Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/bookofancientaccOOmcclrich ±4n64,«* &« cz^c ? 3 REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. THE BOOK OF THE Anrfrtit mxb Arn.pt**> &rottial? Site OF FREEMASONRY : CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN ALL THE DEGREES THIRD TO THE THIRTY-THIRD, AND LAST DEGREE OF THE RITE. TOGETHER WITH CEREMONIES OF INAUGURATION, INSTITUTION, INSTALLATION, GRAND VISITATIONS, REFECTIONS, LODGES OK SORROW, ADOPTION, CONSTITUTIONS, GENERAL REGULATIONS, CALENDAR, ETC., ETC., ETC. BY CHARLES T. McCLENACHAN, 33°, THE GRAND MASTER OF CEREMONIES OF THE SUPREME COUNC.L, NORTHERN JURISDICTION, U. S. jFullu SlUustratrd. MACOY PUBLISHING & MASONIC SUPPLY CO. 45-49 John St., New York, U. S. A. 1914. ''?,/ MUSIC LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY VT "VbO MUSI Entered according to act of Congress, in the vestr iwf. 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S 770 M25 \ !!U3I TO THOSE GREAT PRINCIPLES Jratewttg unit ®ai?t Master Elect of Fifteen l05 Sublime Master Elected H5 Grand Master Architect 125 Master of the Ninth Arch 137 Grand Elect Mason 149 Third Series 1 ' 9 Prefatory 181 Knight of the East or Sword 183 Prince of Jerusalem 195 Fourth Series 213 Prefatory 215 Knight of the East and West 219 Knight of the Rose-Croix, with attendant ceremonials. . 243 Fifth Series 285 Prefatory 287 Grand Pontiff 289 Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges 303 Noachite or Prussian Knight • • • 315 Knight of the Royal Axe 323 6 CONTENTS. Chief of the Tabernacle 331 Prince of the Tabernacle 347 Knight of the Brazen Serpent 357 Prince of Mercy 367 Knight Commander of the Temple 385 Knight of the Sun 399 Knight of St. Andrew 417 Sixth Series 435 Prefatory 437 Knight Kadosh 439 Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander 453 Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret 467 Supreme Council 33d degree, Prefatory 489 Inspector General 491 Appendix to the Grand Constitutions of 1786 493 Powers and Duties of Deputies 497 Ceremony of Inauguration and Constitution of a Lodge of Perfection 501 Ceremonial Degree at the Installation of Officers of the Lodge of Perfection 506 Ceremony of Installation of a Lodge of Perfection 508 Constitution and Installation of a Council of Princes of Jerusalem 516 Installation of Officers of a Sovereign Chapter Rose-Croix, 526 Inauguration of a Consistoiy of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret 533 Installation of a Consistory 538 Ceremony of Baptism in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 555 Grand Visitations — Honors due, etc 577 Forms of Refections, commonly termed Feasts or Banquets. . 578 Toasts of Obligation at Refections 579 Directions in Drinking Toasts of Obligation 581 Masonic Glossary 582 Discipline 584 Councils of Deliberation 586 Ceremonial for a Lodge of Sorrow 588 Forms of Petition for Membership and Application for Dispensation or Warrant 600 Tableau of Officers and Members of the Supreme Council. 603 Hebrew Calendar 633 Index 637 PEOEM. The Volume now presented to the Masonic public assumes to itself no special originality ; but the appa- rent want of a complete and systematic hand-book for the assistance and instruction of those essaying the higher walks of Masonry, in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, would seem to justify the humble ambi- tion which the Collator of this volume has attempted. His personal experience, extending through a period of years, has taught him the necessity of some complete Monitor whereby the beauty and sublimity of the Rite could be more thoroughly and justly rendered. Deferring, as he does, with all respect to those who have preceded him in similar efforts, he humbly trusts that if he has not added anything of value, interest, or importance to the beautiful ritual of the Rite, that he may not be accused of detracting from any portion of that solemnity and solid worth which necessarily form the basis of its several Degrees. If incessant study and a practical familiarity with the exemplification of the work can claim for him any merit, he trusts tnat this volume may receive favor for the in- tention which the writers' ambition prompts, and that 8 PROEM. those who follow in similar paths may rectify such errors as may have been inadvertently committed. The Collator, in presenting the result of his labors to the public, by no means would claim an approach to perfection ; it will doubtless be conceded that in this country, so far as the various degrees have been fully worked, that while replete with beauty, moral and in- structive teachings, their rendering is still susceptible of elaboration and improvement. The effort of the Collator has been, in this work, to maintain all the original landmarks of the Rite in their pristine purity, and at the same time to embellish, so far as might be proper, with kindred surroundings, many portions of the work where the original ritual might seem defective. In performing the self-imposed and pleasing task, which is thus completed, h would be improper to forget the aid that has been attained from the writings of the Illustrious Past Grand Commanders of the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States, and in such portions of this work where the Rituals and Monitors of the Northern and Southern Supreme Councils are the same, much credit is due to the Grand Commander of the Southern Supreme Council, Albert Pike; and it must appear to the Student, that the Sacred writings have been necessarily drawn upon in this connection, including the Koran, Talmud, Josephus, Herodotus, the Persian Magi, and contemporaneous writings, as also Findel, Addison, and others. CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEGREES OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. There are Six Series of Degrees in the Order, not including that of Inspector-General, or 33d Degree, and contain in num- bers of Degrees the following, respectively, 3, 11, 2, — 2, 11, 3, to wit: FIRST SERIES. Symbolic Lodge — Symbolic Degrees. 1. Entered Apprentice. 2. Fellow Craft. 3. Master Mason. SECOND SERIES. Perfection Lodge — Ineffable Degrees. 4. Secret Master. 10. Knight Elect of Fifteen. 5. Perfect Master. 11. Sublime Knight Elected. 6. Intimate Secretary. 12. Grand Master Architect. 7. Provost and Judge. 13. Royal Arch of Enoch. 8. Intendant of the Buildings. 14. Grand, Elect, Perfect and 9. Elect of Nine. Sublime Master Mason. THIRD SERIES. Council of Princes — Historical Degrees. 15. Knight of the East or Sword. 16. Prince of Jerusalem. 1* 10 DEGREES OF THE A. AND A. RITE. FOURTH SERIES. Rose-Croix Chapter— Philosophical Degrees. 17. Knight of the East 18. Knight of the Rose-Croix and West. de H-R-D-M. FIFTH SERIES. . Ireopagus — Historical and Philosophical Degrees. 19. Grand Pontiff. 20. Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges. 21. Noachite, or Prussian Knight. 22. Knight of the Royal Axe. 23. Chief of the Tabernacle. 24. Prince of the Tabernacle 25. Knight of the Brazen Serpent. 26. Prince of Mercy. 27. Commander of the Temple. 28. Knight of the Sun. 29. Knight of St. Andrew, or Patriarch of the Crusades. SIXTH SERIES. i 'onsistory — Chivalric 1 Agrees. 30. Knight of Kadosh. 31. Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander. 32. Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret. Council — Official and Executive. 33. Inspector-General— 33d Degree and Last Grade. HISTORY AXCIEST AED ACCEPTED SCOTTISH KITE. The following pages are not intended to give a full and elaborate history of the Ancient and Accepted Scot- tish Rite; space cannot be spared in a work intended only as a monitor or handbook for the guidance and instruction of those having an interest in the Kite ;— yet it is deemed proper and expedient to insert a brief his- tory for the information of those who might not have the opportunity of searching and examining a subject claiming so much interest. The antiquity of Freemasonry and its ancient history are evidently involved in fable, and the few authentic historians whose works are extant, have thrown but little light upon the subject. The opinions of those who have written on Freemasonry have differed with regard to its origin as an organized institution. Dr. Robison, who, it is well known, labored to identify Freemasonry with Illuminism, ascribed its origin to the association of Dionysian artificers; Chevalier Ramsay has endeavored to prove that it arose during the Cru 12 HISTORY. Hinles ; Mr. Clinch, that it originated from the institution of Pythagoras; Mr. Barruel, that it is a continuation of the Templars, &c. Bence it will be seen that it has been allowed, even by the most skeptical, to have been instituted at a period sufficiently remote to entitle it to the appellation of " An- cient ;" and we may here dismiss the subject by noting the tact that "its most learned enemies cannot point to the time when Freemasonry did not exist, which gives it a lame — a pre-eminence — to which the history of other institutions affords no parallel." It is not claimed that the Ancient and Accepted Scot- tish Kite is of extreme antiquity, yet the frosts of time decorate its brow. Although in a detached form, doubtless some of the degrees had their origin as early as the fourteenth cen- turv ; yet the Rite, as such, germinated in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and took its distinctive char- acter in the beginning of the eighteenth century. The late Giles Fonda Yates, a member of the British Archaeological Association, Grand Commander of the Northern Supreme Council of the United States, gave as the result of his research the following: "The proofs are undeniable that the learning con- tained in the "Sublime Degrees," was taught long pre- vious to the last century — our M.\ P.-. Brother Dalcho (Rev. Doctor) thinks shortly after the first Crusade. In Prussia, France, and Scotland the principal degrees of our Kin appeared in an organized form in 1713. Th« HISTORY. 13 unfortunate Lord Derwentwater and his associate Eng- lish brethren were working in Lodges of Harodim, in 1725, in Paris, when the Grand Lodge of England transmitted to France the Ancient York Constitutions. Many Scotch brethren (adherents of the Pretender, James Stuart) being in France about this time, also cul- tivated some of the high degrees of our rite." The opponents of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, such as Findel, and others, assert that the Rite took its origin about the year 1740, from Michael Andrew Ram- say, a native of Scotland, generally known as the " Chevalier Ramsay," who was born at Ayr in 1686, and died in St. Germain-en-laye, in France, in 1743 ; that from the time of the banishment of the Stuarts from England in 1688, secret alliances had been kept up be- tween Rome and Scotland, the Pretender Stuart having retired in 1719 to Rome; that as these communications became more intimate, the hopes of the Pretender in- creased ; that Ramsay attempted to corrupt the loy- alty and fealty of Freemasonry in the Grand Lodge of Scotland, founded in 1736, and being unable so to do, conceived the scheme of assembling and more fully band- ing together, the faithful adherents of the banished royal family in the higher grades, and thiis filling their private coffers ; that the Masonic Lodges of France were composed of Scotch conspirators and accomplices of the Jesuits, who had sunk so low they were ready to seize on the abundance of display and effect which Were presented ; not knowing that the " Masonic titles 14 HISTORY. in our 'Inner East,' like the jewels on our breasts, are not cherished and worn by us for show or aggrandize- ment, but that they are suggestive of holy truths and self-perfecting duties." Thory, in the Acta Latamorum, says that "Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, under the title of Robert I., created the order of St. Andrew of Chardon, after the battle of Bannockburn, which was fought June 24th, 1314. To this order was afterward united that of Here- don, for the sake of the Scotch Masons, who formed a part of the thirty thousand troops with whom he had fought an army of one hundred thousand Englishmen. King Robert reserved the title of Grand Master to him- self and his successors forever, and founded the Royal Grand Lodge of Heredom at Kilwinning." Dr. Oliver says " this Royal Order afterward confined itself solely to the two degrees of Heredom and Rosy- cross." The following is perhaps the more reliable and prob- able history of the origin of the degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. At or about the period of the Masonic revival and excitement in the early part of the 18th century, there was felt a desire for a deeper re- search into the arcana of Freemasonry, and a thorough examination of the esoteric doctrines of the Order. The more ardent and brilliant minds of Europe, determin- ing to explore the Kabala, and enticed by so ennobling a si inly, resolved to establish a superior grade of Ma- onry, for the exch sive propagation of the Mysteries sa HISTORY. 15 yet so little known to them, embracing the Historical, Philosophical, and Chivalric. With this purpose in view, attempts were made to establish separate and distinct organizations, wherein these sublime truths might be revealed and cultivated. Nearly all these projects were ephemeral, and were outlived by their projectors, while the " Rite of Perfec- tion," the f/erm of the organization of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite — based upon the pure principles of Maso*.;;' and the elucidation of the occult mysteries, containing twenty-five degrees — gradually approached development. Doubtless the course of the Chevalier Ramsay, in 1740, hastened the consummation of the systematizing and embodying the degrees which had theretofore been for many years detached and unlocated. Some authorities assert that this Rite of Perfection as an organization was founded in 1753, while others insist that in 1758 certain Masons, styling themselves " Sover eign Princes and Grand Officers of the Grand and Sover- eign Lodge of St. John of Jerusalem," founded at Paris a body called "The Council of Emperors of the East and West." This Council has been ordinarily known as the Rite of Perfection, and according to Thory, Ragon, Leveque, Vidal, Ferandie, Clavel, and others, consisted of twenty-live degrees: in 1759 it established a Coun- cil of Princes of the Royal Secret at Bordeaux, and from this period began to extend itself. By the year 1761, the Lodges, Councils, Chapters, and 16 HISTORY. Consistories of* the Rite had increased and extended throughout the continent of Europe ; on the 27th of August of that year, Stephen Morin was commissioned Inspector-General for the New World by the Grand Consistory of Princes of the Royal Secret, convened at Paris, under the presidency of Chaillon de Joinville, Substitute General of the Order. When Inspector-General Morin arrived in America, in accordance with the powers vested by his patent, he appointed Moses Michael Hays a Deputy Inspector General, with the authority to appoint others. Deputy Inspector Hays appointed Isaac Da Costa Deputy Inspector-General for the State of South Caro- lina. After the death of Deputy Inspector-General Da Costa, Joseph Myers was appointed his successor. On the 25th October, 1762, the Grand Masonic Con- stitutions were finally ratified in Berlin, Prussia, and proclaimed throughout the world for the government of all Lodges, Councils, Chapters, Colleges, and Consis- tories of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite over the surface of the two hemispheres. In the same year they were transmitted to Inspector-General Stephen Morin, who accepted them. Deputy Inspector-General Hays appointed Solomon Bush Deputy Inspector-General for Pennsylvania, and Barend M. Spitzer for Georgia, which appointments were confirmed by a Council of Inspectors, convened in Philadelphia, on 15th June, 1781. On the 1st of May, 1786, the Constitutions of the HISTORY. 17 Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the thirty-third and last degree, were alleged to hav« been granted at Berlin, Prussia. No Supreme Councils of Sovereign Grand Inspectors- General were established anywhere in the world till after this date ; previously, Deputy Inspectors-General were charged with the powers and duties now vested in such Supreme Councils and the grand bodies under them. In the new constitution this high power was conferred on a Supreme Council of nine brethren in each nation, who possessed all the Masonic prerogatives in their own district, while two Supreme Councils were provided for in the United States of America with equal powers in their respective jurisdictions. The first Supreme Council ever established under the new constitution of 1786, was that at Charleston, whose jurisdiction extended, constitutionally, over the whole of the United States, until they constituted the North- ern Supreme Council. Then the Northern and Southern Jurisdictions were geographically defined. On the 31st of May, 1801, the Supreme Council of the thirty-third degree for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, was opened with the high honors of Masonry, by Brothers John Mitchell and Fred- erick Dalcho, Sovereign Grand Inspectors-Genorai ; and in the course of the year the whole number of Grand Inspectors-General was completed agreeably to the Grand Constitutions. The other members of this Coun- cil were Emanuel De La Motta, Dr. J. Auld, Dr. Jaroei 18 HISTORY. Moulirie, Abraham Alexander, M. C. Livy, Thomas tJ. Bowun, and J. De Liebau. The Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States, happily progressing as it is at this time, requires no special historic mention in detail. Space would not permit an examination of the trials of the Rite and the various questions that have arisen, all which are now .harmoniously adjusted. It is sufficient for the purpose of this brief history to say, that in every respect it has realized all that the earliest founders of the Kite could have hoped for, and its pres- ent supporters desire. On the 20th of December, 1767, Deputy Inspector- General Francken, appointed by Morin, opened and duly constituted a Grand Lodge of Perfection in Albany, State of New York, which is still actively at work. In 1783, Deputy Inspector-General Hays established a Sublime Grand Lodge of Perfection in Charleston, South Carolina. On the 20th of February, 1788, a Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem was opened in Charleston by Myers, Spitzer, and A. Forst, Deputy Inspector-Gen- eral for Virginia. In the year *797, a chapter of Rose-Croix De II.-. Ii.\ D.\ M.\ Knight of the Eagle and Pelican, was instituted in the City of New York. In this year, King Solomon's Lodge of Perfection, at Holmes Hole, Martha's Vineyard, which had been established since 1783 by M. M. Hays and Peleg Clark, surrendered its jurisdiction over the threa symbolic degrees to the Grand Lodge :>f Massar.husetta HISTORY. 