The Degree of Chevalier is the highest honor that an Active DeMolay can receive. This honor also may be granted to a Senior DeMolay. The Degree is a citation for outstanding and marked DeMolay Activity and labor.
A Chevalier’s Obligation
“In the presence of Almighty God and these witnesses here assembled, do solemnly promise, covenant, and vow that I will, from this time forward, militantly and with the deepest devotion, serve the Order of DeMolay and the truths it teaches.
I do now, and hereon, renew and rededicate myself to all of the vows I have heretofore taken in the Order of DeMolay.
I furthermore promise and vow perpetual loyalty and service to my country in every field of endeavor and that I will always be an active opponent of sedition, anarchy, or any cause that would betray my country’s greatest good.
I furthermore promise and vow that I will wage constant warfare against ignorance, superstition, and the forces of evil that would enslave or debauch childhood.
I furthermore promise and vow that I will ever strive to serve God.
I furthermore promise and vow that I will, each day hereafter, strive to be a better man than I have ever been before.
I furthermore and most solemnly promise and vow that hereafter on November 8th of each year, as a memorial to our founder, Frank Sherman Land, I will hold communion with a fellow Chevalier or Court of Chevaliers, wherever I may be, and should this be impossible, I will break bread with an Active DeMolay or a young man in his teens.
So Help Me God.”
