Webb's Masonic Monitor
By Thomas Smith Webb,
1771-1819.
WEBB'S
FREEMASON'S MONITOR:
INCLUDING THE
FIRST THREE DEGREES,
WITH THE
FUNERAL SERVICE AND OTHER PUBLIC CEREMONIES;
TOGETHER WITH
MANY USEFUL FORMS.
THE WHOLE SQUARING WITH THE NATIONAL WORK OF THE
BALTIMORE CONVENTION,
AS TAUGHT BY THE
LATE BRO. JOHN BARNEY, GRAND LECTURER.COMPILED BY
JAMES FENTON, P. M.,
AND GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MICHIGAN.
CINCINNATI:
PUBLISHED BY C. MOORE,
AT THE MASONIC REVIEW OFFICE.
1865.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Chapter Content Page - Preface, Introductory 2 I. Origin of Masonry and its General Advantages. 7 II. The Government of the Fraternity Explained. 9 III. The Importance of the Secrets of Masonry Demonstrated. 11 IV. General Remarks. 13 V. The Ceremony of Opening and Closing a Lodge. 14 VI. Charges and Regulations for the Conduct and Behavior of Masons. 19 VII. Prerequisites for a Candidate. 23 VIII. Remarks on the First Lecture. 26 IX. Remarks on the Second Degree 48 X. Remarks on the Third Degree. 76 XI. Funerals. Ceremony of Constitution and Consecration. 94 XII. Ceremony of Installation. 113 XIII. Ceremony of laying the Foundation Stones of Public Structures. 128 XIV. Forms most commonly required. Public Grand Honors 137