19 In 1802 warrants of constitution were issued for the opening of Sublime Lodges of Perfection in Savannah, Georgia, and many other parts of the United States. About 1806-7, Consistories of Valiant and Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret were organized in the City of New York, and remained so until the formation of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction oi the United States. Attention is again called to the year 1795, when Colonel John Mitchell was appointed by Spitzer a Deputy Inspector-General, in the place of Myers, who had removed ; but he was restricted from acting until after Myers' death, which took place in the following year. After the French Revolution of 1793, the mass of the people became atheists, and with them the great body of Masons ; the Bible, as a general thing, was committed to the flames, and sublime Freemasonry fell into disuse ; it was not until after the establishment of the Supreme Council at Charleston, in 1801, that the sublime system was revived in France, by the establish- ment of a Supreme Council at Paris, in 1804, by Count De Grasse, Grand Inspector-General, under authority from the Charleston Council. The Paris Supreme Council still exists. The Grand Orient of France, which before this held an existence only as a " Symbolic Grand Lodge of Master Masons," immediately commenced her assumed juris- diction over all the decrees of the Ancient and Ac- 20 HISTORY. Accepted Scottish Rite; hence a question, which to thii day remains in abeyance. In 1825 a special grant to Brothers Fowler, Bryant, and McGill was issued by the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction, for the establishment of a Su- preme Council, thirty-third degree, in Dublin, Ireland. Thus from time to time Supreme Councils have been established in almost every nation of the globe. The following are extracts from the published report of the Southern Supreme Council, on the 4th day of December, 1802 : "On the 21st of January, 1802, a warrant of Consti- tution passed the seal of the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem, for the establishment of a Master Mark Mason's Lodge, in the City of Charleston, South Caro- lina." " Besides those degrees which are in regular succession, most of the Inspectors are in possession of a number of detached degrees, given in different parts of the world ; and which they generally communicate, free of expense, to those brethren who are high enough to understand them, such as ' Select Masons of twenty- seven, and the Royal Arch as given under the Consti- tution of Dublin, six degrees of Maconnerie d' Adoption, Compagnon Ecossais, le Maitre Ecossais, and le Grand Maitre Ecossais,' etc., etc., making in the aggregate fifty-three degrees." As to the Mark and Past Master's degrees, all author- ity over them was surrendered to the Royal Arch Chap- ters, at that time springing into existence. HISTORY. 21 The Royal and Select Masters' Degrees were side 01 detached degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. In the Southern States of the Union, the Supreme Council initiated, chartered, and fostered Councils of Royal and Select Masters ; and as rapidly as they were Belf-sustaining, they became independent. In this wise the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite has gradually thrown aside the detached degrees, and rarely confers any, except the grades designated in the regular series. The Rite is in amity with Symbolic Grand Lodges, Grand Chapters, Councils of Royal and Select Masters, and Grand Commanderies,— recognizing no other bodies claiming to be Masonic. Supreme Councils are the governing power over all Masonry in many nations. A Synoptical History of all the Supreme Councils that have ever existed, Math the mode of formation in chronological order, by the Author of this volume, is published in the Proceedings, Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdic- tion, for 1881, pp. 123-150. A Congress of the Representatives of eighteen Su- preme Councils held at Lausanne, Switzerland, 22d September, 1875, recognized and proclaimed the Con- stitutions and Statutes of May 1st, 1786, by whom- soever written and promulgated, and promised to maintain and defend with all their power, to preserve and cause to be observed and respected, the territo- rial jurisdiction of the 22 Supreme Councils named in their schedule, among which were those of the Northern and the Southern Jurisdiction of the U. S. 22 HISTORY. This compact still exists in all its integrity. The progress of these regular Supreme Councils is re- markable, and their future, without a shadow, is in the full tide of prosperity. The sublime teachings of the Kite rind a ready response in every Masonic heart ; fraternal association binds man to his fellow, and the profane world may receive a lesson of wis- dom ami humanity through a careful observance of its beautiful precepts. REGULAR SUPREME COUNCILS OF THE WORLD. Supreme Council. Orient. Constituted. South. Jur. U. s Charleston May 31, 1801 France Paris Sept. :J2, 1804 Spain Madrid July 4,1811 North. Jur. T.S Boston Aug. 5, 1813 'Belgium Bruxelles Mar. 11,1817 Ireland Dublin June 11, 1826 Brazil Rjo de Janeiro 1829 Per " Lima Nov. 2,1830 NewGranada Cartajena 183:} England, etc London Oct. 26, 1845 Scotland Edinburgh 1846 Uruguay Montevideo 1856 Argentine Kep Buenos Ayres Sept. 13, 1858 Italy Koine 185g Colon(Cnba) Havana Mar. 25,1859 Me * 'CO Mexico April 28, 1868 Portugal Lisbon Oct. 30, 1869 Chili Valparaiso May 11, 1870 Central America Guatemala Nov. 27, 1870 Greece Athens j u ly 24,1878 Switzerland Lausanne Mar. 30, 1873 Canada Montreal Oct. 16, 1S7 1 Bgypl Cairo 1878 Tunis Turn'- May 11,1880 * enezuela Caracas 1825 Paraguay Asuncion These Supreme Councils accomplish the number 26. [orable Symbolic Sfamspa«m{g (or the (tat, BODIES WORKING IN THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. Movable Slides. — Sun, Moon, Star, Ineffable Name, Corrugated Crimson Plate, with Mica Reflector and Argand Gas-Burner, op- erating in the triple triangle. The characters in the interstices are the initials of the nine tacred words. The Ineffable Tetragrammaton may appropriately be in Enoch- ian character. Additional expressive slides to the above may be used to ad- vantage^ — such as the sacred words of other Governing Sul>ordi- nate Bodies. 22* REFERENCES TO PLAN OF TEMPLE. 22c REFERENCES TO PLAN OF TEMPLE. 1. "Wall round courts, with 13 openings. 2. The Chel ; space between smaller wall and wall of court. 3. Shops. 4. Small Sanhedrin. Contained 3 rows of 23 men each. 5. Eastern Gate. The chief gate, called ••Beautiful." (Acts. iii. 2.) 6. Court of Women, with chests at the entrances for offerings. 7. Chamber of Wood, arranged for each day's use. 8. Chamber of Nazarites, for boiling peace-offerings and burn- ing hair. 9. Chamber of lepers, where they shaved their hair. 10. Chamber of Oil, for the candlestick and Hour-offerings. 11. Second Small Sanhedrin. Contained 3 rows of 23 men each. 12. Chambers of Music, under the court, for instruments and vocal practice. 13. Gate of Nicanor, approached by 15 steps. 14. Court of Israel. Length. 1ST cubits ; breadth, 11 cubics. 15. Chambers of Vestments and Spieery. 16. Place of Blessing. A landing of 3 steps. IT. Chambers for salt, water, and skins. 18. Slaughter-house, lit. Tables of cleansing. 20. Altar of Burnt-offerings. 21. The Ascent to the Altar, the which it was not permitted to touch. 22. Court of Priests. Length. 135 cubics ; breadth, 11 cubits. 23. Place of Ashes. 24. The Laver and its pedestal. 25. The Draw-well. 26. Steps to the Porch : 3 + 1 + 2 + 4+1 = 11 steps to the Porch. 27. Two Pillars — Jachin and Boaz. 28. The Porch. In length 70 cubits, in breadth 11 cubits. 29. Chambers of Broken Knives. 30. Veil at entrance of Porch, 20 by 40 cubits. 22d references to tlan of temple. 31. 1'noccupied space, called "Circumference" and "The Descent <>f Rain-water." 32. Chambers round Sanctuary : :> tiers, one above the other; total, 38. 33. The Middle Chamber, but not so specially designated. Two tiers high. 34. Door of Sanctuary ; 11 by 20 cubits. 35. Golden Altar of Incense. 36. Candlestick. 37. Golden Table of Shewbread. 38. Two golden Pedestals, on which to temporarily place the blood of the bullock and goat. 39. Two Veils, within the traksin. or part it ion-wall, which was a cubit in width. The veils did not touch each other by three hand-breadths ; hence the separation of the Holy Place from tha Holy of Holies. 40. Holy of Holies : 20 by 20 cubits. 41. Ark, resting on Stone of Foundation. 42. Chamber of Mokcd (Burning), and chambers for sheep, baking, etc. 43. House of Nitzus, for the guard. 44. Gates. 4-"i. Chambers for supply of water and wood. 4'!. Chamber of Hewn Stone, for Great Sanhedrin ; 3 rows ot 2-\ men each. 47. Water-gate for the Altar. 4*. Upper Chamber of Abtinas. A watch-chamber. INTRODUCTION INEFFABLE AND SUBLIME DEGREES OF THE ANCIENT AJTD ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. HILE the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite commence with the Entered Ap- prentice, Fellow Craft or Companion, and Master Mason, yet in the United States all authority over these degrees by the Su- preme Councils is waived, and they are exclusively administered by the Blue or Symbolic Lodges, working under the jurisdiction of Grand Lodges and the repre- sentative system. In other countries, the first three degrees are given in Lodges of Perfection. It is advisable to confer the first three degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite on candidates before further advancement. The Ineffable degrees begin with the fourth or Secret Master, and conclude with the fourteenth, or degree of Perfection. It is not required that a candidate should be in possession of any other than the Symbolic degree* 24 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. To open a Lodge of Grand Elect Masons, opens all the degrees contained within it: — but a body of any degree may be opened or closed independ- ently. The order of business in bodies of the rite is as fol- lows: 1. The reading of the records of the previous comrau nication or communications as yet unread and approved. It is judicious at every session that the record be read immediately before closing, that proper corrections, if any, may be made, and before the formal record is made up. 2. Report from the Grand Hospitaller or Almoner of any special case for relief or assistance. 3. Reports of Standing Committees. 4. Reports of Special Committees. 5. Applications for reception or admission to mem- bership. 6. Receptions. 7. Unfinished Business. 8. New Business. 9. Passing the Box of Fraternal Assistance: — no body of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite can ever be closed without so doing, — and any member wishing to retire before being called upon by the Grand Hospitaller, must deposit his contribution in the box provided and placed near the seat of the Junior Warden. The amount collected is under the immediate charge of the Grand Hospitaller or Almoner, and is dispensed by him with the consent of the presiding officer, — first to a worthy distressed brother ; or if there be none such, then to some needy and deserving profane: in either case not permitting the recipient to know from what source the relief comes. INTRODUCTION. 25 All brethren are required to be clothed with the apron, collar, and jewel of the body in which the degree is open, or that of a higher grade. It is not essential that all the brethren should be clothed in the regalia of the degree being worked at a reception, as this would lead to unnecessary expendi- ture, accumulation of clothing and depositories. One or more, for exemplification, are recommended, or so many sets as are essential for the proper exhibit of the drama of the degree, and the remainder of the brethren are clothed in the highest grade of the series. The records of bodies, from the fourth to the thirty- first inclusive, are termed "Engraved Tablets;" those of Consistories and the Supreme Council, "Balustres." The Battery of mourning, is made by the blow beincr given upon the left fore-arm. In closing bodies of the Ancient and Accepted rite, the following formula should immediately precede so doing. The presiding officer asks of his First Assistant if he has any thing further to bring before the body, for the benefit of Masonry in general, of the Ancient and Ac- cepted Scottish rite, or of that body in particular. If the First Assistant has nothing to offer, the same query is made to the Second Assistant ; and if he has nothing to offer, both of the Assistants are directed to make known to the brethren in their respective valleys, that if any one of them has any thing which he desires to offer for the benefit, etc., the floor is tendered to him. If nothing is offered, the Assistants reply to the pre- siding officer that silence reigns in their respective val- leys. The following formula is required in the declaration 26 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. either of opening or closing an assemblage in the An- cient and Accepted Scottish Rite : " To the Glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe — /// ///'- name in the centre. Collar — A watered green ribbon, at the end of which is suspended the jewel. Jewel — A compass open on a segment of a graduated circle at an angle of sixty degrees. Battery — • • • denotes life, death, virtue, and im- mortality. Moral — That we should learn to pay due respect to the memory of a deceased worthy brother: EEOEPTIOE", ODE. Greenyillx. 1. j Come, ye sigh - ing sons of sor - row, I Learn from it your fate ; to - mor - row, 2. j Once, when full of life, he nev - er / Zeal - ous like him be we ev - er, -+te-»- — r-: — » i m -- pg: 64 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. ~l- =£ View with me your broth - er's tomb ; I>eath per - haps may seal your doom. Proved un - faith - ful to our laws, To pro - mote our glo - rious cause. I —f E£ ^eHHHiI Sad and To tu' ex sol - emu flow our num - hers, alt - ed pow'r al - migh - ty wm i 1— m :S£ *E3EEm ¥ t=t Ml While dis Soft ly cou - so - late we mourn The breathe a sil - ent prayer. m ^r=t= ^ F ^f ,-T7-8# -I ^ 1 — i 1 — r _J _| r-P^-i r BE-* * — "^ — i 1 — ■f— * - i i — m — 3@E^ loss of On his Iwdt ft ^ 1 L -* — 3.— ' him who sa - cred i L » ' sweet - ly nound tread slum - hers, light- ly, T~ "HP _* ^__ ti 4 J J-4 PERFECT MASTER. 55 ODE. Come, ye sighing sons of sorrow, View with me your brother's tomb ; Learn from it your fate — to-morrow Death perhaps may seal your doom. Sad and solemn flow our numbers, "While disconsolate we mourn The loss of liim who sweetly slumbers, Mould'ring 'neath the silent urn. Once, when full of life, he never Proved unfaithful to our laws ; Zealous, like him, be we ever, To promote the glorious cause. } * * * To th' exalted power Almighty, Softly breathe an ardent prayer- On his sacred mound tread lightly, While we wipe the falling tear. PRAYER. Almighty and Eternal God ! there is no num- ber of thy days or of thy mercies. Thou hast sent us into this world to serve thee, but we wander fa* 56 BOOK 01 THE A. AND A. BITE. from thee in the path of error. Our life is but a span in length, and yet tedious, because of the calamities that enclose us on every side. The days of our pilgrimage are few and evil ; our bodies frail ; our passions violent and distempered ; our under- standings weak, and our wills perverse. Look thou upon us, our Father, in mercy and pity. We adore thy majesty, and trust like little children to thine in- finite mercies. Give us patience to live well, and firnmess to resist evil, even as our departed brother resisted. Give us, O most merciful Father, faith and confidence in thee; and enable us so to live, that when we come to die we may He down in the grave like one who composes himself to sleep, and that we may be worthy hereafter to be remembered in the memories of man. Bless us, God : bless our beloved fraternity throughout the world : may we live and emulate the example of our departed broth- er ; and finally, that we may in this world attain a knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen. Death regards not those sweet engagements and pleasing intercourses, and those improving joys which are known to Freemasons. Death summons away, in the midst of his day and usefulness, many a beloved brother of our craft. We behold his sun at meridian, and rejoice at its brightness ; but alas ! it Boon sets, and the evening shades of existence close around him forever. PERFECT MASTER. 57 Keinembei now thy Creator in the days of thy \outh, while the evil days come not, nor the yeara draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them : while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain. In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low. Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond-tree shall nourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long-home, and the mourn- ers go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. This ceremony was originally established to com- memorate the death of our Grand Master H.\ A.\, whose labors at the building of the first Temple, and whose tragical death, furnish so much of the mys- tical knowledge of Ancient Craft Masonry. It is I PERFECT MASTER. PERFECT MASTER. 59 retained by us that it may be improved as a lesson both useful and instructive. Let us look forward to brighter scenes, when our deceased brother, who had been smitten down by the resistless hand of death, shall be raised from his prostrate state at the word of our Supreme Grand Master, and admitted to the privilege of the Perfect Lodge above. HISTORY. G.\ 0.'. Some time after the death of our Grand Master H.\ A.'., King Solomon was informed that the body was found. The perpetrators of the horrid deed were not at this time discovered, and it was not certain but that they might have the hardihood and effrontery to mingle with the brethren, and seem to join in the general grief, in order to better conceal then- guilt and prevent suspicion. In order to ascertain the truth of the matter, King Solomon caused a general muster of all the workmen to be made. Happy to have the poor consciousness of having found the precious remains of so great and so good a man as H.\ A.\, and having an opportunity of pay- ing a just tribute of respect to his memory, he or- dered the noble Adoniram, his Grand Inspector, to make suitable arrangements for his interment. The 00 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. brethren were directed to attend with white gloves and aprons, and he forbade the marks of blood which had been spilled in the Temple to be effaced until the traitors should be discovered and punished. In the mean while, he directed the noble Adoniram to furnish a plan for a superb tomb or obelisk, of white and black marble, which plan was accepted and the work finished. ***** Three days after the funeral ceremonies had been performed, King Solomon repaired with his Court to the Temple, and all the brethren being arranged as at the funeral, he proceeded with his brethren to see and examine the tomb and obelisk, with the inscrip- tion thereon. Struck with astonishment and admi- ration, he raised his eyes and hands to heaven and exclaimed — " It is accomplished and complete !" SIXTH DEGREE. fntimatt ), thrice repeated ; this star is surrounded by the triple interlaced triangle. OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. The Lodge consists of five members only, representing the five Chief Architects, who were appointed tempora- rily, in the place of the lamented Grand Master Hiram. 86 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. The Master sits in the East, is termed Thrice Potent, and represents Adonirara, the son of Abda, President of the Board of Architects. Senior Warden, in the West, represents Joabert, a Phoenician, Chief Artificer in Brass. Junior Warden, in the South, represents Stolkin, a Hebrew, Chief Carpenter. Master of Ceremonies, in the North, represents Selec, the Giblemite, Chief Stone-mason. Captain of the Guard, in the North, represents Gareb, a Hebrew, Chief Worker in Silver and Gold, and En- graver. During a reception, the Thrice Potent represents King Solomon, and is robed and decorated as in Perfec- tion ; the Senior Warden represents Sadoc, the Priest, and is clothed in a white robe and mitre ; the Junior Warden represents Ahishar, Governor of the House, and wears a black robe and the collar and apron of the degree. The brethren sit about the Lodge in the form of a triangle. REGALIA, JEWELS, ETC. Apron — Triangular in shape, white, lined with crim- son and bordered with green ; on the area is depicted a five-pointed star, with the Hebrew J (">), thrice repeated, in the centre, and over that a balance ; on the flap is a triangle, with one of the following letters in each angle : 2, fc<, "> (the initials of the words Ben-khurim, Achar, and Jakinah). Cordon, or Order — A broad crimson sash, worn from the right shoulder to the left hip; at the point is sus- pended the Jewel, by a green ribbon. INTENDANT OF THE BUILDING8. 