Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE FELLOW CRAFT OPENING Master: The Brethren will

cloth and the officers repair to their stations. Master: * Brother Senior Warden, satisfy yourself that all present are Fellow Crafts. (SW rises and satisfies himself in the usual manner.) SW: I am satisfied, Worshipful Master that all present are Fellow Crafts. Master: Call the Brethren to Order as such, reserving yourself to the last. SW: Brethren, come to Order as Fellow Crafts. Master: * (Brethren rise and give the due guard.) Master: *(All Brethren take seats.) Master: *(Both Deacons and Marshall rise) Brother Junior Deacon, what is the first care of a Lodge of Fellow Crafts? JD: To see that the Lodge is Tiled Worshipful Master. Master: Attend to that duty and inform the Tiler that we are about to open a Lodge of Fellow Crafts and direct him to tile accordingly. JD: (Goes to the door, without knocking opens it wide.) Brother Tiler, a lodge of Fellow Crafts is about to be opened and you are directed to tile accordingly. Closes the door and gives ***. The Tiler responds by ***. JD returns to his place, salutes) JD: The Lodge is tiled, Worshipful Master. Master: How? JD: By a Brother of this degree without the inner door, armed with the proper instrument of his office. Master: His duties? JD: To observe the approach of cowans and eavesdroppers, and see that none pass or repass but such are qualified and have permission. Master: **Brother Senior Warden, are you a Fellow Craft? SW: I am, try me.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master: How will you be tried? SW: By the Square. Master: Why by the Square? SW: Because it is one of the working-tools of my profession. Master: What is a Square? SW: An angle of ninety degrees or the fourth part of a circle. Master: Where were you made a Fellow Craft? SW: In a legal Lodge of such. Master: How many anciently composed a Lodge of Fellow Crafts? SW: Five or more. Master: When of five; of whom does it consist? SW: The Master, Senior and Junior Warden, Senior and Junior Deacons. Master: The Junior Deacons place? SW: At the right of the Senior Warden, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Junior Deacon, your duties? JD: To carry messages from the Senior Warden in the West to the Junior Warden in the South and elsewhere about the Lodge as he may direct, to attend to alarms at the door and see that the Lodge is Tiled, Worshipful Master. Master: The Senior Deacons place? JD: At the right of the Master, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Senior Deacon, your duties? SD: To carry orders from the Master in the East to the Senior Warden in the West, elsewhere about the Lodge as he may direct, to attend the alarm at the door of the preparation room, receive and conduct candidates, introduce and accommodate visiting Brethren.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master: The Junior Wardens station? SD: In the South, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Junior Warden, why in the South? JW: As the sun is in the south at high twelve is the beauty and glory of the day, so is the Junior Warden in the South, the better to observe the time to call the craft from labor to refreshment and from refreshment to labor at the order of the Master. Master: Senior Wardens station? JW: In the West, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Senior Warden, why in the West? SW: As the sun is in the west at the close of the day, so is the Senior Warden in the West, to assist the Master in opening and closing the Lodge. To pay the craft their wages if any are due, and see that none go away dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all institutions, especially this. Master: Masters station? SW: In the East, Worshipful Master. Master: Why in the East? SW: As the sun rises in the east to open and illuminate the day, so rises the Master in the East, (Master will rise) to open and enlighten the Lodge, to set the Craft to work and give them proper instruction. Master: Brother Senior Warden, it is my will and pleasure that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now opened, this you will communicate to the Junior Warden that the Brethren may have due notice and govern themselves accordingly. SW: Brother Junior Warden, it is the Order of the Master that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now opened, this you will relay to the Brethren, that they having due notice may govern themselves accordingly. JW: *** Brethren, it is the Order of the Master that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now opened, take notice thereof and let it be done. Master: Together Brethren. (The Sign). Each of the first three Officers rap. M* SW* JW*. (Song)

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master or Chpl: (Prayer, assisted by Stewards with crossed rods at the Altar, Master will uncover.) Master: Recites the following, Thus he shewed me: and behold the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in His hand. And the Lord said unto me; Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord; Behold! I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. (Amos 7:7-8) Master: In the name of God and dedicated to the Holy Saints John, I now declare this Lodge of Fellow Crafts duly open. Brother Junior Deacon, inform the Tiler. (Brethren remain standing) JD: Goes to the door and gives *** answered by the Tiler *** opens it, Brother Tiler the Lodge of Fellow Crafts is duly open. Closes the door and gives *** which are answered by the Tiler ***. SD: Without being told and lead by the Marshall, while JD is attending to his duty goes to West side of Altar, displays the Great Lights. He then lights the three lesser lights and these remain lighted until the Lodge is closed; salutes the Master and returns to his place. JD: (Returns to his place and salutes the Master) Your Orders have been obeyed Worshipful Master. Master: * Note: If a special meeting the Master states the objective for which it was called. OBLIGATION Master to CNDT- You will repeat your name say after me: A.B., 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 Saints John do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, as I have heretofore done, but with these additions: That I will not communicate the secrets of a Fellow Craft to an Entered Apprentice to the rest of the world, neither these nor any of them to any person or persons whatsoever, except it be to a true and lawful Brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Masons; nor unto him or them until by strict trail, due examination or lawful information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully entitled to them as I am myself. I furthermore promise and swear, that I will answer and obey all due signs and summonses sent me from a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or handed me by a brother of this degree, if within the limits of my cable-tow. I furthermore promise and swear, that I will help, aid, and assist all poor, distressed Brother Fellow Crafts, they applying to me as such and I deeming them worthy.