Q. How do you know that you are a Mason? A. By being often tried, never denied, and willing to be tried again. Q. How shall I know you to be a Mason? A. By certain signs, and a token. Q. What are signs? A. All right angles, horizontals and perpendiculars. Q. What is a token? A. A certain friendly and brotherly grip, whereby one Mason may know another in the dark as well as in the light. Q. Where were you first prepared to be a Mason? A. In my heart. Q. Where secondly? A. In a room adjacent to the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such. Q. How were you prepared? A. By being divested of all metals, neither naked nor clothed, barefoot nor shod, hoodwinked, with a cable-tow about my neck, in which situation I was conducted to the door of the Lodge. Q. You being hoodwinked, how did you know it to be a door? A. By first meeting with resistance, and afterwards gaining admission. Q. How did you gain admission? A. By three distinct knocks from without, answered by the same from within. Q. What was said to you from within? A. Who comes there? Who comes there? Who comes there? Q. Your answer? A. A poor, blind candidate, who has long been desirous of having and receiving a part of the rights and benefits of this Worshipful Lodge, dedicated to God, and held forth to the Holy Order of St. John, as all true fellows and brothers have done, who have gone this way before me. Q. What further was said to you from within? A. I was asked if it was of my own free will and accord I made this request; if I was duly and truly prepared, worthy and well qualified; all of which being answered in the affirmative, I was asked by what further rights I expected to obtain so great a favor or benefit. Q. Your answer? A. By being a man, free-born, of lawful age, and well recommended. Q. What was then said to you? A. I was bid to wait till the Worshipful Master in the East was made acquainted with my request and his answer returned. Q. After his answer was returned, what followed? A. I was caused to enter the Lodge. Q. How? A. On the point of some sharp instrument pressing my naked left breast, in the name of the Lord. Q. How were you then disposed of? A. I was conducted to the centre of the Lodge, and there caused to kneel for the benefit of a prayer. Q. After prayer, what was said to you? A. I was asked in whom I put my trust. Q. Your answer? A. God. Q. What followed? A. The Worshipful Master took me by the right hand and said, Since in God you put your trust, arise, follow your leader, and fear no danger. Q. How were you then disposed of? A. I was conducted three times regularly around the Lodge, and halted at the Junior Warden in the South, where the same questions were asked, and answers returned at the door. Q. How did the Junior Warden dispose of you? A. He ordered me to be conducted to the Senior Warden in the West, where the same questions were asked, and answers returned as before.