Working Tools

Question 1

1. Please step

Answer 1

Please step this way, and I will present to your notice the working tools of an Entered Apprentice
They are the 24 inch gauge, the common gavel, and the chisel.

Question 2

2. The 24 inch

Answer 2

The 24 inch gauge is to measure our work, ​the common gavel to knock off all superfluities, and the chisel to further prepare the stone for the hands of the more experienced workman

Question 3

3. But as we are not ..

Answer 3

But as we are not operative , but free and accepted, or speculative Masons, we apply these tools to morals.

Question 4

4. In this sense

Answer 4

In this sense, the 24 hour gauge reminds us of the 24 hours of the day, part to be spent in prayer to Almighty God, part in labour and refreshment, and part in serving a friend or brother in time of need, that not being detrimental to ourselves or connections.

Question 5

5. The common Gavel..

Answer 5

The Common Gavel denotes the force of conscience, which should keep down all vain and becoming thoughts that might obtrude during the aforementioned periods so that our words and actions may ascend unpolluted to the Throne of Grace.

Question 6

5. The Chisel

Answer 6

The Chisel Points out the advantages of education, by which means alone we are rendered fit members for well organised society.