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not cheat, wrong, or defraud a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or a Brother of this degree, knowingly or wittingly. All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear with a firm and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the same without the least equivocation, mental reservation or self evasion whatsoever; binding myself under no less a penalty than that of having my left breast torn open, my heart taken thence and given as prey to the vultures of the air, should I ever be guilty of willfully violating this my solemn oath or obligation of a Fellow Craft, so help me God and keep me steadfast. THE GRIP OF A FELLOW CRAFT Master to CNDT: In token of the continuance of my Brotherly love and favor, I again present you with my right hand, and with it the pass, token of the pass, grip and word of a Fellow Craft, but as you are unstudied I will communicate them with the assistance of the Senior Deacon. This you remember is the grip of an Entered Apprentice, Brother Senior Deacon will you be off or from? SD: From. Master: From what to what? SD: From the grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass grip of a Fellow Craft. Master: Pass. What is this? SD: The pass grip of a Fellow Craft. Master: Has it a name? SD: It has. Master: Give it. SD: ____________. Master: Will you be off or from? SD: From. Master: From what and to what? SD: From the pass to the real grip of a Fellow Craft. Master: Pass. What is this? SD: The real grip of a Fellow Craft. Master: Has it a name? SD: It has. Master: Give it. SD: I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it. Master: How will you dispose of it? SD: I will syllable or half it. Master: Syllable or half it and begin. SD: You begin. Master: Begin you must. SD: ____. Master: ______. Master: This was the name of the right hand pillar of the porch of King Solomons Temple. Brother arise and salute the Wardens as Fellow Craft.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE THE APRON SD: (Facing candidate East and placing apron) Brother(s) you will wear your apron with the lower left corner tucked at the upper right, because at the building of King Solomons Temple the Fellow Crafts were distinguished by wearing theirs in that manner, to better carry their working tools. THE WORKING TOOLS Master: I now present you with the working tools of a Fellow Craft, they are the Plumb, Square, and Level. The Plumb is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to raise perpendiculars; the Square, to square their work; and the Level to prove horizontals; but we as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of them for more noble and glorious purposes. The Plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations before God and man, Squaring our actions by the Square of Virtue and ever remembering that we are traveling upon the Level of time to that undiscovered country from whose borne no traveler returns. MIDDLE CHAMBER SD to CNDT: My Brother(s), you were informed by the Master that agreeable to an ancient custom in all regular and well governed Lodges of Fellow Crafts, it is necessary that you make a regular ascent up a flight of winding stairs, consisting of three, five, and seven steps, into a place representing the middle chamber of King Solomons Temple, there to receive further instruction relative to the Wages of a Fellow Craft; which are Corn, Wine, and Oil emblematical of Peace, Unity, and Plenty. OPERATIVE MASONRY We allude to the proper application of the useful rules of architecture, whence a structure will derive a figure, strength and beauty, and whence will result a due proportion and just correspondence in all parts. It furnishes us with dwellings and convenient shelters from the vicissitudes and in clemencies of the seasons. And, while it displays the effects of human wisdom, as well in the choice as in the arrangement of the sundry materials of which an edifice is composed, it also demonstrates that a fund of science and industry is implanted in man for the best, most salutary and beneficent purposes. SPECULATIVE MASONRY We learn to subdue the passions, act upon the square, keep a tongue of good report, maintain secrecy and practice charity. It is so far interwoven with religion as to lay us under obligations to pay that rational homage to the Deity which constitutes at once our duty and happiness. It leads the contemplative to view, with reverence and admiration the marvelous works of creation and inspires the most exalted ideas of the perfection of his Divine Creator.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE We are speculative Masons only; our ancient Brethren worked in operative as well as speculative Masonry; they worked six days before they received their wages; they did not work on the seventh, because IN SIX DAYS God created the heaven and the earth and rested on the seventh. The seventh, therefore, our ancient Brethren consecrated as a day of rest from their labors, thereby enjoying frequent opportunities to contemplate the glorious works of creation and to adore their Great Creator. We are now about to make a regular ascent to a place representing the middle chamber of King Solomons Temple. The Fellow Crafts on their way thither had to pass through a porch, at the entrance of which were two bronze pillars, the one on the left called Boaz, which denotes strength; the other on the right, called Jachin, which signifies to establish; together they allude to the promise of God to David that he would establish his house or kingdom forever. These pillars were cast by Hiram Abiff, a widows son, of the tribe of Naphtali on the plains of Jordan in the clay grounds between Succoth and Zarthan. They were cast hollow, the better to serve as safe repositories for the