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Q. What do they represent?
A. The sun, moon, and Master of the Lodge.
Q. Why so?
A. Because, as the sun rules the day, and the moon governs the night, so ought the Worshipful
Master to endeavor to rule and govern his Lodge, with equal regularity.
Q. How should an Entered Apprentice wear his apron?
A. With the flap turned up.
Q. What are the working tools of an Entered Apprentice Mason?
A. The twenty-four-inch gauge and the common gavel.
Q. What is their use?
Paraphrase if you cannot commit to memory.
A. The twenty-four-inch gauge is an instrument made use of by operative masons, to measure
and lay out their work; but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for
the more noble and glorious purpose of dividing our time. It being divided into twenty-four
equal parts is emblematical of the twenty-four hours of the day, which we are taught to divide
into three parts, whereby we find a portion for the service of God and the relief of a distressed
worthy brother, a portion for our usual avocations, and a portion for refreshment and sleep.
The common gavel is an instrument made use of by operative masons, to break off the
superfluous corners of rough stones, the better to fit them for the builder's use; but we, as Free
and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of
divesting our minds and consciences of all the vices and superfluities of life, thereby fitting us,
as living stones of that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
Q. What were you next presented with?
A. A new name.
Q. What was that?
A. Caution.
