The Worshipful Master now takes the candidate by the Entered Apprentice’s grip (see Entered Apprentice’s grip, Fig. 9, p. 36), and says to his conductor, the S. .D., while holding the candidate by this grip:
FIG. 11: PASS GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT
W. M.–Here I left you. and here I find you. Will you be off or from?
S. D. (for candidate.) From.
W. M.–From what, and to what?
S. D.–From the real grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass grip of a Fellow Craft.
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W. M.–Pass.
Here the candidate is requested to pass his thumb from the first joint to the space between the first and second joints, which is the pass grip of a Fellow Craft. (See Fig. 11.)
W. M.–What is that?
Conductor–The pass grip of a Fellow Craft?
W. M.–Has it a name?
Conductor–It has.
W. M.–Will you give it me?
Conductor–” Shibboleth.” (Some letter it, Shib-bo-leth.)
W. M.–Will you be off or from?
FIG. 12. REAL GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT
Conductor–From. W. M.–From what, and to what?
Conductor–From the pass grip of a Fellow Craft to the real grip of the same.
W. M. (moving his thumb to the second joint.)–Pass.
W. M.–What is that?
Conductor–The real grip of a Fellow Craft.
W. M.–Has it a name?
Conductor–It has.
W. M.–Will you give it me?
Conductor–I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it.
W. M.–How will you dispose of it?
Conductor–I will letter it or halve it.
W. M.–Halve it, and begin.
Conductor.–No, you begin.
W. M.–Begin you.
Conductor.–Ja. (Some say “Jachin,” without halving.)
W. M.–Chin.
Conductor.–Jachin.
Some say it this way, viz.:
S. D.–Chin.
W. M.–Ja.
S. D.–Jachin.
The first is considered to be the most correct.
W. M.–The pass is right. (At the words, “is right,” lifting candidate from his knees at the altar.) You will arise, and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as a Fellow Craft.
The conductor having previously removed the cable-tow from
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the candidate’s arm, he conducts him to the Junior Warden’s station in the south, halts before that officer, and gives two raps on the floor with his rod, or stamps twice on the floor with his foot, which is responded to by the Junior Warden, in like manner, with his gavel.
J. W.–Who comes here?
Conductor–Brother Gabe, an obligated Fellow Craft.
J. W.–How shall I know him to be such?
Conductor–By signs and tokens.
J. W.–Give me a sign.
Conductor gives the duegard of a Fellow Craft (see Fig. 3, p. 17), and makes the candidate or candidates–if there are more than one–do likewise.
J. W.–What is that?
Conductor–Duegard of a Fellow Craft Mason.
J. W.–Has it an allusion?
Conductor–It has; it alludes to the manner in which my hands were placed when I took upon myself the solemn oath of a Fellow Craft.
J. W.–Have you any other sign?
Conductor–I have. (At the same time he makes the sign of a Fellow Craft, see Fig. 4, p. 17, and the candidate does the same.)
J. W.–What is that?
Conductor–The sign of a Fellow Craft Mason.
J. W.–Has it an allusion?
Conductor–It has; it alludes to the penalty of my obligation.
J. W.–Have you any further signs?
Conductor–I have not; but I have a pass, token, token of the pass, grip, and word.
J. W.–Advance, and give me the pass.
Warden takes hold of candidate by the right hand, and places his thumb on the first joint of candidate’s hand (see Entered Apprentice grip, Fig. 9, p. 36), and says to the conductor:
J. W.–Will you be off or from?
Conductor–From.
J. W.–From what, and to what?
Conductor–From the real grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass grip of a Fellow Craft. (See Fig. 11, p. 66.)
J. W.–Pass. (They move their thumbs, as already described.)
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FIG. 11: PASS GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT
FIG. 12. REAL GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT
