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S.W. Three or more.

W.M. When composed of only three, who were they?

S.W. The Worshipful Master, Senior Warden and Junior Warden.

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

S.W. In the South.

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

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

J.W. In the West.

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

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

S.W. to W.M. In the East.

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

S.W. to W.M. As the Sun rises in the East to open and govern the day,
so rises the Worshipful Master in the East to open and govern his Lodge;
to set the craft to work, and give them good and wholesome instruction
for their labors.

The Master calls up the Lodge by three raps.

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