records of Freemasonry against inundations and conflagrations. They were eighteen cubits high, twelve in circumference or four in diameter, and surrounded by chapiters of five cubits, making them each twenty-three cubits high. These chapiters were adorned with lily-work, net-work and pomegranates. The lily, for purity and retired situation in which it grows, denotes peace, the net-work, from to intimate connection of its parts, denotes unity, and the pomegranates, for the exuberance of there seeds, denotes plenty. THE GLOBES Resting upon these pillars are two artificial spherical bodies, upon the convex surface of which are represented the countries, seas, and various parts of the earth, the face of the heavens, the planetary revolutions and other important particulars. They are invaluable instruments for improving the mind, as they assist in giving a more distinct idea of any problem or proposition and aid us to solve the same. They illustrate in part the great works of the Deity and encourage us in the study of geography, navigation, astronomy and the arts dependant on them by which society has been so much benefited. After passing the pillars they arrived at a flight of winding stairs consisting of three, five, and seven steps. The three steps are said to allude to the three principle officers of the Lodge, the Master, the Senior and the Junior Wardens. (They take the steps.) The five steps are said to allude to the five orders of architecture. Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE By Order in the Architecture is meant a system of all the members, proportions, and ornaments of columns and pilasters, or the arrangement of the projecting and visible parts of a building, so joined and united as to form an ideal and complete whole. The ancient and original orders of architecture revered by Masons are no more than three; Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian; which were invented by the Greeks. To these the Romans have added two: Tuscan, which they made plainer than the Doric, and Composite, which was more ornamental if not more beautiful than the Corinthian. The first three orders, however alone show invention and particular character and essentially differ from each other. The other two have nothing but what is borrowed and differ only accidentally. The Tuscan is the Doric in its earliest state and the Composite is the Corinthian enriched with the Ionic. To the Greeks therefore and not the Romans are we indebted for what is great, judicious, and distinct in architecture. They are also said to allude to the five human senses; hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, and tasting; the first three of which are most essential to Masons, for by the sense of hearing we hear the word, by that of seeing we see the sign, and by that of feeling we feel the grip whereby one Mason may know another in the dark as well as in the light. While animate creatures in general are possessed of these powers and faculties by nature, man who is an intelligent being; gifted with additional powers of investigating and reasoning, constantly employs and is dependent on these senses in his daily intercourse with his fellows. They are the means by which he can add to his own comfort and happiness; increase his knowledge and benefit society and those about him. It is through them that mind meets mind and objects and extent of mans surroundings are made known to him. Thus is opened up that vast and boundless field, extending beyond the reach of human inquiry, wherein God; in His works is ever manifesting His power and goodness and is ever placing before us for moral and intellectual advancement; object lessons from the lily of the valley to the star in the heavens. (They take the five steps.) The seven steps are said to allude to: THE SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, Which are Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy. Grammar defines and fixes the rules by which we can express our ideas in correct language and properly convey our meanings to others. Rhetoric is the art of using language and methods of speech, which attract the ear and eye and conspicuously carry the thoughts intended to the heart and understanding of another. Logic teaches us not only to think, but also to arrange our thoughts and expressions in a consecutive manner that the relation and connection of one correct proposition to another may be made apparent and show that the conclusion reached are in accordance with reason and truth. Arithmetic furnishes the means of making the ordinary computations of numbers for the purpose of ascertaining amounts, weights, and quantities.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Geometry treats of the powers and properties of magnitudes in general and supplies the more certain methods of investigations and analysis; by making use of well-established propositions and truths in solution of difficult problems. By this science the architect is enabled to construct his plans and execute his designs; the general to arrange his soldiers; the engineer to mark out the grounds for encampments, and to establish the details for stupendous and sometimes unexpected undertakings; the geographer to give us the dimensions of the world and all parts thereof, to delineate the extent of seas and specify the divisions of empires, kingdoms, and provinces. By it also the astronomer is enabled to make his observations and fix the duration of times, seasons, years, and cycles. In fine, Geometry is the foundation of architecture and the root of mathematics. Music is the use of pleasing notes and harmonies and is that simple and effectual method often made use of to give expression to the deepest and noblest sentiments of the heart and soul. Its language is universal. The bird sings its notes of joy and praise. The wind sighs through the forests and mountains. The water moans its eternal requiem upon the sea, while man by the power of music may touch the most tender cords of human existence. Astronomy directs us in studying the system of the heavenly bodies. It develops and order and perfection existing among the countless brilliants in the skies and extending beyond the conception of the human mind. It likewise shows us that however complete and admirable our immediate surroundings may be the earth is only one of the component parts of a vast and mighty plan. We now arrive at a place representing the outer door of the middle chamber. *** JW: Who comes here? SD: A Fellow Craft on his way to the middle chamber . JW: Give the pass. (Candidate is required to give it in a low whisper.) JW: What does it denote? SD: Plenty. JW: How is it represented? SD: By a ear of corn suspended near a Waterford. JW: How did it originate as a pass?