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S.W. to S.D. Conduct the candidate to the Worshipful Master in the
East, for final examination.

The two then proceed to the Master's station in the East, and the
same knocks, questions and answers are repeated as before.

W.M. to Candidate. You will be reconducted to the Senior Warden in
the West, who will teach you how to approach to the East by two
upright, regular steps, your feet forming the right angle of an oblong
square, your body erect to the Worshipful Master in the East.

The Senior Deacon obeys the order, leaving the altar on his right as
he does so.

S.D. to S.W. Brother Senior Warden, it is the will and pleasure of the
Worshipful Master in the East that this brother be taught to approach to
the East, advancing by two upright, regular steps, his feet forming the
right angle of an oblong square, his body erect to the Worshipful Master
in the East.

S.W. to S.D. You will see that the Worshipful Master's orders are
obeyed.

The Senior Deacon now causes the candidate to face to the East, and
instructs him how to take the proper steps as follows:

S.D. to Candidate. You will face to the East step off with your left foot
as an Entered Apprentice; now take another step with your right foot,
bringing the heel of the left foot to the hollow of the right, your feet
forming the right angle of an oblong square. Stand erect!

S.D. to W.M. Your orders have been obeyed, Worshipful Master.

While the candidate is in this position, the Master addresses the
candidate from the chair as follows:

W.M. to Candidate. My brother, Masonry is a progressive science, and
as we advance in knowledge, our obligations to ourselves and to our
brethren correspondingly increase. As an Entered Apprentice you were
simply bound to secrecy, while the holy principles of morality and virtue
were inculcated by beautiful ceremonies and lectures. As a Fellow Craft,
your obligations will be greatly extended; and like the others, they can
never be repudiated or laid aside. Yet, as before, I am free to inform
you that these new obligations, like those you have heretofore taken,
contain nothing which can conflict with your duty to God, your country,
your neighbor or yourself. With this renewed pledge on my part, as the
Master of the Lodge, I ask you, are you willing to take such an
obligation, as all Masons have done before you?

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