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WM:--Bro
JD, ascertain if there
are any candidates in waiting, if so, their names and for what degree.
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WM:--Brethren, There are candidates in
waiting for the 3rd degree of Masonry, having made suitable
proficiency in the preceding degrees, if there is no objection, I shall confer
the degree upon him/them. (Pause) There being no objection, I will proceed.
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(o) Bro Sr & Jr
Stewards: How should a
fellowcraft be prepared for the 3rd degree of masonry?
WM:--Return to the preparation room, where the candidates are in waiting, and when thus prepared, cause them to make the usual alarm at the inner door. |
WM: Bro SD
WM: Attend to the alarm and ascertain the cause. WM--Is it an act of their own free-will and accord? |
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WM: Are they worthy and well qualified?
WM:--Duly and truly prepared WM:--Have they made suitable proficiency in the preceding degree? |
WM:--By
what further right or benefit do they expect to obtain this important privilege?
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WM:--Has
he the password?
WM:--Advance, and give it me |
The SD conducts the
candidate(s), followed by the stewards, three times around the Lodge, during
which time theWM reads
the following passage of Scripture:
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"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not, SW ( o) nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them: while the
sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds
return after the rain; WM ( o )
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WM ( o ) in the day when the keepers of
the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves,
JW ( o ) and the grinders cease, because they are few; and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, |
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SW ( o) when the sound of the grinding
is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of
music shall be brought low.
WM ( oo ) Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, |
JW ( oo ) and the almond-tree shall
flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail;
SW ( oo) because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets; or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken at the fountain, or the wheel at the cistern. |
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WM ( ooo ) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it."
(At his station in the south, on the 3rd round, when they halt) JW: Who comes here? |
WM: From
whence came you, and whither are you travelling?
WM--Why leave you the west, and travel toward the east! WM:--Since the Brother is in possession of all the necessary qualifications, and in search of further light in masonry, reconduct he/them to the SW the west, |
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who will teach him/them how to approach the east, in due and ancient form.
SW:--WM WM:--Bro SW SW:--The brother’s are in order |
WM: Candidates, before you can
practice further in masonry, it will be necessary for you to take a solemn obligation
accepting the 3rd degree of a MM; and I, Master of this Lodge assure
you that there is nothing therein contained that will conflict with your duty
to God, your neighbor, or yourself. Are you willing to take this obligation?
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WM:--Then
advance to the sacred Altar of freemasonry, there kneeling on both your knees,
both hands resting on the Holy Bible Square & Compass
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WM:--(ooo) Brother XXX,
if you’re still willing to take this obligation, say I, pronounce your name in
full, of my own free-will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God, and this
worshipful Lodge of MM’s, erected to Him and dedicated to the memory of the holy
Saints John,
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do
hereby and hereon solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, that I will
knowing hail, ever conceal, and never reveal any of the secrets
belonging to the degree of MM,
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which I have received, I’m about to receive or may
here forth be instructed in to any person unless it should be to a worthy MM or
within the body of a just and regularly constituted lodge of MM’s nor unto him
or them, justly entitled to receive the same.
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Furthermore I do promise and swear, that I will support
the constitution of the Grand Lodge of the state of Va., also all the laws,
rules and edicts of the same or of any other GL
from whose jurisdiction I may XXXX together with the bylaws, rules and regulations of this
lodge or any other lodge of whom I may become a member so far as the same shall
come to my knowledge.
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will answer and
obey all due signs and regular summonses sent to me from the body of a just and
regular constituted lodge on MM’s, or a Master Masons' Lodge, or handed to me a
worthy brother of this degree, if within the length of my cable-tow.
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Further, that I will help, aid and assist all poor and
destitute MM, their widows and orphans, knowing them to be such, I find them
worthy and can do so without material injury to myself or family
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will keep the secrets of a worthy MM when communicated to me as such, as sacred
and inviolable in my breast as they were in his before communicated.
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will not give
the grand hailing sign of distress of a MM, except for the benefit of the craft
while at work, or for the instruction of a brother, unless I am in real
distress, and should I see that sign given or hear the words accompanying the
same, I will hasten to the relief of the person so giving it should there be a
greater probability of saving his life then saving my own.
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will not give
the substitute for the master’s word in any other way or manner that in
which I received it, which will be on the five points of fellowship at low
breath. Further, I do promise and swear that I will not cheat, wrong, nor
defraud a MM's lodge, or a brother of this degree, to the value of anything
knowingly, nor suffer it to be done by another, if in my power to prevent.
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Further,
I do promise and swear that I will not violate the chastity of a MM’s wife,
widow, mother, sister, or daughter, nor suffer it to be done by another if in
my power to prevent.
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will not be
present at the initiation, passing, or raising of an old man in dotage, a young
man under age, an irreligious libertine, an atheist, a person of unsound mind, an
eunuch, or a woman knowing them to be such
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Further, I do promise and swear that I will not be
present at the initiation, passing or raising of a candidate clandestinely, nor
hold Masonic intercourse with a clandestine mason or with one who has been suspended
or expelled, knowing them to be such, until duly restore.
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