87 Jewel — A golden triangle, similar to that described as on the flap of the apron. Steps — Five grand steps, the heels to a square. Age — Three times nine — equal to twenty-seven Battery — • • • • • . RECEPTION. # * * ODE. C. M. -si- Balsrka -J =t Zi tzr --& If thou true wis - dom from a - bove, m . & — *—*-&>- — *— r-^ 2 — *- 88 EOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 'ffc 2 - — ^ 1 | - will w^ — -f- L-_^_ I . — =t= —IS — t — 1 U Direct me in the sacred ways To which thy precepts lead, Because my chief delight has been Thy righteous paths to tread. T.\ P.'. My Brethren, to become an Intendant of the Building, it is necessary that you be skilful ar- chitects and learned in the knowledge of the East and Egypt. But it is equally necessary that you should be charitable and benevolent, that you may sympathize with the laboring man, relieve his ne- cessities, see to his comforts and that of his family, and smooth for him and for those who depend upon him the rugged way of life, — recognizing all men aa your brethren, and yourselves as the almoners of God's bounty. INTENDAXT OF THE BUILDINGS. 89 » * * * * LESSON. T.\ P.'. I will restore thy judges, as at the first, and thy councillors, as at the beginning ; for the light of the righteous shall be established, as the Lord giveth wisdom : out of his mouth cometh un- derstanding and knowledge. S.'. TV.'. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant, or a laboring man that is poor and needy ; on the day when he earns it thou shalt give him his lure, nor shall the sun go down upon it : for he is poor, and it is his life : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and God punish thee for this sin. J:. JV.\ When thou beatest thine olive-trees, thou shalt not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow : when thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards ; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. T.\ P.'. If there be among you a poor man, and one unable to work, of thy brethren, within any of thy gates, thou shalt not harden thy heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother, but shalt open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need ; for thou art but God's treasurer, to dispense his benefits to the poor. S.\ W:. If thy brother be waxen poor, and be compelled to serve thee, thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. Nor shalt thou 90 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. discharge those whose labor is their life because thy profits are not large ; but thou shalt be God's almo- ner, for he hath but lent thee aU the wealth thou hast, and thou art but his trustee for the poor, the suffering, and the destitute. INVESTITURE. The battery of five, the five lights on the altar, the five steps, the five-pointed star, and the travel five times about the body of the Lodge, are all emblem- atical of the first five Chief Architects. The age is that of a Master Mason (9), multiplied by that of an Entered Apprentice (3), representing that the Architects, or Intendants, were thrice pow- erful as Masters and Chiefs of Architecture ; hence the number of lights in the Lodge. My brother, I now with pleasure decorate you with a crimson cordon or order, to which is suspended by a green ribbon a triangular plate of gold — the Jewel of the degree. The crimson is emblematical of that zeal which should characterize you as an Intendant of the Building ; and the green, of the hope that you will honor and advance the Craft, and supply, so far as in you lies the power, the place of our late Grand Master Hiram. I also decorate you with this triangular apron, oi DTTENDANT OF THE BUILDINGS, 91 white, lined with crimson and bordered with green. On it you will observe the five-pointed star. The number five in this degree, my brother, has many allusions, some of which have already been ex- plained to you ; it is also to remind us of the five point* of fellowship : that we are to go on a brother's errand or to his relief, even barefoot and upon flinty ground ; to remember him in our supplications to the Deity ; to clasp him to our heart and protect him against misfortune and slander ; to uphold him when about to stumble and fall ; and to give him prudent, honest, and friendly counsel. Such are the duties you are especially to observe and to teach to others, for they are the first ordinances of Masonrv. HISTORY. G.\ Or.: My brother, but little need be said to you of the history of this degree, as it is fully given in the reception. You have on this occasion repre- sented one of the five chief architects appointed by King Solomon to conduct the work upon the Temple, in the place of Hiram, the chief architect, who had been murdered. The king was always desirous of carrying to the highest state of perfection the work he had begun in Jerusalem, and upon the loss of the skilful Hiram, much concern was felt as to whethei 92 BOOK OF THE A. ANT) A. KITE. the original desigD of the structure could be coin- pleted, and, also, as to whether the arrangements that had been projected for ornamentation and deco- ration would not fail for want of skill and ability on the part of the workmen. Pending these difficulties, on consultation, it was recommended by the High Priest, Sadoc, and Ahishar, Governor of the House, that five artificers, who had been pupils of Hiram, should be placed, as chiefs, over five departments in the construction of the edifice, and that at least the building could proceed, until they could find a Grand Master Architect. Adoniram, the son of Abda, was selected as the President of the Board of Architects, the others being Joabert, a Phoenician, the chief artificer in brass ; StoLkin, a Hebrew, chief carpenter ; Selec, the Giblemite, chief stone-mason ; and Gareb, a He- brew, chief worker in silver and gold, and chief en- graver. King Solomon was well aware that the zeal and abilities of these brethren would be exerted to the utmost in bringing to perfection so glorious a work. In like manner, we expect you to do all in your power to promote the grand design of Masonry, and to bring to perfection the works of this Lodge of In- tendants of the Building, exercising and propagating charity and benevolence, educating the poor orphan, comforting the sick and distressed, and providing refuge for the unfortunate. You have learned in your previous degrees that, KTENDANT OF THE BUrLDES'GS. 93 in order to succeed in the great work of erecting a temple not made with hands, and dedicated to the Grand Architect of the Universe, you must emulate the samo spirit, the same fortitude and resolution possessed by our Grand Master Hiram — preferring your integrity to your life. You will still advance toward the light — toward the star blazing in the distance — which is an emblem of the divine truth, given by God to the first men, and preserved amid all the vicissitudes of ages in the traditions and teachings of Masonry. Here, as everywhere in tne world, Darkness struggles with Light, and clouds and shadows intervene between you and the truth. You are now, my brother, a student of the moral- ity of Masonry, with which, we trust, you will become imbued, as for some time you will be exclusively oc- cupied in its study. Step by step you must advance toward perfection in the moral code of Masonry : each Masonic degree is meant to be one of those steps : each is a development of a particular duty, and in the present one you are taught charity and benevolence. With these two virtues, man can best prepare for that future which he hopes for. The law of our being is love of life — this wonderful creation of God — and its interests and adornments, love of the world ; not a low and sensual love, not love of wealth, fame, ease, power, and splendor, not low worldliness, but the love of earth as the garden on which the Creator has lavished such miracles of 94 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. beauty — as the habitation of humanity — the dwell- ing-place of the wise, the good, the active, and the loving — the place for the exercise of the noblest pas- sions, the loftiest virtues, and the tenderest sympa- thies : this is the charity or love we would teach in this degree, for God himself is love, and every de- gree of charity that dwells in us is the participation of the divine nature. NINTH DEGREE. master -gleet of mine ARGUMENT. The three degrees called elect, or Elu— nanely, Elect of Nine. Elect of Fifteen, and Sublime Master Elected — are intimately and essentially connected They are of an important and inter- esting nature, the first of the three being established to reward the fidelity and zeal of one of the favorites of the King of Israel, who was the first to detect and bring to justice a certain Crafts- man, who, pending the construction of the Temple, had been en- gaged in an execrable deed. The great purpose of the degree is to inculcate and illustrate this lesson : That we should be careful how we allow ourselves to be led away by an excess of zeal, even in a good cause, to in- dict, as an individual, the punishment justly due for the violation of human or divine laws. u Fkee, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Masonry has no ambition to be considered a CharitaKe Institution, in the modern acceptation of that term. In that regard, we are widely different from those secret associations whose chief claim to public con- sideration is in the assistance they render to the unfortunate poor. However laudable alms-giving may be, we are not prepared to accept it with them as a full and complete exercise of all our duties as conveyed in the word Charity. Alms-giving is not the full scope of Charity as taught in the old Free Masonic schools of Philosophy. The greatest of the divine virtues given to man is Charity. " It is that great vital principle of fraternity, of equality, and of liberty, which prompts a man to love his neighbor as himself— it is humble, retiring, hath no shadow of envy, hatred, or malice — it is that love to mankind which prompts us to rush to the rescue of our brethren in adversity, as well as to rejoice with them in their prosperity. In brief, this is the substance of all our teach- ings, and all else is but subsidiary." Ent:. Ap.: Degree, A.: A.: 8:. R\ MASTER ELECT OF NINE. MASTER ELECT OF NINE. THE NINTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND SIXTH DEGREE OF THE INEFFABLX SERIES. DECORATIONS, ETC. The hangings are black, strewed with flames, sus- pended from eight columns, four on each sida There are nine great lights — eight forming an octagon round the altar, which is in the centre : the other light is placed half-way between the altar and the East. The altar is covered with black, and on it are placed the Book of the Testimony, two cross-swords, and a dagger. An urn, containing a number of white and black bal- lots, on the Secretary's desk. A room representing a cavern. TITLES. The body is styled a Chapter, and consists of nin« members, who represent the first Nine Masters Elect. The officers are — 100 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. Thrice Potent Master, represents King Solomon ; Senior Inspector, Junior Inspector, Orator, Secretary, Treasurer, Hospitaller, Master of Ceremonies, Captain of the Guard, King Hiram ; Adoniram ; Zabud ; Sadoc ; Josaphat ; Ahisar ; j The Stranger Pharog, 1 a poor herdsman ; Banacas. CLOTHING. Apron — White, lined and bordered with black, Bprinkled with blood ; in the centre a bloody head held by the hair ; on the flap, an arm holding a dagger. Sash — A broad black watered ribbon, worn from the right shoulder to the left hip ; at the lower end nine MASTER ELECT OF NINE. 101 red rosettes, four on each side, and one at the bottom, from which pendent the Jewel — A dagger, hilt of gold and blade of silver. During a reception the Thrice Potent and Senior In spector wear Royal robes, with crown and sceptre ; the Secretary wears robes and mitre of the High Priest. The Junior Inspector and other officers, robed in black with cowles, and the apron, sash, and jewel of this de- gree, sit * * * during the working of the degree, with right elbow on the knee and head on the right hand, as if fatigued. Stranger clothed as a shepherd. Battery — • ••••••• — • The lights are not lighted until the Chapter is opened. Hour — First hour of night. Age — Eight and one. OPENING. Q. What are we taught as a Master Elect of Nine? A. That we should be careful how we suffer our- selves to be led away by an excess of zeal, even in a good cause, to exercise as individuals the vengeance due for the violation of divine and human laws. Q. What further does the degree illustrate ? A. The overthrow of ignorance by freedom. 102 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. RECEPTION. My brother, I now designate and present to you the jewel of this degree. It is the avenging blade, which will be sure to find the perjured and guilty traitor. I invest you with the other symbols of this degree. * * * This apron and sash denote the melan- choly death of our Grand Master H.\ A.*. The bloody arm and red roses, the instrument and the blood shed by the eight and one knights to atone for his death. You will now go and salute the Grand Inspector, and then repair to the Grand Orator for the history of this degree. MASTER ELECT OF NINE. 103 HISTORY. G.\ 0.'. After the death of the Grand Master, the assassins having made their escape, a great assem- bly of Masons was convened by King Solomon, to consult as to the best means of discovering and ap- prehending them. Their deliberations were inter- rupted by the entrance of a herdsman, who de- manded to speak to the king. On being admitted to an interview, he acquainted King Solomon that he had discovered persons concealed in a cave near the coast of Joppa, answering the description given of the traitors ; and he offered to conduct those whom the king should select to the place of their conceal- ment. This being communicated to the Masters, they one and all eagerly requested to be made par- ticipators in the vengeance due the assassins. Solo- mon checked their ardor, declaring that only nine should undertake the task ; and to avoid giving any offence, ordered a selection of nine of the brethren by lot, to accompany the stranger. At the first hour of the night, the favorite of King S.\ and eight others, conducted by the stranger, travelled onward through a rough and dreary country toward the coast of Joppa. On the way, the most ardent of the nine, learning that the murderers were hidden in a cavern not far from where they then were, pressed on ahead, found the cavern, entered it with the shep- herd, where, by the dim light of the lamp, he discov- ered one of the assassins asleep, with a dagger at hia 104 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. feet. Inflamed at the sight, and actuated by au iin« patient zeal, he immediately seized the dagger and stabbed him, first in the head and then in the heart. The assassin had only time to say "Necum" [pro- nounced nay-coom], or "vengeance is taken," and expired. The avenger then quenched his thirst at the fountain. When the eight arrived at the spot, they asked him what he had done. He replied, " I have slain the assassin of our Grand Master, and have performed a feat for the honor and glory of the Craft, for which I hope to be rewarded." He then severed the head from the body, and taking it in one hand and his dagger in the other, with the eight re- turned to Jerusalem. In his zeal, however, he hast- ened into the presence of the king, passing the guards at the entrance. Solomon was at first very much offended that it had been put out of his power to take vengeance in the presence of, and as a warn- ing to, the rest of the workmen, and ordered the guards to put his favorite to death ; but by the inter- cession of his brethren he was pardoned for his zeal, and they became reconciled. Solomon established the grade of Master Elect of Nine, and conferred it upon the nine companions. TENTH DEGREE. •r gleet of 1 ARGUMENT. rms degree is a continuation of the series known as the Elu, t 'Elect degrees, and recounts in detail the mode of the arrest and p \nishment of the remaining assassins ; and reminds us that the •^erring eye of Justice will discover the guilty, and they suffer lac punishment their crimes deserve. It is intended, morally, to instruct us that amhition and fanaticism, enslavers of mankind, ait overthrown and dispelled by the sword of justice and freedom. MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN. THE TENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF THE INEFFABLE SERIES. THE CHAPTER— ITS DECORATIONS, ETC. The hangings are black, sprinkled with red and white tears. There are fifteen lights, five in the East, and five be- fore each Warden— four forming a square and one in the centre — all of yellow wax. The altar may be covered with black, strewed with silver tears. On the altar the Great Lights, Book of Constitutions, two crossed-swords, and two daggers. OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. The Thrice Potent Grand Master, who represents King Solomon. The Senior Grand Warden represents King Hiram, and sits on his right. 108 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. The Junior Grand Warden, in the West, represents Adoniram, the son of Abda. The Orator represents Zabud, the king's friend. The Secretary represents Sadoc, the Priest. The Treasurer represents Josaphat, the son of Ahiiud, the Chancellor. The Hospitaller represents Ahishar, Governor of the House. The Captain of the Guard represents Zerbal. Ths Master of Ceremonies represents the stranger who gave information of the place of concealment of the assassins. The number of members is regularly fifteen, and no more. ORNAMENTS AND JEWELS. The apron is white, lined, edged and fringed with black, and the flap black. In the middle are painted or embroidered three gates, and over each gate a head impaled on a spike. The sash is a black ribbon or sash, worn from right to left, on the front of which are painted or embroidered three heads. MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 109 The jewel is a dagger, its hilt gold and its blade sil- ver, hanging at the end of the sash. During a reception the officers are dressed as in the ninth degree. The age 5 times 3, or 15 years. The hour for opening is the sixth hour of the night ; the hour for closing is the sixth hour of the day. Battery — ••••• — ••••• — ••••• OPENING. The fifteen lights are not burning. Q. What is the cause to which the Illustrious Elu of the Fifteen are now devoted ? A. That of the oppressed against the oppressor, and of Toleration against Intolerance. Q. When did the fifteen Elus depart from Jerusa- lem? A. On the 15th day of the month Tammuz. Q. When did they arrive at Gath ? A. On the 18th day of the same month. Q. What is your age ? A. 5 times 3, or 15 years, complete. Q. What is the hour ? A. The sixth hour of the night. 110 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. Cau.se, then, the brethren to assemble around the altar, that, renewing our pledges to one another, we may open this Chapter of Illustrious Elus of the Fif- teen. Brethren, you will please assemble around the altar, that this Chapter may be opened in due and ancient form. ***** G.'. Or.'. To the cause of every people that strug- gle against oppression ! J.'. G.\ W.\ To the cause of all who defend Eight and Justice against Tyranny ! S.\ G.\ W.\ To the cause of Toleration against Intolerance and Persecution ! T.\ P.'. To the cause of Free Thought, Free Speech, Free Conscience ! All. "We devote ourselves, our hands, our hearts, our intellects ! T.'. P.\ Now, henceforward, and forever! All. Amen ! T.'. P.'. As these lights shine in this Chapter, so shall the light of freedom illuminate the world. ***** 8.'. G.'. IV.'. As my lights shine in this Chapter, so shall the light of religious and political toleration rise upon the world. MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN. Ill J.\ G:. W.