om a foe, and has since been
adopted as a proper pass-word, to be given before entering any
well-regulated and governed Lodge of Fellow Craft Masons." Since this
is the case, you will pass on to the Senior Warden in the West for
further examination. As they approach the Senior Warden in the West,
the Senior Deacon says to the candidate, "Brother, the next thing we
come to is the inner door of the middle chamber of King Solomon's
Temple, which we find partly open, but more closely tyled by the
Senior Warden;" when the Senior Warden inquires, "Who comes here? Who
comes here?" The Senior Deacon answers, "A Fellow Craft Mason." Senior
Warden to Senior Deacon, "How do you expect to gain admission?" A. "By
the grip and word." The Senior Warden to the Senior Deacon, "Will you
give them to me?" They are then given as hereinbefore described. The
word is JACHIN. After they are given, the Senior Warden says, "They
are right; you can pass on to the Worshipful Master in the East." As
they approach the Master, he inquires, "Who comes here? Who comes
here?" Senior Deacon answers, "A Fellow Craft Mason." The Master then
says to the candidate, "Brother you have been admitted into the middle
chamber of King Solomon's Temple for the sake of the letter G. It
denotes Deity, before whom we all ought to bow with reverence,
worship, and adoration. It also denotes Geometry, the fifth science:
it being that on which this degree was principally founded. By
Geometry we may curiously trace nature through her various windings to
her most concealed recesses; by it we may discover the power, the
wisdom, and the goodness of the Grand Artificer of the Universe, and
view with delight the proportions which connect this vast machine; by
it we may discover how the planets move in their different orbits, and
demonstrate their various revolutions; by it we account for the return
of a season, and the variety of scenes which each season displays to
the discerning eye. Numberless worlds surround us, all formed by the
same Divine Architect, which roll through this vast expanse, and all
conducted by the same unerring law of nature. A survey of nature, and
the observations of her beautiful proportions, first determined man to
imitate the divine plan, and study symmetry and order. The architect
began to design; and the plans which he laid down, being improved by
experience and time, have produced works which are the admiration of
every age. The lapse of time, the rut