essing my naked
left breast, in the name of the Lord.

Q. How were you then disposed of? A. I was conducted to the centre of
the Lodge, and there caused to kneel for the benefit of a prayer.

Q. After prayer, what was said to you? A. I was asked in whom I put my
trust.

Q. Your answer? A. God.

Q. What followed? A. The Worshipful Master took me by the right hand
and said, Since in God you put your trust, arise, follow your leader,
and fear no danger.

Q. How were you then disposed of? A. I was conducted three times
regularly around the Lodge, and halted at the Junior Warden in the
South, where the same questions were asked, and answers returned at
the door.

Q. How did the Junior Warden dispose of you? A. He ordered me to be
conducted to the Senior Warden in the West, where the same questions
were asked, and answers returned as before.

Q. How did the Senior Warden dispose of you? A. He ordered me to be
conducted to the Worshipful Master in the East, where the same
questions were asked, and answers returned as before, who likewise
demanded of me from whence I came, and whither I was traveling.

Q. Your answer? A. From the West, and traveling to the East.

Q. Why do you leave the West and travel to the East? A. In search of
light.

Q. How did the Worshipful Master then dispose of you? A. He ordered me
to be conducted back to the West, from whence I came, and put in 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.

Q. What did the Worshipful Master do with you? A. He made an Entered
Apprentice Mason of me.

Q. How? A. In due form.

Q. What was that due form? A. My left knee bare and bent, my right
forming a square, my left hand supporting the Holy Bible, Square and
Compass; I took upon me the solemn oath or obligation of an Entered
Apprentice Mason.

Q. After you had taken your obligation, what was said to you? A. I was
asked what I most desired.

Q. Your answer? A. Light.

Q. Was you immediately brought to light? A. I was.

Q. How? A. By the direction of the Master, and assistance of the
brethren.

Q. What did you first discover after being brought to light? A. Three
great lights in Masonry, by the assistance of three lesser.

Q. What were those three great lights in Masonry? A. The Holy