THE
MASONIC MANUAL
A pocket Companion for the Initiated:
CONTAINING THE
RITUALS OF FREEMASONRY
EMBRACED IN THE DEGREES OF THE
LODGE CHAPTER AND ENCAMPMENT;
EMBELLISHED WITH
Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings.
TOGETHER WITH
FORMS OF MASONIC DOCUMENTS, NOTES, SONGS, DATES, ETC.
Compiled and arranged
BY ROBERT MACOY
PAST MASTER, PAST GRAND SECRETARY, PAST GRAND COMMANDER,
GRAND RECORDER, ETC.
REVISED EDITION, 1867.
NEW YORK:
C L A R K & M A Y N A R D,
5 Barclay, St.
C O N T E N T S.
I. Preface 2 II. Introduction 7 Charge at Opening 9 Charge at Closing 10 Ancient Charges 13 III. Entered Apprentice 17 IV. Fellow Craft 40 V. Master Mason 67 VI. Mark Master 85 VII. Present or Past Master 97 Form of Petition for a new Lodge 98 Ceremony of Constitution 100 Ceremony of Consecration 106 Ceremony of Installation 109 Ceremony of Laying Foundation Stones 122 Ceremony of Dedication of Masonic Halls 126 Ceremony at Funerals 132 VIII. Most Excellent Master 141 IX. Royal Arch 155 X. Royal Master 181 XI. Select Master 184 Installation Ceremonies 190 XII. Order of Priesthood 199 Installation Ceremonies 204 XIII. Knights of the Red Cross 235 XIV. Knights Templars 252 XV. Knights of Malta 266 Installation Ceremonies 273 XVI. Masonic Odes 292 XVII. Masonic Calendar 300 XVIII. Forms of Masonic Documents, Jewels 301
ROBERT MACOY, 1815-1895, bookseller and publisher
