A dramatized version of this Endowment.

OPENING

Witnesses

We testify that (name) has been washed, anointed, and clothed in the garment of the holy priesthood.”

Recipient

Standing at the altar, facing the east, wearing the garments of the Priesthood:

My new name is: (name).”

Officiator 1

Standing the altar, fully dressed in the Robes of the Priesthood, facing the individual (facing west):

The Endowments are to prepare you for service in the Church of Christ and exaltation in the Celestial kingdom and should not be seen as a requirement for salvation in the kingdoms of God. The Endowment is given as one dedicates themselves to a life of service to the Lord. The full Endowment is an invitation to join the Church of the Firstborn. This invitation is extended to all present, as (name) has invited to witness.

“Understand that if you proceed and receive your full endowment, you will be required to take upon yourself sacred obligations in your service to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; the violation of which will bring upon you the judgments of God, for God will not be mocked. If you desire to withdraw rather than accept these obligations of your own free will and choice, you may now make it known.”

Pause to give the individual an opportunity to continue or end the endowment before it begins.

THE ENDOWMENT

The recipient is presented with a green apron and a Gartel, a sash, if they were not already given.

Officiator 1

Please remove your shoes and gartal, and fasten the apron about your waste, over the Garment of the Priesthood. Tie your gartel about the waste, over the apron, with the bow to the right. Then, if you wish, you may return your shoes to your feet.

“This apron represents the Holy Priesthood that you have been ordained to, and the oaths you have made at baptism.”

Reader 1

And thus I gave unto them that apron of cloth, spun from leaves, that they should remember to repent of their sins before me and the priesthood and oaths that I did impart unto them in the Garden. And behold, I did teach them by the means of the holy emblems I didst placed I upon them; and I made them garments of the skins, made holy unto me by the emblems placed I upon them:

“The square for the justice of Elohim, and the compass for my mercy; for behold in my atonement are both ends met; and the symbol of my Holy Spirit and also a sign unto them and to all generations that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that I, even Jesus, am the Christ: Son of the Living God.

“And this I shall give unto all that shall serve me that thy may remember that from the beginning they might be saved in me by my name if they are faithful…

“For behold, this I did give them that they might worship me and through me the Father in spirit and in truth, and that through me they might return to the presence of God.” -Book of Remembrance 14:26-31, 43

Token of the Law of Sacrifice

Officiator 1

You are to be give the token of the Law of Sacrifice with its accompanying name, and sign at the altar. I desire to impress upon your mind the sacred character of the token of the Law of Sacrifice, and its sign. Remember your covenants at baptism; to observe and keep the Law of Sacrifice, as contained in the Old and New Testaments. This is not a sacrifice of animals, but rather this Law of Sacrifice refers to the call as a Christian to pick up one’s cross and follow the Savior, thus giving our lives to Him, as you have chosen to do as a member of this Fellowship, and a Minister of Christ in this royal Priesthood.

(Gives the token and the sign of the Law of Sacrifice across the altar by clasping their right hand with the right hand of the receiver, placing the joint of the thumb directly over the first knuckle of one another’s hand.)

The name of this token is the new name received with one’s garments. When the token is given, the new name is given, like so:

(Squeeze the hand in the token)

(New name)

Reciever

(New name)”

Sign of the Law of Sacrifice

Officiator 1

(Gives the sign.)

This sign is made by bringing the right arm to the square, the palm of the hand to the front, the fingers close together, and the thumb extended. This sign is also used when sustaining members in the Fellowship, in voting, and at other times as instructed.”

Receiver 

Gives the orator the token and the sign of the Law of Sacrifice at the altar.

(New name)”

Officiator 1

That is correct.”

This concludes this Endowment.