rd temple? A. Tito, the son of the Emperor
Vespasian. The Masons, who with sorrow saw the temple again destroyed,
departed from Rome, after having embraced the Catholic religion, and
determined never to assist in constructing another.

Q. What became of those Masons afterwards? A. They divided themselves
into several companies, and went into different parts of Europe, but
the greatest part of them went to Scotland, and built a town which
they called Kilwinning; at this time there is a Lodge there, bearing
the same name.

Q. What happened to them afterwards? A. Twenty-seven thousand of the
Masons in Scotland determined to assist the Christian Princes and
Knights, who were at that time at Jerusalem, in a crusade for the
purpose of taking the Holy Land and city from the infidels, who were
then in possession of it; and they accordingly obtained leave of the
Scottish monarch.

Q. What happened most remarkable to them? A. Their bravery and good
conduct gained them the esteem and respect of all the Knights of St.
John of Jerusalem. The general of that order, and the principal
officers, took the resolution of being admitted into the secrets of
Masonry, which they accordingly received; and in return they admitted
them into their order.

Q. What became of those Masons afterwards? A. After the crusade they
returned and spread Masonry throughout all Europe, which flourished
for a long time in France and England; but the Scotch, to their great
praise be it spoken, were the only people who kept up the practice of
it.

Q. How came it again in vogue in France? A. A Scotch nobleman went to
France and became a resident at Bordeaux, where he establishes a Lodge
of Perfection, from the members of the Lodge in 1744; in which he was
assisted by a French gentleman, who took great pleasure in all the
Masonic degrees. This still exists in a most splendid manner.

Q. What means the fire in our Lodge? A. Submission, purification of
morals, and equality among brethren.

Q. What signifies the air? A. The purity, virtue, and truth of this
degree.

Q. What does the sign of the sun mean? A. It signifies that some of us
are more enlightened than others in the Mysteries of Masonry; and for
that reason we are often called Knights of the Sun.

Q. How many signs have you in this degree of Grand Pontiff, which is
Grand Master of all Lodges? A. 1st, The sign of the earth, or
Apprentice; 2d, of water--Fellow Craft; 3d, of terror--the Master;
4th,