\ As my lights shine in this Chapter, so shall the light of education and intelligence yet shine in all the comers of the earth. T.\ P.'. So mote it be ! My brethren, this Chap- ter is duly opened in due and ancient form. EECEPTIOX The demands of justice remain unsatisfied. Ex- cellent Grand Orator, what saith the law as to him who slayeth his brother ? If any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him and smite him mortally, that he die, and fleeth into one of the cities of refuge, then the Elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the Avenger of Blood, that he may die. Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 112 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. Suck is the law ; and the land of Israel is not yet purified of the innocent blood of our brother shed upon the floor of the Temple. One of his assassins has suffered swift punishment, but two remain at large, nor have yet been traced from their retreat in the mountains of Joppa. I fear they have escaped by sea, and are beyond our reach. Most Potent King, doubt not that the Lord will at length give the two assassins into thy hand. T.\ P.\ I therefore declare you to be duly invest- ed with the rank and dignity of Illustrious Elu of the Fifteen, which degree I declare to be devoted now and always hereafter to Liberty and Toleration ; and I invest you with its collar, apron, and jewel, wliich need no explanation. HISTORY. G.\ 0.'. About six months, it is said, after the ex- ecution of the assassin, as detailed in the degree of Master Elect of the Nine, Bengaber, an intendant MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN. 113 of King Solomon, in the country of Gath, which was tributary to him, caused diligent inquiry to be made if any person had lately taken shelter in that region who might be supposed to have fled from Jerusalem : he published at the same time an accurate descrip- tion of the traitors who had' made their escape. Shortly afterward he received information that per- sons answering the description had lately arrived there, and, believing themselves to be perfectly se- cure, had begun to work in the quarry of Ben-Dekar. As soon as Solomon was made acquainted with this circumstance, he wrote to Maaka, King of Gath to assist in apprehending them, and to cause them to be delivered to persons he should appoint to secure them, and have them brought to Jerusalem to receive the punishment due to their crimes. Solomon then selected fifteen Masters in whom he could place the greatest confidence, and among whom were those nine who had been in the cavern, and sent them with an escort of troops in quest of the villains. Five days were spent in the search, when Zerbal, who bore King Solomon's letter to King Maaka, with Stolkin and another of his companions, discovered them cutting stone in the quarry. They immediately seized them, and, binding them in chains, conducted them to Jerusalem. On their ar- rival they were imprisoned in the tower of Achizar, and the next morning received the punishment which their crimes deserved. This degree, my brethren, as you learned by your 114 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. reception and obligation, is devoted to the same ob- jects as those of the Elu of the Nine ; and also to the cause of the oppressed against the oppressor, and of toleration against intolerance ; that is, to the cause of human freedom, corporal and mental, against tyranny exercised over the soul or body. The assassins of Hiram Abif, whose capture and execution are recounted in this degree, are the sym- bols of those special enemies of freedom of the body and the soul — Ambition, of which tyranny or despot- ism is born ; and Fanaticism, from which springs intolerance and persecution. To the objects of this degree you have irrevocably consecrated yourself, and whenever in your presence a Chapter of this de- gree is opened, you will be most impressively remind- ed of your solemn vows here taken at our altar. ELEVENTH DEGREE. jiuMimje IK&aster £Utittl, ARGUMENT. This the third of the Elu or Elect Degrees, was intended tc emblematically illustrate the reward conferred by King Solomon upon twelve of the Masters Elect of Fifteen who were instru- mental in bringing to justice the assassins of the Master Builder Hiram, constituting them Governors over the twelve tribes of Israel, — instructing us that the true and faithful Brother will gooner or later receive his just reward, and morally teaching us to be earnest, honest, and sincere, and to protect the people against illegal impositions and exactions. --V| SUBLIME MASTER ELECTED. THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE EIGHTH OF THE INEFFABLE SERIES. THE LODGE— ITS DECORATIONS ETC. This Lodge is also called a Chapter, and is decorated like that of~the Tenth degree, with the same hangings. It is lighted, however,l)y 12 lights, by threes, in the East, West, Xorth, and South— each three forming an equilateral triangle. OFFICERS, TITLES, ETC. Same as in the Tenth degree. The Chapter regularly consists of twelve members only. CLOTHING, ORNAMENTS, AND JEWELS. The apron is white, lined, edged and fringed with black, and the flap black. In the middle of the apron is painted or embroidered a flaming heart. 118 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. The cordon is a black ribbon, worn from right to left. Over the heart is painted or embroidered upon it a flaming heart ; and over that, the words Vincere nut Mori. The altar is uncovered, and supports the four great lights, cross-swords, and two daggers. Points of swords, when on an altar, should always be from the East. The jewel is a dagger, worn suspended to the sash. The age is 12 years. Battery — • ••••••••••• SUBLIME MASTER ELECTED. 119 OPENING. Q. What is your name ? A. Emeth. Q. What does it signify ? A. A true man — just, fair, sincere, faithful, fearing God. Q. Where were you received a Prince Emeth, or Elu of the Twelve ? A. In a place representing the audience-chamber of King Solomon. Q. How many compose a Chapter of Sublime Elu of the Twelve ? A. Twelve or more. T.\ P.\ What does it signify? A. That my faith cannot be shaken, and my confi- dence is in God. Q. What are the characteristics of an Elu of the Twelve ? A. He is frank, fair, sincere, straightforward, relia- ble, honest, and upright, and thus is Emeth, a true man. Who were the first Elus of the Twelve ? A. Those whom King Solomon made Princes and Governors in Israel. 120 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. G.\ Or.\ That the people among whom we live may be protected against illegal impositions. J:. G:. W.\ That they may be secured hi the en- joyment of their political and social rights. S.'. G:. W:. That the burdens of the government may be equally apportioned. Ml. We are and will forever remain united. G:. Or.'. We will be true unto all men. J:. G:. W:. We will be frank, honest, and sincere in all things. S.\ G:. W.\ We will be earnest in doing that which it may be our duty to do. T:. P.'. No man shall repent that he has relied upon our word. All. And to this we pledge ourselves as Masons and as true men. RECEPTION. tl Justice will surely overtake the guilty, and the offence be unerringly followed by its consequences SUBLIME MASTER ELECTED. 121 Freedom of the State can only be attained And per- petuated by instructing the people, by following ig- norance into its darkest dens, and there smiting it mortally, without mercy. My brethren, the affairs of the living, too long neglected in our sorrow for the dead and our pursuit of the assassins, now demand our attention. Many complaints have accumulated, and much wrong and oppression is charged to exist. I will create twelve of the fifteen Master Elus to be Governors in Israel, with the title of Princes Emeth, giving them in charge the collection of the revenues of my realm, and supreme control, each in his province, as my vicegerents and immediate representatives. They shall, also, when assembled, constitute a Chapter, and a new degree in Masonry be thus created, called the Sublime Elu of the Twelve. And, in order that no one may be offended or mortified, let the twelve be selected by lot. My brethren, are you willing to take upon your- selves the duties of Governors in Israel and chiefs G I2"J BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. over the tribute, with the resolution to discharge those duties faithfully and impartially ? Will you promise to deal honestly and fairly by all men — to know no distinctions of persons — and to see that none are subjected to exaction, extortion, or un- just impositions of burdens ? T.\ P.'. I invest you, my brother, with the apron, collar, and jewel of this degree ; remember that you wear them as the successor and representative of a Sublime Elu or Prince Emeth of the Court of King Solomon ; and that your conduct and conversation must be such as becomes one invested with so high an honor. The flaming hearts are symbols of that zeal and devotedness that ought to animate you, and the motto is your pledge that you will rather die than betray the cause of the people, or be overcome through your own fear or fault. HISTOKr. G.'. Or.'. The history of this degree is brief. After punishment had been inflicted on the mur- derers mentioned in the preceding degrees, King Solomon instituted this degree, both as a recom- pense for the zeal and constancy of the Elus of the Fifteen, who had assisted him to discover them, and also to enable him to elevate other deserving breth- ren from the lower degrees to those of places in the SUBLIME MASTER ELECTED. 123 higher, which had been vacated by their promotion. Twelve of these fifteen he elected Sublime Knights, and made the selection by ballot, that he might give none offence, putting the names of the whole in an urn. The first twelve that were drawn he formed into a Chapter, and gave them command over the twelve tribes. He gave them the name of Emeth, which is a Hebrew word signifying a true man. He exhibited to them the precious things which were de- posited in the tabernacle. These, my brother, are the chief objects delineated on our tracing-board, and these you should make the constant subject of your reflections. These last three degrees consti- tute what are called the "Elu degrees" of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite. They elucidate a particular part of the legendary history of Freema- sonry, and constitute a peculiar system which is necessarily contained in every rite. In the York rite the Elus are combined into one, and form a part of the third degree. In the French rite they consti- tute a separate degree, called " Elu," and forming the fourth degree of that rite. In some of the other systems of Masonry the Elus have been divided into numerous degrees, but their purport is always the same — to give details of the detection and punish- ment, by chosen or elected brethren, of those mur- derers who first stained the escutcheon of Freema* Bonry by an atrocious crime. 124 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. CLOSING. T.\ P.'. Brother Senior Grand Warden, what ia the hour ? 8.: G.\ W.\ The twelfth hour of the day, Thrice Potent. T.\ P.'. Then it is time to close this Chapter of Sublime Elu of the Twelve. Cause the brethren to assemble around the altar, that, renewing our pledges to each other, we may close in due and ancient form. S.\ G.\ W.\ Brethren, you will please assemble around the altar, and assist the Thrice Potent Grand Master to close this Chapter in due and ancient form. TWELFTH DEGKEE. tv %%nMit.ci ARGUMENT. The degree of Grand Master Architect is alleged to have bee-;) established as a school of instruction for the more advance 1 workmen of the Temple, to assure uniformity in work, vigor in its prosecution, and to reward those more eminent in science anil skill The degree partakes of a scientific nature, in which the ruleo of architecture and the connection of the liberal arts with Masonry are dwelt upon, and portions of the Fellow Craft 01 Companion degree are amplified and extensively illustrated. This grade requires of the neophyte that he be thoroughly quali- fied, intellectually and morally, to be admitted, and instruct- him that virtue is as necessary as talents to every Grand Master Architect GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. THE TWELFTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE NINTH OF THE INEFFABLB SERIES. THE CHAPTER— ITS DECORATIONS, ETC. Bodie8 of this degree are styled Chapters. The hangings are white, strewed with crimson flames. Behind the Master, in the East, are five columns, each of a different order of architecture : Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. In the North is painted the North Star, and a little 12S BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. below it the seven stars of the Great Bear. In the East, behind the columns, is a luminous star, represent- ing Jupiter rising in the East as the morning star. Upon the altar, which is in the centre of the room »nd covered with a black cloth with tears, are the Great. Lights, Book of the Constitutions, and on it, all the con- tents of a case of mathematical instruments. The Chapter is lighted by three great lights, one in the East, one in the West, and one in the South. Over the columns, in the East, hangs a triangle, en closing the word ^JIX OFFICERS, TITLES, Elo. The same as in the three preceding degrees. CLOTHING, ORNAMENTS, JEWEL, ETC. The apron is white, lined and bordered with blue, and fringed with gold. On it are painted or embroi- dered a protractor on the flap, and in the middle a plain scale, a sector, and the compasses, so arranged as to form a triancde GRAXD MASTER ARCHITECT. 129 The cordon is a broad blue watered ribbon, worn from the left shoulder to the right hip. The jewel is a triangle of gold: on each angle, on one side, is a star enclosed by a semicircle. In the centre, on the same side, is an equilateral triangle, formed by arcs of circles, in the centre of which is the letter ^ On the reverse side are five columns, of the different orders of architecture, with the initial letter ol the proper order below each, in old English letters, ar- ranged from left to right, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corin- thian, and Composite. Above these columns are a sec- tor and a slide-rule ; below them, the three kinds oi compasses, the plain scale, and parallel ruler ; and be- tween the second and third, and third and fourth col- umns, are the letters "^ "2 (R-". B.\) In front of each brother is a small table, and on it a case of instruments, with paper and other articles foi drafting. The age of a Grand Mastei Architect is the squaie of 3 x 5, or 45 years. Battel y — • ••••-•• 6* 130 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. OPENING. In the Opening, the following explanations of the i» Btruments of a Grand Master Architect are given : Q. What are the instruments of a Grand Master Architect ? A. The different compasses, the parallel ruler, the protractor, the plain scale, the sector and the slide- rule. Q. What lesson do the different compasses teach us? A. That life and time constitute but a point in the centre of eternity ; while the circle of God's attributes is infinity. Q. What lesson does the parallel ruler teach us ? A. That we should be consistent, firm, unwavering, and of that equanimity of mind and temper which befits a Mason. Q. What lesson does the protractor teach us ? A. That we should be upright and sincere, frank in all our dealings, moderate in our professions, and exact and punctual in performance. Q. What lesson does the plain scale teach us ? A. That we live not only for ourselves, but for others, so as in just and proper measure to serve our- selves, our families, our friends, our neighbors, and our country. Q. What lesson does the sector teach us ? GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 131 A. That we should multiply our good deeds, di- vide that which we can spare of our substance among those who need it more than we, and extract the good that is intended to benefit and bless us from the reverses and calamities of life. Q. What lesson does the slide-rule teach us ? A. That we should strive to grasp and solve the great problem presented by the Universe and in- volved in our existence ; to know and understand the lofty truths of Philosophy, and to communicate freely of our knowledge unto others. Q. Where were you received and made a Grand Master Architect ? A. In a place representing the Chamber of De- signs, assigned to the Master Khurum in King Solo- mon's Temple. EEOEPTIOK J.'. G.'. W.\ A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain unto wise counsels ; to understand a proverb, and the in- terpretation ; the word of the sages and their obscure sayings. J.\ G.'. TV.'. Wisdom preventeth them that covet her, so that she first showeth herself unto them. He that awaketh to seek her shall not labor ; for he shall find her sitting at his door. The Lord giveth wis- 132 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. dom ; out of his mouth come knowledge and under- standing. J:. G.\ W.\ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, dis- cretion shall preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee, and thou shalt understand righteousness, judgment, equity, and every good path. S.'. G.\ W.\ I wished, and understanding was given me ; and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me, and I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison to her. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he estab- lished the heavens. S.\ G.\ W.\ Get wisdom ! Exalt her, and she shall promote thee ; she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace ; a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. T:. P.'. No evil can overcome wisdom. She glo- rifieth her nobility by being conversant with God, and the Lord of all things loveth her. For it is she that teacheth knowledge of God and is the expound- er of his works. T.\ P.\ She knoweth things past, and judge tb things to come. She knoweth the subtleties of GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 133 speeches, and the solutions of arguments ; she know- eth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages. By means of her we shall have immortality. LECTURE. It is the true Masonic Light. He who obeys the Masonic law shall find it. The degree which you seek was first conferred upon Adoniram, the son of Abda, when he was appointed Chief Architect of the Temple, and as such the successor of the Master Khurum, after having been for a time the chief of the five Intendants of the Building, and after his skill and science as an architect had been thoroughly tested, and he found to be superior to the other four Intendants. It was but the ceremony of his investi- ture with that office. Afterward it became an hono- rary degree, conferred first upon the other Intend- ants, and then upon the Elus, as a mark of honor and distinction. As he advanced, the ancient Free- mason ceased to work with the instruments of the laborer, the square, the level, the plumb, and the trowel, and assumed those of the Architect and Geo- metrician. As he advanced, also, he passed from that branch of geometry and mathematics which occupies itself with the earth, its surface and the things that belong to it, with right lines and angles, 134 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE. and all the figures formed thereby, to the mathemat- ics of the heavens and the spheres. We no longer occupy ourselves with geometry and mathematics as sciences, nor expect of our initiate a knowledge of their problems, or even of their terms. To us the instruments of the geometrician, and all the figures, plane and spherical, drawn by these instruments, have a symbolical meaning. By means of the moral- ity of Masonry, we advance toward its philosophy, and every degree is a step in that direction. If you would succeed to the rank held by Adoniram, you must assume the obligation which it imposes. INVESTMENT. T.\ P.