ior Warden in the
South, where he gives two raps, and is answered by two, when the same
questions are asked, and answers returned as at the door; from thence
he is conducted to the Senior Warden, where the same questions are
asked, and answers returned as before; he is then conducted to the
Master in the East, where the same questions are asked, and answers
returned as before; the Master likewise demands of him from whence he
came, and whither he was traveling; he answers, "From the West, and
traveling to the East." The Master says, "Why do you leave the West,
and travel to the East?" The candidate answers, "In search of more
light." The Master then says to the Senior Deacon, "Since this is the
case, you will please conduct the candidate back to the West, from
whence he came, and put him in the care of the Senior Warden, who will
teach him how to approach the East, 'the place of light,' by advancing
upon two upright regular steps to the second step (his heel is in the
hollow of the right foot in this degree), his feet forming the right
angle of an oblong square, and his body erect at the altar before the
Worshipful Master, and place him in a proper position to take the
solemn oath or obligation of a Fellow Craft Mason." The Master then
leaves his seat and approaches the kneeling candidate (the candidate
kneels on the right knee, the left forming a square; his left arm, as
far as the elbow, in a horizontal position, and the rest of the arm in
a vertical position, so as to form a square; his arm supported by the
Square held under his elbow), and says, "Brother, you are now placed
in a proper position to take on you the solemn oath or obligation of a
Fellow Craft Mason, which, I assure you, as before, is neither to
affect your religion nor politics; if you are willing to take it,
repeat your name, and say after me:

"I, A. B., of my own free will and accord, in the presence of
Almighty God, and this Worshipful Lodge of Fellow Craft Masons,
dedicated to God, and held forth to the Holy Order of St. John, do
hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear,
in addition to my former obligation, that I will not give the
degree of a Fellow Craft Mason to any one of an inferior degree,
nor to any one being in the known world, except it be to a true
and lawful brother, or brethren Fellow Craft Masons, or within the
body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such; and not
unto him nor unto