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SD: In consequence of a quarrel between Jephtha, Judge of Israel and the Ephraimites; the Ephraimites had long been turbulent and rebellious people whom Jephtha sought to overcome by lenient measures, but without effect; they being highly enraged at not being invited to fight and share in the rich spoils of the Ammonittish War, gathered together a mighty army and crossed the river Jordan to give Jephtha battle, but he Jephtha also gathered together all men of Gilead, gave them battle and put them to flight; and to make his victory more complete he stationed guards at the passages of the Jordan and commanded them should any attempt to pass say unto them SHIB____, but they being of a different tribe could not frame to pronounce the word right and said SIB____, which they did proving themselves enemies; cost them their lives and there fell at that time forty and two thousand. JW: Give me the token of the pass. (Candidate gives it.) JW: The pass and token of the pass are correct, pass on. SD: We are now arrive at a place representing the inner door of the middle chamber. *** SW: Who comes here? SD: A Fellow Craft on his way to the middle chamber. SW: Give me the grip and word. (Candidate gives real grip and word in the regular manner.) SW: The grip and word are right, pass on. (Here the candidate is conducted to the Master in the East and on arriving there the Senior Deacon gives *** as before.) Master: Who comes here? SD: A Fellow Craft desirous to receive his wages. Master: My Brother, you have been admitted into the middle chamber by virtue of the Letter G, that you might receive your wages. You are now entitled to the wages of a Fellow Craft, which are Corn, Wine, and Oil; the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy. You are also entitled to the jewels of a Fellow Craft, which are an Attentive Ear, Instructive Tongue, and Faithful Breast. The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue and the mysteries of Free Masonry are safely lodged in the repository of the faithful breasts. I will now direct your attention to the Letter G, which is the initial of Geometry. GEOMETRY The first, the noblest of sciences, is the basis on which the superstructure of Freemasonry is erected. By Geometry we may curiously trace Nature through her various windings to her most concealed recesses; by it we discover the power, the wisdom and the goodness of the Great Creator, as the vast proportions of the universe are revealed to us.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE By Geometry we learn how the planets move in their respective orbits and demonstrates their various revolutions; by it we account for the return of the seasons and the variety of scenes which each season displays to the discerning eye. Numberless worlds are around us, rolling through unlimited space, all framed by the same Divine Artist and all conducted by the same unerring law of Nature. A survey of Nature and the observations of her beautiful proportions, first determined man to imitate the divine plan and study symmetry and order. This gave rise to societies birth to every useful art. The architect began to design and plans which he laid down improved by experience, having produced works which are the admiration of every age. The lapse of time, the ruthless hand of ignorance, and the devastations of war have laid waste and destroyed many valuable monuments of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius have been employed. Even the Temple of King Solomon, so spacious and magnificent and constructed by so many celebrated artists escaped not the unsparing ravels of barbarous force. Freemasonry, notwithstanding has still survived. The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue and the mysteries of Freemasonry are safely lodged in the repository of the faithful breasts. Tools and implements of architecture and symbolic emblems most expressive are selected by the Fraternity to imprint on the mind wise and serious truths. Thus through a succession of ages are transmitted, unimpaired, the most excellent tents of our Institution, but my Brother, the Letter G further alludes to the sacred name of Deity, (The Master uncovers and calls up the Lodge) before whom we should all from the youngest Entered Apprentice in the North-East Corner, to the Master who presides in the East, with reverence most humbly bow. (HERE ALL BOW) Master: * LECTURE OF THE FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE Master: Will you be off or from? SW: From. Master: From what to what? SW: From the degree of an Entered Apprentice to that of a Fellow Craft. Master: Are you a Fellow Craft? SW: I am, try me. Master: How will you be tried?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: By the Square. Master: Why by the Square. SW: Because it is an emblem of morality and one of the working tools of a Fellow Craft. Master: What is a Square? SW: An angle of ninety degrees or the fourth part of a circle. Master: Where were you made a Fellow Craft? SW: In a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Fellow Crafts. Master: How were you prepared? SW: By being neither naked nor clothed, white apron, barefoot nor shod, hoodwinked, with a cable-tow twice about my naked right arm; in which situation I was conducted to the door of the Lodge by a Brother. Master: Why had you a cable-tow twice about your naked right arm? SW: It was to signify that a Fellow Craft, I was under double tie to the fraternity. Master: How gained you admission? SW: By three distinct knocks. Master: To what do those knocks allude? SW: To the three jewels of a Fellow Craft: the Attentive Ear, the Instructive Tongue, and the Faithful Breast. Master: What was said to you from within? SW: Who comes here. Master: Your answer? SW: A Brother, who has been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice and now wishes to receive more light in Masonry by being passed to the degree of Fellow Craft. Master: What were you then asked?