\ I invest you with the apron, collar, and jewel of this degree. Their colors, white and blue, will remind you of what is commonly called symbolic Masonry, or the Blue degrees, — the foundation, but not the completion and perfection of Masonry. Upon the apron and jewel you see the five orders of Architecture, and the instruments of a Grand Master Architect ; the symbolic meaning of which you have yet to learn. I now present you with the instruments with which a Grand Master Architect works. Listen, and you shall learn their uses, and of what they are the symbols to us in this degree. GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 135 T.\ P.'. Such are the instruments of a Grand Master Architect, and such the lessons which they teach us. Forget not that you have solemnly sworn to practise all the virtues which they symbolically teach ; for thus only can you deserve, how proudly soever you may wear the title of a Grand Master Architect. HISTORY. The history of this degree is brief, as its ceremo- nies are simple. After the murderers of the Master Khurum Abai had been discovered, apprehended, tried, and punished, his monument and mausoleum completed, and the matters which concerned the revenue of the realm provided for, King Solomon, to assure uniformity of work and vigor in its prosecu- tion, and to reward the superior and eminent science and skill of Adoniram, the son of Abda, appointed him to be chief Architect of the Temple, with the title of Grand Master Architect, and invested him with that office, as sole successor and representative of the deceased Master Khurum Abai, and at the same time made him Grand Master of Masons and the Masonic peer of himself and King Khurum of Tsur. Afterward the title was conferred upon other Princes of the Jewish court as an honorarium, and thus the degree became established. You have heard what are the lessons taught by the working instruments of a Grand Master Architect, and I shall not now enlarge upon those lessons. The great du- 13G BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. ties ttliich they inculcate demand much of us, and take for granted our capacity to perform them fully. We hope that we are not mistaken in believing that you possess that capacity, and in expecting that you will be always found equal to the task which you have thus imposed upon yomself. CLOSING. S.\ G.\ W.\ The sim has set, and the evening star has risen. T.\ P.'. The hour of rest has arrived. Give notice to the Grand Masters that this Chapter of Grand Master Architects is about to be closed, that they may aid in so doing. S.\ G.: W.\ Brethren in the North, the Thrice Potent Grand Master is about to close this Chapter of Grand Master Architects, and desires your assist- ance, since the hour of rest has arrived. THIRTEENTH DEGREE. Blixstcv of tlie fUtitlt &xtU< The Ark op Phile. ARGUMENT. Thib degree, in fact, forms the climax of Ineffable Masonry ; It is the keystone of the arch, and discovers that which is revealed in the succeeding degree of Perfection. It is a most important and interesting grade, and so intimately connected with its sue cessor as to appear like a section of that degree. The shaded beauties of the sacred words that have been hith- erto revealed, and the lessons and virtues that have so ; vadually been inculcated, in this degree receive a climax, and culminate in the development of the great mysteiy of Ineffable Masonry. " The dark clouds and mists that have hitherto veiled the sa- cred mysteries now begin to be dispelled : the glorious dawn illu- mines the E.\ with its bright effulgence, and its lays penetrate Into dark and hidden places." n i n i 5 G 5 10 = 2fl n 1 li ^ 5 10 5 1 = 21 ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH ; OR, MASTER OF THE NINTH ARCH. rEE THIRTEENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND AC- CEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE TENTH DEGREE 0» THE INEFFABLE SERIES. DECORATIONS. This Chapter of Royal Arch of Solomon represents the audience-chamher of King Solomon. The hang- ings are alternately red and white. Lights — Three in the East, three in the West, and three in the South. OFFICERS. King Solomon is seated in the East. Hiram, King of Tyre, is also in the East, on the left ofK.-. S.\ 110 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. Senior Warden represents Gibulum, and is seated in the West. Junior Warden represents Stolkin, and is seated in the South. Treasurer (who represents Joabert), Secretary, Master of Ceremonies, Captain of the Guard, and other officers, stationed as in a Lodge of Perfection. All Officers and Companions, except the Kings, clothed in black, with apron, collar, and jewel of this degree or of their particular office. King Solomon wears a yellow robe, purple chasuble, lined with blue, sleeves reaching to the elbows, and rich purple sash, with jewel. King Hiram of Tyre wears a purple robe, yellow chasuble, and rich purple sash, with jewel. Apron — Purple silk or velvet, bordered with white ; in the centre of the area, the Enochian delta, with rays. Collar — Purple silk or velvet, and suspended to it the Jewel — A gold triangle, on which is engraved the delta of Enoch, with rays. On the obverse side of the jewel is a representation of the first three recipients of this degree, two of them lowering the third into the subterranean vault. Around this device, the initials ot ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 141 the words " Regnante Sapientissimo Salarnone, Gibu- lu?n, Joabert, et Stolkin invenerunt pretiosissimum Artiji- cum thesaurum subter ruinas .Enoch, Anno Mundi 2995." Age — 7 times 9 = 63. Battery—* ••-•••-••• There should be a separate apartment, without appa- rent door or window ; opening overhead, covered with a trap-door, representing a flat stone with an iron ring to it. OPENING. T.\ P.\ The Lord is great in Zion. Let all the earth praise him for his great and terrible name, for it is holy. S:. TV.'. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship od his holy hill. 142 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. J:. W.\ He spake from the cloudy pillar and from the fire ; and from the depth cometh forth the richea of secret places. T.\ P.'. Exalt the Lord our God, for he is holy ; and his name, for it is from everlasting to everlast- ing. S.'. IV.'. What is man, that he should magnify him, or that he should set his heart upon him ? J.'. W:. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Our days are but a shadow : they flee, and we know not. T.\ P.'. Canst thou, by searching, find out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection ? He is as high as heaven. What canst thou do ? He is deeper than hell. What canst thou know ? S.\ W:. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his doings. J.'. W.\ O God, let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto the children of men ! T:. P.\ Let the beauty of the Lord be upon us, and establish thou the w r ork of our hands : O Je- hovah, establish thou it ! S.'. W.\ I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live ; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being. J.\ TV.'. My meditations of him shall be sweet ; I will be glad in the Lord. T;. P.'. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. " Mine eyes shall be on the perfect man." saith the Lord ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 148 " The perfect of the land shaU dwell with me : they shall walk in my name, and serve me forever." Com- panions, let us give thanks unto the Lord, who hath given us the treasures of darkness and the hidden riches of secret places. PRAYER. thou great and eternal Lord God, source of light and of love — thou Sovereign Inspector and Mighty Architect of the wonders of Creation — who from thy throne in the highest heaven in mercy looketh down upon all the dwellers of the earth — lend, we beseech thee, thine ears to the prayers and petitions of thy unworthy servants now assembled in thy presence, to teach the mysteries of that Sublime Edifice which is erected and dedicated to thy Most Holy and Glorious Name. Pour upon us, and all the members of the Mystic Craft throughout the two hemispheres, the rich blessings of thy Provi- dence. Give us strength to overcome temptations, to subdue our passions, and to practise virtue. Fill our hearts with fear without desolation ; with confi- dence without presumption ; with piety without illu- sion ; and with joy without licentiousness. Fill our hearts with tender affections for thy divine goodness, and love for our neighbors : make us faithful to our trie nds and charitable to our enemies. Dispose our hearts, O thou God Eternal ! to receive the splendid 144 BOOK OF THE A. ANT) A. RITE. impressions of Religion and Humanity ; our minds, the great lights of Science ; and direct our footsteps in the bright paths of virtue. Let all our actions prove to an admiring world that our lives are sincerely dedicated to Thee, our God, and to the relief of our fellow-creatures. And finally, when we yield up our breath to Thee, the Source of Life, may we, bearing the rich harvest of good actions, be admitted into that Sublime and Eternal Lodge where happiness reigns without alloy, and where, around the throne of the Great Jehovah, we shall sing hallelujahs to his name. Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only Wise God, be the kingdom, power, and glory, forever and ever. Amen ! Omnes. God grant it so may be ! RECEPTION". I shall now invest you with the apron, collar, and jewel of a Knight of the Ninth or Royal Arch. The color of your apron and collar is purple, and ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 145 denotes the royal origin of the degree and the dig- nity of your station. The jewel alludes to the delta or golden plate found in the subterranean arch, a more full descrip- tion of which will be obtained by attending to the history and lecture of the degree. HISTORY. G.\ 0.'. Companions : this is the history and le- gend of this degree. Enoch, the son of Jared, was the sixth in descent from Adam. Filled with the love and fear of God, he strove to lead men in the way of honor and duty. In a vision the Deity ap- peared to him in visible shape, and said to him, " Enoch, thou hast longed to know my true name : arise and follow me, and thou shalt know it." Enoch, accepting his vision as au inspiration, jour- neyed in search of the mountain he had seen in his dream, until, weary of the search, he stopped in the land of Canaan, then already populous with the de- scendants of Adam, and there employed workmen ; and with the help of his son Methuselah, he exca- vated nine apartments, one above the other, and each roofed with an arch, as he had seen in his dream, the lowest being hewn out of the solid rock. In the crown of each arch he left a narrow aperture, closed with a square stone, and over the upper one 7 116 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. he built a modest temple, roofless and of Luge un- hewn stones, to the Grand Architect of the Universe. Upon a triangular plate of gold, inlaid with many precious gems, he engraved the ineffable name of God, and sank the plate into one face of a cube of agate. None knew of the deposit of the precious treas- ure ; and, that it might remain undiscovered, and sur- vive the Flood, which it was known to Enoch would soon overwhelm the world in one vast sea of mire, he covered the aperture, and the stone that closed it and the great ring of iron used to raise the stone, with the granite pavement of his primitive temple. Then, fearing that all knowledge of the arts and sciences would be lost in the universal flood, he built two great columns upon a high hill — one of brass, to resist water, and one of granite, to resist fire. On the granite column was written in hieroglyphics a description of the subterranean apartments ; on the one of brass, the rudiments of the arts and sciences. The granite column was overturned and swept away, and worn to a shapeless mass by the Deluge, but that of brass stood firm, and was found by Noah. Thenceforward the true name of God remained un- known until he said unto Moses in Egypt, when he ordered him to go to Pharaoh, and cause him to send forth the children of Israel out of Egypt : " I am that which I was and shall be : lam the God of ROYAL ARCH OF ENOCH. 147 thy fathers ; the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, He who is hath sent me unto you. I am the Lord, that appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by my name Al-shedi, but my name I did not show them." Moses engraved the ineffable name upon a plate of gold, and deposited it in the ark of the covenant. Moses made the name known to Aaron and Joshua, and afterwards it was made known to the chief priests. The word being composed of consonants only, its time pronunciation was soon lost, but the word still remained in the ark ; and in the time of Othniel, in a battle against the King of Syria, those who bore the ark were slain, and the ark fell to the ground. After the battle, the men of Israel, search- ing for it, were led to it by the roaring of a Hon, which, crouching by it, had guarded it, holding the golden key in its mouth. Upon the approach of the High-priest and Levites, he laid down the key, and withdrew. Hence, upon the golden key worn by the treasurer, you see the initials of these words : "In arc leonis verbum invent" — " In the lion's mouth I found the word." This plate of gold was melted down, and made into an image of Dagon by the Philistines, who took it in battle. David intended to build a temple to God, but be- queathed the enterprise to Solomon, his son, and Solomon selected a place near Jerusalem ; but find- ing overthrown columns of Enoch's temple, and sup- 148 BOOK OF THE A. AN'D A. RITE. posing them to be the ruins of a heathen temple, and not wishing to select a desecrated spot, selected Mount Moriah for the site of his Temple to the true God. Under this temple he built a secret vault, the approach to which was through eight other vaults, all under ground, and to which a long and narrow passage led under the king's palace. In the ninth apartment was placed a twisted column of white marble, on which it was intended to place the ark, and in this apartment he held his private conferences with King Hiram of Tyre and H.\ A.*., they only knowing the way by which it was approached. Sol- omon proposed to erect a Temple of Justice, and se- lected as a site the spot where Enoch's temple had stood, and to that end directed that the fallen col- umns and rubbish should be removed. Gibulum, Joabert, and Stolkin were selected tc survey the ground and lay off the foundations. Enocbia* Alphabet. FOURTEENTH DEGREE v a n cl Elect WL&sou GRAXD ELECT MASON AKK OF COVENANT. ****** HIRAM SOLOMON TREASURER SECRETARY TABLE PILLAR SEVEN TABLETS PILLAR ALTAR OF OF BRANCH OF OF OF SHEWBREAD BEAUTY CANDLESTICK THE LAW ENOCH INCENSE HOSPITALLER ORATOR ALTAR ALTAR OF SACRIFICES BRAZEN LAVER M. OF C. C OFG. S. G. WARDEN J. G. WARDEN *####*# -SECOND SENTINEL- -FIRST SENTINEL- TILER • o 6 6 o" 6 6 6 - OS X i- V3 tt * m 91 * * SIGNIFY LIGHTS. ARGUMENT. The Lodge represents the Secret Vault under the Sanctum Sanctorum, in which is the Pillar of Beauty, and on this is placed the Holy four-letter Name. This degree reveals and explains the tetragrammaton, completes the construction of the Holy Temple, and narrates the destruction of both it and the city of Jerusalem, together with the death of Solomon. TETRAGRAMMATON. By J F. Adam.-. M. I). There is a word — no mortal tongue May dare its mystic sounds combine : Nor saint hath breathed, nor prophet sung That holiest of the names divine ! Nor may the finger of the scribe Presume that hallowed word to write ; Accursed alike from Israel's tribe Were he who dared that name indite! Yet though no lip nor pen may dare That name unspeakable impart, 'Tis ever breathed in secret prayer — 'Tis ever written on the heart ! With care preserved, the sacred word I- erst indeed a blessed dower : We bow before thy name, Lord, And own its great and marv'lous power ! 152 " Virtus junxit — Mors Hon separabit." GRAND, ELECT, PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. THE FOURTEENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND AC- CEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE ELEVE-NTH DEGREE OF THE INEFFABLE SERIES. FORM AND DECORATIONS. The Lodge should be cubical in form ; the brethren (if convenient) sitting about the Lodge so as to form a triangle. 154 BOOK OP THE A. AND A. RITE. Lights— 3, 5, 7, and 9. 3 lights North, in form of a Triangle. 5 lights South, in form of a Pentagon. 7 lights West, in form of a Heptagon. 9 lights East, forming three Equilateral Triangles, in a line. The Lodge should contain a Pillar of Beauty: the Ark of Alliance : the Seven-Branch Golden Candlestick ; a representation of the Burning Bush; the Table of Shewbread; the Altar of Perfumes: the Altar of Sac- rifices; the Brazen Salver; the Enochian Pillar, the Golden Urns and Vases; the Gold Delta of Enoch; the Book of the Testimony: the Square and Compasses; the Cubic Stone ; the Tables of the Law ; the Bread and Wine: the Silver Hod and Golden Trowel; the Silver Plate and Cup. Pillar of Beauty— Twisted column, pure white mar- ble, about three and a half feet high, on which should be the cube of agate, measuring about six inches on each face, on the upper side of which is the triangular Enochian plate of gold, set in with precious stones, and having on it the Ineffable name. PERFECT AND SUBLIME MASON. 155 Pillar of Enoch — Marble pieces put together, found in ancient ruins, with Enochian characters upon it. Brazen Salver — Large brazen basin, containing water on a pedestal three and a half feet high, with ten lavers at its base. Altar of Sacrifices — Length and breadth equal to one- half the height, with gilded horn on each corner, and covered with gold. Table of Shewbread — On it twelve loaves of Shew- bread, in two piles of six loaves each, and cup with wine. Altar of Perfumes — On it an urn, with incense burn- ing; size and shape of Altar of Sacrifices. All the altars should be covered with white cloths. The Secret, afterward Sacred Vault, is approached by a long narrow passage of nine arches, between which and the Sacred Vault should be a small ante- room ; arches dimly lit by one lamp only, hung from the ceiling. Hangings — Crimson, with pillars at stated intervals. Burning Bush in the East, behind the Thrice Puis- sant; in its centre the Ineffable Triangle. Lightning Boxes, Torches, Thunder-drums, Trum- pets, Organ, Gong, etc. 156 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. CLOTHING AND DECORATIONS. OFFICERS JEWELS. I Crowned Compasses, 1. Thkice Potent Grand Master, . < with Mazing sun in ( the centre. ( Crowneil Compasses, 2. Deputy Grand Master < with full moon in ( the centre. 3. Senior Grand Warden Gold Trowel. 4. Junior Grand Warden Sword of Justice. 5. Orator Gold Scroll. 6. Treasurer Gold Key. 7. Secretary Gold Pen. 8. Master of Ceremonies Staff. 9. Hospitaller Winged Staff. 10. Captain of the Guard Spear. 11. Tiler Flaming Sword. 12. Organist Gold Lyre. The jewels of all the officers are set in gold triangles, and are suspended from collars of white watered silk, having a rosette of white and red at the bottom. The two Kings in royal robes, with crowns, sceptres, etc. King Solomon — Yellow robe or mantle, with a blue vestment and an Eastern crown and sceptre. King of Tyre — Purple robe, with yellow vestment, richly trimmed with fur and gold ; Mural crown and sceptre. Apron — White watered silk, lined with white and bordered with gold, triangular in form, and the Ineffa- ble Delta in the centre. Collar — White watered silk, bordered with gold, from which is suspended the GRAND ELECT MASON. 