e w e r e su ffi c i ent

.
,

’
fo r m a n s i n stru c ti o n and e n l i g ht e n m e n t o f c ou rs e ,

no n e c e ss i ty c ould ar i s e fo r t h e sy mbol ic l i ght re

 ’
THE M A STE R S C AR P E T .

fl e ct e d f ro m th e S quar e and C o mpass ; but b e c aus e

i n th e wi sdom o f Mason ry i t i s n oth i n g b ut a
” ”
~
m e r e sy mbol or i m ag e o f God s w i ll j ust as
“ “ ’
,

th e S quar e and C o mpass ar e sy mbol s o f t h e w i ll

of th e god o f n atu r e so t h e law o f th e l att e r i s

,

p lac e d on an e qual ity w ith if n o t actually abo v e th e

,

f orm e r .

I n al l t h e Mass hous e s o f P op e ry t h e B ibl e i s

-

suppl ant e d by th e M ass book and

-
th e M i ssal wh i l e
,

i n al l M aso n i c lodg e s th e B ibl e i s d e g rad e d b e low

th e Sq uar e and C o mpass I n all t h e R o m an C athol i c
.

c h ap e l s t h rough out t h e world y o u wi ll fi nd tub

f ull s o f h oly w a t e r box e s o f holy o il whol e f or e st s
, ,

of c andl e s thousands
,
b e ads m i ll ion s o f shr i n e s
of , ,

c harms agn e s de n holy bon e s i mag e s and c ross e s

, , , ,

b u t 11 0 Bibl e T h e wo rd o f God i s di spl ac e d an d

, ,

t h e s e ns e l e ss rit e s customs and sy mbol s O f pagan

,

R om e ar e substi tut e d i n i ts st e ad whil e i n al l ,

Mason i c l od g e s e v e n i n pro fe ss e dly C hri sti an

,

co u ntri e s t h e H oly B ibl e 18 al so vi rtually i gn or e d

, ,

”
and t h e law o f n atu r e and t h e fals e trad itions O f
“

h e ath e n phi l osoph e rs ar e pr e s e nt e d to t h e candidat e

f o r h i s f utu r e gu id anc e an d i nstruct ion .

And y e t fo r all t h is m e n pro fe ssi n g C hr i sti an ity

, ,

and cl ai m i n g e v e n to b e P rot e stant m i ni st e rs wi ll ,

g e n e rally say wh at th e y k now to b e positi v e ly f al s e ,

i n or de r to Support th is vi ll ai nou s syst e m and ,

b e th e most v e h e m e nt in d e nou n ci n g any o ne

 M A S ON R Y A N D T HE B I BL E .

w ho dar e s e p arat e h i ms e l f f ro m , and e x pos e i t .

C ould h u m an p e r v e rs i ty b e b e tt e r e x e mpl i fi e d ,

or is i t p oss i bl e that such i n c o n s i st e n c y h as e v e r

b e fo r e b e e n m an i fe st e d in th e h i st o ry of th e world ?
r
I fi rmly b e li e v e th at in th e m an u f act u r e of F re e
m ason ry S ata n h as e v e n outdon e h i m s e l f
,
.

I n d i re c t Op p os i t i o n to th e f al s e and p e r n ici ous

t e a c h i ng both ,
of th e M ason i c l odg e and th e R o m i sh
c h ap e l we h av e th e c l e ar e mph at ic d e c l ar at i o n of
,

G od s wo rd
’
.

S t P aul says 2 T i m i i i 1 5—1 7

.
, . .

-
r
“
F ro m a ch i ld t h ou h ast k no w n th e H oly
S c r i ptu r e s wh i c h ar e abl e t o m ak e th e e w is e u nto
,

salvati on th rou gh fa i th wh ic h i s i n C h r i st J e sus A .

“
Al l S criptu r e i s g i v e n by i n spi rat i o n o f
G od an d i s profitabl e fo r d octr i n e fo r r e proo f f o r
, , ,

c o rr e c ti on f o r i n stru c t i o n in ri ght e ousn e ss : th at t h e

,

m an o f G od m ay b e p e r fe ct t ho roughly f u rn i sh e d ,
’
un to al l go o d works .

B ut aga i n t h e lVI aso n ic r i tu al says

,
'

”
“
M an ual o f t h e L od g e by M ack e y p , ,
.
49 .

”
H and Book o f F r e e m aso n ry p 9 3
“
,
. .

T h e H oly B i bl e i s d e d icat e d t o G o d ,
th e
Sq u ar e to t h e M a s t e r and t h e C o mpass to ,
th e
”
C ra ft .

Nwh at i s m e ant by th i s ? W e h av e s e e n
ow ,

th at as a G r e at L i gh t th e H oly B ibl e i s o nly a

, ,

m e r e Sy mbol of t h e law of G o d, wh il e th e S qu ar e
and C o mpass ar e e qu ally G r e at L ig hts and sy mbol s ,

”
of th e “
law of n at u r e wh i ch i s th e m oral l aw o f
,

M ason ry . T h e s e thr e e sy mbol s th e n , th e B i bl e ,

th e
 ’
1
40 T HE M ASTER S CARP ET .

S q u ar e and ,
the C ompass ,
ar e d e d icat e d to t h e d e i t i e s
to w h ic h th e y r e sp e c tiv e ly r e fe r
_
. T h at is th e B ibl e ,

i s d e d ic at e d to t h e tru e God ,
t h e S quar e to t h e '

“
g o d o f n atu r e ,
who gov e rns n atu r e and , th e C om
”
p ass to M ason ry i n g e n e ral o r th e C ra ft B ut ,
“
.

”
w e s e e th at t h e S quar e i s d e dicat e d to t h e M ast e r
“
,

and h e n c e Th e M ast e r i s t h e r e pr e s e ntati v e o r p e r

l

s o n ifi c at io n o f t h e god o f n atur e o r t h e S u n in
“
,
- 1
th e E ast go v e rn i n g th e
C ra f t and th e C ra ft its e l f , ,

o r M asO nr
y i s t h e th i n g gov e rn e d ; and th e r e f or e i t

u nqu e sti on ably fo llow s t h at th e tru e God th e Wor ,

sh ip f ul M ast e r and t h e C ra ft o r i n oth e r wo rds

, ,

’
that G od B aal or t h e S un god and M ason ry ar e
, ,
.
,

pl a c e d on th e sam e l e v e l .

T h i s i s th e sam e as R om an i sm con fe rri n g in

f all ibil ity o n t h e P op e and m ak i ng h i m G od and

th e vi car o f C h ri st But J e sus C h ri st alon e i s .

qual with th e F ath e r and t h e r e fo r e b o t h Mas o n

'
e ,

r
y and R om an i s m d e th ron e C h ri st and substitut e

t h e M ast e r and th e P op e i n th e i r r e sp e cti v e r e

ligio u s syst e m s A nd th is i s f u r th e r con fi rm e d by

.

th e f act th at i n M asonry an Obl i gatio n tak e n o n

t h e B i bl e alon e woul d b e worthl e ss ; to r e nd e r i t

’
bi nd in g t h e c and i d at e s h a n ds m ust r e st o n th e
S qu ar e and C ompass .

And l astly th e M aso n ic syst e m its e l f d o e s n ot

, ,

c l a i m that i ts pr i n ci p al t e n e ts and r e q u i r e m e nts ar e

 M A SON R Y A N D T H E B IBLE . 1
4 1

c ontai n e d in t h e H oly S c r i p tur e s . H e ar wh at th e

Ri tu al says th i s po i n t
on .

“
H and B ook o f F r e e m ason ry , p . 1
75 .

As th e c a n d i d at e i s le d i n to th e l od g e i n th e

M ast e r M aso n s d e g r e e ’
he is m et by th e S enio r
D e a c on w ho l ac e s both po i nts Of th e C o mpass
, p
to h i s n ak e d l e ft an d r i gh t br e asts and th us add r e ss e s
,

him
B ro H unt upon you r fi rst ad m i ss i o n in to a
“
.
,

l odg e o f M ast e r M aso ns i t b e c o m e s m y du ty t o r e

c e iv e y o u upon both poi nts o f t h e C ompass e x
t e nd i n g f ro m y ou r n ak e d l e ft to ri gh t br e asts th e ,

m o ral o f w h i c h i s to t e ach y ou t h at as t h e m ost ,

v ital p arts o f m an ar e c o ntai n e d wi th i n t h e b r e asts ,

s o ar e t h e m ost e xc e ll e n t t e n e ts o f o u r i n st itut ion

co ntai n e d w i th i n both poi nts o f t h e C o mpass w h i ch ,
”
a r e F ri e ndsh ip M o ral i ty and B roth e rly L o v e
, , .

A nd agai n a ft e r t ak i n g th e obl i gat i o n 1 86

, , p .

“
Y n e v e r to l os e si ght o f th e m oral and
o u ar e

M ason i c appl icat i o n o f th i s h i g hly us e f u l an d val u

abl e i n st ru m e n t ( t h e C o m pass ) w h ic h tea c h es
, ,

F ri e nd sh ip M o ral ity an d B roth e rly L ov e

, ,
.

S o th e n ac c ordi n g to
,
.

, th e M ason i c r i tual i ts e l f ,

the v e ry k e yston e as i t w e r e , ,
of th e w hol e f abr ic
”
the “
th r e e m ost p r e c Io u s
j e wel s of a M ast e r M aso n ,

suppos e d to be F ri e nd sh ip M o ral i ty an d B rot h e rly

, ,

L ov e — ar e n ot d e ri v e d by M as o n r v f ro m t h e B ibl e ,

but f ro m th e pagan e mbl e m o f th e C o mpass al on e .

F r e e m aso n ry pl ac e s th e Authori z e d V e rsio n o f

th e S c r i ptu r e s o n t h e sam e e qual ity w i th t h e “ lex
n at u r ce , o r law o f n atu re . N o w , le t us h e ar w h at
 1
4 2 THE M A STER S C ARP ET
’
.

R om ani s m has to say i n r e gard to sa m e B ibl e th e .

I n th e E n cycl ical l e tt e r o f L e o X I I d at e d at .
,

R o m e at S t M ary M aj ors t h e 3 d d ay o f M ay 1 8 2 4
, .
, , ,

t h e f oll ow i n g p r e ambl e occurs

Y ou ar e a w ar e v e n e rabl e b r e th r e n that a c e r
“
, ,

tai n soci e ty cal l e d t h e B ible S oci e ty stroll s w i th

, ,

e ffro nt e ry th rougho u t t h e w orld w h ich soci e ty co n

, ,

t e m n in g t h e T rad ition s o f t h e H oly F ath e rs an d ,

contrary to th e w e l l k n o w n de c r e e of th e C o u n c il
.
-

q r ent l abo rs
,
wi th a ll its m i ght and by e v e ry ,

m e an s to transl at e o r rath e r to p e rv e rt t h e H oly

, , ,

S criptu r e s i n to t h e v u lgar l an guag e o f e v e ry nation ;

f ro m w hi ch proc e e d i n g i t i s g r e atly to b e f e ar e d that
w h at i s asc e rtai n e d to h av e h app e n e d as to so m e ,

passag e s m ay also o e c u r w ith r e gard to oth e rs ; to

,

w it : Th at by a p e rv e rs e i nt e rpr e tati on t h e gosp e l

o f C h ri st b e t u rn e d i nto a h u m an gosp e l o r what ,

i s stil l w ors e t h e g osp e l of t h e de v il

, .

H e nc e accord i n g to P op e L e o X I I a ft e r who m
,
.
,

t h e pr e s e n t P op e i s n am e d t h e v e ry B ibl e wh ich ,

i s i nsult e d o n t h e M ason i c al tar contai ns not t h e

r e v e l ati o n o f G o d but si mpl y t h e go sp e l o f t h e
,
“

”
d e vi l ,
wh il e F r e e m ason ry st e ps bold l y t o t h e

f ront e x cl ai m i ng : Q ui t e corr e ct lVI o s t H oly F ath e r !

“
,

Q u it e corr e ct ! My S q u ar e and C ompass a r e e v e ry

way e qual to if n ot sup e ri or to t h e Authori z e d V e r

,

sio n o f th e B i bl e and w i l l e n lig h ten m anki nd

‘

“
,

quit e as w e ll G O o n my d e ar si r ! G o o n B ro L eo
.
, , .
,

an d i ssu e your B u lls and

,
E ncy c l i c al s ag ai nst th e
B ibl e w ith al l t h e ranco r o f wh i ch you r Old h e art
i s capabl e and I l l k e e p ri ght o n i n my p e cul i arly
,
’

’
ag gr e ssi v e cours e , d e grad i n g an d d e bas i n g G o d s
 M A SON R Y A N D T H E B IBLE . 1
43

Word b e low my pagan e mbl e m s and t e a c h i n g m y

,

p e opl e th at i t i s n o b e tt e r th a n th e K o ran ,
th e S h as
t e rs ,
or th e B ook of M o rm on . G0 on, M r P op e !.

’
M ak e al l th e R o m an C athol i cs y ou can and I l l,

g uarant ee to m anu f actu r e q uit e as m any in fi de ls

r
f ro m am on g th e P ro t e stants and b e tw e e n , s, I u
r

t h in k , w e shal l be abl e to n e ut ral i z e th e gr e at w ork

of th e R e form at i on and p e rh a p s d e stroy C h r i st i an i t y
,

alto e th e
g rl ,
’

N ow h e ar th e word s of th e S on of G o d, J oh n
v 39
.

S e ar c h t h e S c riptu r e s f o r i n th e m y e thi n k
“
,

y e h av e e t e rn al l i f e an d T H E Y A R E T H
,
E Y W H IC H
”
T E S TI F Y O F M E .

Agai n i n M att x x 11
,
. . 2
9
J e sus answ e r e d an d said u nto
“
th e m , Y E ERR
DO ,

N O T K N OW I N G T H E S C R I P T U R E S ,
no r th e pow e r o f
”
G od .

B ut R o m an is m e m phati cal ly d e cl ar e s th at w e e r r
if w e do hn o w t h e S criptu r e s w hi l e F r e e masons i n t h e ,

d isplay O f a Spi ri t n ot a wh i t b e tt e r tha n th at o f t h e

m ost bi got e d R o man C athol i c can u se n o m ild e r ex

pr e ss i o n th a n p e rj u r e d v i l l am
“
,
w h e n r e fe rr i n g to a
s e c e d i n g M aso n w ho s tr i ctly f ol l o w s th e t e a c hi n gs o f
the S cr i ptu r e s by r e n o u n cin g t h at “
w ie k e d i m post u r e .

H e ar agai n w h at P e t e r says ,
2 P e te r i . 1
9 :

“
W e h av e al so a m o r e su r e w o rd
proph e cy ; of

w h e r e u n to y e do w e ll t h a t y e ta h e h e e d as u n to a l i gh t ,

that sh i n e t h i n a d ark pl ac e u n t il t h e d ay d aw n , and ,

”
th e d ay star ar i s e i n y o u r h e art s
-
.
 C HAP T E R V I .

M A SO N R Y A N D R OM A N I S M T h e c o n fe ss i o n a
.
-
l .

C o n fl ic t o f authority M ason i c pray e rs —M as

-
.

Op e ni n g t h e l od g e — T
te r he G A O T U
. . . . .

M ast e r closi n g th e l odg e .

-
M ason ry i dol atrous
w orsh i p — M ast e r p rayi n g f o r cand id at e — M a
.

’
son i c con fe ssion o f f a i th P ray e r at H i ram s
.
-

g rav e — R om i sh pray e rs — I n c ons i st e n cy o f

P rot e stan t m i n i st e r s — M ason ry and R om an
’
i s m c ond e m n e d by God s Word .

H en ry — M y d e ar f ath e r I k n o
,
w n o t wh e th e r

I f e e l m or e pl e asu r e b r aston i sh m e nt at t h e t e rribl e

r e v e lation you h av e al r e ady m ad e to m e o f t h e
M ason i c ph ilosophy .I am c e rtai nly w e l l pl e as e d
th at I h ad th e good s e n s e to consult you i n r e
gard to m y i nt e nti o n O f b e com i n g a M ason , but
,

f ro m t h e f a c ts y o uha v e pr e s e nt e d and t h e e v i
d e n c e adduc e d to Show t h e absol ut e wi ck e d n e ss
’

and t h e i n n at e co r ruptio n o f t h e th i n g I a m b o th ,

pai n e d and asto n ish e d that any P rot e stan t C h ri sti an ,

and m or e e sp e c i ally that any P rot e s ta n t M i nist e r ,

c ould b e f ound i n th i s e nli ght e n e d age wh o would

e v e n cou nt e nanc e m uch l e ss sw e ar to support and
“
,

m ai ntai n su c h a m is e rabl e i mpostu r e .

B ut th e r e i s o n e fe atur e o f th e syst e m wh i c h
in all robabi lity I woul d h av e ne v e r thought o f,
p
 M A SON R Y A N D ROM ANISM . 1
45

an d o ne w h ic h i s d o ubtl e ss b u t v e ry l i ttl e u nd er
stood . I m e an t h e g r e at s i m i l ar i ty b e tw e e n i ts e l f
‘
and R o m an i s m . I h ad al w ays thought th at th e

C hu r c h of R o m e was e ve r an u n c om p ro m i s i n g
e n e my to F r e e m ason ry ,
and y et
y ou Sh ow th at
bot h syst e m s ar e al m o st i d e nt ic al . P le as e e xp l a i n
h ow th i s h ap p e n s .

M r . B a r to n — I t i s t ru e , my d e ar H e n ry , th at
th e C hur c h of R o m e i s fi e r c e ly O p p os e d to al l
s e c r e t so ci e t i e s outs i d e of her own c o m m u n i o n , and
m or e e sp e ci al ly to th e M ason ic but ,
her O pp o s i t i o n
to t h e f t h e a n t ic h r i st i an
l att e r aris e s n ot b e c aus e o

and i n fi d e l d o c t r i n e s o f F r e e m aso n ry fo r t h e r e ,

lig io n o f R o m e i s e q ual ly f al s e a n d u ns c r i ptu ral .

N e ith e r h as t h e a ntago n i sm b e tw e e n t h e tw o
syst e m s ar i s e n b e c aus e o f t h e p r i n ci p l e o f s e c r e c y ,

fo r R o m an i s m i s as m u ch o f a s e c r e t c o mb i n at i o n

as F r e e m aso n ry i s if n ot m or e so ,
W e k n ow .

th at t h e J e su its tl1 e Jan se n ists th e C ar m e l i t e s th e

, . , ,

P aul i sts an d th e v ari ou s oth e r o rd e rs o f m o n ks and

e c cl e s i ast ic s w i th i n t h e R o m i sh C h u r c h n o t c ou nt i n g ,

su c h organ i z at i on s as th e A n ci e n t O rd e r o f Hib e r
“

n ia n s,
ar e al l o f th e m as m u c h s e c r e t i n st i tut i on s
as th e M aso n i c f rat e rn i t y a nd h e n c e t h e o p p os i t i o n
,

to M ason ry by t h e C h u rc h o f R o m e c a n n o t h a v e
ori g i n at e d o n t h e s i m pl e g rou nd o f s e c r e c y al on e
F ro m t h e f act th at t h e t w o ar e ri v al i nst i tut i o n s both ,

b e i n g so m u c h al i k e o n e woul d b e al m ost le d to
 1
46 TH E M A STE R S C AR P E T
’

s us p e c t
’

l
t h at p e r h a s j e al ousy has so m e th i n g to do
p
wi th t h e co n fl ic t b e tw e e n th e m an d th at R o m an ,

i sm i s oppos e d to M ason ry o n th e pri ncipl e e x

i
pr e ss e d n t e Old adag e th at tw o o f a t rad e can
h “

n e v e r agr e e ; b ut th e r e al c aus e of th e i r O pp os i ti on
to one an oth e r i s th e c on fe ss i on al .

T h at is! th e g r e at m a c h i n e ry by m e ans o f wh ic h
the R o m i sh C hu rch carri e s o u t all he r pl ans and
pu rp os e s E v e ry m e mb e r o f that stup e ndous syst e m
.

m ust v is i t h i s pr i e st i n t h e c on fe ss i on al at l e ast o nc e
a y e ar and h e n c e i n 1 7 3 8— t w e nty 0 n e y e ars a ft e r
, ,
-

t h e b i rth o f G ra n d L od g e M ason ry —b e c au s e t h e
F r e e m ason s o f F ran c e and G e rm any r e b e ll e d aga i nst
t h e pow e r o f t h e co n fe ssi on al and utt e rl y r e f us e d ,

to subm i t t o t h e i nfl icti on o f pr i e stly p e n anc es ,

P o p e C l e m e nt V I I I i ssu e d h i s fam ous bu ll agai n st

.

t h e i nsti tution and f rom that ti m e o n t h e ch ap e l

,

and th e lod ge h av e b e e n Oppos e d to e ach oth e r .

B ut t h e con t e nt i on b e tw e e n th e m i s n o t fo r
truth and pur 1ty but fo r pow e r and supr e m a c y It
, .

i s a m e r e co nflict o f authori ty and n oth i n g m ore .

T h e P op e o r S o v e r e i g n P o n ti ff
,
i s th e P o n tiéx ,

M ax i m u s o r t h e Jupit e r o f pagan R om e and r e p

,
re ,

s e nts t h e go d o f R o m an i sm wh i l e th e W orship ful ,

M ast e r is t h e p e rson i ficat i o n o f H i ram Abi ff o r ,

O si r i s o r B aal wh i ch was t h e n am e o f Jupit e r i n

, ,

E gypt and P h oen ici a wh e nc e t h e M ason i c p h ilo so

,

phy h as co m e and i s t h e r e pre s e ntati v e o f t h e god

,
 M A SONRY A ND ROM ANISM .
47

of M ason ry . B u t as e v e ry w o r s h ipp e r of th e R om

i s in god m ust r ev e a l o r co
uf es s to th e pr i e st , w h o
al on e i s to b e th e c ustod i a n of al l s e c r e ts ,
w h ile
i
e v e ry wo rsh i pp e r of the M aso n i c god m ust co n c e a l

and n e v er r e v ea l, bu t m u st h i m s e l f be the k e e pe r
of al l s e cr e ts and i s th e r e for e
,
e x alt e d abov e th e

pr i e st both ,
s yst e ms c an n ot harm o n i z e and h e n c e ,

th e bitt e r antago n i s m wh ic h aros e b e tw e e n th e m i n

1
73 8 .

B ut n otwi th stand i n g th i s a p par e ntly w i d e g ul f

th us s e p arati n g th e s tw o t e r r ib le w of de s
e
o
e rs
,
”
p
N

p o t is m an d f al s e hood fo r t h e pr e s e n t , y e t, sh ou ld an
e me1
g enc
y e v e r a 1 i s e w h e n i t would b e c om e me

c e ss ar f o r m e n to array th e m s e l v e s on th e side of
y
rl
g h t e o u s n e ss and t o d e f e nd th e pu r e p ri n cipl e s of

gosp e l t rut h and th e f ull freed o m of an op e n

B ibl e ,
u nt ra m m e l l e d e i th e r by J e su i t c u n n i n g or

l od g e d upl i ci ty i t i s v e ry gr e atly to
, b e f e ar e d that ,

f org e tti n g th e i r p e tty d i ffe r e nc e s fo r t h e ti m e b e i n g ,

bot h R o m an i s m an d F r e e m aso n ry w oul d m ak e

com m o n c aus e and stand s h o u lde 1 to Should e r , th e

v e ry e mbod i m e nt of th e work s Of d ark n e ss .

\ ’
W e

h av e e v e ry r e aso n to th an k G o d, how e v e r ,
fo r th e i r
pr e s e nt att i t ud e to w ard s e ach oth e r as , tw o su c h
t e rribl e sy st e m s u n i t e d would be w e l l n i gh - ir r e s ist

1
‘

B ut , as i d e f ro m th e i r h ostil i ty b e cau s e of

th e con fe ssi o nal th e r e i s scarc e ly anoth e r d octri n e

,
1
48 THE M A STER S C A R P E T
’
.

or d og m a i n th e whol e th e ol ogy of Rome

whi ch h as n ot i ts e x act cou nt e rpart i n th e
r e li gi ou s ph i l osophy o f F r e e m ason ry ; and e x
am in in em s i n t h e l i g h t o f G od s
’
g both s y st Word ,

and wi tn e ssi n g t h e e v i l e ffe cts o f th e i r t e achi ngs in

thos e com m u n iti e s wh e r e e i th e r i s i n t h e asc e nd e n c y ,

and noti ng th e i r d i r e ct Oppositi o n to th e spi r i t and

g e n i us O f t h e gosp e l o f C h rist i t i s al m ost im ,

possibl e to say w h i ch i s th e m ost corrupt and

wick e d . R o m an i sm i t i s t ru e ack nowl e dg e s t h e
, ,

Lo rd J e sus C h ri st as t h e O nly B e gott e n S on o f

’
God and t h e S avi ou r o f th e World but th e n i t ,

consti tut e s t h e P op e t h e vi car o f C h ri st— i n f all i bl e

and th e r e f or e e qu al wi th G od h i ms e l f i n o n e o f
r

i
h i s gr e at e st att r ib u te s p w h ile t h e V i r g in M ary i s
r e pr e s e nt e d as t h e Q u e e n o f h e av e n — i m m acul at e
t h e m ost pow e r f ul advocat e t h e si n n e r c an h av e ;

and h er lo v e and co mpassi on and h e r abi lity and

w i ll i ngn e ss to sav e ar e so m agn i fi e d an d e xtoll e d ,

th at th e lo v e O f C h rist and s alvati o n th roug h h i s

'

bl ood alon e f ad e al m ost to in s ig n ifi c an c e j

F r e e m ason ry o n t h e oth e r h and casts o u t t h e
, ,

n am e o f J e sus C h ri st al tog e th e r and wi ll n ot r e c og

,

n i z e h i m at al l i n any o f i ts pray e rs o r oth e r acts

of r e l i g i ou s worship “w h il e at th e sam e ti m e i t
,

e x alts a Tyri an b r ass fi n is h e r a r u de pagan m e chan i c

-
, ,

a pri e st o f B acchus n am e d H i ram A b if to t h e

,
-

p osit i on of a god,
m agn ifi e s h is pr e t e nd e d V i rtu e s ,
 M A S ON R Y A N D R OM A N I S M . 1 49

e xtol s h i s ch ara c t e r laud s h i s paga n , p i e ty and su

p
'

pos e d f ort i tud e s i ngs son gs ,

of pra i s e to h i s n a m e ,

subst i tut e s th i s h e ath e n d e i ty fo r C h r i st , an d

o ffe rs f r e e d o m f ro m i an d sal
S nv at i o n i n th e G ran d “

L o dg e abov e ,
”
th rou gh t h e my th ical l e g e nd o f h i s
d e ath and b ur i al i n th e pl a c e O f pa rd on fo r - sin
th rough th e blood of ,
C h r i st and sal vati o n th ro ugh
,

h i s n am e i n th e H e a ve n of G od and Of h i s sa i n ts .

I n R o m an i sm ,
p ray e rs ar e o ffe r e d to a m ult i
tud e of d eifi ed men an d wom e n c an o n i z e d by ,
th e

r e sc r i pts of P o p e s and th e d e c re e s of cou n c i l s and ,

w ho ar e c onst i tut e d m any m e d i ators b e tw e e n G o d

so

and m an . I n F r e e m aso n ry pray e rs ar e O ffe r e d to a ,

my th to a su p pos i tit ious b e i n g all e d th e “

od of
, C g
”
n atu r e ,
the “
G A O T . . . . and i t r e c og n i z e s no

m e d i ato r w h at e v e r .

In c ont i n u i n g ou r i n v e stigat i on ,
t h e n , o f th e Ma
son ic ph i l osophy ,
we sh al l n ot ic e at th e p ro p e r t i m e
th i s f u rth e r c oi n c id e n c e of th e pu r e l y ant i ch r i st i an
C hara c t e r of both syst e ms ,
bu t Sh al l fi rst e xami ne
th e r e l i g i ou s wo rsh i p ,
or th e d e v ot i on al ,
e xe r ci s e s of

th e l od g e and t h us h a v e a p ra c t ic al i llu st rat i o n

,
of

thos e l and m arks rul e s and , ,

e d i cts w h i c h d e cl ar e
,
so

pos i t i v e ly th at al l s e c tari an t e n e ts m u st
“
be c ar e ful ly
”
e xcl ud e d ; th at all M ason i c p ray e rs m ust b e O f a
“
g e n e ral ch ara c t e r an d m ust con tai n n oth i n g o ffe n
,

”
s iv e to th e con sci e nt i ou s sc rupl e s o f a Je w p e dd l e r ,

or a paga n id ol at e r and th at ,
th e o nly r e c og n i z e d
 ’
1 50 T HE M AS TE R S eA R P E T .

law of
M ason ry m u st be
lex n a t u r ce o r law th e “
,

” ”
o f n atur e as anyth i n g e ls e would b e too confi n e d “
,

and l i m it e d
“
.

W e h a v e al r e ady s e e n th e d i sti n c tn e ss with

wh i ch i t i s stat e d that n o l od g e c an b e r e gul arly
“

op e n e d or clos e d w i thout r e li g i ous s e rv i c e s of som e

”
sort .

Let us now obs e r v e how th i s l aw i s put i n

pract ic e and ,
ho w ri g idly th e M ason i c l and m ark i n
r gard
e l od g e worsh ip m ust b e e n forc e d an d
to ~

ob e y e d And fi rst to b e gi n w i th th e op e n in g
.
, ,

pray e rs .

”
I n t h e F r e e rn aso n s G u i d e by D S i ckl e s 3 3 O
“ ’
, .
,

p 2 2 w e re a d
.
,

“
T h e l od g e sh o u ld always b e Op e n e d and cl os e d
”
w i th pra y e r A nd o n t h e sam e pag e th e f ol lowi n g
,

p ray e r i s g i v e n
“
M ost h oly and gl ori ous L o rd G od t h e G r e at ,

A rch it e c t O f t h e U n i v e rs e t h e G i v e r o f al l g o od
,

gi ts and grac e s ! T ho u h ast pro m i s e d that wh e r e

f ‘

t w o o r th r e e ar e gath e r e d tog e th e r i n thy n am e ,

tho u w ilt b e i n th e i r m id st and bl e ss th e m I n thy

’
.
’

n am e w e h av e ass e mbl e d an d i n thy n am e w e ,

d e s i r e to proc e e d i n all o u r d oi n gs G rant th at t h e .

s u bl i m e pri n ci pl e s o f F r e e m ason ry m ay so s u bd u e
e v e ry d i scordan t passi o n w i thi n u s S O h arm on i z e ,

and e n ri ch ou r h e arts with th in e ow n lov e and g o od

n e ss th at t h e l odg e at th i s ti m e m ay h u mbly r e fl e ct
,

that o rd e r and b e auty w h i ch r e 1 gn f o r e v e r b e for e t h y

”
th ron e A m e n
. .

h e “
R e spons e by t e br e th r n S o m ot e i t b e .
,

o f F r e e m as o n ry ? pp 2
”
( S e e al so “
H and B ook 5 .
 MA S O N IC PRA YE RS . 1 51

C on c e rn i n g th i s pray e r ,
as w e l l as th os e th at
f ollow , w e r e ad i n th e “
M a n ual of th e L od g e , by
M ac k ey p , . 1
3
T h i s p ray e r alth oug h O ffe r e d by t h e M ast e r , i s
,

t o b e part i c i pat e d i n by e v e ry broth e r and at i ts ,

c o n c lus i o n t h e aud ibl e r e spon s e o f A m e n S o m ot e

‘
.

”
i t b e should b e mad e by al l pr e s e n t
,
’
.

R eli gi ous S e r v i ce s i n O p e n i ng t h e L o dge .

T he abo v e fi gu r e r e pr e s e nts the l odg e as i t

is bein g op e n e d w i th M as o n i c p ray er . T he

W orsh ip f ul M ast e r st and s i n . th e E ast i m m e di at e ly

,

”
u nd e r th e l e tt e r “
G, th e sy mb ol of th e G a nd
.
 ’
1
5
2 THE M ASTER S CARP ET .

G e om e tr ici an o f th e U n i v e rs e or t h e god o f M a ,

son ry h at i n h and r e p e ati n g e i th e r t h e for e goi n g

, ‘ , ,

o r o ne of t h e foll owi n g
c all e d pray e rs w i th so - th e
,

b r e th r e n stan di ng b e fo r e h i m .

H e re ar e the good and th e bad in ix ed i n tog e th e r .

T he J ew C ,
h i namth e
an t h e T u rk t h e M at e ri al ist , , ,

and t h e M e thod ist— t h e ru m s e l l e r t h e gambl e r -

, ,

t h e pro f an e sw e ar e r and t h e m i n i st e r o f t h e gosp e l

, ,

al l stand i n g round th e s am e al tar ,

al l e ngag e d i n
the sam e com m on act of r e li gious wo rsh ip all ,
im

p lo r in
g t h e sam e bl e ss i ngs f ro m t h e sam e d e ity and ,

at th e cl os e o f th e pray e r all u n an i mously r e s p ond i n g

with e q u al r e v e r e nc e and i n t h e sam e b r e ath S o
, ,
“

'

m ot e i t b e B ut to whom i s th is pray e r add r e ss e d ?

.

A nd what god c an i t b e possibl e fo r M as o n ry to

r e c ogn i z e und e r su c h c ir c u m s tan c e s ? I h

l
T h e pray e r as w e s e e i s o ffe r e d to t h e G r e at ,
“

” ”
A r c h i t e ct o f th e U n i v e rs e th e G A O T U but ,
“
. . . .
,

w h o i s th i s G A O T U ? A nd wh at attribut e s
Z
“
. . . . .

d o e s h e poss e ss ? It c an not possibly m e an th e G od

of H e av e n b e c aus e h e at su nd ry ti m e s and i n
,
“
,

d iv e rs m an n e rs spak e i n ti m e s past u nto th e f ath e rs

by th e p ro p h e ts and gav e m an e v e n a writt e n l aw
”
,

i n wh i ch h e h as f ully r e v e al e d both h i s n a m e and

w ill,but h e h as n e v e r styl e d h i m s e l f an Arch it e ct .

G od also m an i fe st e d h i ms e l f o n e arth cloth e d as a

m am — th e Word m ad e fl e s h —t n th e p e rs on O f t h e
“ ”

L ord J e sus C h ri st who i s th e br i ghtn e ss o f th e

,
“
 M ASON I C P RAYER S . 1
53

’
F ath e r s gl ory , and th e e x pr e ss i m ag e of his p e rson ,

but ou r B l e ss e d L ord n e v e r call e d h i s F ath e r an Ar c h i

te et ,
nor i s h e e v e r c al l e d by any such n am e i n any part
of the B i bl e . A n A rch i t e c t is a m an w h o f u rn i sh e s

p l a
n s fo r , and su p e r i nt e nd s th e e r e c t i on o f a bu i ld i n g
m ad e f ro m m at e r i al al r e ady pr e par e d ; but G od
c r e at e d of n oth i n g th e h e av e n s and th e e arth an d
,

al l the h ost of th e m and h e n c e

,
he can n ot be a m e re
A r c h i t e c t and i t w ould
,
be a d i r e c t i n sul t to c al l h i m
suc h a n i ck n am e -
.

T he m e an i n g of th e e x p r e ss i o n h o w e v e r
, , in
the M ason ic p ray e r i s th at n atu r
,
e m ad e its e l f ; th at
t h e r e i s so m e u n d e fi n able , u n i nt e l l i g i bl e ,
u n re co g

n iz ab le ow r pr i n c i p l e th i n g i n n atu re
p e ,
or ,
or ,

w h i c h p rod u c e s of an d by i ts e l f th e v ast r e sults

and m i g hty c h an g e s we d a i ly w i t n e ss arou nd u s ,

c au s i n g th e v ar i e ty of th e s e aso n s i n t h e i r an n ual -

cou rs e ,d u r i n g wh ic h n atu r e as i t w e r e d i e s and i s , ,

bu r i e d i n wi nt e r and i s aga i n r e an i m at e d and r e su r

,
-

r e c t e d in t h e su m m e r O r t h e c o nstant su cc e ss i o n o f
.

d ay and n i g ht , w h e n , du r in g o ne part of th e tw e nt y
f ou r h ou rs th e sun su n- o d, or l i g ht g i v i n g
or
g
-
,

p r i n ci p l e , is i
a l v e, d th e n
an d l i ght i s tr i u m p han t ,
an

aga i n t h e su n i s de a d and d ark n e ss and gl oom p r e

,

v ai l L i fe suc c e e d e d by d e ath fi gu rat i v e ly r e pr e s e nt e d

.
,

by th e l i fe o f n atur e i n su m m e r and i ts d e ath i n ,

w i nt e r an d by th e l i fe and tr i u mph o f t h e S u n o r
,

s u n god
-
“

by d ay and h i s d e ath by n i gh t was t h e

, ,
 ’
15
4 T HE MA ST E R S CA R P E T .

myth ical bas i s o f all th e ph i loso p h i e s o f pa g an i sm ,

and i s t h e fou nd at i on o f th at c e l e brat e d l e g e nd o f

H i ram i n t h e th i rd d e gr e e as w e sh al l fi nd h e r e
, ,

a ft e r— w h e r e th e d e ath o f t h e c andidat e r e pr e s e nts

t h e de at h o f l i ght o r truth n atur e and t h e n
'

or , , ,

agai n h i s subs e qu e nt r e surr e c tion th e fi nal triu m p h ,

of d ay ov e r n i ght o f li ght ov e r d ark n e ss and o f

, ,

t ruth o r M ason ry r e pr e s e nt e d by th e l e tt e r
, ,

ov e r t h e f al s e hood o f c r e e ds and s e cts T his i s t h e .

M ason i c i d e a an d it i s thi s pri ncipl e i n natu r e thi s

, ,

i nco mpr e h e nsibl e so m e th i ng th is ph i losoph ic natu ral ,

myth wh i ch is add r e ss e d i n th e lodg e as t h e G A

,
“
. .

O T U
. . and to w ho m al l Mason i c worshi p is and
.
, ,

m ust b e O ffe r e d ; fo r as a m att e r o f cou rs e t h e

, ,

wo rshi p o f t h e tr u e G o d th rough t he L ord J e sus

” ”
C hrist would b e too s e ctari an confin e d
“
and ,
“
,

”
“
li mi t e d to su it t h e pr e t e nd e d un iv e rsal ity o f Ma
so n r B u t h ow a m i n ist e r o r pro f e ssi ng C h ri sti an
y .

can asso c i at e ni ght a ft e r n ight wi th th e s e l odg e m e n ,

and j oi n i n th i s idol atrous w o rsh ip sancti on i ng th e ,

total r e j e ctio n o f Ch ri st approvi n g o f t h e pray e rs,

o ffe r e d e ncou ragi n g by hi s e xampl e hi s broth e r

,

M ason s to conti nu e i n th e i r pr e s e nt i rr e l igious stat e ,

and confi rm i n g th e m i n th e i r opposition to t h e v e ry

gosp e l o f wh ich h e hi ms e l f pro fe ss e s to b e a pr e ach e r ;
I say how a m i ni st e r c an do th is an d at th e sam e
, ,

ti m e b e a C hristi an and lo v e t h e Lord Je s u s C h ri st

,

i n si nc e ri ty i s o n e o f t h e gr e at e st myst e r i e s o r e ls e
, ,
 M A S ON IC - YE R S 15 5
‘

PRA .

on e o f t h e g r e at e st i n c on s i st e n c ie s of m o d e rn t i m e s .

Agai n ,
on p ag e 2
3
“
AN O T H E R P R A Y E R wh i ch m ay be us e d at
Op e n i n g
“
G r e at Ar c h i t e c t o f th e U n iv e rs e ! I n thy
n am e w e h av e ass e mbl e d and i n thy n am e w e de ,

si r e to proc e e d i n all o u r d o in gs G rand & c & c t o . .

,
.
,
”
t h e e n d as b e fo r e
,
Amen . .

R e spon s e by b r e th r e n : S o m ot e i t b eth e “
.

”
A ga i n f ro m M a n u al o f th e L od g e b v A G
“
, ,
. .

M ackey p , . 1
5
R AYER AT OP EN IN G
“
P .

M ost h oly and glo r i ous L o rd G od t h e G r e at

A rch i t e c t o f t h e U n i v e rs e t h e G iv e r O f al l good ,

gi fts and g rac e s ! T hou h ast prom i s e d that w h e r e

t w o o r th r e e ar e gath e r e d tog e th e r i n thy n a m e ,

th o u w i lt b e i n t h e m id st o f th e m an d bl e ss th e m ,
.

I n thy n am e w e ass e m bl e m ost h u mbly b e s e e c hi n g ,

th e e to bl e ss u s i n al l ou r u nd e rtak i n gs th at w e ,

m ay k n ow and s e rv e th e e ari ght and th at al l o u r ,

acti on s m ay t e nd to thy gl o ry an d t o ou r ad van c e ,

m e n t i n k n owl e d g e a n d vi rtu e A nd w e b e s e e ch .

th e e O L o rd G o d to bl e ss ou r pr e s e n t ass e mbl i n g
, , , ,

and to i l l u m i n at e o u r m i nd s th at w e m ay wal k i n ,

t h e l i gh t o f thy c ou nt e n an c e and wh e n t h e t ri al s o f ,

our probati on ary stat e a r e ov e r b e ad m itt e d i n to ,

T H E T E M P L E n o t m ad e w i t h h and s e t e rn al i n t h e ,
”
H e av e n s A m e n . .

Re spon s e by t h e b re th r e n “
S o m ot e i t b e ,
.

”
F ro m W e bb s M o n i tor by D r R ob e rt M orr i s
“ ’
, .
,

P G. . M .
, &c . , of K e n tu c ky p , . I I
RAYER AT OP EN ING “
P .

S upr e m e sou rc e o f al l w i s do m truth and l o v e

“
, ,

l ook grac i ously d own upo n thy p e opl e h e r e ass e m

 ’
THE M A STE R S C A R P E T .

bl e d to pursu e t h e p e ac e ful a v o c ati on s o f M ason ry

,

and g rant us at thi s ti m e a d oubl e portio n o f thy

l
r ac e ft h a t w e m ay gi v e h igh e r hono r to thy holy
g
nam e and m o r e l ovi n gly aid e ach oth e r th rough
,

t h e j ou rn e y o f l i fe I mpr e ss upon ou r h e arts t h e .

sho rtn e ss o f l i fe t h e n e arn e ss o f d e ath and th e

, ,

v astn e ss o f th e w o rk w e ar e su m mon e d h e re to d o ;
th at with f r e e d om fe rv e n c y and z e al w e m ay , , ,

s e rv e th e e with broth e rly lo v e r e lie f and truth w e m ay

, ,

honor th e e and so at l ast b e fou nd fitt e d as l i vi n g

,

ston e s fo r t h e H ous e n ot m ad e w i th haud s e t e rnal i n

”
t h e H e av e n s Amen . .

“
So
m ot e i t b e .

An d agai n f ro m t h e N e w M ason i c T r e stl e

“
,
”
Board by C W M oor e publ ish e d by author i ty o f
. .
,

t h e N ation al M ason ic Co n v e ntion h e ld at Balti mo r e , ,

18
43 1 P : I
3
G r e at Arch it e c t o f th e U n iv e rs e ! I n thy n am e
“

w e h av e ass e mbl e d & c as b e for e Am e n S O , .

,
. .

”
m ot e i t b e .

AN OTHER .

“ S upr m
e e R ul e r o f t h e U n iv e rs e ! W e would
r e v e re ntly i n v o k e thy bl e ssi ng at th i s t i m e Wi lt .

thou b e pl e as e d to g rant th at th is m e e ti n g th us b e ; ,

gu n i n ord e r m ay b e con duct e d 1 n p e ac e and cl os e d

, ,
” ”
in h arm ony Amen ‘S o mot e i t b e
. . .

T h i s l ast pray e r i s th at wh i ch w as alw av :

us e d by J H D ix on wh il e h e w as Worsh ip fu l
. .
,
-

M ast e r o f K e yston e L odg e N o 6 3 9 i n t h i s c ity i n ,

.
, ,

18 2 an d wh en I was S e n ior W ard e n of th e

7 ,

l od g e .

”
F rom th e “ F r e e masons M on i tor ’
, by Z A . .

D av i s ; di ti on Of 18 p 14 1
e
43, .
 M ASONIC P RAYERS . 1
57

M ay th e f a v or o f H e a v e n b e u p o n th i s o u r
“

happy m e e t i n g M ay i t b e b e gu n c arr i e d o n and

.
,

e nd e d w i th ord e r , h arm ony and b roth e rly lo v e .

”
A me n .

T h e f or e goi n g ar e t h e r e l i g iou s s e r v i c e s
“
u se d
at th e Op e n i n g of al l M ason i c l odg e s i n th e U n i ted
S t ate s ; an d no w le t u s gl an c e at t h e p ray e rs to be
us e d ’
at cl os i n g .

’
“
G e n e ral Ah i m a n R e z o n o r F r e e m aso n s G u i d e ,
by S i ckl e s 33 ,
p 25 O
.

“ S upr m
e e A r c h i t e ct o f t h e U n i v e rs e a cc e p t o u r ,

h u mbl e th ank s f o r t h e m any m e r c i e s an d b le ssin gs

w h ich thy bou nty h as c o n fe r r e d o n u s an d e sp e ci al l y
'

f o r th i s f ri e n d ly an d soci al i n t e rcou rs e P ard on w e .

,

b e s e e c h th e e w h at e v e r tho u h ast s e e n a m i ss in u s
,

si n c e w e h av e b e e n tog e th e r an d c on t i nu e to u s t hy
,

p r e s e n c e p rot e cti o n and bl e ss i n g M ak e u s s e n sibl e

, .

o f th e r e n e w e d Obl i gatio n s w e ar e u nd e r t o l ov e
‘

th e e an d as w e a re abou t to s e parat e a nd r e tu rn
,

to o u r r e sp e cti v e pl a c e s o f abod e w i l t t hou b e ,

pl e as e d s o to i n fl u e n c e o u r h e arts and m i nd s th at
w e m ay e ach o n e O f us p ract ic e o u t o f t h e l od g e
, ,

thos e gr e at m o ral d uti e s wh i c h ar e i n c ul cat e d in i t ,

and w i th r e v e r e nc e st udy an d ob e y t h e l aws wh ic h

,
”
th ou h ast g i v e n us i n thy H ol y W ord A m e n . .

“
S o m ot e i t be .

“
M an ual of th e L od g e , by A . G . M ack e y ,

P ast G rand M ast e r ; P ast G rand Hi gh P r i e st & c ,

.
,

pag e 1 5
“
S upr e m e Ar c h i t e c t o f th e U n iv e rs e ac c e pt ou r ,

h u mbl e prai s e s fo r t h e m any m e rc i e s and bl e ssi n gs

w h ich thy bou nty h as con fe rr e d o n u S an d e sp e c i ally ,

f o r th i s f r i e ndly and so ci al i nt e r c ours e P ardo n w e .

,

b e s e e ch t h e e w h at e v e r thou h ast s e e n a m iss i n us

,

s i n c e w e h a v e b e e n tog e th e r , an d c ont i nu e to us thy

 8 TH E ASTER S CARP ET
’
1
5 M .

r s e n c e prot e cti on an d bl e ss i n g Mak e us s e nsibl e

p e , .

of th e r e n e w e d Obli gati ons w e m e u nd e r to lo v e

th e e S U p 1 e m e ly and to b e f : ie n dly to e ach oth e r
, .

M ay al l o u r ir r e gu la1 passion s b c subdu e d and m ay ,

w e d ai ly i n cr e as e i n F aith H op e and C har i ty but , ,

m or e e sp e ci al ly i n that ch ari ty wh ich i s t h e bond

o f p e ac e and t h e p e r f e c tion o f e v e ry v i rtu e M ay .

w e so practi c e thy pr e c e pts that w e m ay fi nally ,

obtai n thy p ro m i s e s and fi nd an e ntranc e throu g h

,

t h e gat e s i nto t h e t e mpl e and C i ty o f ou r G od .

”
Am e n .

“
S o m ot e i t b e .

”
Also N e w Ma s on i c T r e stl e B oard by C W
“
, . .

M oor e p 1 3 , .

“ S upr m
e e G rand M ast e r ! R ul e r o f H e av e n an d

e al t h ! N o w th at we ar e about to s e parat e and

,

I e tu 1 n to . o u r r e sp e cti v e pl ac e s o f abod e w i lt tho u ,

b e pl e as e d SO to i nflu e n c e o u 1 h e a r ts and m i nds that

w e m ay e ach o n e o f us p racti c e o u t o f t h e lod g e
, ,

thos e g r e at m oral d uti e s wh ich ar e i n cul cat e d i n i t ,

and with r e v e r e n c e study and Ob e y t h e l aws thou

h ast gi v e n as i n thy H oly Word A m e n . .

“
S o m ot e i t b e .

E v e ry r e l igi ous a ss e mbly or chu rch m e e t i n g i s

, ,

“ h
usually d i sm iss e d with a b e n e d iction and as t e ,

m e e ti n g o f a M ason ic l od g e i s stri ctly a r e l i gi ous c e r e

”
mony h e nc e o f cou rs e that must b e cl os e d w i th a
, , ,

b e n e d i cti on i n l i k e m an n e r .

T h e fol low i ng f orm i s th e r e for e p r e s c r i b e d i n

al l t h e m an ual s b e i n g al way s pronou nc e d by th e
,

Worshi p ful Mast e r an d non e e l s e i s p e r m i tt e d

,
.

”
“
M an ual o f t h e L od g e by Mack e y p 1 6 , , .

lVI ay t h e bl e ssi n g o f H e av e n r e st U pon us and

 M A S ON I C P RAYERS . 1
59

al l r e gul ar M ason s ! M ay b rot h e rly l o v e pr e va i l

and e v e ry m oral and s o ci al vi rtu e c e m e n t us Am e n . .

“
S o m ot e i t b e .

R eli g i ous S er v i ce s i m C lo s i n g t h e Lo d g e .

T he abo v e fi gu r e r e pr e s e nts th e l od g e as i t i s
c los e d w i th p ray e r an d th e b e n e d ic tio n by th e W oi
sh i p ful M ast e r a cc o rd i n g to an c i e nt u sag e
,
B ut .

suppos e h e should b e a ru m s e l l e r o r i rr e l i gi ous o r

-
, ,

a pro fan e S w e at e r , or e v e n a sco ffe r at r e li gi o n and

r e ligi ous m att e rs ( and al l su c h m e n ar e M ast e rs o f
,

l od g e s fi v e ti m e s o u t o f s e v e n ) an d t hat s o m e o f t h e
, ,

l odg e m e mb e rs pr e s e n t w e re pro fe ss i n g C h ri sti ans

 1 60 THE A STE R S C AR P ET ’
M .

o ne or tw o d e aco ns a S unday s c h ool sup e ri nt e nd

,
-

e n t, and a c oupl e o f cl ass le ade r S L h ow v e ry sp i r i tu al

- -

e nd e d i fy i n g su c h p ray e rs and b e n e d i ction s m ust

ap p e ar and wh a t; a Whol e so m e in fl u e n cia F r e e m ason ry
,

m ust n e c e ssarily e x e rt i n th e com m u n ity u nd e r th e s e

—
l
ci rcu mstan c e s ! B ut r e gard al l th e s e pray e rs and
‘

th i s whol e lodg e worship i n an y l ight you pl e as e ,

and th e y ar e s i m p ly and only an ab o m i nat i on and ,

a bl as p h e my th roug hout S u p pos e i t be d e n i e d that

;
”
th e s e p ray e rs ar e addre ss e d to t h e god o f n atu r e “
,

”
b ut that th e G A O T U m e an s th e t ru e God
“
. . . . .

t h e G od o f t h e B ibl e — th e G od and F ath e r o f o u r

L ord J e sus C h r i st th e n wh at ? O ur bl e ss e d L ord

,

h i m s e l f e xpr e ssly d e cl ar e s i n J oh n x i v 6 .

“
I am th e W A Y t h e t r u t h a n d t h e lif e ; N O
,

M A N C OM ETH UNTO
T HE F ATHE R B UT B Y M E
”;
N o w if t h e S o n o f God h as utt e r e d th e s e word s
, ,

and if th e y ar e th e t ruth as H e d e cl ar e s th e y ar e
, ,

and th at H e i s th e only way to t h e F ath e r th e n

“ ”
,

r
most u n de n iab ly t h e Mason i c pray e rs by ass e rti ng ,

a contrary d o ct r i n e and pr e su mi ng to r e ach God by

,
°

a d i ffe r e nt w ay ar e a f als e hood an i n sult to J e sus

, ,

Ch r i st and an abom i n ati on i n t h e Si ght o f H e av e nfl

,

And agai n i n J oh n v 2 2 2 3
,
.
,

“
T h e F ath e r j u d g e th n o m an but h ath c o m ,

m itt ed a ll j u dg m e n t u n to t h e S o n t hat A LL M E N ,

S H O U LD H O N O R T H E S O N e v e n a s t h ey h o n or t h e
,

F a th e r . H E T H AT H O N O R E T H N O T T HE S O N ,
 M A SON IC P RAYERS . 16 1

HO N O R E T H N O T T H E F AT H E R W H IC H H AT H SE N T
”
HIM .

4
“
If
th i s d e cl arati on b e t h e truth o f G o d and ,

th at A LL M E N Jl[a s o n s and n o n M asons ar e co m

,
/ -
,

m an de d to hon o r t h e L ord J e sus C hri st by th e i r

fa i th th e i r pray e rs th e i r worsh ip th e i r l ov e , and

, , ,

th e i r o b e dian c e th e n m ost u nd e n i ably t h e M a

,
son i c
phil osophy i s th e anti ch ri st and e v e ry m an w h o ,

art i cipat e s i n lodg e W o rsh i p 18 gu i lty of a gross

p
v i olat i o n o f God s l aw W ’
h e n h e tr e ats th e n am e o f
C h r i st w i th t h e cont e m pt i mpl i e d i n th e for e go i n g
p ray e rs A
. nd agai n i f by not honor i ng Ch r i
,
st ,

t h e F ath e r h i m s e l f i s d i shonor e d th e n i t i s as pl a in ,

as th e su n l ight th at all M ason ic pray e rs are a d i s

-
,

hon o r and a di r e ct i nsult to th e tru e God and th at ,

t h e r e ligio u S s e r vi c e s o f F r e e m ason ry ar e of th e

r an l e s t idol at ry
'
.

I n Joh n i v 2 4 i t i s writt e n
, ,
°

“
God is a spi rit and th e y th at wo rsh i p h im ,
”
m u st worsh ip h im i n Spi rit and i n t r u t h .

And aga i n i n M att xvii 5 and L uk e i x 34 3 5 .

, , , ,

“
Wh il e b e y e t spak e b e hold a br i ght c l oud ,

o v e rsh ado w e d th e m and b e hold a v o ic e o qt o f t h e

,

c l oud wh ich sa i d thi s i s my b e lov e d S o n I n who m

— ,

I a m w e l l p le as e dJh e a r y e H i m ” ,

N o w e v e n ad m i tt i ng th at t h e
,
G A O T U . . . . .

o f M ason ry m e ans t h e tru e G o d and th at th e n a m e s ,

”
“
G od an d L ord m e nt i on e d i n th e M ason i c r i tual
“
,

allud e t o th e G o d and F ath e r o f our Lord J e sus

C hr i st , sur e ly i t c an n ot b e c l a i m e d ,
e v e n th e n th at ,
 162 T HE A S TE R CARP ET
’
M S .

lodg e worsh ip i s a worsh i p o ffe r e d to God in ,

“

”
tr u th .Al m ighty G od e xpr e ssly co m m ands to h ea r
his S on but F r e e mason ry as positiv e ly com m ands
, ,

that th at S o n sh al l not and m ust not b e h e ard i n

,

any l odg e o r chapt e r O f th e ord e r and th e r e fore , ,

un qu e stionably e v e ry M aso nic pray e r is an abomi na

t ion i n th e Sight o f God and all who e ngag e i n s u ch
worsh i p approach H i m w ith a lie on th e i r l ips .

Aga i n i n John x iv 1 3 w e r e ad , ,
.

“
Wh atso e v e r y e sh all as k th e F ath e r I N M Y
N A M E th at w ill I d o that th e F ath e r m ay be g lo r i
,

he d i n t h e S on I f y e Shall ask anythi ng i n my

.

”
n am e I w i ll do it .

And aga i n Joh n xvi 2 3 2 4

, , ,

“
V e ri ly v e rily I say u nto y o u wh atso e v e r y e
, , ,

Sh all ask th e F ath e r I N M Y N A M E h e wi ll giv e i t ,

to you H ith e rto h av e y e ask e d n oth i ng in my

.

n am e Ask and y e shall r e c e i v e that your j oy m ay

.
,

b e full .

Is i t not v e ry e vid e nt th e n from th e s e e xpr e ss ,

d e c larat i ons o f God s Word that all our pray e rs

’

sh ould b e addr e ss e d to th e F ath e r through Chri s t

alon e th at th e F ath e r m ay b e glori fi e d i n th e

“

”
S on ? And cons e q u e ntly if t h e Gr e at Arch it e c t “

o f t h e U n iv e rs e i n t h e Masoni c pray e rs m e an s
th e tru e God th e n th e s e pray e rs ar e positiv e ly and
,

absolut e ly a bl asph e my wh il e if th at e xpr e ssio n

,

do e s n o t m e an t h e tru e God th e n w i thout any , ,

qu e stion t h e worship o f th e M ason ic lodg e i s a

,

wick e d idolatry T ak e whi c h e v e r ho r n O f t h e

.

.
 M A SO N I C P RAYERS . 1 63

d i le m m a y ou
p le as e f if t h e B ibl e b e th e W ord of

G od and d iy in e t ruth F r e e m aso n ry i s and m ust

,
be

d e mo n w o r s h ip f .
J

B ut not O iily ar e sol e m n r e l i gi ous e x e rc i s e s p er

f orm e d at th e op e n i n g and cl os i n g of al l M as o n ic
lodg e s , bu t e v e ry cand id at e i n l i k e m an n e r m ust
be M ason ically p ray e d fo r at h i s i n iti at i o n and ,

he n ce t h e f orm g i v e n b e l ow l i k e ,
th e c l os i n g b e n e
d ic t i on i s to,
b e f ou nd i n al l th e m o n i tors and t e x t
books an d i s pronoun c e d by
,
the M ast e r o n ly ,
no

oth e r ray r b e i n g al l ow e d W he n th e c and i d at e

p e .

is le d i nto th e l od g e and th e r i te o
f i n d u c t io n is
p e r form e d ,
he is co nd u c t e d by th e S e n i or
D e aco n toward s th e ce n te r of th e roo m and
caus e d to k n e e l fo r th e be ne fit of p ray e r S
(
“
. ee

“
H and B ook p . T he W o rsh ip f ul M ast e r th an
ri se s to his fe e t , g i v e s t h r e e raps w i th h i s ga v e l ,

call i ng up t h e e nti r e l od g e and r e p e ats fo r t h e , ,

sp e c i al b e n e fi t o f t h e k n e e li n g n e ophyt e t h e f ol low ,

ing so - c al l e d pray e r ,
f ro m which of c o u rs e ,
th e

n am e of C h r i st m ust be car e ful l y e xcl ud e d °

”
“
Manu al Of th e L od g e , by M a c k e y 22
, p . .

“
H and B ook of F r e e m ason ry ,
p . 64 .

V ou c h sa fe th i n e a i d Al m i ghty F ath e r o f th e
“
,

Un i v e rs e to thi s o u r pr e s e n t co n v e nti on and g rant

, ,

th at th i s can did at e fo r M aso n r y m ay so d e d i c at e

and d e v o t e h i s l i fe to thy s e rv ic e th at h e m ay b e
c o m e a t ru e and f a i th f ul b r oth e r am on g us E n .

d ue h i m w i th a co mp e t e ncy o f thy d i v i n e w i sd o m ,
u “
th at by th e s ecr e ts o f o u r ar t h e m ay b e b e tt e r e u
16
4 T HE M A S TE R S C A R P E T
’
.

ab le
d to disp l ay th e b e aut i e s o f godl i n e ss t a th e
of
”
honor thy holy n am e Am e n S o m ot e i t b e
. . .

W o r s hi p f u l M as t e r p r ay i ng f o r t h e M i n i st e r at i n i ti at i o n .

T he abov e figur e r e pr e s e nts t h e candid at e

k n e e l i ng on t h e floor o f t h e l odg e stripp e d ,

of his cl othi ng d r e ss e d i n an o ld pai r O f lodg e

,

d raw e rs bl i nd fold e d and with a rop e round h is n e ck

, ,

t h e S e ni or D e acon standi ng b e h ind h i m and th e

Worship ful Mast e r i n t h e E ast as b e for e u nd e r ,

th e symbol o f t h e G A O T U r e p e ati n g ov e r
“
. . . . .

‘
h im thi s C hristl e ss p ray e r T h e M ast e r o f th e
.
 M A S O N IC P RAYERS .
16 5

lod g e p e rhaps i s a g am b le r , a ru m s e lle r , a d an c i n g

m ast e r o r pro f an e sw e ar e r w h il e ,
th e poo r , d e n ud e d ,

k n e e l i n g cand idat e i s t h e R ev D r J am es H u n t
. .
,

or som e oth e r m i n i st e r or pro fe ss i n g C h r i st i an .

J
r
W h at a l ow d e grad i n g , p osit i on ,
sur e ly , fo r any
m an to pl ac e h i m s e l f i n ,
an d m or e e sp e ci al ly fo r

one who pro fe ss e s to b e th e spi r i t u al gu i d e of

o th e r s IJ W h at a d e m o r aliz in g e ffe ct h i s c onduct on

su c h a n occas i on m ust h av e on th os e arou n d h i m ,

and wh at a f e ar f ul sp e ctacl e fo r al l good m en an d

an g e ls that
, he n ot only b e co m e s a p art i c i pan t in

su ch a w i ck e d m o c k e ry o f G od but th at h e actu ,

al ly r e tu rn s to thi s sa m e t e mpl e o f B aal o n a sub

s e q u e n t n i gh t and of his ow n fre e wi l l and ac

cord sol e m nly s w e ars th at he w i ll “

con form
”
to a bi d e by an d m ain ta i n and support
,
th i s fe ar e

fu l l od g e id ol atr y fo r e ve r !
B ut th e r e i s y et so m e th i n g st i l l m or e w i ck e d
t o f ollo w ,
if , i nd e e d ,
anyth i n g ca n e x c e e d th i s in

w i ck e d n e ss . O n b e i n g i nd uct e d i nto th e r e li gi ou s
‘
phi losophy o f th e “
g od of natu r e ,
” as i n j oi n i n g th e

chur c h of C h r i st o ne m ust m ak e a c o n f e ssi o n of

,

f a i th , and h e r e w h i l e k n e e l i n g i n
,
th e l odg e roo m i s ,

the prop e r t i m e to m ak e th at c on fe ss i on .

A ft e r tn e M ast e r r e p e ats h i s M aso n i c p ray e r

‘

he r e su m e s h is h at a nd app roac h in g ,
th e k n eel i n g ,

bl i nd fold e d c and i d at e pl a c e s h i s righ t h an d u p o n

,
.
1 66 THE M A STE R S C ARP E T .

h i s h e ad and d e m ands i n a l oud vo ic e , “ i n who m do

”
o u put you r t rust ?
y

C an d id ate m ak in g C o n f e ss i o n o f M as o ni c F ai th .

T he an n e x e d e ng ra v i n g r epr e s e nts t h e cand i dat e

i n thi s t e rr i bl e situation with t h e M ast e r s h and
,
’

upon h is h e ad Al l e y e s ar e upon h i m He i s sur

.
‘

rou nd e d by m e n m o s t o f w ho m p e rhaps h e has

, , ,

n e v e r e v e n -h e ard o f and o f wh o s e chara c t e rs h e

,

absol ut e ly k nows noth i n g T h e good and th e bad ,

.
 M A SON IC P RAYERS .

th e d e a c on and th e d ru n kard , th e roug h and th e

re fi n e d stand i n g arou nd h i m ; and lSu r e ly if th e

‘
’

,
ar e

pro fe ss i n g C h r i st i an , or C h r i st i a n m i n i st e r ,
e ve r h ad

an O p portun i ty an d a m ost su i tabl e one to c o n fe ss

C h r i st b e f or e m e n th i s k n e e l i n g c and i dat e has i t
,
now

’
and y et w e re h e t o do SO i n r e p ly to th e M ast e r s
qu e st i o n and ad h e r e to th at c o n fe ss i on ,
he could n ot

be i n iti at e d i nto M ason ry any m or e th an a wo m an

or a b lin d m an c o uld . A n d as he k n e e l s on th e

l od g e roo m floo r ,
sh oul d he r e p ly “
my trust i s i n
”
th e L o rd J e sus C h r i st ,
my trust i s i n G o d
o r “
,

”
th roug h C n r ist t h e ,
M ast e r w i l l stil l r e p e at h i s
’
q u e st i o n and so c o nt i n u e
,
to d o u nt i l C hr i st s n am e
i s d r o pp e d f ro m th e co n fe ss i o n ,
an d th e g e n e ral
”
answ e r g i v e n “
in G od . And ,
f u rth e r , should a
m i n i st e r or c lass l e ad e r
-
b e W orshi p f ul M ast e r ,
an d
th en am e o f C h rist b e c o n fe ss e d by a c and i d at e , he

m ust r e fus e to r e c og n i z e i t ; h e m ust ad h e r e t o th e

an c i e n t usag e ,
r e co
g m z m
g on ly t h e go d of M aso n ry .

U nd e r th e s e c i r c u m stan c e s i t i s al m ost difli c u lt t o

say wh i ch d i sh on o rs th e G od o f th e B i bl e m ost — th e
m i n i st e r or M aso n ry .

As if i n utt e r co nd e m n at i o n o f th i s v e ry a c t o f
g ross i n fid e l i ty o n t h e part o f h is pro fe ss e d f ol l ow e rs ,

our bl e ss e d L ord h i m s e l f d e c l ar e s M att xi i , . . 8

i W hoso e v e r th e r e f or e Sh al l c on f e ss m e b e for e
“
, ,

m e n h im w i ll I co n fe ss al so b e fo r e my F ath e r whi ch
,

i s i n H e a v e n B ut w h oso e v e r sh al l d e ny m e b e f o r e
.
1 68 THE M
’
A STER S CARP ET

m e n , h i m w i ll I also d e ny b e for e my F ath e r wh i ch

is in He av e n ”
l
.
M

A nd St . P aul ,
-
in P hil i i
. . 2, d i st i nctly ass e rts

E v e ry to n gu e Should C on fe ss th at J e su s C h rist
“

is L ord t o t h e glory o f G od t h e F ath e r

, .

B ut in add it i on to t h e f or e goi n g pray e rs th e

, ,

f oll owi n g i s also u se d i n all M ason i c lodg e s i n thi s:

cou nt ry though omi tt e d i n C an ad a

, .

I n t h e concl ud i n g port i on o f t h e l e g e nd o f th e
t h i rd d e gr e e t h e cand i d at e p e rson ati n g H i ram Abi ff
, , ,

l i e s o n t h e l odg e fl oor wound up in a canv ass sh am

, ,

m i n g d e ath T h e M ast e r and br e th r e n su rro und h 1s

.

pr e t e nd e d d e ad b o dy an d m ak e two i n e ffe ctu al e fforts

, ,

to rai s e i t b u t f ai l e a c h ti m e by r e aso n o f its s u p

,

po s e d d e c omposi tion T h e M ast e r th e n pr e t e nd in g

.
,

to b e i n g r e at d i str e ss d e m ands br e th r e n wh at
, ,
“
,

”
shal l w e do ? T h e S e ni or Ward e n sugg e sts le t ,
“

us pray t h e M ast e r th e n adds br e th r e n le t u s ,

“
,

pray ; and th e y al l k n e e l o n o n e k n e e i n m ock ,

sol e m n ity arou nd th e s h a m d e ad body o f th e cand i

d at e — m i n ist e r o r m ock auction e e r— and t h e M ast e r
r e ads o r r e p e ats t h e follow i n g s o cal l e d pray e r -
.

”
“
M anual o f th e L odg e , by M ack e y
T hou O G o d ! k n ow e st o u r dow n sitt i n g and o u r
,
-

u p r i s i n g an d u n de r stan de st o u r thoughts a far o ff

,
.

S hi e ld and d e fe nd us f rom th e e vi l i nt e ntions o f our

e n e m i e s and support u s und e r t h e tr i als and a fli ic t io n s
,

w e ar e d e sti n e d to e nd ur e whil e trav e li ng through this

 M A S O N IC P R A Y ER S .

a
v le o f -t e ar s Man th at i s born o f a w o m an i s o f fe w
.

d ays an d full o f troubl e H e co m e th f orth as a flow e r

'

.
,

and i s cut d o w n ; h e fl e e t h also as a sh adow an d c o n ,

t in u e t h n o t S e e i n g h i s d ay s a r e d e te r m in e d t h e n u m
.
,

b e r o f hi s m onth s ar e w i th t h e e ; t h o u h ast ap p o i nt e d
h is bou nds th at h e c an not pass ; tu rn f ro m h i m th at h e
m ay r e st ti l l h e S h al l acc ompli sh h is d ay F o r t h e r e i s
,
.

hop e o f a tr e e if i t b e c ut d o w n th at i t w i ll spr o ut
, ,

again an d that t h e t e nd e r branch th e r e o f w i ll n ot c e as e

, .

B ut m an d i e th and w ast e th aw ay ; y e a m an g i v e th u p ,

t h e ghos t, and wh e r e i s h e ? As t h e wat e rs f ai l f ro m

t h e s e a an d t h e flood d e c ay e th an d d ri e th u p so m an
, ,

l i e th d own a nd ris e th not up t i l l th e h e av e n s Sh al l b e

,

n o m or e . Y e t O L ord ! h av e C om p as s i on 0 11 t h e
,

ch i ld r e n o f th y cr e ati on ad m i n i st e r th e m co m f ort m
,

t i m e o f t r ou bl e and s av e th e m w ith an e v e i las tin g

,

s al v ati on . Amen .

R e spons e — “
S o m ot e i t be .

P r ay er at th e grav e of Hiram , t
p ers on a ed b y th e can didate .

T he an n e xe d en gra vi n g r e p r e s e n ts t h e cand i d at e
—m i n i st e r , or d an c i n g m ast e r— as h e p l ays th e p ar t
 ’
7
1 0 THE M A STE R S C ARP ET .

of d e ad H i ram i n th e lo dge r o o m th e br e th r e n an d ,

M ast e r k n e e l i ng arou nd h is suppos e d d e ad body , an d

th e l att e r r e ad i n g th e abov e s o c al l e d pray e r
,
-
.

N ow su pp os e th at G o d shou ld say to th i s c a n d i
d at e thus e n a c ti n g su c h a d e c e pt i v e m o c k e ry as h e
, ,
~

onc e sai d to th at avari c i ous pl ant e r tho u fool this

“
, ,

”
m om e nt Sh al l thy l i fe b e r e q u i r e d o f th e e and so ,

m ak e hi m d e ad i n r e al i ty what would b e th e fe ar
,

f u l cons e q u e n c e o f h i s gu i lty c ondu c t ? And if h e

b e l i e v e s at all i n th e t e ach i n g o f God s W o r drh o w ’

i s i t possibl e that a m i n ist e r o r pro fe ss i n g C h risti an

, ,

can r e t i r e f ro m such a sc e n e as this and kn e e l i ng , ,

i n hi s cl os e t r e tu rn th an ks to G od th rough C h r i st
, , ,

fo r t h e pr i vil e g e a fford e d h i m o f e n gagi n g i n such

a grossly w i ck e d abo m i n ation and a c t i ng and p e r

, ,

s o n at in g such a lie
? A
!

And n o w h ayin g thu s bri e fly e xam in e d th e

,

pray ers o f t h e l od g e an d M ason i c worship and ,

havi ng s e e n i t practically d e m onstrat e d that F r e e

m ason ry if n ot antich ri sti an i s n othi n g at all le t
, , ,

us n o w t ak e a hurri e d gl anc e at t h e pray e rs o f

t h e ch ap e l and R om ish worshi p and s e e w h ic h i s ,

th e m ost anti S c riptural and i nfid e l and w h o i s t h e

-
,

most c onsist e nt an I r i sh C athol i c o r an Am e r ic an

,

dlv in e .

Like m a n ual s and m on i tors o f M ason ry

th e ,

all th e d e vot i on al books o f R o m an i sm ar e s u b

' '
 M A S ON I C P R AYERS . 1 7 1

stan tiall th e s am e but h e r e I sh al l u se th e l at e st

y ,

publ i cat i o n .

”
I n th e “ U rsul i n e M a n u al r e c o m m e n d e d by ,

”
“J oh n C ard i n al M c c losk e y an d p ubl i sh e d in N e w
, ,

Y ork by T hos K e l ly , . 1
7 B ar c l ay St .
, I r e ad on p .

2
7 as f ol lows
“ H ai l
Q u e e n M oth e r o f m e r c y ! O u r l i fe o u r
, ,

sw e e tn e ss and o u r h Op e h a i l ! E x i l e s c h i ld r e n o f , ,

E v e w e cry t o th e e ; to th e e w e S i gh m ou rn i n g
, ,

and w e e p i n g i n th i s v al e o f t e ars T u rn g ra ci ous .

,

advocat e tu rn t hou u p on u s th e e y e s o f thy t e nd e r

,

m e r cy ; a n d a ft e r th i s o u r e x i l e e nd e d Sh ow u nt o ,

u s J e sus th e bl e ss e d f ru i t o f thy womb O g en tl e O

, , ,

t e nd e r O sw e e t V i rg i n M ary M ak e m e w orthy to
, .

pra i s e th e e h oly V i rg i n G iv e m e str e n gt h ag ai nst

, .

”
th i n e e n e m i e s .

A ga i n o n ,
p 60 —
L I TA N Y O F T H E B L E S S E D
.
“

VIRGIN
“
W e fly t o thy p atron ag e O holy M oth e r o f ,

G o d ; d e s p i s e n o t o u r p e t i t ions i n o u r n e c es si ti e s but ,

de liv e r u s f r om a ll da ng e r s O e v e r gl or i ous and ,

”
bl e ss e d V i rg i n .

A nd agai n o n p 6 6 ,
.

“
R e m e mb e r M ary t e nd e r e st h e ar t e d V i rg in ,
, ,

h o w f ro m O f o ld t h e e ar h ath n e v e r h e ard th at h e
w h o r a n to t h e e f or r e f gu e i mp lor e d t hy h el
p ,

a n d sou h h G od
g t t y p y r a er s w as
f or s a h e n
of .

V i rgi n o f vi rg i n s M oth e r e mbold e n e d by th i s c o n

, ,

fi de n c e [ fl y to t h e e t o t h e e 1 c om e an d in t hy p r e
, , ,

a w e e in s in n e r s ta n d M oth r o f th e
s e n ce
p g e , .

Wo rd I n c arn at e O c ast n o t away my pray e r b ut in

, ,
”
thy p i ty h e ar and answ e r A m e n . .

N ow c o m p ar e t he s e p ray e rs w i th th e p ray e rs o f
Mas o n ry an d say wh ic h c o ntai n s th e m o st i dol atry ,
 ’
1
7 2 THE M ASTER S CARP ET .

and wh ic h d i shono rs th e L ord J e sus C hr i st th e

m ost ?
T he R m i sh pr i st prays to M ary and stands
o e ,
“

b e for e h e r a w e e pi n g si n n e r i mplori n g h e r aid as ,

t h e m oth e r o f C h ri st w h il e t h e P rot e stant m i n ist e r

, ,

as th e M aso n i c si n n e r r e pud i at e s t h e n am e ,
o f

C h ri st altog e th e r and add r e ss e s h is worship to th e

“
g d f
o
o n atu r e .

’
A nd agai n ,
f ro m t h e “
C hristi a n s P ious Addr e ss
to J e su s M ary and J os e ph
,

1Most ado mb le J e sus m ost ad mi rabl e M ary

“
, ,

m ost a m i abl e Jo s e p h uhzv o n de r f u l tri n i ty o f th r e e

‘

p e rso ns t h e m ost h o ly t h at e v e r h av e b e e n or e v e r
,

Shal l b e i n th is world y prostrat e at you r fe e t i n

u n i on o f al l th e h um il ity and d e voti on o f h e av e n an d
e arth I hail ho nor an d lov e you i n e v e ry way i n ‘

my pow e r .

H e r e you wi ll obs e r v e that J e sus Mary and ,

Jos e p h ar e m e ntion e d i n th e s am e br e ath and r e ,

”
c e iv e qu al ho nor and l ov e
e “
f ro m th e R o man
C athol i c worsh i p e r .

c o mpar e th is w i th
N ow the f ollowi ng f ro m th e

M aso n ic ritual and m an ual .

At th e op e n i ng of e v e ry l odg e th e Worsh i p f ul
Mast e r procl ai ms
Accord i n gly i n th e n am e o f G o d and th e
“
,

H oly S ai nts Joh n I d e c l ar e ,

L od g e N o .

op e n i n f orm o n t h e thi rd d e gr e e o f M ason ry ( o r

”
first o r s e cond as t h e c as e m ay b e ) H and B ook
,
“
.
,

39
°

P
 M A SON I C P R AYERS .
73

”
I n th e “
M a n ual of th e L o dg e , by M a c k e y , p .