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: If it was of my own free will and accord; if I was duly and truly prepared; worthy and well qualified; If I had made suitable proficiency in the proceeding degree; all of which being answered in the affirmative, I was asked by what further right or benefit I expected to gain admission. Master: Your answer? SW: By benefit of the pass? Master: Did you give the pass? SW: I gave it not; my guide gave it for me. Master: What followed? SW: I was directed to wait with patience until the Master was informed of my request and his answer returned. Master: What answer did he return? SW: Let him enter and be received in due form. Master: How were you received? SW: On the angle of the Square at my naked right breast, which was to teach me that the square of virtue should be a rule and guide of my conduct in all my future actions with mankind. Master: How were you then disposed of? SW: I was conducted twice about the Altar to the Junior Warden in the South, where the same questions were asked and like answers returned as at the door. Master: How did the Junior Warden dispose of you? SW: He directed me to pass to the Senior Warden in the West, where the same questions were asked and like answers returned as before. Master: How did the Senior Warden dispose of you? SW: He directed me to the Master in the East, where the same questions were asked and like answers returned as before. Master: How did the Master dispose of you?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: He ordered me to be reconducted to the Senior Warden in the West, who taught me to approach to the East, advancing by two upright, regular steps, my feet forming the angle of an oblong square, my body erect to the Master in the East. Master: What did the Master then do with you? SW: He made me a Fellow Craft. Master: How? SW: In due form. Master: What is in due form? SW: Kneeling on my naked right knee, my left forming a square, my body erect, my naked right hand resting on the Holy Bible, Square, and Compass; my left elbow forming a right angle, supported by the square; in which due form I took the obligation of a Fellow Craft. Master: What was the obligation? SW: I, A.B., 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 Saints John do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, as I have heretofore done, but with these additions: That I will not communicate the secrets of a Fellow Craft to an Entered Apprentice to the rest of the world, neither these nor any of them to any person or persons whatsoever, except it be to a true and lawful Brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Masons; nor unto him or them until by strict trail, due examination or lawful information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully entitled to them as I am myself. I furthermore promise and swear, that I will answer and obey all due signs and summonses sent me from a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or handed me by a brother of this degree, if within the limits of my cable-tow. I furthermore promise and swear, that I will help, aid, and assist all poor, distressed Brother Fellow Crafts, they applying to me as such and I deeming them worthy. I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not cheat, wrong, or defraud a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or a Brother of this degree, knowingly or wittingly. All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear with a firm and steadfast resolution to keep and perform the same without the least equivocation, mental reservation or self evasion whatsoever; binding myself under no less a penalty than that of having my left breast torn open, my heart taken thence and given as prey to the vultures of the air, should I ever be guilty of willfully violating this my solemn oath or obligation of a Fellow Craft, so help me God and keep me steadfast. Master: After taking the obligation, what were you asked?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: What I most desired. Master: Your answer? SW: More light in Masonry? Master: Did you receive it? SW: I did. Master: How? SW: By order of the Master and assistance of the Brethren. Master: On being brought to light, what did you first discover more than you had heretofore discovered? SW: One point of the compass bare, the other being hidden; which was to teach me that as yet I had received in Masonry but partially. Master: What did you then discover? SW: The Master approaching from the East, under the due guard and sign of a Fellow Craft; who in token of the continuance of his Brotherly love and favor, presented me with his right hand and with it the pass, token of the pass, grip and word of a Fellow Craft and bade arise and salute the Wardens as such. Master: After saluting the Wardens, what did you then discover? SW: The Master, ordered me to the Senior Warden, who taught me how to wear my apron as a Fellow Craft. Master: After being taught how to wear your apron as a Fellow Craft, how were you disposed of? SW: I was conducted to the right of the Master in the East, who presented me with the working tools of a Fellow Craft and taught me their uses? Master: What are the working tools of a Fellow Creaft? SW: The Plumb, Square, and Level. Master: What are their uses?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: The Plumb is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to raise perpendiculars; the Square, to square their work; and the Level to prove horizontals; but we as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of them for more noble and glorious purposes. The Plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations before God and man, Squaring our actions by the Square of Virtue and ever remembering that we are traveling upon the Level of time to that undiscovered country from whose borne no traveler returns. Master: How were you then disposed of? SW: I was ordered to be reconducted to the place from whence I came; there be reinvested of what I had been divested and informed that agreeable to an ancient custom in all regular and well governed Lodges of Fellow Crafts; it was then necessary that I should make a regular ascent up a flight of winding stairs, consisting of three, five, and seven steps to a place representing the middle chamber of King Solomons Temple, there to receive further instruction relative to the wages of a Fellow Craft, which are corn, wine, and oil; emblematical of peace, unity, and plenty. Master: How many kinds of Masonry are there? SW: Twooperative and speculative. Master: What is meant by operative Masonry? SW: By operative Masonry we all allude to the proper application of the useful rules of architecture, whence a structure will derive a figure, strength and beauty, and whence will result a due proportion and just correspondence in all parts. It furnishes us with dwellings and convenient shelters from the vicissitudes and in clemencies of the seasons. And, while it displays the effects of human wisdom, as well in the choice as in the arrangement of the sundry materials of which an edifice is composed, it also demonstrates that a fund of science and industry is implanted in man for the best, most salutary and beneficent purposes. Master: What is meant by speculative Masonry? SW: By speculative Masonry we learn to subdue the passions, act upon the square, keep a tongue of good report, maintain secrecy and practice charity. It is so far interwoven with religion as to lay us under obligations to pay that rational homage to the Deity which constitutes at once our duty and happiness. It leads the contemplative to view, with reverence and admiration the marvelous works of creation and inspires the most exalted ideas of the perfection of his Divine Creator. Master: Have you ever worked as a Mason? SW: I have as a speculative Mason only; but our ancient Brethren worked both in operative and speculative Masonry. Master: How long did they work before they received their wages?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: Six days. Master: Did they not work on the seventh? SW: They did not. Master: Why not? SW: Because in six days God created the heavens and the earth and rested on the seventh day; the seventh therefore our ancient Brethren created as a day of rest from their labors, thereby enjoying frequent opportunities to contemplate the glorious works of creation and to adore their Great Creator. Master: Where were you received and recorded as a Fellow Craft? SW: In a place representing the middle chamber of King Solomons Temple. Master: Did you observe anything that particularly attracted your attention on your passage there? SW: I did. Master: What? SW: Two great pillars; one on the right hand, the other on the left. Master: What is the one on the left hand called? SW: Boaz. Master: What does that denote? SW: Strength. Master: What is the one on the right hand called? SW: Jachin. Master: What does that denote? SW: Establishment. Master: To what do the collectively allude? SW: To the promise of God to David, that he would establish his kingdom in strength.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master: Where were the pillars cast? SW: In the clay grounds on the banks of Jordan, between Succoth and Zarthan, where all the vessels of King Solomons Temple were cast by Hiram Abiff. Master: Who was Hiram Abiff? SW: The widows son of the tribe of Naphtali. Master: Were the cast hollow or solid? SW: Hollow. Master: Why so? SW: The better to serve as a safe deposit for the archives of Masonry against all conflagrations and inundations. Master: How high were they? SW: Thirty-five cubits each. Master: How were they adorned? SW: With chapiters of five cubits, making in all forty cubits in height. Master: How were these adorned? SW: With lily-work, network and pomegranates. Master: What do they denote? SW: Peace, Unity and Plenty. Master: Why so? SW: The lily by its purity and the retired situation in which it grows, denotes peace; the network, by the intimate connection of its parts, denotes unity; the pomegranates, by the exuberance of their seed, denotes plenty. Master: How are they further adorned? What are their uses? What do they further denote?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: With globes on their tops representing the terrestrial and celestial spheres. The globes are two artificial spherical bodies, upon the convex surface of which are represented the countries, seas, and various parts of the earth, the face of the heavens, the planetary revolutions and other important particulars. They are invaluable instruments for improving the mind, as they assist in giving a more distinct idea of any problem or proposition and aid us to solve the same. They illustrate in part the great works of the Deity and encourage us in the study of geography, navigation, astronomy and the arts dependant on them by which society has been so much benefited. They also denote the universality of the earth. Master: After passing the porch, where did you next arrive? SW: At a flight of winding stairs consisting of three, five, and seven steps. Master: To what does the number three allude? SW: To the first three degrees of Masonry and also three principle officers of the Lodge. Master: To what does the number five allude? SW: To the five Orders in Architecture. Master: What is meant by Order in Architecture? SW: By Order in Architecture is meant a system of all the members, proportions and ornaments of columns and pilasters, or it is a regular arrangement of the projecting parts of a building, which united with those of a column, form a beautiful, perfect, and complete work. Master: How are these orders classed? SW: The five orders are thus classed: The Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. The Tuscan is the most simple is generally found in buildings where strength, elegance, and beauty are displayed. The five steps are said to allude to the five orders of architecture. Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Master: Which of these are most revered by Masons? SW: The ancient and original orders. Master: What are they?