157 Jewel — Crowned Quadrant, having a golden sun with nine points in the centre ; on the reverse is a blazing >tar ; in the centre of the star, the Enochian or Solo- monian characters ; \ipon the segment of the circle are engraved, 3, 5, 7, 9. King — Flat band of gold ; on the outside a delta, en- closing a i ; on the inside the following inscription : " Virtue unites, death cannot separate." Also the name of the owner, and date of receiving this degree. Girdle — Xine colors : blue, red, and yellow, 3 ; green and purple, 5 ; white and black, 7 ; stone and tlame color, 9 ; all interwoven with olive-green. Gloves — \Yhite. Robes — Black. Caps and swords. Battery — 3 , — 5 , — 7 , — 9. Age — Square of 9 = 81. 158 BOOK OF 'I HE A. AKD A. RITE. LESSON FOR OPENING AND CLOSING. T.\ P.: The Lord is in his holy Temple ; his eyes behold and his eyelids try the children of men. S.\ W:. Lord, who shall stand in thy presence, and who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? J.'. W.\ He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil with his neighbor ; but honoreth them that fear the Lord. T.\ P.'. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall stand in his holy place ? S.\ W.\ He that hath clean hands and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessings from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. J.\ W.\ Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors ! and the King of glory shall come in. T.'. P.'. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name might be there forever j and mine eyes and my heart shall be therein per- petually. 8.'. W:. Who is this King of glory ? J:. W:. The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord of hosts, our Adonai : he is the King of glory. T.\ P.'. I will wash my hands in innocency and so will I encompass thine altar, O Jehovah ! GRAND ELECT MASON. 159 S.'. W.\ As for me, I will walk in my integrity. My foot standeth in an even place, and here will I bless the Lord forever. J.\ W.\ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile : depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and ensue it. Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place forever. T:. P.'. But whoso confesseth his sins, and for- saketh them, shall have mercy. S.\ W.\ Who can say I have made my heart clean — I am pure from sin ? For there is not a just man on earth, that doeth good and sinneth not — no, not one. J.'. W.'. They shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. T.'. P.\ From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered, and a pure offering ; for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. S.\ W.\ Sing unto the Lord ; sing praises unto his name. Extol him that rideth in the heavens, by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. J.\ W:. He discovereth deep things in the dark- ness, and bringeth to light from the shadow of death. T.\ P.\ Gather together unto him those that have made a covenant with him by sacrifice, and offer up to him a holy libation with a perfect heart. How excellent is thy loving-kindness and thy righteous- 1G0 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. ness to the upright of heart! for with thee is the foundation of life, and in thy light shall we see the light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. PRAYER Almighty and Sovereign Grand Architect of the Universe, who, by thy divine power, doth continually search and penetrate the most secret recesses of our hearts, draw near us, we beseech thee, by the sacred fire of thy love. Guide us, by thy unerring hand, in the path of virtue, and by thine adorable presence aid us to keep out all impiety and perverseness. May the mysterious inscription settle in our minds a time notion of thine unspeakable essence and power, as we preserve the memorials of thy fear. We be- seech thee that our thoughts may be engaged, and our hearts set, on the grand work of Perfection ; which, when attained, will be an ample reward for all our labor. . Let peace and charity link us together in a pleas- ing union, and may this Lodge of Grand Elect Masons exhibit a faint resemblance of that happiness the elect will enjoy in thy Kingdom forever. Give us a spirit to refuse the evil and choose the good, that we may not be led astray b} 7 those who unworthily assume the title of Grand Elect : may our doings tend to thy glory and our advancement toward Perfection. GRAND ELECT MASON. 161 May a sweet perfume ascend from the altar of oui hearts, and be acceptable to thee, O God, oui Adonai ! Bless us, O God, and prosper the work oi our hands. Keep us through life, and accept us iu death. Amen. Amen. So mote it be. EEOEPTIOE". And God spake all these words, say : ng : I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of th% fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shewing 162 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Eemember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou Bhalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-ser- vant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. T.\ P.'. Before the altar of a broken and a contrite heart, with the fire of holy zeal, mortify youi sins by the hatred thereof. May we all offer up to him on GRAND ELECT MASON. 163 the altar of our hearts a sacrifice of humility and praise, with the fire of fervent charity. From our hearts, too, those altars of incense, may the perfume of our prayers arise for the bestowment of heavenly blessings. PRAYER. Almighty and Sovereign Grand Architect of the Universe, thou who ridest in the heavens by thy name Jah, let all the earth keep silence before thee. There is no God like unto thee in the heavens above or in the earth beneath, who keepeth covenant and showeth mercy unto thy servants that walk before thee with all their hearts. "When we draw nigh thy majesty, may we ever preserve the memorials of thy fear, and the indeli- ble character of thine ineffable essence, in our hearts. Oh, purify our hearts, we beseech thee, by the fire of thy holy love, and guide our feet in the way of peace, and in the perfect path which shineth more and more, with a shining light, unto the perfect day. May we all have an interest in that covenant which is well-ordered in all things and sure. May we dwell together in unity, and be all of one mind, having compassion one to another, and love as brethren. May all Elect Masons, like the Elect of God, put on charity, which is the bond of perfection. May our loins be girt about with the girdle of truth ; and finally, having been faithful in all our course, may we be brought to behold the light ineffable, and ad« 164 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. LITE. mitted into that sacred place where the sun shall no more give light by day ; neither for brightness shall the moon give light, but the Lord, our Adonai, shall be with us an everlasting light, and our God our glory. Bless us, and bless the work in which we are en- gaged ; and may the alliance we are about to perfect be eternal. Amen ! So mote it be ! Let me impress you with an ardent zeal for the honor and glory of the Grand Architect of the Uni- verse, to the end that you may always live in his adorable presence, with a head disposed to contrive, a heart to feel, and a hand to execute all those things toward him and your fellow-creatures which are so well pleasing in his sight. " Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skirts of his garments." Ointment and perfume rejoiceth the heart ; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. " Let him reprove me : it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." " If thy brother be waxen poor and old, and fallen to decay, thou shalt relieve him." Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy wine to cheer the heart of the sorrowful ; and forget not to pour the oil of consolation into the wounds that sorrow, sick- GRAND ELECT MASON. 165 ness, or affliction hath rent into the heart of thy fel- low-ti aveller. By kindness and commiseration, faiJ not to pour the balm of oil and of wine into the bleed- ing heart. Our labor of duty and love will soon be ended. As the lightning writes its fiery path on the dark cloud and expires, so the race of man, walking amid the surrounding shades of mortality, glitter for a moment through the dark gloom, and vanish from our sight forever. The holy angels are caUed " Elect," and with great propriety allusion is made in this degree to the Shem Hamphorosh, by which we arrive at the great name of God, which, placed in the shape of a triangle, ex- hibits this figure : Numerical value. ... 10 " .... 15 " .... 21 41 .... 26 72 Seventy-two triangles, seventy-two names of Deity, seventy-two attributes, seventy-two angels, and, aa the book Zohar asserts, seventy-two steps composing the ladder that Jacob saw in his dream, which the cherubim, seraphim, ophanim, and other holy angels, ascended and descended. "We are further reminded by this book that — " The holy and blessed One raised Enoch from the world ICO BOOK OF THE A. AND A. FJTE. to serve hkn, as it is written, ' for God took him.' God showed him all the repositories of the superior and inferior kingdoms, and he showed him the tree (alphabet) of life, respecting which Adam had re- ceived his command, its leaves and its branches — we see all in his Book." * * * n— b#2— irp * * * Di-^Nu-irp Q1N-AUM ODE. Rockingham. _J C -*» 9 * L - * * 1 Lo, na - ture guards our ves - tal fire, "Which S& ±2*: m -*--*_. , N h 1 m «- — * — i 1 — ^ — H — , — r m — m _m. — g — c nev-er, nev - er can ex-pire. With hearts that never f m F» *=3t. rM-m- -*—* — h 1 ¥ L I h , S — , — S — ft p I ^ rr change or falter, We here sur-round one common altar. GRAND ELECT MASON. Religion builds it, and a beam From Heaven's own tin-one— no fitful gleam- Wraps it in flames, while hand in hand We round this blazing altar stand. Let us, as Elect Masons time, Virtue's eternal league renew ; While celebrating friendship's feast, Love be our ever welcome guest. And now in adoration bow To Him who hears and seals each voir ; Glory to God, who reigns above, And to our fellow-creatures, love ! INVESTMENT. I now invent you with the apron, girdle, collar, and jewel of a Grand Elect Mason : and with the greatest pleasure salute you with the title, and grace you with the symbols thereof. The collar is emblematical of ardent zeal, affection, and charity. The crown upon your jewel is a sym- bol of the royal origin of the degree. The compass, extended to ninetv degrees, denotes the extensive 1G8 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. knowledge of the Grand Elect : the sun, in the cen- tre, that our actions should be as open as the ful] blaze of the noon-day sun, and our charity as diffu- sive as its beams. This jewel, suspended upon your breast, should make you attentive to your duties, and cause you to walk so as to adorn your station. The apron, my brother, which you wear, is white, lined with white, and bordered with gold. The white is to remind us of innocence, and of that purity which was required for an entrance to this place : the gold, of wisdom, which should characterize all Grand Elect Masons. Its form is supposed to be the true form used by the Perfect Master Mason at the building of the Temple, and alludes to the golden triangle or delta of Enoch, which adorns the centre. The girdle, which I also invest you with, is the ancient girdle of a Grand Elect Mason. It was used of old to bind up and strengthen the body, and enable man to persist in his labors : it is, therefore, an em- blem of activity, promptness, and perseverance. The girdle was also used to bind up the garments, and prevent them from flying open and discovering naked- ness : it is, therefore, an emblem of charity, the observance of which has laid you under renewed obligations. It was also used for beauty and orna- ment. Let it be your endeavor to be adorned and rich in the many virtues and qualities which are re- presented by its various colors. GRAND ELECT MASON. 169 flie colors are arranged according to the mystio numbers of this degree — 3, 5, 7, 9. The three are blue, red, and yellow, by the due mixture of which the primitive colors are all formed. The five consist of the first three, and green and purple. The seven consist of the first five, and of white and black. The nine consist of the first seven, and of stone and flame color. They are thus explained : The blue is an emblem of friendship ; the red of zeal ; the yellow of wisdom, on account of its resem- blance to gold. Wisdom, saith the wisest of kings, is far better than fine gold. The green is a beautiful emblem of hope, and of that immortal part of man which never, never dies ; the purple, being a royal color, of dignity and majesty ; the white, of purity and innocence ; the black, of seriousness and modest- ness of demeanor. The next color is that of stone, which denotes firmness and durability, and is an em- blem of constancy, fidelity, and decision of character — qualities which should be possessed by those who take the degree of Grand Master Architect, and at- tempt to walk in the footsteps of our Grand Master H.\ A.*. ; and the flame color, of ardent affection and charity, the peculiar traits of a Grand Elect Mason. The various colors united in this one girdle are ex- pressive of that unity, and the olive interwoven of 170 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. that peace, which should link us together as breth- ren. As these various colors shine in youi girdle, so let the various virtues they represent shine in youi heart and life. CHARGE. Thus, my brother, by your meritorious and un- blamable conduct, assiduity, constancy, and integ- rity, you have at last attained the title of Grand Elect Mason, which is the summit of Ancient Craft Masonry, and upon your arrival to which I most sin- cerely congratulate you. I most earnestly recommend to you the strictest care and circumspection m all your conduct, that the sublime mysteries of this degree be not profaned or disgraced. As to what remains of completing your knowledge of Ancient Craft Masonry, you will find, by attending to the following history of the degree, and a careful study of its mysteries. You will now proceed to the Grand Orator, in the South, who will instruct you in the HISTORY. G.'. Or.'. My brother, you were informed in the degree of Koyal Arch that King Solomon builded a secret vault, the approach to which was through eight other vaults, all under ground, and to which a long and narrow passage led from the palace. The GRAND ELECT MASON. 171 ninth arch or vault was immediately under the Holy of Holies of the Temple. In that apartment King Solomon held his private conferences with King Hiram and Hiram Abiff. After the death of Hiram Abiff, the two kings ceased to visit it, resolving* not to do so until they should select one to fill his place ; and that, until that time, they would make known the sacred name to no one. After Adoniram, Joabert, and Stolkin had discovered the cube of agate and the mysterious name, and had delivered it to King Solomon, the two kings determined to deposit it in the secret vault, permit the three Masters who dis- covered it to be present, make known to them the true pronunciation of the ineffable word, constitute the last degree of Ancient Craft Masonry, and term it Grand Elect Mason. The cube of agate was so deposited. Afterward the twelve Princes of Ameth, the nine Elect, and the Chief Architect were admitted to this degree. The secret vault was thereafter called Sa- cred Vault, and was originally built by Hiram Abiff', and none but Grand Elect Masons knew of its existence, or knew other than the substituted word. The Temple was completed in the year 3000 — sis, years, six months, and ten days after King Solomon had laid the first corner-stone ; and its completion was celebrated with great pomp and splendid mag- nificence. Subsequently, while the Temple was being decli 172 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. cated, King Solomon conferred this sublime degree on the twenty-five brethren we have mentioned, and in the form you have but now witnessed. And when the singers and trumpeters were to make one sound in praise and thanks to the Lord, saying, " Praise the Lord, for he is good : his mercy endureth forever ;" that the Temple was filled with a cloud, and the name was fully pronounced. On the second day, an audience was given to all Masons, from the degree of Master to the Royal Arch, and all vacancies were filled. On the third day, King Solomon devoted his time to advancing and raising Fellow Crafts and Entered Apprentices. Thus far the wise King of Israel behaved worthy < ii hiniself , and gained universal admiration ; but ia process of time, when he had advanced in years, his understanding became impaired ; he grew deaf to the voice of the Lord, and was strangely irregular in his conduct. Proud of having erected an edifice to his Maker, and much intoxicated with his great power, he plunged into all manner of licentiousness and debauchery, and profaned the Temple by offer- ing incense to the idol Moloch, which only should have been offered to the living God. The Grand Elect Masons saw this, and were sorely grieved, being fearful that his apostasy would end in some dreadful conse- quences, and perhaps bring upon them those enemies whom Solomon had vainly and wantonly defied. The people, copying the follies and vices of their king, GRAND ELECT MASOX. 173 became proud and idolatrous, neglecting the true worship of God for that of idols. As an adequate punishment for this defection, God inspired the heart of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, to take vengeance on the kingdom of Israel. This prince sent an army, with Nebuzar- adan, captain of the guards, who entered Judah with fire and sword, took and sacked the city of Jerusa- lem, razed its walls, and destroyed that superb model of excellence, the Temple. The people were carried away captive to Babylon, and the conquerors carried away with them all the vessels of gold and silver. This happened four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days after the dedication. After the city was taken, and the king's palace and the Temple demolished, some of the Grand Elect Masons bethought themselves of the Sacred Vault and the inestimable treasure it contained. Repairing to the ruins of the Temple at night, they found that the way which led down to the vault had not been dis- covered, nor the slab of marble which covered it dis- turbed ; but upon it they found the dead body of Galaad, an eminent brother, and Chief of the Levites. lie had been intrusted with the custody of the Sa- cred Yault and the care of the lamps that burned continually. * *' * * * Finally, when the time arrived that the Christian 174 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. LITE. Princes entered into a league to free the Holy Land from the oppression of the infidels, the good ami vir- tuous Masons, anxious for so pious an undertaking, offered their services to the confederates, upon con- dition that they should have a chief of their own election, and whose name was only made known in the hour of battle ; which ' being granted, they ac- cepted their standard and departed. The valor and fortitude of these Elected Knights were such, that they were admired by, and took the lead of, all the Princes of Jerusalem, who, believing that their mysteries inspired them with courage and fidelity to the cause of virtue and religion, became desirous of being initiated. Upon being found worthy, their desires were complied with, and thus the Royal Art, meeting the approbation of great and good men, became popular and honorable, and was diffused to the worthy throughout these dominions, and thus continued to spread, far and wide, through a succession of ages to the present day. You will now, my brother, be seated among the Grand Elect. CLOSING. PRAYER. O Most Holy and Glorious God, thou who dwell- est between the Cherubim, and art known in heaves GRAND ELECT MASON. liD and on earth by thy name Jah ; we approach thee with awe and reverence, and implore thy blessing upon us, who know thy great and ineffable name, ere we depart from this sacred place to our several places of abode, and mingle again in the busy scenes and strifes of life. Oh, nil our hearts, we beseech thee, with thy love and fear, that our tongues may speak of thy goodness, and our actions correspond with the lessons taught in this holy place. Make us steadfast in our obligations to our breth- ren and in our duty to our fellow-man. Bless us and prosper us in life, and in death re- ceive us, O Lord, our Adonai ! Amen. nines. So mote it be ! ODE Bbemeh. w&r*= F*= ES^^S =^S=S=fg= = No SO 1 — —* — 1 *- lar beam nor — v — i b*— lu - nar ray, 11 • -| m 1 h± :g=<=ifc=S EE^SEf^s lumed the dark, the nar - row way, That H: :t m 176 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. fc __l [L. !