The Master steps back from the candidate and says, 'Brother, you now discover me as Master of this Lodge approaching you from the Last, under the sign and due-guard of a Master Mason.' The sign is given by raising both hands and arms to, the elbows perpendicularly, one on either side of the head, the elbows forming a square. The words accompanying this sign in case of distress, are 'O Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son.' As the last words drop, from your lips, you let your hands, fall in that manner, best calculated to indicate solemnity. King Solomon is said to have made this exclamation on the receipt of the information of the death of Hiram Abiff. Masons are all charged never to give the words, except in the dark when the sign cannot be seen. Here Masons differ very much; some contend that Solomon gave this sign, and made this exclamation when informed of Hiram's death, and work accordingly in their Lodges. Others say the sign was given and the exclamation made at the grave when Solomon was there to raise Hiram.