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: They are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, which were invented by the Greeks. To these the Romans added Tuscan and Composite; the first three orders, however alone show invention and particular character and essentially differ from each other. The other two have nothing but what is borrowed and differ only accidentally. The Tuscan is the Doric in its earliest state and the Composite is the Corinthian enriched with the Ionic. To the Greeks therefore and not the Romans are we indebted for what is great, judicious, and distinct in architecture. Master: To what does the number five further allude? SW: To the five senses of human nature: Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling, and Tasting. While animate creatures in general are possessed of these powers and faculties by nature, man who is an intelligent being; gifted with additional powers of investigating and reasoning, constantly employs and is dependent on these senses in his daily intercourse with his fellows. They are the means by which he can add to his own comfort and happiness; increase his knowledge and benefit society and those about him. It is through them that mind meets mind and objects and extent of mans surroundings are made known to him. Thus is opened up that vast and boundless field, extending beyond the reach of human inquiry, wherein God; in His works is ever manifesting His power and goodness and is ever placing before us for moral and intellectual advancement; object lessons from the lily of the valley to the star in the heavens. Master: Which of these are most revered by Masons? SW: The first three: Hearing, Seeing, and Feeling. Master: Why so? SW: Because by the sense of hearing we distinguish the word, by that of seeing we perceive the sign, and by that of feeling we receive the grip, whereby one Mason may know another in the dark as well as in the light. Master: What does the number seven allude? SW: To the seven liberal arts and sciences: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music and Astronomy. Grammar defines and fixes the rules by which we can express our ideas in correct language and properly convey our meanings to others. Rhetoric is the art of using language and methods of speech, which attract the ear and eye and conspicuously carry the thoughts intended to the heart and understanding of another. Logic teaches us not only to think, but also to arrange our thoughts and expressions in a consecutive manner that the relation and connection of one correct proposition to another may be made apparent and show that the conclusion reached are in accordance with reason and truth.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Arithmetic furnishes the means of making the ordinary computations of numbers for the purpose of ascertaining amounts, weights, and quantities. Music is the use of pleasing notes and harmonies and is that simple and effectual method often made use of to give expression to the deepest and noblest sentiments of the heart and soul. Its language is universal. The bird sings its notes of joy and praise. The wind sighs through the forests and mountains. The water moans its eternal requiem upon the sea, while man by the power of music may touch the most tender cords of human existence. Astronomy directs us in studying the system of the heavenly bodies. It develops and order and perfection existing among the countless brilliants in the skies and extending beyond the conception of the human mind. It likewise shows us that however complete and admirable our immediate surroundings may be the earth is only one of the component parts of a vast and mighty plan. Master: Which of these is most revered by Masons? SW: Geometry, or the fifth science. Master: What does Geometry treat of? SW: Geometry treats of the powers and properties of magnitudes in general and supplies the more certain methods of investigations and analysis; by making use of well-established propositions and truths in solution of difficult problems. By this science the architect is enabled to construct his plans and execute his designs; the general to arrange his soldiers; the engineer to mark out the grounds for encampments, and to establish the details for stupendous and sometimes unexpected undertakings; the geographer to give us the dimensions of the world and all parts thereof, to delineate the extent of seas and specify the divisions of empires, kingdoms, and provinces. By it also the astronomer is enabled to make his observations and fix the duration of times, seasons, years, and cycles. In fine, Geometry is the foundation of architecture and the root of mathematics. Master: What are its advantages? SW: By it also the astronomer is enabled to make his observations and fix the duration of times, seasons, years, and cycles. In fine, Geometry is the foundation of architecture and the root of mathematics. Master: After passing the stairs, where did you next arrive? SW: At the outer door of the middle chamber, which I found guarded by the Junior Warden, who demanded of me the pass and token of the pass of a Fellow Craft. Master: Give me the pass. SW: The pass is given.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master: What does that denote? SW: Plenty Master: How is it represented? SW: By an ear of corn hanging near a Waterford. Master: From whence originated this word? SW: In consequence of a quarrel between Jephtha, Judge of Israel and the Ephraimites; the Ephraimites had long been turbulent and rebellious people whom Jephtha sought to overcome by lenient measures, but without effect; they being highly enraged at not being invited to fight and share in the rich spoils of the Ammonittish War, gathered together a mighty army and crossed the river Jordan to give Jephtha battle, but he Jephtha also gathered together all men of Gilead, gave them battle and put them to flight; and to make his victory more complete he stationed guards at the passages of the Jordan and commanded them should any attempt to pass say unto them SHIB____, but they being of a different tribe could not frame to pronounce the word right and said SIB____, which they did proving themselves enemies; cost them their lives and there fell at that time forty and two thousand.. Master: After passing the outer door, where did you next arrive? SW: At the inner door of the middle chamber, which I found guarded by the Senior Warden, who demanded of me the grip and word of a Fellow Craft. Master: Give me the grip. SW: The Senior Warden gives the grip and then follow five questions and answers which relate only to the details of the grip, etc. Master: After passing the inner door, where did you next arrive? SW: Within the middle chamber, where I found the Master, who was pleased to explain to me the various objects which had attracted my attention on my passage there and directed my attention to an emblem or letter G, universally displayed over the Masters chair. He informed me that it was the initial of Geometry. Master: What explanation did the Master give you of Geometry? SW: The first, the noblest of sciences, is the basis on which the superstructure of Freemasonry is erected. By Geometry we may curiously trace Nature through her various windings to her most concealed recesses; by it we discover the power, the wisdom and the goodness of the Great Creator, as the vast proportions of the universe are revealed to us.