CHAPTER V.

REMARKS ON THE FIRST LECTURE.
We shall now enter on a disquisition of the different sec- tions of the lectures appropriated to the several degrees of Ma- sonry, giving a brief summary of the whole, and annexing to every remark the particulars to which the section alludes. By these means the industrious Mason will be instructed in the regular arrangement of the sections in each lecture, and be enabled with more ease to acquire a knowledge of the art.
The first lecture of Masonry is divided into three sections, and each section into different clauses. Virtue is painted in the most beautiful colors, and the duties of morality are en- forced. In it we are taught such useful lessons as prepare the mind for a regular advancement in the principles of knowl- edge and philosophy. These are imprinted on the memory by lively and sensible images, to influence our conduct in the proper discharge of the duties of social life.
ENTERED APPRENTICE'S DEGREE.
PART SECOND.