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Subject Matter Featured in this Work (General/Partial Only, Please See Full Contents in Main Description Below): The Freemason’s Monitor Illustrations of Masonry Thomas Smith Webb Freemasonry Free Mason Masonic Craft Fraternal Lodge Temple Degrees Rituals Law Symbolical Masonry Odes Chronological Tables Rob Morris Secret Ceremonies Teachings Symbols Emblems Origin Advantages Fraternity Government Secrets Initiation Entered Apprentice Degree Badge Brotherly Love Relief Truth Temperance Fortitude Prudence Justice First Degree Fellow Craft Second Degree Operative Speculative Masonry Globes Order Architecture Antiquity Tuscan Doric Ionic Corinthian Pillars Five Senses Human Nature Liberal Arts Sciences Grammar Rhetoric Logic Arithmetic Geometry Music Astronomy Morals Master Mason Third Degree Sublime Pot of Incense Bee-Hive Book of Constitutions Tyler’s Sword Naked Heart All-Seeing Eye Anchor Ark Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid Hour-Glass Scythe Three Steps Capitular Degrees Fourth Mark Master Most Excellent Royal Arch Second Order Chisel Mallet Present Past Master Masons Ceremony Constitution Consecration Installation Senior Warden Junior Deacons Stewards Tyler Foundation Stone Public Structures Masons’ Halls Funerals Ancient Custom Funeral Service Sixth Degree Most Excellent Master Seventh Degree Ceremony of Exaltation Royal Arch Mason Order of High Priesthood Priest Captain of the Host Principal Sojourner First Second Third Veil Masters of the Veils Overseers Chivalric Degrees Knights of the Red Cross Knights Templar Knights of Malta

THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR, Or, Illustrations of Masonry. By Thomas Smith Webb, Past Grand Master, Etc. Etc., Published in 1816 by Lucius Q.C. Bowles, Montpelier, Vermont. Applegate & Company, Cincinnati. 6.5” x 4” leather binding decorated with gilt cover motif and spine titles. 420 pages.

Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION FOR EXTREME AGE. Exterior as shown in photo with scuffs and wear to extremities, particular at foot of spine. Firm binding. Text is clean and complete. Pages uniformly toned, some foxing. No torn, loose or missing pages.

DESCRIPTION:

This rare volume is a 208-year-old guide to the secret ceremonies, teachings, symbols and emblems of Freemasonry. I have sold many Freemasonry books over the years, but this is by far the earliest Freemason’s Monitor I have ever acquired.

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORLD, WE MAY TRACE THE FOUNDATION OF FREEMASONRY. EVER SINCE SYMMETRY BEGAN, AND HARMONY DISPLAYED HER CHARMS, THE ORDER HAS HAD A BEING. DURING MANY AGES, AND IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, IT HAS FLOURISHED. IN THE DARK PERIODS OF ANTIQUITY, WHEN LITERATURE WAS IN A LOW STATE, AND THE RUDE MANNERS OF OUR FOREFATHERS WITHHELD FROM THEM THAT KNOWLEDGE NOW MASTERED BY SO MANY, FREEMASONRY DIFFUSED ITS INFLUENCE. FREEMASONRY REVEALED ITSELF TO THE WORLD IN LONDON IN 1717, BUT ITS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND RITUALS HAD BEEN USED IN SECRET FOR CENTURIES. ONCE REVEALED, FREEMASONRY QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ATTRACTED KINGS, EMPERORS, AND STATESMEN TO TAKE ITS SACRED OATHS. IT ALSO FOUND MANY OPPONENTS, INCLUDING PERHAPS ITS GREATEST ENEMY, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. FREEMASONRY IS A WORLDWIDE SCIENCE CONFINED TO NO PARTICULAR COUNTRY. WHEREVER ARTS FLOURISH, THERE FREEMASONRY FLOURISHES TOO. ADD TO THIS, THAT BY SECRET AND INVIOLABLE SIGNS, CAREFULLY PRESERVED AMONG THE FRATERNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, MASONRY BECOMES A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT TRANSCENDS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. THUS, THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF MASONRY, WHICH IS RECONCILABLE TO THE BEST POLICY, ALL THE DISPUTES WHICH EMBITTER LIFE AND SOUR THE TEMPERS OF MEN ARE AVOIDED; WHILE THE COMMON GOOD, WHICH IS THE GENERAL DESIGN OF THE CRAFT, IS ZEALOUSLY PURSUED.

