I used to give an alternative explanation of the Working Tools in 3rd, 2nd, 1st Degree, to the new WM at Installation in my 2 previous Provinces, but due to a serious computer failure I have lost the document.
If any Brother has a copy of these I would be very grateful, as I am Installing my successor soon and nobody in this Province will have ever heard these before, so I want to give them a treat.
It begins (in each Degree) words to the effect of....
"I now present to you the Working Tools of a MM/FC/EA. They are the X/Y/Z.
With their uses to the operative mason you are already acquainted, as well as their moral connotation to us as Free and Accepted, or, Speculative Masons.
But to YOU as an Installed Master they have a further signification.
In this sense, the X teaches YOU to ......, whilst the Y will remind YOU to ......, whereas the Z will guide YOU to ......"
I can't remember which of the X/Y/Z "teaches/reminds/guides etc, but each of the 9 Tools has it's own explanation, and the emphasis when speaking is on the word "YOU". The theme of these explanations is about how the WM sets the standard for HIS Lodge.
If any Brother has a copy of these I would be very grateful, as I am Installing my successor soon and nobody in this Province will have ever heard these before, so I want to give them a treat.
If any Brother has a copy of these I would be very grateful, as I am Installing my successor soon and nobody in this Province will have ever heard these before, so I want to give them a treat.
It begins (in each Degree) words to the effect of....
"I now present to you the Working Tools of a MM/FC/EA. They are the X/Y/Z.
With their uses to the operative mason you are already acquainted, as well as their moral connotation to us as Free and Accepted, or, Speculative Masons.
But to YOU as an Installed Master they have a further signification.
In this sense, the X teaches YOU to ......, whilst the Y will remind YOU to ......, whereas the Z will guide YOU to ......"
I can't remember which of the X/Y/Z "teaches/reminds/guides etc, but each of the 9 Tools has it's own explanation, and the emphasis when speaking is on the word "YOU". The theme of these explanations is about how the WM sets the standard for HIS Lodge.
If any Brother has a copy of these I would be very grateful, as I am Installing my successor soon and nobody in this Province will have ever heard these before, so I want to give them a treat.