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In the name of T G A O T U, enter this lodge of E A Fs on the p of a s i , pressing your n
As this is a momentary torture to your f , so may the recollection of it prove an everlasting torture to your consciences should you ever attempt to reveal the secrets of Free-masonry unlawfully.
R W M
Mr, as no person can be made a Freemason unless he is a free man and of mature age, I demand to know if you are free and of the full age of twenty-one years?
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I am.
R W M
Do you believe in God?
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I do.
R W M
Thus assured you will kneel while the blessing of heaven is invoked in aid of our processing.
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Vouchsafe Thine Aid, Almighty Father and Supreme Ruler of the Universe, to this our present assembly, and grant these candidates for freemasonry may dedicate their lives to Thy service and become true and faithful brothers amongst us. Endow them with a competency of Thy divine wisdom, so that, assisted by the secrets of our Masonic art, they may be the better enabled to display the beauties of true godliness to the honour and glory of Thy holy name.
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