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CONTENTS ARE:

BOOK I - THE FREEMASON’S MONITOR:

CHAPTER ONE ~ ORIGIN OF MASONRY AND ITS GENERAL ADVANTAGES

CHAPTER TWO ~ THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRATERNITY EXPLAINED

CHAPTER THREE ~ THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SECRETS OF MASONRY DEMONSTRATED

CHAPTER FOUR ~ GENERAL REMARKS

CHAPTER FIVE ~ THE CEREMONY OF OPENING AND CLOSING A LODGE

CHAPTER SIX ~ CHARGES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR OF MASONS: Ancient Charges * On the Management of the Craft in Working * Laws for the Government of a Lodge * Charge on the Behavior of Masons out of the Lodge

CHAPTER SEVEN ~ PREREQUISITES FOR A CANDIDATE: Form of a Petition to be Presented by a Candidate for Initiation * Declaration to be assented to by a candidate, in an adjoining apartment, previous to Initiation

CHAPTER EIGHT ~ REMARKS ON THE FIRST LECTURE: The First Section * Prayer Used at the Initiation of a Candidate * The Second Section * The Badge of a Mason * The Third Section * Of Brotherly Love * Of Relief * Of Truth * Of Temperance * Of Fortitude * Of Prudence * Of Justice * Charge at Initiation into the First Degree

CHAPTER NINE ~ REMARKS ON THE SECOND DEGREE: Remarks on the Second Degree * The First Section * The Second Section * Operative Masonry * Speculative Masonry * Of the Globes * The Use of the Globes * Of Order in Architecture * Of Its Antiquity * The Tuscan * The Doric * The Ionic * The Corinthian * Of the Invention of this Order * The Composite * Of the Invention of Order in Architecture * Of the Five Senses in Human Nature * earing * Seeing * Feeling * Smelling * Tasting Of the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences * Grammar * Rhetoric * Logic * Arithmetic * Geometry * Of the Moral Advantages of Geometry * Music * Astronomy * Charge at Initiation into the Second Degree

CHAPTER TEN ~ REMARKS ON THE THIRD DEGREE: Remarks on the Third Degree * The First Section * Ecclesiastes xii. 1-7 * The Trowel * The Second Section * Prayer at Raising a Brother to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason * The Third Section * The Pot of Incense * The Bee-Hive * The Book of Constitutions, Guarded by Tyler’s Sword * The Sword, Pointing to a Naked Heart * The All-Seeing Eye * The Anchor and Ark * The Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid * The Hour-Glass * The Scythe * The Three Steps * Charge of Initiation into the Third Degree

CHAPTER ELEVEN ~ REMARKS ON THE FOURTH, OR MARK MASTER MASON’S DEGREE: Remarks on the Fourth, or Mark Master Mason’s Degree * The First Section * The Second Section * The Chisel * The Mallet * Charge to Be Delivered when a Candidate is Advanced to the Fourth Degree * Song sung during the Closing Ceremony

CHAPTER TWELVE ~ OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEGREE OF PRESENT OR PAST MASTER: Observations on the Degree of Present or Past Master * The First Section * Of the Manner of Constituting a Lodge of Master Masons * Ceremony of Constitution and Consecration * Ceremony of Consecration * Ceremony of Installation * The Senior Warden * The Junior Warden * The Treasurer * The Secretary * The Senior and Junior Deacons * The Stewards * The Tyler * Charge upon the Installation of the Officers of a Lodge * Ceremony observed at Laying the Foundation Stone of Public Structures * Ceremony Observed at the Dedication of Masons’ Halls * The Ceremony Observed at Funerals, According to Ancient Custom; With the Service Used on the Occasion * The Funeral Service