1
3,wr e ad
e

T h e l o dg e i s th e n d e c l ar e d i n th e n am e o f ,

G od and t h e H oly S ai nts Joh n to b e Op e n e d i n ,

d u e fo rm o n t h e fi rst s e c o nd o r th i rd d e g r e e o f ,

M aso n ry as t h e cas e m ay b e A lod g e i s sai d to

,
.

b e op e n e d i n t h e n a m e o f G od and t h e Holy S ai nts

J oh n as a d e cl arati on o f th e s a cr ed a n d r e lig iou s
,

p p
u r o s es o
f o u r m e et i n
g & c ,
.

‘
N ow if i t i s s i n f ul and ido lat r o u s f o r a R o m an
C athol ic to put J e sus ,
M ary an d J os e ph on th e

sa m e l e v e l sp e ak i n g o f t h e m wi th e q ual r e v e r
,

, e n ce 18 i t
,
n o t j ust as Si n f ul a nd idol atro us to say ,

th e l e ast o f it ,
fo r a F r e e m aso n to pl ac e G od an d
;
th e S ai nts Joh n on th e sam e l e v e l and m e n t ion
th e i r n am e s w i th th e sam e d e gr e e of r e sp e ct an d

w i th e q u al pious r e g ard ? Or how i n th i s i nstan c e

i s R o m an i s m w ron g and F r e e m aso n ry r i ght ?
I n d i r e ct Op p osit io n to al l th i s w i ck e d i n fi d e l it y ,
and as if to s p e ci al ly cond e m n t h e s e i dol atrous p r ac
ti c e s both o f th e l od g e a nd c hap e l o u r bl e ss e d
, ,

Lord h i ms e l f d e cl are s i n J o h n x I 9 , .
,

r“
V ei ily ,
v e ri ly I say unto you h e th at e nt e r e th
, ,

n ot by t h e d oo r i nto t h e Sh e e p fold but cl i mb e th up ,

so m e oth e r w ay t h e sa m e i s a t h ief an d a r obhe r

,
I .

a m th e d oo r b y m e if an y m an e nt e r i n h e Sh all b e
, , ,
”
sav e d .

A nd ag a i n J oh n x v , . 2 3
“
H e that h at e th m e h at e th m y F ath e r al so , .

An d 1 Joh n i i . 2
3
“
W h oso e v e r d e n i e th th e S on
,
th e sa m e h ath n ot
 74 THE A STE R S C AR P E T
’
1 M .

th e F ath e r ; bu t he th at ac k n o w le dge th th e S on hath

,
th e F ath e r also .

And aga i n S t P aul says I T i m 11 5

, .
,
. .

“
T h e r e i s o n e G od and o n e m e d i ator b e tw e e n
G o d and m e n t h e m an C h rist J e sus ”
, .

And agai n i n I sa i ah xl i i 8
, .

“
I a m t h e L o rd ; th at i s my n am e : and my g lory
w i ll I n o t g i v e to a n oth e r n e ith e r my prais e to ,

g ra v e n i m ag e s
And aga i n i n C hap xl vi ii 1 1
, . .

“
F o r m i n e o w n sak e e v e n fo r m i n e o w n sak e wi ll
,

I do i t : fo r h o w Should my n am e b e poll ut e d ? And

I w ill n ot
g i ve m
y g lor
y t o a n ot h e r .

S o,
also i n 2 Joh n v e rs e 9
, ,

“
Whoso e v e r tr an s g r e ss e th and abid e th n o t i n t h e
d o tri n e o f C hri st h ath not God He th at abid e th .

i n t h e doctri n e o f C h ri st h e h ath both th e F ath e r

,
”
and t h e S o n .

B ut h ow c an i t b e clai m e d th at R om an i s m abid “

”
e th in th e do c tri n e o f C h rist wh e n t h e m a n m ad e
,
-

l aws and d e c r e e s o f that c hu rch pl ac e t h e V i rgi n M ary

ab o v e an d b e f or e C h rist ? And on t h e oth e r h and h o w , ,

c an i t b e ass e rt e d with any d e gr e e o f tr u th that a

”
m an c an abid e i n th e doctri n e o f C h r i st and stil l
“
,

b e a F r e e m ason wh e n F r e e m ason ry r e j e cts t h e m e

,

d iato r sh ip o f C h ri st altog e th e r ? O r i n th i s i nstan c e , ,

wh i c h i s th e most e rron e ous and C h r i st d i shonori n g -

syst e m —R om an i sm or F r e e m ason ry ?
 C H AP T E R VII .

M A S O N R Y M U TI L A T E S T H E B I B L E — C r e d i bi l i ty . of

M aso n ic wi tn e ss e s — C h r i st s .
’
name e xpu n g e d
f ro m t h e S c riptu r e s . I n co ns i st e n cy of M aso n i c
m i n i st e rs — M uti lati on of th e B i bl e e xp r e ssly ,

f orb idd e n — M aso n i c m o ral i ty a c ari c at u r e .

“

A t r ini ty of th i e v e s — W o rsh ip of th e V i rg i n
M ary — R o m e m uti l at e s th eB ibl e — W h ic h i s
m ost to b e co nd e m n e d , a C athol i c p ri e st or

a M ason i c m i n i st e r ?
cx x m C o n s i d e r i n g wh at h as
b e e n al r e ady ad van c e d
aga i n st t h e M aso n i c
i n stitut i o n ,
o ne m i g ht
th i n k i t s c ar c e ly possi
b le to add anyth i n g
m or e ,
o r to add uc e any

f urth e r proo f to show th at as a r e l i g i o u s ph i losophy

, ,

i t i s a b as e u ns c rupul ous
,
fabri cat i o n , an d th at i n
pri nc i p l e and pra c ti c e i t i s d i a m e tr ic al ly Oppos e d t o
C h risti an ity And .
y e t we -
h av e st i l l st ron g e r e v id e n c e
on th i s poi n t . W e h a v e s e e n th at i ts o nly m o ral
”
c od e i s the “
law of n atu r e ,
and th e o nly g od of

i ts r e l i g i o n and w o rsh i p th e “
G A . . O . T U . .
”
We
h a v e fou n d that i t co nsi d e rs t he B i bl e as no b e tt e r
th an th e K oran , no r as g o od as i ts Sq u ar e and C o m
 1
7 6 T HE M ASTER ’
S CARP ET .

pass and that i t pl ac e s as m uch r e l i anc e if not mor e

, , ,
.

i n th e pr e t e nd e d r e v e l ati ons o f paganism as i n t h e

Word o f God W e h av e le arn e d that its gav e ls and
. .

m all e ts ar e sa id to pu ri fy t h e h e art th at its hood ,

w i n ks cabl e tows and clown ish b u fi o o n c e r e m on i e s

'

-
, ,

”
accompl ish t h e n e w bi rth and that ob e di e nc e to
“
,

Obl igations and pr e c e pts r e qui ri ng a m an to lie at ,

e v e ry turn will fr e e o n e from si n and to cro w n all

, , ,

w e h av e s e e n th at i t i gnor e s and r ej e cts t h e Lord

J e sus C h rist car e fully e xcl ud i ng hi s nam e from

,
“

e v e ry pray e r and r e l i gio u s c e r e m ony o f its pagan

ritual All th is o n e m i ght s u ppos e ought to b e
.
, ,

e nough to cond e m n any syst e m to l a sti ng i n fa my at

l e ast i n t h e e sti m ation o f t h e C h r isti an public but ,

F r e e m ason ry co m m its o n e m or e act o f s ac r iligio u s

vandal is m w h ich fo r t h e w ick e dn e ss o f i ts c o n c e p
,

ti on and t h e bar e fac e d i mpi e ty o f its e x e c u ti on casts

-

all its oth e r works o f dam ni ng d arkn e ss compl e t e ly

i n t h e sh ad e It bl ackballs C h rist and ad m its t h e
.
,

e pagan t h e ru m s e ll e r t h e pro fan e a n

J ew t h
, , d -
t h e ,

gambl e r b u t it m a n i fe sts i ts antipathy t o C h r is t ian ity i n

,
r
a still mor e m ark e d and positiv e m an n e r b y h n o w ing ly , ,

de s ig n e dly and w i c h e dly ex

p un i
g gn H i s n am e ev en

f ro
f
m t h e B ihle i ts e l satisfi No
e d w it h e x c lu d in
t g
u /

H i m from al l its r e l igi ous w orship i t absol ut e ly st e als ,

H i s nam e fro m H is o w n Word And t h e m i nist e rs .

and ch u rch m e mb e rs o f its con n e cti on not only ap

e o f thi s w ill ful d e gradation o f th e L ord
p rov J e sus
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B B . 1
77

C hr i st ,
b ut th e y a c tu ally sw ar e to “
m atn t ain an d
”
su p p ort i t ,
and e x e rt w h at i n flu e n c e th e y c an to fo i st
th e bl as ph e mou s ph i l osophy of F r e e m aso n ry upo n
th e c o m m u n i t y fo r d i vi n e t ruth .

T h e C h u r c h o f C h r i st i s usual ly r e p r e s e n t e d ,
in ,

th e B i bl e , u n de r th e fi gu r e of a t e m pl e ,
of w h ic h
r
C h r ist h i m s e l f i s bot h th e f oun dat i o n an d l ivi n g
h e ad “ :

S t P au l i n wr i t i n g
.
, to th e C or i n th i an s , says
“
Y e ar e G od s’
hu i ldi ng .

A nd aga i n , in E ph e s i a n s 11 . 2 0 , 2 1

An d ar e hu ilt upo n t h e f ou nd at i o n o f th e
“

apostl e s an d p r o p h e t s
Je s u s C h ri st h i m s e l f b e i ng th e
,

c h i e f c orn e r ston e i n w hom al l t h e bu i ld i n g fi tly

-
, ,

f ra m e d tog e th e r , g row e th u nto an holy t e mp le i n t h e

”
L o rd .

F r e e m aso n ry as a cou nt e r fe i t
,
of th e C hu r c h of

C h ri st r e fe rs ,
in l i k e m an n e r to th e sy mb ol i s m of a

t e mple wh i c h i t pr e t e nds e v e ry M aso n i s e r e ct i n g in

h i s h e art p u r e and spotl e ss but o f w h i ch n e v e r th e
, , ,

l e ss ,
c orrupt h u m an n atu r e i s th e o nly f ou nd at i o n .

An d i n o rd e r to susta i n th i s p r e t e ns i o n at any r i sk ,

and to e stabl i sh by so m e m e an s th e e rro n e ou s d e l u

s i on th at m an c an s a v e h i m s e l f and o ffe r so - c al l e d
sp i r i tual sacr i fi c e s on h is ow n m e r i ts a lo n e , i t h as
tran s fe rr e d i nto i ts r i tu al , an d al ways us e s in i ts
d e g r e e w ork , wh at p u rpo rt s to b e a port i o n of t he

S e c o n d C h ap t e r of S t P e t e r s F i rst G e n e ral E p istl e

.
’
,
1
7 8 TH E M A STE R S CARP ET ’
.

f ro m th e fi rst to th e s e v e nt e e n th v e rs e s i ncl usiv e but ,

f ro m wh i ch of
cours e i n strict ob e d i e n c e to M ason
, ,
“ ”

ic law n d i n p e r fe ct h ar m ony w i th an “ anc i e nt lan d

a ,

k nowi ngly and w i l l ful ly e xpun g e s th e nam e

o f C h ri st and th us quot e s t h e S cr i ptur e s as S at an
,

qu o t e d th e m about 1 9 0 0 y e ars ago And y e t t h e

A
.

rul e rs an d t e a c h e rs o f t h e c ra f t thos e w h o h o ld t l ,
'

r e i n s o f pow e r i n th e i n sti tuti on and whos e e d icts ,

w e ar e sworn to ob e y ri ght o r w ron g

“ ”
cu n n i n gl y ,

att e mp t t o c o v e r u p th i s tran spar e n t swi nd l e by

pr e t e nd i n g th at t h e S c riptur e passag e s i n co rr e ctly
quot e d i n t h e e arl i e r M ason i c publ ication s h av e i n
th e l at r diti on s b e e n s e t ri ght and corr e ct e d
e e “
.

Th is c harg e wi l l b e f ull y sustai n e d by th e follo w i n g

”
e xtracts copi e d f rom th e A dv e r t is e m e n t
“ and
”
“
P r ef a ce to t h e last e d iti on o f “ W e bb s M onitor ’
,

by P ast G ran d M ast e r Mo rri s o f K e ntu c ky and , ,

publish e d by P ast G rand O rator J C W Bail e y o f , . . .

,

C h i c ago i n 1 8 7 2 , .

“
T o th e
M ason ic F rat e rnity e v e rywh e r e
D e ar B r e th r e n — T h e pr e f ac e to thi s M ason ic
“

M on itor attribut e s t h e ori gi n o f i ts compil ati on to

R ob e rt M orris L L D w h o pr e par e d i t f o r J oh n
, . .
,

S h e r e r o f C i nci n n ati and al so s e ts f orth its au t h e n ti

, ,

c ity and its accu racy as a M ason ic Mo n itor as l e f t ,

t o us by t h e ori g i nal auth o r Th o m as S m ith W e bb ; ,

t h e co mpi le r h a v i ng m e r e ly c o r r e ct e d t h e p u n c tu a
tion and t h e S c r ip tu r e p a s s ag es in co r r ectly q u ote d .

3K it
F o r th e s e r e asons I ask t h e c onti n u e d
p atron ag e o f thi s e x celle n t w or h whos e c ost I h av e ,
 M A S ONR Y M U T I L AT E S T HE B IB LE . 1
79

re d u c e d that e v e ry M ast e r M ason m ay purchas e

so
” K
o ne fo r h is sp e ci al u se t i s i s t
a i .
9 i s

Y ou rs f rat e rn ally ,

JOHN C W BAILEY . . .

A nd R ob e rt M o rr i s th e co mpil e r abov e al lud e d ,

to by Ba il e y ass e rts i n h i s pr e f a c e t o th i s w ork

, ,
in
m aso n
’
re l ation to W e bb s or i g i n al
’
ree s

Mon itor ,
p .

“
th is e d iti on h e says t h e ph ras e ology o f
In , ,
“

th at 1816
of an d subs e qu e n t i ssu e s h as b e e n f o l
l ow e d c o rr e ct i n g typograph i c al e rrors and i mprov
'

i n g t h e pu nctu at i on A f e w S c r ipt u r e pas s ag es .

”
i n cor r e ctly q u ote d hav e b e e n s e t ri ght 85 0 ,
.

F ro m th e s e e xtra c ts th e n it w i ll b e o bs e rv e d , ,

th at R W . . B ro . J oh n C . W B ai l e y and P
.
,
. G .

M . B ro . R ob e rt M orr i s ,
LL . D .
,
both a ffi rm i n
l an guag e th at can n ot be m i stak e n th at th e “
S cri p
”
tur e passag e s i n corr e ctl y quot e d by T hom as S m i t h
W e bb ,
th e ori g i n al au tho r ,
“
in th e e arl i e r e d i ti on s
of h i s w ork an d e sp e c i all y i n th at
,
of h av e in
”
th i s e d i ti on publ ish e d by B ai l e y
, ,
“
bee n set r i ght
and corr e ct e d
“
.

Let uS n ow c o mpar e th e s e tw o e d iti on s th at ,

of 1 8 1 6 an d 18 w i th an oth e r and wi th th e
7 2, one ,

B i bl e and , se e w h at r e l i anc e can be p l a c ed on th e

pl e d g e d w o rd of both th e s e e m i n e nt M a so n s ,
o ne o f

th e m a d e aco n i n one of our C h i cago c hu rch e s and ,

th e oth e r t h e P ast G rand M ast e r of a G rand L od g e ,

and a c e l e brat e d M ason ic l e c tu r e r .

I s h all p l ac e t h e S cr i p tu r e p assag e s as found in

 1 80 TH E M A ST E R
’
S CARP ET .

both e d i t ions i n j uxtap os i t i on , so th at th e truth or

f als e hood o f our R i ght W o rsh i p ful and M ost W o r

sh i p ful te a c h e rs m ay be s e e n at a gl an c e

F r om th e F m“
r ee as o n s
’
M o n ito r , F F m
ro m M
th eit “
r ee
’
as o n s
’
on or ,
”

by Th om as S m ith W ebb ; u shC b y Th m S m ith W bb ; m

o as e co

in g an d Appl t S e on, ale m , 1 8 1 6, p l d by R b t M

i e i LL D o er o rr s , .

p 76 J h C W B il y C hi g
o n . 87
. a e , ca o, 1 2,

P 73o

“
Ch ar ge to b e r e ad at o p e n in g
Ch ar ge
”
to b e r ea d at o p e nin g th e
lodg e :
th e lo dg e z”

“
W h e r e for e
b re th r e n , lay a s i de
Wh e r e fo r e b r e th r e n la as ide
all m alI ce , an d i u i le ’ an d
a ll m al i c e ,
r is ie s , an d
an d g ui le , an d h y p oc
en v i e s , an d all e v i l
.
a is le s , an d e n v i es, an d all
y p oc
e v il
s p e ak in g
s p e ak i n g s .

If SO be , y e h av e tas te d t h at
If b e , y e h av e tas te d t h at
th e L
so
or d i s g r acio u s , t o w h o m ,
th e L o r d is g r ac io u s , t o w h om
c o m i n g a s u n t o a liv in g s to n e dis
c o m in g as liv in g s to n e ,
u n to a
a llo w e d , i n de e d, of m en , bu t
dis allo w e d , i n de e d, o f m e n , b u t
ch o sen of G o d, an d p r ec io u s ;
ch o s e n of G o d, an d p r e c io u s ; e, a ls o , as liv in s t o n es ar e
y e , a ls o , as liv in g s to n e s b e y e b u ilt u ilt up a s p ir it u a h o u se , an
u
p a s p iri t u al h o u s e , a n h o ly p r ie s t h o ly r ie s th o o d to o ffe r up
h o o d , t o O ff e r u p s ac r ifi ce s ac ce p t ,
5 il i tu a s ac r ifi ce s acce p table to
d
”
ab le t o G o d .

N by r e fe r e n c e to th e s e passag e s , i t w i ll b e
ow ,
y

n oti c e d at o n c e that th e y ar e sub stant i al ly th e sam e ,

an d th at t h e f als e q uotat i on s o f W e bb s e arl i e r e d i t i on ’

” ”
h a v e n e i th e r b e e n se t r ight n or c o rr e c t e d but
“ “
, ,

ar e pr e ci s e ly as h e g arbl e d th e m f ro m th e B i bl e i n

1 8 1 6 , and o f cou rs e ,
pr e cis e ly as th e y must r e m ai n
,

u nt i l l odg e s and c hap t e rs o f F r e e m ason ry sh al l b e

n o m or e And by f urth e r c om par i ng w h at i s h e r e
.

”
pu rport e d to b e a corr e c t S c r i pture q uotation
“

w i th t h e t e x t i n t h e B ibl e i ts e l f i t w i l l also b e ,

f ound that o n e whol e passag e —v e rs e z d— i s e ntir e ly .

o mi tt ed , an d that f r o m ve rs e 5 th e n am e of
J s
e us
 M A S ON R Y M U T ILA TE S T H E B B I LE . 1 81

C h r i st i s k n ow i n gly an d d e s i gn e d ly e xpu n g e d An d .

y et D e a c o n B a i l e y and D r M o rr i s h a v e . th e w ic k e d
a ud ac i ty to pal m o ff th i s cl u m sy ch e at u p o n t h e i r p oor
”
bl i nd fold e d dup e s as “
d ivi n e truth ,
w h i l e M aso n i c
”
m i n i st e rs and t hos e “
good men to wh o m al l us i o n
i s SO f r e q u e ntly m ad e ,
s m i l i n gly l oo k on w i th
m ark s of sol e m n a p proval f ro m b e h i n d th e i r l i ttl e
wh i t e a p ron s an d ,
f rat e rn ally ,
j o i n h and s w ith th e

re st Of th e i r fe l l ow -
con sp i rators in c arry i n g out th e

bas e d e c e pt i on .

In 1 P e te r 1 1.
5 ,
th e M aso n ic M o n i tor h as It

“
to o ff e r u
p sp i r i tu al sa c r ific e s a cc e p t abl e t o G od
wh i l e i n the S c r i ptur e s i t i s “
to O ffe r up Sp i r i tu al
sacri fic e s a c c e ptabl e to G o d, BY J E SU S C H R I S T .

Ag i a n
F rom th e
“
F r e e m as o n s
’
M o n ito r ,

F m ro th e “
F r e e m as o n s
’
M oni
by Th o m as S m ith \V e b b ; com

tor ,
”
by Th o m as S m ith \V e bb ,
p ile d by R ob e r t M o r r is , LL .

S ale m 1 8 16 , p . 232
D I C . . W . B a ile y , Ch i c ag o , 1 87 2 ,

T he f o llo w in g p as s ag e of 1 02
p .

S cr ip tu r e 15 r e ad at o pe n
“
T he f o llo w in g p as sage of

ng S cr i p tu r e is r e ad at th e o pe n

2 Th e ss alo n ian s , iii . 6 to 1 7 in g

N ow we c o m m an d you,
N ow , we c o m m an d y ou ,
b r e th r e n , t h at -
ye w ith dr aw b re th r e n , th at y e w ith dr aw y o u r

fr om s e lv e s fr o m e v e ry b r o th e r t h at
y o u r s e lv e s e v e ry b r o th er
w alk e th dis or de r ly , an d not a ft e r
th at w alk e th diso r de r ly , an d n ot

th e t r aditio n w h ic h ye r e ce iv e d
a ft e r th e t r aditio n w hich ye te

” O f 11 8
0

c ei v e d o f u s .
Ve r s e 12
Ve r s e 12
N o w th e m th at s u ch we
“
ar e
“
N ow , th e m th at ar e su ch , we
co m m an d , an d ex h ort th at w ith
c o mm an d an d ex h o rt , t h at w ith
q u ie tn e s s th e y w o r k an d e at th e ir
q ui e tn e s s th e y w o r k an d e at t h e ir
o w n b r e ad
" .

ow n b r ead .
”
2 Th e s s . 1 11 . 6 , I6 .
 ’
T HE M A S TE R S cA R P ET .

By r e fe rr i ng o nc e mor e to th e s e e x tracts w e fin d ,

both e d i tions to b e l it e rally th e s am e not a si ngl e cor ,

”
r e ct i o n m ad e no r a w ron g quotatio n s e t ri ght
,
“
.

N ow c o mpar e th e m with t h e S criptu r e s wh e n c e ,

th e y w e r e C opi e d an d n ot e th e d i ffe r e n c e
, .

2 T h e ssal on i an s i i 1 6 to 1 7
.

“
N o w w e com m and you br e th r e n i n t h e n a m e
, , ,

of o u r L O R D J E SU S C HR I S T that
y e withd raw your
,

s e l v e s f ro m e v e ry b roth e r th at w al k e th d i sord e rly and

”
n o t a f t e r t h e t rad itio n wh ich h e r e c e iv e d o f us .

V e rs e 1 2
“
N ow th e m th at ar e such w e com m and and e x
, ,

hort by ou r L O R D J E SU S C H R I S T that wi th qui e tn e ss ,

”
th e y work and e at th e i r o w n br e ad .

H e r e aga i n i t w ill b e f ou nd t hat f ro m both mon i

tors t h e n am e o f th e Lord J e sus C h rist i s w ill fu lly
,

and d e s i gn e dl y e xpun g e d and n o c orr e ct i on wh at e v e r

,

m ad e by th e i mp e c c abl e Morris .

”
T h e M aso n i c T e xt B ook puts it
“

“
N o w w e co mm and you b r e th r e n th at y e wi th
, , ,

d raw y ou rs e lv e s f rom e v e ry broth e r th at wal k e th

d isord e rly ,
2 Th e ss i i 6 . . .

W hi l e t h e Wo rd o f God has i t
“
N o w w e co m m and you b r e th r e n z n t h e n a m e
, , ,

f
o o u r L or d
7 es a s C h r is t that
y e wit h d raw
,
you r
s e lv e s ,

And agai n i n h e 1 2 th v e rs e F r e e m as on ry
‘

“
t, ,

quot e s
“
N o w th e m that ar e su c h w e co m mand and e x
, ,

hort th at with qui e tn e ss th e y work and e at th e i r o w n

,

br e ad .
 M A S ON R Y M U T I LA T E S T HE B IB L E . 1 83

W hil e t h e B ibl e s ay s
N ow th e m th at ar e su c h w e co m m and and e x
“
, ,

h ort éy o u r L or d 7 es a s C h r is t th at w i th q u i e tn e ss ,
”
th e y w ork and e at th e i r o w n br e ad .

A nd notw i ths tand i n g all th i s th e s e garbl e d q u o ,

t atio n s Of th e M aso n ic t e xt books - ar e hy p o c r i t ic ally

d e s i gn at e d as “
t h e f oll o w i n g passag e s of S c r i p tu r e ,

t hus r e t e nd i ng th at th e y ar e c orr e ctly g iv e n wh i l e

p ,

D e acon B a i l e y and R ob e rt M orri s both unbl ush i ngly

afli r m th at i n th e e d i t i on of W e bb ’
s M o n i to r ,
of 1 87 2 ,
” ”
th e “
S c r i ptu r e passag e s h ave b ee n “
se t ri ght and
”
“ c orr e c t e d . And if B a i l e y an d M orr i s wi l l t h us w r i te

w h at th e y m u st hn ow to b e f a ls e , i n ord e r to sustai n
M ason ry why m ay n ot oth e r
,
men of l e ss c hara c t e r
and r e sp e c tab i l i ty u tt e r a f als e hood wi th th e sam e
d esig n ?
B ut n ot o nly i s th e B ibl e m ut i l at e d and th e n am e
,

of C h rist e xpu n g e d f ro m W e bb s M o n i tor i n al l i ts ’

,

d it i ons f ro m
dow n t o t h e pr e s e nt t i m e but t h e
e , 79 7 1 ,

sam e th i ng i s al so d on e i n e v e ry m o n ito r and m an ual

us e d by th e M ason i c f rat e rn ity e v e r y w h e r e as ,
th e

f ol l ow i n g M ason i c t e x t books will abu nd antly t e st i fy

-
.

I sh al l at fi rst pl a c e t h e H oly S c riptu r e s and o ne

of t h e M ason i c t e x t books i n j u xtaposi t i o n th at

-
,
th e

d i ffe r e n c e b e tw e e n th e m m ay be s e e n at a g l an c e ; an d

as all th e m on i to rs ar e th e sam e ,
an d u se id e n t i cal
l an gu ag e thi s w ill su ffi c e to m ark
, th e m util at i o n and
th e o m i ss i o n C h r i st s am e i n a c h su cc e e di n g
’
of n e

q uotat i on .
 ’
18 THE M ASTE R S C ARP ET
4 .

Si c kle s
’
M o n ito r , p ar t p . H o ly S cr ip t u r e s , 1 P e te r 1 1. 1 to

1 7 in c 1u s iv e
Ch a r ge to be r e ad at o pen

in g .
”
_

V e rse

Ve r s e s Y e, als o , as liv in g s to n e s , ar e

“
Y e, a ls o , as liv in g s to n e s , be b u ilt u
p a s p ir itu al h o us e , an hol
y
ye b u ilt up a s p ir itu al hou se , an p r ie s th o o d, t o O ffe r u p s p ir it u al

h o ly p r ies th o o d, t o O ffer u p s acr ifice s s acr ifi ce s ac ce p tab le to G o d BY

ac c e p tab le t o G o d ”
. JE S US CH R IS T .
”

I Si mp ly q uot e h e r e only thos e passag e s f ro m

w h ic h th en am e o f C h ri st i s e x pung e d by M ason ic
author i ty as th e passag e i s al r e ady g i v e n i n f ul l o n
,

m “ W e bb
”
p . 1 80 , fr o
’
s M on i t o r ; but I d e s i r e to r e mark
on c e m or e th at v e rs e 2d i s e xc l ud e d f rom al l th e text .

book s .

Agai n P art 11 , , p 5 . 1

2 Th es s . iii 6 .
-
16
H OIY S cr ip tu r es , 2 Th e s
s . iii 6
.

N ow , we c o m m an d y ou ,
N ow , we c o mm an d
“
y ou , b r e th r e n , in th e n am e of ou r

b r e th r e n , th at ye w ith dr aw L ord Je su s Ch r is t , th at ye
y o u r s e lv e s fr o m b r o th e r w ith dr aw y o u r s e lv e s fr o m
e v er y

t h at w alk e th dis o r de r ly , an d e v e ry b r o th e r t h at w alk e th

not aft e r th e t r aditio n ye te dis o r de r ly , an d not aft e r th e
c e iv e d o f us .
t r aditio n w h ich he r e ce iv e d of
”
u s.

Ver se 12 Ve r se 12

N ow , th e m th at ar e s u ch

we c o m m an d an d h o rt by
“
N ow , th e m th at ar e s u ch , ex

we c o mm an d an d ex h o rt , th at ou r L or d Je s u s C h ri S t, th a

w ith u ie tn e s s th e y w o rk, an d
W ith q u i e tn e s s t h e y w o r k , an d e at
q
e at th e ir ow n b r e ad .
” th e “ o w n b r e ad ” .

”
Agai n N e w M aso n i c T r e stl e B o ard , by
,
“ - C W . .

M oor e P art i i p 9 . . .

9“
v e rs e 5 Y e al so as l i v e ly .
“
, ,

ston e s b e y e built up a spi r i tual hous e an holy p r i e st

, ,
”
h ood , to o ffe r u p sacri fi c e s acc ep tabl e t o G o d if
.
 M A S ON R Y M U T I LA T E S THE B IBLE . 18
5

Agai n ,
on pag e 3 1 ,
in th e R oyal Arch d e g r e e
“
C harg e at op e n i n g .

v e rs e co m m and 6 .
“
N ow ,
we
o u b r e t h r e n t h at e w i thd raw you rs e l v e s f ro m e v e ry
y , y ,

broth e r that w al k e th d iso rd e rly and n o t a ft e r th e ,

”
t rad i t i on wh ic h h e r e c e iv e d o f us .

v e rs e 1 2 “
N o w th e m th at ar e .
,

su c h w e co m m an d a nd e xh ort th at w ith qu i e tn e ss
, ,
”
th e y work , and e at th e i r o w n b r e ad .

’ ”
“
F r e e m aso n s M o n i tor , by Z A D a vi s P h i l a . .
,

d e lp h i a ,
1 843 , p . 1
99
“
C harg e to be r e ad i n th e l od g e .

v e rs e 5 Y e al so as l iv e ly ston e s .
“
, ,

b e y e bu i l t up a Sp i ri tual h ous e an h oly p r i e sthood , ,

t o o ffe r u p sa c ri fi c e s a cc e p tabl e t o G o d .

A ga i n ,
on p . 2 26

“
T h e f oll ow i n g passag e of S c r i ptu r e i s r e ad at
”
th e Op e n i n g .

T h e ss i i i v e rs e 6 N 6 —I
o w , w e co m z— “
2
7 . . .

m and y o u b r e th r e n th at y e w i thd raw you rs e l v e s f ro m

, ,

e v e ry b roth e r that w al k e th d i sord e rly and n ot a ft e r ,

”
t h e t radi t i o n th at h e r e c e i v e d o f us “ .
9

9“
v e rs e 1 2 if N o w th e m th at ar e su c h .
“
, ,

w e c o m m and and e x h o rt th at w i th q u i e t n e ss th e y ,
”
work and e at th e i r o w n b r e ad
, .

F rom th e M ason ic R i tu al i st , by A G M a c k e y
“ ”
. .
,

P as t G e n G rand H i gh P r i e st , & c p 2 7 1
. .
, .

“
T o be r e ad at o
p e n i n g th e l od g e .

v e rs e 5 Y e also as l iv e ly sto n e s .
“
, , ,

b e y e bu i lt u p a s p i r i tual h o us e an ho ly p r i e sthood , ,

t o o ffe r u p sa c r ifi c e s a cc e p t abl e t o G o d .

Ag ai n , on p .
348
 T HE M AS TE R S ’
C A RP ET .

“
T h e f oll ow i n g c harg e i s r e ad at th e op e n i ng o f
a c hapt e r .

v e rs e 6 N o w w e com m and you .

“
, ,

br e th r e n that y e w ithd raw you rs e lv e s f rom e v e r y

,

broth e r that walk e th diso r de l ly and n o t a ft e r th e ,

”
t rad i tion wh ic h h e r e c e i v e d o f us .

v e rs e 1 2 N o w th e m that ar e su c h .
“
, ,

w e c o m mand and e x hort that w i th qui e t n e ss th e y ,

”
work and e at th e i r o w n br e ad
, .

”
A nd l astly f rom , W e bb s Mon itor N e w
,
“ ’
,

Y ork 1 8 0 2 p 8 2 b e i n g t h e e d i t i o n pr e v i ous to that

, , .
,

of 1 8 I 6 m e n t i on e d by B ail e y and M orris

, .

“
C h arg e to be
r e ad at Op e n i n g th e lod g e .

v e rs e 5 I f so b e y e h av e t ast e d .
“

that t h e L ord i s gracious to w h om c o m i n g as u nto

a l i vi n g ston e d isal low e d ind e e d o f m e n bu t
, ,

c hos e n o f G od and pr e ci ous ; Y e al so as l i v i n g sto ne s ,

b e y e bu il t up a sp i ritual hou s e an holy pri e st ,

hood t o o ffe r up spi ri tual sacr ific e s acc e ptabl e to ,

G od .

Agai n pag e 1 40
,
on

“
T h e f oll ow i n g passag e o f S criptu r e i s r e ad at
”
th e o p e n in g .

2 T h e ss i i i 6 —1 7 N ow w e com mand y o u
. . .
“

br e th r e n that y e w ithd raw yours e lv e s f rom e v e ry

b roth e r t hat wal k e t h d isord e r ly and n o t a ft e r t h e
”
t l adit io n you r e c e iv e d f I O m us it v e rs e 1 2 : .

“
N o w th e m that ar e such w e c omm and and e x
h o 1 t that with qui e tn ess th e y work and e at th e i r
”
o w n br e ad .

T h e s e q uotat i o n s c o ul d b e e asi ly mult i p l i e d

r o m all t h e Maso n ic t e x t books in t h e c ou ntry -
,

but e nough h as b e e n al re ady f urn i sh e d to d e m o n

 M A S ON R Y M U T I LA T E S T HE I LE
B B .

strat e th e fac t that F r e e m aso n ry 1s w il l fu l ly and

d e s i g n edl y gu i lty of m u t i l at i n g th e H oly S c r i p tu r e s ,
and of absol u t e ly e xp u n g i n g th e n am e of C h r i st
f ro m e v e ry ar t of th e N ew T e sta m e n t w h ic h i s
p
o

p ro f an e ly us ed w i th su c h m o c k sol e m n i ty in th e

m ae u fact u r e of i ts p aga n r i tual .

W e o ft e nt i m e s se e i t m ak i n g gr e at parad e of

th e B i bl e j ust as ,
th e P h ar i s e e s us e d to p arad e th e i r
p ray e rs and al msg ivi n g ,
h a vi n g i t ost e n tat i ously
carri e d i n al l i ts outdoo r pro c e s s i on s , as a m e an s of

ad v e rt i s i n g i ts e l f in publ i c e st i m at i on ; b ut as a
syst e m of r e l i g i ou s p h i l osop h y , and withi
l n th e s e c ret
r e c e ss e s of i ts lod g e s an d cha t ers we als o fi nd
p Q
th at 1t d e bas e s and d e grad e s th at B i bl e ,
m ut i l at e s
i ts co nt e n ts d e s p i s e s an d i g n or e s i t s
, p l e ce
p t s , f al s i

fies i ts t e a c h i n gs d i sho n ors i ts D i v i n e Autho r ; and

, ,

to fill up th e m e asu r e of i ts i n f amy and i n fi d e l i ty ,

i t absol ut e ly st e als th e n am e of J e su s C h r i st o ut of

his ow n W ord .

y
Si, d
/

A nd t h is h orr i bl e i n c ubus of w ick e dn e s e

/

c e p tio n and h y p o c r isy is ly i n g to - d ay , l i k e a h i d e ous

n i ghtm ar e , a c ross the v e ry boso m of the c h u rch?
wh il e m e n c al l i n g th e m s e l v e s m i n i st e rs o f C h r i st ,
,

and p ro fe ss i n g C hr i st i ans —bu t sl a v e s t o M aso n ry

h u g th is t e r ri bl e d e l usi o n
'

to th e i r soul s and as
m
.
, ,

thou gh i t w e r e o f so m e i n e st i abl e publ ic b e n e fi t t h e y ,

c h e r i sh an dits fost e r e x t e n s iv e w i c k e d g rowth i n

0
e v e ry n o o k and c orn e r of our c ou ntry . T oo tru ly ,
 ’
T HE M ASTER S CARP ET

i nd e e d m ay i t b e said i n th e l an guag e o f th e an ci e nt
,

prop h e t
“
A wond e r f ul and h orribl e thi n g i s com m itt e d i n
t h e l and ; t h e proph e ts proph e sy f als e l y and t h e ,

p r i e sts b e ar rul e by th e i r m e ans ; and my p e opl e

l ov e to h av e i t so : and what w i ll y e do i n t h e e n d
”
th e r e o f ? Je r v 3 0 3 1 . .
, .

T h e c om m an d o f God i n r e l at i on to h i s W ord

i s pos i t i v e and un e q u iv o c al He d e cl ar e s e x pr e ssly .

1 n D e ut iv 2 . .
°

sh al l n ot add u nto th e word wh ic h I c o m

“
Y e

m and you ; n e i th e r Sh all y e dim in is h a ug h t f r om

”
it .

An d aga i n i n x i i 3 2 ,
.

“
W hat thi n g s o e v e r I c om m and y o u , obs e rv e
to d o i t ; t hou shalt n o t add th e r e to n or d i m i n i sh ,
”
f ro m i t .

A nd i n R e v xx 11 1 8 1 9 th e S o n o f G o d e x
. .
, ,

p r e ssly a ffi rms :

“
F o r I t e sti fy u nto e v e ry m an that h e ar e th t h e
word s o f t h e proph e cy o f thi s book if any m an shal l ,

add u nto th e s e th i n gs G od shal l add u nto h i m th e

,

pl agu e s that ar e wri tt e n i n th i s book .

“
A nd if any m an s h a ll ta he a w ay f r om th e
wor ds o f t h e boo k o f th i s p roph e cy God shal l tak e ,

away hi s part o u t o f th e book o f l i fe and out o f t h e ,

h oly city and f ro m t h e th i ngs wh i c h ar e wr i tt e n in

,
”
th is book .

B ut as a sort o f an ap ol ogy for , o r vi nd ic at i o n

,

o f t h e w i ll f ul and w ic k e d mut i l at i o n o f G od s W ord

’
, ,

an d t h e absol ut e r e ud i at i o n an d r e j e c t i o n by F r e e
p
m aso n ry of th e n am e of J e sus C hr i st , P ast G ra n d
 M A SON R Y M U TI L A T E S T H E I LE
B B 18
.
9

M ast e r D r Alb e rt G M a c k e y o ffe rs

. . t h e f ol l o w i n g

e xpl an at i o n

H e says i n h i s “
M ason ic R i tu al i st , ”
p . 272

“
passag e s ar e tak e n w i th s lig h t but
T he
n e ce s s a r
y m od i fi c at i on s f ro m t h e z u d c h apt e r of

t h e F i rst E p i stl e o f P e t e r and t h e 2 8 th c h apt e r o f

”
I sa i ah .

H e n c e , a cc ord i n g to M ason ic law , th e m u ti l

a t i on of th e B i bl e an d th e “
h an dl i n g of th e W ord
”
of G od d e c e i t ful ly ar e but “
Sl i ght m odifi ca t io n s ,
wh i l e to w i ll ful ly i g no r e and d i sho n or th e n am e of

J e sus C h r i st , t h e S o n of G o d, i s absol ut e ly n eces s

A nd y et th i s m i s e rabl e cou n t e r f e i t , by i ts
G rand M ast e rs and G rand O rato rs , h as the bold
e ff ron t e ry to prat e of i ts n obl e “
te n e ts ",
an d to

boast of th e h i gh m o ral to n e of i ts m o n i t o r i al t e a c h
ing .

It pro fe ss e s to e x e r ci s e broth e rly l o v e “

,
bu t th e
”
“
broth e rly l o v e of M ason ry i s n oth i n g but th e

fl i m sy bon d prod u c e d by w ic k e d oaths c e m e nt e d by ,

s e lfish n e ss and e n forc e d by d e ath p e n alt i e s

,
of w h ic h
a c an n i b al m i ght be as h am e d . I t l ays gr e at str e s s
”
up o n re l i ef
“
,
b ut th e “
re l i e f of th e l od g e m e a n s
”
“ rel i e f fo r a r e c o mp e n s e and th e n on ly to him w ho

i s “ cl e ar on th e
books and at th e v e ry b e st is
, , ,

but th e bar e f ul fill m e n t o f a sworn obl i gati on I t .

”
u nbl ush i n gly Spe ak s o f “
t ruth , w hi l e th e w h o le
 ’
.
1
9 0 THE M A STE R S C AR P E T .

v il e syst e m i s nothi ng but o n e tissu e o f f als e hood ,

f ro m b e g i n n i n g to e n d ; and if t h e t e rm h as any S ig

n ifi c atio nat al l i n M ason i c t e xt books i t si mply -

,

m e ans th at y o u m ust lie to par e nt wi fe c h i ld and , ,

f ri e nd , and e v e n to G od h i m s e l f— f alsi fyi ng his

Word an d r e j e c t i n g Di vi n e truth — in ord e r to b e
t ru e to M ason ry It all ud e s to t e mp e ranc e i n its
.
“

m on i tor i al t e ac h i n gs but t h e t e mp e ranc e o f F r e e

“
,

m ason ry s i mply r e qu i r e s th at a m an m ust not g e t

so d ru n k as to b e co m e fool i sh e nough to r e v e al its

”
m ou nt e ban k j uggl e ry T h e fortitud e i t r e com m e nds
“
.

r e ach e s o nly so far as to e n abl e a M aso n to r e

si st t h e i mportu n iti e s o f f ri e nds t o q u it th e i nsti
t u tio n o r o f t h e d e m ands o f G od and o f consci e n c e to
,

d e nou nc e i ts hidd e n works o f d ark n e ss It all ud e s to .

” ”
“ prud e n c e but i t i s only to b e p r u de n t i n all strang e
,
“

and m i x e d co mpa n i e s n e v e r to le t f al l th e l e ast

,

si n , to h e n o r w o r d wh e r e by t h e s e cr e ts of
g
M ason ry m ight b e u nl a w fully obtai n e d And it .

r e fe rs to j u st ic e i n i ts ritual but l i k e al l t h e r e st O f
, ,

i ts m oral c od e i t m e ans f avoritis m to M ason ry to

, ,

t h e l odg e and to a broth e r

,
but cu n ni ng tri ck e ry
, ,

d e c e pt i on and doubl e d e al i ng to w ards th e cowan and

-

”
“pr o f an e publ i c .

rT h e r e l i gious phi losophy o f M ason ry i s but a

bas e c ari c atur e o f t h e C hu rch o f C h r i st and i ts ,

m oral cod e but a clu m sy burl e squ e on t h e t e achi n g

ahd h e nc e
.

o f t h e N e w T e s ta m e n t i n o rd e r to 0 b
fi ,
 M ASONRY M U T I LA T E S T HE B IB LE .

tai n a corr e c t i d e a of wh a t the syst e m re ally i s

and wh at i t t e a c h e s , we m ust r e ad i t bac kw ard .

A nd n ow le t u s b r i e fly e x a m i n e th e oth e r s i d e
of th i s pi c t u r e .

In th e R o m i sh C h ur c h th e T en C o m m and m e nts
ru n th us
l I a m th e
.
“
L o rd thy G o d ; th o u sh al t h a v e no

o th e r G o d but m e .

T h ou sh alt
2 .
“
n ot tak e th e n am e of th e L ord
”
thy G o d i n v ai n .

3 .
“
R e m e mb e r to k e e p holy th e S abb ath d ay
4 .
“
H o no r thy f ath e r and thy moth er ,
”
and so

N ow by c o mpari n g th i s w i th th e Tw e n t i e th
C hap t e r o f E xodus wh e r e th e T e n C o m m and m e n ts
,

a re w r i tt e n as G o d h i m s e l f g a v e th e m i t wil l be ,

fou nd that o ne w hol e com m an d m e nt — th e s e c ond

is e nt i re ly o m i tt e d and th at al m ost al l ,
th e oth e rs
ar e m or e or l e ss m ut i l at e d . G od h as sa i d : “
T hou
sh al t not m ak e to thy s e l f any gra v e n i m ag e n o r ,

an
y l i k e n e ss o f anythi n g th at i s in h e aven ab o v e

or in th e e arth b e n e ath o r i n t h e w at e rs u n d e r t h e

e arth ; thou sh al t n ot bow dow n to th e m or w or

”
sh i p th e m . A nd as th e C h u r c h o f R o m e m ak e s an
e x t e ns i v e u se o f i m ag e s i n h e r r e l i g i ous s e r vi c e s ,
an d as h e r p e opl e e v e rywh e r e b o w d ow n b e fo r e
and worsh ip th e m i t would n e v e r do t o h a v e t h i s
,

S e c ond C o m m and m e n t i n th e C at e c h i s m fo r c h il d
re n to l e arn , and h e n c e sh e a c tu al ly st e al s i t
 THE M ASTE R S C ARP ET ’
.

out o f th e
d e c al ogu e and th e n d ivi d e s th e t e nth i n
,

tw o to rn ak c up th e nu mb e r .

Agai n i n R e v x x 11 8 9 i t i s wr i tt e n
, . .
, ,

“
And wh e n I h ad h e ard and s e e n I fe ll dow n
to worsh i p b e f or e t h e f e e t o f t h e ang e l wh i c h
sh e w e d m e th e s e thi ngs T h e n sa i d h e u nto m e , .

”
S ee t h o u do it n ot .

T he
C hu rch o f R om e also t e ach e s t h e v e n e r
at i on o f an g e ls and i n ord e r to pro v e by som e
,

m e ans th at such i dol atrous worsh i p i s r i ght s h e ,

q uot e s th i s S c riptur e but sh e do e s i t fal se ly and to

,

su i t h e rs e l f S h e o m its t h e words S e e thou do

.
“

”
i t n ot and g iv e s t h e fo r e goi n g part o f t h e pass
,

ag e , pr e t e nd i ng it to b e th e c orr e ct t e a c h i n g of th e

Bibl e .

And aga i n i n L uk e i v 9 1 0 w e r e ad
, .
, ,

“
A nd h e brought h i m to J e rusal e m an d s e t h t m
o n a pi n n acl e o f t h e t e m pl e and said u nto hi m If ,

t hou b e t h e S o n o f G o d cast thys e l f d own f ro m

th e n c e ; fo r i t i s wr i tt e n H e sh al l g i v e h i s ang e ls ,

ch arg e ov e r th e e to k e e p th e e and i n th e i r hands ,

t h e y shal l b e ar th e e up l e st at at any ti m e thou d ash

”
thy f oot agai nst a ston e .

N o w by r e fe rri n g to P sal m x ci I I 1 2 f ro m
,
.
, ,

wh i ch th e d e vil quot e d th is S criptur e i t wi ll b e ,

f ou nd th at h e d e si g n e dly o m itt e d t h e v e ry gist

o f t h e whol e passag e T h e P sal mist says “

. He ,

shall g i v e h i s an g e l s charg e ov e r th e e , to h eep

t h e e i n a ll t hy w ay s T h e s e words to k e e p
.
,
“
,

”
t h e e in all thy w ays , th e devi l v e ry cu n n i ngly o m i t s
 M A SON R Y M U TI L A T E S T HE B IBLE .
3

and m ak e s a m al ici ous att e mpt to pass o ff h is o w n

w ic k e d cou nt e r fe i t as truth .

H e r e th e n w e h a v e F r e e m ason ry m ut i l at i ng t he
,

Sc r i p tur e s and st e al i n g t h e n am e o f C hr i st R O .

m an i sm m ut i l at i n g th e S cr i ptu r e s and st e al i ng th e
S e cond Co m m and m e nt and po r t i ons o f oth e r p ass
ag e s and th e d e v i l m ut i l at i ng th e S cr i ptur e s and
,

st e al i ng th e m ost i m p ortant p art o f t h e t e x t h e

q uot e s .

N o w w h i ch o f th e s e thr e e — M ason ry R om an i s m ,

o r t h e d e v i l — th i nk o u i s t h e m ost w i ck e d and t h e mos t

y ,

vi ll a inous th i e f ? I thi n k it r e qu i r e s but l i ttl e p e n e

tratio n to b e abl e to award th e p al m o f v ic tory

to th e M ason ic i nst i tut i o n .

One of m ost popul ar do c tr i n e s o f th e R o m i sh

th e
”
C h u r c h is th e I nvocat i on o f S a i nts
'
“
and u n qu e st i on
,

ably t h e V i rg i n M ary i s t h e only o n e b e i ng w h o ,

‘

r e c e i v e s th e gr e at e st h onor and to who m i s as c r i b e d

,

th e g r e at e st gl ory i n t h e R om i sh syst e m E v e ry R o .

m an C atholi c ih th e world prays to th e V i rg i n M ary

at l e ast te n t i m e s fo r e v e ry o n e ti m e h e prays to G o d,
an d w i thout h e r s e ci al i nt e r c e ssi on no R o m an i st
p ,

would c ons i d e r h i ms e l f sur e o f God s fa vor I n r e l a ’

.

t ion to th i s do c tr i n e th e C hu r c h o f R o m e te a c h e s as
,

follows

C re e d P op e P i us I V art i cl e 7
of ,

“
L i k e w i s e that th e S a i nts r e i gn i n g tog e th e r w i th
,

C hr i st , ar e to b e honor e d and i n v o c at e d and that th e y ,

1
94 T HE M A STER S C ARP ET ’
.

o ff e r pray e rs to God fo r us and that th e i r r e l i cs ar e to ,

”
b e h e ld i n v e n e rati on .

”
T h e C ou ncil o f T r e nt
“
S e ss i on 2 5 t e a c h e s , ,

T hat thos e m e n hold i mpious s e nt i m e nts w h o

“
,

d e ny that t h e S ai nts w h o e nj oy e t e rnal hap p i n e ss i n

h e av e n ar e to b e i nvok e d o r who afii r m th at th e y do ,

n o t p ray fo r m e n o r th at to i nvok e th e m to pray fo r

,

us e v e n fo r e ach i nd ividual i s i dol atrous and that i t is

, ,

contrary to t h e W ord O f God and oppos e d to t h e ,

hon or O f J e sus C hri st t h e m e d i ator b e tw e e n God and

,

m an ; or that it i s foolish to suppl icat e v e rbally o r m e n

”
tally thos e who r e ign in h e av e n .

And agr e e ably to t h e doctri n e laid down in th e s e

i n fall ibl e author i t i e s a canon i z e d sai nt o f t h e R o mish
,

C hu rch S t Bon av e ntura publ i sh e d a w ork i n honor

, .
,

o f th e V i rgi n M ary i n which h e paraphras e s t h e

,

P sal ms o f D avid and fro m which h e has e xpung e d

,

” ”
t h e n am e s “
G od and Lord and wh e n conv e ni e nt
“
,

h as substitut e d th e n am e s Mary and L ady T his

“ “
.

’
work i s cal l e d th e P salt e r o f t h e Bl e ss e d V i rgin
“
,
,

and i s o n e o f th e m ost popular b O o k s o f d e vot i on i n

th e whol e R om i sh C hu rch e sp e c i ally among the ,

pr i e sts and oth e r e ccl e si ast i cs .

I n P sal m 11, o f this “

P salt e r o f th e Bl e ss e d Vi rgi n
we r e ad
T
.

C om e u nto h e r al l y e that l abor and ar e h e a vy

“
,
”
lad e n and s h e wi ll giv e y o u r e st i n your souls
, .

I n P sal m v i
O L ady l e av e , me n ot to b e r e buk e d in th e
ind i gn atio n Of G od ,
nor to b e j udg e d i n h lS dis
”
pl e asu r e .
 M A SON R Y M U TI L A T E S T HE B IB LE . 1
95

I n P sal m x v
“
Bl e ss e d b e thy paps w i th wh ic h thou h ast nou r
,
”
is h e d th e S a vi or , w i th G o d m ak i ng m i lk
-
(la cte .

I n P sal m x i x
“
F orsak e us n o t i n th e t i m e o f o u r d e ath but su c'
,

c ou r th e soul wh e n i t shal l ha v e le ft its body S e nd .

an an g e l to m e e t i t and to d e fe nd i t fro m th e
,
”
e n e my .

I n P sal m x x 1
“
B l e ss e d ar e th e y w h o lo v e th e e V i rgi n M ary ;
”
th e i r s i n s sh all b e m e rci fully wash e d away b y th e e ,
.

O L ady I h av e cri e d to th e e d ay and n i ght ; th ou

,
”
h ast h ad m e r c y o n thy s e rv an t .

“
L e t th e fam il i e s o f th e n at i ons ador e th e e and ,
”
le t all th e ardor o f ang e ls glor i fy th e e e tc , .

I n P sal m x x x
“
I n th e e L ady h av e I trust e d I sh al l n ot , be co n
”
fou nd e d fo r e v e r ; i n thy grac e uphold m e .

T hus i t wil l b e Obs e rv e d th at th e R o m ish C hurch

th rough o n e o f t h e m ost hon or e d o f h e r d e i fi e d sai nts ,

m ut i l at e s t h e S criptu r e s so as to r ej e ct C h rist and

s ubst i tut e M ary who o cc u i e s t h e sam e o sitiOn i n
, p p
th e pagan worsh i p o f m od e rn R o m e th at V e nus ,

M i n e rva Isis or Astart e d id i n th e pagan worsh i p o f

, , ,

th e anci e nts wh il e F r e e m ason ry m util at e s t h e Sc rip

,

tur e s i n ord e r to r ej e ct C h r i st fro m i ts pray e rs and ,

substitut e H i r am Ab i ff w ho I S th e O si ris o r B aal o r

, , ,

J upit e r i n th e pro fe ss e dly pagan worsh i p o f t h e

,

l o dg e .
1
9 6 T HE M A S T E R S CA R P E T
’
.

One syst e m worsh i ps th e godd e ss and th e ,

th e god o f t h e Old pagan ido lat o r ie s .

N ow if R om an ism i s to b e cond e m n e d and

,

abhorr e d by ou r P rot e stant m i n i st e rs and church

,

m e mb e rs fo r m util ati ng th e Word o f God and r ej e ct ,

i ng th e L ord J e sus C hrist as t h e m e d iator b e tw e e n

,

God and m an w h y do th e y n ot abhor and cond e m n

,

F r e e m aso nry fo r t h e sam e i n i quity ? O r do e s th at

wh i ch i s a positiv e v ic e i n R oman ism and wh e n ,

ractic e d by a r ie st i n t h e ch ap e l b e com e an e xalt e d

p p ,

vi rtu e i n F r e e m ason ry and w h e n practic e d by a

,

M e thodist or Congr e gatio n al m i nist e r i n a M asoni c

lodg e ?
r T h e r e at c e ntral fi gur e o f th e R om i sh syst e m is
g
the Vi r gi n M ary W h i l e o n t h e o th e r h and th e gr e at
.
,

c e n tral fi gu re o f Fr e e m as o nry i s H i ram A b iffu ,

N o w i n asmu c h as t h e n o n s e c tar i an i sm o f M aso nry

,
-

is o n e o f i ts fun dam e n tal pr i n c i pl e s o r i n oth e r word s , ,

t h at th e nam e o f C hr i st c an not b e us e d i n any M aso n ic

praye r n o r e v e n b e q uot e d i n t h e lod ge in any S cr i p
, ,

t u re passage m wh ich i t o cc urs w h i ch I woul d ask i s ,

t h e m o st ant i c hr i st i an syst e m o f t h e t wo ? R om an i sm
-
,

wh ic h h o n o rs C hr i st e v e n but a little an d t h at i n d i r e c tly

, ,

thro u gh M ary o r Fr e e m as o nry wh o r epu d i at e s C hr i st ,

’

alt o ge th e r ? A n d w h o i s t h e m o st c on s i st e nt ? A
'

R o m an C athol i c wh o w as b o rn i nt o h is fai th o r a ,

M e th o d i st M i n i st e r w h o s we ar s h i m se l f h al f n ak e d i n
,
-

t o a l o dge ?
 C H AP T E R V I II .

M A S O N I C AN T I Q U I T Y.
— K i ng S ol o m on n e v e r G ran d
M ast e r — T he S S J oh n n o t M asons
. .
, N or .

al l th e P r e s i d e nt s — Arn old a M ason F i rst .

m e e t i n g he ld i n I 7 1 7 — S pru n g up i n a grog
.

sh O — T he M ason i c fath e rs T h e M ason i c

.
p .

r e l i gio n and ph i losophy r e viv e d S i gns grips

.
-
, ,

password s an d lodg e gov e rn m e nt i n v e nt e d

E arly s e c e d in g M asons . Two con fl i ct i n g
G rand L odg s e .
— M ason ry con c e i v e d i n fraud
and sustai n e d by d e c e pti on — M ah h ah bon e by
.
- -
,

W ho m i nv e n t e d and h o w .

H e n ry W e ll fath
-
,

er o u hav e g iv e n m e
y ,

a m ost startl i ng in
s i ght i nto t h e r e al de
sign and charact e r o f
th e Mason ic p h ilo so
phy But n o w I am
.

d e s i rous o f k n ow i n g
h ow th i s vast syst e m o f d e c e ption and d e spot i sm fi rst
or i gi n at e d W h o i n v e nt e d i t ? O r was i t i nv e nt e d at all ?
.

C an i ts history b e trac e d back to any d e fin i t e sou rc e ?

O r i s th e r e any truth i n t h e popular ass e rtion that i t ,

w as fi rst organ i z e d at t h e bu ild in g o f Ki ng S olo mo n s ’

T e mpl e ? And that Ki ng S olo mon h i ms e l f w as its , ,

 ’
19 8
l
T HE M A S T ER S CA R P E T .

”
fi rst Most E xc e ll e nt G rand Mast e r ?
“
What was
th e ori g i n o f M ason ry ? And why w as i t first

e stabl ish e d

M r B . ar to n fi— T
an sw e r to th e s e qu e stionshe ,

my d e ar H e n ry l e ads at on c e to a ful l i n v e stigat i on

,

o f M asoni c ant i quity and fortun at e ly fo r us on this , , ,

as o n all oth e r m att e rs p e rtai ni n g to that i nstituti on

,

w e ar e fu rn ish e d by M ason ic a u thors and histori ans

th e ms e lv e s w i t h th e most m i n ut e and most r e liabl e
, ,

i n fo rm ation .

To con t i n u e o u r r e s e arch e s th e n w e shall b e gi n ,

fi rst o f al l w ith th e Grand M ast e rship O f Ki ng

S olo mon .

O n thi s s u bj e ct t h e M ason ic ritual sp e aks as ,

follows (I .sh al l q u ot e o n ly fro m M ack ey as t h e ,

m on itor i al t e ach i n g i n all M ason ic t e xt books is th e

sa m e
) .

”
M anu al o f th e L odg e by M ack e y p 55
“
, , .

“
O u r anc i e nt br e th r e n d e d icat e d th e i r lodg e s to
K i ng S olo mon be ca u s e h e w a s o u r fi rst Most E xc e l
,
”
l e nt G rand M ast e r .

And agai n on p . 10
9 ,
i n r e fe re nc e to th e t e mpl e ,

he says
It w as sy mbol ic ally sup port e d also by th r e e
“
, ,

p r i ncipal colu m ns W i s do m S t r e ng t h and B ea u ty

, , ,

which w e r e r e pr e s e nt e d by th e thr e e G rand Mast e rs ,

S olom on K ing o f Isra e l ; Hi ram Ki ng o f Tyr e ; and

, ,
”
H i ram Abi ff .

N ow both th e ass e r t i o n s c onta i n e d i n th e s e

,
 M A S O N IC A N TI Q U I T Y .
99

e x tracts stand unsupport e d by any oth e r t e sti m ony

i n t h e world and ar e histori cal ly u ntru e K i n g
,
.

S olo m on n e v e r w as G rand M ast e r o f a F r e e m aso n

so c i e ty and h e kn e w n o m or e abo u t t h e l i ttl e m al l e ts
, ,

and p lu mb li n e s and hoodwi n ks and l i ttl e blu e rop e s

-
, , ,

p
an d wh i t e a ron s o f a l odg e o f S p e cul ativ e M ason s ,

th an he d id o f t h e fi rst b attl e o f B ul l R u n o r th e ,

gr e at Ch i cago fi r e O n th is poi nt w e h av e t h e v e ry
.

cl e ar e st and m ost positiv e e vid e nc e not only fro m ,

t h e high e st d ign itari e s o f t h e ord e r but also fro m its ,

G rand L odg e R e ports and oth e r o fli c ial d oc u m e nts

,
.

O f th e s e I sh al l only s e l e ct a fe w
, .

Inan add r e ss d e l i v e r e d by T S P arv i n P ast . .

‘

G rand M ast e r and t h e pr e s e nt G rand S e c r e tary o f

,

t h e G rand L odg e O f Iowa at t h e G rand R e c e pti on

, ,

g i v e n i n 1 8 7 6 by t h e F r e e m ason s o f K e ok u k as
, ,

”
publish e d i n t h e V oic e o f M ason ry N O 1 1 p 6 3
“
,
.
,
.
,

h e u s e s th e follow i ng r e m ark abl e l an gu ag e

.

“
S uch oracl e s (sp e ak in g o f th e M ason ic grand
,

ilo q u e n t orators ) ar e always procl ai m i n g as M asons

,
“
,

E n o c h t h e transl at e d ; S olom on t h e w i s e ; and t h e

, ,

S S J oh n o f C h ri sti an sanctity It i s am usi ng to not e

.
,
.

h o w th e y al ways e n roll am on g th e i r n u mb e rs t h e
n obl e and th e good o f al l n at i ons and all t h e ti m e as
, ,

car e ful ly e xclud e t h e Opposit e c l as s N o w i n al l can .

,

d or and with al l pro p e r r e sp e ct to t h e br e th r e n to th i s

,

audi e n c e , n o t o v e rlook i n g my ow n s e l f r e sp e ct as a -

M ason and a m an o f m atu r e age I m ust d e cl ar e that

, , ,
”
s u ch s tu
fi W h il e i t m ay poss i bly b e told to m ari n es
“
,

c e rtai nly to al l such h e 1 e 5 1e s w e m ay apply t h e 1 nj u h e

t i o n o f Dav i d m h i s l am e nt o v e 1 S aul and t e ll i t n ot ,
 ’
2 00 T HE M AS TER S C A R BE T .

in G ath , p ubl i sh it n ot i n th e str e e ts o f Ask e lon . S u ch

ta le s w ill s u r el
y ,
s oon e r or la t e r , r etu r n to ou r hu r t
as th ey e v er s h ou l

’ ’
i s tr u e t i s p i ty
t , ,
’ ’
And p i ty t i s t is tru e , ,

t h at e v e n S olo m o n w as n o M Wi th all h i s w i s a s on .

do m , gr e at as it was h e hn e w f
n o m or e o t,
h e m s t e r ie s
y
F r ee m a s o n r a n d i d t h e be a u t fu l
Q
'

of y t h i u een
f
o

S h e ba w h o cam e from a far to ador e his w isdom and

,

t h e t e mpl e h e built if n ot to lov e his p e rson ,

N or i s .

th e re any e vid e nc e how e v e r fa i nt to prov e that e ith e r

, ,

O f th e S S Joh n t h e aust e r e and t h e lov e ly follow e rs

.
,

o f all th at i s good i n h e av e n o r o n e arth w e r e M asons , ,

b e yond t h e wish th at i t w e r e so by t h e C hristi an p o r

r
t i on o f th e U n i v e rsal B roth e rhood N o r i s i t tru e that .

all th e P r e sid e nts fro m Washi ngton to G rant i nclud e d ,

w e r e o r ar e M asons T h e fi rst was t h e l ast is not

m
.
, ,
.

And what would t h e Spi rits O f thos e ar M asons th e -

,

e ld e r and young e r Adam s and V an B ur e n and F il , ,

m org say t o t h e c ru e l accusation could th e y but wi ng

, ,

th e i r way to t h e e arth an d throw back t h e lie i n t h e

fac e o f th e i r falsifi e r s It i s tr u e how e v e r— and th e
.
,

truth must b e told — th at Arnold t h e s ingl e traitor o f ,

hi s age and country was a Mason as i s w e ll att e st e d , ,

by th e r e cords o f his lodg e i n C onn e ct i cut h is n ati v e ,

S t at e S o m uch th e wors e both fo r th e traitor and

.
, ,

thos e who w i thout e vid e n c e o r tr i al would e xc lud e

,
”
hi m fr o m th e i r associ at e s .

Th 1s is t h e t e sti mony o f o n e o f th e m ost e m i n e nt

M asons n ow l ivi ng and a m an t o o w h o can b e c o n fi
, ,

de ntly r e l i e d on fo r h is accurat e historical k nowl e dg e ,

b e i n g o n e o f t h e most honor e d pro fe ssors i n t h e S tat e

U n iv e rsity o f Iowa at Iowa C i ty , .

c e l e brat e d Dr D alcho th e co mpil e r o f

B u t th e .
,

th e M asonic constitut i ons o f S outh C arol i na i n his ,

 MA S O N IC A N T IQ U I TY . 201

w ork nt i tl e d Ah i m an R e z on p ubl i sh e d i n 1 82 2 ,
“
e ,

us e s p e rhaps stil l stron g e r l angu ag e H e says .

“
N e i th e r Adam nor N oah n o r N i m rod n o r , , ,

Mos e s no r J oshu a n or D av id n or S ol om on n o r
, , , ,

J ohn t h e B apti st nor

J oh n t h e E vang e l ist b e long e d
,

to t h e M ason i c ord e r how e v e r cong e n i al th e i r

,

pr i n c ipl e s may h av e b e e n It i s u nw i s e to ass e rt

.

m or e th an w e c an prov e and to argu e agams t ,

p robabil ity H ypoth e sis iri history i s absurd

. T h e re .

i s n o r e cord sacr e d o r pro fan e to i nd uc e u s t o

, ,

b e l i e v e th at th e s e h oly and d i st i ngu i sh e d m e n w e r e

'

F r e e m asons a11 d ou r tra di ti on s d o n ot go b ack to

th e i r d a y s T o ass e rt t h at t h e y w e r e F r e e m asons
.

”
m ay m ak e t h e vul gar star e but w il l rath e r e x
“
,
”
ci t e t h e co nt e m p t th an th e a d m i ratio n o f t h e w i s e .

And th e G rand Lodg e R e port o f I lli noi s fo r

18
73 , e mph ati cally a fli r m s o n p 6 3 .

A nd wh i l e i t i s tru e th at th e fools ar e n o t
al l d e ad i t m ay now b e sa fe ly said that h e w h o
,

t e ach e s that Ada m S e th o r S ol o mo n w e r e F r e e

,

m aso ns s i n s ag a i n s t l i ght and k nowl e dg e and

,

ought to b e e xclud e d fro m th e pl at form o f ih

”
s tru c tion .

Also C orn e l i u s M oor e o f C i nci nn at i a c e l e , ,

b r ate d M asoni c histor i an and l e ctur e r and author

o f a t e xt book o n F r e e m a ur
y cal l e d the C ra fts "
.
,
“

”
m an in t h e M arch n u m b e r O f t h e V o ic e O f M ason
,
“

”
ry 1 8 7 8 pag e 1 88 w riti ng o n th i s v e ry sam e sub
, ,

’
e c t o f K i ng S ol o m o n s G rand M ast e rsh ip
j e xpr e ss e s ,

h i ms e l f i n th e fol lowi ng forc i bl e m an n e r

“
E v e ry o n e who k nows anyth i ng about i t is ,

awar e th at t h e pr e t e nd e d ch art e r o f A D 9 2 6 is . .

ur e fict i on and that t h e e ff ort to trac e t h e history

p ,
20 2 T HE M A STE R S C AR P ET
’
.

of th e ord e r to k i ng S olo m on and m ak e hi m o u r ,

“

”
fi rst Most E xc e ll e nt G rand M ast e r i s an i ns u lt to
e v e ry m e mb e r o f t h e ord e r I f w e m ust h av e a
.

G rand M ast e r o f th r e e th ousan d y e ars ago do le t ,

us h av e o n e wh o had som e cl ai m s to m oral ity and

d e c e ncy S ol o mon was a d i sgrac e to hi s n ation as
.

w e l l as to th e m oral s e ns e o f th e world
‘
S uch
a m an G rand M ast e r o f M asons ! N o no t h e , ,

whol e av e rm e nt as I said b e for e i s an i nsult to th e

, ,

m oral s e ns e o f e v e ry i nt e ll i g e nt M ason and t h e ,

utt e r e r o f such stu ff can only pl e ad i gnoranc e as

”
an e xcus e fo r h is procl ai m i ng it b e for e t h e world .

But t h e qu e sti on m ay b e ask e d is th e r e not ,

a m an i fest con trad i c tion th e n b e tw e e n th e ritual

and th e s e M ason i c authoriti e s j ust q u ot e d w h e re ,

o n e ass e rts th at K i ng S olo mon w a s and t h e oth e r ,

that h e was not G rand M ast e r ? I n r e ply to th i s

i t will only b e n e c e ssary to s ay that F r e e m ason ry
i s t h e sci e nc e o f r e l igio u s sy mbol ism E v e rythi ng .

don e i n t h e d e gr e e w ork e v e ry nam e m e ntion e d

,

and e v e ry i mpl e m e nt m ad e u se o f i n t he lodg e

has a sy mbol ic r e l igious m e ani ng T h e allusion .

'

e v e n t o t h e t e mpl e o f S olomon is m e r e ly sy mbol i c ,

”
d e not i ng a spi ritu al t e mpl e i n t h e h e art
“
and ,

h e nc e th e n am e o f S olomon h im s e lf is u s e d only
in t he sam e m an n e r as a symbol o f a u thority
, ,

pow e r ,
gr e atn e ss w e alth and wisdom
,
O n th is .

poi nt th e
”
M anual o f th e L odg e by M ack e y p 2 6 , ,
.
,

Sp e aks as foll ows

T h e fact i s th at i n M ason ry all allus i on s to
 M A S O N IC A N T IQ U I I Y
’ ‘
. 20
3

th e t e m pl e o f S olo m on ar e si mply sy mbol i c an d

'

wh i l e th e g r e at sy mbol o f a m at e r i al t e mpl e p r e
figu r in g a sp i r it u a l On e i s pr e s e r v e d n o car e has
,

e v e r b e e n tak e n to obta i n corr e ctn e ss o f arch i t e ct

”
u ral d e tai ls o r e v e n o f strictly h i sto r i cal facts .

Whe n w e c o m e to e x am i n e th e sy mbol i s m o f
t h e lodg e a n d to e n q ui r e i nto t h e r e aso n fo r i ts
gov e rn m e nt by a M ast e r and tw o W ard e ns w e ,

sh all h av e o c cas i on to r e fe r aga i n to t h e sy mbol ic

u se o f t h e n am e o f S olo m o n i n t h e M ason i c phil

Osophy but fo r t h e pr e s e n t i t i s e n o n gh fo r us to
,

”
k n ow that as a h i stor i cal fact
,
“
h e n e v e r w as
G rand M ast e r o f a M ason i c G rand L odg e n or was ,

F r e e m as o r y fi rst o rgan i z e d i n J ud e a n o r at t h e ,

build in g o f t h e t e m pl e :
This b e i ng t h e c as e th e n th e qu e sti o n n atur
,

ally aris e s wh e n and wh e r e d id ou r p r e s e nt syst e m

,
i

o f G rand L o d e M aso n r or as i t i s co m m only

g y ,

c all e d
,
“
S p e cul ati v e F r e e m ason ry fi rst or i g i n at e ?
U n q u e sti on ably th e r e was a ti m e wh e n all
r such vai nglorious titl e s as W orship ful M ast e r M ost
,

Worship ful G rand M ast e r Most E x c e ll e nt H i gh

,

P r i e st M ost E x c e ll e nt K i ng T hr ic e I l l ustri ous

, ,

G rand M ast e r Th ri c e P u issant G rand M ast e r

, ,

G rand E l e ct P e r fe c t and S u bl i m e M ason and ,

M ost P uissant S o v e r e i gn G rand C o m m and e rZ w e r e

J
e nt i r e ly u nk nown At what p e r i od th e n di d th e s e
.
,

e xtravagant soubri q u e ts co m e t o b e appl i e d to t h e

tai lors,
c obbl e rs cou nt e r j u m p e rs , po thous e pol itic i
,
- -
 ’
2 04 T HE MA S TER S C ARP ET .

an s , danci ng m ast e rs and h u m ble Ch risti a ns w ho

l arg e ly c o mpos e th e M ason i c i nst i tuti on ? Mason ic
h i story its e l f fu rnish e s on th is poi nt all t h e n e c e ss
ary in form ation and do e s i t so acc u rat e ly too giv i n g
, ,

t h e nam e s o f pe rsons and pl ac e s and d e scri bing ,

what actually occ u rr e d i n s u ch a cl e ar and co mpr e

,

h e n s iv e m an n e r that no do u bt can possibly r e

,

m ai n as to t h e bi rthplac e t h e origi n and t h e p r e ,

s e nt age o f Grand L odg e or S p e c u l ativ e Mason ry .

I n T h e D ig e st o f Mason ic L aw by G W
“
, . .

C h as e p 1 0 w e r e ad
“
,
.
,

I
O n t h e acc e ssion o f G e org e I t h e m asons o f .

London (that i s t h e ston e m a so ns ) and its e nv i rons

1 e SOlv e d t o r e v iv e t h e com mu nicati ons and an n u al
fe stivals o f t h e soci e ty W ith th is v i e w t h e l od g e s
.

at t h e Goos e and G ridi ron i n S t P a u l s Ch u rch ,

’

Y ard ; t h e C r w n i n P ark e r s Lan e ; t h e Appl e t r e e ’

-

T av e rn i n 1 arl e s St C ov e nt Gard e n and t h e

.
,

R u m m e r and G rap e s T av e rn in C han n e l R ow ,

W e s tm in te r (th e o nly lodg e s e x isti ng i n t h e S o u th

,

o f E n gl and at th e ti m e ) wi th som e oth e r o ld

‘

br e thr e n m e t at t h e Appl e tr e e T av e 1 n abov e ,

m e ntion e d in F e br u ar y 11 11 and ba x i ng vot e d th e

,

old e st M ast e 1 M ason th e n p l e s e n t i nto t h e chai r , ,

“
co n s t it u t e d t h e m s e lv es a G r a n d L o dg e p r o te m ~

p or e
”
.

T his was t h e first m e e ti ng e v e r h e ld and this i s ,

th e first ti m e o f w hich w e h av e any r e cord i n th e

h istory o f th e w orld e ith e r sacr e d or pro fan e w h e n

, ,

any m e ntion w h at e v e r is m ad e o f a G rand Lodg e or ,

any oth e r l odg e o f S p e culativ e M ason ry .

At t h e v e ry b e st th e n w e fi nd that it is but a ,
 M A SONIC AN TIQU IT Y 20
5

se l f c onst i tut e d so ci e ty th e O ffspri n g o f a l ow grog

-
,

S hO and nu mb e r i ng am on g i ts fi rst m e mb e rs about

p ,

a s c or e o r m or e o f th e con v i v i al fre e and e as y ston e ,

- -

m aso n s w h o o cc asi on al ly fr e qu e nt e d t h e Appl e Tr e e -

T av e rn and oth e r saloons i n th e pu rl i e us o f L ondo n

,

as m e nt i on e d by G e org e W i n gat e C ha se V i e w i n g .

i t to day i n i ts d e spot i c att i tud e o f s e l f ri ght e ousn e ss

- -
,

Obs e r vi n g i ts i mpud e nt assu mption o f pow e r an d

'

p po ul ar i ty and ,i ts utt e r d e fianc e o f

p ubl i c Opi n i on ,

and l i st e n i n g to th e h i g h fl o w n e loqu e n c e o f i ts -

G rand O rators , G rand K i ngs ,

and G rand H ig h
P r i e sts , o ne is forc i bly r e m i nd e d of that fam ous ex

c l am at i on of th e town cl e rk -
o f E ph e sus i n r e fe r e n c e
,

to D i an a and th at c e l e brat e d i m ag e wh ich

, he po mp
o u sl
y C l ai m e d had falldn d o w n fro m J upi t e r “
G r e at
0
is D i an a of th e E ph e si an s G r e at now is th e F re e
m ason ry of th e “
Appl e T r e e T av e rn -

B ut agai n I r e ad fro m th e L aw Book .

