of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such,
and not unto him or unto them whom I shall hear
so to be, but unto him and them only whom I shall find
so to be, after strict trial and examination, or
lawful information. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will obey all regular signs and
summons sent, thrown, handed, or given from the
hand of a brother of this degree, or from the body
of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Past
Masters, provided it be within the length of my
cable-tow. Furthermore, do I promise and swear,
that I will support the constitution of the General
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the United States of
America, also that of the Grand Chapter of the State
of ——, under which this Lodge is
held, and conform to all the by-laws, rules and regulations
of this or any other Lodge, of which I may at any
time hereafter become a member, so far as in my
power. Furthermore, do I promise and swear,
that I will not assist, or be present at the conferring
of this degree upon any person who has not, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, regularly received
the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft,
Master Mason, and Mark Master, or been elected Master
of a regular Lodge of Master Masons. Furthermore,
do I promise and swear, that I will aid and assist
all poor and indigent Past Master Masons, their
widows and orphans, wherever dispersed around the
globe, they applying to me as such, and I finding
them worthy, so far as in my power, without material
injury to myself or family. Furthermore, do
I promise and swear, that the secrets of a brother
of this degree, delivered to me in charge as such,
shall remain as secure and inviolable in my breast
as they were in his own, before communicated to me,
murder and treason excepted, and those left to my
own election. Furthermore, do I promise and
swear, that I will not wrong this Lodge, or a brother
of this degree, to the value of one cent, knowingly,
myself, nor suffer it to be done by others, if in
my power to prevent it. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will not govern this Lodge, nor
any other over which I may be called to preside,
in a haughty, arbitrary, or impious manner; but will
at all times use my utmost endeavors to preserve
peace and harmony among the brethren. Furthermore,
do I promise and swear, that I will never open a
Lodge of Master Masons, unless there be present three
regular Master Masons, besides the Tyler, nor close
the same without giving a Lecture, or some section
or part of a Lecture, for the instruction of the
Lodge. Furthermore, that I will not, knowingly,
set in any Lodge where anyone presides who has not
received the degree of Past Master. [This last point
is, in many Lodges, entirely omitted. In some,
the two last.] All which I do most solemnly and
sincerely promise and swear, with a fixed and steady
purpose of mind, to keep and perform the same, binding
myself under no less penalty than to have my tongue
split from tip to root, that I might forever thereafter