Q. What does it allude to? A. The city of Joppa.
Q. Have you any other token? A. I have.
Q. What is this? A. The real grip of a Mark Master Mason.
Q. What is the name of it? A. MARK WELL.
Q. What does it allude to? A. To a passage of Scripture, where it
says, "Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward
sanctuary, which looketh towards the East, and it was shut; and the
Lord said unto me, son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes,
and hear with thine ears, all that I say unto thee concerning all the
ordinances of the house of the Lord, and the laws thereof, and mark
well the entering in of the house, with the going forth of the
sanctuary."
Q. Who founded this degree? A. Our three ancient Grand Masters, viz.:
Solomon, King of Israel, Hiram, King of Tyre, and Hiram Abiff.
Q. Why was it founded? A. Not only as an honorary reward, to be
conferred on all who have proved themselves meritorious in the
preceding degrees, but to render it impossible for a brother to suffer
for the immediate necessities of life, when the price of his mark
will procure them.
Q. A brother pledging his mark and asking a favor, who does he
represent? A. Our worthy Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, who was a poor
man, but on account of his great skill and mysterious conduct at the
building of King Solomon's Temple, was most eminently distinguished.
Q. A brother receiving a pledge and granting a favor, whom does he
represent? A. King Solomon, who was a rich man, but renowned for his
benevolence.
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