“
D ig e st of M asoni c L aw , p . 1 1

Accord i ngly o n t h e 2 4t h o f J u n e 1 7 1 7 t h e
“
, ,

ass e mbly and fe ast w e r e h e ld at t h e Goos e and G r i d

i ron T a v e rn in S t P a ul s C h urc h Y ard (i n co m p l i
, .
’
,

m e nt t o t h e Old e st lodg e wh ich m e t th e r e ) and th e , ,

old e st M ast e r b l ason and M ast e r o f a l odg e hav i n g

, ,

tak e n th e c h ai r a l ist o f c and id at e s fo r t h e o ffi c e o f

,

G rand M ast e r was produc e d o u t o f w h i ch by a ‘

,
’
m aj or i ty o f h ands th e br e t h r e n e l e c t e d M r A nth ony
, .

S ay e r G rand M ast e r o f M asons fo r t h e e nsui n g y e ar

, ,

who w as forthw i th i nv e st e d b y th e said old e st M ast e r,

'

an d i nst all e d by t h e M as t e r o f th e old e st l odg e T he .

2 06 T HE M A STE R S C A RP ET
’
.

G rand M ast e r th e n appoi nt e d hi s W ard e ns (C apta i n ,

Jos e ph E lliot and M 1 J a c ob L am b all ) and co m.

,

m an d e d t h e br e th r e n o f t h e fou r l od g e s to m e e t h im
”
and h is W ard e ns q u art e rly i n com m unication .

T his i s t h e fi rst G rand Lodg e o f M asons and

t h e s e ar e th e fi rst G rand O fli c e r s th at e v e r e xist e d ,

o r o f wh ich t h e r e i s any account M asonry can trac e .

its history back fro m t h e pr e s e nt ti m e to thi s Ju n e

m e e ti ng at th e Goos e and G ridi ron T av e rn i n 1 7 1 7,
an d gi v e t h e n am e s o f all t h e succ e e di ng G rand M as ~

t e rs fro m th at t i m e to this b u t prior to that all is E gy p t

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ian d ark n e ss as r e gards S p e culat iv e F r e e mason ry in

z ts
p r es e n t
f or m .

r
t
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not K i ng S olo mon o f J e rusal e m w as i ts fi rst G rand

, ,

M ast e r ; C apta i n J os e ph E ll i ot and not H iram o f , ,

T yr e i ts fi rst G rand S e n ior Ward e n ; and that J acob

,

L am b all a carp e n te r and not H i ram Abi ff t h e brass

, , ,

fi n is h e r o f T e mpl e fam e was i ts first Grand Junior

, ,

W ard e
n
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t e sti mony o n this subj e ct M r A T C P i e rson . . . . .

,

than who m n o high e r Mason and no b e tt e r au thority ,

can b e fou n d i n t h e w orld says i n his Trad itions o f ,

“

F r e e m aso n r y , p 2
53
A D 1 7 1 7 w as a n e w e poch I n th e h i story o f
. .
,

F r e e m ason ry i m m e di at e ly prior to wh i c h ti m e but

, ,

fe w l odg e s w e r e i n e x i st e nc e T h e s o c i ety w a s c o m
.

o r hi n M a s o n s t h e only e xc e ptions w e r e
p o s ed o
f w g ,

m ad e i n favor o f m e n d i s ti ngu i sh e d fo r rank sci e nti fic ,

 M A S O N IC A N T I Q U I T Y 20
7

atta i n m e nts o r pos i t i on i n ci v i l li fe O n S t Jo h n , th e

,
. .

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Ev ang e l i st s d ay o f th e abov e m e nt i on e d y e ar an
,
-
,

an n ual fe ast w as h e l d fo r th e fi rst t i m e in s e v e ral y e ars .

S e v e ral n e w r e gul at i on s w e r e ad opt e d , on e o f w h ic h

author i z e d th e a ccep ta n ce o f m e mb e rs w i thout r e fe r
”
e n c e t o o cc u ati on o r u rsu i t
p p .

P r e vi ous to A D 1 7 1 7 thos e w h o w e r e a cc epted

“
. .

i nto t h e frat e rn i ty and w h o w e r e n o t op e r a t i v e s

, ,

w e r e d e s i gn at e d as g e n tle m e n M ason s ; a ft e r th e
chan g e in th e r e gul at i o n go v e rn i n g ad m issi on w as
”
m ad e w e fi nd th e t e r m S pe c u la t i v e M ason ry u s e d
, .

Th i s p l ac e s t h e bi rth o f S p e cul at i v e F r e e m aso n ry

b e yond a qu e sti on and n o t only so but i t fi x e s t h e
, ,

”
e x act ti m e e v e n wh e n th e words acc e pt e d and
,
“

“
sp e c ulat i v e w e r e fi rst us e d i n con n e c t i on w i th th e
syst e m F ro m al l th e for e go i n g t e st i m ony th e n w e
.
,

le arn thr e e v e ry i mportan t facts wh i ch m ust m at e r i ,

ally aid us in und e rstand i n g th i s subj e c t :

F i rst that up to t h e y e ar 1 7 1 7 th e only for m o f
, ,

M ason ry e x i sti ng i n t h e w orld was O p e rativ e M aso n

r
y and
,
that t h e only Mason ic organ i z at i ons w e re

”’
“
S ton e M aso n s U n ions S e cond that i nto th e s e
.
,

’
“
S ton e M aso n s U n i o ns soc i e t i e s so m e d i stor ,
“

”
1 n u is h e d
g m e n w h o w e re not M asons w e re ,

o c cas i on ally ad m i tt ed o r a ccepte d and w h o w e r e ,

a ft e rwards d e sign at e d as g e ntl e m e n M aso ns and

“
,

th i rd that i n F e bruary 1 7 1 7 at a g e n e ral m e e t

, , ,

i ng o f thos e T rad es U n i ons “

h e ld i n a s aloo n
c all e d t h e Appl e T r e e T av e rn i n Lo ndon a r e so
“
, ,

lu tio n w as pass e d abol i sh i n g th e hith e rto e x clusiv e

208 T HE M A STER S C ARP ET
’
.

c h aract e r o f th e s e soci e ti e s altog e th e r an d a cc ept i ng

,

m e n to m e mb e rship with out r e fe r e nc e to occupat i o n

o r pursu it and wh e th e r d isti ngu ish e d o r not provid e d
, ,

o nly th e i r m oral charact e r w as n o t v e ry bad n o r ,

th e i r pock e t books e mpty

Th i s F e bruary m e e ti ng as w e ar e furth e r
,

i n form e d , w as c ompos e d o f th e scatt e r e d r e mn ant s

o f four l odg e s in th e S outh o f E ngl and b e i ng t h e
( ,

o nly on e s th e n i n e xi st e n c e
) w,
h o const i tut e d th e m

se l v e s a G e n e ral Ass e mbly fo r t h e futur e r e gulat i o n

,

and go v e rn m e nt o f th e n e w organi zat i on , and th i s

i s th e g e rm o f what i s to d ay call e d Anc i e nt M a
- “

sou ry , and th e or i g i n o f our pr e s e nt G rand L odg e

syst e m o f M ason ic go v e rn m e nt S om e ti m e pr e v i ous
.

t o th i s fi rst m e e t i ng at t h e Appl e T r e e T av e rn , (o f
-

wh i ch how e v e r M ason i c h i story furn i sh e s n o r e c ord )

, , ,

a mon g oth e rs o n e J am e s And e rson a S cotch man and

, , ,

e o hol is D e s au u lie r s a F r e nch i nfid e l r e fu

J oh n T h p g ,

g e e w e r e ad m itt e d
,
as “
g e ntl e m e n M asons D e .

s au g u lie r s was a fte rwards e l e c t e d Gran d M as t e r i n

1
7 9
1 ,
as w e l e arn fro m P i e rson ; M r G e or ge P ayn e .

w as e l e ct e d i n 1 7 2 0 and J oh n D uk e o f M o ntagu e
, ,

i n 1 7 2 1 whil e And e rson p ublish e d in 1 7 2 3 t h e

, ,

C harg e s o f a F r e e m ason —t h e fi rst book o n M asonry

”

th at e v e r saw th e l ight and th e s e ar e th e Masoni c

— “

F ath e rs , who subs e q u e ntly b e cam e so activ e i n con

n e c t io n with S ay e r E lliott L a m b all and oth e rs
, , , ,

in co m p i l i ng and p e r fe cti ng t h e M aso nic d e gre e s ,

 M A S ON IC A N T I Q U I T Y . 20
9

r and in propagati ng t h e pri ncipl e s o f th e syst e m ,

wh e re v e r B riti sh com m e rc e o r B ritish i nflu e nc e
c ould i ntroduc e th e n ox i ou s p e st i l e nc e
)
.

And i n r e l at i on to t h e w ond e rful z e al m an i fe st e d

in t h e pros e cut i on o f the i r s e l f i mpos e d task t h e
-
,

rap i dity w ith wh i ch n e w d e gr e e s w e r e m ult i p l i e d

t h e nu mb e r and q u al i ty o f t h e v ari ous M aso n i c r i t e s

m anu factur e d t h e u npr e c e d e nt e d popul ari ty wh ic h

,

th e n e w fangl e d syst e m sudd e nly ac q u i r e d in

(
E ngland F ranc e and G e r m an y t h e r e al d e s i g n w hi ch
,
fl
t h e e arly m an ag e rs o f t h e i ns tituti on had i n v ie w an d
'

th e only m oti v e s by w h i ch th e y w e r e actuat e d in

d i ss e m i nat i n g a k nowl e dg e o f iys wond e r ful my st e ri e s

M r P i e rso n furn i sh e s t h e fol lowi n g g raphi c de s c r ip
.

”
t i on i n h i s T rad i ti ons o f F r e e m ason ry
“
pp 2 54 , .
,

T h e frat e rn i ty
b e cam e v e ry popul ar and d e s i gn ,

i ng m e n sought t o m ak e u s e o f i t fo r t h e i r o w n
s e l fish p u l pos e s N E W D E G R E E S w e r e c r e a t e d a n d
r
be ca m e t h e r ag e e v e y w h e r e b u t m or e p articul arly
r

i n F l anc o and G e r m any w h ich b e c am e t h e h o t b e d

,

as it w e r e o f s o cal l e d M aso n i c d e gr e e s w hos e n u m b e r

-

w as le g io n u M any o f th e s e d e gr e e s w e r e arran g e d
i n syst e ms o r r i t e s m ost o f wh i ch h ad th e i r d ay and
,

d i e d o u t ; a fe w , h ow e v e r b e c am e p opul ar and h a v e
, ,

cont i nu e d to b e culti v at e d .

T
“
S oo n a ft e 1 th e R E V I V A L i n th e south o f E n g
l and t h e i mprov e d syst e m w as 1 11 t 1 0du c e d i nto F ra n c e
,
i
an d G e rm any by t h e E n gli sh r e s id e n ts o f both c ou n
tri e s ; h e r e as in E ngl and t h e soc i e ty b e cam e v e ry
,

o u lal but t h c a i ic e o f t h e ntri gu i n g spi rits of

p p , e
p i

t h e t i m e s assu m e d a d i ffe r e nt ph as e and t h e r ag e w a s

 2 10 THE M ASTE R S C AR P ET ’
.

for n ew deg r e es w it h h igh

sou nd i n g t itl e s and showy
-

Th i s s e e m s to b e t h e rag e e v e n to t h e
(
r e s e nt d ay T h e pol iti ci an t h e pri e st t h e p h ilo s o
)
“
‘

p .
, ,

ph e r t h e astrolog e r t h e d e ist t h e r e l i g i on ist and t h e

, , ,

ambi tious took ad v an tag e o f t h e pr e val e n t i d e a

,
:

K i n gs pr i n c e s stat e sm e n c l e rgy m e n , pol it i ci an s

, , , ,

tai lors t h e m e n o f sci e n c e ; i n fact m e n i n al l ran ks o f

, ,

l i fe b e cam e acti v e ly e n gag e d i n m an u factu r i n g d e gr e e s

and arr an gi n g ri te s t o ad vanc e th e i r parti cu lar i nt e r
e sts th e o ri e s d og m as o r a mbiti ous pr e t e n sion s
, , ,
T he .

lis ts e n u m e r a te u p w a r ds of t h r e e t h ou s a n d deg r e es ,

e ach cl ai m i n g to b e M ason i c o r anal og o us th e r e to and ,

F
a ll c r e at e d w i th i n th r e e o f a c e ntu ry a ft e r
q uart rs
e “

”
th e r e v i val .

F ro m th i s t e sti m o ny ,
f urn i sh e d by one of th e

l e adi n g M ason s o f A m e r i ca w e l e arn th e foll ow i n g ,

i m portan t f acts : F i rst that th e w ork p e r form e d at,

t h e F e bru ary and J u n e m e e t i ngs o f 1 1 was a

7 7 R E

V I V A L o f t h e M ason ic ph i losophy S e cond that .

,

th i s n e wly r e vi v e d philosophy o n b e i n g i ntroduc e d ,

i nto F ran c e and G e rm any and b e i n g e x actly su it e d ,

to t h e Spi r i t o f i nfid e l ity and f r e e thought pr e va i l

i n g i n th e s e c ou ntri e s Spr e ad wi th am az i ng rapid

,

i ty and th i r d th at th e e nti r e m ov e m e n t w as c o n
, ,

”
troll e d and m an ag e d by i ntri gui n g Sp i r i ts w ho “
,

w e r e al most con stantly e mploy e d i n “ m an u fac tu r

’

i n g n ew deg r e es and arran g i n g ri t e s wit h hi gh

” “
,

”
sou nd i n g ti tl e s and sh owy c ostu m e s , j ust such
t i tl e s and costu m e s as ar e worn t o d ay by - th e

“
M o st P u issant S ov e re i g n G rand K i ngs ” th e
,

”
“
Most E xc e ll e nt G ran d H i g h P ri e sts , and by th e

T hri c e Il l ustrious E lect P e r fe c t an d S ubl i m e

“
 M A S O N IC A N T I Q U I T Y .

M ason s , w ho al m ost d a i l y stru t o ur str e e ts in

d e m o c rati c A m e ri ca . F ou rth ,
th at al l th e s e de

gr e e s and r i t e s w e r e m an u f a c tu r e d fo r th e sol e
purpos e of ad van c i n g the i nt e r e sts ,
th e a m b i t i ou s
p r e t e ns i on s , th e th e or i es or th e d og m as of th e i r
d i ffe r e n t d e s i gn i n g autho rs . A nd l astly t h at d u r
, ,

ing th e t i m e w h ic h i n t e r v e n e d f ro m t h e fi rst sal oo n

m e e ti n g i n F e bru ary u nti l t h e l ast fi n i sh i n g
,
1
7 7
1 ,

tou c h w as g i v e n to th e R oy al A r c h d e gr e e as w e ,

sh al l l e arn by and by ,
no l e ss th an t hr e e tho usan d
M ason i c d e gr e e s h ad b e e n m an u factur e d an d sold
fo r c ash i n E n gl and F r an c e an d G e rm any
, . W h at
a startl i n g h i sto ry of th e o rig i no f F r e e m aso n ry th i s
r
is ,
and wh at a S i n gu l a r c o m m e n tary on th e in

d i ffe r e n c e ,
th e subs e rv i e n c y , or th e c oward ic e of

soci e ty , th at an i nstitut i on pro fe ss e dly o rgan i z e d by

,

such cu n n i n g k n av e s an d ,
fo r su c h bas e p u rp os e s ,

and w h i ch h as b e e n su sta i n e d by f raud ,

f als e h ood

and d e c e pt i on ,
f ro m th e c o m m e n c e m e nt o f i ts
'

c ar e e r to t h e pr e s e n t t im e , s h o u ld b e p e rm i tt e d ‘
to

d ay to d i c tat e t o ,
if rul e th e

n atio n f an d to c r e at e suc h a d r e ad i n co m m u n i t i e s
th at e y e n so m e of th e m i n i st e rs of C h r i st i a n de

n o m in at t S w ho d e t e st i ts vi l e ph i l osophy and
,

wh o would l i k e to se e i t s w e pt f ro m th e f ac e of th e

ab so lu te
e arth ,
ar e
lL af r aid to m e n ti o n i ts n am e ,

in t h e pulpi t
e ith e r th e , p ra y e r m e e ti n g o r t h e
S abbath sch ool l e st its s e cr e t v e nd e tt a v e n g e a nc e
,
 THE M A STE R S CAR P ET
’
.

m ight ,
in som e conc e al e d m an n e r ,
be wr e ak e d u p on
th e m .
_ J
A nd n o w h avi n g accu rat e ly asc e rtai n e d th e e xa c t
d at e wh e n and wh e r e S p e cul ati v e M ason ry w as
organ i z e d t h e n am e s and r e sid e nc e o f its first o ffi ci als
, ,

t h e v e ry pl a c e e v e n wh e r e its fi rst m e e ti n g was h e ld ,

and t h e ci rc u mstanc e s att e nd in g i ts e arly h istory and

rapid gro w th t h e n e xt qu e stion wh i ch d e m ands
,

att e nti on is wh e r e d id And e rson D e s au gu lie r s C o

, ,
.

fi nd th e m at e ri al f ro m whi ch its d e gr e e s w e r e co m
pil e d and h o w d id th o s e d e gr e e s com e t o b e arrang e d
,

i nto syst e m s and ri t e s as w e now h av e th e m ?

T h e G rand L od g e o f I ll i noi s g iv e s t h e b e st

answ e r o n r e c ord to th e s e q u e stion s .

”
I n th e G rand L odg e R e port o f 1 8 7 3 p 1 2 8
“
,
.
,

w e r e ad as follows
’
“
T h e fi rst o f t h e Ch arg e s o f a F r e e m ason i s
‘

t h e lan d m ar k con c e rn i n g God and r e l i gi on It can .

not b e u rg e d that th is ‘ch ar g e i s to b e i nt e rpr e t e d

’

by t h e l i ght o f t h e l e g e n d and c e r e mon i e s o f t h e

th i rd d e g r e e o r that i t i s i n any m an n e r qu ali fi e d by
,

th e m f o r T H E T H I R D D E G R E E W A S N O T M A N U F A C
,

T U R E D U N TI L A B OU T T H E Y E A R 1 7 2 1 w h e n its ,

leg e n d w a s a dap t e d t o M a s o n ; y f r o m c e r ta i n idle

u bli s h e d
”
h Y u ms
ta le s t a h e n o u t o f t e
y e w is h ar
g p ,

i n L o n do n i n 1 7 1 5 f 1 o m a M S i n t h e U ni v e r si ty
,
.

L 1 b 1 a1 y at C ambridg e .
’

And D r M ac k e y 1 n h is E ncyclop e di a o f F r e e
.
,
“

”
m ason ry cl ai ms that t h e th i rd d e gr e e was not m anu
,

f ac tu r e d u nti l ab out t h e y e ar 1 7 3 8 .

S o th e n w e hav e i t o n th e e xpr e ss d e cl aration o f

,
 M A S O N IC A N T I Q U I TY . 21 3

a S o v e re i gn G rand L od g e that , ev en th e l e g e nd of

th e v e r y b e st and m ost i mportan t of al l th e M aso n i c

d e gr e e s h as been “
ad apt e d f ro m c e rta i n i dl e
”
tal e s t ak e n out of th e J e wi sh T argu m s a nd et
, y
th e s e sa m e idl e t al e s a nd , th e subl i m e d e g r e e fou nd e d
upo n th e m ,
ar e c l a i m e d to be of d i v i n e o ri gi n
“
th at subl i m e d o c tri n e of d i v i n e truth —b e y ond
w h ic h i t c an not
“
be co n c e i v e d th at anyth i n g c an be
”
su g g e st e d m or e wh i ch ,
th e soul of m an r e qu i r e s .

A n d pro fe ssi n g C h ri st i an s and C h r i sti an m i n i st e rs

pr e t e nd to b e l i e v e th i s ri di c ul ous absu rd i ty and ,

sol e m nly sw e ar to m a i n tai n an d ccu o rt it “

ri g ht
pp , or

w ron g .

An d agai n i n ,
th e “
T rad i t i on s o f F r e e m ason ry ,

by P i e rson p 1 6 w e r e ad
,
.
,

“
T o f ou n d t h e U n i v e rsali ty o f F r e e m aso n ry
upo n t h e fe w trad i ti o n al S T W w h i ch w e a r e . . .

taught i n th e i n iti ato ry d e gr e e s i s fly i ng i n th e f ac e

o f M aso n i c e xp e ri e n c e and o f o u r un i v e rsally sp r e ad
,

d octri n e s an d i s i n Opposi ti o n to t h e fi rst pri n ci pl e s

,

o f t h e c ra f t I t i s ad m itt e d th at w e ar e i n poss e s
.

si on o f n u m e rou s l e g e nd s wh ich a r e n ot f o u n d in
H oly W rit b ut b e i n g o f v e ry anci e n t d at e ar e e n titl e d
,

t o consid e ratio n a lt h o ug h t h e auth e n t i ci ty o f so m e o f

,

th e m m ay b e qu e st i on e d ; y e t w e r e gard i t as i n t e r
e sti n g and u s e f u l to gath e r u p t h e t r a dit io n a l n ot i c e s

o f t h e E arly Ag e s wh i ch fl oati n g d ow nw ard o n t h e

, ,

str e am o f ti m e h av e b e e n a r r e s te d and p r e s e r v e d f o r
,
”
o u r m e d itat i o n and i n struct i o n .

T h i s i s pr e ci s e ly w h at A nd e rson D e s au gu lie r s , ,

M ontagu e and th e r e s t o f th e i r c o w o rk e rs d id i n
,
-

th e p e riod f ro m 1
7 7 1 to 1
73 8 . T h e y “ arr e st e d and
 ’
T HE M ASTE R S C ARP E T .

” ” ”
pr e s e r v e d t h e trad iti on al notic e s th e idl e t al e s
“
,
“
,

”
o f t h e pagan l e g e nds o f t h e e arly ag e s which of “
,

”
c ou rs e ar e n ot t o b e f ou nd i n H oly Wri t and th e s e
“
,
\
” ” “
“
tradi ti on al le ge n ds ,
or “
idle tal e s ,
although o f qu e s
”
t io n ab le y a u t h e n t ic it
i nt e rsp e rs th ey
e d w ith m uti l at e d
,

and garbl e d quotation s f ro m t h e B ibl e t hus fo rm i n g ,

d e gr e e s and wh i ch th e y a ft e rwards arran g e d i nto a

,

r e g u l ar syst e m o r s e ri e s co nst i tuti ng wh at i s call e d a

,

r i te . Of
th e s e M aS o n ic ri te s o r syst e ms four stil l e xi st
and ar e cul tivat e d at t h e pr e s e nt t i m e : N am e ly t h e
”
“
Y ork R i t e o f fou r d e g r e e s i n E n gl and and t h e
, ,

”
B ri tish provi n c e s ; t h e F r e n ch o r M od e rn R i t e o f
“
,

s e v e n d e gr e e s i n F ranc e and B e l g iu m ; th e An ci e nt
,
“

”
a n d Acc e pt e d S cot t ish R it e o f th i rty t h r e e d e gr e e s
,
-
,

i n E u rop e and Am e ri c a , and th e A m e rican o r W e bb “

,

”
R i t e o f th i rt e e n d e g r e e s i n t h e U n it e d S tat e s al on e
, , ,

”
S y mbolic or bl u e l od g e M ason ry ho w e v e r
“
, ,

consi sti n g o f th e E nt e r e d Appr e ntic e t h e F e l low ,

C ra ft and t h e M ast e r M ason d e gr e e s i s t h e f ou ndation

, ,

o f e v e ry syst e m and i s t h e o nly pu r e F r e e m ason ry i n

,

e x ist e nc e ; al l t h e oth e r d e gr e e s e xc e pt about t w e l v e o f ,

wh ich ar e t e rm e d ch i valri c b e i n g but so m any d e v e lop ,

’
m e nts or e l aborati on s o f t h e M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e .

T h e ch ival ri c d e gr e e s such as t h e K n i ghts T e m ,

pl ar K n i ghts o f M al ta & c ar e n ot g e n e ral ly con

, ,
.
,

s id e r e d M asoni c although e n gra ft e d i nto t h e syst e m

, ,

b e caus e non e can tak e th e s e w h o r e j e ct C h risti a nity ,

and this r u l e de stroys th at pri ncipl e o f u n i v e rsal i ty

 M A S O N I C A N T IQ U I T Y 2 1
5

wh ic h c on st i tut e s t h e v e ry e ss e n c e an d i s th e c o n sta n t
,

boast ,
of th e M ason ic syst e m . As a stri k i n g i l l ust ra
t i on of th e m an n e r in which th e M ason i c d e g r e e s
w e r e fi rst m an u fa c tu r e d , and th e c u n n i n g and de ce p

tion p ra c t iced in th e n I nt rod u c t i o n i t w i l l o n ly , be

ne c e ssary to e x am i n e th e o r i gi n and e arly h i st o ry of

”
th e “ R oyal A r c h ,
and th e fi n al co m p l e t i o n of the
’
M ast e r M aso n s d e gr e e as f u rn i sh e d us by P ast G ra nd
M ast e r P i e rso n .

I n t h e T rad iti o n s “
of F r e e m aso n ry , pp .
3 20,

3 ,
2 2 hesays
“
About A D 1 7 40 t h e C h e v al i e r R a m say ap
. .
,

p e ar e d i n L o n do n H e w as a S c ot c h m a n by b i rth
.
,

b u t h ad l on g b e e n a r e sid e n t o f F ran c e : a z e al ou s
part i sa n o f t h e P r e t e nd e r ( C harl e s son O f Jam e s I I ) , .

r
h e sough t to ad van c e t h e S tu art i nt e r e st by t h e u s e o f
M aso n ry 4 H e br o ug h t w it h h im s e v e r a l n e w de
.

w h i ch h e e nd e a v o r e d to i nt rod uc e 1 n t h e E n g
g r e es ,
‘
l ish l odg e s A m on g th e s e d e g r e e s w as o n e wh ic h h e
.

c all e d R oyal A rc h,
P r e v i ous to t h i s ho we v e r th at i s i n 1 7 3 6 a n u m
, , ,

ber o f i n fl u e nt i al M ason s h e ad e d by o n e L awr e n c e,

D e rmott s e c e d e d
,
f ro m t h e i rr e s p ons i bl e Appl e T r e e -

T av e rn co n c e rn an d o rg an i z e d fo r th e m s e l v e s a n O p
pos i ti o n G rand L od g e with th e i r h e ad quart e rs at a,

s m al l to w n c al l e d Y ork , in th e N orth of E ngl and ,

wh en e c th y subs q u ntly r c e i v e d th e n am e
e e e e of “
Y o rk
”
M aso ns . T h e s e s e ce d e rs
“
,
”
or Y ork M ason s ,
im m e di

at ly styl d th ms e l v e s
e e e “
An ci e nts he n ce th e high
sou nd i n g t itl e of “
An ci e n t Y ork M ason s w hile to
,
 ’
THE M ASTER S C ARP ET .

the L ondon gang t h e y d e r i si v e ly appl i e d th e t e rm

“
M od e rn . A nd thus th e s e tw o c ont e nd i ng f actions ,
w h o p ro fe ss e d t o i n culcat e so stron gly t h e b e at ifi c
of r i e n ds h i
t e n e ts f p and b r oth e r
ly lov e conti nu ed ,

to m an i fe st tow ards e ach oth e r th e bi tt e r e st an i mosity ,

d id e v e rythi n g th at j e al ousy and s e l f i nt e r e st could -

p ro mpt to d estroy o n e an oth e r s popul arity and m ut u ’

,

al ly wag e d a m ost un co mprom is i n g war far e duri n g

th e spa c e o f s e v e nty s e v e n y e ars ; and w e r e only r e
-

c o n c ile d at l ast as r e c e ntly as 1 8 1 by t h e in de fatig a

, 3 ,
r
b le e fforts o f t h e D u k e o f S uss e x w ho was e l e c t e d ,

G rand M ast e r o f M asons i n that y e ar J B e ar in g th e s e . .

f acts i n m i nd w e sh all b e b e tt e r e n abl e d to u nd e r

,

’
stan d th e f ul l m e an i n g o f th e r e m a i nd e r o f P i e rson s
n arrati v e .

”
“
R ej e ct e d h e says “ by th e G rand Lod g e ( o f
, , ,

t h e Appl e T r e e T av e r n h e i e R amsay n e x t so u ght

-

) , ,
. .
,

al l i an c e w i th t h e An c i e nts ; h e r e too h e was foil e d s o , ,

”
f ar as h i s ul t e ri or obj e c ts w e re c on c e rn e d .

T h e s hr e wd L awr e nc e D e rmott who was fo r ,

m any y e ars t h e acti v e spi ri t am o ng th e s e ce de r s s aw ,

i n th is n e w d e gr e e a m e ans o f d rawi ng att e ntion to

t h e A nci e nt L od g e s and to i ncr e as e t h e i r pop u l ari ty
,
.

A ft e r a ti m e i t was cl ai m e d and ass e rt e d that t h e

”
“
M od e m s ( o r Appl e T r e e T av e rn M asons ) w e r e
,
-

i gno rant o f t h e M ast e r s part and th at t h e Anci e nts

’
,

al o n e — i e t h e s e c e d e rs — had that k n owl e d g e and

. .
“
,

that th e r e w e r e f o u r d e gr e e s i n Anci e nt M ason ry ,

wh e r e as th e G rand L od ge a c k nowl e dg e d a n d k n e w :

o f b ut t h r e e .

Y o u wi ll not f ai l to n oti c e th at t h e v e ry c on

c e p tio n o f th i s w h o le M as on ic sch e m e i s a f raud and

, _
 M A S O N IC A N T I Q U I T Y . 2 1
7

a sw i ndl e f ro m th e beg i n n i n g . B ut th e sto ry go e s

r
E m b o lde n e d by su cc e ss , in A D 1 7 56 , D e rm ott
“
. .

publ i sh e d h i s A h im a n R ez on , in w h ic h si m i l ar stat e
m e nts w e r e m ad e li
Tho m as D u n c k e r le y an i l l e g i t i m at e s o n o f
“
,

G e org e I I a m an o f m ost br i l li an t i nt e l l e ct w as
.
, ,

c hos e n M ast e r o f a r e gu lar l od g e i n A D 1 7 7 0 ; h e . .

soo n assu m e d a hi gh positi o n a m o n g t h e d isti n gu ish e d

M ason s o f t h e age a nd fi n al ly b e cam e G rand M ast e r
,
.

V isiti n g th e A nc i e n t lod g es h e b e c am e acq uai nt e d ,

w i th t h e n e w d e gr e e and r e solv e d th at th e y should

, ,

n ot appropr i at e to t h e ms e l v e s a si ngl e p e arl o f any

r e al val u e towards th e e l u ci d at i on o f t h e c ra ft h e
, ,

d e t e rm i n e d to i ntrod u c e th e d e g r e e i nto t h e r e gular

”
l od g e s .

D i v e st i n g t h e d e g r e e as practi s e d by th e
“

A n c ie n ts o f m any o f i ts c rud iti e s ; in f act r e mod e l i n g ,

it and r e vi si n g t h e l e ctu r e h e pr e s e n t e d th e H oly ,

R o yal Arch D e g r e e to t h e G ran d Lod g e It w as .

at o nc e f ou nd t h at t h e pract i c e o f thi s n e w d egr e e

’
re q u i r e d a C h an g e i n t h at o f t h e M ast e r M aso n s
d e g r e e — a r e m o v a l an d a s u bs t it u t io n — a tran s fe r say s ,
”
D r O l i v e r o f t h e M ast e r s wo rd
.
,
’
.

T h e n e w d e g r e e h av i n g r e c e i v e d t h e patro n
age o f t h e D uk e o f C lar e n c e b roth e r o f t h e k in
( g ,

u n it e d w i th h i s o w n i nfl u e nc e e n abl e d D u n c k e r le y ,

to s u c e e ss fu lly c arry h i s proj e ct th roug h and s i nc e ,

A D 1 7 7 9 t h e H oly R oy al Ar c h h as be e n c ul ti
. .
‘ ’

y at e d u nd e r t h e autho r i ty o f t h e G rand L od g e o f
E n gl and ( Appl e T re e T a v e r n G rand L od g e ) a nd
,
-

”
t h e d e g r e e d e c l ar e d t o b e p art o f an ci e n t M aso n ry .

A nd thus in 1
7 79 the “
H oly R oyal A rch ”
an d
th e S ub lim e d e g r e e of M ast e r M aso n w e r e both
p e r fe c t e d ,
and th e r e v i v al b e gu n by An d e rs o n ,

D e sa u gu lie r s , S awy e r C o., in 1

7 7,1 was f ul ly ef
2 18 A S TE R S C A R P E T
’
T HE M .

f e c te d . T he
n e c e ssary ch an g e was m ad e th e “ r e ,

” ”
m o v a l an d “
s u bs t it u t io n to o k p l ac e th e word ,

“
J e ho v ah w as r e m o v e d f ro m t h e M ast e r Mason s
” ’

d e g r e e t ran sfe rr e d to D u n c k e r le y s R oyal Ar c h and

,
’

M a h h a h bo n e as w e n ow hav e i t w as i nv e nt e d
- -
, ,

”
and s u bs t it u te d as t h e grand M ason i c Word i n
“

its st e ad .

F ro m th i s autho ri ty , th e n ,
f urni sh e d as i t i s
by a M aso n than w ho m th e r e i s n on e h i gh e r i n
t h e world w e at o n c e l e arn th at i n st e ad o f t h e
,

“
Mast e r s Word bei n g l ost th roug h t h e pr e t e nd e d
’ ”

d e ath o f H i ram at t h e bui ld in g o f t h e J e rusal e m

t e mpl e , i t was S i mply t r an s fzzr r e d in 1 7 7 9 to a
n e w d e gr e e and M a h h a h bo n e substitut e d i n i ts
,
- -

pl ac e ; an d w e also l e arn that i nst e ad o f S olo mon ,

K i n g o f Isra e l Hir am K in g o f Ty r e and Hi ram

, , ,

Ab i ff b e i n g t h e pr i n ci pal fou nd e rs and promot e rs o f

t h e M aso n ic syst e m , th at R am say D e rm ott an d ,

D u n c k e r le y w e r e t h e c h i e f m anipul ator s o f o u r
s al oon bantl i n g and h e n c e th at to th e s e l att e r
,

worth i e s al on e m ust b e ascrib e d all t h e gl ory fo r

thos e fi n ish i n g touch e s wh i ch h av e l e ft th e i nsti
t u t io n in t h e f o rm i n wh i c h we n ow fi nd i t .
 C H AP T E R I X .

M A S O N R Y A N D T H E AN C I E N T M Y S T E R I E S .
-
Ad am
th e fi rst m an w h o w or e an ap ro n — B y w ho m .

i n v e st e d — D i st i n c t i on b e tw e e n M aso n i c l od g e s
an d M ason i c p hi losoph y — O r i g i n o f S aba i s m
o r star w orsh i p —T h e s u n go d — W orsh i p e d in
-
.
-
.

s e c r e t — A n c i e nt myst e r i e s
. .
-
Myst e r i e s o f E gy p t
an d E l e us i s — M ason ry
. a nd th e myst e r i e s
i d e n ti c al .
- O s i ri s ,
th e s u n - go d of E gy p t — e
H i ram Ab i ff an d O s i r i s o ne and th e sam e .

F r e e m aso n ry ,
th e o ld su n worsh i p r e viv e d
- .

M e an i n g of th e t e rm “
go d of n atu r e — M ust.
”

b e l i e v e M ason i c t e st i m o ny c on c e rn i n g i ts e l f .

H en ry - B ut
a noth e r d ifli c u lty p r e s e n ts .

i ts e l f . I f, as h as b e e n so c l e arly d e m o n strat e d t h e ,

M ason i c i n st i tut i o n h as e x i st e d o n ly s i n c e F e b ru ar y
or Ju n e ,
1
7 7 —
1 t hat i s about 162 y e ars — h o w c o m e s
i t th e n th at o th e r M ason ic authors , and e v e n so m e
of t hos e fro m wh o m y o u h av e al r e ady q u ot e d ,

cl ai m fo r it a m u c h gr e at e r an t i qu i ty and att e mpt ,

e ve n to tra c e i t bac k to the ti m e of Ad am ?

M r . B a r ton — W e ll , i t i s q u i t e tru e that Ada m
was th e fi rst m an w ho wo r e an a
p r on , but al
‘

th o u gh it m ay ha y e b e e n “
th e bad g e of a M ason ,

”
et i n st e ad of be i n g “
th e mbl e m of i n n oc e n c e it
y e ,
 ’
2 20 THE M AS TER S CARP ET .

was u nd oubt e d ly th e n as w e l l as
,
now ,
th e e mbl e m
of d e c e pti on s e lfish n e ss and si n ; Ad a m b e i n g in
,

i n v e st e d w i th i t by G rand M ast e r S atan h i ms e l f .

B ut if w e d e s i r e to h av e a co rr e ct u nd e rstand i ng
o f M ason ic anti q ui ty w e must al w ays d raw a broad
,

l i n e o f d isti n c ti o n b e tw e e n t h e Masoni c ph i losophy

and t h e M aso n i c lod g e s i n wh i c h that philosophy is
i ncul cat e d .

r
r e l ig i ous ph il osoph yo f F r e e m ason ry i s as
T he

o ld as s i n its e lf wh i l e t h e l od g e s wh ich d iss e m i n at e

1k
th at ph il osophy w e r e o nly i nsti tut e d d uri n g t h e
p e riod f rom 1 7 1 7 to 1 7 3 8 ; and h e nc e o n e cl ass o f M a
son i c writ e rs sp e ak i n g o f i t as a r e l i g ious Syst e m
’

, ,

e nd e a v or to trac e i t b ac k to a r e m ot e a nti q u ity ;

w h il e anoth e r cl ass al l ud i n g o nly to its gov e rn m e nt
,

as at pr e s e nt co nstitut e d i nto l odg e s and G rand

L od g e s r e fe r i t to t h e p e ri od j ust m e ntio n e d Thi s
,
.

v i e w of t h e qu e stion i s f ully susta in e d by al l ou r

M aso n i c auth o rs , but by non e o f th e m w i th g r e at e r
c l e arn e ss and accu racy than i s f ound in t h e v o lu m in
o u s w ri ti n gs o f A G M ack e y P ast G rand M ast e r
. .
,

and P ast G e n e ral G rand H i g h P ri e st He says i n .

h is
“
S y mbol i sm of F r e e m ason ry ,
p . 1 1

I f w e s e e k th e or i gi n o f t h e i nstituti on m ould
e d i nto o ut w ar
t 1 8 to da , w e can scarc e ly
y
b e r e q u i 1 e d to l ook f arth e r back than t h e b e gi n n i n g
o f t h e e i gh t e e nth c e ntury , and i nd e e d n o t quit e so
far .
 M A SO N R Y A N D T HE M YSTE R I E S . 22 1

W hile, in th e v e ry sam e parag ra p h ,

he al s o de

c l ar e s w i th e q ual pl a i nn e ss th at
, ,

“
I f w e s e e k t h e or i g i n and fi rst b e g i n n i n g o f
t h e M a s o n icp h i losophy w e m ust go away back i nto ,
E

t h e ag e s o f w h e n w e sh al l fi nd th i s
b e gi n n i n g i n th e b o so m o f k i nd r e d ass o ci ati on s w h e r e ,
”
t h e sam e ph il os ophy w as m a i n tai n e d and taught .

A nd agai n in h is “
T e x t B oo k of M as o n i c Ju r i s
,

”
p r ud e nce , p 9 5,
. h e says '

T h e truth i s th at M a s on ry is u n do u bte d ly a

o u s i n s t it u t io n , w hi c h h and e d d own
it it
r eli
g i ,

th rou gh a l o n g succ e ss i on o f ag e s E r o m th a t a n cie n t

'

p r ies t h ood w h o fi rst t au ght i t e mb rac e s t h e g r e at ,

t e n e ts o f t h e e x i st e n c e o f G o d and t h e i m m ortal i ty o f
1
th e

U po n th e e vi d e n c e of th i s hi g h M ason ic au t h o r i

ty , th e n w e l e arn t w o v e ry i mport an t f a c ts n am e ly
, ,

”
th at F r e e m aso n ry i n i ts p r e s e nt outward f or m o f
“
,

G rand L od g e go v e rn m e n t c a m e i nto e x i st e n c e o nly ,

in th e be gin ni n g of th e e i ght e e nth c e ntu ry w h i l e at ,

th e sam e ti m e i ts r e l i gi ou s phi los o phy i ts l e g e nd ,

and v ar i ous sy mbol s pr e v i ously e x ist e d i n

, th e boso m
of “
k m dr e d asso ci at i on s , aw ay ba c k i n to “
th e re

”
g i on s of r e mot e anti qu i ty . A nd , h e ar i n g th i s d i s
ti n cti o n c ar e f ully i n m i nd , we ca n mo r e e as i ly u n d e r
stand and m or e r e ad i ly a p pr e c i at e
,
t h e f ul l e xt e n t o f
th at c e l e b rat e d M as on ic r e v iv a l wh i c h w e ar e au ,

t h o r it at iv e ly i n f orm e d took pl a c e u nd e r t h e l e ad e rsh ip

of And e rso n and D e s au gu lie r s as al r e ady r e fe rr e d to ,

.

B u t w h at w as i t that th e s e “
M aso n i c f ath e rs ,
and
222 THE M AS TE R S C AR P E T
’
.

th e i r c o l abor e rs r e ally r e vi v e d ? Wh e r e d id th e y
-

fi nd th e m at e r i al fo r t h e M ason i c ph i losophy ? And

w hat w e r e th e s e k i nd r e d asso ci at i o ns so c o n fide n t
“

ly all ud e d to by B r o M a c k e y ?
.

I n s e arch i n g fo r th e “
begi n n i n g of the M asoni c
”
ph i l osophy n o m att e r how far bac k w e m ay go
,

”
“
i nto th e ag e s o f r e mot e ant iq ui ty w e c an fi nd ,

on ly t w o k i nds o f r e l ig i on s o r r e li gious p h il osophi e s

t h e r e l i g i o n o f G o d and t h e r e l igi o n o f pagan ism ;
r
an d b u t t w o c l ass e s o f pr i e sts t h e pri e sts o f God
,

and th e p r i e sts o f B aal J A nd as th e B ibl e contai ns

.

all th at c an poss i bly b e k n ow n c on c e rn i n g t h e r e

ligio n o f t h e tru e G o d h i s worship an d t h e pri e sts
, ,

by who m th at w orsh i p was tau g h t and condu c t e d ,

and as F r e e m ason ry h as n oth ing w hat e v e r to do

“

w i th th e B ibl e and i s n ot f ou nd e d o n th e B ibl e

,

a cc ord i n g to i ts o w n authori z e d l aw books an d -

m an u al s th e r e for e i t m ust n e c e ssarily f ollow e v e n

,
i
,

t h e abs e n c e o f any f urth e r t e st i mony th at t h e r e l i ,

~

i ous ph iloso p hy n o w I n culcat e d i n M ason i c t e m p l s e

i s t h e v e ry sam e t hat was an c i e ntly taught

pra c ti c e d in th e pagan t e mpl e s o f B aal a nd O s ir
B ut w e ar e n o t l e f t to c onj e ctu r e upo n th i s poi m .

E v e ry M asOnic m an u al and mon i tor m ak e s mor e Or

'

l e ss m e nt i on o f i t w hi l e al l o u r b e st an d m o st p o p u
,

l ar writ e rs Sp e ak o f i t i n th e most u n e qu i vo c al t e rms .

I n f a c t F r e e mason ry by all i ts accr e di t e d authoriti e s

, , ,

c l ai m s to b e a R E V I V A L o f t h e an ci e nt r e ligi ous
 M A SON R Y A ND T HE M YSTERIES . 223

ph i los o p hy of E gy p t ,
P h oen ici a and oth e r p aga n

n at i o ns w ho pra c ti c e d a s e c r e t wo rsh i p in ho no r of
,

th e su n -
g o d, w h o m th e y d e s i g n at e d b yVar io u S n a m e s
a c co rd i n g to c i rcu mstan c e s ; an d , w h at i s m o r e , th i s
v e ry c l a i m i s boast ful ly ass e rt e d .

B e for e r e fe rr i ng , how ev e r , t o th e d i r e c t M as o n i c
t e st i m on y wh ic h co nc l us iv el y pro v e s th i s f a c t , le t us
gl an c e fo r am om e n t at t h e c aus e s Wh ich o ri gi n ally
g ave ri se t o t h e wo rsh i p of th i s sup p os e d su n god -

of pag an i s m ,
an d to th e e stabl i sh mnt
e of those
"
“
k i nd r e d asso ci at i on s , i n th e bo so m Of w h ic h , we
-

h av e b e e n so c on fi d en tly i n fo rm e d by M a ckey ,
th e
0

M as o n i c p h i loso p hy h ad b e e n d i s c o v e r ed
. s

”
In th e “
T rad i t i o n s o f F r e e m aso n ry , by ierso n ,
J

p . 2
3 1, we r e ad
E gypt w as r e p e opl e d a ft e r t h e d e l u g e by t h e
son s o f H am , and th ey m ad e m or e ra p i d adv an c e s -

i n r e c o v e r i n g a k n o w le dge o f th e arts an d sc i e n c e s
'
,

p art i al ly l ost by that c atastroph e th an any oth e r p e o ,

l r
p e u,
n t il E gy p t b e c am e t o b e l ook e d upon as th e
m oth e r o f scj gg ce i y ’

Th e s e e arly E gy p t i an s e ttl e rs , in t he i r p e r i od ic al
obs e rvati on s f ro m y e ar t o y e ar ( as w e l e arn f ro m ,

h i story ) i n s e arch o f so m e S i g n by m e an s o f wh ic h
,

th e y c ould t e l l about wh at t i m e th e r iv e r N i l e w o uld

ov e rflo w i ts b an k s and s o e n abl e th e m to p r e par e fo r
,

fl i ght to th e h i l l cou n try at l ast as a r e w ard fo r th e i r

, ,

con t i n u e d w atch ful n e ss , b e h e ld i n th e m orn i n g ‘

ne ar th e stars of C an c e r , th o ugh p r e tty far f r o m th e
 THE M A ST E R
’
S CAR P ET .

bands o f t h e Z od i ac toward t h e south and a fe w

, ,

w e e k s a ft e r th ei r r i si ng o n e of th e m os t br illia n t if
,

n ot t h e br ig h t e st s ta r of th e w hol e h e a v e ns as c e n d ,

i ng th e h ori z o n I t app e ar e d a l i ttl e b e for e

. th e r i si ng
of th e s u n wh ic h h ad r e nd e r e d i t al most i nv i sibl e
,

fo r a mo nth o r two pr e vi ous Th i s ph e nom e n on b e .

c o m i n g vi s i bl e o nly Short ti m e b e
a for e t h e ri si n g o f

t h e N i l e t h e E gypt i ans pi t c h e d upon t h e app e ari n g

,

o f th i s m ag n i fic e n t s ta r as t h e in falu b le S i g n o f t h e
beg i n n i n g of th e i n u nd ation and h e nc e i t b e cam e
, ,

th e p u bli c
‘
m ar h o n wh i ch e v e r y o n e was to k e e p
a w atch ful e y e n o t to m i ss th e i nstant o f r e t i r i ng to
,

t h e h i gh e r g rounds .

A S i t w as s e e n b ut a v e ry l i ttl e t i m e abo v e th e
hor i zon i t s ee m e d to Sho w i ts e l f to t h e E gypt i ans
,

m e r e ly to w a r n th e m o f t h e o v e r fl o w m g wh i c h
soo n f oll ow e d T h e y th an ga v e thi s star two
.

n a m e s h av i n g a v e ry n atu ral r e l atio n to t h e h e lps

,

th e y b orrow ed th e r e fo r m Ic w a r n ed th e m o f t h e
.
’

da ng e r w h e r eupo n th e y call e d i t T h aau t o r Th ot

, ,

t h e dog th e y call e d i t al so th e ba r b e r t h e m o n i ,

t or in E gypti an A n u bis A nd i t m ay b e w o t hy
, .

y/
o f bri e f m e nti on th at thi s sam e Anubi s o r S P E
\\
.

s t ar o f t h e e arly E gypti an s i s now th e B la z ing ,

“

”
S ta r o f t h e M ason i c ph ilosophy and h as t h e v e ry

sam e m e an i n g fo r t h e M ason to d ay ( as w ill b e -

,

sh o w n h e r e a ft e r ) th at i t fo rm e rly h ad fo r th e dw e ll
e r s i n l ow e r E gypt .
 M ASONRY A ND T HE M YSTER I E S . 22
5

T he v e n e rat i o n w i th w h ic h th i s m ag n ific e nt
star was at fi rst r e g ard e d g radu ally ,
le d t o i ts w or

sh i p w h i ch a f t e r a t i m e w as follow e d by
, , ,
th e w or
h

ship of oth e r stars an d h e av e n ly bod i e s ,

an d th e n
T
aga i n by o th e rs u nt i l at l e n gt h th e do c tr i n e
,
of

sabais m o r s tar worsh i p b e cam e th e co m m o n

- re

ligio n of E gypt and th e ad j a c e n t c o u n t r ie s an d fin

lj
al ly le d to th e polyth e i s m w h ic h a ft e rwards e v e ry
wh e r e pr e vail e d .

B u t w h i l e poly th e i s m ,
or th e w orsh i p of m any
gods was , th e u n iv e rsal re l i g i on of th e m ul t i tud e s
or th e c o m m on p e op le i n al l paga n n at i o ns , y et

th e su n or

su n o d, nu
g
-

de r d i ffe r e n t
a pp e l l at i 0 n s ,

w as e v e ry
w h e r e c o n st i
‘

t u te d as th e
c h i e f d e i ty .

E m b le m of S un - W or sh p i .

And w h i l e th e pagan m ass e s o ffe r e d th e i r publ i c

d e v oti ons to th e i r my r i ads of s e ns e l e ss i dols , th e

pagan pri e sts and ph i l o soph e rs and rul e rs h ad a

d i ffe r e n t wo rsh i p w h i c h th e y p ra c t ic e d o n ly in se
,

c r e t w h i c h th e y cond uct e d w i th t h e m ost i m p osi n g

,

c e r e m on i e s an d wh i ch th e y al w ays c e l e b rat e d i n
,

h ono r of th e c h i e f d e i ty , or su n o d. T h is s ec r e t
g
-
226 THE ASTE R S C ARP ET ’
M .

worship o f p agan i sm i n e v e ry c ountry was t e rm e d

”
the “
Myst e r i e s and i s th at w hi c h was r e v i v e d by
,

t h e “ M aso n ic f ath e rs i n th e b e g i n n i ng o f t h e
e i ght e e nth c e ntu ry ; so th at what was call e d t h e
Myst e r i e s O f O s i ri s o r B aal o r B a cc hus o r , , ,

D io nys i us in an ci e nt t i m e s i s to d ay k nown as t l e ,
-
.
‘

myst e ri e s o f M ason ry O n th is poi n t al l o u r M a

.

so ni c w rit e rs as h as b e e n al r e ady m e nt i on e d g i v e
, ,

su c h pla i n posit i v e u n q ual i fi e d a ffi rm ati v e t e sti

, , ,

mo n y th at if w e d o n ot b e l i e v e what th e y say
, ,
'

co n c e rn i n g th e i r o w n p e t p h iIO S O p hy i t i s us e l e ss ,

to r e c e iv e h u man t e sti m o ny o n any subj e ct And .

fo r t h e pu rpos e o f il l ustrati ng th is Baal w orship and ,

as if to gi v e e mphasi s to t he i r t e a c hi ng t h e e mbl e m ,

o f t h e sun moon stars & c o n t h e pr e c e di n g pag e i s

, , ,
.
, ,

f ou nd i n all ou r lod g e s and m an uals .

In th e “
Trad iti on s of M ason ry ,
p . 2
3 ,
2 we

“
M or e pa ge s o f t h e writi ngs o f t h e anci e nts ,

t hat h av e be e n pr e s e rv e d to o u r ti m e s ar e d e vot e d ,

to t h e M Y S T E R I E S th an to t h e d e v e lopm e nt o f
empi r e s . H e n c e w e h a v e be tt e r kn o w l e dg e o f t h e ,

c e r e moni al and l e g e nd o f m any o f t h e phas e s o f t h e

myst e ri e s than w e hav e o f t h e count ry i n w hich th e y
,
”
w e r e p ra c ti c e d .

T h i s b e i n g t h e cas e th en le t us n ow s e e h o w ,

cl e arly th e M ason ic philosophy and M ason ic in

s tit u tio n a r e Shown to b e id e nt i cal i n e v e ry fe ature
w ith th e s e p agan M st e ri e s “
y ,
 M A S O N RY A ND T HE M YSTERIE S . 22
7

”
In th e “ L e x i co n of F r e e m ason ry , by M a c k e y ,

p .
5
12 r e ad
,
we

E G Y P T I A N M Y S T E R 1 E s — E gypt was th e c radl e

“
.

of the my st e ri e s o f pagan i s m At o n e t i m e i n .

poss e ss i o n o f al l t h e l e arn i n g and r e l i gi o n th at w as

t o b e f ou nd i n t h e world i t e xt e n d e d i nto oth e r,

n at i on s t h e i n fl u e n c e o f i ts sacr e d rit e s and its .

,
”
s e c r e t d octri n e s .

An d i n d e sc r i b i n g th e Myst e ri e s D r
“ ”
ack ey ,
.

a ga i n says o n p 3 1 5 ,
.

T hi s i s t h e n am e g iv e n t o thos e r e li g i ou s
a s s e mbl i e s o f th e an ci e nts w hos e c e r e m o n i e s w e r e ,

cond uct e d in s e cr et whos e d octr i n e s w e r e k n ow n

,

o nly to thos e wh o h ad obtai n e d t h e ri ght o f k n o w

l e d g e by a pr e v io u s i n it ia t io n an d w h os e m e m be r s ,

w e r e i n p os s e s s io n of s ig n s a n d t o h e n s by w h ic h ,
”
w er e en a ble d to r eco n iz e e a c h o t h e r
g .

I s n ot th is an e x a c t d e scriptio n o f F r e e m ason ry ?
Or could any l an gu ag e be mpl oy e d p rtray the
'

e to o

M ason i c syst e m m or e accu rat e ly ?

B ut agai n
W ar b u r to n s de fi n itio n o f t h e Myst e ri e s
“ ’ ‘ ’

w as as f ol l o w s E ach o f t h e pag a n g o ds h ad ( b e
. .

sid e s th e p u bl ic an d Op e n ) a s e c r e t w o r s h ip pa i d
u nto hi m to wh ich n on e w e r e ad m itt e d but th os e
,

w h o h ad b e e n s e l e ct e d by pr e paratory c e r e m on i e s ,

cal l e d I N I T I A TI O N Th i s s e c r e t w o r s h ip w as
.

t e rm e d th e myst e r i e s ( D ivi n e L e gat i on v

. ol i,
p , . .

T h e m ost i mportan t o f th e my s te r i e s w e r e
th os e o f M i th ras , c e l e b rat e d i n P e rsi a ; o f O si ri s and
I si s , c e l e b rat e d i n E gy p t ; o f E l e usi s , i n sti tut e d i n
G r e e c e , and t h e S cand i n av i an an d D ru id ical ri t e s
w h ich w e r e co n fi n e d to th e G ot hic and C e lt i c
”
tr i b e s .
2 28 THE CARP ET
’
M A ST E R S .

A nd i n f u rth e r e xpl a i n i n g th e com m on or i gi n

of th e s e myst e r i e s and th e i r in de n tity i n e v e ryth i n g
e x c e pt i n th e n am e o f th e h e ro go d al on e th e -
,

M ason ic t e x t b ook r e l at e s
-

T rad i t i ons o f F r e e m aso n ry p 2 33

“
, .

A nd th e myst e r i e s th roughout t h e world w e r e

“

t h e s a m e i n s u bs t a n c e b e i n g d e r i v e d f rom o n e
,

sourc e and c e l e b rat e d i n hono r o f t h e sam e d e iti e s ,

”
though ack n owl e d g e d u nd e r d i ffe r e n t app e ll at i on s .

F ro m all th is u ndoubt e d Maso n i c t e st i mony th e n , ,

th e fol l ow i ng f acts appar e nt n am e ly : th at am on g

ar e ,

th e an ci e nt pag an s a p u blic and a S E C R E T worsh ip

r
w e r e pract i c e d ; th at t his S E C R E T worship fi rst or i g i n
at e d in E gypt an d w as e v e rywh e r e k now n as “ T H E
,

”
‘

M Y ST E R I E S th at all th e s e Myst e ri e s w e r e th e sam e

“

i n substan c e th e i r r e l i gious ph il os o phy th e i r l e g e nd

, , ,

and th e i r h e ro o r su n go d b e i n g th e sam e e v e rywh e r e

,
-
, ,

o nly u nd e r d i ffe r e nt app e l l ati ons th at a kn owl e dg e

“

”
o f th e s e “
M v s te r ie s w as obtai n e d only by i n i t i ation ,

”
an d t h at as s e cr e t r e li gi ous ass e mbli e s th e i r di ffe r
,
“
,

e n t m e mb e rs w e r e i n poss e ssi on o f si g ns grips a nd

“
,

tok e ns by wh i c h th e y w e r e e n abl e d to r e cogn i z e

,
“

”
e ach oth e r
A .

”
T h e s e ar e t h e k i n d r e d asso ci at i o ns all ud e d to
“

by M ack e y and al l oth e r M ason i c writ e rs and i n

, ,

”
th e “
bosom o f whi ch th e y ass e rt i n such v e r y
,

pos i t i v e l an guag e th at t h e M asoni c philosophy w as

,

fou nd ; and it i s to p rov e th is fact , an d to e stabl i sh ,

 M ASONR Y A ND T HE M Y ST ER IE S . 22
9

b e v o nd a d oubt ,
t he id e nt i ty of thos e “
An ci e nt Mys
t e r ie s with th e M ason i c i nst i tution th at th e y h a v e ,

tak e n su c h gr e at pa in s to d e s c rib e w i th m i n ut e ex

ac t n e ss e v e ry part i cul ar i n c i d e n t c o n n e c t e d w i th th e i r
c e l e b rat i on .

Bu t ag a i n F r e e m ason ry t e a c h e s u s
”
L e x i c on o f F r e e m as o n ry by M ack e y , p 3 1 5
“
,
.

“ I n al l th s
e e var i ou s myst e ri e s w e fi nd a si n gul a r
”
u n ity o f d e si gn cl e arl y i ndi cati n g a co m m on ori g i n
,
.

r
c e r e m o n i e s o f 1 n 1 t1at ro n w e r e all f a n e r ea ’
O O 0 0 O

“
T he i

i n th e i r cha ra ct e r T h e y c e l e b rat e d t h e d e ath and

.

r e su rr e ction o f so m e ch e rish e d b e i n g e ith e r t h e ob j e ct ,

”
o f e st e e m as a h e r o o r o f d e voti on as a god
,
.

“
S ubord i n at i on o f d e g r e e s was i n sti tut e d an d ,

t h e cand id at e was subj e ct e d to p robat i o n s v ary i n g i n

th e i r ch aract e r and s e v e rity t
a i t
t h e r it es
w e r e p r a ct i c e d i n t h e a a r h n es s o ni h an d h
f g
’
t t e ,

f ul l f r u i tion o f k n owl e d g e f o r w h i c h so m u c h l abo r

w as e nd u r e d and so m u ch d an g e r i n cu rr e d was n ot
, ,

att ai n e d u nti l t h e aspi rant w e ll tri e d and tho rou g hly

,

pu ri fi e d had r e ach e d t h e pl ac e o f w i sd o m and o f

,
”
l i ght .

H e re we fi nd th e syst e m of F r e e m ason ry ,
i ts
d e g r e e s i n i t i ato ry c e r e m o n i e s , and
, th e lege n d of Hi
ram Ab i ff, d e s c r i b e d wi t h an a cc u ra c y of d e tai l
wh i ch m ay p oss i bly be e q u al e d but can n ot ,
be ex

ce l led .
“
T he My st e ri e s ,
he says , “ w e r e al l fu n e r e al i n
”
c hara c t e r ; so i s F r e e m ason ry T h e y h ad a “ subo r
.

din at io n of d e gr e e s s o h as M ason ry “ T h e My s .

te r ie s c e l e brat e d th e de a th an d r e su rr e c t i o n of som e
”
c h e r i sh e d b e i n g ; M aso n ry c e l e brat e s th e d e ath and
r e su rr e ct i o n of H i ram Abi ff wh o i s ch e r i sh e d am on g
.
 ’
2 30 T HE M A ST E R S C AR P ET .

th e as a b e i ng o f sup e ri or e xc e ll e n c e
f rat e rn ity ,
an d

w hos e n am e i s e v e r sacr e d on th e i r l ips .

And a g ai n ,
on the “
E l e u si ni an Myst e r i e s ,
p .

18 w r e ad
3, e

Th e s e w e r e amon g t h e m ost i m po rtan t o f th e

anci e n t rit e s and w e r e h e n c e o ft e n call e d e m p h ati
,

cally ‘t h e M y s te r ies .
’

“
I n th e s e m y st e ri e s w as com m e m orat e d th e
s e a r c h o f C e r e s a f t e r h e r d au gh te r P ros e rpi n e .

T h e ch i e f d i sp e ns e r o f t h e myst e ri e s w as call e d t h e
Hi e roph an t o r r e v e al e r o f sacr e d thi ngs ( w e cal l
, ,

h i m W o rsh ip ful M ast e r i n M ason ry ; ) to h i m w e r e

j oi n e d th r e e a s si stan ts t h e D aduchus or torch b e ar e r
, ,
-

t h e C e ryx o r h e rald and t h e H o e p ib o m o or altar

, , ,

fi
’
se r v e r

I n F r e e mason ry th e S e n i or Ward e n Jun i or ,

Ward e n and S e ni or D e acon ar e j oi n e d with t h e

,
“

Wo rsh ip ful M ast e r i n op e n i n g c lo s in g an d conduct , ,

i n g t h e vari o u s d e gr e e c e r e m on i e s T h e Worship ful .

M ast e r i s t h e H i e rophant or r e v e al e r o f sacr e d

,
th e “

th i n gs t h e S e n i or Ward e n r e pr e s e nts t h e torch “

b e ar e r b e i n g n e xt i n o fii c e to t h e M ast e r and whos e

, ,

c hi e f busi n e ss i t i s to assist h i m i n t h e activ e d uti e s

o f th e l odg e ; t h e J u n i o r W ard e n r e p re s e nts t h e
“
h e rald wh os e stati on i s al w ays i n t h e so u th and
”
, ,

m ak e s procl am ation to t h e b r e th r e n wh e n th e l odg e ,

i s abo u t to b e op e n e d o r cl os e d wh il e it i s al ways ,

t h e c onstant d uty o f t h e S e n ior D e ac o n to wait upon

t h e altar And t h e S e a r c h o f C E R E S fo r h e r dau gh

.

t e r P ros e rpi n e whi c h w as pra c ti c e d i n t h e i n iti atory

,
 QVI A S O N R Y
1
A ND T HE M Y S T E R IE S .

c e re m on i es of th e My st e ri e s of E l e us i s i s m ost viv id
,

th e
’
ly r e pr e s e nt e d in t h e M as t e r M aso n s l odg e by
’
s ea r ch of the tw e l v e F e ll ow C ra fts fo r H i ram s
’
body an d ,
fo r t h e M ast e r s word .

B ut ag ai n °

“
T h e m y st e r i e s w e r e o f tw o k i nd s , th e l e ss e r
”
an d t h e g r e at e r .

T h e M aso n i c myst e r i e s al so , ar e o f ,
tw o k i nds ,

t h e les s e r my s te r ies co m p ri si n g t h e E nt e r e d A pp ren

t i c e F e l l ow C ra ft
, ,
an d th e fi rst s e cti o n of th e M as
’
t e r s d e g r e e a nd ,
th e g r ea te r my s t e r i es w h i ch co m
pr i s e th e d ra m a of “
H i ram ,
or th e T e m pl e L e g e nd .

B ut , as if to pl ac e th i s m att e r o f th e i d e nt i ty of

”
M aso n ry w i th “
the Myst e ri e s b e yond t h e po s sib i l i ty
of a doubt ,

Dr . M a c k e y i n form s u s i n h i s “
L e xic on , p .

I 3S
I n th e s e r e gul atio n s as w e l l as i n t h e g rad ual
“
,

ad vanc e m e nt o f t h e cand id at e f ro m o n e d e g r e e to
an oth e r th a t r e s e m bla n ce to o u r o w n in s t itu t io n i s
,

r e ad ily p e rc e iv e d wh ic h h as g i v e n to th e s e as w e l l
, ,

as to t h e oth e r A n c i e n t Myst e ri e s t h e appropri at e

‘
,
’

”
n am e o f S pu r i ou s F r e e m ason ry .

A n d agai n i n ,
th e “
S ymbol i s m of F r e e m as o n ry ,

by A G M a c k e y p
. .
5 i t i s stat ed
, . 1 ,

T h e s e myst e r i e s e x i st e d i n e v e r y cou ntry o f

h e ath e n dom i n e a c h u nd e r a d i ffe r e n t n a m e , and to
,

so m e e xt e n t u n d e r a d i ffe r e nt f o rm but al w ays and ,

e v e rywh e r e w i th t h e sam e d e s i gn o f n c u lc a t in
i g by
'
,

al l e go ri cal and sy mbol i cal t e ac h in gs, t h e g r e at M a

s o n i c do c t r i n es o f t h e u it G d and t h i m m
ny o e or ,

t al ity o f t h e so u l J T h i s i s an i mportan t proposit i on ,

m
.
 ’
2 32 THE M A STER S CAR P ET .

an d t h e
f act wh i ch it e nunci at e s m ust n e v e r b e l ost '

sight o f, i n any i nqui ry i nto t h e origi n o f F r e e

m ason ry ; f o r t h e pagan myst e r i e s w e r e , to t h e
spu r i ous F r e e m ason ry o f an ti q u ity pr e ci s e ly wh at ,

t h e M ast e r s lod g e s a r e to t h e F r e e m ason ry o f t h e

’

”
pr e s e nt d ay .

Agai n i n ,
the
T radi ti ons o f F r e e m ason r y , p
“
.

8 A T C P i e rson d e cl ar e s
, . . .

T h e w r i ti n gs o f t h e anci e nt sag e s a ff ord m any

coi ncid e nc e s i n c e r e m oni e s customs u sag e s sy mb o l s
, , , ,

and all e gor i e s b e tw e e n t h e anci e nt mystic o r r e ligi

, ,

o u s associ ati on s t h e My st e ri e s ) and th at wh ic h i s

( ,
”
,

n o w t e rm e d F r e e m ason ry .

And h e n c e if wo rds ha v e a m e an i n g i t i s u n
, ,

d e n i ably d e m o nstrat e d by th e v e ry h i gh e st M ason i c

,

authori ty i n t h e l and th at t h e “ anci e n t u sag e s and

e s tabl ish e d custo m s o f t h e s e cr e t worship o f pagan

ism ar e to d ay r e prod uc e d and e n forc e d i n al l o u r

,
-

M ason i c l od g e s an d cons e qu e n tly th at wh e na cand i

, ,

”
dat e in t h e p r ep a r a tio n r o om
“ s e r i ousl y d e cl are s “

”
U pon h is hono r that h e “ wil l ch e e r f ully con form
t o all t h e a n ci e nt usag e s an d e stabl i sh e d custo ms o f
”
t h e f rat e rn ity h e si mply pl e dg e s b e f or e hand that
, ,

h e wi ll c o n fo rm to all t h e anci e nt usag e s and e stab

‘ ”
lish e d custom s o f t h e
'

“
S ecr e t A ly s te r z es o f th e o ld
su n go d o f E gy p t And al l his subs e qu e n t obl i ga
-
.

t i o n s and e v e ry oath ad m i n i st e r e d to h i m a ft e rwards

,

o n th e S qu ar e and C o mpass ar e but so m any

“
,

so le m n p l e dg e s sw e ar i n g h i m that h e m u st for e v e r
, ,
 M A S O N RY A N D T H E M Y S T ER I E S . 2
33

a ft e r c o n form to and ab i d e by and m ai n ta i n and

“

“
, , ,

”
suppo rt th at w ic k e d i d ol atry .

B ut M ason ic audac i ty and i n fi d e l i ty g o e ve n

st i l l f u rth e r than th i s . F r e e m ason ry m ust b e pro v e d ,

by so m e m e ans to be of D i v i n e o r i g i n , and as th e
”

“ A n ci e n t M yst e r i e s ,
or B aal W o rsh i p , and the Ma
son i c myst e ri e s ar e o ne and th e sam e , th e r e for e
n oth i n g r e m a i n s to be do n e but to ass e rt th e D i vi ne
or i gi n of th e f orm e r and that , ,
o f co urs e v ou c h e s
,
fo r

the l att e r wh i l e at
, ,
th e sam e t i m e i t , p ro c l a i m s as ,

l oud ly as th e d e v i l i sh i n g e n ui ty an d th e pos i t i v e
an tich r i st i an pr i n cipl e s of M aso n ry can utt e r th e

word s th at ,
th e te ach i n g of th e B i bl e i s but a m e r e
f abl e , an d th e gosp e l of C h r i st a bas e d e l us i on .

”
In th e “
T rad i tion s of F r e e m aso n ry ,
by P i e r
son p ,
. 1 r e ad
3,
w e
'

T h e ord e r kn ow n as F r e e m ason ry a p p e ars to

h av e b e e n i nst i tut e d as a v e h i cl e to pr e s e r v e and
t r a n s m i t an accou n t o f t h e m i racul ous d e al i n gs o f t h e
M ost H i gh w ith h i s p e opl e i n t h e i n f an c y o f th e ,
.

w o rld .

T hei d e nt i ty o f th e M ason i c i n st i tut i o n w i th

’
t h e An ci e nt Myst e ri es
‘ i s ob v ious f ro m th e str i k, ,

i n g coi n c i d e n c e s f ou nd to e x i st b e tw e e n th e m .

An d th e “
G e n e ral Ah i m an R e zo n ,
or F re e
’ ”
m ason s G u i d e , by D . S ic k l e s , p 57 i n fo rm s us
. ,

“
In
E gypt G r e e c e and am on g oth e r an c i e n t
, ,

i t h e Jlfy s te r ies
’
n ati ons F r e e m aso n ry th at s w as
( )
‘
, ,

o n e o f t h e e arl i e st ag e n c i e s e mpl oy e d to e ffe ct t h e

”
im p r o v e m e n t and e n l i g ht e n m e n t o f m an , w h i l e
 ’
T HE M A STE R S C AR P E T .

In the “
M an ua l o f th e L odg e ,
p . 12, i t i s de
c lar e d t hat

T h e Anci e nt Myst e ri e s w e r e th os e s a cr e d
‘ ’

r ite s , w h ich h a v e f u r nis h e d s o m a ny mode ls f o r

”
M a s o n i c sy m bo lis m , and that th e op e n i ng c e r e
“

”
m o n i e s w e r e o f t h e m ost sol e m n ch aract e r .

B ut h ow e v e r convi nc i n g all th e s e var i ous

t e sti m o ni e s m ay b e an d how e v e r u nd e n i ably th e y
,

m ay e stabl ish t h e id e ntity o f M aso n ry w ith t h e

“
An ci e n t Myst e ri e s y e t ou r M ason i c authors ar e
,

by n o m e ans sati sfi e d to allo w th e m att e r to r e st

e ve n h e re . I n add i ti on to al l th i s th e y gi v e a
c ri ti cal a n alysi s o f t h e l e g e nd wh ich was c om mo n
,

”
to all t h e anci e nt i ni ti ati on s an d m ak e su c h a cl os e
“
,

co m pari son b e tw e e n th at l e g e nd and t he l e g e nd o f

H i ra m i n t h e M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e th at n o ’
,

d oubt wh at e v e r can r e m ai n e v e n i n t h e m i nd o f
,

i
t h e m ost sk e pti cal t h at t h e s e c r e t w o r s h ip o
, fp ga an

is m was r e v i v e d u nd e r th e d e c e ptiv e n am e o f
F r e e m ason r y f rom 1 7 1 7 to 1 7 3 82A and that H i ram
and B aal ar e o n e and t h e sam e charact e rs B ut .
,

l e st thi s should n ot b e e n ough and in o rd e r if , ,

possibl e th at n oth i ng m i ght b e l e ft u nsaid to c o n

,

n eet t h e H i ram o f t h e Masoni c phi losophy w ith

t h e h e ro g o d o r su n god o f th e o ld pag an
- -
Myst “

e ri e s
,
i n sp e ci fyi n g t h e difi e r e n t cou ntr i e s i n whi c h
”
the “
Myst e ri e s w e r e p ra c ti c e d an d giv in g th e ,

n am e s o f th e i r vari ous fou nd e rs it i s Sp e ci ally ,

 M A S ON R Y A ND THE M YS TE R IE S . 2 35

m e nt i o n e d t h at H i ram Ab i ff h i m s e l f i n trod u ce d
th e m i nt o J ud e a an d h e n c e th at th e r e c an b e n o
, ,

m i stak e m ad e i n th e th i rd d e gr e e w h e n h i s n am e
,

i s subst i tut e d fo r t h at of O s i ri s ,
B aal , B a cc h us ,

D i onys i us ; B rah m a , or any o th e r Of th e h e r o god s-

of th e an ci e n t p agan w o rsh i
p . On th e s e p o n s i t we

r e ad as fol l ow s :
“
T radi ti on s o f F r e e m as o n ry , p 1 59 .

T h e l e g e nd an d t rad i t i on s o f H i ra m Ab i ff
f orm th e c o n su m m at i o n O f th e con n e c t i n g l i n k s b e
tw e e n F r e e m ason ry and th e an c i e nt myst e ri e s and ,

su stai n b e yo nd p e rad v e ntu r e t h e th e o ry th at F r e e

m aso n ry ( t h e myst e ri e s ) d at e s ant e ri o r to th e d e l u g e
and t h e st ro n g p robab i l i ty O f i ts ( th e i r ) d ivi n e o r i
gm .

A nd aga i n ,
”
T he L e x i c o n o f F r e e m fi o n ry ,
“
by M a c k e y ,

p 1 9 5 sp e ak i n g o f t h e M aso n i c l e g e nd s ays :
.
, ,

F T h e r e ar e ch aract e rs i m pr e ss e d u o n i t wh ic h
“
p
c an n o t b e m i stak e n I t i s thorou ghly E gypti an
.
,

an d i s clos e ly all i e d to t h e su pr e m e r i t e O f t h e I s ian ic

”
myst e ri e s J .

”
Al so i n t h e T rad i t i on s O f F r e e m as o n ry
“
by ,

P i e rson p 2 40 :
, .

“
T h e M ason i c l e g e n d stand s by i ts e l f u n s up ,

or t e d b h i oth e r than i ts o w n t r adit io n s ;

p y s t o
ry o r

e t w e r e ad ily r e c ogn i z e i n H i ra m Ab i ff t h e O si ri s
y
o f t h e E gypti an s t h e M i th ras o f t h e P e rs i an s
, the ,

B a cc hu s O f th e G re e k s t h e D i ony si us O f t h e f rat e r
,

n it Of t h e A r tifi c e r s and t h Atys O f t he P h r

y e , y
gi ans wh os e pass ion d e ath and r e su rr e c t i o n w e re
, ,
”
c e l e brat e d by th e s e p e opl e r e p e c tiv e ly .

“
F o r m any ag e s and e v e rywh e r e ,
M aso n s ,

h a v e c e l e brat e d t h e d e ath O f H i ram Abi ff E v e ry .

w h e r e am on g t h e an ci e n t n at i on s th e r e e xi st e d a
”
S i m il ar al l e go ry .
 T HE M A S TE R S C A R P E T ’
.

A nd r e fe rri n g d i r e c tly to th e l e g e nd O f H i ram

,

i n t h e th i rd d e gr e e M ac k e y i n hi s “ M anual O f , ,

r h e L odg e p 9 9 u s e s th e f ol low i n g languag e

, .
,

T h e i d e a O f t h e l e g e nd w as und oubt e dly bor

row e d f ro m t h e anci e nt myst e ri e s w h e re t h e le s ,

s o n was th e sam e as that c on v e y e d n o w i n t h e thi rd

”
d e gr e e o f M ason ry .

S O also t h e F r e e m ason s Gu id e by S ickl e s

” “ ’
, ,

i n e Xp laj ii in g t h e E gypti an o r O si ri a n l e g e nd and

r e fe rr i n g i t d i r e ctly to th at o f t h e M ast e r M ason s ’

d e g re e ,
afii r m s in t h e f ollow i ng e mphati c m an n e r ,

p . 1
9 6
“
T he E gypt i an r i t e was a d ram ati c r e p r e s e n t
at i on . T hi s myth i s t h e ant e typ e O f t h e t e mpl e
l e g e nd Os i r is a n d t h e T y r ia n A r c h it e ct i
. e , . .

H i ram Abi ff— A R E O N E A N D T H E S A M E — not a

,

”
m o rtal i nd i vid ual but an i m m ortal prin cipl e , .

