Final Exam Flashcards
Required items to be listed on WM Trestleboard
Page for Lodge Widows
Picture of GM
List of elected and appointed officers
Table of Contents
Grand Lecturer and Grand Inspector
Lodge Info, location, district, MWGM, WM, DD
History of Prince Hall
African Lodge No.1 established on what date?
July 3, 1776
Where is the Trestleboard noted in the Constitution
Article 18, Section 1
African Lodge No. 459 held it’s first meeting
May 6, 1787
Grand Lodge is declared opened in ___________ when the GM presides
Ample Form
Possible Lodge Revenue
Dues
Fundraisers
Donations
GL Raffle Ticket Sales
Raffles
Initiation Fees
Prince Hall passed away
December 4th, 1807
PH and 14 other free blacks were initiated to Irish Military Lodge No. 441
March 6, 1775
Chapter and verses of the scriptures for all 3 degrees
Psalm 133
Amos 7: 7-8
Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7
Arts / Parts / Points
Arts - specific Masonic knowledge
Parts - degrees into which Masonry is divided
Points - Rules or usages
Required expenses in Lodge Budget
- GL Returns
- Charitable Contributions
- Fraternal Support
- Rent
- Insurance
- LOI fees
Does the Tyler need to ballot when voting on new members?
No
Perfect Points of your entrance
Pectoral
Manual
Guttural
Pedal
1st Degree - Modes of Recognition
Step
Due Guard
Sign
Token
Word
Perfect Points of Your Entrance
Effective Skills for Masonic Leaders
Planning
Sharing Your Vision
Enlisting Help
Relationship Building
Financial Acumen
Time Management
Motivating People
Practicing Self Care
Crisis Management
14 Brothers that joined Prince Hall
Cyrus Johnbus
Prince Reayden
Peter Best
John Canton
Duff Buform
Bueston Slinger
Cato Speain
Fortin Howard
Peter Freeman
Richard Tilley
Thomas Sanderson
Boston Smith
Prince Rees
Benjamin Tiber
Optional items included in Trestleboard
Lodge Budget
List of Past Masters
Brothers birthdays
Call list
Roster
Actions that PH and brothers were allowed to do
- Meet as a lodge
- Walk on St. John’s Day
- Bury their dead in manner and form
The Holy Saints Johns
St John the Baptist - June 24th - Summer Solstice
St John the Evangelist - Dec 27th - Winter Solstice
1st Degree Prep
Divested of all metallic substances
Neither naked nor shod
Bare foot nor shod
left knee and breast bare
Hoodwinked
Cable tow about his neck
Why were you divested of all metallic substances?
- Bring nothing offensive or defensive items into the lodge
- NO sound of metal was heard at the building of KS temple
- Rite of destitution
How did they built KS Temple?
Work was done in the quarries, stones hewed, timber felled at Lebanon and transported to Joppa via Joppa. Carried to Jersalem and assembled with the use of wooden instruments
Why were you neither naked or clothed?
Masonry regards men by their inner quality and not by their external quality such as wealth and titles
Why were you neither barefoot nor shod
Ancient custom to display avowal of sincerity by removing and handing over your left shoe
Why were you hoodwinked with a cabletow about your neck?
- Heart can behold the wonders and beauty of masonry
- Be kept in the dark concerning free masonry
- to be led out if unable to continue
Principal Tenets
Brotherly Love
Relief
Truth
Chalk, Charcoal, and Clay
Chalk - Freedom of EAs
Charcoal - Represents Fervency
Clay - Represents zealousness of the Earth to which we all return
Four Cardinal Virtues or Perfect Points
Fortitude
Prudence
Temperance
Justice
Latest name of the GL
The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of MD and its Jurisdiction, Inc
November 24, 1947
Purpose of the Charter
Needed in order for the lodge to meet, confer degrees and bury their dead
First Lodge in MD
Friendship Lodge #6 - Feb 2, 1825
First GL in MD
First Colored GL AFAM of the State of MD
Created by Rev James A Handy - served as GM