Hope to see you again, & soon!How's it going Bill...thought I was looking for something and found this old thread. It was good seeing you tonight buddy.
Hope to see you again, & soon!How's it going Bill...thought I was looking for something and found this old thread. It was good seeing you tonight buddy.
Almost no one in Minnesota knows the Tyler's Oath from memory. That's not the way we use it. After we've seen the visitor's dues card and asked him some questions, and are satisfied, we use the oath in a "repeat after me" manner to have the visitor confirm that he's a Master Mason in good standing.
What do you do when you go visit lodges in other Jurisdictions?
Then we administer an Oath which is read by the Chair of the Examining Committee and repeated by the visitor.
So your jurisdiction calls it by some name other than "Tyler's Oath" but it is still, in fact, the same thing.
Same here. I haven't visited outside of Kentucky.I have yet to visit a lodge outside of PA.. I guess I will find out.
LOL!!!!!!"Here's my dues card." "We don't take dues cards." "What do you take?" "We take a signed embossed document printed by a recognized jurisdiction and signed by both the member and the lodge's secretary." "Okay, here's a document that is all that stuff but is not what you would cal a dues card." (Hands over dues card).
So your jurisdiction calls it by some name other than "Tyler's Oath" but it is still, in fact, the same thing.
I've seen similar in claims that some jurisdictions don't use dues cards and therefore don't accept dues cards. But they do accept a signed embossed document printed by a recognized jurisdiction and signed by both the member and the lodge's secretary. "Here's my dues card." "We don't take dues cards." "What do you take?" "We take a signed embossed document printed by a recognized jurisdiction and signed by both the member and the lodge's secretary." "Okay, here's a document that is all that stuff but is not what you would cal a dues card." (Hands over dues card).
Excellent point. I feel exactly the same way.I try to leave with a lasting impression of what it is to be a Master Mason, because I am an extension of my Lodge....
In practice, we don't expect everyone to recite the Oath from memory. The visitor & the examining committee members each hold one corner of a VSL while giving the Oath in a "repeat after me" manner. Thus, the visitor is swearing upon the VSL that he is worthy & qualified to enter. If that's not good enough, I don't know what would be.the fact that we do not memorize ours makes me wonder what would happen if I were to attempt to visit a lodge in Texas, or other jurisdictions that expect a visiting MM to be able to recite their oath from memory.
In practice, we don't expect everyone to recite the Oath from memory. The visitor & the examining committee members each hold one corner of a VSL while giving the Oath in a "repeat after me" manner. Thus, the visitor is swearing upon the VSL that he is worthy & qualified to enter. If that's not good enough, I don't know what would be.
...or in Kentucky. Here reciting the Tyler's Oath by memory is part of the trial.That is not what other Brothers from Texas have indicated is done at their Lodge.
So, if I were to try to visit a Kentucky lodge, I'd be turned away because I don't have the Tyler's Oath memorized?...or in Kentucky. Here reciting the Tyler's Oath by memory is part of the trial.
No. It would be taken into consideration that you were from another jurisdiction and other questions would be asked instead.So, if I were to try to visit a Kentucky lodge, I'd be turned away because I don't have the Tyler's Oath memorized?
So, if I were to try to visit a Kentucky lodge, I'd be turned away because I don't have the Tyler's Oath memorized?
it would impress me to see him walk the Tyler,
I am not familiar with these terms Brother. For my education could you explain them?I am always trying to get them Past Masters to Walk the Tylers Sword....
Those "other Brothers" would do well to check with the Committee on Work or, better yet, attend some of the Forums the Committee conducts around our state. They could then learn the prescribed procedure.That is not what other Brothers from Texas have indicated is done at their Lodge.
Those "other Brothers" would do well to check with the Committee on Work or, better yet, attend some of the Forums the Committee conducts around our state. They could then learn the prescribed procedure.