A nd l astl y , i n t h e T rad iti on s O f F r e e m ason ry “

,

p 2 3 3 sp e aki n g o f t h e e arly i ntrod uction O f th e s e

.
,

“
. My s te r i es , or B aal wo r shi p i nto d i ffe re n t n at i on s
, ,

i t i s un e qu ivocally a ffi rm e d that
T h e myst e ri e s w e r e i n trod uc e d ( so says tradi ,

tion ) i nto I ndi a by B rah m a ; i nto C hi n a and Japan

, , ,

by B udd ha ; i n to E gypt by T ho t h t h e son O f M i z ,

;

rai m ; i nto P e rsia b y Z e r adh u r s t ; i nto G r e e c e by

, \\
,

M e l amp u s o r C ad m us ; i n to B aeo tia by P ro m e th e us

,

and h is son ; i nto C r e t e by M i nos ; i nto S am oth raci a , ,

by E u m O S P o s o r D ard anus ; i nto M e ss e n e by C au

, ,

co n ; i nto T h e b e s by M e th ap u s ; i nto Ath e n s by, ,

E r e c th u s ; i nto E truri a by P h ilo s tr atu s ; i nto t h e ci ty ,

O f Ar e n e by Lycus ; i nto Th rac e

,
by O rph e us ; i nto ,

I taly by t h e P rlasgi ; in tO C y p r u s by C i nyras ; i nto

, , ,

G aul and B ritai n by Go m e r ; i nto S cand i n avi a b y , ,

 M A SON R Y A N D T H E M Y STER IES . 2
37

S i g g e o r O d i n ; i nt o M e xic o by V i t z l i p utzl i ; i nt o
, ,

P e ru by M an c o C ap a c and h i s w i fe , an d i n t o J ud e a ,
,
”
by Hi ram Ab i ff .

And no w th e l ast q u e st i o n w h ic h i t i s ne c e ssary

fo r us to e x am i n e i n r e l at ion to th i s m att e r an d ,
in

e stabl i sh i n g th e c o i n ci d e n c e b e tw e e n th e O si r i s of

th e A n ci e n t E gypt i ans ,
an d H i ram of m od e r n
M ason ry i s , W h o w as Os i ri s ? A n d w h at d i d he

r e p r e s e nt ?
”
I n th e “
L e xic o n Of F r e e m as o n ry , I r e ad aga i n
on
p . 1
3 0 :

T h is le ge n d ( th at i s o f O si r i s ) w as pu re ly ast r o n o
m i c al O S 1 R 1 S W A S T H E S U N ] s is t h e m o o n Typho n
.
,
.

w as t h e sy mbol O f wi n t e r w h ic h d e st roy s t h e f e c u n ,

d ati n g and fe rt i l i z i n g pow e r o f t h e su n th u s as i t , ,

w e r e d e pr i v i n g h i m o f li fe T h is w as t h e ca ta s t r op h e
, .

c e l e b rat e d i n t h e my st e r i e s and t h e aspi ra n t w as ,

m ad e to pass fi c titio u sly th rough t h e su ffe r i n gs an d

d e ath o f O s i r i s .

H e r e th e n , we h av e a br i e f but v e ry c l e ar
,
ex

pl an at i o n O f wh at i s m e an t by t h e god o f n atu r e It i s .

t h e f e c u nd ati n g an d f e rt i li z i n g pow e r o f t h e su n
“
,

”
and th i s i m m ortal p r i n ci pl e
“
,
b e i n g r e pr e s e n t e d by
th e n am e O s i r i s i n th e E gypt i an myst e ri e s an d O s i r i s ,

and H i ram Ab i ff b e i n g o ne and th e sam e i t m ust ,

un

q e s t io n ab l y f ol l ow ,
th at th e fe c u nd at i n g and fe r tiliz
“

”
i n g pow e r o f th e su n i s th e god a c k n owl e d g e d an d
wo rsh i pp e d by M aso n ry u n d e r , th e n am e of th e “
G .

A O T
. . S u p r e m e R ul e r O f th e U n iv e rs e & c
.
, .
,

”
and i t i s f urth e r e vi d e nt th at t h e words L o rd an d
“

”
“
G od r e fe rr ed to in th e M as o nic r i tu al , al l ud e on ly
 8 THE A STE R S C ARP ET ’
2
3 M .

”
to th i s sam e i m m ortal pri n ci pl e ,
“
or th i s n atural
”
“
pow e r o f fe c und ati ng and fe rti l iz i ng T h i s i s sy m .

”
b Oliz e d i n th e l od g e by t h e l e tt e r G and th e su p pos e d
“
,

d e stru c t i o n o f th i s pow e r by w in te r o r by n igh t

and da r hn es s i s r e pr e s e nt e d i n th e pr e t e nd e d d e ath
,

O f t h e c and i d at e i n t h e M ast e r s d e gr e e as w as don e

’
,

”
in al l t h e M y s te r ie s
“
T hi s w as t h e ph i losophy O f
,

t h e an ci e nt sun worship an d i t i s th e phi losophy to

-
,

day in M ason ry as w e l e arn f ro m th e for e goi n g

,

ex tra c t ; and th e r e fo r e w i thout any contro v e rsy t h e

, ,

S p e cul at iv e M ason ry O f t h e pr e s e nt d ay r e v i v e d i n ,

that L o ndo n g rog sh O p i s t h e o ld B aal o r su n

-
, ,

worsh i p o f t h e anc i e nts B ut w e h a v e stil l strong e r

.

t e st i m ony o n th is poi n t .

”
I n th e T r aditiOn s O f F r e e m ason ry by P i e rson
“
, ,

th is qu e sti on o f M ason i c su n worsh ip i s plac e d

p 34
-
.
,

b e yo nd th e p ossib i li ty o f a d oubt P i e rso n says .

“
B az o t t e ll s us i n h is M a n u e l de F r a n c M a c o n ,

—M anu al o f F r e e m ason ry — p 1 54 t h at t h e v e n e rati o n.

,

wh i ch M aso ns e nt e rtai n f o r t h e e a st con fi rms an Opi n

i o n pr e v i ously an noun c e d that t h e r e lig iou s sy s te m
,

of M a s o n r
y
”
— m ark th at co m e s f ro m t h e e ast and
- “
,

h as r ef e r e n ce to t h e p r i m it i v e r e lig io n whos e fi rst

”
occupatio n was t h e w or s h ip of t h e s u n .

Also in t h e “ S y mbol ism O f F r e e m as o n r y p p , .

28 :
2
7 ,

A m on g t h e E gy p ti ans t o o t h e ch i e f d e ity
“
, , ,

O si ris w as but anoth e r n am e fo r t h e s u n wh il e h is

, ,

arch e n e my and d e stroy e r Typhon was th e t ypifi

-
, ,

C at io n o f n i ght and d ar kn e ss .
 M ASON RY A N D T HE M Y STER IES .

A nd aga i n
“
M any i nd e e d all O f t h e M ason i c sy mbol s O f t h e
pr e s e n t d ay ca n o nly b e thorou gh ly co m p r e h e nd e d
,

and prop e rly app r e c i at e d by t h is r efe r en ce to s u n

”
w o r s h ip .

A nd lastly i n ,
the “
S y mb o l i s m O f F r e e m as o n ry ,
by M a c k e y , p . 20

”
“
O ne th i n g
at l e ast h e s ays i s i n c a p abl e O f
, ,
“

r e f utation and th at i s that w e ar e i nd e bt e d to the

, ,

Tyr i an M ason s fo l t h e i ntrod ucti o n O f th e sy mbol o f

H i ra m Abi ff T h e id e a o f t h e sy m bol al th ou gh m od i
.
,

fi e d by t h e J e w i sh M ason s is n ot J e w i sh i n i ts in ce p ,

ti on I T W A S E V I D E N TL Y B O R R O W E D f ro m T H E P A
.

G A N M Y S T E R I E S wh e r e B acchu s Ad on i s P ros e rp i n e
, , ,

and a h ost O f oth e r apoth e osi z e d b e i n gs pl ay t h e sam e

”
rol e th at H i ram d o e s i n t h e M ason i c Myst e ri e s .

A n d n ow i n ,
t h e f ac e Of al l th i s v ast a c cu m ul a
ti on of u n di sput e d M ason i c t e st i m ony w h at oth e r ,

cou rs e i s th e r e l e ft fo r us t o p u rsu e , b ut to bel ie ve

wh at F r e e m ason ry SO con fid e n tly afii r m s c on c e rn i n g
i ts own i d e nt i ty ? Whe n th e G ran d H i gh P r i e sts and
th e S ov e r e i g n G ra nd K i n gs of th e i n s t i t ut i o n posi
t iv e ly d e cl ar e that i ts r e l i gi ous ph i losoph y , i ts w or

sh i p and i ts
, g d o
,
ar e p r e ci s e ly th e v e ry sam e as
e x i st e d i n th e “
Myst e r i e s Of B aal i n S am ar i a an d
, ,

Of O si r i s i n an ci e n t E gypt
,
ar e we pr e par e d to d e ny
,

i t an d to sustai n
, our d e n ial w ith p roo f ? M ost assu r
e dl
y no t . W e m ust ad m it wh e th e r
l i k e i t o r n o,t we ,

that t h e F re e m aso n ry o f A m e ri c a to d ay both i n ,

wh ol e an d i n part i s i d e nti c al i n e v e ry part ic ul ar

,

fe atu r e w i th th e s e c r e t worsh i p o f th e su n go d as it
,
-
 2
4
0 THE M A S TE R S C AR P ET
’
.

was anci e ntly pra c ti c e d am o ng pagan n at i on s t h e ,

o nly d i ffe r e n c e b e i n g that th e nam e o f th e h e ro go d -

i s chan g e d f ro m B aal o r O si ri s to H i ram Abi ff and

, , ,

h e n c e w e m ust co nclud e wh e th e r w e w i l l o r n o
, , ,

th at e v e ry M ason i c m i n ist e r i s d oi ng as m u c h if n ot ,

m o r e to pagan i z e t h e co m muni ty and to i n trod u c e

,

m en to t h e i dol atrous worship o f H i ram as h e is t o ,

C h r i st i an i z e i t and to br i n g m e n to t h e L o rd J e sus
C hr i st .

A n d i t i s a sad c o m m e ntary o n th e e ffi c i e n c y o f
,

r
thos e chu rch e s w hos e m i n ist e rs ar e u n e quall y “

yok e d tog e th e r w i th u n b e lie v e l s i n pagan l odg e s ,

’
,
r
th at t h e y al e spi ri tu al ly d e ad that n o g e nu i n e r e v i val
_
,

o f tru e h e a r t fe l t r e l i gion 1s e v e r k n own amon g th e m

, , ,

and con s e q u e ntly th at th e y e x e rt but v e ry l i ttl e in

fl u e n ce fo r r e al p e rm an e nt good i n a ny co m m u nity

w h e r e th e y S e arch A m e r i ca to d ay an d y o u ,

c an not fi nd a ch u rch organ i zatio n o f any n am e w hat

e v e r w h o se m i n ist e r i s a F r e e m as o n o r an O dd F e llow ,
, ,
-

but wh at i s t o al l i nt e nts and purpos e s a d e ad 1 n

, , ,

activ e o r l uk e warm in stitu tio n J It i s pr e cis e ly i n _

.
_

t h e co ndition O f t h e C hurch i n S ard is and to i ts m i n ,

i st e r and m e m be rs t h e m e ssag e o f C hrist i s j ust as

appl icabl e at t h e pr e s e nt ti m e as i t w as wh e n fi rst de
l i v e r e d throu g h J oh n i n P at mos R e v i i i . .
,

“ I k n o w thy works that th ou hast a n am e that

,

tho u l iv e st and art d e ad B e w atch ful and str e ngth e n

.
,

t h e th i n gs w h i ch 1 e m ain that m e r e ady to die : f o r I

“

h av e n o t fou nd thy work s pe l fe ct b e for e G od .

 CHAP T E R X .

P R E P A R A T I ON OF C A N D I D A T E S — M aso n s i g n o ran t
.

of M ason ry .
- G uilt of M ason i c m i n i st e rs .

W hy l odg e s m e e t in “
upp e r c h a mb e rs .

P u rgi n g t h e l od g e — I n i t i at i on i n d ark n e ss .
- T he
'

C abl e T ow — .
“
N e i th e r n ak e d nor c lad .

”
“ N
e ith e r b ar e fO Ot nor shod .
- F l oo r Of th e

l od g e h oly g round
, .

M r . B ar to n — A nd n ow ,
at last ,
we h a v e arr iv e d
in th e ant e roo m of th e l od g e and ar e r e par e d to
p
-
,

w i tn e ss how our m i n i st e rs and ch u rc h m e m b e rs ar e

m ad e M as o n s an d ,
to e x am i n e i n d e tai l th e ori g i n and
m e an i n g O f e v e ry c e r e m o ny th rough w h ic h t h e c an d i
d at e m ust pass b e fo r e b e i n g p e rm i tt e d to tak e part i n
th at s e c r e t m o c k worsh ip wh i ch - is n i ghtly o ffe r e d in

M aso ni c lod g e s to th e “
G A O T U
. . . . .
”
or th e “
g od

O f n at u r e .

H e n ry —But my d e ar f ath e r , i n vi e w O f al l
th e e vid e n c e f u rn i sh e d by th e a cc r e d i t e d t e a c h e rs
and G rand H i gh P ri e sts Of M ason ry th e r e i s , o ne

th i n g m o r e I d o n ot u nd e rstand . If it be tru e as ,

it u ndo ubt e dly m ust be, th at th e Myst e r i e s of Ma

”
so n r y and the “
Myst e r i e s Of B aal or O s i ri s ar e

o ne and th e sa m e ,
h ow d o e s i t h app e n th at i n t e l
lige n t , w e l l e d u c at e d
-
men will r e m a i n con n e ct e d
with su c h a s y st e m ? O r do th e y r e al ly u nd e r
2
4 2 THE M A STER S C ARP ET
’
.

stand t h e t ru e n atur e o f t h e M ason i c ph ilosophy ,

and th e sou rc e w h e n c e i t ori gi n at e d ?
fl/f r B
. ar to n : — I na nsw e r to you r qu e stion my ,

d e a r H e n ry , I wi l l at on c e r e ply and w i thout any ,

u alifi c at 1o n
wh at e v e r that th os e w h o k no w th e
q ,

l e ast about F r e e m ason ry ar e th e M ason s th e ms e lv e s .

As a g e n e ral th i n g th e y n e v e r study i t e x c e pt ,

on c e i n a w hi l e as th e y att e nd l od g e
, ,
and e ve n
th e n only as th e r i tual g 1v e s e xpr e ss i o n to its
m e an i n g At ho m e th e y m ust al ways m ai ntai n
.

s i le n c e and s ec r e c on t h subj e ct whil e i n th eir

y e ,

v ari ou s pl ac e s O f busi n e ss and du ri n g busi n e ss hours ,

e v e n t h e most i nt e ll i g e n t O f t h e cra f t h av e n e it h e r t h e

ti m e n o r i ncl i n ati o n to th row a w ay upo n t h e study

o f w h at m ust app e ar at fi rst Si ght to b e but routi n e
ju ggl e ry T h e n agai n i t m ust b e r e m e mb e r e d
.
, ,

that t h e gr e at e r part O f thos e who j oi n th e lod g e

d o SO f ro m th e id e a th at i t w il l soon e r o r l at e r b e
O f ad vantag e to th e m i n som e w ay and h e nc e all
, ,

th e y e v e r l e arn about i t or i n f act al l th e y e v e r c are

, , ,

”
to le ar n i s,
what 1 5 call e d t h e “ s e c r e t work or ,
i
t h e si g ns grips pass w ord s and l e ctu r e s by m e ans
, , ,

O f wh i ch th e y c an m ak e th e ms e l v e s k n own as M a

son s , v i sit a stran g e l od g e wh e n n e c e s sary

or ,
.

B ut wh i l e al l th i s i s u ndoubt e d l y t ru e so far ,

as t h e ran k and fi le O f Mason ry ar e con c e rn e d wh at ,

e xcus e can b e m ad e fo r t h e M ason i c m i ni st e r ?

A n d wh at e xpl an atio n can b e g iv e n o f his in co n
 P R E P A R A TI O N OF C AN DIDATES . 2
43

sist e nt c ond u c t i n no t o n ly parti ci p at i n g 1 11 th e

m o c k worsh ip Of th e l od g e hi ms e l f ,
b ut al so i n
e n c ou rag i n g oth e rs by h i s ,
e x a mpl e to c o m m i t
,
th e

sam e si n as w e l l as by i n d i r e ctly u si n g hi s
,
in fl u

e nc e to i ndu c e outsid e rs to j o i n th at n oto ri o u s sy s t e m

of d e c e pt i o nand folly ? A M as o m c m i n i st e r u nd e r
st and s the n atu r e an d h i story Of th e d i ffe r e n t c e r e
m o n i e s th roug h wh i c h he h as p ass e d in bein g
m ad e a M aso n ,
or e l se he do e s n ot . If he u nd e r
stands th e m ,
and th e r e fo r e k n ows th at th e y ar e

pagan i n th e i r or i g i n an d pri n c i pl e t h e n i t i s ,

s c arc e ly possibl e t o fi nd l an guag e i n w h ic h to ex

pr e ss hi s gu ilt fo r support i n g an d propag ati n g su c h

a gl ari n g outrag e agai nst G od ; whi le at th e s am e
ti m e ,
if h e d o e s n ot u nd e rst and the r e al m e an i n g Of

th e s e c e r e m on ial s th e n ,
he i s e q u ally g u i lty b e c au s e ,

he h as all th e Opportu n i ty an d n e c e ssary m e a n s at

h i s d isposal t o b e c o m e thorou ghly i n fo r m e d o n t h e
,

subj e c t A v e ry sl i gh t study o f an y O f t h e p opul ar

.

M aso n ic m anu als wi l l co n v i n c e any one,

( if h e

i s on ly Op e n to con v i ct i o n ) th at th e M aso n i c p h l

lo so p h y was borrow e d d i r e c tly f ro m th e an ci e n t re

ligio n of th e pagan s a nd h e n c e
, on th i s po i nt n o n e
n e e d r e m ai n i g n oran t e x c e p t th r o ug h, th e m ost
w i ck e d car e l e ssn e ss o r n e gle ct .

L et us th e n conti nu e our f u rth e r d is c ussi o n Of

th ese d i ffere n t l od ge c e re m o n i e s , an d se e what

2
44 THE M ASTE R S C ARP ET’
.

m or e our M aso n ic t e a c h e rs h a v e to say i n r e gard to

th e m .

LODGE M EETINGS IN UP P E R R OOM S .

L odg e m e e ti ngs ar e al ways h e ld i n th e upp e r

room s Of bu i ld i ngs and th e r e aso n fo r th is p e cul iar
,

c usto m i s th e r e for e th e fi rst qu e st i o n w h i ch n atu rally

pr e s e nts i ts e l f fo r o u r in v e st i gat i on .

N ow ,
why could n o t a M ason ic l odg e b e
Op e n e d o n t h e grou nd floo r o r i n any oth e r part ,

o f a bu i ldi n g e xc e pt i n t h e upp e rm ost room ?

,
T he

r e ason O f cou rs e i s f urn ish e d by o u r M ason ic

, ,

t e ach e rs and f ou nd i n t h e M asoni c m anuals and in

, ,

as m u c h as F r e e m ason ry i s th e s e cr et wor ship O f

B aal o r sabais m r ev i v e d O f cou rs e i t n e c e ssarily, ,

f ol lows that e v e ryth i n g p e rtai n i n g to l od g e w o r

shi p as w e l l as i ts p e cul i ar l ocation m ust h av e

, ,

had i ts ori gi n i n and b e d i r e ctly borrow e d f ro m

,

th e “
A n c ie n t xpl an ati on th e r e for e
M y s t e r i es . T he e , ,

wh ich F r e e m ason ry O ffe rs fo r hold i n g its lodg e

m e e ti n gs i n th e upp e r r o o m s o f bu ild i n gs i s g iv e n '

as f ol l ows
I n th e “ G e n e ral Ah i man R e zon by S ic kl e s p , ,
.

75 w,
e r e ad
“
Lodg e m e e ti ngs at th e pr e s e n t day ar e usu all y
”
h e l d i n up pe r ch a mb e rs and t h e r e ason fo r th i s
,

custo m i s that B e f or e t h e e r e ction o f t e mpl e s th e

,
“

c e le s t i a l bo die s w e r e w o r s h ip e d o n h ills and th e

.

”
t e r r e s it al on e s i n valle ys .

T h e o nl y r e ason , th e r e for e , a cc o rd i n g to M a
 P R E P A R A T I O N O F C A N D I DA T E S . 2
45

son i c t e ac h i n g , w hy l od g e m e e ti n gs ar e u su al ly
”
h e ld i n “
up p e r c h a mb e rs ,
is b e c aus e i n an c i e n t
ti m e s sab a i s m
, ,
or th e wo rsh i p Of th e h e a v e n ly bod i e s
w as co nd u c t e d on h i g h h i l ls ,
or
,
as th e S c r i p tur e s c al l
th e m ,
“
hi gh pl a c e s .

A nd as v e ry c l e arly e x pl a i n i n g th e t e rm B aal ,

an d th i s a nc i e n t c u stom Of worsh i p i n g on h i gh
h ill s as w e l l as th e con s e qu e nt fo r t h e l v at e d
‘

r e as o n e e

pos i t i on Of ou r l od g e s in m od e r n t i m e s , the fol lowi n g

e xtra c t f ro m th e B ibl e Cy c l op e d i a m ay be pro fitab ly

q uot e d . T he
wr i t e r s ays :
“
O r i gi n ally B aal was t h e g od of th e s u n th e ,

rul e r an d v iv ifi e r O f n atu r e and Astart e t h e god d e ss , ,

o f t h e m oo n I n t h e l at e r sta r w o rsh i p o f t h e W e st
.
-

e r n Asi ati c n at i on s B aal w as t h e n am e O f J upit e r t h e

, ,

pl an e t o f fat e o r as so m e suppos e o f S atu rn T h e

, , ,
.

prop e r P h oe ni ci an n am e h ow e v e r o f B aal w as M e l , ,

k art M e lk r at o r M e lc h r at wh i ch i s usu al ly sup p os e d

, , ,
’
to m e an K i n g O f t h e c ity z e Ty r e bu t oth e rs co n
‘
,
. .
,

si d e r i t a c o ntracti o n O f two word s sig n i fy i n g Ki n g ‘

’
O f t h e e arth .

I n F r e e m ason ry h e 1s cal l e d a nd wo rs h i p e d as
,

th e “
S up re m e R ul e r of th e U n i v e rs e — t h e G r e at
”
A rch i t e ct Of t he U n i v e rs e , &c .

B aal w as p e rh aps t h e sam e god as th e t

“
, ,
ni

c ian M olo c h T h e G r e e ks fo r t h e pu rpos e o f dis t in c

.
,

ti on t e rm e d h i m t h e T y r ia n H e r c u les ( F r e e
,
‘
.
’

m aso n ry calls h i m t h e T y r ia n
‘ F ro m
t h e e arl i e st found at io n O f Ty r e h e s e e m s to h a v e b e e n
t h e tut e l ar god o f th at ci ty and hi s worsh ip ap par e n t ,

ly e xt e nd e d th e n c e u nti l i t was pr e v al e nt i n al l t h e
,

town s o f t h e P h oe n i ci an C on fe d e rati on and was e stab ,

lis h e d i n th e i r r e m ot e st colo n i e s su c h as M alta , C ad i z ,

 ’
THE M A STE R S CA R P E T .

and C a r th ag e I t also ov e rspr e ad th e n e ighbo r i n g

23
.

cou ntri e s o f E gypt and Assy ri a E ach cou ntry o r .

,

l ocal ity had its B aal or chi e f god Accord i n g to

, , .

S c ri ptur e t h e t e mpl es o f th i s ido l( at l e ast I n P h oen ici a

,

and Assy ri a ) w e r e b u i lt 0 11 t h e tops of h ills o r m or e ,

f r e qu e ntly i n sol e m n grov e s and som e ti m e s altars ,

”
w e r e e r e c t e d to h im o n th e r e efs of h o u s es .

T h e ae c o m

p an in fi u re
y g g
i s d e p i ct e d i n
al l our l odg e s
as r e pr e s e nt
i
S y m b ol o f H gh Hills .
in g t h e h igh
“

”
h i ll s and lo w val e s wh e r e t h e re l i g i ous s e rvi c e s O f
,

M ason r y ar e Suppos e d to h av e b e e n anc i e n tly pra o

t ic e d I n e xpl ai n i n g th is s v m b o l to th e cand idat e
.
,

o n t h e n ig ht O f h i s i n it i a t i on t h e f ollow i n g l anguag e
,

is us e d and wh e n com par e d w ith t h e abov e f rom

, ,

t h e B ibl e Cyclop e di a wi ll g i v e us a f ur t h e r ap p r e
,

c iat io n Of tru e r e ason wh y l odg e m e e t i n gs

th e ar e

al ways h e ld i n upp e r ch amb e rs .

”
In th e “
M a nual Of th e L odg e ,
by Ma c k e y p , .

43 w
,
e r e ad
O u r an ci e nt b r e th r e n m e t o n t h e h i gh e st h i lls
“
,

and i n t h e lo w e st val l e ys t h e b e tt e r to Obs e rv e t h e

,

app r oach O f cowans and e av e s d ropp e rs and to gu ard -

,
”
ag ai nst su r p r i s e
N o w n o M ason h ow e v e r sl i ght m ay b e h is
, ,

k nowl e d g e O f h istory w i l l pr e su m e to ass e rt that a

,

M asoni c lodg e has e v e r b e e n h e ld o n th e top O f a

 R E P A R AT I O N C ANDI DA TES
‘

P OF . 2
47

h i ll , i n t h e botto m O f a val le y s inc e F r e e m ason ry

or ,

was r e v i v e d in 1 7 1 7 A nd n e ith e r d o t h e M ason ic.

m on i tors s e t forth any su c h fooli sh n oti on O n t h e .

c ontrary i t i s disti nctly affi rm e d th at th i s is t h e

,

w ron g m e an i ng O f t he sy mbol and th at t h e t ruth ,

con c e rni ng it poi n ts d i r e c tly to t h e an c i e nt custo m

,

O f su n worsh ip
-
.

O n th i s h e ad t h e M an u al O f t h e L odg e p
,
“
, .

d e c l ar e s that
44 ,

T h e r e as o n ass i gn e d i n th e l e c tur e fo r th i s
ass e mbl i ng 0 11 h i g h pl ac e s i s t h e mod e rn bu t n ot , ,

th e t r u e on e T h e fact is that m ountai ns and oth e r

.
,

h i gh plac e s w e r e al m ost al w ays co nsid e r e d as h oly

,
”
and p e cul i arly appropr i at e to r e l i gious pu rpos e s .

t he Old
” —
S O th e n b e c aus e o u r an ci e n t b r e th e r n
,
“
,

su n worshipp e rs— m e t o n t h e h ig h e s t hi lls to worshi p

-

B aal or t h e su n god and F r e e m ason ry b e i n g that

,
-
,

sam e worsh i p r e v iv e d i t m ust n e c e ssari ly follow , ,

that M ason i c l odg e s must b e h e ld in t h e hi gh e st

r ooms o f bu ildi ngs to carry o u t t h e co i n c id e n c e
,
.

B e i ng ass e mbl e d i n t h e l odg e roo m th e n t he ,

n e x t c e r e m ony p e r form e d is t h e

P U R G I N G O F T H E LO D G E
w h i ch i s d on e i n m an n e r t h e follow i ng

Wo r s h ipf u l M as te r B ro S e n ior W ard e n , °

. .

”
ar e o u satisfi e d th at al l pr e s e nt ar e M asons ?
y
S e n io r Wa r den I w i ll asc e rtai n by my fi r e
.
°

p ofi
er .
cer and r e port
,
B ro J u n i o r D e aco n proc e e d . .
,
”
t o sati s fy you rs e l f that a l pr e s e nt ar e M asons
l .

T h e Ju ni or D e ac on , tak i n g h i s r o d u nd e r his
 THE M A ST E R
’
S CARP E T .

ri ght arm pro c e e ds aroun d th e lod g e room stoppi n g

, ,

in f ront O f any broth e r w hom h e d o e s n ot r e c og n iz e ,

and rapp i n g w i th t h e e n d O f h is r o d o n t h e floor ;

th at b roth e r thus chal l e n g e d if n ot vou c h e d fo r by
, ,

so m e w e l l k n ow n m e mb e r pr e s e n t m ust r e t i r e i nto
-
,

t h e ant e roo m and th e r e aw ait f e s e e s fit

-

( i h ) t h e

act i o n o f an e x am i n i ng co m m i tt e e T h e J u n i or D e a .

c o n i n th i s m an n e r
,
h av i n g m ad e t h e e nti r e ci r c ui t
,

O f t h e l od g e r e tu rn s i n f ro nt O f t h e S e n i or Ward e n s
’
-
,

stat i on and r e ports

,
th at o ffi c e r
Al l p r e s e n t ar e
to “

” ”
M asons ( S
. ee “
H and Book p , .

T hi s c e r e m ony f rom i ts g r e at i mportan c e i s

, ,

n e v e r om itt e d and t h e r e aso n fo r i ts p e r f orm anc e i s

,

g i v e n as f oll ow s by t h e t e xt -books O f M ason ry

, .

”
I n t h e M anual O f t h e L od g e by M ack e y p
“
, , .

1 2, we r e ad
’
“
I n t h e An ci e n t Myst e ri e s ( thos e sacr e d ri t e s
‘
,

w h i c h h a v e f u r n is h e d s o m a ny m o de ls f o r M a s o n ic
— m ark that — t h e Op e n i n g c e r e m on i e s
“

w e r e O f t h e m ost sol e m n charact e r T h e sa c r e d h e rald .

’
in t h e Anci e nt Myst e r ie s c o m m e n c e d t h e c e r e m o
‘

n i e s O f th e g r e ate r I N I T I AT I O N S by t h e sol e m n f o r
’
m ul a o f depa r t h e n ce y e p r ofa n e to w h i ch w as
‘
, ,

add e d a p r o c la m a t io n w h ich f o r b ade t h e u se O f any

,
°

l an g u ag e w h ich m i ght b e de e m e d O f u n favorabl e

”
augu ry to t h e approa c h i n g r i t e s .

T hi s is pr e cis e ly wh at i s don e in th e M ason i c

lod g e only o n a Sm all e r s c al e E v e ry o n e n ot a
,
. .

M aso n i s t e rm e d “ a p r o f an e and th e J u n i or D e a
o rd r i n g t h “ ro f an O r thos e n o t rop e r ly
co n e e
p e, p
 P R E P A R A T I O N O F C A N D I DA T E S . 2
49

v ou c h e d f o r , f ro m t h e s a cr e d pr e ci n c t s of th e l od g e
room co rr e s p on d s e x actly w i th
, th e s a cr e d h e rald in

the “
M yst e ri e s ,
o rd e r i n g th e pro fan e f ro m t h e pr e s
“

e n ce Of th e r e a te r I N I TI A TI O N S T he c e r e m on i e s
g .

in both c as e s ar e th e sam e o n ly i n M aso n ry

,
we cal l
th e O ffi ci at i n g O ffi c e r J u n i or D e acon wh i l e i n ,
th e
” ”
“
Myst e r i e s h e w as c al l e d “
th e sa c r e d h e ral d . A nd
as was do n e i n Op e n i n g th e s e c r e t w o rsh i p Of th e

Myst e r i e s ,
SO al so ,
In Op e n i n g th e s am e worshi p
i n a M asoni c l od g e a p ro c l am at i on by t h e W orship ful
,

M ast r i s add e d s im i l ar
e to tha t m ad e by th e “
s a c re d
,

h e rald .

”
A cc ord i n g ly
“
h e says i n th e n a m e o f G o d
, ,
“

and t h e H oly S S J oh n I d e cl ar e K e ysto n e L odg e

.
, ,

N O 6 3 9 op e n e d i n f orm o n t h e fi rst d e g r e e o f
.
, ,

M ason ry ( o r t h e s e c o nd o r th i rd as t h e cas e m ay
, , ,

b e ) a t t h e sam e t i m e f o r b idd rn g all i m m o ral o r

,

u n m as o n ic cond uct wh e r e by t h e p e ac e and h arm o n y

,

o f t h e l od g e m i g ht b e d i stu rb e d bi nd i n g t h e o ffe nd e r ,

u nd e r n o l e ss a p e n al ty t h an that pr e scrib e d by t h e
'

b y laws o r as a m aj o ri ty O f t h e br e th r e n pr e s e n t
-
,
” ”
m ay s e e caus e to i n fli ct ( S e e H and B ook p .
“
, .

By compar i n g th i s w i th th e pro c l am ati on add e d ,

”
at th e o
p e n 1n
g of th e “
r e a te r i n it ia ti o n s in th e
g
“
M y s te r i es ,
.
y ou w i ll fi n d th e m p r e ci s e ly th e sa m e .

THE TYLER .

T he br e th r e n b e i n g ass e mbl e d in th e i r l od g e
’

”
room o r h i gh pl a c e and th e l od g e b e i n g p u r g e d i n
,
“
,

t h e m an n e r al r e ady d e sc rib e d t h e n e xt busi n e ss i s to ,

pl a c e th e Ty l e r outs i d e th e d oo r “ to k eep O ff al l
c owans and e a v e s d ropp e rs -
.
 ’
T HE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

N ow ,
why i s th e r e a Tyl e r pl ac e d i n that p os i
t i on and what ar e h is duti e s
, .

T he u se of
ord Tyl e r i n th e Mason i c
th e w “
,

r i tual d i st inctly m arks t h e bi rth plac e O f Grand

,
-

L odg e o r S p e cul ativ e M aso nry I n E ngl and as a

, .
,

g e n e ral th i n g t h e hous e s ar e roo fe d with sl at e and

, ,

along t h e rid g e O f th e roo f ty le s ar e pla c e d to p ro ,

t e c t o r guard th e bui ld i ng from d e struct i v e e l e m e nts

, ,

and th e m e ch an i c w h o puts on th e s e ty le s i s c all e d

,

a T y le r
“
.
’
I n r e v i vi ng th e Anc i e nt Myst e r i e s
“
,

th e r e for e i n t h e b e gi n n i ng o f th e l ast c e ntury , and

,

i n borrowi ng th e na m e M ason ry with wh i h to

“
,
c

d e sign at e th e n e w ph ilosophy t h e M asonic fath “

,

”
e rs , also borrow e d th e t e rm Til e r o r Tyl e r “
,
“
,

wh ich th e y appl i e d to hi m w h o p r ot e cts o r g u a r ds ,

t h e lodg e fro m al l outward e l e m e nts d ang e rous t o i ts

r e t e nd e d s e cr ets B ut t h e Y le r i s station e d outsid e

p y .

th e i nn e r door and arm e d with a sword sc i mitar

, ,

Sh ap e b e caus e a si m i lar O ffi c e r p e r form e d pr e ci s e ly

, ,

si m i lar dut i es and occupi e d a l i k e pos i t i on i n th e

,

”
A n c ie n t M y s te r ies .

In th e T radit i ons of F r e e m asonry , by P i e rson ,

p 3
. 1, r e ad we
In e v e ry country u nd e r h e av e n , th e i n i t i at i o n s
“

z e i nto t h e Myst e r i e s
. w e re p e rform e d i n c av e rns
, ,

e 1th e r n atural o r artific i al ,

T h e e n t r a n ce to th e s e .

cav e rns w a s g u ar ded by a 7 a n ito r a r m ed with a ,

”
dr a w n s w o r d to pr e v e n t u nl aw ful i ntrus ion
,
.

This i s pr e cis e ly t h e r e ason why a T y le r sits

 PR E P A RA T I O N O F c A N DI D A T E S . 2 51

outs i d e th e lodg e roo m d oor arm e d wi th

- his d rawn
s w o rd .

PREP AR ATION OF C ANDID ATES .

T he n e x t busi n e ss de m and i n g a t t e nt i o n in t h e
”
r e gul ar ord e r of l od g e “
work i s th e “
p r e parati o n

”
o f c and i d at e s fo r “
i n i t i at i on . T h i s i s a v e ry i m p ort
an t r i t e an d m u st ,
be e x a m i n e d tho roug h ly
T he H i e roph ant ,
o r W orsh i p f ul M ast e r , o rd e rs
th e J u n i or D e a c o n to “
t ak e w i th h i m th e st e ward s ,

r e t i r e pr e p ar e and p r e s e n t
,
th e R ev . D r J am e s H u n t ,
.

”
fo r i n i t i ati on ( H and B .ook p
“
,
.

A c cord i n gly t h e s e O ffi c e rs r e pa i r to the “

p re

p ar at io n roo m ,
w h e re th e c and i d at e i s i n w a i t i n g ,

”
and th e c e r e m ony Of “
p r e p arat i o n i s at on ce p ro

c e e de d wi th .

T h e c and i d at e i s de p r i v e d O f all O ffe n s iv e an d

d e fe n s i v e w e apon s d i v e st e d o f al l h i s c l oth i n g sh i rt
, ,

e x c e pt e d an d d r e ss e d i n an Old pa i r o f d raw e rs h a v
, ,

i n g bon e butto ns ,
if any as n o m e tall ic s u bst an c e
,

m ust be al l ow e d o n h i s p e rson .

T h e w h ol e o f th e s e p r e l i m i n ary c e r e m o n i e s ar e

b r i e fly but f ul ly d e scrib e d by
,
th e M ason i c r i tu al in
”
t h e f oll ow i ng m an n e r ( H and B ook “
7
’

.
, pp . 10 ,
1
59 ,
2
59 .

Q ” .
- “
H O W w e r e you pr e par e d
m ad e a to be
M aso n ? A —B y b e i n g d iv e st e d o f al l m e tals
.
,

n e i th e r n ak e d n or cl ad b ar e foot n o r shod bl ind , ,

”
f old e d and w i th a c abl e tow o nc e rou n d my n e c k
,
-
,

I n th e s e c o nd ,
or F e l l ow C ra ft d e g r e e ,
t h e c abl e »
tow i s tw ic e round th e n ak e d r i gh t arm , and in t h e
2
52 T I IE M A S T ER S C A R P E T
’

’
M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e i t is th r e e ti m e s round his ,

body and both

,
fe e t , l e gs k n e e s and arms
,
ar e bar e .

( S ee p .

r e p ar at i o n of C an P C
r e p ar a t i o n o f an p ar at i o n o f C an
d i d at e i n E . A . d id at eof F C .
. di d at e i n M M . .

D eg r e e . D eg r e e . D eg ree .

T he abov e e ngravi ngs r e pr e s e nt as corr e ctly as

can b e th e m an n e r O f pr e pari ng cand idat e s fo r t h e
,

M asonic myst e ri e s and it w il l b e Obs e rv e d i n r e

,

lation th e r e to that four conditions must al w ays b e

compli e d with F i rst t h e cand i dat e must b e i n i
.
,

t i a t e d in da r h n es s ; s e c ond h e m ust b e i nve s t e d ,

w it h a g i r dle o r ca ble to w ; th i rd h e m ust b e -

,

n e ith e r n a h e d n o r c la d
; and f ou rth h e must be ,
 P R E P A R AT I O N OF C AN DI DATE S 2
53

”
e it h e r ba r e ls e n e ith e r ba r efoot n o r s h od
f oo t , or e .

N o w what i s t h e m e an i ng O f this si n gul ar p roc e e d

in g and why i s i t th at th e r e c an b e n o d e v i at i o n
,

fro m th i s strang e usag e ? W h e r e d id F r e e m ason ry

“ ”
fi nd th e s e pr ep arat i o n c e re m on i e s and wh at au t h o r i ,

ty i s th e r e fo r th e i r ado p t i o n and c ont i nu e d u s e in

all M ason i c l odg e s ?

Th e y w e r e al l borrow e d by th e M as on ic “

”
fath e rs fro m th e Old B aal worship o f t h e Anci e n t “

$7
Myst e r i e s as t h e followi ng author i tati v e t e ach i ng
'

O f M aso n ry wil l abu nd antly t e st i fy

\
W e shall e x .

a m i n e e a c h o n e in t h e ord e r in wh ich th e y ar e h e r e

”
e nu m e rat e d b e gi n n i ng w ith th e hoodw i n k o r
,
“

I N I T I AT I O N I N D A R K N E S S .

O n th i s h e ad w e r e ad i n t h e M anu al
“
Of th e

L odg e by M ack e y p 3 8
, ,
.

“
In th e A n c ie n t ( . lWy s t e r ie s or w or s h ip
s e cr e t

O f th e
p agan gods ) t h e aspi r ant
( or c and id at e ) w as
alway s k e pt fo r a c e rtai n p e ri od 1 11 a co n d iti o n O f
d ark n e ss .H e n c e d ark n e ss b e c a m e t h e sy mbol O f
i n i t i ation .

’
Agai n in P i e rson s Trad i t i ons o f F r e e m aso n
“

r
y ,
p 3
. 1

“
I n e v e ry c ou ntry u nd e r h e av bn t h e 1 N 1 T 1
A T IO N S w e r e p e r form e d i n c av e r ns e i th e r n atural ,

o r art ific i al and da r hn es s w as hono r e d w i th p e

,

c u liar m arks o f v e n e rati on by r e aso n O f its sup ,

pos e d pri o r ity O f e x i st e nc e Agai n o n p 3 9 : . .

“
T he c and id at e h as r e p r e s e nt e d m an wh e n h e
h ad su nk e n fro m hi s o r i gi n al e stat e and l ik e t h e
h a s h le r i s u n fi t t o fo r m a part o f t h e S i r i t»
r ou
g p .
 r
54 T HE M A S T E R S C AR P E T
’
.

u al t e mpl e . H e m a i nta i n e d
sam e charact e r in th e
th e my s t e r i e s E mphatically a p r of a n e e n v e lo pe d
.
,

da r h n e s s poor and d e stitut e O f Spi ritual r

, .

l e dg e and e mbl e matical ly n a h e d T h e m at e ri al .

dark n e ss wh i ch i s produc e d by t h e h oodw in h is an

e mbl e m o f t h e d ark n e ss O f his soul

E v e ryw h e r e t h e rll s t e r ies i s h e mod e l o f

“
y t

M ason ry . B e caus e candidat e s w e r e i ni ti at e d i n a “

c ond ition o f dark n e ss i n t h e s e c r e t w o r s h ip O f

,
“

t h e pagan gods so candid at e s ar e i n iti at e d i n a

,
“

c ond ition O f d ark n e ss i n th e myst e ri e s O f M ason

r and h e n c e a hoodwi n k must b e us e d
y ,
.

And aga i n i n t h e S y mbol ism o f F r e e mason

“

”
r
y ,
by M ack ey p 1
55 w,
e r e ad
.
,

“
I n all t h e anci e nt syst e ms O f i n i t iat i on (i nto ,

th e Myst e ri e s ) t h e candidat e was s h r o u de d i n d a r h

n es s as a pr e parati o n fo r t h e r e c e pti on O f l ight .

T h e d uration vari e d i n t h e di ff e r e nt ri t e s I n th e .

C e ltic myst e ri e s O f D ruid ism t h e p e riod i n which ,

th e aspi rant was i m m e rs e d i n d ark n e ss was n i n e

d ays and n igh ts ; amon g t h e G r e e ks at E l e usis i t
was th r e e ti m e s as long and i n t h e still s e v e r e r
r i t e s O f M ith ras i n P e rsi a fi fty d ays O f darkn e ss
‘

, ,

sol itud e and fastin g w e r e i mpos e d upon th e ad

v e nturous n e ophyt e w ho by th e s e e xc e ssiv e trials
,

was at l e ngth e ntitl e d to th e fu ll com m uni cation o f

”
t h e l ight O f k n o w l e d g e .

And o n p 1 3 6 h e adds that

.
, ,

“
Darkn e ss was t h e sy mbol o f i n itiation .

T h e duration O f d arkn e ss i n th e M ason i c Mys

te r ie s o r i n t h e r e v i v e d form O f th e s e O ld pag a n
,

syst e ms i s not quit e SO

,
s e v e r e T h e E nt e r e d A p .

r e nti ce is h o odw i n ke d fo r bout

a th e sp a c e Of an
p
 P R E P A R A TI O N OF C ANDIDATES .

hou r ; th e F e llow C ra ft fo r about an hou r and a- h al f

,

wh i l e th e Mast e r M ason i n ,
th e gr e at e r ,
or S ubl im e
Myst e ri e s of Os i ris, i s co mp e l l e d to r e m a in i n d ark
ne ss fo r at l e ast th r e e hours .

And l est any con n e c ti ng l i n k in th e wond e r ful

n ai n O f e v i d e n c e b i nd i n g t h e
,
Myst e ri e s o f M a “

”
s ou ry and th e Myst e ri e s O f B aal tog e th e r , m i ght
b e wanti ng t h e r e aso n w hy lodg e m e e t i n gs ar e al
,

w ays h e ld in t h e n i ght ti m e i s st at e d as follows ,

I n th e S y mbol is m “
Of F r e e m aso n ry ,
by
M a c k e y p 1 57 w e r e ad
,
.
,

D ark n e ss li k e d e ath i s th e sy mbol O f i n i t i at i on

, .

I t w as fo r this r e aso n th at a ll th e a n c ie n t in it ia
t i on s w e r e p e rfo r m e d a t n ig h t T h e c e l e brati on O f
.

t h e myst e ri e s w as al way s n o ct u r n a l T h e sam e cus .

t o m pr e va i ls in F r e e m ason ry an d t h e e x p l an at i on is
”
t h e sam e .

Th i s l anguag e i s so p l a i n that it n e e ds n o c o m
m e nt B e caus e t h e O s i ri an Myst e r i e s w e r e c e l e brat e d
.

at n ight so th e M as o n ic Myst e r i e s m ust i n l i k e

,
.

man n e r b e c e l e brat e d at ni ght

, .

”
And agai n i n t h e H istory O f I n i t i at i on
“
by ,

D r O l i v e r th an w ho m a gr e at e r M ason i c w r i t e r has
.
,

n e v e r l i v e d ; o n p 1 9 w e r e ad
.
,

T h e r e w as also an oth e r qual i ty O f th e m i nd ,

wh i ch s e rv e d to r e co m m e nd th e M y s te r ies that str an g e ,

attach m e nt to th e m ar v e llous by wh ich e v e ry grad e ,

O f h u m an n atu r e i s sw ay e d T o e x cit e th is s e nt i
.

m e nt i n al l i ts subl i m ity o f horro r t h e i n it ia t ion s ,

”
w e r e pe if or med dt th e dea d ef n ig h t .
2
56 T HE M A STE R S C A RP ET ’
.

THE CAB LE -
T OW

O u r n e xt qu e st i on i s wh e r e d id M asonry fi nd
”
i ts C abl e tow ? -

Tu rn i ng to p 2 9 o f P i e rson s .
’ “
T rad i t i ons of

Fr e e m ason ry w e fi nd that ,

”
I n the Myst e r i e s O f I nd ia (that i s i n t h e s ecr et ,

w o r s h ip O f t h e pagan gods O f I nd i a ) t h e aspi ran t ,

“
,

( or cand idat e
) was i nv
, e st e d w ith a cons e crat e d sash ,

i r dle whi c h h e was d i r e ct e d to w e a r n e x t h is

or
g ,

s hin . It w as m anu fact u r e d with m any myst e rious

c e r e m oni e s and said to poss e ss t h e pow e r O f p r e
,

s e rvi ng t h e w e ar e r fro m p e r s on a l da ng e r I t con .

s is t e d o f a cord co mpos e d o f t h r e e t i m e s t h r e e thr e ads

twist e d tog e th e r and fast e n e d at t h e e n d with a k not

and w as call e d Z en n a r H E N C E C O M E S O UR C A B L E .

”
T ow .

H e r e th e n , w e h av e it on th e v e ry h igh est Ma
son ic a u thority that th e Z en n a r Of the H i ndu i niti a
tions ,
and th e ca ble to w O f t h e M ason i c i ni ti ati ons
-

ar e o n e and t h e sam e thi ng and th e i r coi ncid e nt fe a ,

tur e s ar e SO disti nctly m ark e d that non e can fai l to

u nd e rstand th e i r id e ntity It is said o f t h e I nd i an .

Z e n n a r that it w as w orn n e x t t h e s hi n ; t h e cabl e

,

t o w i s also w orn n e x t t h e s h i n
. T h e Z e n n a r w as .

t w ist e d tog e th e r and fast e n e d at t h e e n d w i th a k not ;

,

SO is t h e cabl e to w t h e Z e n n a r w as compos e d o f
-
,

t h r e e t i m e s t h r e e thr e ads r e fe rri ng to t h e cabl e tow,

-

Of th e R oyal Arch d e gr e e wh e r e ,
t h e q u e s t ro n rs

ask e d “
H o w do y ou k now yours e l f to b e a R oyal
Ar c h Mason ? By t h r e e t im es t h r e e . And lastly i t
 P REP ARATION OF C ANDIDATES .

is said Of th e Z e n n a r th at i t oss e ss e d t h e p ow e r of
p
p r e s e r vi n g t h e w e ar e r f ro m p e r s o n a l da ng e r w i th ,

”
t h e word s p e rso n al d an g e r
“
stron gly e mph as i z e d , ,

d o ubtl e ss to co n vey the i m pr e ss i o n t hat h e w ho w e ars

th e Z en n ar , ,
or C a ble T ow of M aso n ry rou n d h i s
n e c k , w i l l h a v e a v e ry g r eat m any c h an c e s Of e s c ap
be
’
ing th e h an g m an s ro p e and ,
oth e rw i s e a i d e d by
M as o n ic c u n n i n g .

“
NE ITH E R N AK ED N OR C LA D .

T he n e xt p o i n t i n th e “
pr e paratio n c e r e m o n i e s
de m and i n g o ur att e nt i o n i s , w hy is th e c and i d at e
”
“
n e i th e r n ak e d n or cl ad ? W hy is he d iv e st e d of

h i s cloth i n g ?
By r e m e mb e r i n g th e fa c t th at F r e e m aso n ry as ,

h as b e e n prov e n o v e r and ov e r ag a i n i s ,
th e Old
B aal or s e cr e t su n w o rsh i p r e v i v e d th e ph i l osophy
,
-
,

o f thi s parti c ul ar c e r e m ony m i gh t app e ar s e l f e v i d e nt -

.

T he m e m b e rs Of th e l od g e ar e e n gag e d i n d e v ot i o n al
e xe rci se s , w i th th e Worsh i p fu l M ast e r l e ad i n g in

p ray e r to th e su n -
g o d— G A O T U —O r t h e
th e . . . . .

g od of n atu r e ( S e e . pp 1 51 t o
. N o w i n ord e r ,

to c arry o ut t h e t ru e sy mbol i sm O f t h e s u n a nd ,

to i nd i c at e t h e wo nd e r ful pow e rs and attr i but e s

of t h e g o d w hi ch i s worsh i p e d th e r e I S n oth ,

i n g m or e n atu ral than th at t h e cand id at e should

ap pe ar w ith part O f h i s cl oth i n g O ff I f h e was .

abou t to b e i n i ti at e d i n to t h e s e c r e t w ors h i p O f t h e
god O f ic e o r cold if any such e xi st e d h e w oul d
, , ,
 ’
2
58 T HE M ASTE R S C A R P E T .

n atu rally be warm ly m u ffi e d up bu t be i n g about to

,

be i n iti at e d i nto th e s ec r et w o r s h ip of th e s un g od -
,

h e m ust b e n e it h e r n ak e d n o r cl ad
“
H e p re s e nts ,
.

hi m s e l f i n d ark n e ss to i nd i cat e that f rom th e su n god ,

-

proc e e d s all l ight and s o h e m ust p r e s e nt h im s e l f

,

s e m i n ud e to i ndi cat e t h at f ro m t h e sam e sun go d

-
, ,
-

pro c e e d s al l w arm th and prot e c ti on .

T h i s i s t h e t ru e sy mbol i c m e an i ng O f th i s c e r e
mo ny and it c an b e ar n o oth e r constructi on f o r by
, ,

no oth e r pro c e ss O f r e ason i ng can t h e analogy b e ,

tw e e n th e v ari ous i n i ti atory rit e s b e m a i n tai n e d in

tact and t h e r e aso n O ffe r e d by W e bb fo r t h e d e grad
,

i ng custo m i s as B ro M ack e y e xpr e ss e s i t i n hi s

,
.
,

”
“
M anu al of th e L odg e , “
absolut e ly b e n e ath e rit i
c is m .

N E ITHE R B AREFOOT NOR SHOD .

T he
l ast O f th e stran g e ly d e basi n g c e r e m on i e s
o f t h e M ason i c pr e parati on ro o m i s wh at F r e e
“

m ason ry t e rm s t h e r ite of dis ca lce a tion o r bari n g ,

t h e f e e t and l i k e al l t h e oth e rs has b e e n borro w e d

, , ,

d i r e ctly f ro m t h e An c i e nt Myst e r i e s “
or th e ,

”
“
S e cr e t Wo rship o f B aal .

”
S ymbol i s m o f F r e e m ason ry
“
by A G , . .

M ack e y p 1 2 6 , . .

T h e d i r e ct io n o f P ythago rass to h i s d iscipl e s

“
,

w as i n th e s e w o r ds z — ‘O ffe r sacri fic e and worship

with S ho e s
In
an oth r pl ac e h e e sa s z
y
— ‘
W e mu st sa crifi ce
an d e nt e r t e m p l e s w i th th e Sh o e s
’
O ff.
 P REP ARATION OF CANDIDATES . 2
59

T h i s P yth agoras i s cl a i m e d by M ason i c auth o r

i t i e s to h av e b e e n i n i tiat e d i n to th e myst e r i e s Of

O si ri s i n E gypt and i s h i g hly e st e e m e d am on g

,
th e

c ra ft as “ a n a nc i e n t f ri e nd and b roth e r .

A ndagai n on p 1 2 7 M ac k e y say s
, “
.
,

“
T h e Dy u ids pra c t i s e d t h e sam e c u sto m wh e n
e ve r th e y c e l e b rat e d th e i r s a c r e d ri t e s and t h e ,

a n ci e n t P e ru vi an s ar e Sai d law ay s to h av e l e ft th e i r
sho e s at t h e po rch w h e n th e y e nt e r e d t n e m ag
,

n ifi c e n t t e m pl e c o n se c r a tc d to t h e wo rsh i p O f t h e
”
su n .

And agai n o n p 1 2 8 ,
.

T h e rit e O f disc alc e at io n th e r e f or e i s a sy m

“
, ,

bol o f r e v e r e n c e I t si g n i fi e s i n th e l an gu ag e O f
.

sy mbol ism t h at t h e Spo t whi ch i s about to b e ap

r o ac h e d i n th i s h u mbl e and r e v e re nt i al m an n e r i s
p ,
”
cons e c rat e d to s o m e h o ly p u r p os e .

T h i s I th i n k e stablish e s b e yo nd a qu e st i o n t h e
, ,

”
r e l i g i ous cha ract e r Of M aso n ry .
“
T he spot w h e re
s e c ul ar or “
pro f an e soci e ti e s h old th e i r m e e ti n gs
can not be v e ry w e ll sa i d to be “
cons e c ra t e d to holy
pu rpos e s .

Aga i n ,
on p . 12
9
And i nto t h e M ast e r M ason s l od g e — th at
“ ’
f

h oly o f hol i e s O f t h e M ason i c t e m pl e t

a at t
a

t h e aspi ran t sh ould r e m e mb e r w i th a d u e s e ns e O f ,

th e i r sy mbol i c appl i cati on th os e word s th at o n c e ,

b rok e u p o n t h e asto n ish e d e ars O f t h e Ol d pat r i arc h ,

‘ u
t O ff thy sh o e s f ro m O ff thy f e e t fo r t h pl ac
p e e ,

wh e r e o n thou stand e st i s h oly g r o u n d .

’

And lastly i n h e T rad i t i on s o f F r e e m aso n ry ,

t “
,

by P i e rson , p 2 9 .
 THE M ASTE R S C AR P ET
’
.

“
A mon g t h e an c i e nts t h e c e r e mony O f d i s c al
‘

c e at io rr o r pul l i n g O ff a
,
Sho e i nd i cat e d r e v e r e nc e
,
”
f o r t h e pr e s e n c e O f G o d .

F ro m al l th is vast accu mul at i o n O f u n disp u t

abl e e vid e nc e th e n it i s a b sol ut e ly u nd e n i abl e that
, ,

”
e v e ry c e r e m ony O f t h e pr e pa rati on roo m
“
th e -

hood wi n k o r d ark n e ss — t h e c abl e to w é t h e ri t e o f -

d is c alc e at io n — t h e r e m oval O f t h e cl oth i n g — t h e

pu rg i ng o f t h e l odg e — t h e positi on ar ms and d uty ,

of th e Ty l e r and e v e n t h e v e ry l ocatio n O f t h e
,

l od g e i ts e l f ar e borrow e d wi thout t h e sl i ght e st

, ,

chan g e ( e xc e pt i n t h e n am e s O f p e rson s ) f ro m t h e
old d e f un ct d e m on myth ology O f t h e pagan wo rld ;
and y e t t h e G rand H igh P ri e sts and t h e G ra nd
C hapl ai n s O f this rampant idol atry hav e th e cool
ass u ranc e to a ffi rm i n th e i r m a n u als mon itors and
,
,

t e x t books th at a f t e r all F r e e m aso n ry i s O f so sanc

, ,

t ifi e d a charact e r that e v e n th e floor O f t h e lodg e i s “

”
h oly grou nd .

W i thout qu e st i on to th e s e ,
men m ay be v e ry ap

r O r iat e l appl i d t h words f Isai ah v 2 0

p p y e e O ,
.

W o e u nto th e m th at cal l e vi l good an d good ,

e v i l ; th at put d ark n e ss fo r l ight arid l ight fo r dark ,

”
n e ss ; that put b i tt e r fo r sw e e t and sw e e t fo r bitt e r
,
.
 C H A P T E R XI .

I N I TI A T O R Y C E R E M O N I E S — P i ti abl e c ond i t i o n
. of

M aso n i c m i n i st e r s - R i te Of I n d u c t i o n — Ri t e
.

of C i rcu m ambul at i o n —R i t e O f S e c r e c y — M a
. .

so n i c i d ol s — M ason ic p e n alt i e s — A n i d o l atrou s

.

syst e m .

M r . B ar to n — B e h o ld ,
now , the

c and i d at e D e ac o n D o cto r O f D i vi n i
-
,

ty , or
J p ew -
e ddl e r— as he stands in

h
t e ant e roo m - “
duly a n d t ruly p r e
,

p ar e d to b e m ad e a M a s on T h e .

“
M an ual o f t h e L od g e p 2 0 d e ,
.
,

scrib e s h im in h i s pr e s e nt u n e n vi abl e
pos i tion as f ol lows
,
°

T h e r e h e stands w i th ou t o u r p o r ,

tals o n t h e t h r e sh old o f h i s n e w M a
,

son i c li fe i n da r h n es s h e lp les s n es s
, ,

and i n or a n c e H avi ng b e e n wan

g .

d e ri n g a m id t h e e r r o r s an d cov e r e d ,

ov e r w ith t h e pol l ution s O f t h e out e r

and pro f an e w orld h e co m es e n q u i r ,

i ng ly to o u r doo r s e e k i n g t h e n e w ,
”
bi rth .

T h is , u nd e r a ny c i r c u m stan c e s i s a most l a ,

m e n tab le pi ctur e o f a m i n i st e r o f t h e gosp e l h o w ,

ev e r su i tabl e t h e h u m i l i ati n g d e sc ript i o n m i ght b e

to a r u m s e lle r o r d anc i n g m ast e r and y e t st ran g e as
'
-
, ,

it
,
m ay app e ar h e ack n owl e d g e s th at e v e ry word
, of

i t is l it e ral ly t ru e .
 ’
THE M A S T E R S CA R P E T .

J u ni or D e acon l e ad s h i m for w ard an d

T he , ,

tak in g hi m by t h e ri gh t hand c aus e s h i m to c los e ,

h i s fist and w i th h i s k n u ckl e s to giv e th r e e l oud and

di sti nct k n ocks up o n th e d oor T h e S e n ior D e acon .

f ro m wi th i n i s s e n t t o asc e rtai n w ho giv e s t h e

al arm and wh e n h e Op e ns t h e door d e mands i n a
, , ,

l oud voic e and som e what st e rnly W h o com e s

, ,
“

”
h e re ?

T he m i n ist e ri al candid at e n ot k no w i n g , O f cou rs e

, ,

what su itabl e r e pl y to m ak e t h e J un i or D e aco n , ,

w h o p e rh aps i s a Je w o r a s c o ffe r at t h e v e ry r e
; , ,

lig io n wh ich thi s sam e m i ni st e r pr e a c h e s answ e rs ,

f o r hi m th at h e i s t h e R e v D r J am e s H unt w h o
,
“
. .
,

h a s lo ng be e n i n da r h n es s and n o w s e e ks to b e
”
brou gh t to l i gh t .

T h e fi g u r e on t h e pr e v i ous pag e i s a tru e r e

pr e s e n tati on O f t h e cand id at e as h e stand s i n t h e ,

Op e n d oo r w ay o f t h e lod g e and th us tr e mbl i n gly ,

ack n o wl e d g e s h i s past and p r e s e nt condi ti o n o f

Spi ritual i g noranc e and m e ntal and moral bl i nd n e ss .

I nsid e and r e gardi n g hi m wi th t h e cl os e st att e nti on

, ,

ar e in fi de ls J e ws ,
ration al ists pr o f an e sw e are rs
, , ,

r u m s e l l e rs
-
and ru m d ri nk e rs and y e t i n t h e pr e s
-
,

e nc e Of th e m al l th i s m an w h o i s th e pastor o f
, ,

a ch urch p u b liclv c on fe ss e s that al l al on g h e has

,

oc c u pi e d a f als e p o s it io n ; t h at hi s C h ri sti an ity has

b e e n an utt e r f ail u re ; that up to t h e p r e s e nt m o
m e nt h e h as b e e n wand e ri n g i n d ark n e ss and
 IN I T I A T o R Y CEREM ONIES . 63

“
co v e r e d o v e r w i th th e poll ut i on s of th e outwa rd
a nd p ro fan e wo rld ,
”
and th at no w , at l ast , h e co m e s
”
to s e e k and to r e c e i v e th e t ru e “
l i gh t o f d i vi n e t ruth ,

as i t i s i mpart e d ,
fo r a c e r t ain
f
c as h v al u e ,
in a
M aso n ic l od g e roo m . N ow th i s v ol u n tary co n

f e s s io n on the par t Of thi s M aso n ic M i n i st e r i s

e i th e r t ru e or f als e . If tru e th e n m ost u n q u e st i o n
,

a bly he i s a hypoc r i t e i n th e c hu r c h ,
and ought
susp e nd e d f ro m th e
'

ei th e r to re s i g n or be m in is t r y ;

w hi l e , if it b e f al s e , t h e n it is e q u ally c e rtai n th at
he i s att e m pti n g to b e co m e a M aso n u nd e r f al s e

pr e t e n c e s ,
and co ns e qu e n tly m u st be a hy p oc ri t e i n
t he l od g e a nd ough t at on c e to
,
be e x p e l l e d f ro m th e

ord e r .

B ut w h i l e th e J u n i o r D e aco n a n sw e rs fo r the

ca nd id at e at th e d oo r ,
he m ust an sw e r fo r h i m se l f
d u ri n g al l t i m e to co m e and i n pr e c i s e ly
, th e v e ry
sam e w o rd s as wi l l b e s e e n f ro m t h e f ol low i n g
, p or ~

”
ti o n O f t h e r i tual : ( H and b o ok p
“
, .

Q B e i n g h ood w i n k e d h o w d id o u k n ow i t
“
.
y ,
”
t o b e a doo r ?
A . By fi rst m e e t i n g w i th r e s i stan c e and a f t e r
“
,

w ard s gai n i n g ad m i ss i on .

H o u a d m rss ro n
Q ow g ai n ed
“
.
y
A . By th r e e d i sti n c t k no c ks f ro m w i th out
“
,
”
answ e r e d by a l i k e n u mb e r fro m w ith in .

Q “
. W h at w as s a i d t o
y
”
o u f r o m w i th i n ?
A “
. W h o co m e s h e r e ?
”
Q . Y o“
u r an sw er ?
( And n o w Obs e r v e c ar e
f ully t h e m i n ist e r s r e ply : ’

A “
. I J a m e s H u n t w h o h a v e long be en i n
, ,

da r h n es s , and n o w s e e k to b e b r ought to li g ht ”
.
 ’
THE M A ST E R S CARP ET .

N o w , if th i s c o n fe ss i o n b e l it e rally t ru e th e ,

c and i d at e w h o fn ak e s i t can not possibly b e a

C h r i st i a n at t h e t i m e wh il e if i t b e n o t tru e
, , ,

i t i s e q u al ly e vid e nt that n o truly p i ous C hri sti an

would e v e n th i n k o f utt e r i n g su c h a w i ck e d fals e
h ood ; an d he n c e th e i n e v i tabl e con c l u s io n i s that
n o m an can b e a tru e C hr i st i a n and a tru e M ason at

o ne and the sam e t i m e .

w el l afte r a wh i l e t h e c and i d at e i s ad m i tt e d
,

“
i n t h e n am é O f t h e L ord and th e n th e i ni t i atory
”
,

c e r e m on i e s at on c e b e g i n T h e s e co nsist o f si x d i
.

s t in c t and s e parat e r ites n am e ly t h e ri t e O f in

, ,
“

d uct ion — rit e o f c i r c u m ambul at i on

” “ ”—
rit e O f s e “

cr e c y” — “
ri te o f i ll u m i nat i on — “ ”
r i t e o f i ntrusti n g ,

’
”
and r i t e O f i n v e st i tu r e
“
,
and l i k e all th e pr e c e d
i n g c e r e mon i e s O f t h e “
pr e parati o n room e v e ry ,

o ne Of th e s e d i ff e r e nt ri t e s w i thout a si n gl e e x
”
c e t io n h as b ee n “
r e v iv ed f rom t h e “
An c i ent
p ,

My st e r i e s ,
and ar e pr e ci s e ly th e v e ry sam e and ,

p e r f orm e d ,
t o o i,
n th e v e ry s e l f sam e m an
- n er as ,

w e r e prac ti c e d i n t h e s e c r e t worsh i p O f B aal wh e n ,

Ahab f e d f ro m J e z e b e l s tabl e th os e pri e sts o r W o r

’
,

sh ip f ul Mast e rs who pro m ulgat e d th at wi c k e d phi

,

lo s o p h y. I n e stabl ish i n g thi s f act t h e t e ach e rs O f

,

Maso n ry s e e m to b e u n compro misi n g T h e y wi ll .

h av e it that t h e M asoni c syst e m and th e syst e mO f

r e l i gion i ncul cat e d in t h e anci e nt i n i ti ati ons
“
or ,

s e c r e t worsh ip o f t h e su n go d, ar e i d e nt ic al i n e v e ry
-
 R IT E OF I N D U C TI O N .

fe atu r e , and h e n c e th e y d e s c r i b e th e s e v ar i o us i n i
t iato r y ri t e s of M ason ry so c l e arly ,
an d r e fe r to t h e

m an n e r i n wh i c h t h e y w e re f o r m e rly p ra c t i c ed

w i th su c h m i n ut e a cc ura c y , th at no n e c an f a i l to

u nd e rstan d th e i r m e an i n g . T h i s w i l l ap p e ar s e l f
e vi d e n t as w e p ro c e e d w i th our i n v e st i g at i o n .

R ITE OF I N DUC T ION .

W h en th e c and i d at e
is le d i n t o t he L odg e
roo m ,
by the .

Ju n io r

D e a c on ,
he is m e t in

side th e doo r an d about

si x fe e t f ro m i t by
,

th e Se n io r D e a c on ,

w h o p r e ss e s th e sh arp
po i n t of an i ro n C om

pass to h i s n k e d l e f t “

”
b r e ast and th us w h i l e
,

he r e p e ats th e f oll o w

i n g form ul a , p e r form s
th e “
ri t e Of i ndu c t i on .

S e n or i D e a co n
D r J am e s H u n t o n you r
- “ . ,

fi rst ad m i ssi on i nto a lodg e O f M ason s i t b e co m e s my ,

d uty to r e c e i v e y o u upo n t h e poi nt O f a sh ar p in s t r u

”
m e n t , pr e ssi n g you r n ak e d l e ft b r e ast ( h e t h e n ,

pr e ss e s t h e sh arp poi nt O f t h e C o m p ass a l i ttl e h ard e r

agai n st t h e n ak e d br e ast t h e m oral o f wh i c h i s to
)
“
,

t e ach y o u tha t as th i s is an i nstru m e nt o f to rtu r e to t h e

,

fl e sh s o sh ould th e r e col l e c t i on th e r e o f b e to you r

,
2 66 T HE M ASTER S C AR P ET ’
.

m i nd and con s ci e n c e sh ould y o u e v e r pr e su m e to r e

,
”
v e al any O f t h e s e cr e ts O f F r e e m as on ry u nl aw f ully .

”
“
H and Book pp 6 3 6 4 , .
,
.

T hefi gu re o n p 2 6 5 r e pr e s e nts t h e S e n i or D e a
.

c o n an d c andid at e as this c e r e m ony i s b e i ng p e r

f orm e d ; an d i ts tru e ori gin and t h e r e as o n assi gn e d ,

f o r its p e r f o rm an c e i n th e l od g e i s g iv e n by M ason ry ,

as foll ows
I n th e “
M an ual of th e L odg e , by A G
. .

M ack e y , p .
39 ,
I r e ad
“
In an c i e nt i n iti ati on ( that i s th e s e cr et w o r
th e ,

s hi o f t h e pagan cand idat n v r

p go ds
) t h e e w as e ,
e
p e r

m itt e d to e nte r o n t h e th r e shold o f t h e t e mpl e o r ,

sacr e d cav ern i n wh ich t h e c e r e mon i e s w e r e to b e

co nduct e d u ntil by th e m os t s o le m n w a r n ing h e h a d
, , ,

be e n i mp r e s s e d w ith t h e n ece s s ity O f cauti on s e c r e cy ,

”
a n d f ortitud e .

By r e fe rri ng to t h e lan g u eige o f t h e Masoni c

ri tual as b e for e q uot e d i n p e r f orm i n g thi s ri t e i t
, , ,

wi l l at on c e b e obs e r v e d th at t h e v e ry sam e sol e m n “

w arn i n g is giv e n t h e cand idat e n w o o n “

th e
”
th r e shold O f th e l od g e room as was gi v e n h i m i n ,

anci e nt ti m e s o n t h e thr e shold O f t h e sa c r e d c av

“

e rn s ,
wh e re th e i n iti ati on s i nto t h e Myst e ri e s “

w e r e c onduct e d and that i n f a c t th is particular M a

,

” ”
son i c rit e o f i nd ucti o n h as b e e n r e vi v e d f ro m
“ “

that a n c ie n t s ecr et w or s h ip w i th out a sin gl e c han g e

A gai n i n P i e rson s “ Tradi ti on s O f F r e e m ason ry
’
,
 RI TE OF I N DU C T ION 26
7

T h e probat i o n O f a c and id at e i n an ci e nt t im e s
— i e in t h e
. .
“
Myst e r i e s — “ e mbra c e d m any im
”

portant part i cul ars ; but pri nc ipally h i s f o rtitud e and

co n stan cy w e r e s e v e r e ly t ri e d by th e appl i cati on O f
so m e ti m e s an I r o n 1 n str u m e n t, h e at e d r e d— h o t —at
ot h e rs , t h e poi nt O f a swo rd o r oth e r s h a r p i n s tr u
m e n t , w hi le h e h i m s e lf w a s dep r i v e d o
f a ll m e a n s
ef
”
def e n s e a n d p r otect io n .

T h i s i s pr e c i s e ly w h at is do n e in a M ason ic
l od g e T h e cand id at e — d e pr i v e d O f al l m e an s O f
.

d e fe ns e or p rot e cti o n — i s r e c e i v e d on th e “
poi n t Of a
s word as i n E n gl i sh l odg es o r oth e r sh arp i n s t r u
( )
“
, ,

”
m e nt , an d th i s act w h e n coupl e d w i t h t h e “ sol e m n
,

w arn i n g ,
co ntai n e d i n the f o rm ul a us e d by th e

S e n i o r D e acon co m pl e t e s th i s M ason i c c e r e m o ny
, ,

j st as i t us e d to b e pract i c e d i n
u th e “
My st e ri e s .

B ut th e c e l e b rat e d M aso n i c w ri t e r D r G e o rg e ,
.

O l i ve r ,
i n d e scribin g th e P e rs i an i n i ti ati o n of th e
“
Myst e ri e s ,
pl ac e s th e o ri gi n o
ff th i s r ite o i n du c
ti o n b e yo nd a qu e sti on . H e says i n h is H i sto ry
“
,
Of

I n i ti atio n ,
p . 6 8, th at
T h e su cc e ss f ul probat i o n e r , at th e C x p i rat i o n O f
h i s n o v itat e , was b rough t f o rth i n to th e c aye r n O f
i n iti at io n wh e r e h e e n t e r e d o n t h e p oi n t ef a s w o r d
r es e n t e d to h is n a h e d le t br e a s t by wh i c h h e w as
p f
sl i gh tly w ound e d , an d th e n h e w as r i tu al ly p r e p ar e d
”
f o r t h e approach i n g c e r e m on y .

In th i s e xtr ac t ,
we h ave n ot o nly a l i t e ral de
~
scr i pti o n of th e “
rite of i n du c t i on ,
as i t w as p er

f orm e d in t h e Old P e rsi an M yst e r i e s and els e wh e r e ,

 ’
THE M ASTE R S C AR P E T .

I
but i t also con ta i ns a c orr e c t a cc ou n t Of th e man n e r
i n wh i c h candid at e s th e s e “ Myst e r i e s u s e d to
fo r ,

be pr e par e d fo r i n itiati on and pro v e s w i th al m ost

, ,

i n fal l ibl e c e rtai n ty that t h e c e r e m on i e s O f t h e M a

,

”
son ic l odg e and e sp e ci ally th is part i cul ar r i t e
,
“
,

h av e b e e n d i r e c tl y borrow e d f ro m th at idol atrous

worsh i p .

R ITE OF C IR C UM AM B UL A T ION .

T he n e xt c e r e mo ny th rough w h i ch th e cand i
‘

d at e i s m ad e to pass is c al l e d t h e “ rit e O f c i rcu m

ambul ati on o r t h e sy mboli c pi l g ri m ag e i n s e arc h
,
“

O f l i ght . B e fo r e e nt e ri n g upon th i s d ark and f ruit

l e ss j ou rn e y h ow e v e r t w o i mportan t pr e li m i nari e s
, ,

m u st al ways b e Obs e rv e d —h e mus t k n e e l that pray e r ,

m ay b e O ffe r e d fo r h i m to th e G A O T U “
. . . . .
,

by so m e i n fid e l o r saloon k e e p e r and wh i l e k n e e l i n g
,
-
,

he m ust also p ubl i c ly ack nowl e dg e h is con fid e nc e i n

t h e go d O f t h e lodg e as h e has al r e ady at t h e d oor
,

p u bl icly d e cl ar e d t h e us e l e ssn e ss o f faith 1 n th e G o d

Of th e B ibl e .

T hi s pray e r and c on fe ssion Of f aith h a v e al r e ady

b e e n d iscuss e d on pag e s 1 6 4 and 1 6 6 and n e e d n o t b e ,

f u rth e r r e f e rr e d to h e r e , e x c e pt m e r e ly to add th at
th s Worsh ip fu l M ast e r tak e s h i m by t h e ri ght “

hand ord e rs
,
hi m to ari s e ,
f oll ow h is condu c tor ,
an d ,

fe ar no dan g e r .
 R ITE OF C I RC UM A M B UL ATION

T he Senio r D aco n
e

now t ak e s h i m by th e

r i ght ar m ,
as y o u se e in
th eac c o mp any i n g fi gu r e ,

an d con d u c ts h i m o n ce
rou nd th e l od g e roo m i n
th e fi rst d e g re e ,
t w ice

rou nd i n th e s e c on d de

g re e ,
and th r ee t i m es

rou nd th e l od g e i n th e

th i rd d e g r e e ; th e M ast e r ,

o r Ch apl ai n i n ,
th e m e an
t i m e r e ad i n g P sal m 1 3 3
A m os y ii 7 8 and
.
, ,

E ccl e s x i i r e sp e ct i v e ly
. .
, .

T h e do tte d lin e s
'

in th e fig u r e on t h e f ol low i n g

p ag e r e pr e s e n t t h e cou rs e th e y pu rsu e S tart i n g at t h e .

po i n t A wh e r e,
th e cand i d at e h as b e e n k n e e li n g t h e y ,

pass tow ard s th e E ast an d t h e n c e by w ay

, Of th e

S out h to t h e W e st an d
,
so rou n dby th e N orth to t h e

E ast ag a i n stoppi n g i n f ro nt
,
Of th e J un i or W ard e n ’
s
stati o n i n th e S outh at B T h is i s t e rm e d
. th e “ ri t e Of

th e sy mbol ic p i l g r i m ag e ,
or “ ri te Of c ir c u m am b u la
t i on ,
a nd i ts o ri g i n i s ac c o u n e d fo r as f ol l ows by ,

th e m anu al s an d t e xt book s o f th e ord e r .

”
In th e “
M a n ual o f th e L o d g e , by M a c k e y , p .

2
4, w e r e ad
T h e cir cu m am bu lation a m o n g th e p agan n at i o ns
T R E AS .

S . W .

