ons, let him enter this Worshipful Lodge in the
name of the Lord, and take heed on what he enters." The Junior Deacon
returns to the door and says, "Let him enter this Worshipful Lodge in
the name of the Lord, and take heed on what he enters." In entering,
both points of the Compass are pressed against his naked right and
left breasts, when the Junior Deacon stops the candidate and says,
"Brother, when you first entered this Lodge, you was received on the
point of the Compass pressing your naked left breast, which was then
explained to you; when you entered it the second time, you were
received on the angle of the Square, which was also explained to you;
on entering it now, you are received on the two extreme points of the
Compass pressing your naked right and left breasts, which are thus
explained: As the most vital points of man are contained between the
two breasts, so are the most valuable tenets of Masonry contained
between the two extreme points of the Compass, which are 'Virtue,
Morality, and Brotherly Love.'" The Senior Deacon then conducts the
candidate three times regularly around the Lodge. [I wish the reader
to observe, that on this, as well as every other degree, the Junior
Warden is the first of the three principal officers that the candidate
passes, traveling with the Sun, when he starts around the Lodge, and
as he passes the Junior Warden, Senior Warden, and Master, the first
time going around, they each give one rap; the second time, two raps;
and the third time, three raps. The number of raps given on those
occasions are the same as the number of the degree, except the first
degree, on which three are given, I always thought improperly.] During
the time the candidate is traveling around the room, the Master reads
the following passage of Scripture, the conductor and candidate
traveling, and the Master reading, so that the traveling and reading
terminates at the same time:

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I
have no pleasure in them: while the Sun, or the Moon, or the Stars
be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day
when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men
shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few,
and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors
shall be shut in the streets; when the sound of the grinding is