about him; it is known he has nothing.]  "Search yourself, the Master
replies.   He is assisted in searching - nothing is found.  "Perhaps you
can borrow a trifle," says the Master.  [He tries to borrow, none will
lend him, - he proposes to go into the other room where his clothes are;
he is not permitted - if a stranger, he is very much embarrassed.]  Master
to candidate, "Brother, let this ever be a striking lesson to you, and
teach you, if you should ever see a friend, but more especially, a
brother, in a like pennyless situation, to contribute as liberally to his
relief as his situation may require, and your abilities will admit
without material injury to yourself or family."  Master to Senior Deacon,
"You will conduct the candidate back from whence he came, and invest him of
what he has been divested, and let him return for further instruction.  A
zealous attachment to these principles will ensure public and private
esteem.  IN the State, you are to be a quiet and peaceable subject, true
to your government and just to your country; you are not to countenance
disloyalty, but faithfully submit to legal authority, and conform with
cheerfulness to the government of the country in which you live.  In your
outward demeanor be particularly careful to avoid censure or reproach.
Although your frequent appearance at our regular meetings is earnestly
solicited, yet it is not meant that Masonry should interfere with your
necessary vocations; for these are on no account to be neglected: neither
are you to suffer your zeal for the institution to lead you into argument
with those, who, through ignorance, may ridicule it.  At your leisure
hours, that you may improve in Masonic knowledge, you are to converse with
well informed brethren, who will be always as ready to give, as you will
be to receive information.  Finally, keep sacred and inviolable the
mysteries of the order, as these are to distinguish you from the rest of
the community, and mark you consequence among Masons.  If, in the circle
of your acquaintance, you find a person desirous of being initiated into
Masonry, be particularly attentive not to commend him, unless you are
convinced he will conform to our rules; that the honor, glory, and
reputation of the institution may be firmly established, and the world at
large convinced of its good effects."  Here the initiation ends, and the
candidate is congradulated by his Masonic friends.

After this, the business of the meeting proceeds according to the bye-laws
or regulations of the Lodge.  Before adjourning, it is a very common
practice to close a Lodge of Entered Apprentices, and open a Lodge of
Fellow Crafts, and close that, and open a Maser Mason's Lodge, all in the
same Evening.

CEREMONY OF CLOSING A LODGE OF ENTERED APPRENTICES.

A BROTHER having made a motion that the Lodge be closed; it being seconded
and carried, the Master says to the Junior Deacon - "Brother Junior,"
[giving one rap, which calls up both Deacons,] "The first as well as the
last care of a Mason?"  The Junior Deacon answers, "To see the Lodge
tyled, Worshipful."  Master to the Junior Deacon, "Attend to that part of
your duty, and inform the Tyler that we are about to close this Lodge of
Entered Apprentice Masons, and direct him to tyle accordingly."  The
Junior Deacon steps to the door and gives three raps, which are answered
by the Tyler by one, which is also answered by the Tyler by one.  The
Junior Deacon then opens the door, delivers his message, and resumes his
place in the Lodge, and says, "The door is tyled, Worshipful."  Master to
Junior Deacon, "By whom?"  Ans. "By a Master Mason without the door, armed
with the proper implements of his office."  Master to Junior Deacon, "His
business there?" Ans. "To keep off all cowans and eaves-droppers, and see
that none pass or repass without permission from the chair."  Master to
Junior Deacon, "Your duty there?" Ans. "To wait on the Worshipful
Master and Wardens, act as their proxy in the active duties of the
Lodge, and take care of the door."  Master to Junior Deacon, "The Senior
Deacon's place in the Lodge?" Ans. "At the right hand of the Worshipful
Master in the East."  Master to Senior Deacon, "Your duty there, brother
Senior?"  Ans. "To wait on the Worshipful Master and Wardens; act as their
proxy in the active duties of the Lodge; attend to the preparation and
introduction of candidates; receive and clothe all visiting brethren."
Master to the Senior Deacon, "The Secretary's place in the Lodge?"  Ans.
"At your left hand, Worshipful."  Master to Secretary, "Your duty there,
brother Secretary?"  The Secretary replies, "Duly to observe the Master's
will and pleasure; record the proceedings of the Lodge; transmit a copy of
the same to the Grand Lodge, if required; receive all monies and money
bills from the hands of the brethren; pay them over to the Treasurer, and
take his receipt for the same."   Master to the Secretary, "The Treasurer's
place in the Lodge?"  Ans. "At the right hand of the Worshipful Master."
Master to Treasure, "Your business there, brother Treasurer?"  Treasurer
answers "Duly to observe the Worshipful Master's will and pleasure;
receive all monies and money bills from the hands of the Secretary; keep a
just and accurate account of the same; pay them out by order of the
Worshipful Master and consent of the brethren."  Master to the Treasurer,
"The Junior Warden's place in the Lodge?" Ans. "In the South, Worshipful."
Master to the Junior Warden, "Your business there, brother Junior?"  The
Junior Warden says, "As the Sun in the South, at high meridian, is the
beauty and glory of the day, so stands the Junior Warden in the South at
high twelve, the better to observe the time; call the crafts from labor to
refreshment; superintend them during the hours thereof; see that none
convert the purposes of refreshment into that of excess or intemperance;
call them on again in due season; that the Worshipful Master may have