Passing Flashcards
Where were you first prepared to be made a Mason?
In my heart
Where Next
In a convenient room adjoining the lodge
Describe the mode of your preparation.
I was divested of metal and hoodwinked. My right arm, left breast, and knee were made bare, my right heel was slip shod and a cable tow placed about my neck.
Where were you made a Mason?
In the body of a Lodge, just, perfect, and regular.
And When?
When the Sun was at its meridian
In this country Freemasons’ Lodges are usually held in the evening; how do you account for that which at first view appears a paradox.
The earth constantly revolving on its axis in its orbit round the sun and Freemasonry being universally spread over its surface, it necessarily follows that the sun must always be at its meridian with respect to Freemasonry
What is Freemasonry?
A peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols
Name the grand principles on which the order is founded
Brotherly love, relief and truth
Who are fit and proper persons to be made Masons?
Just upright men and free men of mature age and sound judgement and strict morals
And how do you know yourself to be a mason
By the regularity of my initiation, repeated trials and approbations and a willingness at all times to undergo an examination when properly called on.
How do you demonstrate the principles of your being a Mason to others?
By signs, tokens and the perfect points of my entrance.
