ner door of the secret chamber." Most Puissant says, "Brother
Senior Warden, see the cause of that alarm."

LECTURE.--Question--Are you an Intendant of the Buildings? A. I have
made the five steps of exactness; I have penetrated the inmost parts
of the temple, and have seen the great light, in which were three
mysterious characters, J. J. J.

Q. How were you received? A. Being in the middle chamber, in company
with the Master of Ceremonies, Adoniram entered and inquired, "Is
there here a chief of the five orders of architecture?"

Q. Your answer? A. I am one.

Q. What followed? A. I was then asked, "My dear brother, have you zeal
to apply yourself with attention to that which the Most Puissant shall
request of you?"

Q. Your answer? A. I have, and will comply with the request of the
Most Puissant, and raise this edifice to his honor and glory.

Q. What followed? Ans. Adoniram demanded of me the signs, words, and
tokens of my former degrees, which being given, the Master of
Ceremonies conducted me to the door of the Lodge, where he gave me
five distinct knocks.

Q. To what did they allude? A. To the five orders of architecture.

Q. How were they answered? A. By five from within.

Q. What was then said to you. A. I was asked, "Who comes there?"

Q. Your answer? A. A chief of the five orders of architecture, who is
to be employed in the works of the secret chamber.

Q. What was then said to you? A. I was then asked by what further
right, etc.

Q. Your answer? A. By the right of a pass-word.

Q. Give me that pass-word? A. Bonahim (pronounced Bo-nau-heem).

Q. What was then said to you? A. Wait until the Most Puissant is
informed, etc.

Q. What was his answer? A. Let him be introduced in due form.

Q. What followed? A. I was conducted to the altar and caused to recede
five steps, and then to advance to the altar by five steps of regular
exactness.

Q. What is meant thereby? A. That I should recede from vice, and
advance to virtue, before I was qualified to supply the place of so
good a man as the lamented Hiram Abiff.

Q. What followed? A. I was laid prostrate before the altar, with a
sprig of cassia in my right hand, and my left upon the first great
light of Masonry, in which posture I took the obligation of this
degree.

Q. Repeat that obligation. A. (Same as Perfect Master) under penalty
of being deprived of my sight. So help, etc.

Q. What followed? A. I was thus addressed by the Most Puissant: