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Memorize your oath of a Fellow Craft Mason.
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I, Cornelius day , of my own free-will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God, and this worshipful Lodge, erected to Him, and dedicated to the holy ST.JOHN, due hereby and hereon (Master presses candidate's hand with the gavel), most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will always hail, and ever conceal, and never reveal any of the secret arts, parts, or points of the Fellow Craft Degree to any person whomsoever, except it be to a true and lawful brother of this degree, or in a regularly constituted Lodge of Fellow Crafts; nor unto him or them until, by strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall find him, or them, as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. I furthermore promise and swear that I will stand to, and abide by, all the laws, rules, and regulations of the Fellow Craft Degree, as far as the same shall come to my knowledge. Further. I will acknowledge and obey all due signs and summons sent to me from a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or given me by a brother of that degree, if within the length of my cable-tow. Further, that I will aid and assist all poor, distressed, worthy Fellow Crafts, knowing them to be such, as far as their necessities may require, and my ability permit, without any injury to myself. Further, that I will not cheat, wrong, nor defraud a brother of this degree, knowingly, nor supplant him in any of his laudable undertakings. All this I most solemnly promise and swear with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than of having my breast torn open of, my heart plucked out, and placed on the highest pinnacle of the temple (some say, My heart and vitals taken from thence, and thrown over my left shoulder, and carried into the valley of Jehoshaphat, there to be devoured by the vultures of the air, should I ever knowingly violate the Fellow Craft obligation. So help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same. |
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What are the working tools of a fellow craft? Plumb, square and level |
The plumb is an instrument made use of by operative masons to raise perpendiculars. The square, to square their work, and the level to prove horizontals, but we as Free and Accepted Masons are taught to use them for more noble and glorious purposes. The plumb admonishes us to walk upright in our several stations before God and man, squaring our actions by the square of virtue, ever remembering that we are travelling upon the level of time to "that undiscovered country from whose Bourne no traveler returns.”
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Plumb level square |
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16. How is a Fellow Craft Mason supposed to wear his apron? Why?
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c. At the building of King Solomon's Temple, the Fellow Crafts wore their aprons with the flap turned down and the corner turned up, and thus you will wear yours, until further advanced. (Tucks a corner under the string.) d. The Fellow Craft used his apron to carry his tools at the building of King Solomon’s Temple.
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