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Sec. To observe the Worshipful Master's will and pleasure; to record
the proceedings of the Lodge; to receive all moneys, and to pay them
into the hands of the Treasurer.

W.M. What is the Treasurer's place in the Lodge?

Sec. On the right of the Worshipful Master in the East.

W.M. What are your duties there, brother Treasurer?

Treas. To receive all moneys from the hand of the Secretary; keep
just and regular account of the same, and pay them out at the
Worshipful Master's will and pleasure, with the consent of the Lodge.

W.M. What is the Junior Warden's station in the Lodge?

Treas. In the South.

W.M. Why are you in the South, brother Junior Warden? What are
your duties there?

J.W. As the Sun in the South at its meridian height is the glory and
beauty of the day, so stands the Junior Warden in the South, the better
to observe the time; to call the craft from labor to refreshment; to
superintend them during the hours thereof, and see that they do not
convert the purposes of refreshment into intemperance and excess; to
call them on again in due season, that the Worshipful Master may have
pleasure and the craft profit thereby.

W.M. What is the Senior Warden's station in the Lodge?

J.W. In the West.

W.M. Why are you in the West, brother Senior Warden? What are
your duties there?

S.W. As the Sun is in the West at the close of the day, so is the Senior
Warden in the West, to assist the Worshipful Master in opening and clos-
ing his Lodge; to pay the craft their wages, if any be due, and see that
none go away dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of
all societies, more especially of ours.

W.M. What is the Worshipful Master's station in the Lodge?

S.W. In the East.

W.M. Why is he in the East, brother Senior Warden? What are his
duties there?
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