elf), raises his hand three several times above his head
(as herein before described), and exclaims twice, "Nothing but a faint
resemblance of the letter G! that is not the Master's word, nor a key
to it, I fear the Master's word is forever lost!" [The third
exclamation is different from the others--attend to it; it has been
described in pages 40 and 41.] "Nothing but a faint resemblance of the
letter G! that is not the Master's word, nor a key to it." "O Lord, my
God, is there no help for the widow's son?" The Master then orders the
Junior Warden to summon a Lodge of Entered Apprentice Masons, and
repair to the grave to raise the body of their Grand Master, by the
Entered Apprentice's grip. They go to the candidate and take hold of
his forefinger and pull it, and return and tell the Master that they
could not raise him by the Entered Apprentice's grip; that the skin
cleaved from the bone. A Lodge of Fellow Crafts are then sent, who act
as before, except that they pull the candidate's second finger. The
Master then directs the Senior Warden [generally] to summon a Lodge of
Master Masons, and says, "I will go with them myself in person, and
try to raise the body by the Master's grip, or lion's paw." [Some say
by the strong grip, or the lion's paw.] They then all assemble around
the candidate, the Master having declared the first word spoken after
the body was raised, should be adopted as a substitute for the
Master's word, for the government of Master Mason's Lodges in all
future generations; he proceeds to raise the candidate, alias the
representative of the dead body of Hiram Abiff. He [the candidate] is
raised on what is called the five points of fellowship, which are foot
to foot, knee to knee, breast to breast, hand to back, and mouth to
ear. This is done by putting the inside of your right foot to the
inside of the right foot of the person to whom you are going to give
the word, the inside of your knee to his, laying your right breast
against his, your left hands on the back of each other, and your
mouths to each other's right ear [in which position you are alone
permitted to give the word], and whisper the word MAH-HAH-BONE. The
Master's grip is given by taking hold of each other's right hand, as
though you were going to shake hands, and sticking the nails of each
of your fingers into the joint of the other's wrist, where it unites
with the hand. In this position the candidate is raised, he keeping
his whole body s