placed in a proper position to take upon you the
solemn oath or obligation of a Most Excellent Master Mason; which, I
assure you, as before, is neither to affect your religion or politics.
If you are willing to take it, repeat your name and say after me." The
following obligation is then administered:

"I, A. B., of my own free will and accord, in presence of Almighty
God, and this Lodge of Most Excellent Master Masons, do hereby and
hereon, in addition to my former obligations, most solemnly and
sincerely promise and swear, that I will not give the degree of a
Most Excellent Master to any of an inferior degree, nor to any
other person or persons in the known world, except it be to a true
and lawful brother or brethren of this degree, and within the body
of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such; and not unto him
nor them whom I shall hear so to be, but unto him and them only
whom I shall find so to be, after strict trial and due
examination, or lawful information. Furthermore, do I promise and
swear, that I will obey all regular signs and summons given,
handed, sent, or thrown to me from a brother of this degree, or
from the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such,
provided it be within the length of my cable-tow, if in my power.
Furthermore, do I promise and swear, that I will support the
constitution of the General Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the United
States of America, also the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State
of ----, under which this Lodge is held, and conform to all the
by-laws, rules and regulations of this or any other Lodge, of
which I may at any time hereafter become a member, Furthermore, do
I promise and swear, that I will aid and assist all poor and
indigent brethren of this degree, their widows and orphans,
wheresoever dispersed around the globe, as far as in my power,
without injuring myself or family. Furthermore, do I promise and
swear, that the secrets of a brother of this degree, given to me
in charge as such, and I knowing them to be such, shall remain as
secret and inviolable in my breast as in his own, murder and
treason excepted, and the same left to my own free will and
choice. Furthermore, do I promise and swear, that I will not wrong
this Lodge of Most Excellent Master Masons, nor a brother of this
degree, to the value of anything, knowingly, myself, nor suffer it
to be done by others, if in my power