sigma chi ritual: part 9

The candidate(s) must make an affirmative answer.
CONSUL: Friend(s), kneel upon your right knee; place your left hand upon your left breast; raise your right hand; and repeat after me:


The Obligation

To insure absolute accuracy, this obligation may be read.
I, … repeat your name, / of my own free will, / before the All-seeing Eye of Almighty God / and in the presence of this Chapter, / do sincerely promise and solemnly swear / that I will keep inviolably secret / everything connected with my Initiation / and all that is contained in the Ritual / and Ritualistic Statutes of this Fraternity; / also each and every secret sign, / symbol, password, and grip / of the Fraternity / which I have learned, / or may hereafter learn. / I will neither write / nor otherwise record the secret mottoes / or the description of the grips, of this Fraternity / in any manner whatsoever. / Nor will I, for any reason, / copy any portion of the Ritual without legal permission / as provided by the Constitution. /
I will cheerfully obey all of the laws of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, / and of … Chapter, / and of any chapter of which I may hereafter become a member. / Furthermore, I will at all times, / throughout life as well as in college, / use my utmost endeavor in all honorable ways / to promote the welfare and prosperity / of this Fraternity and its individual members. / And, above all, I will ever strive / to interpret the ideals of this Fraternity / in my own personal character and conduct. / These promises I make for all time, / to be equally binding while in or out of this Fraternity, / under the stigma of committing moral perjury, / if at any time I violate this my solemn oath / and binding obligation, / so help me God.
CONSUL: You will arise.
The seven lights are extinguished.