The trowel is an instrument made use of by operative masons to spread the cement which unites a building into one common mass; but we, as free and accepted masons, are taught to make use of it for the more glorious purpose of spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection; that cement which unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends and brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist, save that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who best can work and best agree. In lodges with a membership of mixed religions it is common to find more than one sacred text displayed. Shop products from small business brands sold in Amazons store. PDF North Carolina Entered Apprentice Degree Catechism Master Mason Degree: First Section Lecture Flashcards ARRANGED AND COMPILED FROM THE STANDARD LODGE " WORK. " 0000110222 00000 n In addition to secrecy, he promises to help his brothers, and to obey the rules and laws of the lodge.\n
Although the Entered Apprentice degree is known to Masons as initiation, the Fellow Craft is said to be passing. From the Lodge of the Holy Saint's John at Jerusalem. Example ___ S\underline{\text{S}}S___ 1. where the banquet would be held. On being brought to light, what did you first behold? 0000001536 00000 n "I was bid to wait till the Worshipful Master in the east was made acquainted with my request and his answer returned. ", "He ordered me to be conducted out of the lodge and vested of what I had been divested, and returned for further instructions. PPT PowerPoint Presentation "The working tools of an Entered Apprentice Mason. 0000073825 00000 n They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the three degrees, when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members. The Lecture of The First Degree of Freemasonry | PDF - Scribd My left hand supporting, my right resting upon the Holy Bible, square, and compasses in which position I took upon myself the solemn oath or obligation of an entered apprentice mason. FIRST SECTION OF THE LECTURE ON THE FIRST DEGREE. "All right angles, horizontals and perpendiculars. Main menu. 0000005723 00000 n 0000075562 00000 n "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. 169 0 obj <> endobj xref The first set consists of the square, level, and plumb rule. Your answer?