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ~ REMARKS ON THE SIXTH OR MOST EXCELLENT MASTER’S DEGREE: Remarks on the Sixth, or Most Excellent Master’s Degree * Most Excellent Master’s Song * Charge to Be Delivered to a Brother Who is Accepted and Acknowledged as a Most Excellent Master

CHAPTER FOURTEEN ~ OBSERVATIONS ON THE SEVENTH, OR DEGREE OF ROYAL ARCH MASON: Observations on the Seventh, or Degree of Royal Arch Mason * The First Section * The Second Section * Prayer rehearsed during the Ceremony of Exaltation to the Degree of Royal Arch Mason * Closing

CHAPTER FIFTEEN ~ OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORDER OF HIGH PRIEST: Observations on the Order or High Priest * Ceremonies and Charges upon Constituting and Dedicating a Royal Arch Chapter and Installing Its Officers * Charge to the King * Charge to the Scribe * Charge to the Captain of the Host * Charge to the Principal Sojourner * Charge to the Royal Arch Captain * Charge to the Master of the Third Veil * Charge to the Master of the Second Veil * Charge to the Master of the First Veil * Charge to the Three Masters of the Veils, as Overseers * Charge to the Treasurer * Charge to the Secretary * Charge to the Chaplain * Charge to the Stewards * Charge to the Guard * Address to the High Priest * Address to the Officers Generally * Address to the Chapter at Large

BOOK II:

I. Of the Government of Royal Arch Chapters

II. Powers vested in the general grand officers

III. Constitution of the general grand royal arch chapter of the northern states of America

IV. Grand royal arch chapter of Massachusetts

V. Grand royal arch chapter of Rhode Island

VI. Grand royal arch chapter of Connecticut

VII. Grand royal arch chapter of New York

VIII. Grand royal arch chapter of Pennsylvania

IX. Grand royal arch chapter of Vermont

X. Ceremonies and charges upon the installation of the officers of a royal arch chapter

BOOK III:

I. Observations on the orders of knighthood

II. Of the order of knights of the Red Cross

III. Observations on the orders of Knights Templars and Knights of Malta

IV. Knights of Malta

V. Uniforms and Badges of different orders of Knights ,p> BOOK IV – OF ENCAMPMENTS OF KNIGHTS IN AMERICA:

I. Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania

II. United States Grand Encampment of Knights

III. Of New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island

PART II – BOOK I:

I. Observations on the degree of Secret Master

II. On the degree of Perfect Master

III. On the degree of Intimate Secretary

IV. On the degree of Provost and Judge

V. On the degree of Intendant of the Buildings, or Master in Israel

VI. On the degree of Elected Knights, or Knights of the Ninth Arch

VII. On the degree of Elected Grand Master, or Illustrious Elected of Fifteen

VIII. Illustrious Knights, or Sublime Knights elected

IX. On the degree of a Grand Master Architect

X. On the degree of knights of the ninth arch

XI. Perfection, or grand elect, perfect and Sublime Mason

BOOK II – SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA:

I. General Remarks

II. Commencement of Masonry in America

III. Grand Lodge of New Hampshire

IV. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

V. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

VI. Grand Lodge of Connecticut

VII. Grand Lodge of Vermont

VIII. Grand Lodge of New York

IX. Grand Lodge of New Jersey

X. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

XI. Grand Lodge of Delaware

XII. Grand Lodge of Maryland

XIII. Grand Lodge of Virginia

XIV. Grand Lodge of North Carolina

XV. Grand Lodge of South Carolina

XVI. Grand Lodge of Georgia

XVII. Grand Lodge of Kentucky

XVIII. Grand Lodge of Ohio

XIX. Upper Upper Canada

XX. Grand Lodge of Lower Canada

XXI. Grand Lodge of Novia Scotia

MASONIC SONGS.

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