• — £ — •±^ _t — -H — . i ^ -S— F-* — s— « — s led me to the door ; I proved my-self a s^ :^I: £=fr~l — fcz=± ^ J^|_*__J s—i 4 -4- * Knight, and then The Sa - cred. Vault I '=5: ^ 1 =tg: ^ en-teredin, By mys-tic num • bers four. -au — ^ 1 — — PF : rH- l_! 1 1. mjimi 1 r- ■tejc 3n£^ 'Twas there, impressed with holy awe, A gold 'engraven plate I saw With dazzling splendor shine. To us, the " Grand Elect" alone, Its secret characters are known, Ineffable — divine. This precious treasure, long concealed, Was by three worthy Knights revealed Where erst a Temple stood. Its ancient ruins they explored, And found the grand, mysterious word, Made known before the Flood. GRAND ELECT MASON. 177 Fulfilled was then the promise made, And Beauty's Pillar soon displayed The Treasure they had found : Their ardent zeal and piety — Their dangerous toil and constancy — Were with due honors crowned. Hours like those we all shall prove, Who, joined in pure and social love, Perfection's work pursue. May the Sublime Grand Architect, By his unerring laws, direct The honored, chosen few. May all who friendship's feast partake The good pursue, the bad forsake ! And may each rite and sign A happy, lasting influence shed : The quadrant crowned, the oil, the bread. The golden ring, the wine ! Long as I live this ring I'll wear, Symbol of an alliance dear To every brother's heart ; And bless the sacred tie that binds In virtue's chain ; for " virtue joins What death can never part" JEWELS OF A LODGE OF PERFECTION. T. P. GRAND VASTER. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. SENIOR GRAND WARDEN. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN. TREASURER. SECRETARY M. CEREMONIES. CAPTAIN OF GUARD. HOSPITALLER. THIRD SERIES. THE HISTORICAL DEGREES ' OF KNIGHTS OF THE EAST AND SWORD AND PRINCE OF JE- RUSALEM ARE CONFERRED IN A COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSALEM, AND RELATE TO THE REBUILDING OF THE SECOND HOLY TEMPLE, UNDER THE AUTHORITY GIVEN BY KING CYRUS AND HIS SUCCESSOR, KING DARIUS. "The Lord must be one, and his name one." — Talmud. The Dream is certain ; the interpretation thereof sure."— Dan. ii. 47 180 CN j\r\^ PEEFATOEY. The annual meetings of all Councils of Princes of Je- rusalem are held on the 20th day of the tenth month — ■ Tehet : stated meetings, at such other times as may suit their convenience. Officers should be elected at every annual meeting, and installed on the 23d day of the eleventh month — Adar — thereafter. Originally, it was the province of every Council ot Princes of Jerusalem to inspect and watch over, with due care and fidelity, Lodges of Perfection, and see that their " work' 1 '' was done in conformity with the regula- tions and landmarks of the order. This duty of a Coun- cil has never been abrogated, but is seldom exercised. The Grand Feast-day of Princes of Jerusalem shall be celebrated on the 23d day of the eleventh month, Adar, which is the anniversary of the day when thanks were given to the Almighty for the reconstruction of the Temple. Their other Feast-days are as follows : The 20th day of the tenth month, called Tebet, when "the ambassadors made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem, on their return from Babylon." The equinoctial days, in the months of March and September, in memory of the Temple having been built twice. 182 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. Five members constitute a quorum : a Council can not be opened with a less number. If a Prince gives another Prince a challenge, he should be excluded forever. Princes are strictly to observe the rule enforcing jus- tice and srood order, and their conduct in life should be irreproachable. If any member of a Council or Lodge shall be present at, or aid, or assist in giving or receiving any of the sublime or symbolic degrees in a clandestine or irregu- lar manner, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the statutes and regulations of the Supreme Council, or of the constitutions and laws of true Ancient, Free and Accepted Masonry, he subjects himself to expulsion. A Prince of Jerusalem who visits an inferior Council or Lodge, should present himself clothed with the dress and ornaments of a Prince ; and when his approach is announced, the presiding officer sends a Prince of Jeru- salem to examine him, and if he reports in his favor, he should be received under the arch of steel, and be escort- ed by four Brethren, and seated on the right hand of the presiding officer. An entry of his name and rank should be made on the engraved tablets, that he may thereafter receive due honors without examination ; the same ceremonies should be observed when he retires as when he entered. Princes have the right of being covered in all subor- dinate Lodges, Chapters, or Councils, and of addressing the Chair without first asking permission. If at any election of officers, a Prince of Jerusalem solicits votes for himself or any other person, he should be forever expelled. FIFTEENTH DEGEEE. night $f tit ftf£t n StwvtA. ARGUMENT. This degree, which is intimately connected with the one that succeeds it, relates to the Babylonish captivity, which lasted seventy years, the release and return of the 42,360 captives to Jerusalem, and the attempt to build the Second Temple under the direction of Zerubbabel or .Sheshbazzar. King Cyrus also permitted the return of the Holy Vessels and Ornaments which had been removed by Nebuzaradan at the time of the destruc- tion of the First Temple. The return of the captives was contested at the bridge over the liver Euphrates, but unsuccessfully ; and finally, when labor- ing to lay the foundation of the Temple, beset on every side by enemies, Zerubbabel ordered that tbe Masous should work with the sword in one hand and a trowel in the other, that they might be able at any moment to defend themselves from attack. The Second T jmple was forty-six years in construction. The purpose of the Degree of Knight of the East or Sword is to animate and encourage the Mason to be active in his duties, by presenting in an effective manner some illustrious examples of Humility, Patience, Truth, Wisdom, Chivalric courage and Devotion, as displayed by our ancient Brethren, and also to pre- serve the remembrance of the events upon which the grade is founded. In this, and the succeeding degree, the initiate appears in a double capacity, as a Craftsman and a Warrior, who must be constantly on the alert, ready either for work or for combat. °3 1 X KNIGHT OF THE EAST Oil SWORD. THE FIFTEENTH GRADE OF THE A.'. A.\ SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE FIRST c >F THE HISTORICAL SERIES. APARTMENTS. A Council of Knights o/ the East or Sword requirei three apartments : First— Hall of the West. Second — Hall of the East. Third — Road from Jerusalem to Persia. FIRST APARTMENT. Represents a Grand Lodge of Perfection at Jerusa- lem. The hall is decorated with red, the furniture in 180 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. general disorder, and the altars prostrated. The lighti are seventy in number, arranged in groups of seven each. A curtain at the East end of the hall conceals a blazing glory. SECOND APARTMENT. Represents the interior of the Palace of King Cyrus, and should be decorated according to the usual custom of the Orientals. A throne occupies one end of the hall, with seats for the Minister of State and Counsel- lors. The room is hung in green. It is brilliantly lighted, by no particular number or arrangement of lights. In the East is a superb throne. In the West are two oriental seats ; in the North and South, seats for the brethren. The Throne is elevated by two steps, and adorned with gold-lace and fringe. Behind the throne is a transparency representing the dream of Cyrus — to wit, a roaring lion ready to spring upon him ; above it a brilliant Glory, surrounded with luminous clouds ; and in the centre of the Glory the Ineffable name of God, in Samaritan letters. Out of the clouds an eagle emerges, bearing in his beak a pennant, upon which are the words, " Restore Liberty to the Cap- tives." Below the luminous clouds are Nebuchadnez- zar and Belshazzar, loaded with chains, the former on all-fours, eating grass. IN THE THIRD APARTMENT A bridge is represented extended over a river, and t rude altar at the end near the first apartment. OFFICERS IN THE FIRST APARTMKNT. 1. Thrice Potent Grand Master. 2. Senior Grand Warden. KNIGHT OF THE EAST OR SWORD. 187 3. Junior Grand Warden. 4. Grand Orator. 5. Grand Master of Ceremonies. 6. Grand Captain of the Guards. All in black robes with their appropriate jewels. CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND APARTMENT. 1. Cyrus, King of Persia, in royal robes. 2. Grand Master of Cavalry. 3. Grand Master of Infantry. 4. Grand Master of Palace. 5. Grand C. of Guards. fi. Counsellors. All in appropriate costumes. Guard, soldiers, &c, with javelins or pikes. King Cyrus and the Grand Masters of Cavalry, In- fantry, and of the Palace, wear an order, or broad watergreen colored sash, with a green rosette at the bottom, worn from the right shoulder To the left hip. The green turbans have a golden sun embroidered on the front. The apron, worn only in the first apartment, is of crimson velvet edged with green; on the flap are em- broidered in gold a bleeding head and two swords 188 BOOK OF THE A. A XL) A. RITE. crossed : in the centre of the apron, three triangles forming a chain with triangular links. The jewel of gold is three triangles, one within the other, diminishing in size, and enclosing two naked swords crossed, hilts downward, resting on the base of the inner triangle. The term knight will be added to all titles except the Master's. Each Knight wears a silver trowel with an ebon}' handle at his right side. Step — advance boldly by four and one, sword in hand. Age — ten weeks of years. Battery — five and two. Banner of the order — green silk bordered with red; on it are represented a lion and a wolf. OPENING AND RECEPTION. The labors in the Council of Princes of Jerusalem being suspended, the members who are to sustain the KNIGHT OF THE EAST OR SWORD. 189 parts in the second apartment, or Hall of the East, will immediately repair to that apartment and robe them- selves, in order that they may be in readiness when Zerubbabel arrives, and will be stationed as follows : CTRUS, ON THE THRONE. * o. m. of rNP. N 1 * S M. OF CAV. I* p # t Q. M. OP PALACE. * W While the second apartment is being prepared, the candidate, who has been clothed with a black robe, is permitted to enter the first apartment without obstruc- tion, where he discovers the brethren engaged in ear- nest conversation, in groups of two or more. Previous to admitting the candidate into the Lodge, a copy of the following will be placed in his hands by the Tyler : Brother— You are summoned to appear this day at a convocation of Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sub- 190 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. lime Masons, at our usual rendezvous. The seventj years of captivity have nearly expired. Cyrus has ascended the throne. We may now be restored to liberty. Come to us. Obey the sign * * * PRAYER BY THE GRAND ORATOR. O Lord our God, and the God of our fathers! thou didst appoint a stated period for the captivity of thy people in Egypt and Babylon, and thou hast taught us the signs whereby we may learn the ap- proach of our redemption from the long captivity which thy just judgment inflicted upon us. Arise, O Lord ! and have mercy upon thy Zion, for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. Stir up the heart of Cyrus, thy servant ; for it is written, " The heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory." Into thy hands we commit our undertaking. From thee alone do we expect success in our endeavors ; for vain is the help of man without thee. Finally, O Lord, we pray thee to incline the hearts of all our brethren to assist in the work on which we this day solicit thy blessing. Amen. So mote it be. Kise, my brethren ! The God of Battles is with us. Our petition has been heard. Let our deliber- ations to-day be guided by sound discretion. Have faith, my brethren, and success will attend us. KNIGHT OF THE EAST OR SWORD. 191 God speaketh once — yea, twice — but man per- ceiveth it not. In a dream — in a vision of the night — when deep sleep falleth upon men, then he open- eth the ears of men, and sealeth then instructions. " An angry Hon was about to throw himself upon me and devour me, and, while quaking with fear, I looked for some place of shelter. A splendid light, proceeding from a ' glory,' suddenly dazzled my sight, and I perceived two of my predecessors, Neb- uchadnezzar and Balthasar, in the garb of slaves, and loaded with chains. I heard a voice saying to me : ' Loose the bonds of wickedness.' ' Undo the heavy burdens.' ' Let the oppressed go free.' ' Break every yoke.' " My spirit was troubled, and my sleep fled from me. " Thus saith Cyrus, King of Persia : All the king- doms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, in Judea. Who among you are of his people ? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up." Tou see represented, my brethren, the desolation into which has fallen the work of the greatest of Ma- sons ; the walls of the Temple demolished, the altar overthrown, the ornaments devastated, and fear and suspicion among the workmen. But at length a 192 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. change is taking place : our hopes are revived, oui chains are broken, our losses are about to be re- paired, and our works recommenced. The stones for rebuilding will be taken from the quarries of Tyre, and the wood from the forests of Lebanon, be- cause the second Temple should in all parts be like unto the first, to signify that Masonry is a unity and cannot suffer any material change. You will now visit the outer works and reflect ; for of the princi- pal architects of the first Temple, God was the first, Solomon was the second, and Hiram was the third. Knights, the glorious work of rebuilding the Tem- ple is now our object. For you, Zerubbabel and your companions, has been reserved so great a work. The obligation which you have just taken secures its execution. "We stand in need of chiefs to guide us, and who, at the same time, will be our defenders. In the swords with which you are armed, and which you know so well how to preserve, we have the warrant of a successful protection. Knights, if you consent that Zerubbabel and his associates shall rule the labors of Masonry, building temples and tabernacles in our hearts, and protect- ing the workmen from then* enemies, give the t of assent. Approach and receive the attributes of your ne\* state, and a knowledge of the mysteries of our re- union. KNIGHT OF THE EAST OK SWORD. 193 You have been decorated by King Cyrus with the title of " Knight of the East," and I now decorate you with that of " Knight Mason." This trowel is its symbol. You will work henceforth, Sir Knights, with the trowel in one hand and the sword in the other. This sash of water-green color must accompany you in all Lodges. It is the mark of knighthood, to which you were admitted by the king, and signifies our hope of being re-established. We have added, in order to preserve the memory of our liberator, this rosette, which is placed at the bottom of the sash. s n m. J c J t eh z uv &l 1 jn<\£V4 ATX / d g 5 A i S u k L p N The Writing Called "Passing the River." 9 DECREE. Cyrus, The King, to Sysina and Sarabasan. Sendeth Greeting. Be it known unto you, that I have given leave to all the Jews that are in my dominions, to return into their own Country, and there to rebuild their Capital City, with the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, in the same place where it stood before. I have likewise sent my messenger, Mithridates and Zerubbabel, the Governor of Judea, to superintend the building, and to see it raised sixty cubits upward from the ground and as many over ; the walls to be three rows of polished stones, and one of the wood of the Country, together with an Altar for Sacri- fices ; and all this to be done at my charge. It is my further pleasure that they receive entire to themselves, all the profits and revenues that were formerly enjoyed by their predecessors, and that they have an allowance paid them of 205,500 drachmas, in consideration of beasts for Sacrifices, wine and oil ; and 2,500 measures of wheat, in lieu of fine flour, and all this to be raised upon the tribute of Samaria ; that the priests may offer up sacrifices according to the laws and ceremonies of .Moses, and pray daily for the King and the Royal family, and for the welfare and happiness of the Persian Empire : and let no man presume to do anything contrary to the tenor of this my royal will and proclamation, upon pain of forfeiting life and estate. 194 Cyrus. SIXTEENTH DEGREE. vintt 0i jBtvnt&Um ARGUMENT. The Sixteenth Degree, or Prince of Jerusalem, being a contin- uation of the fifteenth grade, represents historically the troubles and trials of the ancient Masons, in their endeavors to rebuild the Temple ; their obtaining permission, and their final success, under the authority and will of Darius, the successor of King Cyrus, in the completion of that noble edifice, in the sixth year of his reign, — which Temple was like unto, if not more magnifi- cent than, the first, built by the great King Solomon. This Temple covered the same ground as the one destroyed by Nebu- zaradan, and was furnished with the same precious vessels re- turned by King Darius from Babylon to the Jews. The grade of Prince was conferred by King Darius, and ratified and confirmed by the Knight Masons at Jerusalem, as a Masonic acknowledgment to Zerubbabel and his companions for their preservation, and frank averment of Masonic virtues, despite the highest honors tendered by the king. Formerly, Princes of Jerusalem were entitled to many privi- leges and prerogatives by virtue of their rank. They had exclu- sive control over Sublime Freemasonry, from the 4th to the 15th Degree inclusive. Grand Councils of this Grade granted Charters to Lodges of Perfection, and also governed and controlled the symbolic grades of the Scotch Kite, in all countries where no regular Grand Lodge was established. According to the G. Con- stitutions of 17S6, Art. 6, it was provided, "That the power of the Supreme Council shall not interfere with any grade under the 17th," or K. of the E. and W. This power is now exercised by the Supreme Council. CROWN OF KING DARIUS PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. THE SIXTEENTH GRADE OF THE A.\ AND A.'. SCOTTISH RITE, AM) THE SECOND DEGREE OF THE HISTORICAL SERIES. APARTMENTS. The apartments are four in number: The first repre- sents the Council of the Knights of the East or Sword, when at their labors endeavoring to rebuild the Temple — the furniture being in disorder, the altars overturned, and pieces of masonry lying in confusion in different parts of the room. The platform of the East is con- cealed by a drop-curtain, the Master presiding at the front of the same. The second apartment represents the road from Jeru- salem to Babylon, and by scenic effects should indicate the open country. The third apartment is the throne-room of King Da- rius of Persia. The furniture should be of the most magnificent Oriental kind, draped with green hangings, with golden furniture and aurora-colored trimmings. No Masonic emblems or devices should be seen. The fourth apartment is the banquet-hall of Darius and should be in keeping with tin throne-room. 198 BOOK OF TEDS A. AND A. RITE. OFFICERS— FIRST APARTMENT. 