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HAVE YOU EVER WORKED AS A FELLOW CRAFT MASON
I HAVE, IN SPECULATIVE, BUT OUR FOREFATHERS WROUGHT IN BOTH SPECULATIVE AND OPERATIVE MASONRY
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WHERE DID THEY WORK
AT THE BUILDING OF KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE
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HOW LONG DID THEY WORK
6 DAYS
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DID THEY WORK ON THE SEVENTH
THEY DID NOT
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WHY SO
BECAUSE IN 6 DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY
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DID YOU EVER RETURN TO THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM, OR HOLY OF HOLIES, OR KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE
I DID
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BY WHAT WAY
THROUGH A LONG PORCH OR ALLEY
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DID ANY THING IN PARTICULAR STRIKE YOUR ATTENTION ON YOUR RETURN
THERE DID. TWO LAREG COLUMNS, OR PILLARS, ONE ON THE LEFT THE OTHER ON THE RIGHT
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE LEFT
BOAZ, WHICH DENOTES STRENGTH
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WHATS WAS THE NAME OF THE ONE ON THE RIGHT
JACHIN, DENOTING ESTABLISHMENT
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WHAT DO THEY COLLECTIVELY ALLUDE TO
A PASSAGE IN SCRIPTURE, WHEREIN GOD HAS DECLARED HIS WORD, "IN STRENGTH SHALL THIS HOUSE BE ESTABLISHED"
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WHAT WERE THEIR DIMENSIONS
- 18 CUBITS IN HEIGHT
- 12 IN CIRCUMFERENCE
- 4 IN DIAMETER
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WERE THEY ADORNED WITH ANYTHING
THEY WERE, TWO LARGE CHAPITERS, ONE ON EACH
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WERE THEY ORNAMENTED WITH ANYTHING
THEY WERE WITH WREATHS OF NET-WORK, LILY-WORK, AND POMEGRANITES
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WHAT DO THEY DENOTE
UNITY, PEACE AND PLENTY
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WHY SO
- NET-WORK, FROM ITS CONNECTION, DENOTES UNION
- LILY-WORK, FROM ITS WHITENESS AND PURITY, DENOTES PEACE
- POMEGRANITES, FROM THE EXUBERANCE OF THEIR SEED, DENOTES PLENTY
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WERE THOSE COLUMS ADORNED WITH ANY THING FURTHER
THEY WERE, TWO LARGE GLOBES OR BALLS, ONE ON EACH
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DID THEY CONTAIN ANYTHING
THEY DID, ALL THE MAPS AND CHARTS OF THE CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL BODIES
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WHY ARE THEY SAID TO BE SO EXTENSIVE
TO DENOTE THE UNIVERSALITY OF MASONRY, AND THAT A MASON'S OUGHT TO BE EQUALLY EXTENSIVE
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WHAT WAS THEIR COMPOSITION
MOLTEN OR CAST BRASS
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WHO CAST THEM
OUR GRAND MASTER, HIRAM ABIFF
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WHERE WERE THEY CAST
ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER JORDAN, IN THE CLAY GROUND BETWEEN SUCCOTH AND ZARADATHA, WHERE KING SOLOMON ORDERED THESE AND ALL HOLY VESSELS TO BE CAST
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WERE THE CAST SOLID OR HOLLOW
HOLLOW
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WHAT WAS THEIR THICKNESS
4 INCHES OR A HANDS' BREADTH
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WHY WERE THEY CAST HOLLOW
THE BETTER TO WITHSTAND INUNDATIONS OR CONFLAGRATIONS, THEY WERE SAID TO CONATIN ALL THE ARCHIVES OF MASONRY AND CONTAINED THE CONSTITUTION, ROLL AND RECORDS
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WHAT DID YOU NEXT COME TO
A LONG WINDING STAIRCASE WITH THREE, FIVE AND SEVEN STEPS
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WHAT DO THE THREE STEPS ALLUDE TO
THE THREE PRINCIPAL SUPPORTS IN MASONRY, NAMELY: WISDOM, STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
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WHAT DO THE FIVE STEPS ALLUDE TO
THE 5 ORDERS IN ARCHITECTURE AND THE FIVE HUMAN SENSES
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WHAT ARE THE FIVE ORDERS IN ARCHITECTURE
- TUSCAN
- DORIC
- IONIC
- CORINTHIAN
- COMPOSITE
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WHAT ARE THE FIVE HUMAN SENSES
- HEARING
- SEEING
- FEELING
- SMELLING
- TASTING
THE FIRST THREE DEEMED HIGHLY ESSENTIAL AMONG MASONS
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WHAT DO THE SEVEN STEPS ALLUDE TO
- 7 SABBATICAL YEARS
- 7 YEARS OF FAMINE
- 7 YEARS OF WAR
- 7 YEARS IN BUILDING THE TEMPLE
- 7 GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS
- 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- 7 PLANETS (MORE ESPECIALLY 7 LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, WHICH ARE GRAMMAR, RHETORIC, LOGIC, ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRY, MUSIC AND ASTRONOMY)
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WHAT DID YOU NEXT COME TO
THE OUTER DOOR OF THE MIDDLE CHAMBER OF KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE
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HOW DID YOU GAIN ADMISSION
BY THE PASS AND THE TOKEN OF THE PASS
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PASS
SHIBBOLETH
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WHAT DOES IT DENOTE
PLENTY
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WHY SO
FROM AN EARS OF CORN BEING PLACEDAT THE WATER-FORD
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WHY WAS THE PASS INSTITUED
TO DISTINGUISH A FRIEND FROM FOE
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WHAT DID YOU NEXT COME TO
THE INNER DOOR OF THE MIDDLE CHAMBER OF KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE
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HOW DID YOU GAIN ADMISSION
BY THE GRIP AND THE PASSWORD
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HOW DID THE SENIOR WARDEN DISPOSE OF YOU
HE ORDERED ME TO BE CONDUCTED TO THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER IN THE EAST, WHO INFORMED ME THAT I HAD BEEN ADMITTED INTO THE MIDDLE CHAMBER OF KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE LETTER "G"
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DOES IT DENOTE ANYTHING
IT DENOTES DEITY, BEFORE WHOM WE SHALL ALL BOW WITH REVERENCE, WORSHIP AND ADORE. IT ALSO DENOTES GEOMETRY, THE FIFTH SCIENCE, IT BEING THAT WHICH THIS DEGREE WAS PRINCIPALLY FOUNDED
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