WE ST .
 RITE OF C I R C U M A M B U L AT I O N . 2
7 1

r e fe rr e d g r e at d o c tr i n e o f S aba i sm o r su n
to the ,

wo rsh i p F r e e m ason ry a lon e h a s p r es e r v e d t h e

.

p r im i t iv e m e a n i n
g w h i c h was a sy
,
m bol i c al l us i on
t o t h e su n as t h e sou rc e O f physi c al l i g ht and t h e
,

m ost wond e r f ul work O f t h e ‘

G rand A rchi t e c t O f t h e
’
U n iv e rs e T h e lod g e r e pr e s e n ts t h e wo rl d t h e th r e e
.

pr i n ci pal O ffi c e rs r e pre s e n t t h e su n i n h e r th r e e pr i n
c i al posit i on s — at risi n g at m e rid i an an d at s e tti n g
p , , .

T h e c i r cu m a m bu la t i o n th e r e fo r e al l ud e s t o th e ap
, ,

par e n t c ou rs e O f t h e sol ar o r b t hroug h th e s e poi nts ,

”
aro und th e w orld .

T h i s p r o v e s b e yo nd t h e sh ad ow O f a do u b t t h at ,

Mason ry i s th e r e l i g i ou s ph i losophy of th e Ol d B aal ,

or su n wo rsh i p e rs ,
- r ev i v e d, and t hat t h e S u n - go d is
con stantly r e fe rr e d to i n th i s as ,
in al l th e o th e r c e r e
m on i e s Of i n i t i at i o n .

A ga i n i n P i e rs o n s T rad i t i o n s p 3 2
,
’ “
,
.

“
I n th e ri t e O f ci r c um ambul at i on w e fi n d a no th e r ,

c e r e mony bor r o w e d f ro m th e an ci e n t F r e e m aso n ry ,

th at w as pra c t ic e d i n t h e M Y S T E R I E S I n an ci e n t .

G re e c e wh e n t h e pr i e sts w e r e e n gag e d i n t h e r i t e O f
,

sacr i fi c e th e y an d th e p e opl e alway s wal k e d t h r e e

,
‘ ’

ti m e s rou nd th e al tar w hi l e s i n gi n g a sacr e d hy m n

, .

I n m aki n g th i s pro c e ss i on g r e at c ar e w as tak e n t o ,

m ov e i n i m i tat i o n o f t h e c o u rs e O f t h e su n F o r th i s .

pu rpos e th e y co m m e n c e d at t h e e ast an d pass i n g

, ,

by t h e way O f th e sou th to t h e w e st and th e n c e by ,

”
th e n orth th e y arr iv e d at t h e e ast aga i n
, .

Th i s i s an e x a c t d e s c r i pt i o n Of th e M ason ic r i t e “

Of c rr c u m a m b u latio n , and i n t h e abs e n c e O f any

f u rth e r t e st i m ony e v e n i s su ffi c i e n t O f i ts e l f to e stab
, ,

l ish t h e e e o n
i d nt i ty O f F r e m as ry , w i th t h e An ci e nt “

”
Myst e r i e s , or th e se c r e t w o rsh i p O f B aal o r th e
“
g

s u n - go d.
2
7 2 THE M ASTER S C AR P ET ’
.

Aga i n o n th e sam e pag e w e r e ad

, ,

Am ong t h e R om an s also th e r i t e o f c i r c um
“
, ,

a m b u lat ro n was al w ays u s e d i n t h e r i t e s o f sa c ri fi c e O f

”
e x p ratio n o r pu r i fication
, .

A nd aga i n o n p 33 ,
.

“
Am on g t h e H i ndoos th e sam e r i t e O f cir c u m ,

a mb ul ation h as alw ay s b e e n practi c e d A B rah m i n , .

upo n ri si n g f ro m b e d i n th e m orni n g h avi n g fi rst ,

ad o r e d t h e su n wh i l e d i re ctin g h is f ac e to th e E ast
, ,

t h e n w al ks toward t h e W e st by t h e way O f t h e ,

S outh s yi ng at h e sam e ti m e I follow t h e cou rs e

a ,
t ‘
,

O f t h e su n
’
T h e sam e c e r e m ony w as i n u s e i n t h e
.

D r u i d i cal rit e s T h e pri e sts al w ays m ad e th r e e ci r

.

cuits f ro m e ast to w e st by t h e ri ght hand around th e ,

”
al tar acco mpan i e d by al l t h e worsh i p e rs
, .

And M r G rand C aptai n G e n e ral P i e rson i n

,
.
,

e x pl ai n i n g t h e n u mb e r O f r e vol utions to b e m ad e ,

and t h e particul ar l i n e O f m arch whi ch th e cand i d at e

must pu rsu e e x pl ai ns v e ry cl e arly t h e tru e i mport
,

and t h e o rrg rn O f th is pa rt ic ul ar r i t e H e says .

,

I n t h e T rad i ti ons O f F r e e m ason ry p 3 3

“
, ,

“
It wi ll b e w e l l fo r t h e M ason i c stud e nt i n ,
”
traci n g out th e s e an al ogi e s i e t h e an alogi e s b e ,
. .

t w e e n F r e e m ason ry and th e An c i e nt Myst e ri e s to ,

- “

con s tantly b e ar i n m i nd th at i n t h e ‘rit e O f ci rcu m

a mbul ati on t h e n u mb e r O f r e vol uti on s m ay and
’
,

do e s vary accord i n g to d i ffe r e n t conti n g e n ci e s al

, ,

though O f co u rs e t h e nu mb e r t h r e e i s m ost i mport

, ,

an t as a mysti c and sacr e d n u mb e r b u t th at a t a ll ,

t i m e s t h e c e r e m o ny m u s t be p e if o r m e d w it h t h e
c ou r s e o
f t h e su n tu rn i n g to th e r i
, g h t and h avi n g ,
”
t h e a lt a r 0 11 t h e r ig h t h and .

Th i s i s pr e c i s e ly t h e m an n e r as w il l b e s e e n ,

f ro m t h e abov e fi gu r e , in whi ch thi s parti cular rit e

'
 R IT E OF SE C R E C Y . 2
73

ls p e r form e d now and fro m th e m i nut e d e scr i pti o n

,

g i v e n O f it as i t e x i st e d i n th e s e cr e t w o r s h ip o f h

Baal i t will b e Obs e rv e d at onc e h o w an x i ous o u r

, ,
.

M ason i c t e a c h e rs ar e to pro v e that i t h as b e e n r e

v i v e d w i th out any m at e r i al ch an g e and th at i t o c en ,

p i es v e ry S e l f sa m e position to d ay in F r e e m a
th e - -

so n r
y that i t form e rly did i n t h e Anc i e nt Myst e r i e s
“
.

“
R I T E O F SE C R E C Y .

T h e n e x t c e r e m ony d e m andi ng ou r att e nt i o n is

e r form e d i n t h e foll o w
th e r it e of s ec r e c
y wh ich i s p ,

i ng m an n e r
T h e cand idat e h a vi ng p ass e d thr o ug h t h e r i t e
”
O f th e sy mbol ic p i lgr i m ag e and h av i ng m ad e t h e
,

sam e publ i c con fe ss i o n b e for e t h e th r e e pri n c ipal O ffi

c e rs O f t h e l odg e in th e S outh W e st and E ast
, ,

r e s p e ctiv e ly as h e m ad e at t h e door h e i s o rd e r e d
, ,

”
by th e Worsh i p ful M ast e r o r C h i e f H i e roph ant
“
, ,

to b e r e c ond uct e d to t h e S e n i or W ard e n i n t h e W e st ,

wh e r e h e i s taught h o w to approach th e E ast by ,

on e tw o o r th r e e
, , u p ri ght r e gul ar st e ps as t h e c as e
, ,

m ay b e and th e n c aus e d to kn e e l at t h e a lta r in

,

“
du e f or m .

T he n e xt pag e r e pr e s e nts th e cand i d at e

figur e on

in thi s du e f o r m i n th e E nt e re d A p pr e nt ic e de gr e e
k n e e l i ng o n his n ak e d l e ft k n e e h is r i gh t form i ng ,

a Squ ar e h is l e ft h and supporti n g th e H oly B ibl e

, ,

S quar e and C oin p as s and h is right r e sti ng th e r e on

, ,

i n wh i ch du e form h e tak e s th e Obl i gati o n Of a

 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET ’

Mason ,
and wh ic h constitut e s r i t e O f s e c r e cy th e “
.

B e for e hi m stands t h e Worsh i p ful M ast e r adm in is ,

t e ri n g th e obl i g at i on and b e hi nd h i m th e S e n ior

,

”
D e a c on or C ondu c tor .
( S ee “
H and B o ok , p .

R ite Of S e cr ec
y an d G o dde s s F ides .

”
T he “
du e f orm , cou rs e l i k e
Of ri te Of ,
th e “

i nducti on an d t h e rit e o f ci r c u mambul ation

“
,

v ari e s i n t h e d i ffe r e nt d egr e e s and is corr e ctly r e p r e

,

s e nt e d i n t h e t w o r e m ain i ng figur e s on pag e 2 80 .

A nd n o w w hat i s t h e ori gi n o f this c e r e mony ?

A nd why ar e M ason ic c andidat e s sworn and i n th i s ,

p e c ul i ar m an n e r ?
”
by S i c k l e s p 62,
’
T he “
F r e e m ason s Guid e , ,
.

giv e s u s t h e r e aso n i n t h e fol lowi ng l angu ag e

“
A mo n g th e n i
a c en s t —i . e. in th e Myst eri es
 R ITE OF SEC R EC Y . 2
75

s i le n c e and s ecr ecy w e r e con s i d e r e d vi rtu e s O f th e

h i g h e st ord e r T h e E gypti an s worsh i p e d H arpo
.

c rat e s t h e go d O f s e cr e cy rai s e d al tars i n h i s n am e

, , ,

an d w r e ath e d th e m w i th garl ands o f flo w e rs .

A m o n g t h e an ci e n t R o m an s to o th e s e v i rtu e s w e r e , ,

n ot l e ss e st e e m e d an d a d isti n gu i s h e d L ati n po e t
,

t e l l s u s fo r fa i th f u l s i l e n c e also t h e r e i s a su r e r e
‘
,
’
ward .

B u t i n p e r form i n g th i s “
ri t e of s e c r e cy ,
i t w i ll
be r e m e mb e r e d and also m ay b e noti c e d f ro m
,
the fi g

u re on th e Opposi t e pag e th at ,
th e can d id at e m ust al

w ays f a c e th e e ast and pl ac e h i s ri ght h and upo n

t h e B ibl e S q u ar e and C o mpas s ; an d i n e xpl a i n i n g
,

thi s c e r e m o ny ,
th e M as o n ic authors r e fe r to th e s e
tw o p e c ul i ar fe atu r e s Of th e r i t e as i d e nti fy i n g i t ,

b e yo nd th e poss i b i l i t y Of a d oubt ,
wi th Si m i l ar
c usto m s wh i ch pr e vail e d i n t he Ol d B aal worsh ip .

“
T rad itio n s of F r e e m aso n ry ,
by P i e rso n p ,
.
34
”
An o ath tak e n wi th t h e f ac e to w ard t h e e ast
“

i e i n th e m y s te r ie sl— was d e e m e d m o r e sol e m n

. .
“

and bi n d i n g tha n wh e n tak e n w ith t h e f ac e toward

”
any oth e r card i n al poi nt .

”
In th e “
G e n e ral Ah i m an R e z o n ,
by S i c kl e s ,

p 73
.
,
we r e ad
T he
r i ght h and h as i n all ag e s b e e n d e e m e d
a n e mbl e m o f fid e l i ty and t h e an c i e nts w orsh ip e d
d e ity u nd e r t h e n am e F ides o r F id e l i ty w h i ch , ,

w as so m e ti m e s r e pr e s e n t e d by tw o ri g ht h and s
j oi n e d and som e ti m e s by two hu m an fi gu r e s h old
”
i n g e ac h o ch e r by t h e r i gh t h and ( S ee
“ H and
.

”
Book p , .

In t he n g rav i n g p il lu strati n g th i s
e on . 2
7 4,
part ic ul ar r i t e , a sm all fi gu r e w i ll be n ot ic e d at the
2
7 6 T HE M A STE R S C A R P ET’
.

tO p
— twor ‘
right hands j oi n e d This r e pr e s e nts F i
de s , th e g ddoes s
ef s ecr ec
y, as this i dol i s d is
p l ay e d in e v e ry M asonic l odg e and chart and m an u
al O f any not e i n th e w orld .

T h e a ccompanyi n g fig u r e also

of t w o h u m an figur e s hold
“

i ng e ach oth e r by th e right

”
h and to w h ich t h e abov e
,
.

ri tu al r e fe rs is an oth e r r e p r e
,

s e n t at io n O f t h e god O f s e cr e
y and i scC opi e d from
,
W e bb s
“ ’

”
M on i tor , by D r R ob e rt M orris
. .

P ast Grand M ast e r P i e rson i n h is Traditions ,

o .
37 ,
in e xplai ni ng th e u se Of th e right h and i n
th e M ason ic Obligati ons r e fe rs to this idol as follo w s
“
T he
t e mpl e O f th is godd e ss (F i de s ) w as first .

c o nse crat e d by N u m a and wh e n th e y prom is e d ,

a nythi ng o f O ld th e y gav e t h e right hand to pl e dg e

i t as w e do th e r e for e s h e i s r e pr e s e nt e d as givi n g
, ,

h e r r i ght h and and som e ti m e s h e r t w o hands con

j oi n e d C h ar t ar iu s h e says m or e fu lly d e scrib e s
.
,
“

th i s by Obs e rving that t h e prop e r r e sid e nc e o f faith

o r fid e lity w as tho u ght by t h e anci e nts to b e i n t h e

right hand And th e r e for e th is d i e ty was som e

.
,

t im e s r e pre s e nt e d by t w o ri ght hands j oi n e d .

”
And i n th e M anual o f th e Lodg e , by Mack e y ,

p 4 . 1, we r e ad
N um a was t h e fi rst who e r e c t e d an altar to
"
F i d e s und e r w h ich n am e t h e godd e ss O f oa t h s and
,

hon e sty was wors h i p p e d O bl igat i ons tak e n i n HE R

,
.
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77

NA M E w e r e c ons i d e r e d as m or e i n vi ol abl e th an
,
an
y
”
oth e r .

And so F r e e m ason ry has n ot only borr o w e d “

”
or
“
r e viv e d th e r it e (f s ec r e cy fro m t h e An c i e nt “

Myst e r i e s O f B aal but it has actually bo rrow e d

, ,

and r e gards w ith r e li g i ous v e n e ration t h e i dol go d ,

d e ss i n wh o s e n am e t h e Obl i gat i ons o r oaths o f

, ,

s e c r e cy w e r e always ad m i n ist e r e d .

T HE M A S O N IC P E N A LT I E S .

But th e r e i s anoth e r p e cul i ar fe atur e o f th e r i t e

O f s e cr e cy t o wh i ch al l o u r M asoni c w r i t e rs v e ry
,

m i nut e ly r e fe r as con n e cti ng i t e v e n sti ll m o r e clos e ly

w i th t h e A nci e nt Myst e r ie s O f pagan worship
“
.

Attach e d to e v e ry Mason i c Obl i gation i s a m ost ,

t e rribl e and barbarous d e ath p e n alty I n th e fi rst .

d e gr e e it is to h av e t h e throat cu t across and th e

, ,

tongu e torn o u t by its roots ; i n th e s e cond i t i s to ,

h a v e t h e l e ft br e ast torn Op e n and t h e h e art plu c k e d

,

o ut,
and i n t he M ast e r M aso n s d e gr e e i t i s to h a v e ’
,

th e body s e v e r e d i n twa i n th e bow e ls tak e n f r om

,

t h e n c e a n d bu r n e d t o a s h e s T h e s e horribl e p e n al
.

ti e s u nd e r w h i ch e v e ry M ason i c c and id at e m ust b i n d

,

h i ms e l f fo r th e d i s c losu r e o f a stup i d fool i sh s i gn o r , ,

g rip O f th e th u mb o n a parti cul ar k nuckl e ar e to o ,

r e volti ng to d e m and any com m e nt and as a c e l e ,

b r ate d C h ic ago d e t e ct iv e hi ms e l f on c e a M ason

, ,

truth fully e xpr e ss e s i t ar e but s i mply

,
“
t h e w i ck e d
”
c onsu m m atio n O f outrag e ous brutali ty .
2
7 8 T HE M A S T ER S C A R P E T
’
.

B ut th e s e sangui nary p e nalti e s attach e d

w hy ar e

to t h e M asonic d e gr e e s ? And why ar e M asonic

cand idat e s bound by s u ch abo mi n abl e i mpr e cati ons ?
W e fi nd t h e ans w e r as u s u al i n t h e t e xt books
an d m an u als o f t h e lodg e .

I n t h e Traditions O f F r e e masonry by P i e r
“
,

son p 3 5 w e r e ad
,
.
,

A m ost sol e m n m e thod o f confirm i ng an oath

”
i e in t h e Myst e r i e s was by p la c ing a dr a w n
'

. .
,

s w o r d a c r os s t h e t h r o a t O f t h e p e rson to who m it
w as ad mi n ist e r e d and i nvok i ng h e av e n e a r th and se a
, ,

to witn e ss t h e rati fication A mong t h e D ru ids it was

a n e c e ssary d u ty O f t h e ba r ds to u n s h e a t h t h e s w o r d
aga i nst thos e who h ad fo r fe i t e d th e i r Obl igation by
di v u lgi n g any O f t h e s e c r e ts O f t h e ord e r I n this .

r e sp e ct th e i r c u stom w as t h e sam e as that o f all

,

oth e r n ati ons .

T h e i talics i n th e s e e xtracts ar e P i e rson s O w n

’
,

and ar e e vid e ntly i nt e nd e d to t e rri fy t h e M asonic

r e ad e r I nto t h e b e l i e f that h e i n li k e m ann e r for fe its
,

h i s l i fe sh o u ld h e e v e r d ar e to d ivulg e any Of th e

bu ff oon j uggl e ry o f t h e lodg e .

And lastly i n d e scribi ng th e s e cr e t i niti ations

,
“

”
O f Gr e e c e t h e v e n e rabl e D r O l iv e r i n h is
,
H istor y .
,
“

O f I n itiation p 8 2 giv e s a cl e ar e r i nsi ght p e rhaps

,
.
, , ,

than any hith e rto furnish e d fo r t h e r e ason w h y ,

M ason ic Obligations ar e ad m i nist e r e d and w h y d e ath ,

p e nalti e s ar e attach e d
T h e s e rit e s h e says
“
w e r e kno w n u nd e r th e
, ,
“

h i gh and sign ifi c e n t app e l lation o f t h e M y s t e r i es and ,

e v e n i n th e m a s u b divisi on h ad b e e n m ad e b e c au s e ,
 R IT E O F S E C R E C Y . 2
79

it w as thought d an g e rou s to e ntrust th e i n e ffabl e

s e cr e ts to any but a s e l e ct and chos e n fe w who w e r e ,

r e par e d fo r a n e w ac c e ssi on o f kn owl e dg e by ro

p p
c e ss e s at onc e s e du ct i v e an d aust e re and bou n d to ,

s e cr ec
y by F E A R F U L O AT H S an d p e n a lt i e s Of t h e

m ost sangu i n a r y ch aract e r D e ath sh all b e h i s p e n alty ,

.

w h o d ivulg e s t h e myst e r i e s .

F ro m all th e for e goi ng M ason i c t e st i m o n y th e n ,

we l e arn t w o u nd e n i abl e facts : F i rst th at e v e ry ri t e ,

and c e r e m ony o f t h e l odg e room s o far has b e e n , ,

w holly and l it e rally r e v iv e d fro m t h e “

A n c i e nt Mys
t e r ie s and s e cond that all t h e S O call e d oaths O f
, ,
-

M ason ry th e m od e O f th e i r ad mi nistrati on t h e p os i
, ,

tion or du e f o r m i n wh i ch th e y m ust b e assu m e d

,

t h e fe ar ful sangu i n ary d e ath p e n alti e s attach e d t o

e ach ,
and e v e n t h e v e ry i m ag e s o f th e i dol i n whos e
n am e th e s e Obligation s ar e tak e n ar e si mply so m any
,

pagan custom s borrow e d from t h e s e c r e t worsh i p O f

,

B aal by t h e M ason i c fath e rs d u ri ng t h e p e ri od fro m

,
“

to 8 and th e r e for e w ithout e nt e ri n g furth e r

1
7 7
1 1
73 , ,

i nto any l e ngth e n e d argu m e nt aga i nst th e l e gal i ty ,

o r valid i th e s e Obli gati ons i t w i l l at on c e b e
,

a e v e ry hon e st m i n d that b e i n g s i n ful and

pp ,

i dolatrous fro m b e gi n n i ng t o e n d th e y n o t only are,

n o t bi nd ing o n t h e c ons c i e n c e o f any c and i dat e but ,

th at th e v e ry fa c t o f assu m in g such h orr i d oaths fro m

t h e fi rst w as a gross vi o l at i on o f t h e law O f G o d,
,

and ought at onc e to b e r e p e nt e d o f .

I n assu m i ng t h e O ligatio n i n th e F e llow C ra ft

d e gre e t h e candidat e has hi s right hand o n t h e
,
 ’
2 80 T HE M A S T E R S CA R P E T .

B i bl e S quar e and C ompass and h i s l e ft form i ng

, ,
a

’
right angl e as i n F i g 2 wh il e i n t h e M ast e r s and all
.
,

subs e q u e nt d e gr e e s both h and s r e st upon t h e thre e

,
“

gr e at l i ghts as r e pr e s e nt e d i n F ig .
3 .
 C H AP T E R XI I .

R I T E O F I L L U M I N ATI O N — V i rtu e s o f a ho o dw i n k . .

R i t e o f I ntrust i ng — R it e O f I n v e stitu r e — M a
‘

. .

so n r
y undoubt e dly t h e w o rsh i p O f B a al .

T he
i n i t i atory c e r e mo n i e s o f F r e e m ason ry in ,

an o f its d e gr e e s m i ght b ro rly d ivi d d i nto

y e
p p e ,
e

th r e e s e p arat e p e r i ods : F i rst t h e p e ri od O f p r e pa r a ,

t io n i n t h e ant e roo m c o nclud i n g wi th t h e ad m i ssi on

-
,

of t he c and i d at e i nto th e l od g e ; s e co nd ly ,
th e p e r i od
Of da r h n es s and g loo m , or th e h o o dw i n h p er i o d,

d u r i n g wh i ch th e fi th r e e r e l i g i ous rit e s Of In
“
,
r st

”
d u c ti on C i rcu m ambul at i o n
,
and S e cr e c y ar e ,
“
,

e r form e d a n d l astly t h e p e r i od o f li h t e mbrac i ng

p , g ,

th e thr e e r e m a i n i n g c e r e mon i e s O f Illu m i n at i on “

,

”
“
I ntrustin g and I nv e stitu r e and d u r i n g wh i c h
,
“
,

also t h e pr e t e nd e d s e c r e ts O f t h e ord e r ar e c o m m u
,

nic ate d to t h e c and idat e and ,

th e sy mboli c ph i losop hy
Of th e syst e m i s e xpl ai n e d . We ar e n ow e nt e ri ng
u p on a d i s c uss i on of th e c e r e m on i e s and sy mbols Of

th e l ast p e r i od .

“
R IT E OF I LL U M I N A TI O N .

T he “
rite Of s e cr e c y b e i ng c o ncl ud e d as al r e ady ,

d e scrib e d and ,
th e i n i t i at e hav i n g b e e n k e pt d uri ng
all th i s ti m e ,
in a wr e t c h e d c onditi on Of dark n e ss ,
2 82 T HE M A STE R S C A RP E T’

sy mbol i z i n g th e d ark n e ss O f h i s mi nd to wh i ch ,
he

h as s e v e ral trm e s al r e ady n rade p u b lrc con fe ssi on ,

he

h as no w arri v e d at that part i c ul ar s t ag e i n th e i n i ti a

tory c e r e m on i e s wh e n h e m ust be M aso n i c al ly
r e stor e d to l i ght wh ic h i s do n e
, in t h e f ol low i ng

m an n e r :
T h e W orsh i p f ulM ast e r r e su m e s hi s h at and ,

st e pp i n g back a f e w p ac e s d e m and s o f t h e cand i d at e :

,

“
B r o H un t i n you r p r e s e nt co nd i t i on , what do y o u
.
,

m ost d e s i r e
T h e n e wly obl i gat e d m i ni s t e r prom pt e d by ,
th e

S e n i or D e a c on , v e r y m ildly an sw e rs ,
“
L i ght in Ma
so n r y .

T he M ast e r th e n c onti n u e s i n a sort O f s e r i o

,

c om i c ton e : “
B ro S e n i o r D e acon and b r e th r e n
.
,

str e t c h f orth you r h ands an d assi st m e i n b r rn grn g

,

th i s b roth e r f ro m d ark n e ss to l i ght i n M ason r y In .

t h e b e gi n n i n g G o d c r e at e d t h e h e a v e n s and t h e e arth
, ,

and th e e arth w as w i thout f orm and vo id and d ark , ,

n e ss w as u po n th e f ac e o f th e d e e p an d t h e S p i r i t ,

O f God m o v e d upon t h e f ac e o f t h e w at e rs ; and G o d

said : L e t th e r e b e l i ght and th e r e was l i ght

,
.

And n o w i n h u mbl e co m m e m orat i o n O f wh ic h

, ,

anci e nt e v e nts I M ason i c al ly say : L e t th e r e b e

,

” ”
l ight ( H and B ook p
.
“
, ,

”
Just as th i s word l igh t is pro nou n c e d by
“
.

t h e Mast e r both hi ms e l f an d al l t h e br e thr e n wh o

, ,

ar e arrang e d i n t w o rows o n e i th e r Sid e O f t h e altar ,

b ri n g th e i r h ands i n f ront o f th e body to t h e du e

 R I TE OF LL U M I N A TI O N 28
I .
3

g u ard O f a M ason as r e pr e s e nt e d in th e
,

an n e x e d figu r e ; at th e sam e ti m e th e
S e ni or D e acon w h o i s standi ng b e h i nd
,

t h e cand idat e sw i ftly sn atch e s t h e hood

,

w i n k fro m O ff h is e y e s and t h e M ast e r

,

”
con c lud e s : and th e re i s l i ght .

”
I n som e lodg e s at th e word l i gh t “

t h e M ast e r and b r e th r e n c l ap th e i r h ands

and stamp loudly o n t h e floor r e pr e s e nt i ng a sh oc k

, ,

an d h e nc e th i s c e r e mony i s so m e t i m e s also call e d

,

“
th e sh ock O f e nl ight e n m e nt .

T he abov e figur e corr e ctly r e pr e s e nts t h e er

p
fo r m an c e o f this wond e rful Ma son ic c e r e m ony . T he
28
4 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET
’

Worship fu l M ast e r i n front O f t h e cand id at e u nd e r

th e d u e guard O f a Maso n — t h e S e n ior D e acon b e
-

hi nd hi m sn atchi ng O ff t h e hoodwi n k t h e altar be

, ,

for e hi m th e H oly Bibl e,

S quar e and C ompass , ,

t h e thr e e bu rn i ng tap e rs and last O f all h i ms e l f a , , ,

hal f n ak e d shiv e ri ng wr e tch e d fors w orn si nn e r

, .

And n o w our n e xt i nqui ry m ust b e wh e nc e

, ,

did this c e r e mony co m e ? And why has it a l o

c at i on and a n am e i n t h e M asonic syst e m ? W e
ar e authoritat i v e ly ans w e r e d as usual by th e ac , ,

cr e dit e d t e ach e rs O f t h e l odg e .

I n th e F r e e m ason s Guid e
“
by S ickl e s p ’
, ,
.

6 4 w e r e ad
,

T H E R I T E O F I L L U M I N AT I O N i s a v e ry an
ci e nt c e r e m ony and constitut e s an i mportant fe atur e
,

i n a ll t h e my s t e r i es O f t h e e arly ag e s I n th e .

E g ypti an C abi r ian S idon i an E l e usi ni an S candi

, , , ,

n av i a n and D r u idical r it u a ls it h e ld a prom i n e nt

plac e and i n th e m all r e pr e s e nt e d t h e sam e id e as
,
.

It m ark e d th e t e rm i nat i on O f th e mysti c pilgri m ag e

th rough gl oom and n ight (or dark n e ss ) and w as , ,

e mbl e m atical O f that m oral and i nt e ll e ctual light

whi ch pours its di v in e rad i anc e on t h e m i nd a ft e r i “

h as conqu e r e d t h e pr ej udic e and passion and ign o r , ,

”
an c e with whi ch i t has S O long b e e n struggl i ng
,
.

And D r Alb e r t G M ack e y i n fi ndi ng a p ar e llc

. .
,

fo r th e pr e t e nd e d d e mand O f th e candidat e fo r M a
son i c light as e xpl ai n e d i n th e ritu al as alr e ady
, ,

quot e d d e c l ar e s i n his
,
S y mbol ism Of F r e e m asonry ,

p ' 1
49 :

“
He c ra v e s an i n t e lle ct u a l i llu m in at io n , which
 R IT E EC REC Y 28
OF S .
5

w i l l d i sp e l t h e d ark n e ss O f m e ntal and m oral ign o r

anc e and b r i ng to h i s v i e w as an e y e w i tn e ss th e
, ,
-
,

s u bli m e t r u t h s
f
o r e li
g i on ph ilosophy
,
and sc i e n ce ,

w h ich i t i s t h e g r e at de s i g n of F r e e m a s o n ry to t e a c h .

I n all t h e a n c i e n t sy s te m s th i s r e v e r e n c e fo r l i ght as
, ,

th e sy mbol O f truth was p r e do m in e n t i n th e myst e r i e s

,

o f e v e ry n a ti on ; t h e candidat e was m ad e t o pass

t h rough sc e n e s O f utt e r da r h n e s s and at l e ngth t e r,

m in ate d h is tri al s by an ad m ission to th e spl e nd idly

illu m i n at e d sac e llu m or sanctua r y wh e r e h e was sa i d
, ,

to h av e attai n e d pu r e and p e r fe ct l ight and wh e r e ,

h e r e c e iv e d t h e n e c e ssa r y i nstruct ions which w e r e ,

t o i nv e st h i m w ith that k n o w l e dg e O f th e d i vi n e
t ruth w hi ch it had b e e n th e Obj e ct o f all his l abors
,

to ga i n and th e d e si gn o f t h e i nstitut i on i nto wh i ch

,
”
h e h ad b e e n i n i t i a t ed to b e stow .

F ro m th i s d e scri p tion w e ar e e n abl e d to form a

,

r e tty accu rat e id e a O f t h e v e ry hi gh e st i m atio n i n

p
whi c h th is parti cul ar c e r e m ony w as form e rly h e ld
i n th e A nci e nt Myst e r i e s and th e wond e r ful b e n e
,

fits so bo ast i ngly cl ai m e d fo r i t i n t h e M asonic sys

t e m ar e fully se t forth i n t h e follow i n g br i e f e x
,

tra c t fro m t h e lodg e M anu al .

’ ”
I n th e F r e e m a so n s G uid e
“
by S i ckl e s p
, , .

6 3 w e r e ad
,

T h e m at e r i al l i ght w h ic h i s thus a ff ord e d hi m i s

s u cc ee de d by an i n t e lle ct u a l illu m in a t io n wh ich
s e rv e s to e nlight e n h i s path o n t h e j ou rn e y fro m
”
th i s world to t h e n e xt . And P ast G ran d M ast e r
’
M ack e y adds th at this “
r i t e O f illu m i n at i on or ,
’ “
‘
shock O f e nl ight e n m e n t, i s a sy mbol O f th e b i r th
O f i nt e ll e ctual li ght and t h e d isp e r si o n o f i nt e ll e c t
”
u al dark n e ss . M an u al o f t h e L o dge
“
p
p 2
9 3 ,
0 .
,
.

Wh at an e xtraordi nary c e r e m ony thi s pagan

r i t e o f i llu m i n at io n i s , to b e sur e ! And what
2 86 THE A STER S C A R P ET ’
M .

astonish i ng vi rtu e th e r e i s i n an Old ho odwin k a ft e r

all ! W hy i t i s a h undr e d fold b e tt e r than any
,

thing to b e found i n th e R o m ish C hu rch w ith all ,

h e r boast e d apostol i cal s u cc e ssion and pr e t e nd e d

sanctity I n R o m anism a m an must go to con fe ss
.

’
ion qu it e O ft e n and ge t t h e pri e st s absolution h e ,

m u st d o a l arg e amount o f fastin g u s e i m m e ns e

quantiti e s o f holy wat e r w al k on his k n e e s fro m ,

i m ag e to i m ag e i n t h e chap e l doi ng p e nanc e pay , ,

at l e as t fro m n i n e to a doz e n visi ts to th e most

popular C hur c h e s i n any O f our l arg e citi e s sayi ng ,

SO m any pray e rs at e ach to s e cur e a fe w y e ars in ,

’

du lge n ce fro m th e P op e w e ar charms b e ads , , ,

cross e s ag ri e s de ii and a host O f oth e r si ll y tri nk e ts

,

o n h is p e rson and wh e n dyi ng h e m u st h av e holy

, ,

’
Oil rubb e d on h is body w it h t h e pri e st s thumb , ,

and al l th is to e nl ight e n his path on h is j ourn e y

“

”
from th is world to th e n e xt B u t pshaw ! That s ’
.

al l m i s e rabl e s u p e rstition ! L e t h i m only go i nto a

M ason i c lodg e d r e ss e d i n an O ld pai r o f d ra w e rs
, ,

a slipp e r a h oodwi nk a ca bl e tow and w ith n e arly

, ,
-

o n e hal f h i s
- body n ak e d and le t h i m trot rou nd ,

th e r e fo r an hour or so l ik e a schoolboy pl ayin g ,

’
at bl i nd m an s bu ff and th e n wh e n t h e O ld hood
- -
, ,

wi n k i s r e mov e d h e b e com e s ,
i nt e ll e ctu ally i ll u “

m in at e d his m ind b e com e s thoroughly e nl ight e n e d

, ,

t h e d ark n e ss o f h is so u l i s al l disp e ll e d t h e “
new ,

b i rth ”
is fully acc o mpli s hed and do w h at he will
 RITE E N TR U STING 28
OF .
7
’

th e r e a ft e r , e xc e p t to s e c e d e f r o m M as o n ry , he h as
s e c u re d fo r h i m sel f a sa fe p ass p ort to th e “
G ran d
”
L od g e abo v e . An d e
y ,t w ith all th i s , we ar e p os

itiv e ly assu r e d by our M aso n i c t e a c h e rs , as in th e

abo v e q u o tat i o n th at th i s c e r e m o ny of th e “
sho c k
,

of en l i g ht e n ment
”
h as b e e n wh ol ly bo rrow e d f r o m
th e s e c r e t w o rsh i p of the An ci e n t Myst e r i e s
“
.

“ P ah ! T i s ra n k !
’
It s m e ll s to h e av en .

R I TE OF INTR USTIN G .

T he “
r i te of i n trust i n g n e x t d e m and s o ur at

t e nt i o n and i s p e r f orm e d as f oll ows : T he h o odw i n k

b e i n g r e m o v e d as abo v e ,
e x p l a i n e d , an d the “
sh o c k
”
Of e n l i ght e n m e n t c om pl e t e d w i t h al l i ts i n t e l l e c t
u al a cc o mpan i m e nts ,
th e W o rsh i p fu l M ast e r ap

p r o ac h e s th e altar b e for e wh ic h
, th e c an d i d at e i s
st i ll k n e e l i n g and ,
po i n ts out to him th e th r ee

g r eat and th e th r ee les s e r lig h ts as al r e ady ex

plai n e d ( o n pag e H e th e n st e ps b ack a fe w

pac e s and ad v an c i n g aga i n towa rd s t h e al tar by ,

”
o n e u pr i ght r e gul ar st e w i th h i s l e f t f oot b r i n gs
“ ‘

p ,

th e h e e l o f t h e r i gh t fo ot t o t h e h o l low O f t h e
l e f t form i n g w h at M aso n ry v e ry s ci e n t i fi c ally c al ls
,

“
th e an g l e of an Obl o n g s q u ar e ,
m ak i n g at th e s am e
t i m e t h e du e g u ard -
an d Si gn of a M as o n .
( H an
“ d
”
B ook p , .

H e th e n appr o a c h e s t h e al tar a s e c o nd t i m e , and

tak i n g th e candi date by th e r i gh t h and as in o r di nary

2 88 T HE M A STER S C AR P ET
’
.

h and shaki n g e n tr u s ts hi m w ith t h e wond e r fu l s e t

e r e ts O f th is d e gr e e as follo w s

”
B ro H unt h e says i n tok e n o f fr i e ndsh i p and
.
,
“

broth e rly lov e I have n o w t h e p le asu r e o f pr e s e nt

,

in g y o u w i th my right hand and with it t h e g r ip ,

and w or d O f an E nt e r e d Appr e nti c e M ason but as ,

y o u ar e y e t u n i nstru c t e d broth e r S e n i or D e a c on w ill

,
”
answ e r fo r y o u .

— I h ai l —I conc e al
Q . A Q What . do y ou . .
-

con c e al ? A —All th e s e cr e ts O f M asons i n M ason ry

.

to w hich this tok e n allud e s Q What i s this ? . .

-

e ssi ng h is thu mb n
(pr ail o n t h e fi rst k nuckl e -
) A . .

T h e grip o f an E nt e r e d Appr e ntic e M ason Q . .

H as i t a n am e ? A — I t h as Q Wi ll you g iv e i t . . .
-

to m e ? A —I d id not S O r e c e iv e it , n e ith e r wi ll I SO
.

—H A
impart it Q . o w w ill
y o u di spos e O f i t ?
. .

— L e tt e r i t and b e
I w il l l e tt e r and syllabl e it Q . .

gi n . A — . B gi n
e
y ou .
Q .
— N ay you m ust b e gi n .
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.
9

S e n i or D e ac o n z— A .

Wo rsh ip f u l M ast e r z— B .

S e n io r D e acon z— O .

W o rsh i p ful M aste r z—Z .

S e n i o r D e a c o n z— A r .

W o rsh i p fu l M aste r z— B o .

S e n i o r D e acon z— B o az .

”
T h i s con s t i tut e s th e “
ri te Of i ntrust i n g , an d is
co rr e ctly r e pr e s e n t e d i n th e fi g u re on p . 2 88 . W h at a
ve ry d i g n i fi e d pos i t io n th i s i s fo r a D octo r O f D iv i n i ty
to occupy ! A nd h o w e x c e e d i n gly i n t e l l e c tual i t
m ust b e t o go ov e r al l th e f o r e g o i n g m i s e rabl e stu ff
i n a M ason i c l od g e roo m w i th a sal oo n k e e p e r , ,
or

gambl e r !
A nd now le t us h e ar wh at F r e e m aso n ry t e a c h e s
i n r e gard to t h e ant iq u i ty Of th is r it e , and wh at ex

pl an at i o n i t g iv e s of i ts p r e s e n t pos i t i o n as a M aso n i c
c e r e m ony Of v a s t i m portan c e .

’
In th e “
S y mbol i s m Of F r e e m aso n ry ,
by
M ack ey p , . 1
47 ,
we r e ad
“
T he r ate o
f i n t r u s ti n
to w h i c h w e ar e n o w
g,
to d i r e ct o u r att e n ti on w i l l Supply us w i th m any
,

in rp o r tan t an d i nt e r e sti n g sy mbols T h e re i s a n .

i mpo rtan t p e ri od i n t h e c e r e m ony O f M aso n i c

i n iti ati on w h e n t h e c an d id at e i s about to r e c e i v e
,

a f ul l c o m m u n ic at ro n o f t h e n ry s te r ie s th rou g h wh i ch
h e h as pass e d and to w h ic h t h e tr i al s an d l abo rs
'

wh i ch h e h as u nd e rgon e can o nl y e nti tl e h i m T h i s .

c e r e m ony is t e c h n i cal ly c all e d th e r ite of in tr u s t i ng ,

b e caus e i t i s th e n th at t h e asp i ran t b e g i n s to b e

i ntrust e d w i th th at fo r th e p oss e ss i o n o f wh ic h h e
 2
9 0 THE M ASTE R S C ARP E T ’
.

was s e e ki n g I T I S E Q U I V A L E N T T O W H AT I N T H E
.

A N C I E N T M Y S T E R I E S W A S C ALL E D th e a u topsy o r ,

t h e s e e i n g o f wh at o nly t h e i n i t i at e d w e r e p e rm itt e d
”
to b e h old .

T h us, i t wi l l be n ot ic e d , we ar e n o t l e ft i n an y

dou
bt as to th e or i gi n o f th i s rit e . I n th e “
Anc i e nt
”
Myst e r i e s ,
or s e c r e t worsh ip o f th e “
sun go d i t
-
,

o c cupi e d t h e sam e pos i t i o n that i t do e s i n Fre e ma

so n r
y to d ay .

B ut h e ar aga i n wh at G e n e ral G rand H i gh P ri e st

M a c k e y says o n p 1 48 .

Th i s r ite of i n t r u s t i ng i s o f cou rs e d iv id e d
i nto s e v e ral parts or p e ri ods fo r t h e ap or r eta o r , ,

s e cr e t th i n gs O f M ason ry a r e not to b e g iv e n at on c e
, ,

but i n g rad ual prog r e ssi on It b e gi ns how e v e r with .

, ,

t h e co m m u n i cati o n O f L I G H T wh ich al though bu t a , ,

pr e pa rati on f o r t h e d e v e l opm e nt O f t h e myst e ri e s ,

whi c h ar e to f oll ow m ust b e consid e r e d as o ne O f

,

t h e most i m po rtant sy mbols in t h e whol e s ci e n c e O f

M ason i c S y mbol i s m .

And aga rn o n p 1 49 b e f u rth e r e x p l a i ns

, .
,

I n al l t h e An ci e n t Myst e ri e s th i s r e v e r e nc e fo r
“

lig h t as t h e sy mbol o f truth was p r e dom i n an t L i ght .

was i n accord anc e wi th th is O ld r e li gious s e nti m e nt ,

t h e g r e at Obj e ct O f attai n m e nt i n all t h e An c i e nt

”
( r e l i g ious
) Myst e ri e s .

B ut D r O l iv e r p e rhaps m or e th an any oth e r

.
,

M ason i c writ e r o f m od e rn ti m e s has g i v e n th e ,

b e st d e s c ripti on O f t h e mod e o f i n i t i at i on i nto th e

”
Myst e r i e s ,
t h e i n t e rn al arran g e m e nt O f t h e c a v

e rns i n wh i c h t h e c e r e m on i e s w e r e p e r f orm e d , t h e
 RITE OF IN TRUSTING . 2
9 1

pos i t i on s o f th e v ar i ous O fli c e r s i n co n fe rr i n g th e

d e g r e e s and e sp e ci ally
,
th e i mp o rtant pa rt wh ic h
”
thi s id e nt i c al “
ri t e Of i n trust i n g w as m ad e to OC

cu
py i n th os e an c i e n t s e cr e t i n i ti at i o ns
“
. He re

l at e s i n h i s “
H i sto ryI n it i at i on p 7 4 in de s
Of ,
.
,

”
c r ib in
g th e “ Myst r i s
e e Of P e rs i a and t h e i n n e r ,

c av e rn W h e r e th e s e c r e ts or a o r re t a w e re co m m u
p
n ic at e d , th at
'

“
T hi s con s ec rat e d p l a c e was b r i ll i a n tly illu m
in ate d and sparkl e d w i th gold and pr e ci ou s ston e s .

A spl e ndi d su n and starry syst e m e m i tt e d th ei r

d az zl i n g rad i an c e an d m ov e d in ord e r to th e
sy m phon i e s o f h e av e n ly m us i c H e r e sat t h e A rch i .

m agus i n th e e a s t e l e vat e d o n a th ro n e o f b u rn
,

is h e d gold c rown e d wi th a ri ch d i ad e m d e co rat e d

, ,

w i th my rtl e boug hs and h abi t e d i n a flow i n g tu n i c

,

o f b ri gh t c e rul e an ti n c tu r e ; round h i m w e r e arran g e d ,

i n sol e m n ord e r t h e P r e s u le s or d i sp e n s e rs O f t h e
, ,

Myst e ri e s fo rm i n g altog e th e r a r e v e r e nd ass e m bly

, ,

whi ch cov e r e d t h e a w e struc k asp i ran t w ith pro fou nd

-

f e e l i n gs O f v e n e rat i on and by an i n vol u n tary i m puls e

, ,

f r e qu e ntly prod uc e d a n act O f wo rsh i p H e re h e .

was r ec e i v e d wi th con g rat u l atio ns an d a ft e r h av i n g ,

e n t e r e d i n to t h e u sual e n gag e m e n ts f o r k e e pi n g s e

c r e t th e sacr e d rit e s O f M i th ras t h e sacr e d W O R D S ,

w e r e i n t r u s te d to h i m O f wh i c h t h e i n e ffabl e T e
,
”
t r ac t y s o r n am e O f G o d was t h e chi e f
, , .

T hi s i s an e x act r e pre s e ntat i o n of th e i n te r i o r

‘

Of

any Of ou r ari sto c rati c l od g e s of F r e e m ason ry at th e

p r e s e n t t i m e w i th t h e si n gl e e xc e pt i o n
, Of th e o rn a
m e ntati o n O f gol d and p r e ci ous ston e s .

I n th e “
Arch i m ag u s s e at e d i n the E ast ,
”
an d
or
g g e ousl atti r ed we fi nd the rotot e Of wn
y ,
p yp our o
 ’
2
9 2 TH E M ASTE R S C A RP E T .

Worsh ip ful M ast e r cl oth e d i n hi s gaudy r e gal i a and

, ,

Occupy i n g a S i m il ar statio n i n th e M ason i c lodg e .

T he P r e s u le s o r d i sp e ns e rs o f t h e S acr e d
,

My st e ri e s a r e aptly r e pr e s e nt e d by t h e
,
Ward e ns
and D e a c ons “ t h e spl e nd i d su n and starry sys
,

te m ar e r e prod uc e d by t h e i llu mi nat e d figu r e o f t h e

su n d i spl ay e d b e h i nd th e M ast e r s ch ai r and by th e

,
’
,

cl ou de d c anopy d e ck e d wi th stars whi ch adorns th e ,

”
c e i l in gs o f o u r l o dg e room s T h e c on gratul at i ons.
“

on b e i ng ad m i tt e d ; t h e sol e m n e ngag e m e nts to k e e p

s e cre t th e sacr e d myst e ri e s and l astly t h e in tr u s t ing
,

o f th e s a c r e d w or ds a f t e r t h e Obl igat i o n O f s e c r e c y

h ad b e e n adm i ni st e r e d ar e al l as f ai th fu lly r e pr e s e nt e d
,

to d ay i n any w e ll go v e rn e d lodg e O f M ason s i n th e

-

U n i t e d S tat e s as t h e y e v e r w e r e i n t h e bri lli antly

,

l i ght e d s a ce llu m O f th e an c i e n t P e rsi an o r E gy p t i an ,

i n i t i at i o ns .

“
R I T E O F I N V E S TI T U R E .

l ast r ite O f t h e M asoni c in it iatio r y c e r e

T he

mon i e s and t h e o n e wh i ch n e x t d e m and s o u r att e n

,

tion i s call e d t h e R I T E O F I N V E S TI T UR E
“
.

T h e cand id at e h avi n g r e c e iv e d t h e n e w bi r th i n

th e r it e ef i llu m i n a t io n and h avi n g b e e n m e ntal ly

,

and m oral ly e nl i ght e n d th rough h e r ite ef in

e t “

t r u s t in g h e i s n o w p r e s e nt e d w ith t h e la m b s h in
,
-
,

o r W H I T E L E A T H E R A P R O N and th is pr e s e ntati o n O f
,

t h e apron and t e ach i n g hi m how to w e ar i t , i s c all ed

,

th e “
r it e qf i n v es t itu r e ,
 I TT I NV E S TIT U R E 29 3
‘

R OF .

T he ann e x e d e n g r av

in g r e pr e s e nts t h e
W orsh ip f ul M a S t e r
p r e s e n ti n g th e c and i
d at e w i th “
l amb sk i n -

apron ,
”
and w h i ch he

ord e rs h i m to c arry to

th e S e n ro r W ard e n i n
th e W e st w h O i n sho w
,

i n g h i m h o w to w e ar i t
u s e s th e fol l owi n g fo r

”
mul a .
“ H and Book , p .8 2 .

S e n ior Wa r de n H u n t—B roth e r

M ason i c trad i ,
’
ti o n i n form s us th at at t h e b uild i n g O f Ki n g S ol om o n s
t e mpl e th e r e w e r e vari ous cl ass s e o f w o rk m n ach e e ,

o f w hom as a d i sti ncti v e bad g e wo r e th e i r apron s

,
,
A pr e n ti c e s b e i n g
i n a p e cul i ar m an n e r E n t r d e e .
p
b e ar e rs O f bu rd e n wor e th e i rs w i th t h e b i b t urn d e
,

u p to pr e v e n t th e i r cl oth e s f ro m b i n g e soil e d bu t as ,
,

stai n s upo n t h e apron O f t h e op rati v

e e w ork m an
w o u ld b ri n g cr e di t t
rat r th an
e
,
di sgrac e y e t y ou ,

b e i n g a S p e c u l ati v e M ason a r e e x p e ct e d ,
to k e e p
you rs u n spott e d f ro m t h e w orl d Y ou ar e th r o r
e .
e f e

e w ork
e nti tl e d to w e ar y ou rs i n th i s m an n e r wh i l
b b of
i r w i th u s o n th rs d e gr e e ( H e tu rn s u p
or
b
.
t h e i

t h e apron ) .

T h i s con c l ud e s t h e r i t e O f i nv st i tu r
“ e e and i ts
or i gi n and th e r e ason fo r i ts p r orm an c e f e i s f ully
,

in Of
f ol l ows t e x t book Fr ee
th e
’

s
lain e d as
ex
p
m ason ry .

I n th e “ G e n e ral Ah i m an R e zon ,
”
by S ickl es,

p 74
. :
 ’
2
94 THE M A ST ER S CA R P ET .

“
T he apron i n an ci e nt ti m e s — i
i n th e A n . e .
‘

ci e nt Myst e ri e s — W as a un i v e rsally r e c e i v e d e mbl e m

’

o f T ruth A m on g t h e G r ec ia n fl ly s te r i e s t h e can
.
,

did at e w as i nv e s t e d w ith a W h it e rob e and apron , .

I n P e rsi a th e i n v e sti t u r e w as e x c e e d i n gly Spl e nd id

, ,
”
and succ e e d e d to th e com m i ssi on O f l i gh t .

’
I n M a c k e y s M anual o f t h e L od g e p 3 2 w e “
,
.
,

“
In P e rsi an Myst e r i e s O f M ith ras t h e can
th e ,

did ate w as i n v e st e d w i th a w hi t e apron I n th e .

B rah m i ni cal i ni t i ati o n s O f H i ndosta n t h e Z e n nar o r , ,

S ac re d C o rn was substitu t e d fo r t h e apron E v e n

,
.

t h e Japan e s e i n th e i r ri t e s o f i n iti ation i nv e st th e i r -

c and id at e w i th a w h i t e apron .

”
Again i n t h e S y mbol ism O f F r e e m ason ry by
,
“
,

M ack e y p 1 30 , .

T h e r ite of i n v es t it u r e call e d i n t h e coll o

q u iall
y t e c hn i cal l an guag e o f t h e ord e r t h e c e r emon
y ,

o t h in bri n gs u s at onc to consid e rati on

ef c l g ,
e t h e

o f th at w e ll k n o w n sy mbol O f F r e e m ason ry t h e
-
,

LA M B S K I N A P R O N Th is rit e o f i n v e stitur e o r t h e
-
.
,

pl aci n g upo n t h e aspi ran t som e garm e n t as a n i nd i ca

”

ti o n O f h i s appropriat e pr e paratio n f o r t h e c e r e m o ‘

n i e s i n wh ich h e w as about to e n g ag e pr e vail e d i n ,

”
a ll th e a n c ie n t i n it i a t io n s .

A nd r e fe rri n g to it s anci e nt u s e i n th e S cand i

n avi an Myst e ri e s h e add s ,
*

I n t h e S cand i n avi an rit e s wh e r e t h e m il itary

“
,

g e n ius o f th e p e opl e h ad i ntroduc e d a w arl ik e Sp e ci e s

O f i n iti ati on i n st e ad o f t h e apron w e fi nd t h e can d i
,

d at e r e c e ivi n g a wh i t e shi e ld w hi ch was ho w e v e r , , ,

al w ays pr e s e nt e d w ith t h e accom pan i m e nt o f som e

sy mbol i c i n st r u cti on n ot v e ry d issi m il ar to th at w hich
”
i s con n e ct e d wi th t h e Masoni c apron .

And agai n i n th e “T rad iti ons O f M aso n ry pp

, , .

43 1 44 :
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95

T h e r e i s n o o n e O f t h e sy mbol s O f M ason ry
“

m or e i m portan t I n rts t e ach i n gs o r m or e i nt e r e sti n g ,

i n i ts h i sto ry t h at th at O f t h e la m bs hin o r w h ite

,
”
le ath e r a
p r on .

T heapron o r g i rdl e i n a nc i e n t t i m e s was a

, ,

u n iv e rsally r e c e i v e d e mbl e m O f t ruth an d p as s iv e

” ”
du ty .
“
A mon g t h e pr i m i t iv e M ason s i e th e ,
- . .
,

anc i e n t su n w o rsh ip e rs — - “
th i s b ad g e r e c e iv e d a
charact e r i st i c d i st i n c ti o n f ro m i ts p e cul i ar color an d
m a te r ia l and was i nd e e d an u n e qu i v ocal m ark O f
, , ,

su p e r io r di n it T h e i nv e stitu r e o f t h e apro n f orm

g y .

e d an e s s e n t i al part o f t h e c e r e m ony o f i n i ti at i o n and ,

was att e nd e d w i t h r i t e s e q ual ly s i gn ific a nt an d im

”
pr e ssi v e .

Aga i n o n p 45 w e r e ad
,
.
,

“
W h e n a c and id at e was i n iti at e d i nto t h e A n
‘

ci e nt Myst e r i e s h e w as e st e e m e d r eg e n e r a te an d
,
’
,
:

h e was i n v e st e d w it h a W H I T E garm e nt an d apro n as

”
a sy mbol O f h i s n e wl y attai n e d pu ri ty .

“
A m on g t h e G r e e k s th e g arm e n t o f i ni t i ati o n ,

w as w h i t e b e c aus e say s C ic e ro w h i t e i s a c ol or m ost

, , ,
”
ac c e ptabl e to th e god s .

“
T h e Japan e s e f o r am on g th e m w e fi nd t h e ,

Myst e r i e s pr e s e n t t h e c an did at e w i th a l oos e tu n ic

,

and w h ite apr o n An d i n t h e l ast d e g r e e O f t h e

.

D ru i d i cal r i t e s t h e cand id at e w as sol e m nly i n v e st e d

”
w i t h a flowi n g rob e o f t h e pu r e st w h ite .

I t m ay p e rh a p s b e w o r th y O f r e mark th at i n ,

”
all ud i n g h e r e to th e J apan e s e “
Myst e r i e s ,
P ast
G rand M ast e r P i e rso n us e s pr e s e n t t e n s e th us th e ,

i nd i c at i n g th at su n wo rsh i p i s st i l l t h e pr e vail i n g r e
-

lig io n of
th at c oun try and th i s b e ru g th e c as e h ow , , ,

i t m ay b e ask e d can a M aso n i c M i ss i on ary c on s i st

,

e ntly r e q u e st a J apan e s e pa g an t o f orsak e t h e pra e

 ’
THE M ASTER S C ARP E T

t ic e o f h i s s e c r e t paga n c e r e mon i e s wh e n h e h im ,

s e l f has b e e n i n iti at e d i nto th e v e ry s e l f sam e rit e s

‘
-

and h as absol ut e l y sworn to c o n form to abid e by “

, ,

”
and m ai ntai n and sup p ort th e v e ry sam e idol atry
,

f or e v e r .

A nd r e fe rr i n g to t h e ap r o n as b e i n g “ i n pri
m itiv e ti m e s rath e r a n e ccl e si asti c al th an a c i vil de

”
c o r at io n M r P i e rson go e s o n to say i n h is cl os
,
.

”
i n g r e m arks on t e r i t e o f i n v e st i tur e
h “ “
T rad -

itio n s O f F r e e m ason ry p 47 , .

T h i s i s a col l at e ral proo f O f th e f act that M a

s o nr
y was o ri g i n ally i ncorpo rat e d wi th t h e v a r iou s

s s te m s o f d i v i n e wo rship us e d by e v e ry p e opl e i n
y
t h e an ci e nt w o rld at t
a
. I f M ason ry r e tai n s t h e
sy mbol o r sh ad ow i t can not h a v e r e nou n c e d t h e
,
”
r e al ity or sub stanc e .

And h e n c e u n q u e s tio n ab ly t h e M aso n i c ph il o

,. ,

sophy m ust b e o n e i n form and substan c e w i th

thos e v arious syst e m s o f di vi n e Worship — t h e A n “

ci e nt M yst e ri e s W it h which it was “ ori gi n ally in

-

”
corporat e d and so t ru e i s i t that F r e e m ason ry and
,

th e “
Anci e n t Myst e ri e s ar e id e nti cal i n e v e ry
f e atu r e
,
a nd so p e rsi st e ntly d o al l ou r M asoni c
t e ach e rs i nsi st U po n e stabl ish in g this id e nti ty b e
yond any possibi li ty o f d i sput e th at P ast G rand ,

M ast e r M ack e y afli r m s O f t h e N orth E ast C o rn e r

c e r e mony I n t h e E nt e r e d Appr e nti c e d e gr e e that ,

i t i s th e only o n e O f all t h e c e r e mon i e s o f i n iti atio n

w h i c h c an not b e tra c e d b a c k to any paga n o ri gi n .
 R ITE OF I N V E S T IT U R E . 2
97

In th e “
S y mbol i sm of F r e e m ason ry , p . 1
7 5, h e

says
“
m ay be n ot ic e d i n con cl usi o n th at t h e c o r n e r
It
ston e sc e ru s to b e p e c u li arly a J e w i sh sy mbol N .

h e a n c ie n t
ca n
fi n d n o r e e r e n c e t o it i n a n
f y ef t
a n r ite s an d t h e E B E N P I N A H h o r n e r s to n e
p ga t e c ,
-

whi c h i s so f r e q u e ntl y m e nt i on e d i n S c riptu r e ap ,

p e ars in i ts u s e i n M ason r y to h av e h ad u n lz he a l
m os t e v e ry ot h e r sy m bol ef t h e o r de r an e xc l us iv e l y
”
t e m pl e o r i g i n .

T h e f or e go i n g q uotat i o ns m i g ht be i nd e fi n i t e ly
mul t i pl i e d f ro m th e v ari ou s m an u al s an d m o n i tors
of th e lodg e as w e l l as f ro m th e auth o r i z e d t e ach i n gs
ofthos e w h o m ou l d an d fash i o n M as o n ic th ou gh t ,

both i n E u rop e an d A m e r i ca B ut e noug h an d a .

,

g r e at d e al m o r e th an e n ou gh ,
h as al r e ady b e e n
said to pro v e w i t h t he f or c e an d accu ra c y Of a
,

math e m at ic al d m onstrat i on th ate e v e ry r i t e a nd

e v e ry c e r e m ony th rou gh w h i ch th e M ason i c can
didat e i s m ad e to pass on th e n i ght of his in it i
’

at i on ,
f ro m t h e ti m e he e n t e rs th e pr e parat i o n roo m
“

”
in the “
upp e r c hamb e r of th e bu i ld i n g w h e r e
th e l od g e i s h e ld u n ti l ,
he aga i n r e a c h e s th e Sid e
wal k ,
th e sw or n sl a v e Of M aso n ry h a v e ,
all bee n
borrow e d f ro m th e s e c r e t w orsh i p O f th e su n od of
g
-

th e anc i e nt pagans and that ,

th e r e l i gi ous ph i l osophy
of S p e c ul at iv e F r e e m aso n ry and ,
th e r e l i g i ous ph il
osophy o f th e B aal worsh i p Of S am ar i a , ar e ide n ti

c al ly th e s am e .
 C H AP T E R XI II .

’
TH E M A S T E R S C A R P E T Why so c al l e d M a
'

- -
. .

son ic E m bl e m s — F orm o f t h e l od g e —I ts sup .

ports C o v e ri n g
. F u rn itur e O rn am e nts
. . .

L i gh t s — J e w e ls
. .
—S ituation .

M r . B ar to n —H avi n g
d i sp o s e d o f all th e
now

i n i ti atory c e r e m o nie s an d h avi n g sati s f a c tori ly a cc ount

,

e d f o r t h e e x i st e n c e O f e ach o n e o f th e m as a M ason i c

r i t e th e n e xt subj e ct d e mand i n g o n r att e nt i o n i n t h e

,

r e gul ar o rd e r o f l od g e work i s th e d i s c ussi on O f th e

,

” ’
symbols and e mbl e m s on t h e M ast e r s C arp e t “
In .

t h e e arly days O f S p e cul ati v e F r e e m ason ry wh e n i ts ,

pagan phi losophy was only y e t i n i ts i n fancy and ,

l ong b e for e i t carri e d i ts e l f so h aughti ly and d e fi antly

as i t do e s t o d ay t h e sy mbol s and e mbl e m s O f t h e
-
,

d i ffe r e n t d e g r e e s us e d to b e rud e ly sk e tch e d w i th

ch al k o r charcoal on a c e rta in part o f t h e l odg e
,

roo m floor o n t h e n i ght O f i n i ti ation and as th at

, ,

parti cul ar Spot was always r e s e r v e d f o r t h e e xclusi v e

u se o f t h e W o r sh rp fu l M ast e r i t c am e to b e cal ,

”
’
le d t h e “
Mast e r s C arp e t and f rom that th e n am e ,

h as lon g si n c e b e e n appl i e d to all th e M aso n i c e m b

l e m s i n g e n e ral as w e l l as th e C harts and m an
,

n als i n whi c h th e y ar e n o w u n iv e rsally d e l i n e at e d .

T he symbol s O f t h e E nt e r e d Appr e ntic e d e gr e e

t o wh i ch o u r att e nt i o n m ust n o w b e m a i nly d i r e ct e d ,

 W HY S O C A L L E D; 99
‘

ar e n i n e i n n u mb e r h av i n g d i r e c t al lusi o n to t h e
,

F o rm o f th e l od g e ; i ts S uppo rt s C ov e r i n g F u r n i , ,

tu r e O rn am e n ts L i ghts , J e w e ls S itu ati o n and D e d i

’

, , ,

cation ,
and ,
l i k e al l th e pr e c e di n g c e r e m o n i e s Of

i n it i at i on ,
e very o ne o f th e s e e mbl e m s w i thou t ,
an y

e x c e pt i on h as b e e n “
borrow e d f ro m t h e “
A n c i e nt
My st e r i e s ,
or s e c r e t worsh i p of B aal an d th e i r
,
fo r

mer pos i tio n i n th at i dol atro us syst e m i s d i st i n c tly

po i nt e d o ut in th e m o n i t o rs an d stand ard w o rk s Of

th e i nst i tut i o n .

On th e n i g ht Of h i s i n i t i at i on ,
how e v e r , th e

c andidat e i s g i v e n a f ar difi e r e n t e x pl an at i on O f th e s e
e mbl e m s by ,
th e Worsh i p f ul M ast e r . F r e e m aso n r v

i s but a w i ck e d syst e m
:

Of swo rn d e c e pt i on ,
f raud ,
”
and cu n n i n g c ra fti n e ss f ro m be g i n ni n g to e nd
“
, ;
and h e n c e th e prom ot e rs of i ts anti c h r i sti an p h ilo so

phy ar e al way s v e ry car e f ul ,

at fi rst ,
to keep th e

r e al m e an ifig of i ts p r e t e nd e d my st e r i e s i n th e b ack
g rou nd ,
Or, at l e ast u nti l s u c h ti m e as
,
th e i n i t i at e h as
tak e n th e M ast e r M aso n s Obl i gat i on wh e n i t i s
’
, p re

su m e d he is bou n d so f ast th at he d ar e n ot r e v olt

aga i n st th e te rr i bl e bond ag e i n to wh ic h , p e rh aps , h e
h as b e e n u n s us p e cti n gly i nsn ar e d . T h i s p e c ul i ar fe a

tu r e of th e M ason i c i n sti tutio n f u rn ish e s one m o re

proo f O f i ts pagan o ri g i n h a v e b e e n bo rrow e d ,

l i k e al l its oth e r e l e m e n ts O f c o rrupt i o n i n a d i r e c t “

”
line f ro m t h e “
An c i e nt M y s t e r i e s . As r e l at i n g
m an n e r i n w h ic h a s i m i l a r pra c t ic e o f f raud
'
t o th e
300 THE M A STE R S C A RP E T
’
.

and d e c e pt i o n was carri e d out in th e “ A n ci e n t i n i ti a

”
ti on s ,
we h av e t h e f ollowi n g truth ful stat e m e nt f ro m
th e p e n Of th at e m i n e n t M ason D r G e org e O l iv e r . .

I n h i s H i story o f I n iti ati on p 80 h e says

“
, .
,

“
T h e Myst e ri e s b e i n g C o nn e ct e d wi th t h e s e rvi
c e s o f r e l i gi on t h e m is e r a ble
, j gg
u ler s w h o profit e d ,

by m ag n i fy i n g t h e absurd fe ars O f sup e rsti ti o n ca r ,

r ie d o n t h e de c e t io n to its utm ost e xt e n t and to t h e

p ”
,

l at e st m o m e n t O f th e i r pow e rs .

”
T he “
m i s e rabl e j uggl e rs Of th e “
Myst e ri e s ,

profi t e d by th e d e c e ption of th e ir c and id at e s , th e

m is e rabl e j uggl e rs o f F r e e m ason ry d e ri v e th e i r

po w e r an d profit f ro m a si m i lar sourc e and i n p r e ,

c is ely t h e sam e m an n e r and b e tw e e n both class e s ,

Of h i e rophants th e r e i s al so th i s f urth e r m ark e d

coi n cid e n c e th at i n t h e M ason i c i nsti tu tion th e de
c e tio n i s k n owi n gly practi c e d and to i ts f ull e st e xt e nt
p .

W e sh al l n o w e x am i n e th e s e d i ffe r e n t e mbl e ms
i n d e tail r e pr e s e nti n g e ach o n e pr e cis e ly as i t i s on
,

”
th e ch art o r carp e t and gi vi n g i ts tru e ori gi n
“
,

and t h e m e ani n g i t conv e ys i n t h e r e lrg ro u s p h ilo

Sophy O f M ason ry as f urn i sh e d u s by t h e authori z e d
,

t e ach e rs o f t h e o rd e r .

T HE F O R M O F T HE L O D G E
N ORTH F ro
.
m t h e Mason ic
r i tual we l e arn th at
“
th e j or m Of th e

l odg e i s that Of an ob
SOUTH .

long s u ar e , e xt e nd
q
 FOR M F0 T HE LODGE .
3 0 1

i n g f ro m E ast to W e st ,
e mbraci n g e v e ry cl i m e be
” ”
tw e e n th e N o rth and S outh
H and B ook p
(
“
.
.
,

And D r M a c k e y i n r e fe r ri n g to th i s u n i v e rsal for m

.
,

of M ason i c l odg e s e xpla i n s i n h i s “

M anual of th e
,

L od g e , p .
44 :

T h e r e i s a p e cul i a r fitn e ss i n th i s th e o ry ,

w h ich i s r e al ly o n ly m ak i n g t h e M ason i c l od g e
”
a sy mbol O f t h e wo rld A nd i n t h e G e n e ral .
“

”
Ah i m an R e z on p 7 6 it i s f urth e r ass e rt e d that
,
.
,
“
t h e d oubl e c ub e f orm i s an e xpr e ss i v e e m bl e m o f
t h e u n it e d pow e rs O f li h t and da r h n e s s i n t h e
g ,
”
c r e at i o n .

Also i n th e “
S ymbol i s m of F r e e m aso n ry ,
p .

1 02 we r e ad
c e i s said to b e a
f
T he a
or Mm ason iOf l od g
paral l e l og ram o r Oblon g squ ar e i ts g r e at e st le n gth ,

b e i n g f ro m e ast to w e st i ts b r e ad th f ro m n o rth to
,

so u th . A nd agai n o n p 1 0 4 i t i s stat e d th at a M a
“
.

”
soni c l odg e i s th e r e fo r e a s ymbol O f t h e wo rld
'

T h e r e ason w hy th i s sy mbol i s m ad e u s e O f in

the M ason i c ph il osophy i s gi v e n i n a footnot e o n ,

t h e sa m e pag e W h e r e i t said th at
,
to t h e v ul gar “

and u nta u ght e y e t h e h e av e n o r sky abov e t h e

e arth s e e m s to b e c o e x t e n si v e w it h t h e e arth
-
and ,

t o t ak e t h e sam e f orm e n cl osin g a cubi cal s p ac e O f

, ,

w h i ch t h e e a rth w as t h e bas e t h e h e av e n o r sky t h e ,

upp e r su r fac e ; and D r M ack e y f urth e r add s that .

,

rt i s to th i s n ot i o n O f t h e u n iv e r s e t h e t h e M aso n i c
“

”
sy mbol r e fe rs .

T he
l od g e roo m t h e n is brou g h t b e f o re u s as
a sy mbol O f t h e u n iv e rs e gov e rn e d by t h e su n ,

o d, and i ts c ub i c al f orm x pr e ss e d i n l an g u ag e
'

g e th e

of t h e r i tual i s m ad e to r e p r e s e nt th e u ni t e d po w
3 0 2 TH E M A STE R S C A RP ET ’
.

e rs O f l i ght and d ark n e ss and th e constant conflict

,

w hi ch i s suppos e d to b e al w ays goi ng o n b e t w e e n

th e m O r i n oth e r wo rds t h e l odg e roo m i s t h e
.
, ,

”
r e al M ason i c h e av e n wh e r e t h e god O f n atur e
,
“
,
I

th e G A O T U —
“
. . . .al ways pr e sid e s wh e r e h is
.
,

sy mbol i s al ways d ispl ay e d wh e r e h i s wor ,

shr always practi c d and wh n t h good “

p rs e e e ,

”
Maso n d i e s h e is si mply trans fe rr e d f ro m t h rs
”
l ow e r h e av e n o r thi s lod ge b e lo w to t h e M ount
“
,

O ly mpus Of th e c ra f t ,
cal l e d th e “
G rand L odg e
abo v e .

THE SUP P ORTS OF THE LODG E .

I n r e fe r e nc e to thi s
symbol t h e M ason ,

ic ri tual gi v e s t h e

f ol lowi ng e xpl an a
tio n
M a s o nic T he
lodg e bou nd e d onl y ,

by t h e e x t r e m e
poi nts O f t h e Co m
pass t h e h i g h e s t ,

h e av e n s ( as i n t h e ,

l ast e mbl e m ) “ and ,

t h e l ow e st d e pths o f t h e c e ntral abyss i s sai d to b e ,

m e taphori cally support e d by t h r e e g r e a t pillars de ,

n om i n at e d W is dom S t r e ng th and B e a u ty
,
”
.

T h e abov e fi gu r e r e p re s e nts t h e s e supports

as g i v e n o n t h e ch art and th e i r positions ar e e x
,

pl ai n e d as f oll ows by t h e Mason i c t e xt books

”
“ M anua
l o f t h e L odg e by M ack e y, p 46
,
.
 S UP P O R T S O F T H E L O DG E .
3 3
0

“
th e s e t h e C ol u m n o f W is do m i s s i tu at e d
Of ,

i n t h e E ast p art o f t h e l od g e and i s r e pr e s e n t e d by ,

t h e W orship f ul M ast e r T h e C ol u m n o f S t r e ng t h
.

is s it u at e d i n t h e W e st part O f t h e lod g e and i s r e ,

p r es e nt e d by t h e S e n i o r W ard e n an d t h e C ol u m n ,

o f B ea u
ty i s s i tu at e d i n t h e S outh part O f t h e lod g e
,

a i d i s r e pr e s e nt e d by t h e J u n i o r W ard e n .

A nd aga rn ,
In th e “
T rad i t i on s Of F r e e m as o n ry ,

bv P i e rson p 55 ,
.

T h e e mbl e m ati cal f ou nd at i o n s o r sup p ort o f a ,

M as o n i c l odg e ar e th r e e pi ll ars d e no m i n at e d W is
,
”
dom S tr eng t h and B e a u ty
,
.

And no w o ur n e x t i n qui r y m u st b e , w h e re di d
”
t he “
M ason i c f ath e rs 7 7 Of
fi n d t
1 h e s e p il l ars ?
1

And w hy ar e th e y th u s r e pr e s e n t e d i n F r e e m aso n ry ?
”
T he an sw e r co m e s f ro m the “
G ran d E ast ,
and f ro m
it
s i n fall i bl e rul i n g th e r e i s and th e re can be no
a e aL
pp
”
T rad i t i on s O f F r e e m aso n ry by P i e rson p 56
“
, , .

“
I n t h e A n c ie n t M y s t e r ies th e s e t h r e e p illa r s
r e pr e s e n ted t h e gr e at e mbl e m ati cal T r ia d ef D e ity ,

as w ith u s th e y r e pr e s e n t t h e th r e e pr i n c i pal O ffi c e rs
O f th e l od g e T h e t h r e e co rr e spo n d i n g
. pi l l ars
O f the H i n d u My s t e ri e s w e r e al so k n ow n by t h e
na me s o f W is dom S tr e ng t h and B ea u ty and pl ac e d
, ,

e as t w es t and s o u th crown e d w i th th r e e h u m an
, ,
”
h e ads .

W e h av e i t th e n o n t h e e v id e n c e O f o n e O f ,

th e b e st ,
if .
n ot a c tual ly the b e st i n fo rm e d M ason
i n A m e r i ca th at th i s ,
e mbl e m Of th e th r e e p i ll a rs
h as not o nly b e e n borrow d e f ro m th e “
Myst e r i e s
of Hindostan , bu t th at th e y a c tu al ly r e ta i n th e
 3 0
4 THE M A STE R S C ARP ET ’
.

sam e n am e s and posit ions i n th e M ason i c i nsti

tu t io n that th e y f orm e rly d id o r d o n o w i n th e , ,

“
s e cr e t i n iti atio ns o f B rah m a And r e m e mb e ri n g .

th e W is do m O f S olo mon t h e S t r e ng t h O f H i ram

, ,

K i n g o f Ty r e and t h e B e a u ty o f t h e d e si gns and

,

w o rk O f H i ram
’
t h e w idow s son
,
“
w e can e asi ly ,

u nd e rstand t h e bas e cu n n i n g w h ich prompt e d

t h e adopt i on O f th e s e worth i e s as t h e fi rst G rand

Mast e rs o f t h e syst e m t h e b e tt e r to hid e i ts pagan

,

'
o ri gi n and to e n abl e its i n fid e l f ou nd e rs to c ar r y o u t
,

th e i r bas e d e c e pti on w ith gr e at e r f acili ty .

B ut t h e th r e e pi llars w e ar e f u rth e r i n form e d

, ,

r e fe r d i r e ctly to t h e th r e e p r rn c rp al o ffi c e rs o f t h e
l od g e and h e n c e to u nd e rstand t h e tru e m e ani ng
, ,

O f t h e sy mbol still mo r e cl e arly i t m ust b e also e x ,

am in e d i n th at con n e ction .

T HE T HR E E P R I N C I P A L O FF IC E R S .

T he figu r e s 0 11 t h e f ollowi ng pag e r e pr e s e n t .

t h e th r e e pri ncipal O fli ce r s o f t h e l odg e stand i n g i n ,

th e i r r e sp e ctiv e stati o ns — t h e W o rsh ip fu l M ast e r i n

t h e E ast t h e S e n ro r Ward e n i n t h e W e st and t h e
, ,

J u n io r Ward e n in t h e S outh And n o w t h e qu e s .

tio n n atural ly aris e s w hy ar e th e s e O ffi c e rs thus

,

situat e d ? W h at d o th e y r e ally r e pr e s e nt ? And

wh e nc e d id t h e M ason i c r e vi val ists bo rrow t h e id e a
w h i ch at fi rst le d to thi s p e cul i ar f orm O f lodg e

go v e rn m e n t ?
 EAST .

WEST .

T h e B rah m a , V ishn u an d S iva Of Fr e e m asonry .

 6
’
3 0 THE M A STE R S CAR P ET .

I n th e S y mbol ism Of F r e e m asonry p 1 06 ,

“
, .

we r e ad
T he th r e e pri nc i pal O ffic e rs O f a lodg e ar e i t ,

i s n e e dl e ss to say situ at e d i n t h e e ast th e w e st and

, ,

t h e south N o w b e ari ng i n m i nd that t h e lodg e i s

.

a sy mbol O f th e world o r th e u n i v e rs e t h e r e fe r
e n c e o f th e s e thr e e O fli c e r s to t h e s u n at i ts risi n g ,

i ts s e tti ng and i ts M e ridi an h e i ght must at on c e sug

”
g e st i ts e l f .

