Mason Fellow

Mason Fellow. OathchargeSection firstSecond sectionI Peter Gabe of my own freewill and accord in the presence of Almighty God and this worshipful Lodge erected to Him and p 65 dedicated to the holy STS JOHN do hereby and hereon (Master presses candidate&#39s 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 Brother Being passed to the second degree of Masonry we congratulate you on your preferment The internal and not the external qualifications of a man are what Masonry regards p 79 [paragraph continues]As you increase in knowledge you will improve in social intercourse It is unnecessary to recapitulate the duties which as a Mason you are bound to discharge or to enlarge on the necessity of a strict adherence to them as your own experience must have established their value Our laws and regulations you are strenuously to support and be always ready to assist in seeing them duly executed You are not to palliate or aggravate the offences of your brethren but in the decision of every trespass against our rules you are to judge with candor admonish with friendship and reprehend judge with justice The study of the liberal arts that valuable branch of education which tends so effectually to polish and adorn the mind is earnestly recommended to your considerationes Q Are you a Fellow Craft? A I am Try me Q How will you be tried? A By the square Q Why by the square? A Because it is an emblem of morality and one of the workingtools of my profession Q What is a square? A An angle of ninety degrees or a fourth part of a circle Q Where were you made a Fellow Craft? A In a regularly constituted Lodge of Fellow Crafts Q How were you prepared? p 80 A By being divested of all metals neither naked nor clothed barefoot nor shod hoodwinked with a cabletow twice about my right arm in which condition I was conducted to the door of a Lodge by a brother Q Why had you a cabletow twice about your right arm? A To signify as a Fellow Craft that I was under a double tie to the fraternity Q How gained you admission? A By three distinct knocks Q To what do they allude? A To the three jewels of a Fellow Craftan attentive ear an instructive tongue and a faithful breast Q What was said to you from within? A Who comes there Q Have you ever worked as a Fellow Craft? A I have in speculative but our forefathers wrought in both speculative and operative Masonry Q Where did they work? A At the building of King Solomon&#39s Temple and of many other Masonic edifices Q How long did they work? A Six days Q Did they work on the seventh? A They did not Q Why so? A Because in six days God created the heavens and the earth and rested on the seventh day the seventh day therefore our ancient brethren consecrated as a day of rest from their labors thereby enjoying more frequent opportunities to contemplate the glorious works of creation and adore their great Creator Q Did you ever return to the sanctum sanctorum or holy of holies or King Solomon&#39s Temple? p 83 A I did Q By what way? A Through a long porch or alley Q Did any thing in particular strike your attention on your return? A There did viz two large columns or pillars one on the left hand and the other on the right Q What.

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Ford Foundation Mason Fellows Ash Center

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Fellowcraft, or Second Degree Duncan's Masonic Ritual and

If a Mason doesn&#39t lead an upright life he will not enhance the fraternity in his community Such a man will be of no use to his fellow man The plumb stands for righteousness an upright life before God and man It is the standard in which we test morality By understanding this symbol a Mason can out into use the meaning of all of the Working Tools.