cription delineated thereon: A virgin weeping
over a broken column, with a book open before her; in her right hand a
sprig of cassia; in her left, an urn; Time standing behind her, with
his hands infolded in the ringlets of her hair.

Q. What do they denote? A. The weeping virgin denotes the unfinished
state of the Temple; the broken column, that one of the principal
supporters of Masonry had fallen; the open book before her, that his
memory was on perpetual record; the sprig of cassia, the timely
discovery of his grave; the urn in her left hand, that his ashes were
safely deposited under the SANCTUM SANCTORUM, or HOLY OF HOLIES, of
King Solomon's Temple; and Time standing behind her, with his hands
infolded in the ringlets of her hair, that time, patience, and
perseverance will accomplish all things.

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THIRD SECTION.

Question--What does a Master's Lodge represent? Answer--The SANCTUM
SANCTORUM, or HOLY OF HOLIES, of King Solomon's Temple.

Q. How long was the Temple building? A. Seven years; during which it
rained not in the daytime, that the workmen might not be obstructed in
their labor.

Q. What supported the Temple? A. Fourteen hundred and fifty-three
columns, and two thousand, nine hundred and six pilasters, all hewn
from the finest Parian marble.

Q. What further supported it? A. Three grand columns, or pillars.

Q. What were they called? A. Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty.

Q. What did they represent? A. The pillar of Wisdom represented
Solomon, King of Israel, whose wisdom contrived the mighty fabric; the
pillar of Strength, Hiram, King of Tyre, who strengthened Solomon in
his glorious undertaking; the pillar of Beauty, Hiram Abiff, the
widow's son, whose cunning craft and curious workmanship beautified
and adorned the Temple.

Q. How many were there employed in the building of King Solomon's
Temple? A. Three Grand Masters; three thousand, three hundred Masters,
or overseers of the work; eighty thousand Fellow Crafts, and seventy
thousand Entered Apprentices; all those were classed and arranged in
such a manner, by the wisdom of Solomon, that neither envy, discord,
nor confusion were suffered to interrupt that universal peace and
tranquility that pervaded the work at that important period.

Q. How many constitutes an Entered Apprentice's Lodge? A. Seven; one
Master and six Entered Apprentices.

Q. Where did they usually meet? A. On the ground floor of King