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A SHORT METHOD OF CLOSING A LODGE OF
ENTERED APPRENTICES.

The foregoing is the proper method of calling a Lodge up and down,
but when time is an object, the following method is sometimes adopted:

W.M. to J.D. Brother Junior Deacon, what is the last great care of
Masons when in Lodge assembled?

J.D. To see that the Lodge is duly tyled, Worshipful Master.

W.M. Perform that duty, and inform the Tyler that I am about to close
this Lodge of Entered Apprentices. The Deacon obeys the order.

J.D. to W.M. The Lodge is duly tyled, Worshipful Master.

The Master calls up the Lodge.

W.M. to Lodge. Brethren, I declare this Lodge of Entered Apprentices
closed, and labor resumed on the third degree, waiving all further
ceremonies, Brother Junior Deacon, inform the Tyler. Brother Senior
Warden, attend to the three Great Lights.

The Lodge is now purged, tyled and closed in the third degree.

CALLING OFF AND ON.

The routine of calling off the craft from labor to refreshment, and on
again from refreshment to labor, is the same in all of the three degrees.
The Master asks the following questions:

W.M. to J.W. Brother Junior Warden, how goes the hour?

J.W. High twelve, Worshipful Master.

W.M. to J.W. It being high twelve, you will call the craft from labor to
refreshment for the space of fifteen minutes. (More or less, as the
case may be.)

The Junior Warden calls up the Lodge by three raps.

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