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ARE YOU A FELLOW CRAFT MASON
I AM --TRY ME
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HOW WILL YOU BE TRIED
BY THE SQUARE
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WHY BY THE SQUARE
BECAUSE IT IS AN EMBLEM OF VIRTUE
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WHAT IS A SQUARE
AN ANGLE EXTENDING TO NINETY DEGREES, OR THE FOURTH PART OF A CIRCLE
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WHERE WERE YOU PREPARED TO BE MADE A FELLOW CRAFT MASON
IN A ROOM ADJACENT TO THE BODY OF A JUST AND LAWFULLY CONSTITUTED LODGE OF SUCH, DULY ASSEMBLED IN A ROOM OR PLACE REPRESENTING THE MIDDLE CHAMBER OF KING SOLOMONS TEMPLE
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HOW WERE YOU PREPARED
BY BEING DIVESTED OF ALL METALS, NEITHER NAKED OR CLOTHED, BAREFOOT NOR SHOD, HOODWINKED WITH A CABLE TOW AROUND MY NECK. I WAS CONDUCTED TO THE DOOR OF THE LODGE WHERE I GAVE TWO DISTINCT KNOCKS.
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WHAT DID THOSE KNOCKS ALLUDE TO
THE SECOND DEGREE IN MASONRY, IT BEING THAT ON WHICH I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER
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WHAT WAS SAID TO YOU FROM WITHIN
WHO COME HERE? WHO COME HERE?
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YOUR ANSWER
A WORTHY BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN REGULARLY INITIATED AS AN ENTERED APPRENTICE MASON, SERVED A PROPER TIME AS SUCH AND NOW WISHES FOR FURTHER LIGHT IN MASONRY BY BEING PASSED TO THE DEGREE OF FELLOW CRAFT
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WHAT WAS SAID TO YOU FROM WITHIN
I WAS ASKED WAS IT OF MY OWN FREE WILL AND ACCORD THAT I MAKE THIS REQUEST, IF I WAS DULY AND TRULY PREPARED, WORTHY AND WELL QUALIFIED, AND HAD MADE SUITABLE PROFICIENCY IN THE PRECEDING DEGREE. I WAS ASKED BY WHAT FURTHER RIGHT DID I EXPECT TO OBTAIN SO GREAT A BENEFIT
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YOUR ANSWER
BY THE BENEFIT OF A PASSWORD
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WHAT WAS THAT PASSWORD
SHIBBOLETH
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WHAT FURTHER WAS SAID TO YOU FROM WITHIN
I WAS TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER IN THE EAST WAS ACQUAINTED WITH MY REQUEST AND HIS ANSWER RETURNED
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AFTER HIS ANSWER WAS RETURNED, WHAT FOLLOWED
I WAS CAUSED TO ENTER THE LODGE
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HOW DID YOU ENTER
ON THE ANGLE OF A SQUARE PRESENTED TO MY NAKED LEFT BREAST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
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HOW WERE YOU THEN DISPOSED
I WAS CONDUCTED TWICE AROUND THE LODGE AND HALTED AT THE JUNIOR WARDEN IN THE SOUTH WHERE THE SAME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERS RETURNED AS BEFORE
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HOW DID THE JUNIOR WARDEN DISPOSE OF YOU
HE ORDERED ME TO BE CONDUCTED TO THE SENIOR WARDEN IN THE WEST WHERE THE SAME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERS RETURNED AS BEFORE
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HOW DID THE SENIOR WARDEN DISPOSE OF YOU
HE ORDERED ME TO BE CONDUCTED TO THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER IN THE EAST WHERE THE SAME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERS RETURNED AS BEFORE; WHO LIKEWISE DEMANDED OF ME WHENCE I CAME AND WHITHER I WAS TRAVELING
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YOUR ANSWER
FROM THE WEST TRAVELING TO THE EAST
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WHY DO YOU LEAVE THE WEST AND TRAVEL TO THE EAST
IN SEARCH OF MORE LIGHT
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HOW DID THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER THEN DISPOSE OF YOU
HE ORDERED ME TO BE CONDUCTED BACK TO THE WEST FROM WHENCE I CAME AND PUT BACK IN THE CARE OF THE SENIOR WARDEN WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO APPROCAH THE EAST
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WHAT DID THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER DO WITH YOU
HE MADE A FELLOW CRAFT MASON OF ME
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WHAT WAS THAT DUE FORM
MY RIGHT KNEE BARE, BENT, MY LEFT KNEE FORMING A SQUARE , MY RIGHT HAND HOLDING THE HOLY BIBLE, SQUARE AND COMPASS, MY LEFT ARM FORMING AN ANGLE SUPPORTED BY A SQUARE AND MY HAND IN A VERTICAL POSITION
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AFTER YOUR OATH AND OBLIGATION, WHAT WAS SAID TO YOU
I WAS ASKED WHAT I MOST DESIRED
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ON BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT, WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE
ONE POINT OF THE COMPASS ELEVATED ABOVE THE SQUARE, WHICH DENOTES LIGHT IN THIS DEGREE, BUT AS ONE POINT WAS YET IN OBSCURITY, IT WAS TO REMIND ME THAT I WAS YET ONE MATERIAL POINT IN THE DARKNESS OF MASONRY
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WHAT ARE THE WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT MASON
THE PLUMB, SQUARE AND THE LEVEL
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HOW WERE THEY EXPLAINED
THE PLUMBIS AN INSTRUMENT MADE USE OF BY OPERATIVE MASONS, TO RAISE PERPINDICULARS, THE SQUARE, TO SQUARE THEIR WORK AND THE LEVEL TO LAY HORIZONTALS. BUT WE AS FREE AND ACCEPTED ANCIENT YORK RITE MASONS USE THEM FOR MORE GLORIOUS AND NOBLE PURPOSES. THE PLUMB ADMONISHES US TO WALK UPRIGHT, IN OUR SEVERAL STATIONS, BEFORE GOD AND MAN; SQUARING OUR ACTIONS BY THE SQUARE OF VIRTUE; AND REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE TRAVELING UPON THE LEVEL OF TIME TO "THAT UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY FROM WHOSE BORNE NO TRAVELER RETURNS"
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WHAT WERE YOU THEN PRESENTED
THREE PRECIOUS JEWELS
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WHAT WERE THEY
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY
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WHAT DO THEY TEACH
FAITH IN GOD, HOPE IN IMMORTALITY, AND CHARITY TO ALL MANKIND
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HOW WERE YOU THEN DISPOSED
I WAS CONDUCTED OUT OF THE LODGE AND INVESTED WITH WHAT I HAD BEEN DIVESTED
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