Q. What followed? A. The Worshipful Master in the East made a demand
of me of something of a metallic kind, which, he said, was not so much
on account of its intrinsic value, as that it might be deposited in
the archives of the Lodge as a memorial that I had herein been made a
Mason.

Q. How did the Worshipful Master then dispose of you? A. He ordered me
to be conducted out of the Lodge and invested of what I had been
divested, and return for further instruction.

Q. After you returned, how was you disposed of? A. I was conducted to
the northeast corner of the Lodge, and there caused to stand upright
like a man, my feet forming a square, and received a solemn
injunction, ever to walk and act uprightly before God and man, and in
addition thereto received too following charge. [For this charge see
pages 10-12.]

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SECOND SECTION.

Question--Why was you divested of all metals when you was made a
Mason? Answer--Because Masonry regards no man on account of his
worldly wealth or honors; it is therefore the internal, and not the
external qualifications that recommend a man to Masons.

Q. A second reason? A. There was neither the sound of an axe, hammer,
or any other metal tool heard at the building of King Solomon's
Temple.