Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

myself under no less penalty than that of having
my throat cut across, 1 my tongue torn out by its
roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of
the sea, at low-water mark, 2 where the tide ebbs
and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I
ever knowingly violate this my Entered
Apprentice obligation. So help me God, and keep
me steadfast in the due performance of the same.
W. M.--In token of your sincerity, you will now
detach your hands, and kiss the book on which
your hands rest, which is the Holy Bible.
After the candidate has kissed the Bible, he is
asked by the Master:
W. M.--In your present condition, what do you
most desire? Candidate (prompted.)--Light. 3
W. M.--Brethren, you will stretch forth your
hands, and assist me in bringing our newly made
brother to light.
Here the brethren surrounding the altar place their
hands in form of duegard of an Entered
Apprenticed Mason (see Fig. 1, p. 16).
W. M.--"In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. And the earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was upon the face
of the waters. And God said, Let there be light,
and there was light." (In some Lodges, at the last
word, "light," the brethren stamp their feet and
clap their hands once; but this is nearly done
away with now-a-days. Too much "Morganry"
about it, as it is styled by Masons.)
Worshipful Master now gives one rap which is
the signal for all to be seated but himself, he
remaining at the altar. I should remark here, that