Masonic First Degree Flashcards
1st Degree
Brother Brown, are you ready for your examination?
I am.
Brother Brown, you will conduct the examination.
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Whence came you?
From a lodge of the Saints John of Jerusalem.
What came you here to do?
To learn to subdue my passions and improve myself in Masonry.
You are a Mason I presume?
I am so taken and accepted among brothers and fellows.
What makes you a Mason?
My obligation.
Where were you first prepared to be made a Mason?
In my heart.
What are signs?
Right angles, horizontals, and perpendiculars.
Give me a sign.
(penal sign)
What is a token?
A certain friendly and brotherly grip whereby one Mason may know another in the dark as well as the light.
Has that an allusion?
It has, to the penalty of my obligation.
Give me a token, I hele.
I conceal.
What do you conceal?
All the secrets of Masons in Masonry to which this token alludes.
What is this?
A grip.
Of what?
Of an Entered Apprentice Mason.
Has it a name?
It has.
Will you give it to me?
I did not so receive it. Neither will I so impart it.
How will you dispose of it?
I will letter and halve it with you.
Letter and Begin
No, you begin.
You must begin.
A
Z
AZ
B
O
BO
BOAZ
Place yourself on the Due Guard position of an Entered Apprentice.
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To what does rthis allude?
The position in which my hands were placed while taking my obligation.
Give me the sign of an Entered Apprentice
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To what does this allude?
The penalty of my obligation.
Brother Brown you will give the Due Guard and Sign of an Entered Apprentice and retire.
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