answerI, Matthew Paul Chandler, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God and this worshipful Lodge, erected to God, and dedicated to the Holy Saints John of Jerusalem, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will always here (hail), forever conceal, and never reveal any of the secret arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of Masonry which may have been heretofore, or shall be at this time, or at any future period, communicated to me as such, to any person or persons whomever, except it be a true and lawful Brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted Lodge of Mason; nor unto humor them until by strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall have found him or them as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself.
I further more promise and swear that I will not write, print, paint, stamp, stain, cut, carve, hew, mark, etch or engrave them on anything moveable or immoveable capable of receiving the least impression of a sign, word syllable, letter, or character, whereby they might become legible or intelligible to any person under the canopy of heaven, and the secrets of Masonry be thereby obtained through my unworthiness.
All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution to keep and preform the same, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or secret self evasion whatsoever; binding myself under no less penalty that that of having my throat cut from ear to ear, my tongue torn out by its roots, and with my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, should I in the least, knowingly or wittingly violate or transgress this my Entered Apprentice's obligation. So help me, God, and keep me steadfast.