On May 23, 10:37 am, francis <
francis.mall...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 22, 8:32 pm, sutartsorric <
sutartsor...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > > Surely with your Masonic talents and abilities you can do better than
> > > simply demand evidence all the time?
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> > I dont think that their sworn oaths allow them to say anything other
> > than that.
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> What sworn oaths would that be?
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I, _________, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of
Almighty God, and this Worshipful Lodge, erected to Him and dedicated
to the holy St. John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely
promise and swear, that I will hail, ever conceal, and never reveal
any of the secrets, arts, parts, point or points, of the Master
Mason's Degree, to any person or persons whomsoever, except that it be
a true and lawful brother of this Degree, or in a regularly
constituted Lodge of Master Masons, nor unto him, or them, until by
strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall have
found him, or them, as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself. I
furthermore promise and swear, that I will stand to and abide by all
laws, rules, and regulations of the Master Masons Degree, and of the
Lodge of which I may hereafter become a member, as far as the same
shall come to my knowledge; and that I will ever maintain and support
the Constitution, laws, and edicts of the Grand Lodge under which the
same shall be holden. Further, that I will acknowledge and obey all
due signs and summons sent to me from a Master Masons' Lodge, or given
me by a brother of that Degree, if within the length of my cable tow.
Further, that I will always aid and assist all poor, distressed,
worthy Master Masons, their widows and orphans, knowing them to be
such, as far as their necessities may require, and my ability permit,
without material injury to myself and family. Further, that I will
keep a worthy brother Master Mason's secrets inviolable, when
communicated to and received by me as such, murder and treason
excepted. Further, that I will not aid, nor be present at, the
initiation, passing, or raising of a woman, an old man in his dotage,
a young man in his nonage, an atheist, a madman, or fool, knowing them
to be such. Further, that I will not sit in a Lodge of Clandestine-
made Masons, nor converse on the subject of Masonry with a clandestine-
made Mason, nor one who has been expelled or suspended from a Lodge,
while under that sentence, knowing him or them to be such. Further, I
will not cheat, wrong, nor defraud a Master Masons' Lodge, nor a
brother of this Degree, knowingly, nor supplant him in any of his
laudable undertakings, but will give him due and timely notice, that
he may ward off all danger. Further, that I will not knowingly strike
a brother Master Mason, or otherwise do him personal violence in
anger, except in the necessary defense of my family or property.
Further, that I will not have illegal carnal intercourse with a Master
Mason's wife, his mother, sister, or daughter knowing them to be such,
nor suffer the same to be done by others, if in my power to prevent.
Further, that I will not give the Grand Masonic word, in any other
manner or form than that in which I shall receive it, and then in a
low breath. Further, that I will not give the Grand Hailing Sign of
distress except in case of the most imminent danger, in a just and
lawful Lodge, or for the benefit of instruction; and if ever I should
see it given, or hear the words accompanying it, by a worthy brother
in distress, I will fly to his relief, if there is a greater
probability of saving his life than losing my own. All this I most
solemnly, sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steady
resolution to perform the same, without any hesitation, myself, under
no less penalty than that of having my body severed in two, my bowels
taken from thence and burned to ashes, the ashes scattered before the
four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had of so vile
and wicked a wretch as I would be, should I ever, knowingly, violate
this my Master Mason's obligation. So help me God, and keep me
steadfast in the due performance of the same.