And i n th e F r e e m ason s Gu i d e by S i c kl e s ,
“ ’
,

p . 6,
6 this di r e ct r e fe r e nc e to t h e su n
g o d i s furth e r
-

ass e rt e d . H e says
“
T h e Worshi p fu l M ast e r r e pr e s e nts t h e sun at
i ts risi ng th e S e n ior Ward e n r e pr e s e nts t h e su n at
,

i ts s e tti n g and t h e Jun ior Ward e n r e pr e s e nts t h e

,

su n at M e rid ian .

In e v e ry sy mbol c e r e m ony and e mbl e m o f

,

F re e mason ry w e m e e t noth i ng but th e s u n g od

,
-

”
th e Anci e nt i n it i ations th e “-
Anci e nt Myst e ri e s
—th e Old s e cr e t worsh ip o f Baal But P ast Grand .

M ast e r M ack e y i n r e fe rri ng to t h e H i ndoo Mys

,

t e r ie s wh e nc e th is parti c u lar M ason ic e mbl e m has

,

b e e n r e vi v e d and showi ng t h e coincid e nc e b e tw e e n

,

thos e Myst e ri e s and th e Masoni c i nstitution ,

giv e s t h e fol lowi ng C opious e xpl anati on as t h e r e ason

why t h e thre e pr i n c ipal l odg e O fli c e r s o f Masonry
ar e pl ac e d e ast w e st and south .

S y mbolism O f F r e e m asonry pp 1 1 6 1 1 7 , .
,

“
I n t h e B rah m i n ical i n itiat i ons O f H indostan ,

wh i ch ar e among th e e arli e st th at hav e b e e n trans

mitte d to us and m ay al m ost b e cons i d e r e d as th e
, .
 THREE P R INC IP AL O FF IC E S .
3 7
0

c r adl e o f al l th e oth e rs O f subs e q u e nt ag e s and ,

v arious cou ntr i e s t h e c e r e m on i e s w e r e p e r form e d

,

i n vast ca v e rns th e r e m ai ns O f so m e O f whic h at

,

S als e tt e and E l e ph anta and a fe w oth e r p l ac e s ,

w i l l gi v e t h e Sp e ctator but a v e ry i n ad e qu at e i d e a
O f t h e e x t e nt an d s l e ndor O f th e s e a n c i e n t I n di a n
”
p
lodg es .

i nt e rior o f t h e cav e rn o f i n it i ati o n was

T he
l i ght e d by i n nu m e rabl e l amps and th e r e s a t i n t h e
.

eas t , t h e w es t and th e s ou t h th e p r i n c ic al H ie r o
p h a n ts or ex
p la in e r s o
f t h e fli
y s te r i e s , as th e re

r e s e n tat iv e s O f B rah m a , V ish nu and S iv a

p .

N ow B rah m a w as t h e supr e m e d e i ty O f th e
H i nd oos borrow e d o r d e ri v e d fro m th e su n god
,
-

O f th e i r S ab e an an c e stors and V ishn u and S i v a

w e r e but m an i fe stati on s o f h is attribut e s .

And agai n o n pag e 1 08

W e l e arn fro m t h e I nd i an P anth e o n th at
“

wh e n t h e su n ris e s i n t h e e ast h e i s B rah m a w h e n , ,

h e gai ns h is m e rid i an h e i s S i va an d wh e n h e , ,

s e ts i n t h e w e st h e i s V ishn u , .

N o w if th is i s n ot an e x act pi ctu r e O f F r e e
m ason ry and i ts sy mboli c t e ach i n g i n r e fe r e nc e to
t h e s u n or su n god Of i ts pagan w orsh i p th e n
-
,

th e r e i s n o u se i n tryi ng to u nd e rstand t h e r e al
m e an i n g o f w ords I n th e H i nd oo Myst e r i e s
.

t h e thr e e pri ncipal O fli c e r s who condu ct e d t h e in it i

atio n s sat i n t h e e ast w e st and south and r e p r e

, ,

s e nt e d th e su n go d B rah m a i n h is thr e e pri n c i pal

-

stat i ons at risi n g at m e rid i an and at s e tti n g

, ,
In .

t h e M ason ic myst e ri e s t h e thr e e pr i ncip al O ffi c e rs

ar e situ at e d i n l i k e m an n e r e ast w e st and south , ,

an d r e p r e s e nt r e c is e ly t h e v e ry sam e su n god — t h e “
p
-
308 T HE M
’
A STE R S C ARP ET .

W orship ful M ast e r (as w e ar e assur e d abov e ) r e

,
“

pr e s e nti ng th e sun i n t h e e ast t h e S e n ior Ward e n ,

t h e su n i n t h e w e st and t h e J u nior W ard e n th e

,

”
su n i n t h e south And h e nc e i t must u nqu e sti on
.
,

ably follo w that t h e Worship fu l M ast e r o f a Ma

son ic lodg e is b u t an oth e r n am e fo r t h e B rah m a
O f t h e s u n w orship o f H i ndostan t h e S e n ior
-
War ,

anoth e r n am e fo r V ishnu and

de n b u t ,
th e J u nior
Ward e n b u t anoth e r n am e fo r S iva .

I t could not b e possibl e fo r M ason ry to e stab

lish a cl e ar e r coi n cid e nc e nor co u ld any strong e r ,

proo f b e adduc e d to id e nti fy t h e s e cr e t r e ligious

ph ilosop h y O f t h e M asonic syst e m w ith t h e anci e nt
s e cr e t s u n or Baal w orsh ip O f pagan mythology .

But le t us h e ar onc e m or e w hat P ast Grand ,

Mast e r P i e rson has to say i n r e l ation to this sub ,

jc et .Allud i ng to t h e thr e e M ason i c pi llars W is ,

do m S tr e ngth and B e auty i n t h e H i ndoo Mys t e ri e s

, , ,

and th e i r d i r e ct r e fe r e nc e to Brah m a o r t h e su n
god O f H i ndostan h e go e s on to e xpl ai n
,
.

“
In as t h e pi llar O f W isdo m th i s
th e eas t, ,

de ity — i e the
. sun god— w as call e d B rah m a ; i n
.
-

th e w es t as th e pi ll ar O f S tr e ngth V ish n u A n d
, ,
.

i n th e S o u th as t h e pillar O f B e auty S iva and

, , ,

h e nc e in th e I ndian i n itiations t h e r e pr e s e ntativ e

,

o f B rah m a was s e at e d i n t h e e ast that O f V ishn u ,

i n t he w e st and that O f S iva i n t h e south A .

v e ry r e m ark abl e coi ncid e nc e with t h e practic e O f

”
Anci e nt M ason ry .

A nd so th e n th e only d i ffe r e n c e b e tw e en
,
 COVERING OF T HE LOD GE .

th e B rah m i n l od g e s Of H i ndostan and th e M ason ic

lodg e s Of E n gl an d and A m e ri ca i s th at i nst e ad Of

th e n am e s B rah m a V ish n u a nd S i va
, ,
f ou nd in th e

f orm e r , F r e e m aso n ry us e s th e t e rm s Worsh i p f u l

M ast e r S e n i o r W ard e n an d J u n i or W ard e n
,
. T he

c e r e m on i e s ar e
pre c i s e ly th e same ,
th e pos i t i o ns of

th e H i e roph an ts a re th e sam e ,
th e d u ti e s th e sa m e ,

and th e on ly d i ffe r e n c e i s i n th e ch an g e of n am e ,

and as , we ar e i n form e d e ls e wh e r e th i s ar i s e s f ro m
,

ch an g e Of cou ntry .

T HE COV E R IN G OF T HE ~
LODGE .

I n r e gard to th i s sy m
bol th e M as o n i c r it u a l

e xpl ai n s th at
cov e r i n g O f t h e
T he
lodg e i s n o l e ss th an th at
c l o ud e d can opy o r starry
d e ck e d h e av e n wh e r e al l
good M ason s h O p e at
l ast t o arri v e by t h e aid
O f th at th e ol og ic al l add e r w h i ch J acob i n h i s v i si o n
”
s aw e x t e nd i n g f rom e arth to h e av e n H and
(
“
.

”
B ook p ,
.

Th i s sy mbol i s al so d e r i v e d f ro m th e “
A n ci e n t
Myst e ri e s and h as d i r e c t r e fe r e n c e to t h e Old su n
,

worsh ip o r sabais m o f ant iq ui ty as i s abu nd antly ,

p rov e n by th e foll owi ng r e fe r e nc e to both t h e c a n opy

and la dde r i n t h e M ason i c t e xt book s -
.

In the “
M anual Of th e L od g e , by M ack e y ,

p 4
. 0
 ’
3 10 T HE M ASTE R S C AR P ET

T he l odg e co nti n u e s througho u t th is d e gr e e to

b e pr e s e nt e d to t h e i ni ti at e d as a sy mbol O f t h e
world and h e nc e its cov e ri ng i s figurati v e ly s u ppos e d
,

to b e t h e cloud e d canopy “
on w hich t h e host O f ,

stars is r e pr e s e nt e d T h e mystical ladd e r

.

w h i c h i s h e r e r e fe rre d to is a sy m bo l t h a t w as
wide ly dif u s e d a m o ng t h e r e lig io n s of a n t iq u ity
’
’

i e i n t h e An ci e nt Myst e ri e s — w he r e as i n M ason
.
“
,

r i t was al w ays s u ppos e d to consist o f s e v e n st e ps

y , ,

b e ca u s e s e v e n w as a sac r e d n u mb e r I n som e o f .

th e A n c ie n t d fy s t e r i e s t h e s e v e n st e ps r e pr e s e nt e d
t h e s e v e n plan e ts and th e n t h e s u n w as th e top
”
m ost .

Agai n i n th e “
S y mbol ism Of F re e m ason ry ,

1 18
pp . 1 1
7 , .

lodg e as a r e pr e s e ntativ e O f th e world

T he , ,

i s o f cou rs e s u ppos e d to hav e n o oth e r roo f th an

t h e h e av e ns .

This mysti c l add e r wh ich con n e cts th e ground

floor o f t h e lodg e with its roo f o r c ov e ri ng i s ,

anoth e r i mportant and i nt e r e sti ng lin h whi ch bin ds

w ith o n e co m m on c h a in t h e sy mbol is m and c e r e
m on i e s O f F r e e mason ry and t h e sy mbolis m and
rit e s O f t h e anci e n t initiations .

And P i e rson r e fe rri ng to th is sam e sy mbol of

“ J acob s L add e r
’
,
in his “
T rad itions of F re e m a

p us e s t h e fol lo w i ng l ang u ag e
so n r
y , 50 .
,

“I n th e l add e r w e fi nd anoth e r r e m ark abl e

c o i ncid e nc e i n t h e u s e o f t h e sam e sy mbol i n t h e
M ason i c i nstituti on and th e anc re nt m y ste r re s to
,

i ncul cat e t h e sam e id e a .

I h av e a strong d e s i r e to e m p has i z e e v e ry
word Of th e s e e xtra c ts but in th e abs e n c e of i tal i cs
,
 F U R N I T U R E , L I G H T S , JE W E L S .
3 11

an d with all th e cal m n e ss possibl e u nd e r t h e ci rcu m

sta n c e s I wil l j ust r e m ark and d o so withou t any
, , ,

qu al i ficati o n w hat e v e r , th at i t would be i mpossibl e

to conc e i v e h o w t h e id e ntity o f F r e e m ason ry w i th

t h e Old B aal o r su n w orsh ip o f t h e “

Myst e r i e s
-

c ould b e e xpr e ss e d i n any strong e r or pl ai n e r

lan guag e th an i t i s h e r e a ffi rm e d i n th e s e q u o
tat io n s .

FURN ITUR E LIGHTS , , JE W E L S .

I t i s o nly n e c e ssary to r e fe r v e ry
b ri e fly to th e s e sy mbol s and i n thi s
coll e ctiv e form b e caus e th e y h av e ,

b e e n d i scuss e d so m e wh at e xt e n s i v e ly
al r e ady and i t h as b e e n s how n
,

th at w i th one s i n gl e e xc e ption -
the H Oly S crip
tu r e s— th e y al l r e fe r to the Worship ful M ast e r or

th e
'

r e pr e s e ntat i on O f th e su n -
g o d or
“
G A O T . . . .

Of
U . M ason ry . T he re ar e thr e e arti c l e s Of
f ur

n it u r e in e v e ry M ason i c l odg e as h e r e to for e ex

,

p l ai n e d on pag e 12
3, the H oly B ibl e Sq uar e and ,

C o mpass , th e Sq uar e b e i n g d e d i cat e d to th e M ast e r

and th e C o mpass to th e c ra ft . Th e r e ar e th r e e
l i ghts— thr e e bu rni n g tap e rs or thr e e tallow cand
les — arra n g e d in a tr i an gul ar form , as in the

abo v e c ut , and r e p r e s e nt i n g also th e “

sun ,
m oo n
”
and M ast e r of th e l odg e ,
and th e r e ar e thr e e im

m o v abl e j e w e ls , the s q uar e , l e v e l and plu mb agai n ,

3 12 T HE M ASTE R S C ARP E T ’
.

r e fe rr i n g to t h e th r e e principal o ffi c e rs , or to th e

su n - go d i n hi s thr e e s e parat e m ani fe stations i n th e

e ast , w e st and south ,

r e sp e ctiv e ly . N O m att e r ,

whi ch way y ou t u rn i n M ason ry or what ,

e mbl e m
y ou i nv e stig at e you cann ot.
g e t outsid e Of th e in :

fl u e n ce of sun worsh i p
-
.

I n r e fe r e nc e to th e sy m bol of th e lights or th e
”
“
thr e e burn i ng tap e rs ,
the l odg e boo k e xplains as
follows .

M anual o f th e L odg e
by M ack e y p 51 , , .

T h e t h r e e lig h ts l i k e t h e th r e e pri ncipal ,

O ffi c e rs and t h e th r e e pri ncipal suppo rts r e fe r u n

d o ubt e dly to t h e thr e e pri ncipal stati ons O f t h e su n
its risi ng i n t h e e ast i ts m e ridi an i n t h e south
-
, ,

an d i ts s e tti ng i n t h e w e st — and thus t h e sy mbol O f

t h e l odg e as typical o f t h e world conti nu e s to b e

, ,
”
pr e s e rv e d .

N OW as th e Worship fu l Mast e r i n his ow n

p rop e r p e rson r e pr e s e nts th e sun and as it i s stat e d

,

h e r e that th e thr e e pri ncipal O ffi c e rs and th e thr e e

pri ncipal supports also r e pr e s e nt th e sun ,
th e r e for e
it follows as an u nd isp u tabl e fact that al l th e s e
vari ous sy mboli sm s ar e absorb e d i n and ar e di r e c tly
p e rson at e d by th e M ast e r ,
who i s th e r e for e th e

W orship ful r e pr e se ntat i v e of th e su n god i n

- th e

M asoni c ph ilosophy — th e o n e ch i e f obj e ct O f v e n e r

ation and r e v e r e nc e — t h e sy mbol o f t h e god o f
lVI aso n ry .
 O RN A M E N T S OF T HE LODGE .
3 3
1

T HE ORNAM ENTS .

I n r e l at i on
to th is sy mbol

th e M a s o n i c '

r i tual d e cl ar e s
that th e o r
,
“

n am e n ts of a
lodg e ar e t h e
M osaic P av e
m e nt t h e I n,

d e nt e d T e ss e l
and th e Blaz
i ng S tar .

M anu al of th e L odg e , p .
49 .

’
H e r e th e n w e fin d th r e e e m b le m s in c lu de d i n
,

one ,
and I pr e su m e it i s n e e dl e ss to add that th e s e ,

l i k e al l t he pr e c e e d i ng o n e s ha v e b e e n d e r i v e d fro m
th e O ld pagan t e mpl e s and r e fe r i n an e sp e c i al
,

m an n e r to t h e S aba i sm o r star worship o f t h e -

anci e nt E gypti ans w h e r e th e “

Myst e r i e s w e re
fi rst practi c e d .

”
I n r e fe re nc e to “
M o sai c P a v e m e nt , M aso n ry
t e ach e s as follows
Mosa ic pav e m e nts cons i st i n g O f ston e s O f v ar
,

i ous c ol o r s so d ispos e d as to r e p r e s e nt d i ffe r e nt

,

sh ap e s o r fo r ms w e r e co m mo n i n t h e t e mpl e s O f
,

t h e anc i e nts
” —
i e i n t h e t e mpl e O f Baal
. .
— “
F al
l ows says th at th e y r e pr e s e nt e d t h e v ar iagate d fac e
o f t h e e a r th ,
i n t h e pl ac e s W h e r e th e anci e nts for m
e r ly h e ld th e i r r e li g i ou s ass e mbli e s “
M anual o f .

”
t h e Lodg e ,
p 49 . .

But h o w d id t h e Bl az i n g S tar “
cr e e p i nt o
 ’
3 1
4 T HE M A STER S C ARP E T .

F r e e m asonry and what l e sson if any has it , e v er

taught i n t he M ason ic philosophy ?

D r M ack e y h av rn g al r e ady quot e d Joh n F al
.
,

lows as good a u thority o n F r e e m asonry i t will ,

sur e ly b e pardonabl e i n us to foll o w his e x am p l e

and l e arn w hat h e h as t o say conc e rn in g thi s sym
bol a mong t h e e arly E gyptians .

I n h is c e l e brat e d work T h e Myst e r i e s o f “

”
F r e e m ason ry pp 1 4 1 5 h e allud e s to this M a
,
.
, ,

son i c e mbl e m as follows

I wi ll h e r e r e m ark th at th e An ub i s or Dog
S tar so us e ful to t h e anci e nt E gypti ans is t h e
, ,

Bl azi ng S ta r O f M aso n ry and although t h e cra ft ,

a r e ignorant O f its ori g i n as a M asonic sy mbol et

y ,

th e y ar e actually taught t h e moral drawn fro m i ts

”
origi n al e mbl e m atical u se W e bb i n his . Mon itor “

s a s z— T h e rll o s a i c P a v e m e u t i s e mbl e m atic t u

y
m an l i fe ch e ck e r e d w i th good and e vil t h e B ea u ti
, ,

f u l B o r de r which su rrounds i t i s e mbl e m atic of,

thos e bl e ssi n gs and com forts which su rrou nd us and

which w e ho pe to Obtai n by a faith ful r e l ianc e o n
D i vi n e P rovid e nc e w h ich i s hi e roglyphi cally r e
,

pr e s e nt e d by th e B la z ing S ta r i n th e c e nt e r .

Th i s sy mbol i s p e culi arly if n ot e xcl usiv e l y

appli cabl e to t h e E gypti ans who i nhabit e d t h e D e lt a

and w h o by placi ng a r e li anc e u pon t h e warn ing

, ,

p r o v i de n t i a l
ly gi v e n b y th is s t a r and i n c o ns e

u e n c e r e ti ri ng to t h e hi gh e r ground w ith t h e pro

q ”
d uc e O f th e i r agri cultur e m ight e nj oy th e co m forts “

”
that surround e d th e m .

S IT U ATI O N OF T HE LODGE .

T he Mason ic ritual pr e scrib e s that e v e ry l odg e

t
m ust be s itu ate d du e e ast and w e st , and this custom
 S I T U A T I ON OF T H E L O DG E .
3 5
1

li k e all th e oth e r cust o ms sy mbols and c e r e mon i e s

,

O f t h e i n st i tution h as b e e n d e riv e d fro m t h e s i tu ati on

O f pagan t e mpl e s O f t h e an c i e n t sun o r B aal wor -

sh ip as is e vid e nt fro m t h e follow i n g e xpl an at i on

,
.

M anual O f t h e Lodg e p 55 ,
. .

T he or i e ntati on o f l od g e s o r th e i r p os i t i o n
e ast and w e st i s d e riv e d from t h e un iv e rsa l c usto m
”
O f anti qu ity . T h e h eath e n t e mpl e s says D u dl e y
, ,
“
w e re so construct e d th at th e i r l e n gth was d i r e ct e d
towards t h e e ast and th e e ntran c e w as by a port ic o
,

at t h e w e st e rn front w h e r e t h e altar stood s o

,

that t h e votari e s approachi n g fo r t h e p e rfor m anc e

o f r e l i gious ri t e s d i r e ct e d th e i r fac e s toward t h e
,

e ast , t h e quart e r o f su n r i s e T h e p ri m it i v e r e as o n
.

fo r th is custo m u nd oubt e d ly i s to b e found i n t h e

e a r ly p r e v al e nc e o f s u n wo r sh ip and h e nc e t h e s p ot
,

wh e r e that l u m i n a r y fi r st m ad e h i s app e aranc e i n

t h e h e av e ns w as cons e crat e d i n th e m i nd s o f hi s
w orsh ipp e rs as a p l a c e e n titl e d to p e cu l iar r e v e r
e nc e . F r e e m ason ry r e ta i n i n g i n its sy mbol is m t h e
typi cal r e fe r e n c e o f th e lodg e to t h e world and con
s t an t l all ud i n g t o t h e su n i n hi s appar e nt d i u rn al
y
r e voluti on i mp e rat i v e ly r e q u i r e s w h e n i t can b e
, ,

don e that t h e l odg e should b e situat e d du e e ast and

w e st , so th at e v e ry c e r e m ony sh al l r e m i nd t h e
”
M ason O f t h e progr e ss o f th at lu m i n ary .

H o w strang e ly a n xi ous t e a c h e rs
th e of F ree
m ason ry m ust b e , to e stabl ish t h e i d e nt i ty of F re e
m ason ry w i th th e Anc i e nt Myst e ri e s wh e n i t i s
“
,
3)

”
“
i mp e rat i v e ly r e qu i r e d th at e v e n th e v e ry l od g e
room s o f th e ord e r m ust b e s i tu at e d du e e ast and
w e st b e caus e o f a si m i l ar c usto m which Obtai n e d
,

i n t h e situatio n O f th e p a g a n t e mpl e s wh e r e th e
s e cr e t worsh i p O f B aal u s e d to b e fo rm e rly p r ac tis e d .
 C H AP T E R XIV .

T HE P O I N T W IT H I N A C I R C L E — L odg e d e d ic at i ons
. .

R e fe rs to t h e S un Borrow e d from t h e Mys

.

t e r ie s — R e pr e s e nts t h e P hallus o r B aal p e or O f

.
-

pagan w orship — C ond e m n e d by S t P aul

. . .

S upport e d b y M asonic m i ni st e rs — T h e S y m
b o l o f M ason i c l i c e nt i ousn e ss .

Af r . B ar to n — T he
l ast e mbl e m o n th e M as “

’ ”
t e r s C arp e t and th e o n e which n o w d e m ands our
sp e cial att e ntion i s that c u rious r e pre s e ntati on
, ,

com monly k no w n among M asons as T h e P o i nt “

w ithi n a C i rcl e .

T h e m o r e w e discuss t h e pr i n c ipl e s O f F r e e

m asonry t h e clos e r w e e x am rn e its hidd e n w orks

,

o f dark n e ss and i nv e sti gat e t h e n u m e rous sy mbols

’

and c e r e m o n ie s w h ic h it u s e s i n th e dark cham “ a

b e rs o f i ts i m ag e ry (E z e k i e l vi i i 1 2 ) i n illu str at
, .
f

i ng its r e li gi ous phil osophy t h e mor e w e ar e O ve r

,

wh e l m e d with aston ish m e nt at t h e i m m e nsity O f its

w ick e d n e ss and at t h e w ond e r fu l i ng e n u ity m ani
fe s te d i n t h e constr u ction O f its e nti r e syst e m o f

ido lat o r y F ro m th e un an i mo u s t e sti m ony o f all

.

i ts accr e dit e d t e ach e rs e l icit e d thus far whi l e e x ,

u n ing i ts di ffe r e nt e l e m e nts it h as b e e n d e mon

,

s t r at e d as cl e arly as it is in t h e pow e r o f larr gu age to

'

mak e it that both in whol e and in part i n i ts

, ,
 P OIN T \V I T I I I N A C I RC LE .
3 7
1

o utward form and i n i ts i nw ard s e cr e t wo rk i n g t h e

M asoni c i nstituti on i s an e x act c o u nt e rpart O f th e
“
Anci e nt Myst e r i e s and t hat al l th e c e r e m o n i e s
, ,

sy mbols e mbl e ms and rit e s wh ich ar e n ow e rn

,

pl oy e d w ith so m uch pr e t e nd e d r e v e r e nc e and m oc k

sol e m nity in con fe rri n g i ts h e ath e ni sh d e gr e e s ar e ,

id e ntical i n e v e ry si ngl e fe atur e w i th t h e i n iti ato ry

rit e s and c e r e m oni e s that us e d to b e for m e rly
practis e d in th e i ntroductio n O f cand id at e s i nto th e
s e cr e t worsh ip O f B aal or O si ris .

But in t he e xpl anati o n g iv e n in t h e M ason i c

’

t e xt books O f this e mbl e m O f T h e P oi nt w ith i n a

“

C i rcl e w e a r e fu rn ish e d wi th su c h an ac c u m u lat

iv e m ass o f add i t i on al e vid e nc e as to i ts r e al ch ar

a c t e r and ph i losophy that i n fact i t w ould b e m or e

,

th an su ffi c e n t o f i ts e l f and i n t h e abs e nc e O f a ny
,

oth e r proo f to b rand F r e e m aso n ry as t h e m u st c o r

,

rupt and d e m orali z i n g i nst i tuti o n that th e world

C V C I S EI W
’

F r e e m ason ry and fals e hood m ight without any

i mpropri e ty b e us e d as syn o nym ou s t e rms but i n al l ,

that p e rta i n s to t h e h istory and m e an i ng O f thi s

sy mbol and fro m th e d upli city and cu nn i n g so in
e n io u s l d ispl ay ed i n con c e ali n g i ts r e a l ch aract e r
g y
”
fro m al l but t h e trooly l oyal i t i s scarc e ly pos
“
,

s i bl e to conc e i v e h o w e v e n th e v e ry fath e r o f l i e s
h i ms e l f c ould i n v e nt anythi ng to b e at i t .

T h e first t t m e nt m ad e
s a e in the M ason ic t e x t
 ’
THE M A STE R S CAR P ET .

”
book i n r e l at i o n to “
T he P o i nt Wi th i n a C i r c l e i s as
f ollows
”
M an u al O f t h e L odg e by M a c k e y p 55
“
, ,
.

M od e rn M ason s d e d icat e th e i r lodg e s t o S

“ "

J oh n t h e B aptist and S t J oh n t h e E vang e l ist w h o

.
,

w e r e t w o e m i n e n t p a t r o n s ef M a s o n ry y and s i nc e
th e i r ti m e th e r e i s r e p r e s e n t e d in e v e ry r e gular and

w e ll g o v e rn e d l od g e a c e rta i n p o i n t wi thi n a ci rcl e

-

e mbord e r e d by two parall e l [

l i n e s re pr e s e nti n g S t
,
.

Joh n t h e B apti st and S t J oh n t h e E van g e li st ; T h e

.

poin t r e pr e s e nts an i nd i vid ual m e mb e r , t h e ci r c l e th e

”
boun d ary l i n e o f h is d uty .
 P O I N T WI T H I N A C I R C L E .
3 91

T he f or e g o i n g fi gu r e i s an e x a c t c opy of th i s
symbol as r e p r e s e n t e d i n e v e r y l od g e roo m th roug h
out the world and by its a cc o m p any i n g q uot at i on f ro m
,

th e M anu al we l e ar n th at F r e e m ason ry s e ts f orth

t h e f oll ow i n g as i ts p r e t e nd e d m e an i n g : F i rst ,

that th e
S S Joh n w e r e e m i n e n t C h r i sti a n pat r o n s
.

of M ason ry ; s e c o nd , th at s i n c e th e i r t i m e h e P oi n t
t “

w i th a C i r c l e h as b e n r e pr e s e n t e d
”
e in e v e ry re
g
u l ar an d w e ll gov e rn e d l od g e ; th i rd th at
-
,
th e tw o

p arall e l l i n e s r e p r e s e n t S t J oh n . th e B apt i st a nd S t .

J ohn th e E van g e l i st ; an d fou rth th at ,

th e p i
o nt re

pr e s e n ts an i nd i v i du al m e mb e r and th e c i r cle th e

bound ary l i n e o f h i s d uty .

N o w th e r e i s n ot a s i n gl e wo rd Of t ruth in
any Of th e s e stat e m e n ts , but th e w h ol e a v e rm e n t i s
o ne c o nt i n uous f als e hood f ro m be gi n n in g to e n d.

T he P o i n t w i th i n a C i r c l e is not o nly a pagan

sy mbol , r e fe rr i n g to th e sun go d O f M aso n i c w o r -

sh i p f ro m fi rst to l ast and borrow e d d i r e c tly f ro m

,

”
the “
an ci e n t i n i t i at i o n s of the Ol d B aal mythol ogy ,
but i t i s i n fa c t
as n e ar a tru e r e pr e s e n tati o n o f th at
lac iv io u s id ol —t h e B aal p e o r o f M oab — as c o m m o n
-

d e c e n cy w ill p e rm i t th e G rand H i g h P r i e sts of

M ason ry to r e pr e s e n t i t in book s i nt e nd e d fo r g e n e ral

ci r c ul at i on T h i s and a g r e at d e al m o r e c on c e rn i n g
.

th i s v ici ous sy mbol w i ll app e ar e vi d e n t f ro m t h e fo l

low i n g M ason i c t e st i m o ny .

I n r e gard to the “ tw o parelle l l i ne s we r e ad

 THE M ASTER S C ARP ET ’
.

”
in th e “
M an u al Of th e L odg e ,
by M a c k e y , p 57 .

T h e t w o p a r a lle l li n e s wh i ch in th e m od e rn
l e c tur e s ar e said to r e pr e s e nt S t J oh n t h e Baptist
_
.
,

and S t Joh n t h e E van g e l ist r ea lly a llu de to par

.
,

t ic u la r p e r i ods i n t h e SUN S an nu al cours e At t w o

’
.

particu lar poi n ts i n th i s cours e t h e s u n i s found o n

t h e Zod i ac al si gn s C anc e r and C apr i co rn which ar e
, ,

d isti n gui sh e d as t h e su m m e r and w i nt e r solsti c e s .

Wh e n t h e su n i s i n th e s e poi n ts h e h as r e ach e d ,

h i s g r e at e s t n orth e rn and s outh e rn l i m i t T he se .

po int s if w e suppos e t h e ci rcl e to r e pr e s e n t t h e

,
’
su n s an n u al c ours e wil l b e i nd i cat e d by t h e poi nts
,

wh e r e t h e paral l e l l i n e s touc h t h e c i rcl e B ut t h e .

d ay s wh e n t h e su n r e ach e s th e s e po i nts ar e t h e
2 1 5 t 0 f J u n e a nd th e 2 z u d O f D e c e mb er and th i s ,

wi ll account f o r th e i r subs e qu e nt a ppl ic at i on to t h e

t w o S ai nts J oh n ,
w h os e an n i v e rsar i e s t h e C hu rch
”
h as pl ac e d n e ar thos e d ays .

S o th e n t h e tw o p e rp e nd i c ul ar parall e l l i n e s
“
,

”
i nst e ad o f r e fe r r i n g to t h e F or e ru n n e r o f C hri st
“ ’

and t h e B e l ov e d “
al lud e to t h e
t r O p ic o f C anc e r to t h e n orth and t h e tro p i c o f

C apri c orn t o th e south O f t h e e qu ator wh i l e t h e ,

c i r c le i ts e l f al l ud e s to t h e appar e n t c ou rs e o f t h e
su n th ro u gh t h e ci r c l e o f t h e Z od i a c E v e n a c o m .

m on al m an ac wil l f u rn ish su ffi ci e nt p ro o f th at t h e
”
“
P o in t w it h i n a C i r cle is a constan t sy mbol o f t h e
sun . B ut agai n w e r e ad o n t h e sam e pag e
“
S o t h e t ru e in te r p r e tato in O f t h e p o i n t w it h i n
a c i r c le i s t h e sam e as th at o f t h e Mast e r and
Ward e n s o f a lod g e t .
t i
T h e M ast e r and
’

W ard e ns ar e sy m bo ls ef t h e s u n — t h e l od g e o f th e
u n iv e rs e o r t h e world ; t h e o in t al so i s h e sy m
, p t
bo l ef t h e s a m e s u n and t h e surro u nd in g c ir cle O f
,

t h e u n iv er s e wh i l e t h e t w o pa r a llel li n es r e ally
 P OI N T WITH I N A CIRCLE .
3 21

p o nti
N O T T o T W O sai nts but to t h e t w o no rth e r n
,
” ’
and south e rn l i m its o f t h e su n s c o urs e .

T h e startl i n g p ar alle ls m s o d i sti n c tly s e t f orth

i n th i s l ast e x tra c t i s worthy of att e n t i v e n ot ic e .

T he Wo rsh ip f ul M ast e r i s the sy mbol of th e su n

god and th e lod ge of th e u n i v e rs e ; th e p i o nt i s als o

a sy mbol of th e sam e sun od and th e ci r c l e of
g
-

the u n iv e rs e ,
and th e r e for e th e p i o nt an d th e M as
te r ar e o n e , wh i l e the ci r c l e and u n i v e rs e ar e a ls o
o ne. N ow h e ar in g th i s i n m i nd , w e sh al l pe r h ap s
”
be b e tt e r e n abl e d to r e al i z e th e tru e i n w ard n e ss o f
“

th e M asoni c ph i l osophy as e x pr e ss ed in t h e q uota ,

tion s th at f ol low o n pp 3 2 5 3 2 6 ,
.
, .

B ut i n t h e “
T rad i t i on s o f F r e e m ason ry p , .

8 4, M r P i e rso n al so g i v e s v e ry
. e l abo rat e ex
p lan

atio n s of th i s e xtraord i n ary sy mbol of th e M aso n ic

syst e m and ,
e v e ry w h e r e r e fe rs i t to th e o ld su n
worsh ip of an ci e nt pagan w orld H e s ays
th e .

T h e po i n t w it h i n a c i r c le b e cam e a u n i v e rsal
“

— i e a m on g t h e pagan s — to d e not e t h e
”
e mbl e m
“
. .

t e mpl e o f t h e d e ity and w as r e f e rr e d i n t h e p la n eta ry

c i r c le i n t h e c e n t e r o f w h i ch was fix e d t h e s u n as t h e
”
u n i v e rsal god an d f ath e r o f n atu r e .

I n t h e D ruid ical rit e s t h e gfio i n t w ith in th e

“

”
c i r c le and t h e cub e w e r e e mbl e ms o f O d i n .

T h e H i nd oos b e l i e v e d th at t h e S upr e m e B e i n g
“

w as c orr e ctly r e pr e s e n t e d by a p e r fe ct s p h e r e , w ith

o u t b e gi n n i n g and w ithout e n d .

And s o th e n in ord e r t o as c e rta i n t h e tru e in

,

te r p r e t atio n of “
T he P o i nt w i th i n a C i r c l e we
,

m ust s e e k fo r i t , w h e re a lon e we hav e f ou nd al l

 3 22 THE M A S T E R S CA R P E T
’
.

th e oth e r sy mbol s and c e r e m on i e s o f t h e Masoni c

syst e m i n t h e o ld B aal worship o f pagan is m and
,

a mong th e D ru i ds and H i ndoos B ut wh e r e d id .

”
the “
M aso n i c f ath e rs d is c ov e r th e two parall e l
l i n e s ? A nd w h o fi rst i ntrod u c e d th e m i nto th e sys
te rm?

In th e
T raditio n s o f F r e e m ason ry p 8 7 w e
“
, .
,

fi nd th e ans w e r
“
T h e myst e r i e s amon g t h e C h i n e s e an d J apan
e se cam e f ro m I nd i a and h ad si m ilar rit e s . I n th e s e
a r in su port e d by t w o s e r e n ts was e mbl e m ati c al
g p p
o f th e w orld prot e ct e d by t h e pow e r and w i sd o m
o f the C r e ato r and t h a t is t h e o r ig in of t h e t w o
p a r a lle l li n e s
( i n to w hi ch t i m e h as ch ang e d t h e t w o

s e rp e n ts ) t h a t s u ppo r t t h e c ir cle in o u r lodg e s .

It i s suppos e d that this addi ti o n o f th e t w o p e r

p e n d ic u lar paral l el l i n es to t h e poi n t withi n t h e

ci rcl e w as i ntrodu c e d by D u n c k e r le y as w e fi nd n o ,

al l usion to th e m pr e v ious to h is r e vi si on o f th e
”
l e ctur e s .

A nd that n o possibl e d oubt m ay e xi st as to t h e

r e al ph i losoph i c t e achi n g o f t h e M ason ic syst e m and
t h e tru e i m port and d e si g n o f th i s sy mbol Mr , .

P i e rs o n agai n ass e rts i n hi s T rad i tio ns pp 8 7 8 8

, ,
.
,

“
I t i s e vid e nt th e n th at t h e s u n e ith e r a s a n
o h e ct
j of w or s h i
p or of sy m b o l i z ati on h as a lw a s
y
a r t o f both Myst e ri e s
’
i m h
7 ‘
o r m ea
f an
p o r ta n t
p t e
‘
and t h e sy e s t m o
f F r e e m a s o n r
y
.
l’ t T h
a
e

parall e l l i n e s w il l i ndi cat e th e l i m its o f t h e su n s ’

e xtr e m e north e rn and so uth e rn d e cl i n ati o n w h e n h e ‘

arri v e s at t h e solstiti al poi n ts o f C anc e r and C apri

”
corn .

B ut n ot only d o e s th i s symbol o f T h e P oi nt “

w ith i n a C i rcl e ,
i n al l its p arts o f p arall e l l i n e s ,
 P O I N T WI T H I N A C IRCLE .
3 3 2

po i n t and ci r c l e r e fe r d i r e c tly to
,
th e su n i n i ts a
p
par e n t an n ual c o u rs e an d th e r e f o r e t o t h e fi c titi
‘

o u s su n god o f pagan
-
w o rsh ip but i t i s al so pos i ,

t iv el a ffi rm e d th at l i k e th e e mbl e m o f th e “
th r e e
y , ,

g r e at pi ll ars ”
-
W i sdo m S tr e n gth and B e au ty — it
,

h ad a d isti n ct e xist e n c e i n th e “
anc i e n t I n i ti at io n s ,
”

b e ar i n g th e s am e n a m e th at i t d o e s t o d ay i n M a
so u ry and c on s e q u e ntly th at i t was w h olly tran s
, , ,

fe rr e d f ro m th at sou rc e i n to the M aso n i c syst e m ,

w i th out e v e n the sl i ght e st c h an g e .

I n r e lat i o n to th i s f act w e h ave th e f ol l ow i n g ,

am on g m any oth e r p roo f s ,

f ro m Dr . O l ive r i n his
“
H i story of I n iti ati on ,
p . 88, w h e re ,
in d e s c ribi n g
th e myst r i e s o f G r e e c e h e say s :
e ,

“
T h e f ol l owi n g ar e so m e O f t h e sy mbol s O f
P ythago ras— th e eq u ila t e r a l t r ia ng le t h e s q u a r e , ,

t h e p e fe c t s q u a r e h e c u he and a o i n t w it h i n
r t p,
a

c i r c le w h i c h w as a sy m bol O f t h e u n i v e rs e b e c aus e
, ,
”
t h e m ost e x c e ll e n t body ou ght to h av
( the su n ) “
,
e
”
t h e m ost e xc e ll e n t plac e v iz t h e c e nt e r ,
. .

Al l t h e s e pagan sy mbol s ar e to b e foun d to d ay -

i n e v e ry M asoni c lod g e and chapt e r i n th e world .

Agai n o n p 1 8 I wh e n d e scribi n g t h e S cand i

, .
,

n avi an my st e ri e s
T h e m ost prom i n e n t sy mbol s in th e s e c e l e
“

b r at io n s w e r e t h e c ross and ri n g al r e ady m e n t i on e d , ,

t h e ash tr e e t h e P O I N T W I T H I N A C I R C L E t h e rai n
-
, ,
”
b o w and a cub e t h e e mbl e m o f O d i n , .

B u t n ow t h e m ost i mportan t f act O f al l i n r e ,

lati o n to th i s notori ous M ason i c sy mbol r e m a i n s to ,

be st at e d, an d th e e x p l an at i o n h e r e gi v e n o f it by
 ’
3 4
2 THE M ASTE R S C A RP E T .

thos e w h o ar e m ost i nt e r e st e d i n i mpart i n g a k n o w

l e dg e O f t h e wond e r ful myst e r i e s O f F r e e m aso n ry ,

and i n procl a i m i n g i ts e x traordi n ary m oral i ty and

v i rtu e w h e n ri ghtly u nd e rstood oug ht to b e s u f
, ,

fi c ie n t o f i ts e l f to c ond e m n th is w hol e m i s e rabl e

syst e m O f d upl ic ity and d e mo n worsh ip to l ast i n g

i n famy H e ar wh at P ast G rand M ast e r M a c k e y
.

”
t e a c h e s i n h is S y mbol i s m o f F r e e m ason ry p 3 53
“
, . .

“
T h e po i n t w it h in a c i r cle i s d e ri v e d f rom t h e
an ci e nt su n worsh ip and i s i n r e alty o f p h a llic ori
-
,

g i n I t i s a sy mbol o f t h e un i v e rs e t h e s u n b e i n g
. ,
,

r e pr e s e nt e d by th e po in t wh i l e t h e c i r c u m fe r e n c e i s
,

t h e u n iv e rs e .

A nd ag a i n o n p 3 52 .

“
T h e l i n e s touch i ng t h e ci r c l e i n th e sy mbol
O f th e o i n t w it h in a c i r cle ar e said to r e rent St
p p .

Joh n t h e B aptist and S t Joh n t h e E van g e l ist but .

,

th e y r e ally r e fe r to t h e s olsti ti al po i nts C an c e r and

”
C apr ic orn i n t h e Z od ia c .

And l astly in t e M a n ual O f th e L odg e

h ,
“
,

p 56 :
.

“
T h e p o i n t w i th i n c i r c le
i s an i nt e r e sti n g and
a

i mportant sy mbol i n F r e e m ason ry but i t h as b e e n ,

so d e bas e d i n t h e i nt e rpr e tation O f i t i n t h e m od e rn

l e ctu r e s th at t h e soon e r that i nt e rpr e tation i s f o r
gott e n by t h e M ason i c stud e nt t h e b e tt e r wil l it b e , .

T h e sy m bo l is r e a lly a hea u t if u l but so m e wh at

abst rus e a llu s ion to t h e o ld S U N W OR S H I P and in -
,

t r o du c e s us f o r t h e fi rst ti m e to that m o di ficati on O f

i t k nown a mon g t h e anci e nts as t h e w or s h ip O f t h e
,
”
P h a llu s .

And n ow o ur n e x t i n qui ry must b e what w as ,

the P h allu s A n d wh at t h e n atu r e o f th at an c i e nt

 P O I N T WI T H I N A C I R C L E .
3 2
5

p h a lli c wo rsh ip to wh ic h as w e a r e h e r e c r e d ibl y

,

i n f orm e d th i s M ason i c sy mbol SO d i sti nctly r e fe rs ?

,

H e ar t h e au th o r i tat i v e e x pl an ati o n O f M ason ry as ,

e xpr e ss e d i n i ts t e xt book s an d l od g e m on i tors .

”
I n t h e S y mbol i s m o f F r e e m aso n ry by A G
“
, . .

M ack e y p I 1 2 w e r e ad
,
.
,

“
P e rf e c tl y to u nd e rstand thi s sy m bol I m ust ,

r e fe r as a p r e l i m i n ary m att e r to th e w o rship O f

, ,

t h e P h a llu s a p e c ul i ar m od i fic ati o n o f su n worsh i p

,
-
,

whi ch pr e v ail e d to a g r e at e xt e n t a m o n g t h e n at ion s

”
O f anti qu i ty .

T h e P h a llu s was a s c ulptu r e d r e p r e s e n tati o n

o f t h e m e m hr u m v i r i le o r m al e o rga n O f g e n e r
ati o n , a nd t h e worsh i p O f i t i s sai d to h av e ori
in at e d i n E g y pt , wh e r e , a f t e r t h e m u rd e r o f O si ri s
g
by Typh on , w hi ch i s sy mbol i c al ly t o b e e x pl ai n e d
as t h e d e structi o n o r d e pri v atio n O f t h e s u n s l i g ht
’

by n ig h t , Isi s , h is W i fe , as t h e sy m bol O f n atu r e ,

i n t h e s e arch fo r h i s m uti l at e d body , i s sai d t o
h av e fou nd all t h e p arts e xc e p t t h e o rgan o f g e n e r
ation , whi c h m y th i s si mp ly sy m bol i c O f t h e f act
t hat t h e s u n h avi n g s e t , i ts fe cu n d ati n g an d in
v i o r at in
g g p ow e r h ad c e as e d T h e P h a
. llu s th e r e

f o r e as t h e sy mbol O f t h e m al e g e n e rati v e pr i n cipl e

w as v e ry u n i v e rsally v e n e rat e d a mon g t h e an ci e n ts ,
”
a nd th at too as a r e l i g i ou s rit e .

“
H e i s suppos e d by so m e c o m m e n tato rs to b e
th e god m e nt i o n e d u nd e r t h e n am e O f B a a l p e o r i n -

the B ook O f N u mb e rs as h avi n g b e e n wo rsh ip e d

,
”
by th e i dol atrous M o abi t e s .

T he l an g uag e of th i s e xt ract i s so v e ry pl a i n ,

that any e rso n Of e v e n a v e rag e i nt e l l i g e n c e can

p
r e ad i ly u nd e rstand i ts m e an i n g but o u r M ason i c ,

t e a c h e rs , n o t w i ll i n g , p e rh aps th at any m istak e

,

s h o uld b e m ad e i n r e l at i on to th i s m att e r , e x
 ’
THE M ASTE R S C ARP E T .

pr e ss th e m s e l ve s i n t e rm s stil l m or e e xpl icitly ,

in
t h e l od g e boo k .

H e ar t h e M a n ual o f t h e Lod g e
“
,
by M a c k e y ,

T h e P h a llu s
was an i m itation O f t h e mal e g e n e r
ativ e organ I t w as r e pr e s e n t e d usually by a colu m n
.

w h ic h was surm ou nt e d by a ci rcl e at i ts bas e in ,

t e nd e d f o r t h e cte is o r fe m al e g e n e rativ e organ .

T hi s u n io n O f t h e P h a llu s and t h e ct e is w hic h i s

w e l l r e pr e s e n t e d by t h e p o i n t w it h i n t h e c ir cle
w as i nt e nd e d by t h e an ci e nts as a typ e O f t h e prolifi c
pow e rs O f n atu r e w hi c h th e y w orsh ipp e d u nd e r th e
u n it e d f orm O f t h e activ e or m al e pri ncipl e and th e
”
passi v e o r f e m al e pri ncipl e .

And agai n i n t h e S y mbol i s m O f F r e e m ason ry

,
“
,

P
P hal lus — r e pr e s e ntatio n o f t h e v i ri l e m e m
“

b e r w h i ch w as v e n e rat e d as a r e l i gious sy mbol ,

v e ry u n i v e rsal ly by t h e an ci e nts I t was o n e o f .

t h e mod i fic ations O f su n wo rsh ip and was a sym -

,

bol o f t h e f e c u nd ati n g pow e r O f that l um i n ary .

T h e j ll a s o n ic p o i n t withi n a ci rcl e i s u ndoubt e dly O f

ph all i c o ri gi n .

A nd l astly i n t h e L e x icon o f F r e e m ason ry

,
“
,

P 3 53 1
'
0

T h e P h a llu s was t h e wood e n i mag e O f t h e

“

m e m hr u m v i r i le , wh ich b e i n g a ffi x e d to a pol e ,
f o rm e d a part o f m ost o f t h e pagan myst e ri e s ,
and w as w orsh ip e d as t h e e mbl e m o f t h e m al e
g e n e rativ e pri n ci pl e T h e phalli c worship w as fi rst
.

e stabl ish e d i n E gypt F rom E gypt i t w as in t r o du c e d

.

i n to G r e e c e and i ts e xh ibi ti o n f orm e d a part o f

,

t h e D ion y si an myst e ri e s I n t h e I nd i an Myst e ri e s

.

it w as call e d t h e li ng a m and was always f ou n d ,

in t h e m ost holy pl ac e i n t h e t e mpl e It was .

adopt e d by t h e idol atro us Isra e l it e s w h o took i t ,

 P O I N T W I T H I N A C I R CL E .

f ro m t h e M oab i t e s w h e n i n the W ild e rn e ss of Sin ,

”
u nd e r t h e n am e O f B aal p e o r -
.

And n ow wh at i n fo rm ati o n d o we g ath e r f ro m

all th i s v ol u m i n ous Mason ic t e st i m o ny ? A nd w h at in
struct i o n do w e r e c e i v e i n r e l at i o n to th e P oi n t w i t h “

”
i n a C i r c l e fro m th e M ost W orsh i p fu l G ra nd r u
l e rs o f M aso n ry ?
. As we Sh al l l e arn by and by w h e n d iscuss i n g ,

th e E gypti an l e g e nd i n ’
th e M ast e r M aso n s de

g r e e O si r i s th e ch i e f d e i ty o r su n go d O f E gypt
, ,
-
,

i s said to h av e b e e n t r e a c h e r o u sly sl a i n by h i s
b roth e r Typh on h i s body cut i n to f ourt e e n d i ffe r e n t
,

parts and b u ri e d or c on c e al e d i n as m any d i ffe r e n t

pl a c e s . I si s ,
or n atu r e — the w i fe o f O s i ri s — in h e r
s e arch fo r th e m uti l at e d body O f h e r husband i s ,

suppos e d to h av e f ou nd al l th e parts but o ne — th e

o rgan Of g e n e rat i on . F or th i s s h e m ad e a “ fac
t it io u s r e pr e s e n tatio n ,
w h ich t h e M ason i c t e x t
book s assu r e u s was i n t h e sh ap e o f a sculpt ur e d
,
“

col u m n m ad e o f w ood and su rround e d by a C i rcl e

, ,

at its bas e r e pr e s e nti n g

,
th e c te s i or f e m al e ge n e r
at i v e o rgan and th i s sh e se t up i n t he t e m pl e Of
“

,
.

Isi s th at d i vi n e ho n o r m i g ht
,
be pa i d to i t .

Th i s m o nstrous abo m i n at i on , as w e ar e i n fo rm e d
i n th e for e go i n g e x tra c ts was t h e P h a llu s O f t h e ,

Old pag a n worsh i p an d w h ic h ,

posit iv e ly as we ar e

su r e d i s n o w r e p r e s e nt e d in e v e ry M aso ni c l od g e
throughou t t h e world , u n d e r t h e fi gu r e O f “
T he
 3 2 8 THE M
’
ASTE R S C A RP ET .

”
P o i n t w i thi n a C i rcl e B e i n g suppos e d to b e a
.

part O f B aal or t h e sun god i t was som e ti m e s also

-
,

c all e d B aal p e or and was al ways and e v e ry wh e r e

-
,

worship e d with li c e nti ous w o rshi p T his was t h e .

c h i e f d e i ty O f t h e M oab i t e s as w e r e asl i n t h e ,

tw e n ty fi ft h ch apt e r o f N u mb e rs and i t w as b e
-
,

caus e t h e m e n o f Isra e l j oi n e d th e ms e l v e s to th i s
abom i na bl e idol and took part i n i ts Wic k e d w o r
sh i p i ndul g i n g in th e m ost flag rant l ic e n t i ousn e ss i n
h onor o f i t th at tw e nty fou r thousand o f th e m
,
-

w e r e sl a i n And th e Apostl e P aul allud i n g to

.
,

th is sam e p h a llic worsh ip sp e ak s o f i t in t e rm s ,

o f th e high e st r e probation wh e n h e ad v i s e s t h e
,

E ph e si an C h r i sti an s to h a v e n o fe l lo w sh ip wi th
“

t h e u n f ruit f ul works O f d ark n e ss b ut rath e r r e ,

pro v e th e m F o
. r h
said e “
i t i s a s ham e to
, ,

Sp e ak O f th e thi n gs th at ar e do n e O f th e m in s e
cr e t
.
( E ph v I I
. . And
, y e t n o tw i thstand i n g

al l th i s t h e m i nist e rs o f o u r c hu rch e s —thos e w h o

,

cl ai m to b e co m m issi o n e d by th e L ord J e sus

C h rist t o pr e ach t h e gosp e l o f th e grac e O f God
, ,

and t o l e ad m e n f ro m d ark n e ss to l i gh t and t h e ,

v e ry r e pr e s e n t at iv e s o f that sam e Apostl e P aul

th e s e m e n I say go i nto thos e d ark d e ns O f i n famy
an d si n cal l e d M aso n i c l odg e s j oi n th e ms e l v e s to
, ,

th i s v e ry sam e B aal p e or sol e m nly sw e ar to m ai n

-
,

tai n and support t h e w ic k e d r e li gious ph il osophy O f

wh ic h i t form s an i m p orta n t p art , u se W hat e v e r in
'
 P O I N T W IT H I N A C I R C L E 9

fi u e n ce th e y p oss e ss i n i nd uci n g oth e rs to f ol l o w

th e i r e x ampl e and wh e n qu e stio n e d

,
on th e subj e c t
by e v e n one of th e i r ow n con gr e g at i on th e y e i th e r ,

g i v e a h augh ty d e fia nt r e ply
, ,
or e ls e pos i t iv e ly lie to
h i d e th e i r w i ck e d ne ss .

A nd now '
th e r e iso n e oth e r fe atu r e Of th i s ex

r e ss i v e sy mbol to wh ic h at l e ast b ri e f al lu s i o n
p
ough t to b e m ad e W e h av e l e arn e d that th e p o i n t
.

r e p r e s e nts th e m al e ge i fe r ativ e o rgan th at i t r e p r e

’

s e n ts an i nd i v i d ual m e mb e r and al so th at i t re
p re
'

s e nts th e Worship ful M ast e r ,

wh il e at th e sam e
ti me th e c i r c le r e pr e s e nts th e l od g e ,
th e u n i v e rs e
and th e bou nd ary l i n e of M ason i c d uty . N ow ,
putti n g al l th e s e f a c ts tog e th e r and tak i n g th e m i n
,

c on n e c ti on w ith th e oth e r m e an i n g of th e ci r c l e ,

and also w i t h th e f urth e r f act th at t h e p h a llic w o r

sh i p w as al ways l i c e n ti ous in c h aract e r i t d o e s n o t ,

r e qu i r e a v e ry gr e at d e al of p e n e trati o n to u nd e r
s t and th at c on cubi n ag e or fr e e -l o v e is o ne of t he

poss i bl e r e sul ts Of M ason ic t e a c h i n g ,

and th at th e

i nd i v i d ual M aso n i s o nly r e str ic t e d so f ar as th e

w iv e s ,
m oth e rs , s i st e rs and d aug ht e rs Of M ast e r
M a s ons ar e c on c e rn e d ,
as p r e s c ri b e d i n th e Obl i
g at ion of th e t h i rd d e g r e e . An d y et to con c e al
al l th i s abo m i n at i o n and w ic k e d n e ss and to ,
.
r eco m
m e nd F r ee m as on ry to publ ic f a v or t h e fi gu r es ,

o f th e H oly S S J oh n . ar e pl a c e d o n e i th e r s i d e o f

th i s n ot o r i o us sy m bol , w h i l e th e W ord Of G od
3 3 0 THE M ASTE R S C AR P E r .

i s r e pr e s e nt e d as b e i ng Op e n on the v e rt e x o f

th e Ci rcl e S u r e ly if
,
right e ousn e ss e xalt e th
“

a n ati on and that “

S in i s a r e proach to any
p e opl e i t can scarc e ly b e e xp e ct e d that t h e p e opl e
,

O f this l and can l ong e scap e t he sor e j u dgm e nts O f

t h e Al m ighty fo r t h e s u pport a n d e ncou rag e m e nt

th e y a r e givi ng to th is t e rribl e form O f idolat ry

and e sp e ci ally fo r t h e apathy and i ndi ffe r e nc e with
wh ich th e y r e gard i ts v e ry e x ist e nc e i n t h e p u lpit
,
.

M ay t h e L ord soon hast e n t h e ti m e w h e n this

fe ar fu l cov e nant with h e ll shal l b e d isan null e d and
“

w h e n th is agr e e m e nt with d e ath shall n ot stand

“
,
‘

w h e n t h e Lord J e s u s C hrist alon e shal l b e th e o n

iy obj e ct O f w orship and w h e n e v e ry ton

“
gue shal

con fe ss that H e only i s L ord to t h e glory c f G od

”
th e F ath e r .
 C H AP T E R XV .

T HE M A S O N I C L E G E N D — T h e M ason ic r e viv al
. .

H ow e ffe ct e d and w hy — O s i ri s and H i ram o n e

.

and t h e sam e ch aract e r —L e g e nd o f H i ram .

Abi ff — L e g e nd o f O si ris — B oth id e nt i cal . .

M r . B ar to n —W n ow don e w ith t h e L e s
e ar e
“

se r Myst e r i e s o r thos e in itiat io r rit e s w hich constitut e

y
t h e fi rst s e cti on o f sy mbol i c M ason ry W e h av e .

e xam i n e d al l i ts c e r e m oni e s h av e i n v e st i gat e d al l

,

its sy mbols and t h e fe ar fu l tr u th has b e e n m ad e

o n lv too appar e n t th at e v e ry par t o f F r e e m aso n ry
,

e m p h at ical ly procl ai m s i ts pagan ori gi n and that

t h e god o f it s worship and r e l igi o u s p h ilO S O p y i s

th e old su n god O f th e Anci e n t My st e r i e s

- “
th e

O si ri s O f t h e E gypti an s or t h e B aal o f t h e ido lat

rous Isra e l it e s W e m u st n ow my d e ar H e n ry
.
, ,

t u rn o u r att e nti on t o t h e subl i m e d e gr e e O f M ast e r

M ason and to a d isc u ssio n o f th at c e l e b rat e d l e g e nd ,

wh ich is r e gard e d by all M asons t h e w orld ov e r as ,

b e in g d e cid e dly t h e m ost i mpr e ssi v e and i nstruct iv e

o f all th e M asoni c rit e s and w h i ch i s call e d by
,

way o f e mi n e nc e th e “
T e mpl e l e g e nd or th e ,

“
L e g e nd o f th e B uild e r S o m e i d e a m ay b e form e d
.

o f t h e v e ry high e sti m ation i n which this wond e r

fu l l e g e nd i s h e ld am on g t h e frat e rn i ty and o f i ts
-pr e t e nd e d subli m ity a nd gr e at i mpo rtan c e as an
 ’
33 2 THE M ASTER S C ARP ET .

i nt e gr al part o f t h e Masonic insti t u tion fro m th e

follo w ing d e scripti v e r e fe r e nc e s copi e d from th e

m onitors and t e xt books O f t h e l odg e .

S y mbolism O f F r e e m ason ry pp 2 2 8 2 2 9 , .
,

T h e m ost i mportant and sign ifican t O f t h e

l e g e ndary sy m bols o f F r e e m ason ry i s u ndo u bt e dly
that wh ich r e l at e s to t h e fat e O f H i ra m Abi ff com ,

m o u ly call e d by w ay o f e xc e ll e nc e t h e L e g e nd o f
,
“

”
t h e Thi rd D e gr e e .

T his l e g e nd has b e e n consid e r e d o f so much

i mportan c e that i t h as b e e n pr e s e rv e d i n th e sy m
,

h olis m O f e v e ry M asoni c rit e N O m att e r what

m od ifications or alt e rati ons t h e g e n e ral syst e m m ay
h av e u nd e rgon e — n o m att e r h o w m u ch t h e i n gen u
ity o r th e i m agi n ation O f t h e fou nd e rs O f rit e s m ay
h av e p e rv e rt e d or corrupt e d oth e r sy mbols abol ,
~

is h in g t h e ol d and substitutin g n e w on e s — th e le
e n d O f t h e T e mpl e B u ild e r h as e v e r b e e n l e ft n u
g
touch e d to pr e s e nt i ts e l f i n al l t h e i nt e gri ty O f its
anci e nt mythi cal form .

And agai n i n th e G e n e ral Ah i man R e zon

“
,

by S ickl e s p 1 9 5 w e r e ad
, .
,

T he c e r e mon ial O f t h e d e gr e e O f Mast e r M a

s o n i s u nqu e stionably t h e m ost i mportant i mpr e ssiv e ,

and i nstructi v e portio n O f t h e R it u al O f Anci e nt

F r e e m ason ry That portion O f t h e rit e w hi ch is
.

co nn e ct e d w ith t h e l e g e nd O f t h e Ty ri an Artist i s
w e ll worthy t h e d e e p and e arn e st study o f t h e
e ll w e ar e study ing i t tho u ght
thought fu l m e n (W
.
,

fu lly and e arn e stly ) B ut i t should b e stud i e d as a

.

my t h and n ot as a fa ct Agai nst t h e noti on that i t

.

is t h e r e pr e s e ntation O f a sc e n e that actually O C

cu rr e d in t h e t e mpl e it m ay w e ll b e urg ed that
,

outsid e O f M ason ic traditi on th e r e i s no proo f that

an e v e nt such as is r e l at e d i n conn e ction w ith t h e
T e mpl e B ui ld e r e v e r transpi r e d and b e sid e s t h e
 THE M A S O N IC L E G E N D .
3 33

c e r e m ony i s Old e r b y m o r e th an a thousand y e ars ,

th an t h e age o f S olo m on T h e r e ar e c hara c t e rs
.

i mpr e s s e d upon i t w h i ch can not b e m i stak e n [t .

is t h o r ou g h ly E gy pt i a n .

And no w th e q u e st i ons n atur ally sugg e st th e m

” ”
se l v e s
,
w h o i s th i s H i ram Ab i ff or Tyr i an artist
“ “
,

w h o is r e fe rr e d to with so m uch appar e nt r e sp e ct

in t h e for e go i n g e xtracts and whos e l e g e nd

,
“
as D r ,
.

M ack e y e xpr e ss e s it has b e co m e SO i n ti m at e ly i nt e r

,
“

wov e n w i th F r e e m ason ry as to m ak e to all app e ar

anc e a part O f its v e ry e ss e nc e ?”
H o w d id t h e M a “

sonic fath e rs co m e to i ncorpor at e th i s m an Hi ra m

with t h e M ason i c myst e ri e s ? And wh e r e wh e n an d ,

”
h o w d id th is c e l e brat e d T e m pl e L e g e nd
“
fi rst
o ri g i nat e ? TO answ e r th e s e i nqu i ri e s i n a sati s
factory m an n e r and at t h e sam e t i m e to ge t a
,

fu rt h e r u nd e rstand i n g O f t h e tru e chara c t e r o f t h e

M ason i c phi losophy w e m ust always r e m e mb e r

,

th at F r e e m ason ry as b e for e stat e d is t h e sci e n c e o f

, ,

r e l ig i ous sy mbol is m by m e ans o f w hich e v e ry M aso n

is pro fe ss e dly e n gag e d i n e r e cti n g a sp i r i tual t e mp l e
i n h is h e art pu r e and spotl e ss and to r e pr e s e nt
, ,

which th e t e mpl e O f S ol om on h as b e e n adopt e d as ,

th e m ost su itabl e typ e T h e fact i s th at t h e w hol e

.
,

conc e pti o n o f t h e M asoni c id e a by t h e Appl e tr e e -

tav e rn ph i losoph e rs was a w o n de r fu l sch e m e th ro u gh

o u t— cun n i ngly d e v i s e d and car e fully e x e cut e d SO .

lomon th e p r i n ci pal ch aract e r con n e ct e d with th e

, ,

co nstru c t i o n Of th e J r e us ale m t e m pl e , w as a m an ,
3 34 THE M A STE R S CA RP ET
’
.

suppos e d to hav e b e e n e ndo w e d w ith al l w is dom

H i ram Ki ng O f Tyr e t h e n e xt not e d p e rson ag e al
, ,

lu de d to i n t h e sacr e d n arrativ e support e d o r ,

s tr e n
g t h e n ed as it w e re
, K i ng S ol omon i n carry
,

i ng o u t th at gr e at und e rtak i ng W h il e Hi ram th e , ,

’
w idow s son by h is su rpassi ng ski ll as an art i st ,
,

be a u t ifie d and adorn e d th e e di fic e N ow i n re .

,

v iv in h Anci nt M i with all th i r c r

“
g t e e v s t e r e s e e e
,

m on i e s and sy m b ols and i n s e e ki ng fo r appropri at e

,
'

c haract e rs to r e pr e s e nt t h e th r e e gr e at pillars o f
“

”
W isdo m S tr e ngth and B e auty or t h e thr e e m ani
, ,

fe st atio n s o f th e su n god i n t h e e ast -

w e st and ,

south as th e y e x rs te d i n th e An ci e nt I niti ati on s

,
“
,

w h o could b e fou nd to answ e r e v e ry purpos e m or e

suitably than S olomon and t e t w H i rams
h o ? And
h e nc e as a m att e r O f co u rs e th e y w e r e im m e di
, ,

at e ly d ubb e d t h e thr e e fi rst Most E xc e ll e nt G rand “

M ast e rs O f this grand hu mb u g altho u gh w e hav e ,

abu nd ant proo f from t h e v e ry b e st and high e st

,

M ason ic t e sti m ony on r e cord that o n e o f th e m at ,

l e ast — K in g S olom on — k n e w no m or e O f t h e mys

t e r ie s O f a M ason ic l odg e as n o w consti t u t e d tha n
, ,

h e d id O f t h e M arbl e cyph e r o r t h e battl e O f B u nk e r

H ill .

That important s e l e c tion b e i ng onc e e ff e ct e d by

th e M asoni c fath e rs ,
th e r e st o f th e i r r e vi v al work
b e cam e qu it e si mpl e . Th e y m e r e ly c h ang e d th e
na me of th e h r god
e o- in t h e E gy pt i an myst e ri e s
 T HE M A S ON IC L E G E N D .
3 35

fr o m O si r i s to th at o f H i ram Abi ff co mpos e d a ,

l e g e nd Si m ilar i n all r e sp e cts to that found i n t h e

”
“
Anc i e nt I n itiatian s to r e cord t h e m an n e r O f h is
pr e t e nd e d d e ath chang e d anoth e r n am e h e r e and th e re
,

to conc e al t h e tru e c haract e r o f t h e i nst i tut i on and l e st ,

th e m e an p agan or i g i n O f t h e m i s e rabl e sw i ndl e

should b e d is c ov e r e d th e y “
bu rn e d th e i r m anu
,

”
s c r i pts in 1 7 2 0 as w e ar e cr e d i bly i n form e d by
,

’
Jam e s H ard i e i n h i s N e w F r e e m aso n s M on itor
,
“
,

20 F i rst th e y borro w e d t h e s e c r e t worsh i p of

p . .

B aal as a substitut e fo r t h e r e l ig i on o f C h r i st th e n
, ,

th e y i nt e rsp e rs e d i nto i ts r i tual i sti c j uggl e ry th e

n am e s O f S olo mo n and H i ra m to r e co m m e nd i t to
t h e favor abl e a cc e ptanc e both o f Je w and g e ntil e ,

and l astly th e y u nblushi n gly ap propri at e d t h e H oly

B ibl e and th e n am e s O f t h e S S J oh n to r e nd e r it ac
.

ce tab le to t h e C h r is tiah publ i c All thi s h ow e ve r

p .
,

Was i n th e b e gi n n i n g O f its w ick e d c ar e e r and b e ,

for e it h ad acq u ir e d a v e ry sol id foothold but ac

,
,

cord in g as it gr e w Old e r and gai n e d n e w acc e ssio n s

to i ts ranks d e c e i vi ng i nto i ts m id n i ght lodg e s
,

e ve n som e O f t h e b e st and pur e st m e n O f both

conti n e nts its p r i nc i pal l e ad e rs (w h e n th e y fou nd
, ,

th e y could do SO w ith i mpu nity ) grad ual ly th r e w ,

O ff t h e fl i msy cloak O f hypocrisy i n w h ich i ts in

fi de l and anti c hristi an pri n c ipl e s w e r e on ly fo r a

t i m e e nv e lop e d and procla i m e d to t h e wo rld i ts

,

rea l ph i losoph y . A nd stran ge as i t m ay p pe a r

a
33 6 T HE M A S TE R S C AR P E T
’
.

F re e m ason ry i s to say th e l e ast O f it almost as

, ,

p opular to d ay as C hristi an ity i ts e l f w hi l e i ts ,

h e ath e n myst e ri e s are as much r e sp e ct e d and uph e ld

eve n by m i n ist e rs o f t h e gosp e l as ar e t h e mys ,

t e r ie s O f t h e C h risti an faith Its absolut e id e ntity

.

with th e Anci e nt I niti ations has ho w e v e r b e e n

“

lon g si nc e m ad e m an i fe st by al l its pri ncipal t e ach ers .

E v e ry o n e O f i ts sy mbols c e r e moni e s and rit e s as

, ,

w e h av e found ,
hav e b e e n trac e d back with th e
m ost u n e rri n g accuracy to t h e s e cr e t i nit i ations O f
B aal and this c e l e brat e d l e g e nd O f H i ram Abi ff
,

h as i n an e sp e cial m an n e r b e e n i ndisp u tably sh ow n

to h av e b e e n t h e v e ry s e l f sa m e l e g e nd w hi ch fo r
-

m e r lv e xi st e d i n e v e ry form O f sun w orship th ro u gh -

o u t t h e pagan world ,
and i s in r e alty to d ay t he -

r e l igi on o f I nd i a and Japan .

This fact i s so conti nually m e ntion e d and i s

al w ays a ffi r m e d with so much positiv e assu ranc e by
all th e l e ad i ng authors and rrio st popul ar t e ach e rs
o f t h e Mason i c i nstitution that if w e r ej e ct th e i r
,

t e sti m ony conc e rni ng th e i r o w n b e st b e lov e d sys

,

t e m th e n i t wo u ld b e hardly consist e nt i n us t o
,

acc e pt hu man t e sti m ony on any s u bj e ct wh at e v e r .

T h e id e nti ty O f t h e H i ram O f M ason ry with th e

su n god o f th e Anci e nt Myst e ri e s
-
“
has b e e n al
r e ady fu l ly d ispos e d O f O n pp 2 3 5 2 36 n e v e r th e
.
,

l e ss as I propos e n o w to compar e both l e g e nds

,

th e M aso n i c and E gy ti an — I shal l r e fe r o nc e m o r e

p
 THE M A S O N I C L E GE N D .
337

to a fe w O f th e p ro o fs h e r e to for e g iv e n , an d on ly
v e ry br i e fly .

“ T rad i t i o n s Of F r e e m as o n ry p
, . 1
59
T h e leg e n d andtrad i t i on s O f H i ra m Ab i ff
form o f t h e con n e cti ng l i n k b e t
t h e c onsu m m ati o n
w e e n F r e e m ason ry and t h e an ci e nt myst e r i e s .

A nd aga i n o n p 2 40 : .

“
W e r e ad i ly r e cogn i z e i n H i ra m Ab i ff th e
O s i r is O f th e E gypt i ans t h e M y th r as O f t h e P e r
,
”
s i ans,
t h e B a cc hus o f t h e G r e e ks &c ,
.

”
A nd aga i n fro m th e F r e e m aso n s G u i d e , ’
by
Sic kl e s p 2 36
, .

O s i r i s and th eTy r i an Arch i t e c t — i . e. H i ram

”
Ab i ff ar e one and t h e sam e .

I t b e i n g u ndoubt e d ly tru e th e n th at th e l e g e nd ,

o f H i ra m h as m e r e ly tak e n t h e la c e O f t h e l e g e nd
p
O f O si ri s an d th at as h e r e e xpr e ss e d by t h e lod g e
”
book ,
“
O s i r i s and H i ra m ar e o n e and th e sam e ,

th e n e xt po i n t o f i nt e r e st p e rh aps which o ught to ,

d e m and o u r att e ntion would b e to Obta i n a de s

, ,

c r i t io n o f thos e an ci e nt l e g e nd s O f th e my st e rie s,
p
and to asc e rtai n e x actly what fa c ts o r i nc i d e nts th e y
r e l at e d SO as to b e abl e to d e t e rm in e b e yo nd any
,

possib i lity o f m istak e that th e M asoni c l e g e nd c o r

,

r e sponds in e v e ry part i cul ar with th e l e g e nd O f

E gy p t O n this subj e c t , as i nd e e d o n all oth e r
.

o i nts t e n din in any w ay t o e stabl i sh t h e c o i n c id e n c e

p g
b e tw e e n F r e e m asonry and th e an ci e nt s e c r e t in iti
atio n s o f su n worsh i , w e h av e th e
-
full e st oss i bl e
p p
 3
b
3 8 THE M ASTER S C ARP ET
’
.

i n form at i o n and i n th e v e ry c l e ar e st t e rms fro m all

ou r Masoni c t e ach e rs .

In th e “
T rad i t i ons Of F r e e m ason ry ,
by P i e r
so n , p . 22
9, w e r e ad

E v e rywh e r e and in all th e i r forms th e mys

“
,

te r i e s w e r e fun e r e al i n th e ir charact e r and c e l e

b r at e d t h e myth ical d e ath and r e stora ti on to li fe O f
.

so m e d ivi n e o r h e roi c p e rson ag e and t h e d e ta ils O f

t h e l e g e nd and th e mod e O f d e ath v ari e d in th e
di ffe r e nt c o untr i e s wh e r e th e myst e r i e s w e r e p ra e
tis e d .

A nd aga i n on p . 2
3 2 he says
E a c h l e g e nd r e pr e s e nt e d t h e d e ath by v i ol
“

e n c e O f som e arti cular p e rson ; w ith som e it w as a

p
god with oth e rs a d e m i god and w i th o th e r s a gr e at
,

w arri or or p e rson who had con fe rr e d si gn al b e n e

fits upon m an in agricultural pursuit s or i n t h e arts
and sci e nc e s I n cons e qu e nc e O f such d e ath s o m e
.

t h i n g w as los t , th e r e was th e n a s e a r c h m ad e fo r
’

that wh ic h was lost a fi n ding of it o r o f a part

,

O f i t o r O f so m e thi ng that w as adopt e d as a sub

s tit u te fo r it— a b e gi nn ing i n sorrow and l am e ntati o n

and an e ndi ng i n j oy and r ej o i ci ng S uch i s a .

”
bri e f s um m ary h e conti nu e s O f th e l e g e nd that
,
“
,

a c compan i e d t h e c e r e mon i al O f e ac h o f th e syst e ms

o f t h e myst e ri e s O f which w e h av e any account
th at has e v e r b e e ri
,

e ith e r h istorical or traditio n al

”
practis e d o n th is glob e .

H avi ng b e e n thus m ad e w i th acqua i nt e d th e '

fa c t that t h e myst e ri e s w e r e all f u n e r e a l i n th e i r

charact er an d t h at th e y e v e rywh e r e c e l e brat e d
,

”
t h e d e ath o f som e
“
ch e ri sh e d b e i ng as th e r e
pr e s e ntativ e O f t h e su n god or t h e d e struction o f
-

lig h t by n ig h t and da r h n es s , le t us no w co m
 T HE M A S O N IC L E G E N D .
3 39

”
ar e t h e L e g e nd o f t h e T r ian A r c h i t e ct w i th
p y
that o f O s i r i s and i n that w ay as c e rtai n t o a c e r
,

ta i nty th e c oi n ci d e n c e that e xi sts b e tw e e n th e m .

L E G E N D O F HI R A M A B I FF .

T h e follow i n g i s that wond e rf ul l e g e nd o f H i

r am Ab i ff whi ch i s r e h e ars e d by th e W orsh i p ful
,

M ast e r to e v e ry c and i d at e at th e t i m e h e i s m ad e
a M ast e r M ason , o r rath e r a ft e r h e i s brought
“

fr o m a d e ad l e v e l to a l i v i ng p e r p e nd ic ul ar .

“
F i ft e e n F e llow C ra fts s e e i ng t h e t e m p l e abou t
to b e c ompl e t e d and b e i ng d e si rous o f Obtai n i n g t h e
’
s e cr e ts o f a M ast e r M ason o r th e M ast e r s word
wh e r e by th e y m ight trav e l i nto for e i g n c ount ri e s ,
’
w ork and r e c e i v e M ast e r s wag e s e nt e r e d i n to a ,

horr i d co n sp i r a cy to e xtort t h m fro m o u r G rand

t

M ast e r H i ra m Ab iff o r tak e h i s l i fe B ut r e fl e c t

.

i ng w ith h o r r o r u p o n t h e atrocity O f t h e c ri m e
'

tw e lv e O f th e m r e cant e d th e oth e r th r e e how e v e r

, , ,

e rsist e d in th e i r m urd e rous d e s i gn

‘

p .

O u r G rand M ast e r H i ram Ab i ff w as sl ai n at

t h e hou r O f h ig h t w e lv e It was h is us u al custo m
.

at that hou r wh il e t h e c ra ft w e r e c all e d fro m l a

,

b o r t o r e fr e sh m e n t to e nt e r i nto t h e u n fi n ish e d
”
sanctu m sanctoru m o r H oly O f H ol i e s o f K i n g
‘
“

’
S olo mon s t e mpl e th e r e to o ffe r h i s ad orat i on s to
,

th e D e ity and d raw h is d e si g n s u p on t h e tr e stl e

board T h e F e l low C ra fts w h o p e rsist e d in th e i r
.

m u rd e rous d e s i gn k now i n g th i s to b e h i s usual

c usto m p l ac e d th e m s e lv e s at th e S outh W e st an d ,

E ast gat e s o f th e in n e r c ourt o f th e t e m pl e and

there awa i t e d h i s r e tu r n .
34 0 THE M A STE R S CA R P E T
’
.