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE By Geometry we learn how the planets move in their respective orbits and demonstrates their various revolutions; by it we account for the return of the seasons and the variety of scenes which each season displays to the discerning eye. Numberless worlds are around us, rolling through unlimited space, all framed by the same Divine Artist and all conducted by the same unerring law of Nature. A survey of Nature and the observations of her beautiful proportions, first determined man to imitate the divine plan and study symmetry and order. This gave rise to societies birth to every useful art. The architect began to design and plans which he laid down improved by experience, having produced works which are the admiration of every age. The lapse of time, the ruthless hand of ignorance, and the devastations of war have laid waste and destroyed many valuable monuments of antiquity, on which the utmost exertions of human genius have been employed. Even the Temple of King Solomon, so spacious and magnificent and constructed by so many celebrated artists escaped not the unsparing ravels of barbarous force. Freemasonry, notwithstanding has still survived. The attentive ear receives the sound from the instructive tongue and the mysteries of Freemasonry are safely lodged in the repository of the faithful breasts. Tools and implements of architecture and symbolic emblems most expressive are selected by the Fraternity to imprint on the mind wise and serious truths. Thus through a succession of ages are transmitted, unimpaired, the most excellent tents of our Institution. Master: What further explanation did the Master give you of the letter G? SW: He informed me that it alluded to the sacred name of Deity, before whom we should all from the youngest Entered Apprentice in the North-East Corner, to the Master who presides in the East, with reverence most humbly bow. FELLOW CRAFT LODGE CLOSING Master: *(Both Deacons and Marshall rise) Brother Junior Deacon, what is the last care of a Lodge of Fellow Crafts? JD: To see that the Lodge is Tiled Worshipful Master. Master: Attend to that duty and inform the Tiler that we are about to close this Lodge of Fellow Crafts and direct him to tile accordingly. JD: (Goes to the door, without knocking opens it wide.) Brother Tiler, a lodge of Fellow Crafts is about to be closed and you are directed to tile accordingly. Closes the door and gives ***. The Tiler responds by ***. JD returns to his place, salutes) JD: The Lodge is tiled, Worshipful Master.

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE Master: **Brother Senior Warden, at the opening of this Lodge you informed me that you were made a Fellow Craft in a Legal Lodge of such, how many anciently composed a Lodge of Fellow Crafts? SW: Five or more. Master: When of five; of whom does it consist? SW: The Master, Senior and Junior Warden, Senior and Junior Deacons. Master: The Junior Deacons place? SW: At the right of the Senior Warden, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Junior Deacon, your duties? JD: To carry messages from the Senior Warden in the West to the Junior Warden in the South and elsewhere about the Lodge as he may direct, to attend to alarms at the door and see that the Lodge is Tiled, Worshipful Master. Master: The Senior Deacons place? JD: At the right of the Master, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Senior Deacon, your duties? SD: To carry orders from the Master in the East to the Senior Warden in the West, elsewhere about the Lodge as he may direct, to attend the alarm at the door of the preparation room, receive and conduct candidates, introduce and accommodate visiting Brethren. Master: The Junior Wardens station? SD: In the South, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Junior Warden, why in the South? JW: As the sun is in the south at high twelve is the beauty and glory of the day, so is the Junior Warden in the South, the better to observe the time to call the craft from labor to refreshment and from refreshment to labor at the order of the Master. Master: Senior Wardens station? JW: In the West, Worshipful Master. Master: Brother Senior Warden, why in the West?

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Lodge Name Here FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE STUDY GUIDE SW: As the sun is in the west at the close of the day, so is the Senior Warden in the West, to assist the Master in opening and closing the Lodge. To pay the craft their wages if any are due, and see that none go away dissatisfied, harmony being the strength and support of all institutions, especially this. Master: Masters station? SW: In the East, Worshipful Master. Master: Why in the East? SW: As the sun rises in the east to open and illuminate the day, so rises the Master in the East, (Master will rise) to open and enlighten the Lodge, to set the Craft to work and give them proper instruction. Master: Brother Senior Warden, it is my will and pleasure that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now closed, this you will communicate to the Junior Warden that the Brethren may have due notice and govern themselves accordingly. SW: Brother Junior Warden, it is the Order of the Master that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now closed, this you will relay to the Brethren, that they having due notice may govern themselves accordingly. JW: *** Brethren, it is the Order of the Master that a Lodge of Fellow Crafts be now closed, take notice thereof and let it be done. Master: Together Brethren. (The Sign). Each of the first three Officers rap. M* SW* JW*. (Song) Master or Chpl: (Prayer, assisted by Stewards with crossed rods at the Altar, Master will uncover.) Master: In the name of God and dedicated to the Holy Saints John, I now declare this Lodge of Fellow Crafts duly closed. Brother Junior Deacon, inform the Tiler. (Brethren remain standing) JD: Goes to the door and gives *** answered by the Tiler *** opens it, Brother Tiler the Lodge of Fellow Crafts is duly closed. Leaves the door open. SD: Without being told and lead by the Marshall, while JD is attending to his duty goes to West side of Altar, closes the Great Lights, extinguishes the Lesser, and salutes the Master. JD: (Returns to the Altar and salutes the Master) Your Orders have been obeyed Worshipful Master. Master: *

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