Conductor–The pass grip of a Fellow Craft.
J. W.–Has it a name?
Conductor–It has.
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J. W.–Will you give it me?
Conductor–“Shibboleth.”
J. W.–Will you be off or from?
Conductor–From.
J. W.–From what, and to what?
Conductor–From the pass grip of a Fellow Craft, to the real grip of the same.
J. W.–Pass. (They pass the thumbs, as before described. See Fig. 12, p. 67.)
J. W.–What is that?
Conductor–The real grip of a Fellow Craft.
J. W.–Has it a name?
Conductor–It has.
J. W.–Will you give it me?
Conductor–I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it.
J. W.–How will you dispose of it?
Conductor–I will letter it or halve it.
J. W.–Halve it, and begin.
Conductor–No, you begin.
J. W.–Begin you.
Conductor–Ja.
J. W.–Chin.
Conductor–Jachin.
J. W.–The pass is right, and the word is right. I will suffer you to pass on to the Senior Warden’s station in the west.
The conductor and candidate now pass on to the Senior Warden in the west, where they pass precisely the same examination as that just described with the Junior Warden. The Senior Warden then permits them to pass on to the Worshipful Master in the east for his examination. As they (the candidate and conductor) approach the Master’s station in the east, and when nearly there, he (the Master) says:
W. M.–Brother Senior Deacon, you will reconduct the candidate to the Senior Warden in the west, with my orders that he teach him how to wear his apron as a Fellow Craft.
It should be here remarked, that when a candidate is prepared in the ante-room for the Fellow Craft’s degree, he has an apron tied on him, with the flap up, as worn by an Entered Apprentice, which he wears until he arrives at this part of the ceremony.
The Deacon now conducts the candidate to the Senior Warden’s station. This officer leaves his seat, and, approaching candidate, turns the flap of his apron down, at the same time saying–Brother, at the building of King Solomon’s Temple, the Fellow
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[paragraph continues] Crafts wore their aprons with the flap turned down and the corner turned up, and thus you will wear yours, until further advanced. (Tucks a corner under the string.)
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The conductor now reconducts the candidate to the Worshipful Master in the east.
W. M.–I now present you with the working tools of a Fellow Craft Mason, which are the plumb, square, and level.
The Master here shows the candidate these tools, which are generally made of rosewood .or ebony, and kept for these occasions on the Master’s desk.
WORKING TOOLS OF A FELLOW CRAFT. W. M.–The plumb is an instrument made use of by operative masons to raise perpendiculars, &c.
This is monitorial, and is generally read to candidates by the Master. The reader will see the Masonic Monitors. After reading this, the Master says:
W. M.–Brother Senior Deacon, it is my orders that you reconduct this candidate to the place from whence he came (ante-room), and invest him of what he has been divested of, preparatory to making an ascent through a porch, by a flight of winding stairs, consisting of three, five, and seven steps, to a place representing the Middle Chamber of King Solomon’s Temple, there to receive instructions relative to the wages and jewels of a Fellow Craft.
The conductor then leads the candidate to the centre of the Lodge, before the altar, and makes the duegard and sign of a Fellow Craft, which is responded to by the Master. They then retire from the Lodge to the ante-room. After the candidate is out of the room, the Lodge is arranged for his second reception and the completion of the Degree. Two large pillars, each from six and a half to seven feet high, are placed near the door, about five feet apart, and fifteen pieces of painted board, of a rectangular

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