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The Revelations Of A Square.
him for promotion to the highest honours of the Craft . Every free and accepted Mason , therefore , who desires to understand the elementary principles of the Order , should be earnest in acquiring a competent knowledge of the . Lectures . As in all other sciences , this can only be accomplished by a gradual process . He must take care not to begin where he ought to finish , for many excellent and well-intentioned Brethren have failed by falling into this fatal , though very common error /
" Bro . Preston , " said the Square , " then entered on an explanation of the process which he had adopted in collecting information , and arranging the various modes of working used in different parts of the kingdom into a connected and intelligible form ; and stated that his present object w as to submit to the judgment of the meeting the result of his labours , that
he might have the benefit of their united opinion on the details of the First Lecture , which was all that he had hitherto been able to accomplish . " ' I need not inform you , ' he continued , ' that the Degrees of Masonry are progressive . I have constructed the series on such a principlethat the preliminary clauses of the First
, Lecture are simply elementary . They commence by a process which is calculated to fix certain leading principles indelibly in the mind , as stepping-stones to conduct the student gradually to a perfect understanding of that which is to follow . My first object was a revival of the Tests . These I have distributed into three sections , each containing seven questions .
It is true , they convey intrinsically no great amount of information , but they lead to matters of more importance , which would be imperfectly understood without their assistance / " Here , " said the Square , " Bro . Preston repeated the formula , * and then proceeded : — " ' A competent knowledge of some such series of
examination questions , adapted to each of the Three Degrees , constitutes an indispensable qualification for the progress of the candidate from one step to another ; and I attach so much value to their acquirement , that as the Master of a Lodge , I never , on any occasion , pass the candidate to a superior degree until he has displayed a correct knowledge of these certain tests of his understanding and zeal . And as every Brother is thus necessarily acquainted with them , the candi-
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The Revelations Of A Square.
him for promotion to the highest honours of the Craft . Every free and accepted Mason , therefore , who desires to understand the elementary principles of the Order , should be earnest in acquiring a competent knowledge of the . Lectures . As in all other sciences , this can only be accomplished by a gradual process . He must take care not to begin where he ought to finish , for many excellent and well-intentioned Brethren have failed by falling into this fatal , though very common error /
" Bro . Preston , " said the Square , " then entered on an explanation of the process which he had adopted in collecting information , and arranging the various modes of working used in different parts of the kingdom into a connected and intelligible form ; and stated that his present object w as to submit to the judgment of the meeting the result of his labours , that
he might have the benefit of their united opinion on the details of the First Lecture , which was all that he had hitherto been able to accomplish . " ' I need not inform you , ' he continued , ' that the Degrees of Masonry are progressive . I have constructed the series on such a principlethat the preliminary clauses of the First
, Lecture are simply elementary . They commence by a process which is calculated to fix certain leading principles indelibly in the mind , as stepping-stones to conduct the student gradually to a perfect understanding of that which is to follow . My first object was a revival of the Tests . These I have distributed into three sections , each containing seven questions .
It is true , they convey intrinsically no great amount of information , but they lead to matters of more importance , which would be imperfectly understood without their assistance / " Here , " said the Square , " Bro . Preston repeated the formula , * and then proceeded : — " ' A competent knowledge of some such series of
examination questions , adapted to each of the Three Degrees , constitutes an indispensable qualification for the progress of the candidate from one step to another ; and I attach so much value to their acquirement , that as the Master of a Lodge , I never , on any occasion , pass the candidate to a superior degree until he has displayed a correct knowledge of these certain tests of his understanding and zeal . And as every Brother is thus necessarily acquainted with them , the candi-