craftsmen ever
saw."

Charge at Passing.

Brother: Being passed to the second degree of Freemasonry, we
congratulate you on your preferment. The internal, and not the external,
qualifications of a man are what Masonry regards. As you increase in
knowledge you will improve in social intercourse.

It is unnecessary to recapitulate the duties which as a Fellow Craft you
are bound to discharge, or to enlarge on the necessity of a strict
adherence to them, as your own experience must have established their
value. Our laws and regulations you are strenuously to support, and be
always ready to assist in seeing them duly executed. You are not to
palliate or aggravate the offenses of your brethren, but in the decision
of every trespass against our rules you are to judge with candor,
admonish with friendship, and reprehend with justice.

The study of the liberal arts, that valuable branch of education which
tends so effectually to polish and adorn the mind, is earnestly
recommended to your consideration, especially the science of Geometry,
which is established as the basis of our art. Geometry, or Masonry,
originally synonymous terms, being of a divine and moral nature, is
enriched with the most useful knowledge; while it proves the wonderful
properties of nature, it demonstrates the more important truths of
morality.

Your past behavior and regular deportment have merited the honor which
we have conferred, and in your new character it is expected that you
will conform to the principles of the Institution by steadily
persevering in the practice of every commendable virtue.

Such is the nature of your engagements as a Fellow Craft, and to these
duties you are bound by the most sacred ties.

MASTER MASON.

FIRST SECTION.

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Reception.

The Compasses are peculiarly dedicated to this degree, and as a Master
Mason you are taught that between their extreme points are contained the
most important tenets of Freemasonry--Friendship, Morality and Brotherly
Love.

Perambulation.

The following passage of Scripture is introduced:

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days
come not,

Nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in
them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong
men shall bow themselves,