Q. What was the name of the one on the right hand? A. Jachin, denoting establishment.
Q. What do they collectively allude to? A. A passage in Scripture, wherein God has declared in his word, "In strength shall this house be established."
Q. What were their dimensions? A. Eighteen cubits in height, twelve in circumference, and four in diameter.
Q. Were they adorned with anything? A. They were; with two large chapiters, one on each.
Q. Were they ornamented with anything? A. They were; with wreaths of net work, lily work, and pomegranates.
Q. What do they denote? A. Unity, Peace, and Plenty.
Q. Why so? A. Net work, from its connection, denotes union; lily work, from its whiteness and purity, denotes peace; and pomegranates, from the exuberance of its seed, denotes plenty.
Q. Were those columns adorned with anything further? A. They were; viz.: Two large globes, or balls, one on each.
Q. Did they contain anything? A. They did; viz.; All the maps and charts of the celestial and terrestrial bodies.
Q. Why are they said to be so extensive? A. To denote the universality of Masonry, and that a Mason's charity ought to be equally extensive.