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 554
uth can be admitted to participate in building the secondtemple of Holiness to the Loud—and for that reason it is abso-lutely necessary that every neophyte in Masonic science shouldgive evidence of his proficiency in the sublime principles of theart, and of his ability to engage in the important… … The Working Tools of a Royal Arch Mason may behere explained. The Working Tools of a Royal Arch Masonare the Crow, Pickax, and Spade. The Crow isused by operative Masons to raise things ofgreat weight and bulk; the Pickax to loosenthe soil, and prepare it for digging; and theSpade to remove…
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