H a vi ng fi n i sh e d h is usual e x e r ci s e s h e att e m p t e d
to pass Out by th e S outh gat e wh e r e h e was m e t ,

by t h e fi r s t r ufi a n Jub e la w h o th ri c e d e m and e d
, ,

of h i m t h e s e c r e ts O f a M as t e r M ason o r M as
’
t e r s word and b e i ng thr i c e r e fus e d h e s tr u ch h im
w ith t h e tw e n ty f o u r i n ch g u ag e a c r os s t h e t h r oa t .

H e th e n att e mpt e d to r e tr e at by th e W e st gat e ,

wh e r e h e was m e t by th e s eco n d r ufi a n Ju b e lo ,
w h o also d e m and e d O f h i m t h e s e cr e ts O f a M ast e r
’
M ason o r th e M ast e r s word and b e i ng aga i n r e
, ,

fus e d h e s tr u c h h i m w it h t h e s q u a r e a cr os s t h e
hr e a s t .

He att e mpt e d to m ak e h i s e s c ap e by th e
n ow

E ast gat e wh e r e h e was m e t by th e t h i r d r ufi a n

, ,

u b e lu m wh o i n l i k e m an n er thric d e m and e d
J e of

h i m th e s e cr e ts o f a M ast e r Mason or t h e M ast e r s ’

word and upon a l i k e r e fusal h e s t r u ch h im a

, ,

v io le n t hlo w w it h t h e s e t t i n
g m a u l on t h e for e h e ad

wh i ch fe ll e d h i m de a d upon t h e spot .

T h e y th e n bur i e d h im i n th e rubb i sh O f th e
t e mpl e u nt i l low tw e lv e o r tw e lv e at n ig h t w h e n ,

t h e y m e t by appoi ntm e nt and conv e y e d h i m a

,

w e st e rly cours e from t h e t e mpl e to th e brow o f a

h il l w e st o f Moun t M oriah wh e r e th e y buri e d h i m
,

i n a grav e d u e e ast and w e st si x fe e t p e rp e ndicular

, ,

and plant e d an a ca c ia at t h e h e ad O f t h e grav e to

conc e al i t and that th e pl ac e m ay b e k nown should
,

o c cas i on th e r e a ft e r e v e r r e qu i r e i t .

T h e y th e n att e mpt e d to m ak e th e i r e scap e out

.

O f t h e cou ntry .

O u r G rand M ast e r w as n ot known to b e m is

s in g until th e follow i ng d ay wh e n K i ng S olomon
-
,

ar riv in g at t h e t e m p l e and fi nd in g th e craft in C o n

 T HE M A S ON I C L E G E N D .
34 1

fus i on h e i nqui r e d t h e caus e and b e i n g i n form e d

,

that th e r e was n o wo rk l aid o u t and n o d e si gns

upon t h e tr e stl e board h e i n qui r e d w h e r e w as o u r
-
,

G rand Mast e r H i ra m Abi ff H e w as i n form e d that .

he had not b e e n s e e n si nc e h ig h tw e l v e y e st e r
d ay and fe ari ng that h e m ight h av e b e e n i nd is
,

po s e d h e o rd e r e d stri ct s e arch and du e i nqui ry to

b e m ad e in and about t h e s e v e ral apart m e nts O f
t h e t e mpl e t o s e e if h e could n ot b e fou nd B ut .

strict s e arch and du e i nqu i ry h av i n g al r e ady b e e n

m ad e and o u r G rand M ast e r H i ra m Abi ff b e i n g
.

no w h e r e to b e fou nd h e fe ar e d th at so m e fatal ac
,

c ide n t h ad b e fall e n h im and ord e r e d t h e G rand

S e br e tar y to caus e t h e s e v e ral rolls O f t h e wo rk m e n
to b e call e d to s e e if any w e r e m i s s m g an d th at
,

r e turns b e m ad e as sp e e d i l y as p o ssibl e .

U po n rol l cal l th r e e F e llow C ra fts w e r e found

-

t o b e m issi ng n am e ly Ju b e la Ju b e lo and Ju b e lu m
, , , ,

who fro m th e s i m i lari ty o f th e i r n am e s w e r e sup

os e d to b e br e thr e n a n d m e n O f Ty r e
p .

About th is ti m e t h e F e llow C ra fts w ho r e

c ant e d pr e s e nt e d t h e ms e lv e s b e for e K i ng S ol o m on ,

cl ad i n wh it e gl ov e s and aprons tok e n s O f i n no ,

c e n c e fr e e ly ack n o w l e d g e d th e i r pre m e d itat e d gui lt

,

and m ost hu mbly i mplor e d hi s pardon K i ng S O .

lo mon ord e r e d th e m to d i v id e th e m s e lv e s i nto par

t i e s and tra v e l thr e e E ast th r e e W e st th r e e N o rth
, ,

and thr e e S outh (w i th oth e rs w h o m h e should ap

, ,

poi nt ) in s ea r ch o f th e r u ffi an s and r e tu r n n ot w i th
o u t tid i ngs.

T h e p a r ty w h o p ursu e d a w e st e rly cou rs e fro m

th e t e mpl e o n co m i ng dow n n e ar t h e port O f JO p
,

a, fe l l in w i th a way f ari ng m an O f w ho m t h
p e
y
 ’
34 2 T HE M ASTE R S C ARP ET .

i n q u i r e d if h e h ad s e e n any strang e rs pass th at

way H e i n form e d th e m h e had t h r e e an d de s
.
, ,
'

c r ib e d th e m as work m e n fro m t h e t e mpl e at J e ru

sal e m s e e ki ng a passag e i nto E thi opi a but not
, ,

havi ng K i ng S olom on s pass w e r e u n abl e to Obtai n

’
,

a passag e an d r e t u rn e d b ack i nto t h e country .

D e e m i ng th e s e to b e tidi ngs o f i mportanc e th e y r e

turn e d back to co m m un i cat e th e m .

H e th e n ord e r e d th e m to d isgu i s e th e ms e l v e s
and t r a v e l as b e for e v ith positiv e i nj unctions to
,

fi nd t h e r u ffi an s and with as positiv e ass u ranc e that

if th e y did not t h e tw e lv e F e llow C ra fts would b e
,

d e e m e d g u ilty O f t h e mu rd e r and s e v e rally su ffe r fo r

t h e cri m e co m m itt e d .

T h e y d e part e d a s e cond ti m e and a ft e r s e v e r a l

day s o ff r u i t le s s s e a r c h and wh
,
e n on th e i r r e turn
.

one o f th e i r n u mb e r b e co m i ng m or e w e ary th an
,

t h e r e st sat down upon t h e brow O f a hill w e st O f

, ,

Mount M ori ah to r e st and r e fr e sh hi ms e l f O n at .

t e mptin g to ar i s e h e accid e ntally caught hold o f an

,

acacia wh i ch e as i ly givi ng way e xcit e d his curi

, ,

o s it
y ,
wh e r e upon h e hail e d hi s co mpanions and u
p ,

o n th e i r r e turn and e x am i nati on fo und what had

th e app e aranc e O f a n e w m ad e grav e -
And wh i lst .

m e ditati ng upo n this si ngul ar ci rcu mstanc e th e y ,

h e ard th e followin g h orrid e xcl amations fro m t h e

cl e fts O f an adj ac e nt rock T h e fi rst was t h e voic e
.

Of u b e la who e xclai m e d “ 0 that my throat had

J , ,

b e e n cut across my tong u e torn out by its roots

,

and buri e d i n t h e rough sands o f th e s e a at lo w

wat e r m ark wh e r e t h e tid e e bbs and fl ows twic e
,

i n tw e nty fou r hours e r e I had cons e nt e d to t h e

-
,

de ath o f so gr e at a m an as o ur G r an d M as t e r
 T HE M A S ONIC LE G E N D .
343

H i r a m Ab i ff ” T h e s e cond w as th e vo i c e O f Ju
be l o wh o e xclai m e d
, ,
O that my l e ft br e ast h ad
“

be e n torn Op e n my h e art pl uck e d o u t and g i v e n as

,

a pr e y t o t h e w i ld b e asts O f t h e fi e ld and t h e fowls

O f t h e ai r ,
e r e I h ad b e e n a cc e sso ry to t h e d e ath O f
”
so good a m an as o u r G rand M ast e r H i ra m Ab i ff
'

T h e th i rd Was t h e voi c e O f Ju b e lu m w h o e x
c l a i m e d in ton e s o f gr e at e r horro r th an th e oth e rs ,

“
O that my bod y had b e e n s e v e r e d in twa i n my ,

bow e ls tak e n fro m th e nc e and bu rn e d to ash e s and

t h e ash e s s c att e r e d to t h e fou r wi nds O f h e a v e n so ,

tha t n o m or e trac e o r r e m e mbranc e m ight b e had

O f SO vi l e and p e rj u r e d a w r e tch as I e r e I h ad ,

c aus e d t h e d e ath O f so gr e at and so good a m an as

o u r G rand M ast e r H i ra m Abi ff Ah Ju b e la an d
.
,

J u b e lo ,
i t i s I w h o am m or e guilty than
y o u both ;

it was I who stru c k th e fatal bl ow i t was I w h o ,

”
kil l e d h i m ! W h e r e upon th e y rush e d I n s e i z e d and ,

bou nd th e m and b rought th e m b e for e K i n g S olo

m o n wh o upon a du e c o n v i cti on a nd co n fe ss i on o f
,

th e i r gu i lt ord e r e d th e m to b e tak en w ith out t h e

gat e s O f th e c ity and b e th e r e e x e cut e d acco rd i n g
t o th e i r s e v e ral i m p r e c ations wh i lst h idd e n in th e “

c l e fts O f t h e rock .

K i ng S olo mon th e n o rd e r e d th e F e llow C ra ft s

t o go i n s e a r c h O f th e body and w h e n found t o O h
’
s e rv e wh e th e r th e M ast e r s word o r a ke y to i t o r
’
a nyth i ng p e rtai n i n g to t h e M ast e r s d e g r e e b e o n
o r about t h e body .T h e body o f o u r G rand M as
t e r H i ram Abi ff w as fo u nd i n a gr a v e d ug du e
e ast and w e st si x fe e t p e rp e nd i c ul a r a w e st e rly
, ,

cou rs e fro m th e t e m p l e wh e r e a w e ary broth e r sat

,

down to re st and re fr e sh hi ms e l f but th e r e w as ,

 ’
344 T HE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

n oth i ng found o n o r about th e b ody by wh i ch i t ,

could b e d e sign at e d e xc e pt t h e j e w e l O f his O ffi c e

,

which th e y bor e up to K i n g S ol o mon .

H e th e n ord e r e d t h e F e l lo w C ra fts to form a

sol e m n proc e ssio n to gO and assist h i m i n rai sin g
t h e body and as t h e l\f aste r s word was th e n los t
’
,

h e propos e d that t h e fi rst Sign m ad e U po n arrivi ng

at t h e grav e and t h e first w ord spok e n a ft e r th e
,

body should b e rais e d should b e a dopt e d as t h e

,

Sign and word fo r t h e r e gulati o n o f all M ast e r s ’

lodg e s u nti l futur e g e n e rati ons should fi nd o u t th e

”
fi gh t

S u c h is t h e c e l e brat e d le g e nd o f H i ra m t h e “

”
B u ild e r t h e nam e o f th e sun god O f t h e M asoni c
,
-

myst e ri e s and n o w le t us r e fe r to its gr e at antityp e

,

t h e e qually famous l e g e nd o f O sir i s t h e K in g or ,

th e n am e O f th e su n god O f t h e -
Anci e nt Mys “

te r ie s .

L E G E N D O F O S IR I S .

I n t h e Trad i tions o f F r e e m asonry

“
p 2 2 9, , .

w e r e ad
‘

“
O si ris Ki ng O f E gypt w i ll i n g to con fe r an
, ,

i nd e scribabl e b e n e fit on all th e n ations aro u nd h im b y ,

com mun icati ng to th e m th e arts o f civiliz ation l e ft ,

t h e gov e rn m e nt O f h is ki ngdo m to t h e car e O f his

w i fe Isis and m ad e an e xp e d i t i on o f thre e y e ars to
e ffe ct his b e n e vol e nt purpos e .

O n h is r e turn h e fe l l a sa c r ific e to th e i ntr i gu e s

of h i s br ot h e r Typho n who h ad form e d a co n
s
p i r ac
y i n his abs e nc e to d e stroy h i m and usurp

h is thron e At a grand e nt ertai n m e nt , to wh ic h

.
”
 L E G EN D OF OSIRIS .

O s i ris was i nvit e d w h e n non e b u t t h e conspi r at o rs

,

w e r e pr e s e n t Typh on prod uc e d a v al uabl e c h e st

,

adorn e d w ith work O f gold H e had s e cu r e d w ith .

o u t suspic i on a m e asu r e m e nt O f t h e p e rso n O f O s i r i s

and had caus e d th e c h e st to b e m ad e o f such p r o

orti o ns as would e x actly fi t hi s h ody D u ri ng t h
p e eu .

te rt ain m e n t an d wh i l e t h e gu e st s w e r e e xtolli n g t h e
,

b e auty o f th e c h e st Typho n pr m i s e d to g i v e i t to
,
o

an
y p e rso n pr e s e nt w hos e bod
y
,
i t should m ost c on

v e n ie n tl h ol d O si ri s was t e m t e d to try t h e e x
y .
p
e r im e n t but w as n o soon er laid i n t h e c h e st
p , ,

wh e n t h e l id O f i t w as n ail e d ( R W n and t hr o w n ‘

i nto t h e riv e r .

body O f O s i r i s t hus co m m i tt e d to th e
T he
m e rcy o f th e w i nds and w av e s w as ast up at E yb ,
“

lo s i n P h te n icia, an d left a t t h e f ao i (f a ta m a r i n d
t r ee .

As soon as I s i s w as i n fo r m e d o f t h e de ath O f
t h e u n fortu nat e O s i r i s and th at h is b od y had b e e n
,

shut up in a c o ffi n , in t h e e x tr e m i ty o f so rro w and

d e spai r at t h e lo ss O f h e r h usband s h e se t o u t in ,

co mpany w ith T h o th i n s e a r c h o f t h e b o dy .

Un ce r t a i n as to t h e r o u te s h e o u
g h t to
p u r s u e,

u ne asy and ag i tat e d , h e r h e art l ac e rat e d wi th gri e f ,

in m o u rni ng garb , m ak i n g t h e a i r r e e c h o w ith h e r -

l am e ntation s s h e in te ro gate s e v e ry o n e who m s h e

,

m e e ts .

A fte r e nc o u n t e r i n g t h e m ost e xtra o rd i n ary ad

,

v e ntur e s s h e i s i n form e d by so m e you ng c hild r e n that

th e c o ffi n wh i ch c onta i ns t h e body o f h e r husb an d
h ad b e e n c arr i e d by t h e wat e rs o u t to s e a and th e n c e
to Byblos , w h e r e i t w as sto p p e d an d w as n o w r e
 346 T HE M
’
A STER S C AR P E T .

posi ng up on a p la n t (e ri ca) which h ad put fo rth

a sup e rb stal k Isis actuat e d by a d i v i n e i mpuls e ,
.
,

arri v e d i n Bybl os and d isco v e r e d th e co ffi n and

e ngag e d h e rs e l f as n urs e fo r t h e Ki ng s C hild r e n ’
.

As a r e ward fo r h e r s e rvic e s s h e d e m and e d that

th e pr e ci ous col u mn should b e giv e n to h e r Dis .

e ngagi ng t h e co ffi n fro m t h e branch e s by whi c h

i t w as c o v e r e d s h e took o u t t h e body and s e nt
o

t h e branch e s to t h e Ki n g who d e posit e d th e m in

t h e t e mpl e o f Isis .

S h e th e n r e turn e d to E gypt wh e r e h e r so n
H o ru s re i gn e d and d e posit e d t h e body i n a s e c
r e t plac e i nt e ndi ng t o giv e i t a spl e nd i d i nt e r
,

m e nt By t h e tr e ach e ry o f Typhon s h e was agai n

.

d e pr iv e d O f t h e body w hich w as s e v e re d i nt o
f ou r t e e n parts and d e posit e d i n as m any d i ffe r e nt

pl a c es .

Isis , w i th u nparal l e l e d z e al and p e r s e r v e r an c e u n

de rt o o k a s e con d j ou rn e y to s e a r c h fo r th e s e s cat
”
te r ed r em nan ts .

A nd Dr M ack e y fin i sh e s thi s i nt e r e st in g n ar
.

”
r ativ e i n his M asonic L e x i con p 1 30
“
.
,

O n e p ie c e O f th e body
”
h e says “
how e v e r
, ,

s he could not fi nd t h e m e m br u m v ir i le For th i s

,
.

s h e s u bs ti tu te d a factiti ous r e pr e s e n t ati on wh ich

sh e cons e crat e d and wh ich u n de r t h e nam e O f
.

P h a llu s is t o b e found as th e e mbl e m O f fe c u n

”
d ity i n all th e an ci e nt m y st e ries .

”
T h is le g e nd he fu r th e r s tat e s
,
“
was p u r e ly
”
as tr o n o mi cal O si r i s was the su n, Isi s th e m oon
. .

S u c h is th e c e l e br at e d l e g e nd of u n god
-
s ,

Osir i s Of E gypt , as furn i sh e d us by t he m ost

 BO TH LEGE N DS C OM P ARED .
347

a uth e nt i c M a on ic docu m e nts i n t h e world and in

s

r e l ati on to wh i ch P ast G rand M ast e r P i e rs o n

fu rth e r obs e rv e s i n h is T rad i t i ons O f F r e e m as o n
“

’7
r 2 1
y , p
. .

3
M ason ic r e ad e r w ill
“
T he b e struck w i th t he
r e m ark abl e coi ncid e nc e s whi c h th e abo v e l e g e nd
p r e s e nts w it h on e w it h w h i ch h e is a cq u a i n te d
.

C onc e rn i ng this l e g e nd and al l t h e oth e rs O f

th e su n god o f t h e -
Myst e ri e s by w h atso e v e r n a m e ,

t ha t myth had b e e n worsh i pp e d wh e th e r as O s i ris ,

in Th e b e s or as B aal i n S am ari a and Je z r e e l , w e

,

h a v e t h e followi n g g e n e ral de scr i pti on i n add it i o n

to that al r e ady g i v e n fro m t h e “
T radit i ons o f
,

F r e e m aso nry p 2 32 , .

T h e l e g e nd o f e v e ry o n e o f t h e d i ff e r e nt
h a se s o f t h e myst e ri e s i rr e sp e ctiv e o f cou nt ry o r
pan gu a e , had t h e sam e
g g e n e ral chara c t e r , i n fa c t

w e r e a ll i n de n t ica l e x c e pt i n t h e n a m e O f i nd i
v idu als W e h av e pr e s e nt e d that O f th e E gypt i a n
.

myst e r i e s b e c aus e i t has b e e n g e n e ral ly r e g ard e d

,
”
as th e par e nt O f al l oth e rs .

This b e i ng t h e cas e th e n and h av i ng both t h e

M ason ic and E gypt i an l e g e nds fa i rly b e for e u s and
als o r e m e mb e ri ng that ou r M as o n ic t e ach e rs fu r
n i sh al l th e s e h i stori ca l f acts fo r t h e sol e p u rpos e
o f provin g t hat t he le g e nd O f t h e th i rd de gr e e i s
i d e nti c al with all t he le g e nds o f ant iq u i ty le t us
n o w e x am i n e c ar e fully and e nu m e rat e o n e by o n e
th e v ario u s i nc i d e nts c on n e c t e d w i th the su pp os e d

d e ath O f th e h e ro go d, as form e rly r e h e ars e d in

-
 ’
348 TH E M A STE R S C ARP E T .

th e s e cr e t wo r ship o f t h e su n i n th e old t e mpl e O f

B aal and as th e y ar e n o w r e h e ars e d i n th e v e ry
,

sam e s e cr e t w orship i n t h e d i ffe re n t t e mpl e s O f

M asonry .

I n t h e E gypti an l e g e nd o f O si ris w e n oti c e t h e

follow i ng pri ncipal d e tails
I s t z— Th e r e i s th e poss e ssion o f som e val uabl e
th i n g — O si ris poss e ss e d a K i ngdom .

2 nd : — Th e r e is a consp i racy Typhon and h i s .

fe llows conspi r e agai nst O si ris .

d — T h e r e i s a c o n fl ic t — Typhon and his fe ll o w s

3 .

had a conflict with O si r i s .

t h — Th e re i s a d e ath O si ri s is sl ai n and en
4 .

cl os e d i n a ch e st .

t h z— T h e d e ath i s by t h e hand o f a broth e r —Osiris

5 .

i s sl ai n by h is broth e r Typhon .

6 th z— T h e body i s buri e d at th e foot o f a t am a

r i nd t r e e .

t h — Th e r e i s a first s e arch — Isis s e arch e s fo r h er

7 .

’
husband s body .

8t h z — S h e in te r o gat e s e v e ry o n e whom s h e m e e ts .

t h : — T h s e arch i s a ccid e ntally succ e ss ful I sis

9 e .

fi nds t h e body and d i spos e s O f i t .

I ot zh — Th e r e i s a s e cond s e arc h — Is i s s e ar c h e s fo r
th e scatt er e d r e m n ants O f t h e body o f O s i ris

a s econd t i m e .

I I th : -
'

T h e r e i s a fi n din g
— I s i s . fi n d s a ll t h e p a r ts
“

O f th e body but o n e .
 B OTH LEGE ND S C OM P AR E D .
349

1 2 t h z— Th e r e i s a l oss — O n e
.
p a rt Of t he b o dy is
m i ss i n g .

1 th — T h e r e i s a substitut i o n — I sis subst i tut es th e

3
~
.

P h all us fo r th e m iss i n g part .

N ow co mp are all th e s e v ar i o u s i nc i d e nts w i t h

t hos e r e l at e d in t h e M as o n i c l e g e nd and n ot e t he

id e ntity b e tw e e n t h e tw o I n th e M ason i c l e g e nd
.

1 st — T h e r e i s t h e valu abl e poss e ss i on — H i ra m p os .

’
s e ss e d t h e M ast e r s word .

2 nd : Th e r e i s a c onsp i ra c y
'
-
F i ft e e n F e ll o w
.

C ra fts conspi r e agai n st H i ra m .

d z— Th e r e i s a c o n fl ic t — T h r e e r u fli an s att ac k
3 .

H i ra m Abi ff at h i gh tw e l v e .

4 th z— Th e r e i s a d e ath — H i ram i s sl a i n by Ju
.

be l u m .

t h —
This d e ath is by th e hand o f a broth e r
5 z .

H i ra m i s sl a i n by hi s b roth e r Ju b e lu m .

6 t h z— T h e body i s buri e d at t h e foot O f a tam a

ri nd or acaci a tr e e .

t h — Th e r e is a first s e arch Tw e lv e F e ll o w
7 z .

C ra fts s e arch fo r t h e r u ffi an s .

8th —Th e y in te r o gate e v e ry o ne wh o m th e y m e e t ’

t h — Thi s s e arch i s accid e ntally succ e ss ful —T h e

9 z .

r u fli an s ar e foun d in t h e cl e fts O f a rock an d

d i spos e d o f .

[o th z — Th e r e i s a s e c ond s e arch Thr e e F e llO W

C r afts go i n s e ar c h Of th e bod y .
35 0 T HE M A STER S C ARP ET
’
.

I I th z— Th e r e i s a fi ndi ng T h e body i s found in

.

a grav e dug d u e e ast and w e st .

1 2 th z— T h e r e i s a lo s s — T h e M ast e r s word i s lost

'
’
. .

I 3 th : — Th e r e i s a substitut i on T h e fi rst word

.

sp ok e n a ft e r th e b ody i s rais e d i s su b titu te d .

Thus w e di scov e r at l e ngth as th e r e sult O f

our i nv e sti gation that e v e n i n t h e v e ry mi nut e st
articul ars t h e M ason ic l e g e nd o f H i ram Abi ff and
p
th e O ld E gypti a n l e g e nd o f O si ris or B aal ar e o n e

and th e sam e All th e i ncid e n ts con n e ct e d w i th th e

.

d e ath O f th e h e ro god — th e s e arch fo r t h e body

-

t h e fi n d in g— th e loss O f o n e part and t h e substitution

fo r th at w hi ch was l ost ar e id e nti cally t h e sam e ‘

, ,

th e Only di ffe r e nc e b e i ng that t h e n am e O si ris w as

dropp e d by th e M asoni c fath e rs and t h e n am e

“

O f H i ra m Abi ff was s u bstitut e d i n i ts pl ac e .

Th is i s unqu e stion ably t h e strong e st proo f

w hich M as o n ry has hi th e rto furnish e d o f t h e pagan
o r i gi n o f i ts r e li gious philosophy and o f th e u n
'

d o u b t e d fa c t that i n e v e ry conc e ivabl e fe atu r e it is

”
th e i d e n tic al r e l i g i o n O f t h e “
Anci e nt Myst e rie s .
 C H AP T E R X V I .

T HE M A S O N I C T R A G E D Y — Mu rd e r O f H i ram h isto r
.

Ica
’l fals e — A sub sti tut e fo r O s i r i s C and i
y . .

d at e k n e e l i n g to p ray P e rson at e s th e s u n
.
-

god in h i s confl ic t w i th n ig h t — I s sl a i n by
u b e lu m — Body c on c e al e d — B u r i e d f Of
J . at oot
a tam ari nd tr e e — S e arch fo r t h e r u fli an s — A c
'

.
,

c ide n tal d i scov e ry S e ar c h fo r th e body

. .

’
L o ss o f M ast e r s word S ubst i tut i o n o f M ah
.

hah bon e P roc e ssi on — P r ay e r at th e gra v e

i

- -
. . .

R ai s i n g O f t h e body .

M r . B ar to n — T he
c e l e b rat e d d ram a o r s c e n ic
re p r e s e ntat i on o f th e pr e t e nd e d d e ath o f H i ra m
Ab i ff bas e d upon th e for e go i n g l e g e nd i s n u
,

q u e st i on ably th e m ost i nt e r es ti n g if n o t t h e m ost

i mpo rt ant po rt i o n O f t h e whol e M ason i c syst e m an d ,

’
i s that w hich giv e s to th e M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e
th e c hara c t e r o f S ubl i m e B ut n e v e rth e l e ss l i k e
“
.
,

e v e ry oth e r part o f t h e M ason i c ph il o sophy it is a ,

”
“
subl i m e fals e hood and i n t h e e n d b e com e s to
,

”
th e cand i dat e a subl im e farc e
“
N O such e v e nt .

e v e r transpi r e d at t h e build i ng O f th e t e m p l e but ,

o n t h e v e ry contrary i t i s d ist i nctly stat e d in th e

,

Sc riptu re s that H i ram , t h e w i d o w s so n o f Ty r e n o t ’

o nly w as n o t sl ai n “
b e fore th e t e m p l e w as c o m
”
but he
pl e te d
, th at actu all
yfi n is h ed all th e work
35 2 T HE M A S TE R ’
S C ARP ET .

h e h ad to m ak e fo r Ki ng S olomon fo r th e h o u se
O f t h e Lord .

In I K i ngs VII 40 w e r e ad
.
, ,

And H i ram m ad e t h e l av e rs and t h e shov e ls ,

an d t h e basi ns S O H i ram m a de a n e n d o
.
f d oin
g
a ll t h e w ar h that h e m ad e K i ng S olomon fo r t h e
‘

”
h o us e o f t h e L ord .

And aga i n i n I I Ch ron i v 9

'

”
. .
,

“
And Hi ram m ad e th e pots and th e Sho v e ls , ,

an d t h e b as i ns And H i ram fi n is h e d a ll t h e w ar h
.

t hat h e w as to m ak e fo r K i ng S olo mon fo r t h e

”
ho us e o f th e Lord .

But H i ram i n th e m an n e r pr e viously e x

,

p l a i n ed ,
h av i ng b ee n adopt ed as t h e h e ro god of -

M asonry to substitut e O si ris or th e sun god o f t h e -

”
“
Myst e ri e s t h e sc e n ic r e pr e s e ntation O f his pr e t e nd e d
,

d e ath i s p e r form e d w it h al l th e mock sol e m n ity

i m agin abl e and th e cand idat e i s m ad e to r e pr e s e nt
,

h im i n e v e ry si ngl e e l e m e nt O f t h e M ason i c l e g e nd
b e c aus e th at w as t h e m od e O f in itiatio n i nto t h e '

“ G r at r Myst ri s ” and tru e or fals e F r e e m asonry

e e e e ,

m ust e stablish b e y o nd any qu e sti on its p e r fe ct

id e ntity with that s e cr e t syst e m o f sun w orsh ip I t -
.

p roo f o f thi s w e r e ad i n th e “
L e xicon O f F re e»
”
m ason ry p I 30 as follo w s
, ,

T h e M y s t e r i es qf Os i r is form e d t h e th ird de w

gr e e o r su m m i t o f t h e E gypti an i n i tiations I n th e s e .

t h e M u r de r o f O si ris by his broth e r Typhon w as

r e p r e s e nt e d and th e god was p e rsonat e d by th e
”
c andidat e .

I n p e r fe ct harm ony w ith this x p lan ati o n we

'

e
 THE M A SON IC TR A G E DY .
3 53

ha v e i ts l i t e ral c ou n t e rp art in th e
M aso n ic p h ilo so
phy so th at i t m i gh t
,
be c o rr e c tly r e ad — “
t h e mys

fe r i e s Of H i ram f o rm t he t h i rd d e g r e e or su m m i t
of An ci e n t C ra f t M aso n ry . In th e s e th e d e ath Of

H i ra m by h i s b roth e r Ty p ho n i s r e pr e s e nt e d and
”
t h e go d is p e rs o nate d by th e c and i d at e . B oth le

g e n ds and both c n ic r e p r e s e n tat i on s

s e ar e e x a c tly
th e sam e ,
an d al l th e r e i s to b e do ne i s
, to c h an g e
one n am e fo r anoth e r an d u se th e r s n t t ns
p e e e e In

d es c ri b i n g th e c e r e mon i e s of th e l odg e . Aga i n

Typho n was t h e sy mbol o f w i nt e r wh ic h de
stroy s t h e fe c u n d at i n g and fe rt i l iz i n g pow e rs O f th e
su n t hu s as it w e r e d e p r ivi n g h i m O f l i fe T h i s
, , .

w as th e c at as tr o ph e c e le b rat e d I n t h e myst e r i e s an d ,

t h e asp i ran t was m ad e t o pass fi c tit io u s ly th rough

t h e su ffe r i n g and d e ath O f O s i r i s .

Ag a i n in th e “
T rad i t i o ns of F r e e m as o n ry , p .

2
33
“
c a n d i d at e in th e s e i n i t i at i on s w as m ad e
T he
to pass th rou gh a m i m i c r e pr e s e nt at ion o r r e p e t i t i o n
o f th e c o n fli c t and d e st ruct i o n O f O si r i s an d t h e
e v e nt u al r e co v e ry o f h i s bo dy and t h e e xpl an at i o n
,

m ad e t o h i m a ft e r h e had r e c e i v e d th e f ul l Shar e O f
l i ght t o wh ic h t h e pa i n f ul an d sol e m n c e re m on i e s
th rou g h wh ic h h e h ad pass e d h ad e n t i tl e d h i m ,

co n st i tut e d th e s e c r e t d o c t r i n e t h e obj e c t O f al l th e
,

myst e r i e s .

This is p r e ci s e ly wh at t ak e s p l a c e in th e M as
’
te r M ason s d e g r e e T h e c and i d at e i s m ad e t o r e
.

e e h
p r s nt t e d e ath O f t h e su n go d o r t h e fe c u n dat
“ -

”
i n g and fe rt i l iz i n g pow e r O f th e su n , u nd e r t h e fi c
 THE M ASTE R S C ARP ET
’
.

t itio u s n am e o f H i ram Ab i ff and th i s d ram at ic r e

,

pr e s e ntation i s t h e l ast g r e at l i n k wh ich c on n e cts

th i s i dol atrous syst e m O f d e mo n mythol ogy to th e
old Baal o r sun worsh i p O f t h e Myst e ri e s
-
”
We
“
.

Sh al l n o w e x am i n e th i s d ra m a i n d e tai l and fol low

t h e c and id at e i n al l t h e var i o us i n cid e nts o f h i s c o n

fl i e t d e ath and th e subs e qu e n t d i sposal o f h i s body

, ,

as r e lat e d i n t h e l e g e nd o f O si r i s .

H av i n g pass ed th rough t h e fi rst s e ction O f th e

d e g r e e an d ha v i n g r e su m e d h i s c lothi n g in t h e
,

pr e parat i on room and b e i n g i n v e st e d w ith h i s

,

apro n and w i th a s m all pl u mb susp e nd e d f ro m ,

h i s n e ck h e i s us h e r e d i nto t h e lodg e and al l

,

n e c e ssary pr e parat i o ns fo r t h e subli m e d ram a

whi c h i s to f ollow h a vi n g b e e n al r e ady m ad e
by t h e S e n i or D e a c o n as d e tail e d i n t h e H and “

Book ,
”
pp 1 9 4 1 9 5 t h e c andid at e i s Call e d to
.
, ,

th e E ast and add r e ss e d as fo llo w s b y t h e Worship ful ,

M ast e r .

Wo r s hipf u l M as te r : —“ B ro H u nt you n o w .
,

n o doubt c ons id e r you rs e l f a M ast e r M ason an d ,

as such e nti tl e d to al l t h e ri ghts an d pri vil e g e s O f a

”
M ast e r Mason d o y ou n o t ?
,

T h e c and i dat e e i th e r nods his h e ad i n afli r m a

”
tion , o r e ls e an sw e rs I do
“
.

Wo r s h ipf u l M as te r : — “ I pre sum e d y o u d i d

f ro m t h e j e w e l you w e ar i t b e i n g t h e j e w e l o f o n e
,

o f th e pri n cipal O ffi c e rs O f th i s lodg e ludi n g to

t h e sm all pl um b hangi n g
f ro m h is n e c k Bu t my ,

broth e r i t b e com e s my d uty to i n form y o u th at you

,
 THE M A S O N IC T R A G E D Y .
3 55

ar e n ot a M ast e r M ason ; n e i th e r do
et I k n o w
y
that y ou e v e r sh all b e Y ou hav e y e t a ro ug h an d .

ru gg e d road to trav e l o n e b e s e t w i th r u fli an s and i t

, ,

m ay b e w ith m u r d e r e r s and sh oul d y o u los e y ou r l i fe

i n t h e c on fli ct y ours wi l l n o t b e t h e fi r st B ut r e
, .

m e mb e r i n w ho m you pl ac e d yo u r trust and h e ‘

th at e nd u r e th u n to th e e n d t h e sam e Sh al l b e sav e d .
’

O n a f o rm e r o c casi o n y o u h ad so m e o n e to pray
f o r y ou but n ow y ou h av e n on e ; you m u st p ray f o r
,

y ou rs e l f Y ou w il l th e r e for e su ffe r y ou rs e l f t o b e
.

a gai n h oo dw i n h e d k n e e l wh e r e y ou n ow sta n d and

, ,

p ray e ith e r m e ntally o r o rally as y o u se e fi t but

, ,

w h e n do n e si g n i fy th e sam e by say i n g A m e n ‘
,
’

al oud .

T he Sen io r De aco n now st e p s f orward and

agai n f ast e n s a h ood wi n k s e c u r e ly o v e r th e c and i
d at e s e y e s and c aus e s h i m to k n e e l
’
on both k n e e s ,

as i t w e r e ,
to p ray . T he W orsh i p ful M ast e r stand s
u
p, r e m ov e s h i s h at and g iv e s th r e e raps c all i n g ,

al l th e br e th r e n to th e i r fe e t , a nd thu s stand i n g ,

th e y aw ait fo r so m e m i n ut e s til l t h e c and i d at e i s su p ,

”
pos e d t o h a v e d o n e pray i n g and say s A m e n “

a loud .

T he figu r e on n e x t pag e a cc u rat e ly r e p r e s e nts t h e

m i n i st e r or sal oon k e e p e r as
- he i s aga i n bl i nd fold e d
an d kn e e l s on c e m or e t o m ak e a m o c k e ry of p ray e r
.

i n a M aso n i c l od g e ,
wi th th e b r e th r e n sta nd i n g
rou n d and hu g e ly e nj oy i n g h i s m is e ra b l e app e ar
”
an c e H av i n g sa i d A m e n h e i s o rd e r e d to ari s e
.
“ “

”
and m ak e h i s prog r e ss ,
th e l od g e b e i n g aga i n
s e at e d . T he v ar i ous i nc i d e nts d e tail e d i n th e p re
356 THE M A STE R S C ARP E T
’
.

v io u s l e g e nd of H i ram now begi n to b e e n acted .

T he c and id at e i s assi st e d to h i s fe e t by th e S e n ior

D e a c o n and co n duct e d i n th e u su al m an n e r o nc e
rou nd th e l od ge . Wh e n th e y appro a c h th e Jun io r
’
W ard e n s stat i on i n the S outh ,
he i s ac c ost e d by a
pr e t e nd e d r u ffi an or rh ap s a r e al n am ed
( p e one
),

who th ri c e d e m ands of him th e s e c r e ts Of

Ju b e la,

a M ast e r M ason or t h e M as t e r s word and b e i n g i n

’
, ,

h is b eh al f th r i c e r e fus e d by t h e S e n i or D e acon h e
, ,

stri k e s h i m l i gh tly w i th t h e tw e nt y fou r i n c h gaug e

-

ac ross t h e th roat .
 T HE M A S ON I C T R A G E DY .
3 57

He i s th e n rush e d tow ard s t h e S e n i or W ard e n s ’

s tat i on i n t h e W e st , w h e r e h e i s m e t by a s e c ond

r u fli an n am e d Ju b e lo w ho al so d e m and s O f h i m t h e
,

’
s e c r e ts o f a M ast e r M aso n o r t h e M ast e r s word ,

and b e i n g again r e f us e d h e s t ri k e s h i m w i th th e

s q u ar e a c ross th e l e ft b r e ast .

F a i nt an d bl e e d i n g as i t w e re , h e is n ow

”
h urr i e d al on g to t h e “
E ast g at e ,
but in t h e n orth
e ast c o rn e r he i s atta c k e d by th e th i rd r u fli an ,
J u

b e l um ,
w ho i n l i k e m an n e r d e m and s Of hi m the

s e c r e ts o f a M ast e r M aso n or th e M ast e r s word’

an d upo n a l i k e r e f us al he st r i k e s h i m a bl o w w i th
”
a l e ath e r m all e t c all e d a s e tt i n g m aul “
,
and p i tch e s
h i m b ac k w ard i nt o a c an v as ,
hel d fo r t h e p u rp os e

by s i x Of th e b r e th r e n . He i s now su pp os e d to be

d e ad ,
an d i n t h is m an n e r th e fi rst fiv e i n ci d e n ts i n
th e l e g e nd o f O s i ri s ar e p e r fo rm e d H i ram o r th e .
,

c and i d at e i s c l a i m e d to h a v e h ad a v a lu a ble p os s es s io n
, .

T h e r e i s a con sp ir a cy t o Obta i n th at v al u abl e p o s

s e ss i o n at any h a z ard T h e n f oll o ws t h e co nflict
.

that c on fl ic t e nd s i n death an d that d e ath i s by t h e ,

h an d O f a br oth e r .

T h e fi g u r e s o n th e f ol l o wi n g p ag e r e p r e s e n t

t h e s u n god p e rson at e d by t h e
-
ca n d i d at e , pass i n g
th rou g h th e s e s c e n e s O f fi e r c e an d t e rr i bl e c o n fl ic t
w ith the c o n sp i rato rs r e pr e s e nt i n g Typh o n
, or th e

p ow e rs Of d ark n e ss ,
at th e S outh , W e st , an d
N o rth e ast .
 THE M A S TE R ! C AR P ET .

EAST .

WEST “

T h e C an di dat e r e p r e se n t i n g the S un god i n h i s C onf lict w i h

t
N igh t or D ar k n ess .
 ‘
T HE M A so N IC T RAGEDY .
3 59

N ow to u nd e rstand al l th i s ,
le t uS r e m e mb e r
th at th e c and id at e r e pr e s e nts O si r i s ,
or Bet a ] ,
or

Hi ram wh ic h ar e al l one an d th e s a m e pr i n ci p l e ,

an d th at th at p r i n ci pl e i s “
th e f e rti l i z i n g an d fe e

u n datin
g ow e rs of th e su n ”
—“ t he su n -
g o d.
p
Let u s also h e ar i n m i nd th at th e r e i s suppos e d to

be a c on stan t u n c e as i n g con fl ic t go i n g
,
on b e tw e e n
th i s su n god and n ig h t o r da r h n es s
-
.

N o w t h e su n app e ari n g i n ,
th e e ast in th e

m o rn i n g ris e s h i gh e r and h i gh e r
,
in th e h e ave n s
u n ti l at M e rid i an he atta i n s h i s h i gh e st po i n t Of

e e l v atio n i n th e SOUTH . T he m o m e nt he arri v e s at

the “
south gat e h ow e v e r th at m o m e nt he b e gi n s to
,

de sc e nd and th e r e r e c e i v e s ,
as i t w e r e , th e fi rst
bl ow f rom Typh on or ni
g h t . C o nti nu i n g to d e c e n d,
”
and c on stantly hu rry i n g tow ard s th e “
w es t g at e
he at l e n gth s e ts b e h i nd th e w e st e rn hori zo n and
t h e re th e su n god i s suppos e d sy mb o l i cally
-
, ,
to re

c e iv e th e s e con d blow . A ft e r th e s e tt i n g of th e

su n th e r e i s but a fe e bl e l i gh t ( r e pr e s e n t e d by t h e
f e e bl e c o nd i t io n Of th e c and i d at e ) as i s n atu ral
,

e nou gh a ft e r h a vi n g r e c e iv e d tw o t e rr i fi c bl ows ,

an d so in a w e ak an d wast e d c ond i t i o n tw i l i g ht
l i n g e rs o n, st i l l e n gag e d i n d e ad ly c on fl i c t w i th h i s
r e l e n tl e ss e ne my u n t i l at l ast
,
he is e n t i r e ly o ve r
co m e — n igh t Swoops d o w n u p o n th e e arth an d

da r h n es s e v e ryw h e r e pr e va i ls — t h e su n -
g od h a vi n g
r e c e iv e d as i t w e r e
.
,
th e fi n al bl o w wh i c h d e p r i v e s
 ’
THE M A STER S C AR P E T .

hi m of l i fe O n pag e 8 Fi g I r e pr e s e nts the

.
35 .

m o r tal str i fe b e tw e e n lig h t an d da r h n es s at th e

M e r i d i an ; F i g 2 r e pr e s e nts t h e confl i c t i n th e W e st
.

wh i ch c aus e s t h e su n go d to di sapp e ar and F i g 3

t

,
.

r e pr e s e n ts h i s d e ath wh e n l igh t b e c om e s e nti r e ly

,
.

e xt i nct and n i g ht i s tr i u m ph ant T h e l i ghts i n th e .

l od g e roo m ar e al so tu rn e d do w n and e v e ryth i n g ,

i s sh roud e d in gl oo m , i n m ou rn ful sy mpathy w i th

t h e l oss O f th e b e l o v e d O s i r i s p e rson at e d by th e ,

c and idat e Th is wh ol e s c e n e i s t e rm e d t h e A p ha n
.
“

”
is m ,
and i s e x p l a i n e d i n th e S y mbol i s m o f F r e e “

m ason ry p 3 1 7 , as f ol lows
, . .

“
I n e ach O f t h e i n it i at ion s o f th e an ci e nt mys
fe r i e s th e r e was a s c e n i c r e pr e s e ntati on O f t h e de a t h
o r d i sapp e aranc e O f so m e god o r h e ro whos e ad
v en tur e s constitut e d t h e l e g e nd o f th e myst e ry .

T h at part O f t h e i n iti atio n w h i ch r e l at e d to and r e p

r e s e n t e d t h e d e ath o r d i sapp e aran c e was cal l e d t h e
A p h a n is m F r e e m a s o n ry w h ic h h a s i n i ts c e r c
.

m o n ia l f o r m be e n f ou n de d a e r t h e m ode l of t h e s e
f t
a n c ie n t m s te r i es , h as al so its a h an is m i n t h e thi rd
y p
”
d e g re e .

T he c and i d at e h a vi n g b e e n stru c k by the s et

t i ng m a u l J Of th row
u b e lu m
n ba c k i n to t h e
and

can vass as al r e ady stat ed i s t he n l aid upon h i s ,

b ack o n t h e floor and c o v e r e d u p All t h e br e th '

r e n e xc e t t h e thr e e pr e t en e d r u ffi ans — u b ela

p d J J u =
,

b e l o and Ju b e lu m — ret i r e t o th e i r s e ats and th e s e , ,

stand i n g n e ar th e i r vi ct i m and r e al i zi ng i n som e

m easur e th e e n orm i ty o f th e i r c r i m e , d e t e rm i n e to
 THE M A S O N IC T R A G E Dv .
3 6 1

c on c e al the body i n “
the rubb i sh Of th e t e m pl e un

ti l lo w tw e l v e or tw e l v e at n i g ht w h e n th e y ag r e e
,

to m e e t agai n and g i v e i t a m or e d e c e nt bu r i al .

T h e y th e n l ay h ol d Of th e can v ass and sl owly

con v e y th e d e ad body of H i ram ’

or the su n -
g o d to
th e south e as t c o rn e r
-
,
wh e r e th e y c o v e r it w ith
a nyth i n g th at c o m e s ne xt to h and ,
r e pr e s e nt i n g
i ts co n ce a lm e n t in r u bbi sh w h i l e Ju b e lu m S i ts
th e ,

”
ne ar “
to w at c h , and th e oth e r tw o r e p a i r t o ward t h e
W e st e n d O f t h e l od g e as th e ri tu al e x pr e ss e s i t to
, ,
“

”
d i g a gra v e .

I n t h e m e an t i m e t h e M ast e r o r S e c r e tary str i k e s

”
“
lo w tw e l v e on a gon g or b e l l alway s k e pt fo r

th at pu rp os e , i n d i c at i n g m idn ig h t and h e n c e th e

com pl e t e an n i h il at i o n u b e lo b e la
J Ofand J
lig h t . u

agai n st e alth i ly approa c h t h e S p ot w h e r e t h e body

i s c o n c e al e d and a ft e r m utual r e c og n i t i o n an d in
q u i ry b e tw e e n th e suppos e d r u ffi a n s , i t i s ag r e e d
th at th e y c on v e y i t a w e st e rly cours e to a Spot
wh e r e a pr e t e nd e d g rav e h as b e e n r
p pe ar e d and

th e r e bu ry i t . A cc o rd i n gly the d e ad c a n d i d at e , or

th e m u rd e r e d s un -
g o d, i s agai n l i ft e d u p an d born e
in sl ow and sol e m n p ro c e ss i o n on the sh ould e rs of

’
the br e th r e n to t h e S e n i or W ard e n s stat i on , w h e r e
he is fi n al ly i n t e rr e d o r l a i d o n t h e floor i n a du e
,

e ast and w e st p os i t i on ,
and th e S e n i o r W ard e n s ’

c ol u m n i s p l a c e d stand i n g n e ar h i s h e ad to re
p re

”
se n t th e a ca ci a o r “
t am ar i nd tr e e , at th e foot of
 ’
T HE MA STE R S C AR P ET .

w h ic h t h e body O f O s i r i s was bur i e d as r e l at e d in ,

”
t h e l e g e nd T h e th r e e
.
“
r u ffi an s th e n propos e at
on c e to m ak e th e i r e s c ap e Typh on o r n ig h t and , ,

da r h n es s , t o al l ap p e aran c e h as n o w co mpl e t e ly
tr i u mph e d O si r i s o r B aal — th e fe rt i l i z i n g and
.
“

fe c u nd at i n g pow e r o f t h e su n — i s n ow appar e ntly

bur i e d o u t O f s i ght th e l odg e b e c o m e s a hous e o f
,

m ourn i n g an d I s i s o r n ature w e e ps fo r th e los s o f

,

h e r h usband R e fe rr i n g to th is m e l an c h oly s c e n e
.

and at th e sam e t i m e c o n c lusi v e ly p ro vi n g what

has b e e n al r e ady stat e d that t h e s o c all e d high e r
“
,
-

d e gr e e s ar e but so m any d e v e lop m e n ts O f t h e

”
“
S ubl i m e d e g r e e O f M ast e r M ason w e r e ad as ,

f ol lows i n t h e “
Book o f t h e A nc i e nt and Acc e pt e d
”
Sc ott ish R i t e ,
pp .

— My
br e th r e n t h e pow e r O f d ark
“
,

n e ss h as pr e v ai l e d ov e r t h e pri nc e o f l i ght T h e .

e arth m ou rns an d i s wrin kl e d wi th f rost All .

n atu r e l a m e nts , and w e sh ar e t h e com mo n sorrow .

E xc e ll e n t S e n io r W ard e n le t pray e rs b e O ffe r e d up ,

in t h e tab e rn acl e f o r t h e r e tur n o f lig h t and t h e

r e asc e nsi on O f t h e S u n
- .

S e n i o r W ar de n z— M ost P ui ssant o u r an c i e n t ,

task m ast e rs o n t h e ban ks O f t h e N il e m ou rn fo r

O si ri s T h e C hald e ans l am e nt f o r B e l ( o r B aal )
.

a n d t h e P h oen ic ran s fo r T am m uz T h e P h r y gran .

w o m e n cl ash th e i r cy mbal s and w e e p fo r Atys ;

w h i l e far i n I nd i a t h e B rahm i n s pray fo r t h e r e turn
o f C ama .
O

M P —W e , lik e o u r anci e n t M ast e rs w e e p

. . .

fo r O si ri s— th e typ e t o us Of t h e su n o f l i ght o f , ,

l i fe W e e p my br e th r e n , fo r O s i ri s ! W e e p f o r
.
,
 T HE M A S ON IC T R A G E D Y .

li ght lost and l i fe d e part e d and t h e good and th e

,

b e auti f u l Op p r e ss e d by e vi l .

”
T h i s f ro m su c h h i g h aut h o r i ty pr o v e s b e yo nd
“

any pow e r of d e n ial th at th e d e ad c and id at e i n th e

M ason i c l od g e and th e O s i ri s or B aal of th e “

Mys
te r ie s ar e o ne a nd the Sam e c h aract e rs , w h i l e i t
al so e xpl ai ns as c l e arly as i t c an poss i bl y be d on e ,
th e

tru e m e an i n g of E z e k ie l vi i i 1 6, w h e re a
. I
4, 1
5,
si m i l ar s c e n e i s d e s c r i b e d as b e i n g i m p i ously pra e
t ise d i n t h e Se c r e t w orsh ip o f t h e i d ol at rou s J e ws .

Th e n h e b rou gh t m e t o th e d oo r o f t h e g at e
O f t h e L o rd s h ous e w h i ch w as toward t h e n orth ;
’

and b e h old th e r e sat wo m e n w e e pi n g f o r T am m u z

,
.

T h e n said h e u nto m e h ast th o u s e e n th i s O s on , ,

of m an ? t urn th e e y e t aga i n and I w i l l Sh o w

th e e gr e at e r A B O M I N A T I O N S th a n th e s e A n d h e .

’
b rou gh t m e i n to t h e i n n e r c ou rt O f t h e L o rd s
h ous e and b e hold at t h e d oor O f t h e t e mpl e o f t h e
, ,

L ord b e tw e e n t h e po rch and t h e al tar w e r e abo ut

, ,

fi v e and tw e n ty m e n w i th th e i r back s toward t h e,

t e m pl e O f t h e L o rd an d th e i r f ac e s to ward t h e
,
”
e a s t ; and th e y w o r s h i e d t h e S U N tow a r d t h e e as t
pp .

P r e c is e ly wh at i s do n e i n a M ason ic l od g e an d
a s a n act O f wo rsh ip .

T h e fi g u r e s o n t h e f ol l ow i n g pag e r e p r e s e nt t h e
C and i d at e in th e th r e e pos i ti on s b e f o r e d e scr i b e d .

F ig . I r e p r e s e nts h i m wh e r e he is sup p os e d to

h av e b e e n sla i n I n F i g 2 h e l i e s i n th e south
. .

e ast c orn e r O f t h e l od g e c o n c e al e d u n d e r th e rub

,

b ish and i n F i g 3 h e i s bu r i e d in a g ra v e du g
, .

”
d ue e ast and w e st at t h e f oot O f a tam ar i nd tr e e
,
“
.

N o w t o u nd e rstan d t h e r e aso n fo r th e s e d i ffe r e n t

The C andi date representing O s iri s—s lai n by T yph on at A ,

b o r n e by th e rive r N il e to B an d b u rie d at D
,
.
 THE M ASONIC TRA GEDY . 6
3 5

’
m o v e m e n ts of th e c and i d at e s body , we m u st r e fe r
o n c e m or e to t h e E gy p t i an l e g e nd . W h e n O si r i s
'

was sl a i n by Typho n and h i s body e n c lo s e d in a

c h e st i t w i l l
,
r e m e mb e r e d th at h e w as th row n
be

in t h e r i v e r N i l e and born e o u t to t h e M e d it e rran e a n

'

S ea . T h i s is r e p r e se n te d by co nv e y i n g th e c and i
’
d at e s body f ro m A t o B .

T he w i nd s an d wav e s of the M e d i t e rran e an i t ,

’
i s f u rth e r ass e rt e d bo r e O s i r i s body a w e s te r lv
,

c ou rs e “
to
,
a pl a c e ca ll e d Byblos i n P h oe n i ci a ,
'

wh e r e it fi n ally r e p os e d at th e f oot of a tam a r i n d

t re e , i n l i k e m an n e r r e pr e s e nt e d b y b e ari n g th e
’
c and i d at e s body f ro m B to D and bu ry i n g i t as b e f o r e
”
d e s c r i b e d at th e foot of a “
ta m ar i nd or “ acac i a
t r e e thus r e prod u ci n g s c e n e th e s i xth in t h e O si r i an
,

l e g e nd .

As soon as t h e suppos e d r u ffi an s h av e e ffe ct e d

th e i r e s c ap e as al l u d e d to o n p
,
.
3 6 2, th e r e is qu it e
a co m motio n in th e l od g e roo m . E v e ry o n e s e e m s
to be try in g how c raz i ly he c an act , but a ft e r a

fe w m i n ut e s t h e Wo rsh i p f ul M ast e r raps w i th h i s

gav e l and al l aga i n i s p r e fe c tly st i l l G r an d M ast e r
,
.

H i ram i s r e por te d m i ss i n g— n o wo rk i s l a i d o u t
and n o d e si g ns ar e upo n th e tr e stl e board A b o u t
.
-
.

th i s t i m e an al arm i s h e ard at th e doo r an d t h e ,

an n ou n c e m e nt i s m ad e th at tw e l v e F e l l ow C ra fts
who Of c ours e ar e M ast e r M aso n s u nd e r th e nam e
of F e ll o w C ra fts , “
ar e Wi th ou t c l ad
,
in w hi t e gl ov e s
3 6 6 THE M A STER S C ARP E T
’
.

and a p ro ns w h o say th e y h av e i mportant t id i n gs to

c o m m u n i c at e and d e si r e an aud i e nc e w ith h i s m a
,

j e sty i e w i th t h e Worship f ul M ast e r w h o

, . .
, ,

th roug hou t t h e whol e o f thi s c e r e m ony r e pr e s e n ts

K i n g S ol o m on T h e F e l low C ra fts ar e ad m itt e d
.
,

and proc e e d i n g at on c e to t h e M ast e r s stati o n i n ’

t h e e ast T h e y r e l at e at l e n gth al l t h e suppos e d

.

f acts c on n e ct e d w i th t h e C o n sp i r a cy agai nst H i

ram th e i r Ow n shar e i n t h e wi ck e d pl ot at first

, ,

th e i r sub se qu e nt r e c an tat io h an d n o w f r e e ly ac k n o w l
, ,

ed g in g t h e i r pr e m e d itat e d gu i lt th e y O n th e i r ,

b e nd e d k n e e s “ most hu mbly i mplor e h is pard on .

I n r e l ati o n to t h e m e an i n g and u s e O f t h e
n u mb e r 1 2 i n t h e M aso ni c syst e m t h e lod g e book
” ’
e xplai n s as f ol lows M ack e y s M anual p 1 00
,
“
.

T h e nu mb e r 1 2 w as c e l e brat e d as a mysti c al
n u mb e r i n t h e an ci e n t syst e m o f sun w orship of -

w h i c h it h a s a lr e a dy be e n s a id th at M a s on r
y is, a

h i los o h ic a ld e v e l opm e n t T h e n u mb e r th e r e r e
p p .

f e rr e d to t h e 12 si gns o f th e Zod i ac an d i n thos e ,

”
M aso n i c rit e s in whi c h t h e B uild e r [i H i ra m .

“
i s m ad e t h e sy mbol O f t h e sun t h e tw e l v e F , .

r e fe r to t h e tw e lv e si gn s i n whi c h al on e t h e sun i s to
b e f o u n df ’

T HE F I R S T SE A R C H .

T he
s e v e nth a c t i n th e M ason i c d ram a i s n o w
p e r f orm ed K i n g S ol
. om on ord e rs that th e s e F el “

lo w C ra fts d i v id e th e m s e l v e s i nto parti e s and trav e l ,

th r e e e ast th r e e w e st th r e e north and th r e e so u th

, , ,

i n s e a r c h o f t h e r u ffi an s an d r e tu rn not wi thout
”
t id in gs . Al l t h e br e thr e n O f cours e tak e th e i r
 THE M A S ON IC T R A G E D Y .

se ats e xc e p t t hr e e w ho ar e al w ay s su p p o s e d to be
w e l l post e d an d t ho ro ug hly d r i l l e d i n d o i n g wh at
”
i s t e c h n ic al ly c all e d th e “
fl o Or w o r k s
-
an d th e s e n ow

p ro c eed w i th th e i r s e ar c h to r e p r e s e n t Is i s i n , th e

E gypti an l e g e nd ,
s e ar c h i n g fo r th e body of O si ris .

”
T h e y pass out by th e “
pr e p arati o n roo m d oo r and
-

e nt e r the l odg e a g ai n a f t e r a fe w m i n ut e s by th e

ant e roo m doo r wh e r e th e y m e e t

-
, Jun i o r D e acon th e ,

car e l e ssly l ou n g i n g an d r e p r e s e nti n g a way f ar i n g

“

”
m an wh e n th e f oll o w i n g d i al ogu e tak e s pl a c e
, , p er

fo rm i n g t h e e i g hth a c t as r e l at e d in t h e l e g e nd .

I N T E R R OG A T IT G WHOEVER THEY M EET .

F el l C af — i s ar c h f h H
w t ( t e r u ffi an s
) al
o r n e o “

lo ,
f r i e nd ! H av e y o u s e e n any stran g e rs pass th i s
?”
way
r D
‘
7 u
_
n io e a c o n “
I h a v e ; th r e e
-
.

Fe ll o w C r a f t —“
W h at.
°
so rt o f app e ari n g m e n
”
w e r e th e y ?
j u n i’
o D
r c a c o n — “
T h e y app e ar e d t o b e work

m e n f ro m t h e t e mpl e at J e rusal e m s e e k i n g a pass

age to E th i o pia but n o t hav i n g K i n g S olo m o n s ’
,

pass w e r e u n abl e to Obta i n a passag e and r e tu rn e d

,
”
ba c k i n to t h e c ou n try .

F e llo w C r af t : — ( add r e ss i n g h i s c o m p an i o n s )
Why th e s e ar e th e v e ry m e n O f wh o m w e ar e
,

in s e arc h [tu rn
. i n g to J u n i o r D e aco n
”
] Y o u s ay
th e y r e tu rn e d b a c k i n to t h e c ou ntry ?
7 u n i o r D e a co n
‘ ”
“
T h ey d id -
.

F e llo w C ra f t
( t o h i s c o m in io n s
p
-

)
“ W hy
,
t h e s e ar e i mportan t ti d i n gs ; le t us go u p and r e p ort
”
t h i s to K i n g S ol o mon .
 ’
THE M A STE R S C AR P ET .

T h e fol l o w i n g e n gr avi n g r ep r e s e n ts th e F e ll o N

C ra fts i n te r r og at ing e v e ry o n e whom th e y m e e t

i n th e p ros ec ut i o n O f t h e i r s e a r ch , j ust as Isi s i nt e r
ro
g ate d e v e ry o n e W ho m sh e m et w h e n s e ar c h i n g fo r
th e bo dy O f O s i r i s.

H a vi n g r e p o rt e d th e i r c on v e rsati on i th th e w
“
way f ari n g m an ,
and h a vi n g r e c e iv e d stri c t in
j un c t i on f rom K i n g S ol om o n ( t h e Wo rship ful M as
”
t e r ) to b e su r e and fi nd t h e r u fli an s
“
th e y on c e ,

”
m or e c on t i n u e th e i r s e ar c h wh i c h l i k e th at o f
“
, ,

I sis i s al so pr e t e nd e d to b e l on g and w e arisom e

, .

”
T h e y pass o u t t h e pr e p arati on roo m d oor as b e
“

f or e and r e turn i n g a f t e r a short abs e n c e by way o f

t h e a n t e r oo m doo r th e y approach t h e spot wh e r e

-
,

t h e c and idat e i s lyin g O n e o f th e m pr e t e nd in g to

.
,

b e v e ry ti r e d and all f e e l i n g m or e or l e ss d e j e ct e d
,

b e c aus e o f th e f ru itl e ssn e ss o f th e i r e fforts to fi nd

 TH E M ASON IC TR A GEDY . 6
3 9

”
“
th e r u fli an s , he si ts d own n e ar t h e h e ad Of th e sup
pos e d g rav e as h e say s to r e st and r e f r e sh h i m
, ,
“

”
self H avi n g m ad e u p th e i r m i nd s to con ti nu e th e
.

s e a r ch in anoth e r d i r e cti on th i s w e ary b roth e r i s

,

cal l e d u p on to ar i s e and go alo n g an d o n att e mp t i n g

“ ”
,

e s h ol d O f t h e
to d o so ,
a cc iden ta l ly as i t w e r e cat c h ,

’
acac i a or l i ttl e c ol u m n stand i n g n e ar t h e c and id at e s
h e ad and pr e t e nd i n g to hav e pul l e d i t u p by th e roots
, ,

c all s u p on h i s co m p an i o n s to r e tu rn T h e y do . so , an d
w hi l e wond e r i n g at “
th i s s i n gul ar C i r c u m st a nc e ,

th e y h e ar t hr e e horri d e x c l am ati on s p ro c e e d i n g
f ro m th e pr e paratio n roo m -
,
and r e cog n i z i n g th e
”
vo i c e s Of th e e s c ap e d “
r u ffi an s , th e y fi n al ly rush i n ,

s e i z e and b i nd th e m and b ri n g th e m i n m oc k
c aptiv i t y b e for e K i n g S ol o m o n ( t h e W o rsh i p ful
M ast e r ) . An d thus t h e n i n th i t e m O f t h e l e g e nd
i s r e pr e s e n t e d — th e y ly
a c c ide n ta l
fi nd t h e Obj e c t O f

’
th e i r s e a r ch , j u st as I si s d i s c o v e r e d h e r h usb and s
body the fi rst ti m e .

THE SECOND SEARC H .

”
T he “
r u fli an s b e in g d i spos e d O f accord i n g to
“
anc i e n t u sag e ,
and as p r e s c rib e d i n th e s e v e ral
p e n alti e s of S y m bol i c h f as o n r y ,
th e th r e e F e l l ow
C ra fts ar e no w c o m m and e d to “
g o in s ea r c h O f the

bo dy a n d wh e n f o un d to Obs e r v e wh e th e r th e M as
’
t e r s wo rd or a key to it or an
y t h in ra
g pp e r t ain in
g
’
to th e M ast e r s d e gr e e be o n or ab out th e body .

T h i s s e c ond j ou rn e y in s e ar c h Of H i ram s body ’

37 9 THE M ASTER S CARP ET
’
.

i s to r e pr e s e nt t h e s e c ond j ourn e y u nd e rtak e n by

Isi s in s e arc h O f t h e body O f O si ris and as t h e
'

l att e r was f ound i n a m u tila te d cond i ti on so i n ,

l i k e m an n e r t h e F e l l ow C ra fts d i scov e r t h e body

of H i ra m i n a s i mi l ar co nd i tion An d thu s t h e
.

e l e v e n th and tw e l f th i n c i d e nts o f t h e O s i ri an l e g e nd

a r e r e p r e s e nt e d.H avi n g f ou nd t h e body th e y n o w ,

s e arch f o r t h e M ast e r s word o r a k e y to i t a c cord i ng

’
,

to t h e ord e rs O f K i n g S olo m on .

T he abo v e e n g ravi ng r e pr e s e nts t h e F e ll o w

C r afts — t w o saloo n k e e p e rs and a Je w p e d dl e r— as
th e y scratch and f u mbl e ov e r t h e body o f t h e d e ad
cand idat e — Doctor o f D i vi n i ty or gambl e r— p r e
’
t e nd i n g to s e a r ch fo r t h e Mast e r s word and
“

w h ich o f cours e th e y k now w e ll h e n e v e r poss e ss e d .

A ft e r a wh i l e how e v e r th e y lay hold O f t h e li tt le

, ,

lu mb pr e v i ously m e n ti on e d as b ei ng susp e nd e d
p ,

f ro m hi s n e c k and pr e t e nd i n g e v e n to b e i g norant
,

o f w hat th at i s o r to wh at e sp e c i al u s e i t m ig ht
,

b e pu t th e y co ncl ud e to r e port th e w hol e m att e r

,

t o K i n g S olo mon and “

if h e s aid n oth i n g about t h e
,
 T II E M A S ON IC T R A G E D Y .

”
Mast e r s word o r a k ey to it th e y would n ot
'

’
.
,

Th e y accord i n gly do th is and i t b e i n g th e n as ,

c e r t ain eb e yond a d oubt th at although t h e b o dy

d ,

’
w as f o u n d y e t t h e Mast e r s w o rd was u n fortu n at e ly
,

los t t h e l ast gr e at i nc i d e n t O f th is u n e arthly my st e ry

,

in its coi ncid e nc e with t h e l e g e nd O f O s iri s i s th e n

r e pr e s e nt e d .

T HE SU B S T I T U T I O N .

T heW orsh ip fu l M ast e r risi ng to h i s fe e t an d ,

v e ry r e v e r e ntly r e c e ivi ng t h e pl u mb fro m th e

broth e r who pr e s e nts i t pronou nc e s it i nd e e d th e ,
“

J e w e l O f o ur G rand M ast er H i ram Abi ff and ,

th e n contin u e s as follo w s
Th e r e can b e n o l on g e r a doubt o f hi s u n
ti m e ly e n d Y ou tw e lv e F e llo w C ra fts w i l l now
.

form a sol e m n proc e ssi on and go and ass i st m e in

raisi n g t h e body ; and my worthy c o mpani o n O f ,

Ty r e (add r e ssi n g t h e S e n i or W ard e n as H i ram

, ,
’
Ki n g O f Ty r e ) si nc e t h e M ast e r s w ord i s n ow
l ost I propos e th at t h e fi rst Si g n m ad e u po n arri v
,

i ng at t h e g rav e and th e fi rst w ord spok e n a ft e r

t h e body s hal l b e rais e d sh all b e a dop t e d as t h e ,
’
Sign and w ord fo r t h e r e g u l ation O f al l M ast e rs
lodg e s unt il fu tu r e g e n e rati on s Shal l find o u t t h e
”
r i ght . H and B ook p 1 1 9
“
,
’
. .

I n t h e myst e ri e s O f O si ris th e substi tut e w as ,

cal l e d P h a llu s i n t h e myst e ri e s o f H i ram i t i s

, ,

call e d df a h h a h bo n e And as t h e P oi nt withi n a

- -
.
“

C i rcl e r e pr e s e nts t h e P h al lus and as i t also as ,

w e h av e pr e viously l e arn e d r e pr e s e nts th e VV0 r ,

sh ip ful M ast e r , and lastl y as th e W o rship fu l M as

 ’
37 2 THE M A STE R S C ARP E T .

te r r e pr e s e nts th e su n go d r i s i n g in th e e ast th e r e
-
,

f or e i t u ndoubt e dly f ol low s th at M a h h a h bon e i s - -

t h e r e al n am e o f t h e god o f M ason ry t h e G A ,
“
. .

”
O T U O f i ts wo rship wh i ch F r e e m ason s ar e al
. . .
,

w ay s to pron ou n c e “
w i th aw e and r e v e r e nc e and ,

wh ich i n f a c t th e y ar e sol e m n ly
, , sworn n e v e r to
sp e ak abov e th e i r b r e ath and e v e n th e n only “ upo n ,

th e fi v po i nts o f fe l low ship

e A nd th i s b e i n g n u .

'

qu e st i o n ably th e c ase t h e re l ig i o n o f Mas o n ry ought

,

i n all con si st e n c y t o b e cal l e d t h e Myst e r i e s O f “

M ah h ah bon e
- - as t h e r e l i g i on o f E gypt was an
,

”
c ie n t l cal l e d th e Myst e ri e s O f O si ris
“
y .

B ut t o co n t i nu e T h e M ast e r and br e th r e n , as
.

abov e i nd i cat e d approach th e spot wh e r e t h e cand i

,

d at e h as b e e n ly i n g d u ri n g all th i s t i m e and h i s hood ,

wi n k b e i n g n o w sl i pp e d O ff th e y m arch i n sol e m n ,

proc e ss i on th r e e ti m e s around t h e pr e t e nd e d g rav e ,

”
si n gi n g a do e u
“
l f l d itt y ( “
H and B ook p , .

T h e f oll o w i n g cut i l lust rat e s th i s proc e ssi o n w ith

t h e D octor O f D ivi n i ty sti ll ly in g o n th e floor
Sh am m i n g d e ath I t i s S atu rd ay n i ght and d rawi ng
.

’
cl os e t o t w e l v e O clock Th i s m an thus ly i n g t h e r e
.

i s e xp e ct e d to occupy som e C h ri sti an pulpit o n t h e

approach i n g S abbath H o w do e s thi s pi c tu re sui t
.

y ou ? Y o u ask c an a m an b e a Mason and a

C hri st i an ? My d e ar si r an sw e r you r own qu e stion , ,

ca n t hi s m an — th is m i ni st e r —ly i n g h e re o n th e
lod ge ro o m floor h e a C h ri sti an ? He is u ndo ubt ed
 T HE M A S O N IC T R A G E D Y

ly a s w or n worshipp e r Of B aal ,
fo r i n f act he i s j ust
no w r e p r e s e nti n g th e B aal or T am m uz of t he

A nc i e n t Myst e ri e s Tell me th e n th rou gh al l h i s

,

I I it ia t o r c e r e m o n i e s th us far an d m or e e sp e c i al ly in
y ,

h is p r e s e n t posi ti on c an you say th at

, he i s a f ol l ow e r
t h e Lo rd Je sus C h ri st ?

A nd no w w h e n c e d id th i s c e r e m o ny co m e and ,

why i s i t p e r f o rm e d i n th e M aso n i c l od g e -t - roo m ?

T he an sw e r i s g iv e n as i n ,
the cas e of al l th e ot h e r
c e r e m on i e s O f M ason ry th at i t was di r e ctly bo rrow e d
,

f ro m t h e paga n r e l i gi o n Of th e “
Myst e r i e s .

In S h arp s ’ “
E gypt i a n Mythol ogy ,
p . 1 0, we

r e ad t h at

T h e d e ath O f O s i r i s w as p ro u s ly la m e n t e d by
“

Is i s and h e r s i st e r N e p h ty s ; an d o nc e a y e ar t h e
E gypti an s j oi n e d th e i r pri e sts in a m e la n c h o ly p r o
‘
ces s io n throug h t h e str e e ts , s i ng i ng a do lc u l d itt ,
y y
 ’
374 THE M A STER S C ARP E T .

c all e d th e M an e r o s o r S ong O f L ov e wh i ch w as to
”
c onsol e t h e godd e ss for th e l o s s o f h e r husband
i
.

And b e caus e t h e E gypti an sun worshipp e rs -

”
“
j o i n e d th ei r pri e sts i n a m e l ancholy pro c e ssion ,

“
si ng i ng a dol e ful d i tty i n com m e moration o f th e
d e ath o f O si ri s so th e M ason i c frat e rnity o r th e
,

mod e rn B aal wo r sh i p p e rs i n i m i t at i o n O f th e i r an c i e n t
,

br e thr e n j o i n th e i r pr i e sts in a s i m i l ar p ro c e ss i o n and

,

fo r pr e c i s e ly th e s am e purpo s e .

T he proc e ssion b e i n g e nd e d th e y agai n su r

,

”
rou nd th e body and by r e qu e st O f K i ng S olo mon “

tw o att e mpts ar e m ad e to rais e it but both fail i n

,

cons e qu e nc e o f its suppos e d putr e fact i on i n th e fi rst,

”
i nstanc e , t h e ski n Slippi ng from th e fl e sh
“
and in ,

th e oth e r “
th e fl e sh cl e avi ng fro m t h e bon e T he .

M ast e r and br e thr e n th e n kn e e l and anoth e r mock

ray e r i s m u mbl e d i n sol emn blasph e my ov e r the
p
n r o st r at e m i nist e r as r e pr e s e nt e d by t h e abo v e
 M AS ON IC S Y M B OLS .

of
e n gra vi n g At th e c l os e th i s c al l e d pray e r
.
so -

’
th e M ast e r tak e s h o l d Of th e c and id at e s r i gh t h an d
by t h e stron g grip O f a
’
M ast e r M ason ,
or “
lion s
p aw ,
as in t h ean n e x e d
fi gu r e , an d w i th t h e assi st

an c e of S e n i o r W ar
th e

de n ra i s e s h i m t o h i s fe e t
th e “
fiv e po i nts Of
on

f e l l owsh i p and wh i sp e rs
”
M a h ha h bon e
- -
i n to h i s e ar .

en
Al l th e l i ghts ar e aga i n tu rn e d o n th r i s a v ry g ,
e e e

e ral fe e i
l n g of pl e asu rabl e r e l i e f and th us as i t w a s in
,
,

th e “ Myst e ri e s SO i t i s al so i M aso n ry
,
n t h e c e r e
,

m o n i e s “ th at w e r e b e gu n i n so rro w and l am e ntat i o n ,

“
as P i e rso n e xpr e ss e s i t ( p “
T rad it ion s , .
ar e

”
n o w e nd e d i n jo y and r e j o ici n g .

T h e an n x d
e e fi gu r e c o rr e ctly
r e pr e s e nts t h e M ast e r an d c and i
d at e O n th e
“
fiv e poi nts o f fe l l ow

sh i p w h il e th i s G rand M ason ic
,
” “

w ord ” M ah h ah bon e t h e u n
- - -
,

s p e ak abl e n am e o f t h e god O f
M aso n ry i s b i n g
e co,
m m un i cat e d .

And t hus m y d e ar H e n ry e v e ry , ,

i n c id e nt e r cord e d i n t h e L e g e n d “

O f O si r i s as ’
b e i n g c on n e ct e d w i th h i s su ppos e d t rag
,

s h o f I sis an d t h e fi nd
i cal d e ath th e subs q u t
e e n e a rc ,
,

r prod uc e d I n t h e M ason i c
i n g o f h i s body rs l it e rally,
e
 ’
37 6 THE M A ST E R S C ARP ET .

dr a m a i n r e l ati on to t h e suppos e d d e ath bu r i al ,

an d

pr e t e nd e d r a is ing o f H i ram Abi ff .

O s ir is h as a v alu ab le p o s s e s s io n Hi m h ra l bl p i
as a v a u a e o s s e ss on
—a k in gdo m .
—t h M t e w d
as e r s
’
or
T yp h
.

o n an d h is fe llo w s c o n s p ir e F if t F ll w C ft
een
pi
e o ra s co n s re
ag a rn s t O s ir is . ag i t Hi
a ns m ra .

‘
T h e c o n s p ir at or s h av e a co n fl ic t T h th e fli h
r ee fli tru an s av e a co n c
w it h O
s ir i s . w it h H i m ra
O
.

s ir is is s lai n b y h is b r o t h e r H i m i l i b y h i b th
ra s s a n s ro er
T hon J b l m
yp
. u u u .

s ir is
’
b o dy is b u r ie d at th e fo o t H i m b dy i b i d t th f t
ra
’
s o s ur e a e oo
O f a t am a r in d t r e e . o f i t
an a c ac a ree.

Th ere is a firs t s e ar ch by I s is .
Th i
er e fi t s h b y th
a rs s e ar c e
F ll w C ft
e o ra s.
Ii s s acc ide n t l
y dis co v e r s th e T h F ll w C ft
e e id tly di
o ra s acc en s
bod co v e r th th flie ree r u an s .
T ere is a s e co n d s e ar c h by Th i er e d s a h b
y th s e co n s e ar c e
Is is fo r th e m u t ilate d bo d y O f F ll w C ft f th m t l t d
e o ra s or e u i a e
O s ir i s . b dy f H i m
o o ra .

