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W.M. How are we tyled, brother Junior Deacon?

J.D. By a brother Master Mason without the door, armed with the
proper instrument of his office.

W.M. What are his duties there?

J.D. To keep off all cowans and eavesdroppers and to see that none
pass or repass but such as are duly qualified and have permission from
the Worshipful Master.

The Worshipful Master now seats the Deacons by one rap.

W.M. to S.W. Are you a Master Mason?

S.W. I am.

W.M. What induced you to become a Master Mason?

S.W. In order that I might receive Masters' wages, and better to be
enabled to support myself and family, and contribute to the relief of
poor, distressed Master Masons, their widows and orphans.

W.M. Where were you made a Master Mason?

S.W. In a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Master Masons.

W.M. How many anciently composed a Lodge of Master Masons?

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 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.
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