1st Degree - JD Flashcards
And your duty?
To carry all messages and commands of the W.M. From the S to the J.W. And to see the same punctually obeyed
Whom have you there, bro J.D.
Mr —, a poor candidate in the state of darkness, who has been well and worthily recommended, regularly proposed and approved in open lodge, and now comes, of his own free will and accord, properly prepared, humbly soliciting to be admitted to the mysteries and privileges of ancient Freemasonry
How does he hope to obtain those privileges?
By the help of God, being free and of good report.
Bro J.D., it is the W.Ms command that you instruct the candidate to advance towards the E. In due form.
The method of advancing towards the E. In due form is by three — progressively longer. You will, therefore, take one short S. Forward with your L.F. And bring the Hs together. You will now take a second S. Forward with your L.F. A little longer than the previous one. Again bringing your Hs together. You will now take a third S forward with your L.F. A little longer still, again bringing the Hs together
Bro JD, where is your position in the lodge
At, or near the right of the S.W.
To what does that — allude?
It refers to the ancient penalty formerly associated with the violation of the obligation of this degree wherein brethren promised that they would have their throats cut across, their tongues torn out by the roots and together with their bodies buried in the rough sands of the sea, a cable’s length from shore, where the tide regularly ebbs and flows twice in the natural day, than improperly divulge the secrets entrusted to their keeping
No
W.m. Our newly-made brother has expressed his willingness to contribute to the relief of poor and distressed brethren but, having been deprived of all money’s and metallic substances before entering the lodge, he is unable to gratify the desire at the present moment
