OPENING.--Most Potent knocks one (Grand Marshal rises). "Are we all,"
etc. Your place? etc. Your duty? A. To see that the Chapter is duly
guarded. "Attend," etc. Most Potent knocks two.--Warden rises. Most
Potent says, "What is the hour?" A. A star indicates the first
instant, the first hour, and the first day, in which the Grand
Architect commenced the creation of the universe. Most Potent knocks
one and two.--Companions rise. Most Potent says, "Companions, it is
the first instant, the first hour, the first day, the first year, when
Solomon commenced the temple; the first day, the first hour, the first
instant for opening this Chapter. It is time to commence our labors.
Give notice," etc. Signs. Most Potent knocks one and two, Senior
Warden one and two, Companions one and two, and Most Potent declares
Chapter open, etc.
LECTURE.--Question--Are you a Grand Master Architect? Answer--I know
the use of every mathematical instrument.
Q. What are they? A. A square, a single compass, a compass with four
points, a rule, a line, a compass of perfection, a quadrant, a level
and plumb.
Q. Where were you received? A. In a white place, painted with flames.
Q. What does that signify? A. That purity of heart and that zeal which
should characterize every Grand Master Architect.
Q. How were you admitted? A. I was conducted by the Master of
Ceremonies to the door of the Chapter, where he gave one and two
distinct knocks.
Q. How were those knocks answered? A. One and two from within.