destroy the
body when let loose: and, therefore, it is our particular duty to
subdue them.

Q. Explain the seven passions to us. A. 1st. The propagation of
species. 2d. Ambition of acquiring riches. 3d. Ambition to acquire
glory in the arts and sciences among men in general. 4th. Superiority
in civil life. 5th. Joys and pleasures of society. 6th. Amusements and
gaieties of life. 7th. Religion.

Q. Which is the greatest sin of all that man can commit, and render
him odious to God and man? A. Suicide and homicide.

Q. What signifies the seven cherubims whose names are written in the
circle called the "First Heaven?" A. They represent the corporeal
delights of this life, which the Eternal gave to man when he created
him, and are, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling,
tranquility, and thought.

Q. What signifies the figure in the moon, which we regard as the
figure or image of conception? A. The purity of nature, which procures
the holiness of the body; and that there is nothing imperfect in the
eyes of the Supreme.

Q. What signifies the figure of the columns? A. They are the emblems
of our souls, which is the breath of life proceeding from the All
Puissant, and ought not to be soiled by the works of the body, but to
be firm as columns.

Q. What does the figure in the porch, which carries a lamb in his arms
represent? Ans.--The porch ornamented with the columns of Jachin and
Boaz, and surmounted with the grand I, represents our body, over which
we ought to have a particular care, in watching our conversation, and
also to watch our needs, as the shepherd his flock.

Q. What signify the two letters, I and B, at the porch? A. They
signify our entrance in the order of Masonry; also the firmness of the
soul, which we ought to possess from hour of our initiation; these we
ought to merit, before we can come to the sublime degrees of knowing
holy truth, and we ought to preserve them, and be firm in whatever
situation we may be in, not knowing whether it may return to our good
or evil in the passage of this life.

Q. What signifies the large I in the triangle on the crown of the
portico? A. That large I, being the initial of the mysterious name of
the Great Architect of the Universe, whose greatness we should always
have in our minds, and that our labors ought to be employed to please
Him; which we should always have in our view as the sure and only
source of our actions.

Q. What signify the seven steps that l