Ans. “The Worshipful Master took me by the right hand and said, ‘Since in God you put your trust, arise, and follow your leader, and fear no danger.”‘
“How were you then disposed of?”
Ans. “I was conducted three times regularly round the lodge and halted at the Junior Warden in the south, where the same questions were asked and answers returned as at the door.”
“How did the Junior Warden dispose of you?”
Ans. “He ordered me to be conducted to the Senior Warden in the west; where the same questions were asked and answers returned as before.”
“How did the Senior Warden dispose of you?”
Ans. “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 from whence I came and whither I was traveling.”
“Your answer?”
Ans. “From the west and traveling to the east.”
p. 36
“Why do you leave the west and travel to the east?”
Ans. “In search of light.”
“How did the Worshipful Master then dispose of you?”
Ans. “He ordered me to be conducted back to the west, from whence I came, and put in the care of the Senior Warden, who taught me how to approach the east, the place of light, by advancing upon one upright regular step to the first step, my feet forming the right angle of an oblong square, my body erect at the altar before the Worshipful Master.”
“What did the Worshipful Master do with you?”
Ans. “He made an Entered Apprentice Mason of me.”
“How?”
Ans. “In due form.”
“What was that due form?”
Ans. “My left knee bare, bent, my right forming a square; my left hand supporting the Holy Bible, Square, and Compass, and my right covering the same; in which position I took upon me the solemn oath or obligation of an Entered Apprentice Mason. [See page 21.]
“After you had taken your obligation what was said to you?”
Ans. “I was asked what I most desired.”
“Your answer?”
Ans. “Light.”
“Were you immediately brought to light?”
Ans. “I was.”
“How?”
Ans. “By the direction of the Master and assistance of the brethren.”
“What did you first discover after being brought to light?”
Ans. “Three great lights in Masonry, by the assistance of three lesser.”
“What were those three great lights in Masonry?”
Ans. “The Holy Bible, Square and Compass.”
“How are they explained?”
Ans. “The Holy Bible is given to us as a guide for our faith and practice; the Square to square our actions; and the Compass to keep us in due bounds with all mankind, but more especially with the brethren.”
[Gap in text] may know another in the dark as well as the light.”
p. 37
“What were those three lesser lights?”
Ans. “Three burning tapers, or candle, on candle sticks.”
“What do they represent?”
Ans. “The Sun, Moon, and Master of the lodge.”
“How are they explained?”
Ans. “As the Sun rules the day, and the Moon governs the night, so ought the Worshipful Master to use his endeavors to rule and govern his lodge with equal regularity or cause the same to be done.”
“What did you next discover?”
Ans. “The Worshipful Master approaching me from the east, under the sign and due-guard of an Entered Apprentice Mason, who presented me with his right hand in token of brotherly love and esteem, and proceeded to give me the grip and word of an Entered Apprentice Mason, and bid me arise and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens and convince them that I had been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice Mason, and was in possession of the sign, grip and word.”
“What did you next discover?”
Ans. “The Worshipful Master a second time approaching me from the east, who presented me with a lambskin or white apron, which he said was an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a Mason; that it had been worn by kings, princes and potentates of the earth who had never been ashamed to wear it; that it was more honorable than the diadems of kings or pearls of princesses, when worthily worn, and more ancient than the Golden Fleece, or Roman Eagle, more honorable than the Star or Garter, or any other order that could be conferred upon me at that time or any time thereafter, except it be in the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge of Masons; and bid me carry it to the Senior Warden in the west, who taught me how to wear it as an Entered Apprentice Mason.”
Moe is the founder of GnosticWarrior.com. He is a father, husband, author, martial arts black belt, and an expert in Gnosticism, the occult, and esotericism.
