{"product_id":"9781425557478","title":"The Craftsman, and Freemason's Guide","description":"This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...officer: if he answers in the affirmative, he is asked whether he fully and freely assents to the same: if he answers in the affirmative, the Grand High Priest directs his Deputy to invest him with the clothing fec., and then addresses him as follows, viz: CHARGE TO THE SECOND OFFICER, OR KING. Excellent Companion--The important station to which you are elected in this Chapter, requires from you exemplary conduct; its duties demand your most assiduous attention; you are to second and support your chief in all the requirements of his office; and should casualties at any time prevent his attendance, you are to succeed him in the performance of his duties. Your badge (the Level surmounted by a crown,) should remind you, that although you are the representative of a king, and exalted by office above your Companions, yet that you remain upon a level with them, as respects your duty to God, to your neighbor and to yourself; that you are equally bound with them to be obedient to the laws and ordinances of the Institution, to be charitable, humane and just, and to seek every occasion of doing good. Your office teaches u striking lesson of humility. The institutions of political society teach us to consider the king as the chief of created beings, and that the first duty of his subjects is to obey his mandates; but the institutions of our sublime degrees, by placing the King in a situation subordinate to the High Priest, teaches us that our duty to God is paramount to all other duties, and should ever claim the priority of our obedience to man; and that however strongly we may be bound to obey the laws of civil society, yet that those laws, to be just, should never intermeddle with matters of conscience, nor dictate articles of faith. The Scarlet Robe, an emblem of ...","brand":"University of Michigan Libr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50051483042032,"sku":"9781425557478","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781425557478_p0.jpg?v=1784741571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781425557478","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}