following manner: "Brother, to you the secrets of Masonry are about to
be unveiled, and a brighter sun never shone lustre on your eyes; while
prostrate before this sacred altar, do you not shudder at every crime?
Have you not confidence in every virtue? May these thoughts ever
inspire you with the most noble sentiments; may you ever feel that
elevation of soul that shall scorn a dishonest act. Brother, what do
you most desire?" The candidate answers, "Light." Master to brethren,
"Brethren, stretch forth your hands and assist in bringing this
new-made brother from darkness to light." The members having formed a
circle round the candidate, the Master says, "And God said, Let there
be light, and there was light." At the same time, all the brethren
clap their hands and stamp on the floor with their right feet as heavy
as possible, the bandage dropping from the candidate's eyes at the
same instant, which, after having been so long blind, and full of
fearful apprehensions all the time, this great and sudden transition
from perfect darkness to a light brighter (if possible) than the
meridian sun in a midsummer day, sometimes produces an alarming
effect.

After the candidate is brought to light, the Master addresses him as
follows: "Brother, on being brought to light, you first discover three
great lights in Masonry by the assistance of three lesser; they are
thus explained: The three great lights in Masonry are the Holy Bible,
Square and Compass. The Holy Bible is given to us as a rule and guide
for our faith and practice; the Square, to square our actions, and the
Compass to keep us in due bounds with all mankind, but more especially
with the brethren. Three lesser lights are three burning tapers, or
candles placed on candlesticks (some say, or candles on pedestals),
they represent the Sun, Moon, and Master of the Lodge, and are thus
explained: As the sun rules the day, and the moon governs the night,