with the
gavel; when opposite the Senior Warden he does the same; and likewise
when opposite the Most Excellent Master. The second time around, each
gives two blows; the third, three; and so on, until they arrive to
six. During this time, the Most Excellent Master reads the following
passage of Scripture:

Psalm cxxii. "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into
the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within Thy gates, O
Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact
together. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto
the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of
David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that
love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy
palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes I will now say,
Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord, our God, I
will seek thy good."

The reading of the foregoing is so timed as not to be fully ended
until the Senior Deacon and candidate have performed the sixth
revolution. Immediately after this, the Senior Deacon and candidate
arrive at the Junior Warden's station in the South, when the same
questions are asked and answers returned, as at the door (Who comes
here, etc.). The Junior Warden then directs the candidate to pass on
to the Senior Warden in the West for further examination; where the
same questions are asked and answers returned, as before. The Senior
Warden directs him to be conducted to the Right Worshipful Master in
the East for further examination. The Right Worshipful Master asks the
same questions, and receives the same answers as before. He then says,
"Please to conduct the candidate back to the West from whence he came,
and put him in the care of the Senior Warden, and request him to teach
the candidate how to approach the East, by advancing upon six upright
regular steps to the sixth step, and place him in a proper position to
take upon him the solemn oath or obligation of a Most Excellent Master
Mason." The candidate is conducted back to the West, and put in care
of the Senior Warden, who informs him how to approach the East, as
directed by the Most Excellent Master. The candidate kneels on both
knees, and places both hands on the leaves of an opened Bible, Square
and Compass. The Most Excellent Master now comes forward and says,
"Brother, you are now