...steps. The conductor addresses the candidate: "Brother , we are now about to make an ascent through a porch, by a flight of winding stairs, consisting...representing the Middle Chamber of King Solomon's Temple, there to receive instructions relative to the wages due, and jewels of a Fellow Craft." The conductor...

...and well governed lodges of Fellow Crafts, it was then necessary I should make a regular ascent up a flight of winding stairs, consisting of three, five, and seven steps, into a place representing the middle chamber of King Solomon's Temple, there to receive further instructions...