JOHN BARRETT
FATHER OF COMPASS LODGE
FATHER OF COMPASS LODGE
The Lodge John Barrett was raised in on February 20, 1763.
What is Hiram Lodge #1?
By Operative Masonry, we allude to a proper application of this.
What are the useful rules of architecture?
In 1872, Compass brethren voted on this with regard to their meetings.
What is to meet on Monday evenings?
The nick name for limestone that evolved into the name Freemasons.
What is Freestone?
Naphtali.
What was Hiram Abif's tribe?
The two wars that John Barrett was a veteran of.
What are the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars?
Jachin and Boaz collectively allude to this.
What is the promise of God to David?
A Past Master of Compass Lodge and Past District Deputy who compiled the Lodge's first written history and presented it to the Brethren in 1890.
Who is William B. Hall?
In 1717, Anthony Sayer was elected the first Grand Master of this body.
What is the Grand Lodge of England?
His murder was premeditated by this many.
What is 15?
The Revolutionary War General that gave John Barrett the orders to open a military road from Springfield to the shore opposite Fort Ticonderoga.
Who is General Horatio Gates?
40 Cubits.
What is the overall height of the pillars Jachin and Boaz?
This document was burned at a Compass Lodge celebration in 1928.
What is the mortgage for the lodge building?
A historic Masonic body chartered in 1733 in Boston Massachusetts.
What is the Provincial Grand Lodge of New England?
The object used in Hiram's Mark.
What is the Keystone?
Vermont Lodge #17.
What was the 2nd Lodge John Barrett obtained a charter from the Grand Lodge at Boston for, and named first Worshipful Master?
This order of architecture was said to have been formed after the model of an agreeable young woman.
What is the Ionic?
Epaphras Nott and Hezekiah Johnson were among the 15 included in this auspicious group of Compass brothers.
Who were the charter members of Compass Lodge #9?
The Regius Manuscript written in 1390.
What is the oldest known document of Masonic Laws and Constitutions?
The material Hiram's father worked with.
What is bronze?
The town John Barrett was born in 1731 and occasionally visited the Lodge there.
What is Middletown, Connecticut?
One of the FIVE things we learn by Speculative Masonry.
What is, Subdue Passions, Act Upon the Square, Keep a Tongue of Good Report, Maintain Secrecy, or Practice Charity?
This traditional Masonic ceremony was performed for Compass Lodge by the Grand Lodge of CT on July 29, 1911.
What was the cornerstone laying for Compass Lodge's new Lodge building?
The term that began to be used in the 1600's to describe a body of Masons.
What is a Lodge?
The two others that needed to be present to give the Master's Word.
Who are King Solomon and Hiram King of
Tyre?