r of it in succession, until they have each
pronounced every letter of the word, then the word JEHOVAH, a syllable
at a time, and then the word JAHBUHLUN as described. There are also
Chapters in which the latter word is not known, and there are others in
which the word is not given at all at opening.

[13] This clause is sometimes made a distinct point in the obligation
in the following form, viz.: Furthermore, do I promise and swear, that
I will vote for a companion Royal Arch Mason before any other of equal
qualifications; and in some Chapters both are left out of the
obligation.

[14] In some Chapters this is administered: All the secrets of a
companion without exception.

[15] This is frequently represented in this manner: When the person
reading comes to that part where it says, "God called to him out of the
midst of the bush and said," etc., he stops reading, and a person
behind the bushes calls out, "Moses, Moses." The conductor answers,
"Here am I." The person behind the bush then says, "Draw not nigh
hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou
standeth is holy ground (his shoes are then slipped off). Moreover, I
am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." The
person first reading then says, "And Moses hid his face; for he was
afraid to look upon God." At these words the bandage is placed over the
candidate's eyes.

[16] By this tremendous imprecation, the candidate, of his "own free
will and accord," volunteers (in case of a violation) to come forth to
the resurrection of damnation and receive the sentence, "Depart thou
accursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

[17] See the Apocryphal books, 1 Esdras, chapters iii. and iv.

[18] Diplomas of this degree, "In the name of the HOLY and UNDIVIDED
TRINITY," recommend the bearer as a true and faithful soldier of Jesus
Christ.

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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE KIDNAPPING OF WILLIAM MORGAN.

Captain Morgan was born in Virginia, and was a mason by trade. He
commenced the business of a brewer at York, Upper Canada, in 1821, but
having lost all his property by fire, he removed to New York State,
and worked at his trade both in Rochester and Batavia. In the year
1826 rumors were heard that Morgan, in connection with other persons,
was preparing and intended to publish a book which would reveal the
secrets of Freemasonry, and an excitement of som