. The book of the chapter : or, Monitorial instructions, in the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master, and the holy Royal arch. nlike appearance, for a place in the magnificentbuilding for which it was intended. True worTc—right to precision in all its dimensions andsurfaces, neither too long nor too short, too thick nor toothin, but level on its top and bottom, and pcri)endicular onits sides, so as to be exactly conformable to the copy or pat-tern which had been inscribed by the master builder on histrestle-board. Square icorlc—that the joints of the stones might be accu-rately adap
. The book of the chapter : or, Monitorial instructions, in the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master, and the holy Royal arch. nlike appearance, for a place in the magnificentbuilding for which it was intended. True worTc—right to precision in all its dimensions andsurfaces, neither too long nor too short, too thick nor toothin, but level on its top and bottom, and pcri)endicular onits sides, so as to be exactly conformable to the copy or pat-tern which had been inscribed by the master builder on histrestle-board. Square icorlc—that the joints of the stones might be accu-rately adapted, and each part fitted with such exact nicetythat the whole, when completed, might seem to be ratherthe workmanship of the Supreme Architect than of merehuman hands. And all this is in conformity not only with the traditionsof Masonry, but with the teachings of the Scriptures, whichinform us that the house, when it was in building, wasbuilt of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so 24 BOOK OF THE CHAPTER. that tliere was ueitlier liammer uor axe, nor any tool of iron,heard in the house while it was in building.*. The regular Mark of tlie Craft. Oliver says that, at the building of the temple, certainmen were employed to mark the materials as they came outof the hands of the workmen, that no false mark might beplaced upon an imperfect stone, and to enable them to beput together with greater facility and precision, when con-veyed from the quarries to the holy mountain of is not exactly the tradition. Each workman placed hisown mark upon his ov^n materials, so that the workmanship)of every mason might be readily distinguished, and praise orblame l)e justly awarded. These marks, according to thelectures, consisted of mathematical figures, squares, angles,lines, and perpendiculars, and hence any figure of a difierentkind would not be deemed the regular mark of the similar custom was practised by the masons of the middle * I. Kings, vi. 7. The
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