marrow in the bone.  They then separate, and the Master makes the following explanation respecting the five points of fellowship.  Master to candidate, “Brother, foot to foot teaches you that you should, whenever asked, go on a brother’s errand, if within the length of your cable-tow, even if you should have to go barefoot and bareheaded.  Knee to knee, that you should always remember a Master Mason in your devotion to Almighty God.  Breast to breast, that you should keep the Master Mason’s secrets, when given to you in charge as such, as secure and inviolable in your breast, as they were in his own, before communicated to you.  Hand to back, that you should support a Master Mason behind his back, as well as before his face.  Mouth to ear, that you should support his good name as well behind his back as before his face.”

After the candidate is through with what is called the work part, the Master addresses him in the following manner:  “Brother, you may suppose from the manner you have been dealt with to-night, that we have been fooling with you, or that we have treated you different from others, but I assure you that is not the case.  You have, this night, represented one of the greatest men that ever lived, in the tragical catastrophe of his death, burial, and resurrection; I mean Hiram Abiff, the widow’s son, who was slain by three ruffians at the building of King Solomon’s Temple, and who, in his inflexibility, integrity, and fortitude, never was surpassed by man.  The history of that momentous event is thus related.  Masonic tradition informs us that at the building of King Solomon’s Temple, fifteen Fellow Crafts discovering that the Temple was almost finished, and not having the Master Mason’s word, became very impatient, and entered into a horrid conspiracy to extort the Master Mason’s word from their Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, the first time they met him alone, or take his life, that they might pass as Masters in other countries, and receive wages as such; but before they could accomplish their designs, twelve of them recanted, but the other three were base enough to carry their atrocious designs into execution.  Their names were Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum.

“It was the custom of our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, every day at high twelve, when the crafts were from labor to refreshment, to enter into the sanctum sanctorum, and offer his devotions to the ever living God, and draw out his plans and designs on the Tressle-Board for the crafts to pursue their labor.  On a certain day (not named in any of our traditional accounts), Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum placed themselves at the South, West, and East gates of the Temple, and Hiram having finished his devotions and labor, attempted (as was his usual custom) to retire at the South gate, where he was met by Jubela, who demanded of him the Master Mason’s word (some say the secrets of a Master Mason), and on his refusal to give it, Jubela gave him a violent blow with