, the head
inclined towards the left. THIRD SIGN.--Cross the hands on the breast,
the right over the left, fingers extended, thumbs elevated, and the
feet forming a square. TOKEN.--Take reciprocally the right elbow with
the right hand, the thumb on the outside, the fingers joined, and on
the inside; press the elbow thus four times, slip the hands down to
the wrists, raising the three last fingers, and press the index on the
wrist. SACRED WORD.--"Razabassi," or "Razahaz Betzi-Yah."
PASS-WORDS.--"Jechson," "Jubellum," "Zanabosan." Some, however, give
Jehovah as the sacred word, and "Belshazzar" as the pass-word.

LECTURE.--Question--Are you a Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges?
Answer.--They know me at Jerusalem to be such.

Q. How shall I know that you are a Grand Master of all Symbolic
Lodges? A. By observing my zeal in rebuilding the temple.

Q. Which way did you travel? A. From the South to the East.

Q. How often? A. Nine.

Q. Why so many? A. In memory of the Grand Masters who traveled to
Jerusalem.

Q. Can you give me their names? A. Their names are Esdras, Zerubbabel,
Phachi, Joshua, Elial, Toyada, Homen, Nehemias, and Malchias.

Q. What are the pass-words? A. "Jechson," "Jubellum," and "Zanabosan."

Q. What object engaged your attention most, when you first entered the
Lodge of Grand Masters? A. The candlestick with nine branches.

Q. Why are the nine candles therein always kept burning in this Lodge?
A. To remind us that there cannot be less than nine Masters to form a
Grand Master's Lodge.

Q. What were your reasons for wishing to be admitted and received in
this Lodge of Grand Masters? A. That I might receive the benefit of
the two lights I was unacquainted with.

Q. Have you received those lights, and in what manner? A. In receiving
first the small light.

Q. Explain this? A. When I was received by steel and fire.

Q. What signifies the steel? A. To remind us of the steel by which our
Most Respectable Chief, Hiram Abiff, lost his life, and which I am
sworn to make use of whenever I can revenge that horrible murder of
the traitors of Masonry.

Q. What means the fire? A. To put us in mind that our forefathers were
purified by fire.

Q. By whom were you received? A. By Cyrus.

Q. Why by Cyrus? A. Because it was he who ordered Zerubbabel to
rebuild the temple.

Q. What did you promise and swear to perform when you received this
degree? A. I swore that I would see the laws, statutes, and
reg