Rituals of freemasonry: comprising the degrees of Entered apprentice, Fellow craft, and Master mason, in the lodge; (1870)
Sickels, Daniel. [from old catalog], Gould, James L. [from old catalog], Sheville, John W. [from old catalog], Simons, John. [from old catalog], Chase, Jackson H. [from old catalog] · New York, Masonic publishing company · leaf 54
measures of initiation, to explain to the can-didate the nature and design of the institution; and whilehe informs him that it is founded on the purest principles ofvirtue; that it possesses great and invaluable privileges; andthat, in order to secure those privileges to worthy men, andworthy men… … THE OBLIGATION OF SECEECY. One of the most notable features of Freemasonry—one, certainly,which attracts, more than any thing else, the attention of the pro-fane world—is that vail of mystery—that awful secrecy—behindwhich it moves and acts. From the earliest periods, this has inva-riably been a…
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