It has. For international callers, please dial 886-2-2720-8889. So help me God. Quiz yourself to ensure that you are retaining the material. What did the Worshipful Master then do with you? Best viewed with IE 5.0 or higher with 800 x 600 resolution. (When first time visitors are present, the Master proceeds as follows) The obligation of a Fellowcraft Mason. The pass-grip is given by pressing the thumb between the joints of the second and third fingers where they join the hand; the word or name is Tubal Cain. Then sew the stitches that the machine can create. This helps to break up the material and makes it easier to process in your mind. The Master approaching me from the East, under the due guard and sign of a Master Mason, who in token of the further continuance of his brotherly love and friendship, presented me his right hand, and with it the pass and token of the pass of a Master Mason; and bade me to arise and salute the Wardens as such. The Worshipful Master approaching me from the East upon the step, under the due guard and penal sign of a Master Mason, who extended to me his right hand in continuation of friendship and brotherly love and proceeded to instruct me in the pass grip and word of a Master Mason; and bade me rise and salute the Wardens as a Master Mason, and step to the Senior Warden who taught me how to wear my . I had it not, my conductor had it for me. Can I transfer my membership to a different lodge in Ohio? To reveal no secrets to the world, nor to allow any profane or improper use of the Grand Lodge or its appurtenances. Freemasonry forces each candidate to uphold this type of secrecy by requiring that an oath and obligation be administered to him for each degree into which he desires admission. The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative Mason to spread the cement which unites a building into one common mass; but we as free and accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection; that cement which unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends and Brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, but that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work, or best agree. If this was still an act of my on free will and accord; if I was still worthy and well qualified; duly and truly prepared and properly avouched for; and if I have made suitable proficiency in the preceding degrees to entitle me to this; all of which being answered in the affirmative, I was then asked, by what further right or benefit I expected to obtain this important privilege? To wait until the Worshipful Master was informed of my request and his answer returned. On being brought to more light, what did you first discover more than you had heretofore done? Kneeling at the alter on my naked knees, my naked hands resting on the Holy Bible, Square, and Compasses; in which due form I took the obligation of a Master Mason. From the way that this Obligation is worded, it would appear that a Master Mason by his own Obligation is permitted to violate the chastity of both those whom he does not know to be and those who are not the wives, mothers, sisters, or daughters of Master Masons. He explained that for a major tournament like the World Masters Games to be successful, it will require everyone to work hand-in-hand. Then begin and I will assist if necessary. The Master Mason ritual emphasizes the immortality of man's soul and encourages us to contemplate how this should influence our actions and decisions. That I be released from the cable-toe, as I was now bound by the strong cord of a moral obligation. Within the body of just and legally constituted lodge duly assembled in a room or place representing the Sanctum Sanctorum of King Solomon's Temple. How. This Obligation requires only that a Master Mason will not violate the chastity of a brother Master Mason's wife, mother, sister, or daughter, if he knows them to be such. YOUR ANSWER. I was conducted to the Master in the East, who then presented me with the working tools of a Master Mason, and taught me their uses. Create flashcards with the information on them and use them as a study aid. To the three great lights in Masonary, as in the preceding degrees, with this difference: now, both points of the compasses were elevated above the Square, which was to teach me that I was entitled to receive all the secrets that could be communicated to me in a master mason lodge.