I dis c o v e r s , th e body , b u t
s is
T h F ll w C ft di
e e o ra s s co v e r
one
H i m b dy b t t h M t
ra
’
s o ,
u e as e r s
’

p a r t is lo s t , w di l t
or s os .

Ki nl S lm li th \V on, a as
h ip f ? M
o o e
I s is s u b s t it u t e s th e P h allu s f o r s u t b ti t t M h»
as e r , su s u es
or
a
th e lo s t p ar t .
h all -b o n e f o r th e lo s t p ar t .

E v e ry si n gl e po i nt in th e myst e ri e s O f O si ri s h as i ts
l it e ral cou nt e rpart i n t h e myst e ri e s O f Mason ry so ,

th at no d oubt can possibly r e m ai n as to t h e absol ut e

i d e ntity o f both syst e m s E v e n th e m a n n e r o f rai sin g .

H i ra m M ason i c l od g e th e p os it ion O f t h e Wo r
in t h e ,

ship ful M ast e r ove r t h e prostrat e can d id at e ( as s e e n

on p . and t h e m e a n s adopt e d fo r h i s suppos e d
r e sto ration to l i fe — th e l ion s paw —w e r e actu al ly “ ’

r e pr e s e nt e d amo ng t h e h i e roglyph i c s O f anci e nt E gypt

and h a v e al l b e e n borrow e d f ro m th at sou rc e alon e .

T h e a cc ompany i n g co mpl e x fi gur e was cop i e d by t h e

Abb e P lu c h e f ro m t h e c oll e c t i on o f Mont fau c o n and ,

wh i ch h e says is pa i nt e d o n a m u m my at th e Aust i n
F ri ars o f L a P l a c e de s V i c to i r e s r e pr es e n t i n g t h e ,

d e ath and r e surr e c ti o n Of O s ir i s .

 A S O N IC SY M B O L S 37 7
‘

M .

T hes i g n o f L e o o r th e lio n i s t ran s form e d i n to a

, ,

c ou ch upo n wh i ch O si ri s i s l aid o u t as d e ad u nd e r
, ,

wh i ch ar e th r e e c anop i o f various c apa ci ti e s d e n oti n g ,

t h e stat e o f t h e N i l e at d i ffe r e nt p e ri od s T h e fi rst i s .

t e rm i nat e d by th e h e ad of th e d og star wh ich g iv e s

~

warn ing of th e approach o f th e o v e rflow o f th e r iv e r ;

'

th e s e cond by t h e h e ad o f t h e h aw k t h e sy m bol o f
, ,

t h e E t e s i an w i nd wh i c h t e nd s to sw e l l t h e wat e rs and
, ,

th e th i rd by th at
,
of the V i rg i n , wh ic h i nd icat e s th at
wh e n th e su n h ad pass e d th at si g n t h e i n un dat i o n
would h a v e n e arly subsid e d T o th i s i s su p e radd e d a
.

l arg e An ub i s —th ed og star— W h o w i th an e mph at ic

-
,
'

g e st u r e , t u r n in g towards I s is w h o has an e m pty th ro n e

,

f
‘
z fie Z ion ,
'

h e r h e ad,in tim ate s th at 1166 s a n ,6 M e az d o

on y
h ad c l e ar e d th e d i ffic ul t p ass of th e tro p ic of C a n c e r,
37 8 T HE M
’
ASTE R S C AR P ET .

and was n o w i n t h e S i g no f th e l att e r and al though i n ,

a stat e o f e xh austi on would soon b e i n a cond ition

,

to pro c e e d o n h i s way to th e S out h It i s th rough th e .

i n strum e ntal ity o f L eo that O s i ris th e su n god i s ,

-
,

r e l i e v e d f ro m h i s p e ri lous c ond i ti on T h e strong pa w .

o f t h e lio n w r e sts h i m f ro m t h e cl utch e s o f T h on or

yp ,

t h e s p i r i t o f n ight and d ark n e ss and pl ac e s h i m i n his

,

wont e d c ours e An ubis t h e do g star i s t h e he ral d o f

.
,
-
,

th i s e v ent
( pag
se ee H e r e w e s e e t h e ar c h e typ e

of the r a is i n
g o r r e storatio n o f o u r G rand M ast e r

H i ra m b v th e stron g grip o r l ion s paw , and i t wi ll

“ ’

b e s e e n th at t h e pos i t i on o f t h e Worship ful M ast e r ,

wh e n i n t h e a c t o f rai s i n g th e c an didate ( as o n p 3 7 5) .

i s a fac s i m il e o f that o f A n ubi s o v e r t h e body o f

-

’
O si r i s ( F e l lo w s Myst e ri e s p , .

W e m ay d isti ngui sh two poi nts i n t h e h e av e ns says ,

D up u is w h e n e xpl ai ni n g t h e philosophy o f t h e O si ri a n
,

Myst e ri e s “ whi ch l i m i t t h e du rati on o f t h e cr e ativ e

,

acti o n o f th e su n and th e s e t w o po i nts ar e t hos e wh e r e

.

t h e n i gh t and t h e d ay a r e o f e qu al l e ngth S carc e ly .

h as t h e su n i n hi s an n u al rout e attai n e d o n e o f th e s e
poi n ts th an an acti v e and p rol i fic f o rc e app e ars to
e m an at e f ro m h is ray s and to co m mu n i c at e m ov e m e n t

and l i fe to al l subl un ary bodi e s wh i c h h e bri n gs to

l igh t by a n e w org an i zation I t i s th e n t hat t h e r e s
.

u r r e c t io n o f t h e god tak e s pl a c e and wi th h is t h at o f , ,

al l n at u r e H avi n g arri v e d at th e Opposi t e poi nt th at

.

”
pow e r s e e m s t o aband o n h i m an d n a t u r e ( or Isis )
“ b e co m e s s e nsibl e o f h i s w e akn e ss I t i s Atys whos e .

muti l ati on Cyb e l e d e pl or e d ! It i s Ad on is wou nd e d

i n t h e v i ril e parts o f wh ich V e n us r e gr e tt e d t h e loss ;
i t i s O si ris pr e cipitat e d in t h e to mb o f Typhon and ,
 M A S O N IC S Y M B O LS .
3 79

whos e o rgans o f g e n e rat i o n th e d i s c o nsol at e I s i s n e v e r

f o u n df ’

And I shall add as th e m od e r n c ou n t e rpart o f e i th e r

, ,

i t i s Hi ram Abi ff ,
“
bu r i e d i n a gra v e d u g du e e ast an d
”
w e st s i x fe e t p e rp e ndic ul ar
, ,
w i t h th e su pp os e d l oss of

’
the M ast e r s wo rd . T h i s an d th i s o n ly i s
, ,
th e t ru e
i n t e rpr e tat i o n of the M aso n i c d ra m a . T h rou gh th e
’
fe c und at i n g p ow e r of the sun s rays n a tu r e as i t w e r e ,
, ,

b eco m e s p r e g nant i n S r i ng and S u m m e r and br i n gs

p ,

f orth i n Autu m n and h e n c e i n t h e P agan myth ol ogy

,

of E gypt ,
th e e a r l/z , o r m o r e pro p e rly n atu r e ,
w as re
p
r e s e n t e d as af e m ale an d a godd e ss and d e s i g n at e d by ,

t h e n am e o f I s i s wh i l e “ th e f e c u nd at i n g an d f e r tiliz
,

i n g pow e r of th e su n w as r e p r e s e n t e d as a m a le and ,

the chi e f d e i ty ,
or th e rul e r and gov e rn or of n atu r e ,
and w as c al l e d O si r i s or B aal . But w hen th e su n
r e ach e s th e Autu m n al e q u i n ox h i s prol i fi c p ow e rs

see m to d e c ay and as
,
he pass e s f arth e r S outh h i s ray s
b e c o m e w e ak e r an d w e ak e r , u n til at las t , du r in g t h e w i n

te r m o nths n atu r e b e c o m e s e nti r e ly barr e n

, . Typh on ,

or th e g e n i us o f e vi l and d ark n e ss h as fi n al ly pr e v a i l e d
,

o ve r th e su n god a nd O s i r i s i s sl a i n
-
, . H e i s r e sto r e d
‘
ain , n o w e v e r by t h e s i gn L eo o r t h e l i o n s p aw “ ’
a
g , , ,

a ft e r th e v e rn al e q ui n ox wh e n t h e e arth o n c e m o r e
,

r e j oi c e s i nto bloo m and Ty p ho n ,

or W i nt e r i s o v e r
co me . T he
su p pos e d c o n fli c t b e tw e e n day a n d n ig b i ,

or l i ght and d ark n e ss wh ic h r e cu rs th rou g h th e

,

d i u rn al m ot i on of th e e arth , w as anoth e r ph e n o m e no n
 ’
3 8 0 THE M ASTE R S CA R P ET .

wh i ch ga v e r i s e to th i s phi l osoph i c al myth as al r e ady ,

i l l ustrat e d and e xplai n e d on pp 3 58 and 3 59 T his

. .

i s th e sa m e d e ath an d r e su rre cti on so graphi cally

r e pr e s e nt e d i n th e M ast e r M ason s d e gr e e by ’

t h e pr e t e n d e d d e ath and bu ri al o f t h e cand id at e

an d h is sub qu nts e e r a is i n
g by t h e “
p aw o f t h e l ion ,

and t h e go d r e cogn i z e d i n th is P aga n ph il osophy

th e god o f n atu r e or t h e f e cu nd ati n g pow e r o f t h e
,

sun — i s t h e g od to who m pray e rs ar e o ffe r e d i n

M ason i c worsh ip T h e nam e s g i v e n to this fi cti tious
.

d e i ty as h as b e e n al r e ady C x pl ai n e d w e r e d i ffe r e n t
, ,

i n d i ffe r e n t coun tr i e s s o that th e B aal o f S am ari a

,

was th e O si ris o f E gypt and i s u nqu e st i on ably th e

,

H i ra m o f Mason ry I n t h e e ighth chapt e r o f E z e ki e l

.

thi s idol i s d e si g n at e d by t h e n am e o f T a m m u z and , ,

as w e sh al l se e h e r e a ft e r i s t h e s e l f sam e d e i ty whom
,
-

e v e ry M aso n ,
m i n i st e r as w e ll as r u m s e l l e r m ust
,
-
,

p e rson at e in t h e subl i m e myst e r i e s o f t h e thi rd

'

d e g re e .
 C H AP T E R X V I I .

T A M M uz .
— I de ntical w lt h H i ram —Hi s s e c r e t
. w or

sh i p r e v e al e d to E z e k ie l .
- T he a c ac i a or e ve r
gr e e n .
- T he b e aut i fu l v i rg i n —T . he al l s e e i n g
-

e
y
— F
e.orty s e v e nth
p robl em -
of E ucl i d .
—C o rn
,

w i n e and ,
o il. -
R o m an i sm and M aso n ry c o m
par e d —T . he b e ast an d h i s i m ag e — C as e sub .

m it te d -
’
H e n ry s r e sol v e .

Th e n h e b rough t m e to t h e doo r o f t h e gat e o f th e

’
L o rd s h o u s e w h ic h was to w ard t h e n orth and b e h ol d
, ,
”
th e r e sat w o m e n w e e pi n g fo r T a m mu z ( E z e ki e l .

v i ii .

N ow w ho , w as th i s T a m m u z ? W hat d id he re
p re

s nt
e ,
if a nyth i n g ? An d wh at i s m e ant by wo m e n “

w e e pi n g fo r him ? Y ou w i l l r e m e mb e r m y d e ar ,

H e n ry th at i t h as b e e n d e m on st rat e d ov e r an d o v e r
,

ag a i n as cl e arly as possibl e th at ,
th e O s i ris of the o ld

E g y pti an Myst e ri e s and t h e H i ram of m od e rn F r e e

m ason ry ar e o n e and th e sam e ; also th at O si r i s and
,

Ad on i s w e re but d i ffe r e n t n am e s appl i e d by p e opl e

o f d i ffe r e n t cou n tri e s to t h e sam e pr i n ci pl e — t h e su n

god o r ,
“
t h e fe c u nd ati n g an d f e rtil i z i n g pow e rs of

n atu r e . N o w , le t us e x am i n e wh a t F r e e m aso n ry
h as to say c o n c e rn i n g T ammu z and h i s i d e n ti ty w i th
th e h e ro god o r t h e B aal o f t h e ol d P agan Myst e ri e s
-
.

”
I n t h e L e x i c on o f F r e e m ason ry by M ack e y p
“
, , .

1
9 ,
I r e ad ;
 ’
3 8 THE M A STER S C ARP ET .

A D ON I S , M Y S T E R I E S O F — “
T Myst e ri e s wh ich he ,

i n E gypt t h e c radl e o f al l t h e P aga n rit e s h ad b e e n

, ,

c on s e crat e d to O si ri s i n passi n g ov e r i nto P h ce n ic ia

w e r e d e d ic at e d to Ad on i s A do n is in t h e P h oe n ici an
.
,

l an guag e l i k e Ad on i n th e C ogn at e H e b r e w s ign i

, , ,

fi e s L ord o r M ast e r T H E I D OL T A M M Uz m en
.
,

t io n e d in t h e e i ghth ch apt e r o f E z e ki e l was c o n ,

s ide r e d by J e ro m e and a ft e r hi m by P arkhu rst , as

,
”
id e n ti cal with Adon i s .

Agai n i n t h e S y m b o lis m o f F r e e m ason ry p 3—4

,
f‘
, .

“
I n t h e mythology o f t h e p h ilOS O p h e l S Adon i s w as ‘

a s m b o l o f t h e su n bu t h i s d e at h b vi ol e n c e and
y , y ,

h i s subs e qu e n t r e storati on to l i fe m aa e nim t /i e a n a ,

’

log a e qf H i r a m A éif i n M e M a s o n i c sy s te m and

id e nti fy t h e Spi rit o f t h e i ni ti ati o n i n h is Myst e ri e s ,

wh i ch w as to t e ach t h e s e cond l i fe wi th that o f th e

th i rd d e g r e e o f F r e e m ason ry .

F ro m al l th i s t e sti m ony th e n wh ich c oul d b e , ,

e asi ly mul tipl i e d you w il l at o n c e p e rc e i v e th at

,

T am m uz a nd Adon i s ar e id e n ti cal an d i n as much as ,

H i ram O s i ri s and Adon is ar e al so id e ntical th e r e f o r e

, , ,

i t u n q u e st i onably f oll ows th at t h e H ira m o f th e M as

t e r M aso n s d e gr e e i s pr e ci s e ly t h e sam e charact e r as
’

th at f o rm e rly worsh ip e d b v t h e wi ck e d and r e b e ll

i ous J e w s u nd e r t h e n am e o f T am m u z .

B ut w e h a v e y e t a fu lle r e Xp lan atio n con c e rni ng t h e

wo rshi p o f this idol t h e l am e ntat i o n m ad e f o r hi m by
,

t h e wo m e n o f j ud ah and h is absol ut e i d e ntity with

,

G o dw y n
’
Ah ab s t i me in
’
th e B aal of
“
s, Mo se s and
Aaron , as f ol lows
“ T h e su n was al so worsh i p e d by t h e hous e o f J u dah

u nd e r th e n am e o f T a m m u z fo r T am mu z saith , ,

H ie r o m ,
was A do n i s
,
and A don i s i s g e n e rall y i nt e r
 M A S O N I C S Y M B O LS . 8
3 3

’
r e te d th e H e b r e w word A a a n s ig n i
su n , f ro m th e
p ,

fy in g a o m in u s t h e sam e as B aal o r M ol o c h f o r
’
, , ,

m e rly d id t h e Z o r a o r p r in c e of t /z e p la n e ts T h e
’
.

m o nth W h ic h w e ca ll J u n e w as by t h e H e b r e w s ,

m i l l e d T am m uz ; and t h e e ntran c e o f t h e su n i nto t h e

ig n canc e r w as i n J e ws ast ron o m y t e rm e d T e kup fi a
’
S

T am m uz t h e r e vol uti o n o f T am m uz
,
About t h e .

1 me o f o u r S avi ou r t h e J e ws h e l d i t u n l aw f ul t o
,

r o n oun c e th at e ss e n ti al n am e o f G O d e h o v ah ; and
p J ,

in st e ad th e r e o f r e ad Adon ai to pr e v e n t t h e h e ath e n
, ,

b lasph e m i n g th at h o ly n am e by t h e ad opt i o n o f t h e
n a m e J ov e e tc to t h e i d ol s C o n c e r n in g A do n iS
,
.
, .
,

w ho m so m e an c i e n t w rit e rs c all O si ri s th e r e ar e t w o ,

t hi n gs r e m ark abl e T h e d e ath o r l oss o f Ad on i s and

.
, ,

t h e fi nd i n g o f h i m agai n ; a s th e r e w as g r e at la m e n t a

ti o n at h i s l oss SO was th e r e g r e at j oy at h i s fi nd i n g
,
.

By t h e d e ath o r loss o f Ad on i s w e ar e to u nd e rstand ,

t h e d e partu r e o f t h e su n ; by h i s fi nd i n g agai n th e ,

r e tu rn o f th at l u m i n ary N o w h e s e e m e th to d e part .

t w i c e i n t h e y e ar ; fi rst wh e n h e I S i n t h e tropi c o f can

,

c e r i n t h e f a rth e st d e g r e e n o rth ward ; and s e cond ly

, , ,

w h e n h e i s i n t h e t r O p ic o f c apri co rn in t h e f arth e st ,

d e g r e e southward H e n c e w e m ay n ot e th at t h e .
, ,

E gypti an s c e l e b rat e d th e i r Ad on a i i n t h e m o n th O f
N ov e mb e r wh e n t h e su n b e g an t o b e f arth e st south
,

w ard and t h e hous e o f Jud ah t h e i rs i n t h e m o n th o f

,

Ju n e wh e n t h e su n w as f arth e st n orth ward ; y e t both

,

w e r e f o r t h e sam e r e ason s S o m e auth o rs s ay th at th i s .

l a m e n tatio n w as p e r fo rm e d ov e r an im ag e i n t h e n i gh t
s e ason
; a nd W h e n th e y h ad s u fii c ie n t ly l a m e n t e d a ,

cand l e was b rought i nto t h e roo m w h i ch c e r e m ony ,

m ight mysti cal ly d e n ot e th e r e tu rn o f t h e s un th e n t h e ,

pri e st wi th a so f t v oi c e m utt e r e d th e s e w o rd s T r u s t
, , ,

e in G oa
’
y f o r ou t o
f p ,a i n s s a lv a t i o n i s co m e t o u s .
’

W e le ar n f ro m th i s corroborat iv e te stim o n y th e n th at , ,

th e idol atrou s J e ws i n J e rusal e m wo rshi p e d th e su n

g od u nd e r th e name o f T a mm u z , th at th e y m ad e an
 8
3 4 THE M A STE R S CAR P ET
’
.

i m ag e of a m an wh ich th e y l aid out ( on a b e d o f le t

,

tu ce ) as d ad th at l am e ntation was m ad e i n th e n i gh t
e ,
“

s e ason ov e r th i s suppos e d d e ad body and th at t h e ,

b e i n g so r e pr e s e nt e d as d e ad w as i n oth e r cou ntri e s

r e cog n i z e d as O si ri s B aal or Ado n is I n t h e Mast e r
, .

M ason s d e gr e e th e r e i s pr e c i s e ly t h e s am e sc e ni c r e p
’

r e se n t at io n ,
as w e h av e al r e ady s e e n A m an i s sl ai n .

by v i ol e n c e and i s l aid out as d e ad Th i s tragi c p e r .

f o r m an c e i s i nvari ably at ni ght ; th e l od g e roo m i s

sh roud e d i n gl oom and d arkn e ss gri e f and l am e nta ,

ti on fo r t h e l oss o f th e h e ro god i s e v e rywh e r e appar

-

e n t, and at l ast wh e n a su ffi ci e nt ti m e has e l aps e d

, ,
the

su n go d or H i ram i s agai n r e sto r e d to l i fe l i ght i s

-
, , ,

i ntroduc e d and i n th e l an gu ag e o f H utchi nson as i n

, ,

th e abov e e xtract th e can did at e i s rai s e d f ro m t h e

,
“

g rav e o f i n iqu ity to t h e f aith o f sal vation T hus .

,

th e n th e r e can b e n o qu e stio n wh at e v e r as to t h e
,

id e nt i ty o f T a m m uz with t h e H i ram o f M ason ry and ,

n e ith e r can th e r e b e any doubt as to t h e absol ut e

id ol atry o f M ason i c worsh ip and i ts posit i v e and
e mph ati c cond e m n atio n by t h e Word o f God And .

i nasm u ch as God hi ms e l f n ot on ly r e v e al e d to E z e k i e l
t h e s e cr e t myst e ri e s o f t h e Ta m mu z worship but also
.

p ronou n c e s i n v e rs e,
e i ght e e n a m ost t e rribl e j udg ,

m e nt o n t h e wi ck e d and back sl idd e n w o r s h ip e r s s o w e -

,

ar e u ndoubt e dly to l e arn f rom t h e sam e Sc riptur e s th at

i t i s h i s d iv i n e w ill th at th e s ecr e t myst e ri e s o f H i ram

'

o d
sh ul be a lso r ev e al e d , an d th at the f als e and id ol a
 M A S ON IC S Y N B OL S .

t rous w o rshi p O f th at an cie n t ido l( th o u gh u n d e r a m od

e r n n am e
) b c f or e v e r ban i sh e d f ro m h is c h u rc h an d

f ro m a ny fe l lowsh ip wh at e v e r w i th t h e G osp e l o f
C h ri st .

B ut th e r e i s y e t an oth e r i m portan t l i n k w hi c h c o n
n e c ts t h e O s i r ian and H ir a m ic myst e r i e s an d w h i ch ,

d e m onstrat e s sti ll f u rth e r th at t h e i d ol at rous wo rs hi p

w h ic h u s e d to b e practi c e d i n J e rusal e m i n h o n o r o f ,

T a m m u z i s l i t e rally r e prod uc e d to d ay in F r e e m a
,
-

so n ry an d i s e n gag e d i n by t hos e m in ist e r s c laS S l e ad

, ,
-

e rs , S u nd ay school sup e r i nt e n d e n ts an d o t h e r p r o
-

f e ssi n g C h ri sti ans w h o i n t h e m ad n e ss O f th e i r bl i n d

, ,

f ol ly vol u ntar i ly sw e ar e t e rn al all e g i an c e t o t h e

,

de S p o t ic l a w s an d e d ic ts of th at stup e nd o u s syst e m .

In w i tn e ss in g M ason i c f un e ral s y ou h av e d oubtl e ss

obs e rv e d th at e v e ry m e mb e r o f t he f rat e rn i ty c arri e s
a sp r ig qf ev e r g r e e n wh i ch h e fi n al ly d e po s i ts in
,

th e g rav e of th e d e c e as e d w i th,
th e e x c l am at i o n ,

”
“
Al as my broth e r !
,
T his e v er
g r e en i s th e a ca c i a s o

’
O ft e n m e n tio n e d i n th e r i tu al of th e M ast e r M aso n s
d e gr e e and wh i ch i s suppos e d
, to h a v e b e e n p l an t e d
’
at th e h e ad o f the grav e w h e r e H iram s body i s s a i d
to h av e b e e n bu r i e d , and whi c h also le d t o th e

a cc ide n ta l d i s c o v e ry o f h i s r e m a i n s .
( S ee H and
book p , . C on c e rn i n g t h e or i gi n of th i s M ason ic
e mbl e m and ,
th e r e aso n w h y i t occupi e s p r ominen t so

a posi t i on both in t h e l od g e an d an d r i tu al w e ha v e
'

th e f oll o w i n g e xpl anati o n f ro m our M ason i c t e a c h e rs .

”
In th e “
T rad ition s Of F r e e m ason ry ,
by P i e rso n , p .

20
7, we r e ad as f ol lows
 3 8 6 THE M A STE R S C AR P ET ’
.

“ I n al l t h e an ci e nt s
y s t e m s o f r e lig i o n and my s t e r i es
o f i n i t i a t io n th e r e was alway s so m e o n e lan t c o n s e
p
c rat e d i n t h e m i nds o f t h e worship e rs and parti ci pants
by a p e c u l i ar sym bol i sm and th e r e f or e h e ld i n e x t r ao r
,

d in a r y v e n e ratio n as a sac r e d e mbl e m T h us t he .

,

i vy was us e d i n t h e m y st e ri e s o f Di onysius t h e my r t le ,

i n thos e o f C e r e s t h e er ica or ne a t /z i n t h e O si ri an
, , ,

t h e le tt u c e i n t h e A do n is ia n t h e m is le to e i n t h e C e lti c
, ,

and t h e lot u s o r wat e r l ily i n thos e o f Ind i a and

,
-
,

E gypt T h e coi ncid e nt sy mbol o f F r e e m asons i s

.

”
t h e cassia o r a ca c i a
, .

And agai n o n pag e 2 1 2 .

“
O n e fac t i s ad m i tt e d that t h e M ason i c sprig ( o f
,

acaci a ) i s a substitut e fo r t h e l otus t h e e ri ca t he i vy , , ,

t h e my rtl e t h e m isl e to e e tc
,
t h e sac r e d pl an t O f t h e
, .
,
”
A nci e n t Myst e ri e s .

T h i s i s pr e cis e ly t h e v e ry s am e e v e rg r e e n sh rub or
ar a n c /z wh ich i s al so r e fe rr e d to i n E z e ki e l V 1 1 1 I 7
, .
,

an d t h e r e l i gi ous s e rvi c e s and s e cr e t myst e ri e s wi th

w hic h that e mbl e m w as associ at e d i n J e rusal e m by ,

t h e i d ol atrous J e w s ar e pr e c i s e ly t h e sam e r e l igious

,

c e r e m on i e s and t h e sam e s e c r e t myst e r i e s w i th wh ich

, ,

i t i s co n n e ct e d i n o u r o w n d ay i n t h e Mason i c l odg e .

“ I s i t a l i gh t th i n g f o r t h e ”
ho u s e o f Judah says ,

e hovah Sp e ak i n g to t h e proph e t that t h e y com

J
“
, ,

m i t t h e abo m i n ati ons whi ch th e y com m i t h e r e ? F o r

th e y h av e fil l e d t h e l and wi th vi ol e n c e and h av e ,

r e t urn e d to provok e m e to ang e r and l o t /i ey p u t t /z e , ,

”
or a n c /z t o t /z e i r n o s e ( E
. z e ki e l vi i i .

Th is er a n c n i s th e a ca c ia o f F r e e m aso n ry and i t i s ,

al so t h e p a lm o r e v e r g r e e n o f t h e f als e worsh ip o f
Ro me .

B ut to conclud e ou r i nv e sti gat i o n o f

,
th e subl i m e (
my st e ri e s of H i ram Ab i ff I Sh all o ffe r a
,
fe w m or e
 M ASON IC SYM B OLS . 8
3 7

proo fs th ough i n a col l e c t iv e f o rm

, ,
f ro m t h e e m bl e m s
’
of th e M ast e r M aso n s de g r e e ( an d th e s e Sh al l b e the
l ast ) to Sh ow th at not e v e n t h e m ost m i n u t e part i c ul ar
i s w anti n g to d e m on strat e th e absol ut e i d e n t ity
,
Of o u r

mod e rn syst e m of F re e m ason r y w i th th e o ld B aal or

T am m u z o r O si ri an worshi p
,
of the “
myst e r i e s .

T HE H I E R O G L Y P H IC F I G U R E .

T he ac c o m panyi n g fi gu r e occupi e s a con spi cu o u s

’
and pro m i n e n t pl ac e o n th e “
M ASTER S C AR P ET in

e v e ry M as o n ic l od g e roo m and i n e v e ry M ason ic M an

3 8 8 THE M ASTER S CARP ET ’
.

u al of any n ot e th roughout th e world . I t c o n sis ts , as

”
we ar e i n form e d i n ri tual ( se e H and book p
th e “ -
, .

of a b e auti ful v i rgi n w e e pi n g ov e r a b r ok e n

“

col u m n B e fo r e h e r a book Op e n ; i n h e r right h and a n

.

acac ia i n h e r l e f t a n u r n ; b e h in d h e r T i m e stand i n g
, , ,

u n f oldi n g h e r ri n gl e ts a n
”
d cou nti n g h e r h a ir Now .
,

wh at i s t h e r e al o ri g i n o f thi s fi gur e ? W ho fi rst i nt ro

du ce d i t i nto hI as o n ry ? A nd wh e nc e was t h e id e a o f
th i s e m bl e m borro w e d ?
’
I ts tru e h i story i s f ou nd i n P i e rson s “ T rad itio ns
o f F r e e m ason ry p 2 2 0 as fol lows
,
.
,

“
Wi th i n t h e l ast fi fty y e ars t h e r e has b e en add e d to
t h e Am e ri ca n e mbl e ms o f F r e e m a s on ry that wh i ch i s
so m e ti m e s t e rm e d a h i e rogl y phi cal fi gu r e a fe m al e
‘ ’
-

w e e pi n g ov e r a b r o k e n c o lu m n a book op e n b e f or e h e r ; ,

i n h e r ri ght h and a S pri g i n h e r l e f t an u r n ; T im e ,

stand i n g b e h i nd h e r wit h his fi ng e rs e n fold e d i n t h e

ri n gl e ts o f h e r h ai r T /z is fi g u r e w a s des ig n e d by
.

t h e R e v Jo n at h a n N y e f o r t h e H i e r og ly p / i c M o n i
.
,
z

to r p u bl i sh e d by J e r e my L C ross i n 1 8 1 9
,
T ne .
, .

i de a do u é tles s w a s d e r i v e d f r o m t /z e leg e n d o
f [ s is

w e e pi ng at Byblos ov e r t h e col u m n torn f ro m t h e

,

pal ac e o f t h e k i n g wh ich con tai n e d t h e body o f

,

O si ris whil e H o r as t h e god o f Ti m e pours ambrosi a

, , ,
”
o n h e r hai r
( S ee p
. .

T HE A L L SE E I N G E Y E -
.

T he Abb e P lu c h e in r e fe r ,

r i n g to O si ri s t h e c h e if d e i ty
,

o f t h e E gypti an s i n h is
“
H is ,

t o ry f
o t /z e H e a v en s ( H i s

t or i e da C ie l ) , g o es o n to r e l at e
th at
 M ASONIC S YM B OLS .

“ Th at lu m i n ar y ( th e su n ) as i t w as th e g r and e st ,

ob j e ct i n n atu r e h ad al so i ts p e cu l i ar ch aract e r o r
, ,

m ark in t h e sy mbol i cal w ri ti n g I t was cal l e d O si ri s

. . .

T h i s word accord i n g to t h e m ost j ud i cious and m ost

,

l e a rn e d a m on g t h e a nci e nts si g n i fi e d t h e in s p e ct o r th e , ,

coach m an o r t h e le ade r t /z e é ing t h e gu ide t h e m od e r

, , , ,

ato r o f th e s t a r s t /z e s o u l of t /z e w o r ld t /z e g o v e r n o r of
, ,
”
T h e g od o f M ason i c w orsh ip i s t e rm e d t h e
n a tu r e .
(
“
G r e at A rchi t e c t o f t h e U n i v e rs e — t h e “ S u p r e m e
”

R ul e r o f t h e F ro m t h e e n e rgy o f t h e “

t e rms o f w hi c h i t w as co mpos e d i t s ig n ifi e d in g e n e ral , ,

t h e gov e rn o r o f t h e e arth whi ch a m ou n ts to t h e sam e ,

s e n s e A n d i t i s b e c au s e th e y g av e t h at n am e an d
.

f un ct i o n t o t h e s u n th at i t w as e xpr e ss e d i n th e i r w r i t
i n g so m e ti m e s by t h e fi gu r e o f a m an b e ar i n g a s e e p
t r e so m e ti m e s by th at o f a coa c h m an carry i n g a whi p
’

, ,
”
pl ai n ly by A N E Y E S al so P i e rso n s
’
or , ( ee .
, ,
“
T rad i t i on s p 2 3 1 wh e r e t h e sam e a cc ou n t i s
,
.
,

l i t e ral ly g i v e n ) .

T h i s th e n i s t h e or i g i n o f t h e M aso n i c e mbl e m
, ,

c all e d t h e Al l S e e i n g E ye w hic h as w e h a v e s e e n
“ ” -
, , ,

i s n oth i n g m or e t h an a sy mbol o f t h e su n m ad e u se ,

o f by t h e an c i e n t E gypt i an s and f ro m th e m d e sc e nd e d ,

t o t h e M asons T o m ak e i t r e pr e s e n t t h e tru e G od
.

w oul d b e i n d i r e ct v i ol at i o n o f t h e D ivi n e c o m m a n d .

S ee Ex xx I sa x 1 18
( .
4 5 ; .
, . .
,

THE F O RTY SE V E NTH - P R OB LEM OF E UCLID .

A nd n ow ,
as to th e t ru e o r i g i n o f th e F orty s e v e nth
-

P robl e m o f E u c l i d as a M ason ic e mbl e m ,

an d th e l ast
to wh ic h I d e e m i t n e c e ssary to r e fe r .

I n t h e T rad i t i on s o f F r e e m aso n ry ,
“

by P i e rson p 8 3 I r e ad as fol lows

, .
,

“
T he
myst e r i e s am on g t h e C h i n e s e and
Japan e s e c am e f ro m I nd ia an d h ad s i m ,
 ’
39 0 THE M ASTE R S C ARP E T .

ilar ri t e s . T h e e q u ila t e r a l t r ia ng le w as o n e o f th e i r
”
s m b o ls
y ( as i t i s i n so was t h e m sti
y
cal Y , b oth al l u di n g to t h e T ri u n e G od , and t h e l att e r
b e i n g t h e i n e ff abl e n am e o f D e i ty , and f o r w hich sym
bol t h e m od e rn Mason s h av e s u bsti t u t e d t h e F o rty ~

s e v e nth P robl e m o f E u c lid fr o m i ts si m il ari t y i n Shap e

, ,
”
h a v i n g l ost th e e xpl an ati on o f t h e o ri gi n al symbol .

E v en th esy mbol o f c o r n w in e and o il us e d i n al l , ,

M ason i c con s e crations and wh ich i s al so m e nt i on e d

,

i n t h e r i tu al o f t h e s e cond d e g r e e as r e fe rri ng to t h e ,

wag e s o f a F e llow C ra ft or to M ason ic truth i s bor , ,

row e d f ro m t h e old Baal wo rship o f t h e m y ste r ie s an d ,

i s all ud e d to by H os e a w h e n r e provi n g t h e Isra e l itish

,

C hu rch f o r h e r w i c k e d i dol atri e s

“
F or s h e d i d n ot k n ow that I ga v e h e r c or n and
w i n e and o i l and m ultipl i e d h e r si l v e r and g old which
, ,
”
s h e pr e par e d f o r B aal H os e a ii
( . .

T h e r e i s b u t o n e key wh ich can u n lock t h e r e al s e cr e t

o f F r e e m aso n ry ,
and but o n e s o u r ce f ro m w h ic h to
obta i n t h e tru e m e ani ng o f al l M asoni c sy m b o lis m an d ,

th at key and that s o u r c e ar e pl ai nly f u rn i sh e d u s i n t h e

f oll owi n g e xt ract f rom o n e Of t h e stand ard and m ost
,

pop ul ar m a n u a ls o f t h e ord e r .

’
I n th e G e n e ral Ahi man R e zon or F r e e m aso n s
“
,

”
G uid e by D S ickl e s 3 3 p 56 w e r e ad as fol lo w s
,
O
,
.
,

“
It i s o u r d u t y th e n to m ak e F r e e m as o n r y t h e
, ,

obj e c t o f a p r o f o u n d study W e m ust consul t t h e .

P ast W e must stand by t h e sarcoph agus o f t h e

.

m u rd e r e d but r e stor e d O si ri s i n E gypt ; e nt e r t h e

, , ,

cav e rn s o f P hrygi a and hold co m mun io n wi th t h e

C ab ir i ; p e n e t r at e t h e C ol l e gi a F ab r o r u m o f anci e nt
R om e and work in t h e mysti c ci r c l e s o f S idon I n
,
.
 M A S O N I C SY M B O L S .
39 1

a word w e m ust pu rsu e o u r r e s e arch e s u nt i l w e fi nd

,

t h e T H O U G H T that lay i n t h e m i nd s o f t hos e wh o

cr e at e d t h e i n sti tut i o n an d f ou nd e d o u r my st e r i e s .

”
T b e n w e s /z a ll k n ow p r e ci s e ly w h at th e y m e an .

T h i s i s e x a c tl y wh at w e h a v e d o n e and th e r e sul t ,

i s b e for e y o u W e h a v e c ar e f ully e x a m i n e d e v e ry part

.

o f t h e M ason i c syst e m and ph i l osoph y f ro m t h e c a ble

”
to w and h oodw in k O f th e a r a t io n r oo m , and th e
p p
“
re

”
“
L e ss e r M yst e ri e s to th e gra v e of O s i ri s as w e ,
s aw

it du g on th e brow of a h i l l and h is bo dy buri e d at

th e f oot of a ta m ar i n d t r e e . W e h av e t rac e d bac k
e v e ry c e r e m ony accoun t e d ,
fo r e v e ry sy m bol ,
an d
po i nt e d out the t ru e sou rc e an d si gn i fi c an c e of al l its

e mbl e m s . W e h av e stood by th e suppos e d c o uc h of

T a m mu z o r Adon is i n J e rusal e m and h e ard t h e

, , ,

l am e n tati o ns m ad e o v e r h i m by t h e w om e n o f J ud ah .

W e hav e b e e n to W i ld e rn e ss o f S i n an d to t h e
the ,

pl ai ns Of I nd i a an d P e rsi a and h a v e wi tn e ss e d w i th
, ,

l oath i n g and d i sgu st ,

th e l asc i v ious w orsh i p of B aal

P oo rand t h e L ig n a m W e h av e e v e n k n e l t b e fo r e t h e
.

bl az i n g al tars o f P op e ry sat as att e n t i v e l i s t e n e rs in

,

th e C ou n c ils o f L at e ran and T r e n t , an d h av e ran sac k e d

th e m usty o ld d ocu m e nts O f t he V ati can . W e h av e
d on e pr e c i s e ly w hat M aso nry i ts e l f c o m m an ds u s to
d o an d as th e r e sul t o f o u r e x am i n at i o n a nd study
,

wh at h a v e w e fou nd ? W e h a v e d e m on st rat e d b e yo nd
th e poss i b i l i ty of a d oubt or contrad i ct i on th at F r e e ,

m ason ry both i n whol e and i n part i s l i t e ral ly and ,

truly th e s e c r e t w o rsh i p of B aal ,

or th e su n -
g od
,
as
39 2 THE M A STE R S C A RP ET
’
.

that w o rsh i p us e d to be pract ic e d a mon g th e o ld

P ag an n at i o ns ,
an d that R om an is m i s i ts e xact cou n
te r p ar t I n a word w e h av e d i scov e r e d b e yond a
.
, ,

qu e st i on th at F r e e m ason ry i s th e v i l e m is e rabl e
, , ,

i d ol at rou s o ld P agan B eas t , and that P op e ry i s th e

v e ry e xpr e ss I m ag e Of th at B e as t.

T he P onti fe x M ax i mus o f P agan R om e w e h a v e in

'

th e P op e ; t h e C oll e g i u m i n t h e sacr e d C oll e g e o f

C ard i n al s : th e P agan pr i e sts o f v ari ous cl ass e s wi th
th e i r S h orn c rown s w e h a v e in t h e Shorn h e ad e d pr i e sts -

o f R o m an is m and i n t h e vary i n g cl ass e s o f m on k s and

n un s ; th e m ult i pli c at i on o f d e m i gods w e h av e i n t h e -

c anon i zat i on o f th e sai nts ; th e an ci e nt c e r e mon i e s o f

t h e P anth e o n w e h av e i n R om e at th i s v e ry h ou r
”
al most u n c h an g e d ; t h e wa fe r call e d t h e M ola w e
“

h av e i n th e u n oloo dy s a cr ifice of t b e M as s t h e i n t e r
m e d i at e stat e b e tw e e n h e ll and E lysi u m as su n g by ,

V i rg i l , w e h a v e in purgat o ry ; and t h e c ru e lty o f

Do m it i an and hi s tools and th e i r p e rs e c ution o f th e
C h r i st i an s w e h av e vi v i dly r e pr e s e n t e d i n t h e in fa
m ous d e t e stabl e c ond uct o f th e P op e and hi s c ardi
,

n als f o r g e n e ration s past R o m an i sm i s u nqu e sti on

.

ably t h e i m ag e o f wh at P ag an R o m e form e rly was ,

wh i le F r e e m as o n ry i s th e v e ri tabl e P aga n b e ast o f t h e

“
myst e ri e s w ith o u t a sin g le m at e rial c h an g e ( R e y
,
. .

x m . I am awar e h ow e v e r th at t h e c om m only
, ,

acc e pt e d i nt e rpr e tati on o f thi s passag e e sp e ci ally ,

amon g ant i m asons i s that R o m an ism i s t h e B e as t

-
, ,
 M A S O N IC S Y M B O L S .
39 3

and th at M ason ry is t h e i m ag e but ,

dp o n a cl os e r
e x am i n ation of th e w h ol e ch apt e r I th i n k i t wi l l be

f ou nd that if e i th e r vi e w of th e c as e i s the c o rr e c t o n e ,

the i n t e rpr e tati o n I h a v e h e r e v e nt ur e d to sugg e st wi ll

be f ou nd to ac c o rd m or e w i th th e r e al m e an i n g of

the proph e c y
L e t us co mpar e ,
fo r i n stan c e , th e myst e r i e s of

’
H i ram Ab i ff in t h e M ast e r M aso n s d e gr e e wi th th e

m ock sol e m n myst e r i e s of th e R o m i sh M ass . T ak e

”
a w ay th e “
sa c ri fi c e of the M as s f ro m R o m an i s m
and y ou d e stroy i t ; str i k e o ut th e sac ri fi c e Of H i ra m
f ro m F r e e m aso n ry and th e r e i s n oth i n g l e ft . B ot h
ar e , u nd oubt e dly P ag an c e re m on i e s p e rf orm e d by
, ,

P agan pr i e sts i n P ag an t e mpl e s w i th al tars th at , ar e

P agan l i g ht e d cand l e s th at
,
ar e P ag an l ustrat i o n t hat
,

ar e P agan and w i th
,
the ch i e f p r i e sts of both syst e m s
d e c k e d o u t i n th e g audy v e st m e nts o f P agan i s m .

B oth sacri fic e s ar e al so but tne a t r ica l r ep r es e n ta

t ion s t h e lit tle r ou n
f
d wa er m an ipul at e d by th e p r i e st
”
in th e “
u nbl oody sa c r i fi c e of th e M ass be i n g the
,

“ M ol a fi rst i n st i tu t e d by N u m a , and co m m and e d to

”
be o ffe r e d as an u nbl oody sa c r ifi c e in t h e o ld
“

R o m an P ag a n worsh i p wh i l e t h e ca n dida te m an i p
-
, ,

u lat e d by th e c/z i e
f ni e r o na n t o r p r i e st o f M ason r
p y , ,

lite r a lly r e pr e s e nts O si ri s ,

or B aal , or T am m u z an d ,

i s m ad e to pass t h roug h al l t h e myth i cal s c e n e s

r e l at e d i n t h e c m m o n l g e n d f th e Myst e ri e s
o e o “
.
 ’
39 4 THE M ASTE R S C AR P ET .

I n t h e an n e x e d
figur e w e b e hold
th e r e p r e s e nta
t io n of a R o m

i sh pr i e st in t h e

of
act p rfe or m
i ng it is L a t in
M as s . B e fo re
him is the a lt a r

w ith i ts l i ght e d
candl e s b e sid e
,

h i m ar e h i s assi stants w h i l e i n h ishand h e holds t h e

,

”
l ittl e roun d w afe r o r M ol a cal l e d t/z e lz os t whi ch
,
“
, ,

h as j ust b e e n transubstanti at e d in to a god and which ,

i s n o w about to u nd e rgo a d e struct i v e c han g e — t h e

r e al body o f C h ri st b e i n g s e e n und e r the form o f
b r e ad and t h e r e al bl ood o f C h ri st un d e r t h e form o f
,

w i n e and n o w t h e pri e st e ats t h e o n e and d r i nks t h e

,

oth e r C an w e i mag i n e th i s to appro x i m at e e v e n i n

.
,

t h e r e mot e st d e g r e e to C h ri sti an worship or i s i t pos

, ,

sibl e fo r us to co nc e i v e th at P aul o r P e t e r o r J oh n , ,

e v e r e n gag e d in su c h a stupid m e an i n gl e ss and id ol a

,

t rous c e r e m ony ? N ow le t u s tu rn to pag e 3 58 and

, ,

th e r e w e b e hold i n li k e m a n n e r t h e M aso ni c pri e st

, ,

e n gag e d i n p e r f orm i n g t h e trag e dy o f H i ram Abi ff .

H e r e w e h av e t h e a lta r and t h e lig ate d Candl e s as ,

in t h e M as s h e r e t h e assistan ts and h e r e too i s n ot

, , , , ,

al on e a l ittl e wa fe r bu t a v e r i tabl e ma n , w hi ch fo r
, ,
 M ASONRY A ND R O M A N IS M .
39 5

the ti m e b e i n g i s c o nv e rt e d i n to a h e ro -
g o d, an d wh ich ,

as i n th e oth e r i n stan c e i s n ow abou t to u nd e rg o a

,

d e st ructi v e ch an g e by b e i n g sl a i n at t h e h and s o f
,

Ju b e lu m p r e ci
,
s e ly as i t us e d t o be d on e i n t h e Ol d

P agan wo rship O f t h e My st e r i e s “
.

I n t h e R o m i sh M ass also as y o u , ,
m ay o b se r v e ,
‘
th e

pr i e st i s t h e ch i e f a c tor ,
th e al tar i s t h e stag e ,
th e con
re atio n th e Sp e c tators and t h e ch u rc h th e
th e atre
g g , ,

w hil e in t h e M ast e r M aso n s d e gr e e t h e ’

W orsh i p f ul
M ast e r i s th e sta r acto r ,
th e E ast i s th e stag e ,
th e

m e mb e rs th e Sp e ctato rs and ,
the l od g e th e th e at r e .

B ut ,
w h il e th e [ll a s s is a th e atr i cal r e p r e s e n tati on of

the v ar i ous i ncid e n ts c on n e c t e d wi th th e p a s s io n an d

dea t n o f t h e R e d e e m e r t h ough i t h o
,
ld s pr e c i s e ly th e

sa m e r e l atio n to t h e h i sto ry o f C h ri st th at R ic h ard I I I .

,

H e n ry V III .
, J ohn I L, or an y oth e r of the h i stor i cal
pl ays of S h ak s p e a r e d o to th e ch aract e rs and ti m e s
wh ic h th e y r e p r e s e n t ,
th e t rag e dy o f H i ram Abi ff i s a
t /z e a tr i e a l a v e r i tab l e P agan m t a
i
r es e n t a t o n o f
p r e
y ,

with n o all us i o n wh at e v e r to C h ri st bu t o n t h e c o n ,

t r ar y , h i s n a m e absol ut e ly e x pu n g e d e v e n f ro m any
Sc r i ptu r e p assag e i n wh i ch i t m ay o cc u r An d h e n c e .
,

in com pari n g t h e t w o as P agan i nst i tut i o n s F r e e ,

m ason ry m ust u n qu e st i o n ably b e t h e s u tis ta n c e ( as

b e in g t h em ost P agan ) and R o m an i s m th e s lz a do w ,

or I m ag e B ut I sh al l n o t pu rsu e t h e subj e c t any

.

f urth e r T h i s i s h o w t h e q u e sti on pr e s e nts i ts e l f to

.

m e a ft e r t h e most c ar e f ul and th orou gh i n v e st i g at i o n

39 6 THE M ASTE R S C ARP E T
’
.

of th e t w o
syst e ms and with my k nowl e d g e o f both
,

I a m u nabl e to co m pr e h e nd h o w th e i r r e l ati v e posi

t i on s could b e oth e rwi s e chan g e d .

A nd n ow my d e ar H e n ry I con fid e ntly subm i t my

, ,

cass I h av e f ul ly e xpl ai n e d to you t h e r e a l s ec r et s o f

.

’
a M ast e r M aso n s lo dge ( o f wh ich n i n e t e e n tw e n ti e th s
o f t h e C ra f t ar e th e ms e l v e s i gnorant I a v e trac e d
) h .

e v e ry Si ngl e part o f t h e M ason i c syst e m ba c k to i ts

ori gi n al so urc e I th i n k I h av e c l e arly e stabl ish e d i ts

.

thoroughly anti C h risti an an d P agan c h aract e r a nd

-
,

now ,
th at I h O p e you ar e tol e rably f am i l i ar w i th i ts
f als e ph ilosoph y a nd wo rship y o u ca n e x e r ci s e y Ou r
,

own j ud g m e nt in te lligib ly an d s e e k afii liat io n w i t h t h e

,

m id n i ght i dol atro us l odg e s o f F r e e m ason ry o r not , as ,

d uty ho n o r an d consc i e n c e m ay d ic tat e

, .

H en ry -
I a m v e ry t h an kfu l in de e d my d e ar f ath e r
, , ,

f o r t h e v e ry cl e ar and c o mpl e t e e xposi ti on you h a v e

gi v e n m e o f th e w hol e M as o n ic p hiIO S O p h y and i ts

'

u ndoubt e d h e ath e n ori gi n and you m a v r e st assu r e d ,

,

th at i nst e ad o f h av m g any d e si r e to b e co m e a M ason ,

’
I a m firm ly r e sol v e d wi t h God s assi stanc e to Oppos e
, ,

i t all I c an b e in g f ul ly p e rsuad e d that m an i s wi c k e d

,

and corrupt e n ough by n ature without v ol unt a r i ly ,

r e t u r in
g to P agan practi c e s and sw e ari n g to su p o rt
, p
and m a i nta i n a P agan r e l i g i ous i nstitut i on .
 AP P E ND IX .

( N OTE A p , .

T h e f ol low i ng is th e m an n e r o f ad m itt i n g a n ew

m e mb e r i nto a tr i b e of Gypsi e s tog e th e r w i th

,
th e

o ath and art ic l e s as ad m i n i st e r e d by

,
th e p r i n ci pal

M an n de r or rogu i sh S tr o w le r .
( S ee F e ll ows ’

Myst e r i e s p , .

T h e n am e o f t h e p e rso n i s first d e m and e d and a ,

n i ck n a m e i s th e n g iv e n h i m i n i ts st e ad by whi c h h e
-
,

i s e v e r a ft e r c al l e d and i n ti m e h i s ot h e r n a m e i s q u i t e
,

f o rgott e n Th e n stand i n g U p i n t h e m iddl e o f t h e

.

f rat e rn i ty an d d i r e c ti n g h is f a c e to t h e D i mb e r D a m
,
-

b e r o r p ri n c e o f t h e gan g h e sw e ars in t h i s m an n e r
, , ,

as i s d ic tat e d t o h i m by o n e o f t h e m ost e xp e r i e n c e d
‘I C ran k
, C u fii n d o sw e ar to b e a tr u e b roth e r
-
, ,

an d wi l l i n al l th i n gs ob e y t h e co m m and s o f t h e g r e at
T aw n e y P r in c e an d k e e p h i s c ou ns e l and n o t d i vu lg e
, ,

t h e s e c r e ts o f m y b r e th r e n .

‘
I w i l l n e v e r l e av e n o r f o rsak e thi s co m pany bu t ,

obs e r v e and k e e p al l t h e t i m e s o f ap p o in t m e n ts e ith e r ,

by d ay o r by n i gh t in any pl ac e wh atso e v e r , .

‘
I w i l l n ot t e ach any o n e t o can t ; n o r wi l l I d i s
c l os e au g h t o f o u r my s te r ies to th e m al thoug h th e y ,

flog m e t o d e ath .

’
‘
I w i ll t ak e m y pr i n c e s part aga i n st all th at Sh al l
Oppos e h i m o r any o f us accord i n g to t h e u t most o f
,

m y abi l i ty ; n o r w ill I s u ffe r h i m o r any b e l o n gi n g to

.
,

u s t o b e abus e d by any st ran g e Abram s R u file r s

, , ,

H ook e rs e t c bu t w i l l d e fe n d h i m o r th e m as m u c h as
, .
,

I c a n agai n st al l oth e r o u t ly e r s w h at e v e r .

‘
I w i l l n o t c on c e al au gh t I w i n o u t o f L ib k in s , o r
f ro m t he R u ff mans ; b ut w i ll pr e s e r v e i t f o r t h e u se o f
th e c om pany
’
.
 39 8 AP P E N DIX .

T he c ant e r s h a v e i t s e e ms a tradi ti on th at f ro m
, , ,
t h e th r e e fi rst articl e s o f t h e oath t h e fi rst f o u nd e rs o f
,

a c e rtai n boast ful worsh ip f ul f rat e rn ity w ho pr e t e nd

, ,
t o d e ri v e th e i r o ri gi n f ro m t h e e arl i e st t i m e s borrow e d
,
o f th e m both t h e h in t an d f orm o f th e i r e stabl i sh m e nt
;
and th at th e i r pr e t e nd e d d e rivati on f ro m t h e fi rst
Ad am i s a forg e ry i t b e i n g o nly f ro m t h e fi rst Ad am
,

Ti l e r .

T h e sam e auth or h as gi v e n t h e m e a ni n g o f th e cant

t e rm s h e r e us e d as follo w s A b r am s s h ab b y b e ggars ; -
,

R u ffl e rs n otori ous rog u e s ; H ook e rs p e tty thi e v e s ;

, ,

L ibki n a h ous e to lie i n ; R u ff m an s t h e woods o r

,

bush e s ; Ad am T il e r t h e co mrad e o f a p i ckpock e t

,
-
, ,

wh o r e c e i v e s stol e n good s o r m on e y and sco urs o ff

w i th th e m .

( N O T E B p , .

A S an apt i ll ustrati on o f t h e practi c al work i ng o f

M aso n i c C h ar i ty e v e n to a d e ad broth e r th e f ol lo w
, ,

i n g i s c opi e d i n f ul l f rom th e “ V o i c e O f M ason ry f o r ,

J u n e 1 8 7 9 pp 47 8 —480
, , . .

S A D D I S R E G A R D O F M A SON IC D U T Y ! WILL I A M
R OUN S E V ILL E S R E Q U E S T F O R M A S O N IC B U R I A L
’

DISREGARDED !
O n e o f th e sadd e st e v e nts withi n o u r kn owl e d g e o f
M ason ry and o f K n ight T e mpl aris m i s that wh i ch w e
n o w h av e to r ecord It pai ns us e x c e e d i n gly to sp e ak
.

of it b u t du ty to t h e de ad an d to t h e l i v in g can no t
,

no w b e wai v e d Th e re ar e ti m e s w h e n si l e n c e i s
.
“

”
gold e n and w e d e voutly wi sh th at th i s w e r e suc h a
,

ti m e but i t i s n ot ; t h e co m m and o f d uty i s i mp e ra

,

ti v e an d w e m ust ob e y i t T h e r e ar e oth e r ti m e s w h e n
.

m e r e e xp e d i e n cy m ay pr e vai l and gov e rn n ow i t can ,

n o t f o r an i rr e parabl e i nj ury h as b e e n don e to M ason ry

,

an d e sp e cially
,
to Kn i ght T e m pl ari s m T h e r i ght
,
.

O f M ason ic b u ri al h as b e e n w il l f u lly d i sr e gard e d and

 AP P E N D IX .
39 9

n ot r e bu k e th e u n c h ar i t abl e , u n v al i an t an d u n m ag
to -

n a n im o u s act would g r e atly i mp e ri l t h e pr e s e n t an d

,

f utur e prosp e r i ty o f th e e n t ir e F rat e rn i ty th e r e f or e , ,

whi l e t h e V O IC E Would gl ad ly spr e ad o v e r thi s u n M a -

so n i c d e e d t h e b road m antl e o f c h ar i ty , and f o r e v e r

Sh ut i t f ro m m o rtal vi e w i t can n o t— d ar e n ot N o w , .
,

le t us stat e t h e f act s as w e s e e and u nd e rstand t h e m

,
.

F o r y e ars past E m i n e n t S i r W I LL I A M R O U N S E V I L L E
was a co nsta n t su ff e r e r f ro m parti al p araly s i s c aus e d ,

by ov e rwork i n b e h al f o f h i s f am i ly h i s chu rch and , ,

t h e Mason i c F rat e rn ity N e v e r r e c e i v i n g co m p e n sa

.

t io n fo r h i s s e rvi c e s that e n abl e d h i m t o m ak e p r o

visio n f o r a t i m e o f d i st re ss about th r e e y e ars si n c e h e ,
“

f ou nd hi m s e l f al m ost d e sti tu t e an d w ould h av e d i e d ,

of wan t rath e r th a n h av e cal l e d o n t h e F rat e rn i ty

fo r t h e ass i stan c e t o wh ic h /z e w a s e n t itle d s o g r e at w as ,

his ho rro r o f b e i n g i n any way d e p e nd e nt o n w h at

m i g h t b e e st e e m e d ch ar i ty A vi si t o f h i s s o n in law .
- -
,

M r G S K n app to h i m in P e o ri a th e n r e v e al e d h i s
. . .
, ,

n e e d o f aid M r K n app i m m e d i at e ly m ad e arran g e

. .

m e nts to r e m ov e B r o R O U N S E V I L L E an d h i s W i fe a nd
.
,

d aught e r to C h ic ago an d th e r e to pro v id e fo r th e m as

,

b e st h e c o uld in h i s o w n th e n strai t e n e d ci rcu m stanc e s .

I n th i s h e was aid e d by B r o R O U N S E V I L L E S s o n W il .
’
,

l i am n ow a yo un g m a n past t w e nty o n e y e ars o f age

,
-
.

B r O R O U N S E V 1 L L E was u n ab le t o p e r f orm any m an u al

.

lab o r an d h i s o n ly way o f e arn i n g any th i n g w as by h i s

,

wri ti n g fo r t h e V O IC E fo r w h i c h h e w as pai d a n ,

av e r ag e o f te n d oll ars m o n thly K n ow i n g hi s n e e d

, .

o f h e l p f ro m t h e F rat e rn i ty w e cal l e d att e nt i o n t o,

t h e f act in t h e V O IC E a nd ap p l i e d by l e tt e r , t o t h e
, , ,

b r e th r e n in P e ori a fo r a i d t o h i m an d th e y r e spond e d , .

W e thoug ht th e n and sti ll th i n k h e s hould h a v e r e

, ,

c e iv e d aid f ro m t h e G ran d L od g e C h ari ty F u nd an d

,

w e so wrot e t h e th e n G rand M ast e r and r e c e i v e d ,

t h e r e spon s e th at wh e n t h e M ason i c Bod i e s t o w h i ch

B ro R O U N S E V I LL E b e l o n g e d h ad e x h aust e d th e i r
.

abi l i ty to con t ribut e to h i s r e l i e f th e n t h e G rand ,

4 00 A P P E N DI X .

L od g e could and wo u ld a i d h i m wh i c h was al l r i ght as ,

a rul e but e x e e p t io n s h ad b e e n m ad e promptly and

, ,

and w i t hout h e sitat i o n i n cas e s n o m or e m e ritori ou s

, ,

a n d thus t h e pre c e d e nt fo r aid to h i m h ad b e e n

e stabl i sh e d and i t sh ould h av e b e e n g rant e d
,
T he .

tra i t i n h i s ch aract e r al r e ady all ud e d to and h i s ,

d e si r e th at w e s hould say n o m or e o f h is n e e d i n th e
V O IC E and le t hi m su ffe r rath e r than burd e n t h e
,

C ra ft in P e ori a d e t e rr e d u s f ro m f urth e r publ i e

,

e fforts to procu r e hi m M ason i c assi stanc e Du ri n g .

all thi s ti m e M r K n app and t h e son Wi ll i am w e r e

.
, ,

d oi n g al l i n th e i r pow e r and th e i r e ai n in gs cam e by

,

th e i r d ai ly l abor n ot f 1 o m b u si n e ss or l and e d e stat e s ,

, ,

o r gov e rn m e nt bo n ds t o r e nd e r B 1 0 R O U N S E V I LL E S
’
.
,

c ond itio n as com f ortabl e and pl e asant as possibl e .

Th e y d id th e i r wh ol e d uty wh i l e t h e M ason i c ,

F rat e rn i ty d id n o t do th e i rs F o r t h e la tt e r th e r e 15 .

the e x cu s e th at m any w e r e n ot awar e o f B ro .

R O U N S E V I L L E S r e sid e n c e i n C hi c ago n o r o f h i s
’
,

p e cun i ary and phys 1e al d istr e ss an d th is partly ,

accou nts fo r th e i natt e nt i on Shown h im b o th b e f or e ,

an d a ft e r h i s d e ath .

I n t h e l att e r part o f April l ast B ro R O U N S E V I LL E ,

.

h ad an attack o f e rysip e l as f rom wh ich i t was b e l i e v e d ,

h e would re c ov e r b u t e arly i n M ay h is paralyti c

, ,

t ro u bl e compl i cat e d h is cas e s o that it b e cam e appar

e n t h e could n ot lon g surv i v e M ond ay m orn i n g .
,

M ay 5 i t w as e vid e nt hi s d e ath w as n e ar at h an d
,
.

T h e d e ar e st wi sh h e h ad con c e rn i n g h i s body h ad b e e n
e xpr e ss e d to h i s f ri e nd S i r Joh n B G av in an d h e th e n
, .
,

proc e e d e d to d o hi s part to w ard f u lfill i n g i t H e and .

,

Wi lli a m R o u ns e vi l l e Jr cam e to o u r o ffic e and n ot

,
.
, , ,

find i n g u s i n l e f t word wh ich n ot b e i ng giv e n to u s

, , ,

as r e c e i v e d e nti r e ly m isl e d u s and t h e cons e qu e n c e

, ,

w as w e w e nt on wi th o u r w ork e nti r e ly i n i gno ran c e ,

o f B ro R O U N S E V I L L E S da u g e ro ns il l n e ss a n d o
f /z is
’
.

de a t /z wh i ch occu rr e d t h e f o llo w in g d ay
‘

.
,

B ro G av i n proc e e d e d f ro m o u r o ffic e to th e o ffi c e
.

o f E m i n e n t S i r G i l W B arnard G rand R e cord e r o f

. .
,
 AP P EN DIX .
4 01

th e G rand C o m m and e ry o f Ill i n oi s w h o o n h e ar i n g , ,

a stat e m e n t o f t h e f acts i m m e d iat e ly w rot e an d ,

m a il e d t h e fo llow i ng l e tt e r :
C HIC AGO M ay 5 1 8 7 9 , ,
.

C F H I TC H C O C K E s q — D ea r S i r a n d F r a t e r
. . ,

B r o W I LL I A M R O UN S E V I LL E i s n o t l i k e ly t o l iv e
.

ov e r t o n ig ht T h e M aso n s h e r e d e s i r e t o g ran t
.

h i s r e q u e s t to b e bu r i e d w i th M aso n i c h on ors but

,
'

n o o ne s e e m s t o k n o w h i s stand i n g in l od g e e t c ,
.

Wi l l y o u k i ndly t e l e g raph J oh n B G a vi n 8 7 W e st .
,

L ak e str e e t C h i cago w h at h i s st and i n g i s and if

, , , ,

g ood if th e Mason s o f P e ori a d e s i r e to t ak e any part ,

i n t h e a ffai r ?
W it h f rat e rn al r e gard s I am c ou rt e ously y ou rs , ,

G IL W B AR N AR D G r S ec . .
, . .

T o th i s w as add e d th e postsc r i pt
“ I am j u st l e av i n g t h e c ity fo r a w e e k o r I woul d
”
h a v e an sw e r s e n t t 0 m e .

At th e sam e t i m e S i r Jo h n B G a v i n w rot e an d
,
.

post e d t h e f ol low i n g l e tt e r :
C H IC A G O I II M ay 5 1 8 7 9 ,
.
, , .

M I C H A E L E E R L E R R e c o r de r P e o r i a C o m
.
,

m a n de ry N o 3 — D e a r S i r — W I L L I A M R O U N S E
"

. .

V I LL E P ast E m i n e n t C o m m and e r o f P e ori a C o m

,

m and e ry N O 3 i s n ow dy i ng and as a f r i e n d o f
,
.
, , ,

hi s an d h i s f a m i ly an d b e i n g also a K T ,
b e re . .
,

qu e st e d m e to s e e th at t h e F rat e rn i ty took c h arg e o f

h i m W h e n I saw h i m l ast n i ght h e w as h ard ly
.

abl e to t al k , and c oul d sc ar c e ly r e c og n i z e any o n e ,

u nl e ss a n o ld f r i e nd T h e d o c tor th i n k s h e m ay
.

d rop o ff any m o m e nt o r m ay l i n g e r a fe w d ay s , .

U n l e ss t h e l od g e o r c o m m and e ry o f P e or i a o f ,

wh i c h h e i s a m e mb e r , e xpr e ss th e i r w ish t o h av e th e
F rat e rn i ty h e r e tak e c h arg e o f th e m att e r an d s o
’
w r i t e u s I d o n t k n ow h o w w e w i l l b e abl e to do so
, .

H e h as b e e n Si c k an d ab s e n t f ro m th e m e e ti n gs o f
t h e d i ffe r e n t bod i e s so l o n g n o t th ro ugh h i s f aul t , ,

but by hi s mi s fortu n e th at fe w k n ow h i m as a ,

M aso n e xc e pt b y h i s w r i t i n gs in th e V O IC E O F
,
40 2 AP P ENDIX .

M A S O N R Y T h e M arch n u mb e r con tai ns a s k e tch

.

o f h i s l i fe wh i c h i s f ul l o f i n t e r e st
, N o w what I .
,

w ish an d i t i s al so t h e w i sh o f al l t h e M ason s I h av e
,

Spok e n t o i s to h av e P e ori a C o m m and e ry r e qu e st

,

C h icago C o m m and e ry to ta k e ch arg e o f h i m an d do ,

h on or to t h e m an w h o has b e e n an h on or to th e
F rat e rn ity .

P l e as e le t u s h e ar f ro m y o u i m m e d i at e ly f o r i n , ,

c as e h e sh ould die som e th i n g w i ll h av e to b e d o n e

,

q u it e soo n .

Y ou rs r e sp e c t f ul ly J OH N B G A V I N ,
. .

T h at ( M ond ay ) e v e n i n g a r e g ul ar con c l av e o f
C h i cag o C o m m and e ry w as h e ld w h e n E m i n e n t S l r ,
’
K n i g ht R O U N S E V I L L E S cond i ti on and r e qu e st w e r e
f o rm al ly m ad e k n ow n by S ir J oh n B G avi n w ho i s ‘
.
,

a m e mb e r th e r e o f and a ft e r du e con sid e rati on t h e

, , ,

fi rst th r e e o ffi c e rs w e r e appo i n t e d a c o m m i tt e e w ith ,

f ul l pow e r t o act i n t h e m att e r T h e f ollow i n g .

m orn i n g t h e l e tt e rs abov e n am e d an d C opi e s w e r e

r e c e i v e d i n P e oria by th e S i r K n i ghts to whom
, ,

th e y w e r e add r e ss e d an d th e y i m m e d i at e ly g av e
,

att e nti o n th e r e to E m i n e n t S i r C F H i tch c oc k

. . .

pro mptly s e n t t h e fol l ow i n g t e l e gram

P E O R I A I l l M ay 6 1 8 7 9 , .
, , .

T o J OH N B G A V I N 8 7 W e st L ak e S tr e e t C h icag o
.
, ,

—B roth e r R O U N S E V I LL E i s i n good stand in g i n all

t h e bod i e s D e si r e C h i cago C om m and e ry to tak e
.

c h arg e an d bu ry h i m C F H ITC H C O C K
. . . .

T h i s w as soon d e li v e r e d t o t h e E m i n e n t C o m
m and e r o f C h icago C om m and e ry S i r Al e x and e r ,

W h it e w h o put i t i n h i s pock e t and subs e qu e ntly

, ,

c al l e d at M r K n app s r e sid e n c e sp e nd in g w e ar e
.
’
, ,

i n f orm e d n ot ov e r two and a h al f m in u t e s in m ak in g

,

i n q u i ri e s g i vi n g t h e f a mily n o i n form ati on and

, ,

m an i fe sti n g n o d e si r e to se e t h e d e c e as e d .

B u t E m i n e n t S i r C F H it c hcock d id n o t stop at . .

s e nd i n g t h e abov e t e l e gram ; h e al so wrot e and

post e d th e f oll ow i n g l e tt e r
 A P P E N DI X .

P E O R I A I ll lVI ay 6 1 8 7 9 ,
.
, , .

J O H N B G
. A V I N E sq C h i cago
,
I l l D ea r S i r
.
, ,
.
-

a n d F r a t e r — I a m i n r e c e ipt o f S i r K n i gh t G i l
. W . .

B arn ard s l e tt e r stati n g cond i ti o n o f S i r K n i g h t

’

W I LL I A M R O U N S E V I L L E an d w i r e d y o u th is m orn , ,

i n g r e q u e st to C h i cago C o m m and e ry t o tak e ch arg e

,

and bu ry h i m S i r K n igh t R O U NSE V I L L E i s P ast

.

E m i n e n t C o m m and e r o f P e ori a C o m m and e ry an d ,

i n g ood stan d i n g i n t h e s e v e ral bodi e s H e i s , a nd .

e ve r h as b e e n h e l d i n h i gh e st e e m a m on g t h e "

F rat e rn i ty o f P e o ri a ; o f l at e y e ars u n fortu n at e i n

busi n e ss ad v e n tu r e s bu t al way s r e ady an d w i l l i n g t o
,

d o t o t h e e x t e n t o f h i s abi l i ty I t i s n o t prob abl e t h at

.

any o f t h e M aso n s h e r e wo uld d e s i r e to tak e part i n

t h e s e r vi c e s I d o n ot k n ow as i t would b e c o n
.

v e n ie n t f o r any to b e r e se n t I n b e h al f o f P e or i a
p .

C o m m and e ry and t h e M ason s o f P e or i a would

, ,

r e sp e ct f ul ly r e qu e st C h i c a g o C o m m and e ry to tak e
c h arg e o f h i s r e m a i n s an d bu ry h i m w ith K n i ghtl y
h on o rs .

W e do n ot k n o w anyth i n g r e sp e cti n g t h e ci r c u m
sta nc e s o f h i s f ri e nd s W e u nd e rstan d h e h as b e e n .

l i v i n g w i th a so n o r d aught e r and sup p os e th e y ar e ,

abl e t o m e e t t h e e xp e n s e o f h i s fu n e ral bu t w h at ,

e v e r e xp e n s e s it m ay b e n e c e ssary f o r C h i c ago C o m

m an d e ry to i n cu r c an s e n d t h e bil l t o m e fo r s e ttl e
,

m ent .

C ou rt e ou sly you rs C F H I TC H C O C K , . . .

E C s P e ori a C o m m and e ry N O 3
. . .
, . .

T hi s l e tt e r w as r e c e i v e d by S i r K n i ght G a vi n
W e d n e sd ay m orn i n g M ay 7 S i r K n i ght R O U N S E , .

’
V I L L E S d e ath h ad th e n occu rr e d T h e E m i n e n t .

C om m and e r o f C h i cag o C om m an d e ry S i r Al e x ,

a nd e r W h i t e h ad also s e n t t h e fo lldw in g t e l e g ra m '

C H I C A G O M ay 6 1 8 7 9 , , .

T o C H A R L E S F H I TC H C O C K E m in e n t C om
.
,

m a n de r of P eo r i a C o m m a n de r
y K ni
g /z ts T e m la r s
p
— S i r K n i gh t R OU N S E V I LL E d i e d t h i s P M He . .
4 4
0 AP P ENDIX .

re qu e st e d to be
bu ri e d by t h e F rat e rn ity C /z ic ag o .

C o m m a n de ry D E C L I N E S T O AC T u n le s s P e o r i a C o m
m a n de ry G UA R A N TE E S P A Y M E N T O F E X P E N S E S
INC U R R E D I f yo u d e si r e C hi c ago C om m and e ry t o
.

act s e n d f ull i n structi o ns by W i r e i m m e d i at ely T /i e

, .

e n s e s w ill oe A T L E A S T T W O 1 1 UN D R E D D O L LA R S
ex
p .

ALEXA N DER WH I TE ,

0 0 W e st M ad 1 son S tr e e t
9 .

Th i s t e l e gra m w as d e l i v e r e d t o E m i n e n t S i r C .

F H i tchcoc k at about 1 1 -30 o cl ock P M F e e l in g

.
’
. .

t hat h e coul d n ot tak e th e r e spo n si b i l ity o f answ e rin g

1 m m e diat e l h e wait ed u nti l m orn i n g Th e n h e
y , .

soug ht advi c e f ro m m e m b e rs o f t h e r e sp e cti v e bod i e s .

T h e g e n e ral e xpr e ssi o n w as : 7 /z z s is u n u s u a l T h e

'

“
.

am o u n t s e e m s e xtravagan t R e ason abl e e xp e n s e s .

w e w i l l p ay W e d o n t s e e h o w w e can pay o r rai s e

.
’

th at am ou n t and as t w o lz u n dr e d do lla r s i s t h e le a s t
, ,

am oun t nam e d i t m ay b e th r e e o r f ou r h u nd r e d
,
”
d ol lars .T h e q u e sti on w as ask e d by e v e ry o n e
“
W h y c an t t h e r e m ai n s b e b rough t to P e oria and
’
?”

ag r e e d i n sayi n g : W e wi l l pay t h e e x p e n s e s o f
“

bri n gi n g h i m and t h e f am i ly h e r e an d th e i r re t u rn , ,

a nd g iv e h i m th e l arg e st IVlas o n ic f u n e ral h e r e f o r

”
y e ars . A ccord i n gly E m in e nt S i r C F H itch co c k . .

s e nt t h e followi n g t e l e g ram
P E O R IA M ay 7 1 8 7 9 , ,
.

T o A L E XA N D E R W H I T E E 9 00 ,
W e st .

M ad i so n S tr e e t C h icago Il l — W e wi thd raw ou r

, ,
.

’
r e qu e st to C hi cago C o m m an d e ry ; w e can t b e ar t h e
’
e xp e n s e C a n t t /z e r e m a i n s be s e n t t o P e o r i a
.

C F H ITC H C O C K . C.
-
,
.

T h i s t e l e g ram r e ach e d S i r K n i ght W h it e pri or to

S i r K n i ght G av i n s cal l o n hi m wit h t h e abov e l e tt e r
'

’
.

Th e n h e said t h e t e l e gra m sup e rs e d e d t h e l e tt e r S i r .

K n i g ht Gavi n was acco mpany by S i r H H P ond . .

,

G e n e ral issi m o o f C hi c ago C om m and e ry and o n e o f ,

t h e co m mitt e e appoi nt e d w ith f u l l pow e r t o act and ,

th e y j o in tly u rg e d and b e gg e d S i r K ni ght Wh it e to

c om ply w it h t h e r e qu e st o f P e ori a C o m m and e ry .
 AP P EN DIX .
4 5
0

No .
3 . H e r e pl i e d th at n ot a
d ol l ar shoul d b e

g rant e d fo r e xp e n s e s th at n o t a m an Shoul d t u rn
,

o u t and th at e nd e d i t
,
T h e n m o rti fi e d b e y on d t h e
.
,

po w e r o f w o rd s t o e x pr e ss , t h e S i r K n i ghts n a m e d
l e f t h i m T o t h e q u e st i o n : C a n t t h e r e m a i n s b e
.
“ ’

”
s e n t t o P e o r i a ? h e d e i g n e d n o r e p ly an d i m pa rt e d ,

n o i n f o rm atio n o f i t t o any o f t h e f ri e nd s o r f a m i ly .

T h e e n o r m ity o f h i s o ffe ns e w i l l m o r e c l e arly

app e ar wh e n i t i s stat e d th at th e r e h ad b e e n n o c al l
o n h i s c o m m and e ry by S i r K n i gh t R O U N S E V I LL E
o r h i s r e l ati v e s t o b e ar any part o f t h e bu r i al e x p e ns e s ,

bu t o nly to tu r n o u t and p e r f o rm t h e bur i al s e r vi c e

,
.

B ut f u rth e r , had th e r e b e e n suc h a c al l t h e ut m ost

n e c e ssary e xp e n s e s c oul d n o t h a v e e xc e e d e d o n e
h u nd r e d an d tw e nty d ol l ars T h i s wou l d h a v e .

i n c l ud e d a good bu r i al c as e t e n c arr i ag e s , h e ars e and

, ,

flow e rs I t would n o t h a v e pa i d fo r a ban d an d a

.
“

d i spl ay o f pl u m e s bu t o f t h at t h e r e w as n o n e e d
,
.

I t was abo ut 2 o cl oc k P M o f W e d n e sd ay , an d
’
. .
,

e v e ry e ffo rt m ad e by S i r K n i gh t G a vi n t o s e c u r e M a
’
s o n i c bu ri al fo r S i r K n i ght R O U N S E V I L L E S r e m ai n s
h ad f ai l e d I n d e spai r h e a nd S i r H H P o n d
.
, . .

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