1. Most Equitable Sovereign Prince Grand Master, represents Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel. 2. Grand High Priest Deputy Grand Master, repre- sents Joshua, son of Jozadak. 3. Most Enlightened Senior Grand Warden, repre- sents Seraiah, Prince of Judah. 4. Most Enlightened Junior Grand Warden, repre- sents Mordecai, Prince of Benjamin. 5. Valiant Keeper of Seals, represents Esdras, Prince of the Law. 6. Valiant Grand Treasurer, represents Ananias, Prince of the Ternple. 7. Grand Master of Ceremonies, represents Solamiel, Prince of Workmen. 8. Grand Master of Entrances, represents Nehemiah, Prince of the Guards. 9. Grand Tyler. JEWELS, All of -which are enclosed in squares. 1st Officer — A hand of justice and a mallet, designa- ting Just Ruler. 2d Officer — Circle, surrounding a Delta, designating Eternity of Deity. 3d Officer — Small pillar of strength and shield, desig- nating the Lion of Judah. 4th Officer — Compass on a segment of a circle, desig- nating The Measure of Peace. 5th Officer — Balance in equipoise, designating Jus- tice. 6th Officer — Parallelogram with vase, designating Unbounded Treasure for the Temple. PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. 199 7th Officer— Trowel and plum, designating conductor of the Works. 8th Officer— Spear, designating Guardian of Secrecy. 9th Officer— Flaming sword, designating Vengeance. COSTUMES. The costumes of all the officers, except that of the Grand High Priest, at a reception, are those of Knights of the East or Sword— i. e., black robes with hoods, water-green colored sashes, with rosettes, swords, belts, and trowels. The apron of the fourteenth grade may properly be worn. ~'i j The costume ot the Grand High Priest consists of a figured tunic of white linen reaching to the feet, over which is worn a purple robe about fifteen inches shorter, upon the border of which are suspended seventy-two small bells, and as many pomegranates, alternating. An ephod is also worn, without sleeves, which extends to the hips, and is gathered in at the waist by a ribbon. A breastplate is also suspended from the neck, nine inches square, containing twelve precious stones, repre- senting the twelve sons of Jacob ; and upon it were also •jIMI BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. the Trim and Thummim — the first of which words is generally rendered "light," and the other "truth, or perfection." Attached to the ephod, and upon each shoulder, is a precious stone. On the one on the right shoulder are the names of the six eldest of the children of [srael, and on the one on the left the names of the six youngest. On the head of the High Priest is a pur- ple or blue linen tiara, to the front of which is attached, by a purple or blue ribbon, a plate of gold, containing the words, "Holy to the Lord," in Hebrew. Sandals should be worn on the feet. Lights — Seventy in number, representing so many years of trials. Batterv — • • • • • Apron — Crimson, edged with gold, lined with aurora- color. The flap is aurora-color, fainted or embroidered on the area of the apron are a square, a shield, a Delta, a hand of justice, a pair of balances in equipoise, and sometimes a representation of the Temple. Order — A wide aurora-colored ribbon edged with gold, worn from right shoulder to left hip. Sometimes embroidered in front are. a balance, a hand of justice, a poniard, five stars, and two crowns. PEESCE OF JEBUSALEM. 201 Jewel — A lozenge-shaped mother-of-pearl. Encrusted on it in gold is a hand holding a balance in equipoise : under it a two-edged sword, hilt down, with five stars surrounding the point, the cencre one larger than the others, and the letters D and Z in Hebrew, one on the left and the other on the right of the balance. OFFICERS— THIRD APARTMENT. 1. Darius, King of Persia, son of Hystaspes. 2. The Satrap of Media, father-in-law of the king 3. The Satrap of Assyria. 4. Artaban, Scribe. Counsellors, Courtiers, Knights, Guards, etc. COSTUMES. Darius — Long white robe, trimmed richly with pur- ple, and aurichalcan (metallic trimming of gold and copper mixed, esteemed the most precious of metals) ; over which a long white flowing robe, hanging from the shoulders, and a crown, surmounted with seven spikes, representing the seven conspirators — the front, or seventh spike, taller than the other six. The Order of the King, a horse, neighing, rampant. Over all, a sash of a Prince, which is transferred to the person of Zerubbabel, when created a Prince of Jerusalem. [Darius conspired, with six other nobles, to destroy Smerdte, who usurped the crown of Persia, after the death of Cambyses. Darius obtained the crown by a species of cunning.] The Satraps, Counsellors, Knights, etc., appropriately costumed. 1 st APARTMENT. D V a ed , ,m 9 ANTE ROOM nd t)l * J? * Dam 3" 6 6 a- si m m PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. RECEPTION. 203 Zer.\ O King, the Masonic people whom I have the honor to govern, wishing to testify to you their joy at the advancement of your august majesty to the throne, have deputed me, with these illustrious Knights, my companions, to tender to you their congratulations on your ascension to the throne of all the East. You have their sincere wishes for your health and happiness. In consequence of the kindness and benevolence with which you formerly favored me, they have been induced to hope that, in choosing me as their repre- sentative, you would be pleased the more graciously to receive what I have to communicate in their be- half ; and I myself am happy, while paying you their tribute of respect, to have the opportunity to acquit myself also of what is due to our former friendship. Darius. Zerubbabel, your people have not mis- judged. They could not have selected an agent to act for them that could possibly have been more ac- ceptable to me than thou art. We notice with pleasure that you have not forgot- ten our ancient ties of affection and friendship ; and Darius will not, on his part, forget those ties which were dear to him while yet in private life. Your arrival among us is very opportune, to en« able you to participate in the feast we give this day 204 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. to the grandees of our kingdom, and to this we invite you and your associates. Previous to which we wish you to pronounce your opinion on a certain question that shall be propounded for discussion. Satrap of Assyria, do you state the question, and the reward we have promised to him who shall answer it in the most satisfactory manner. Sat.', of A:. The King of Kings, wishing to dis- pense his favors with a liberal hand, has deigned to promise the second place near his august majesty, the privilege of being clothed in purple, wearing a golden baldric, and being seated on a golden throne, to him who shall be able in the most satisfactory manner to resolve the question : " What is that which holds the most powerful sway over mortals ? " Can it be possible that a question like this can fov one moment be a subject of doubt or deliberation to any one who adverts to thee, thou Son of the Sun ? You have this day, composing your court, one hun- dred and twenty-seven potentates of the most distant nations. Peace and war are in your hands. The life and death of your subjects depend upon your will. A word from your lips is a decree to all the earth. All we possess belongs to thee. Our very persons are yours. The universal world has no master but you. There cannot be a more puissant, than Darius, King of all the East — Sovereign of Sovereigns. Therefore I say, " The King Darius.' : PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. 205 Sat.: of M.: What remains for iue to say, O King? Shall I dare to differ in opinion from the Satrap of Assyria, who has received the plaudits of your whole court ? He contends there is nothing greater than yourself. O King! I acknowledge your greatness — the eclat of your name, the splendor of your throne, the magnitude of your power, and the grandeur of your riches. But greater than all this is the empire of Beauty ! This softens the heart of the most ferocious, gains over judges the most severe, and triumphs over mas- ters the most imperious. Deprived of fortune, it needs it not. If devoid of worldly rank and dignity, it rises above all. All stations of life are subject to it. The power of the gods of the earth, though re- spected and feared, is as nothing in comparison with the power of Beauty. The will of sovereign rulers often depends upon its caprice. What was my daughter Apame? With- out wealth or rank, before her beauty elevated her to the nuptial bed of Darius. To-day this great Prince rules over you. In her turn, she reigns over him. He wills what she desires — he does what she approves. Does she rejoice, he is pleased. Is she melancholy, he is afflicted. She is the soul that gives the impress and the bias to all his movements. From her he learns to find something more interesting than kingly greatness. She sees him at her feet, and he voluntarily submits all his imperial glory to her beauty Therefore I say, " Beauty." 206 BOOK OF THE K AND A. BETE. Zer.\ What is this, Darius, I hear in your court? Is it already corrupted by flattery and effeminacy? Eeject! reject with indignation those sentiments of yourself that have just been uttered. Strength and power reside in kings. Beauty has its influence, but it is the mark of wisdom to acknowledge the empire of Truth. Truth is omnipotent — greater than any transitory throne — more endurable than any frail decaying beauty. These are both of short duration but truth lives forever. The power of kings, as well as that of beauty, is subject to the revolutions of chance. Truth changes never — always pure, always simple. It is the essence of the Grand Architect of the universe. It is the tie of all treaties. It is the motive of every just action, the basis of all laws, the seal of sovereign majesty, the object of every good man's search. We love those who demonstrate it, and detest those who con- ceal it. Lying disguises it, and, by borrowing its appearance, furnishes the best proof and clearest avowal of its superiority. Considerations more pow- erful than human, O King, induce me thus to dare to speak to you in its favor, in opposition to the too flattering sentiments which might have seduced you from the true path. You are yourself, great Prince, I am sure, about to confirm by your decision the em- pire of Truth. Darius. Yes, Zerubbabel ; come, and by receiving PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. 207 the reward so justly due you, cause to sliiue forth the triumph of truth. Eeceive this order. ***** The highest reward we can bestow upon you will not be commensurate with your deserts for having saved us from this snare of corruption. We are infi- nitely indebted, besides the recompense offered, and in order to attach nearer to our person so precious a friend as thou art, Zerubbabel, we tender you, this moment, the office of Grand Master of our House. Zer.\ Sovereign of Sovereigns, for the favors which you lavish on me, I have not words to express my heartfelt gratitude ; but the will of Him who regulates the destinies of all men, does not permit me to be the master of my own destiny. I am irrevocably bound to the fortunes of my people whom I conduct ; and the accomplishment of the decrees of heaven, rela- tive to the re-edification of God's holy Temple, will not allow me to accept what you are so willing to do for me this day. DECREE. Darius, King of Kings, Sovereign of Sovereigns, to Saraboyan, Grand Master of the Army, and to our other Grand Officers, and to our people beyond the river, Greeting : Zerubbabel and the Deputies of the Jews, having brought their complaints of the troubles with which 20S BOOK OF THE A. AND A. LITE. you harass them, in their efforts to reconstruct then Temple and city, which Cyrus, of glorious memory, hail permitted them to build, we write this letter; com- manding you, as soon as you receive it, without fail tc second, with all your zeal and our authority, the execu- tion of the work. If any one dare to impeach these our commands, or in any way hinder the execution of them, we order you to crucify him, and to confiscate his property for the use of the holy Temple. As a mark of our confidence in Zerubbabel, we create him Sovereign Prince of Jerusalem, and on the Knights that accompanied him in his embassy we confer the rank and title of Princes, with such powers as he shall establish on them ; and we grant him full power and authority to install Princes, and elevate to the dignity of Princes of the Cities those whom he may see fit, and deem worthy and capable. We delegate to him plenary authority, and we de- clare the Temple, and the workmen employed on it, to be free from all imposts from us. Thus we will and order. Done at our Castle of Ec- batam, the 20th day of the month Tebet, in the year of the world 3483, in the year of Cyrus the fifteenth, and of our reign the second. [seal.] Darius. You have already been invested, Illustrious Prince, with the sasli adopted by the Masonic Princes, in token of their golden memory of the unbounded lib- erality of Darius, King of Persia, to the oppressed Jews. May its aurora-color, with the early dawn, PRINCE OF JERUSALEM. 209 daily bring to your mind the beauties of lasting friendship for your fellow Princes, against whom you never can combat, and in whose favor, as well as in your own, you have assumed new vows. It is sus- pended from the right shoulder to the left hip. The apron of this grade is triangular, and in rich keeping with the sash. The area is crimson, in token of the sufferings of the Jews from the Samaritans, when building the second Temple: the trimmings and triangular flap aurora-color, for like reasons as men- tioned in describing the sash. Upon the area of the apron are wrought, in gold, a representation of the second Temple and precious vessels. The jewel is made of mother-of-pearl, in the form of a lozenge, having incrusted upon it, in gold and silver, a balance at equipoise, on either side of which is a D and a Z in Hebrew : beneath the cen- tre of the scale, a dagger with point up ; resting on which is a star, with two smaller stars on either side thereof. The mother-of-pearl denotes purity; the scales, justice ; the dagger, vengeance ; the five stars, Zerubbabel and his four companions. HISTORY. Knights and Princes, I deem it unnecessary to narrate to you an extended history of this degree. Like the preceding one, the ceremony is so replete with the incidents relating to the history of the 210 BOOK OF THE A. A.ND A. KITE. re-edification of the Temple, that little ueed ba added. The first fourteen degrees of Ineffable Masonry have reference to the construction of the first Tem- ple, the demolition of it by Nebuzaradan, under the authority of Nebuchadnezzar and Balthasar, and the conveying to Babylon of all the precious vessels and material ; also, the driving into the fastnesses of the mountains and the uncultivated country all Masons of whatever grade. The fifteenth and sixteenth degrees have direct reference to the reconstruction of the Temple by Ze- rubbabel ; first, by permission of Cyrus, King of Persia — as exemplified in the fifteenth degree — and then more completely by the sanction of his succes- sor, King Darius, who (with Artaxerxes) made every effort to restore the Temple in its beauty, and to re- furnish it with the precious vessels taken from th* first edifice. After the sacking of Jerusalem, and the destruc- tion of King Solomon's Temple, the Masons remained captives and exiles for seventy years, during all which period they kept faithfully their promise to rebuild the Temple of their God, by preserving some por- tions of the holy furniture and holding Masonio Lodges. Shortly subsequent to obtaining permis- sion of King Cyrus to reconstruct the edifice, and while the foundation was not yet complete, Cyrus died. Great apathy and indifference, in consequence, existed among the brethren, more especially as thej PEDJCE OF JERUSALEM. 211 were the subjects of hatred by the various tribes of Samaritans and Syrians, who constantly harassed them ; and they were compelled, if they continued their work at all, to labor with the sword in one hand and the trowel in the other. In the second year of the reign of King Darius, however, the High Priest succeeded in arousing a spirit of industry, and obtaining the consent of Zerubbabel to again make application for protection and liberty to rebuild the Temple. Darius, or Darayavuste, in the Persian part of the great triangular inscription at Behestun, on the fron- tier of ancient Media, reigned 485 years b. c. He was 29 years old when he ascended the throne, and reigned 86 years. The friendship of Darius for Zerubbabel, in his younger days, gave opportunity for the pressure of the suit of the Jews ; and by the power of truth — as exhibited in the striking incident in the ceremony — permission in its amplest form was obtained from the king, and Zerubbabel created a Prince : which honor was confirmed by the Jews, and made a Ma- sonic grade of distinction. TRIUMPHAL CHORUS. Air. — " Suoni la tromba." Raise the glad voices of triumph, No longer shall tyrants enslave us ; Lo ! he is coming to save us, Judah's lion to save. Crown him with garlands of laurel, Clothe him in raiment of honor, Welcome to Salem our Brother, Zerubbabel the brave. Huzza ! warmly we welcome our brother, Zerubbabel the brave. Welcome the day of rebuilding ; The Chief of whom we honor shall lead us. The prayers of the righteous shall aid us ; Once more is Judah free. And on the mountain so holy Our Temple shall raise to the Lord. In Zion his name be adored ! To Him bend the knee. Hosanna ! In Zion our God be adored ; To Him bend the knee. Glory to God in the highest ! He leads us from bondage and night. He brings us to freedom and light, His name shall be adored. And on the bells of the horses Shall be written in letters of gold The Prophetical phrase as of old, " Holiness to the Lord ! " Hosanna I once more we will sing as of old " Holiness to the Lord ! " 212 FOURTH SERIES. THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEGREES OF KNIGHT OF THE EAST AND WEST, AND KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE AND PELICAN OR ROSE-CROSS, ARE CONFERRED LN A ROSE-CROIX CHAPTER, AND RELATE TO THE BUILDING OF THE THIRD TEMPLE — " ONE NOT MADE WITH HANDS " — WITHIN THE HEART OF MAN. " Benam yesdain bakshaishgher dadar." " In the name of the most merciful just God." Persian Magi. In all bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, breih- ren who have attained the degree of Grand, Elect, Perfect and Sublime Mason, are entitled to, and should of right, be covered, except when a degree is being worked ; at which time all should conform, and lend their endeavors to aiding in the effectiveness of the drama, by robing and costuming accordingly. The following engraving designates the most appropriate, con- venient, and economical form of covering, it being light, com- posed of four sides, purple, with movable joints, in order that it can be pressed flat — fillet of crimson, and crowning-button of white velvet " He who discovereth secrets is a traitor ; and he who keep* his longue, keeps his soul." — Kmo Solomon. mrtw IIIB1.MIMK PEEFATORT. Bodies of these degrees are styled " Sovereign Chap- ters? The diploma of a Knight Rose-Croix is called a Brief. All written documents are called Engraved Columns. The following are the articles for the general government of Knights Rose-Croix : Art. 1. — The principal festival of the Rose-Croix Knights is held on Thursday preceding Good Friday. It is incumbent on all Chapters to assemble on that day; and if a Knight should be where there is no Chapter, he is to observe the time in communion of spirit with all Knights around the globe. Art. 2. — S.\ P.*. of Rose-Croix are styled Knights, Princes, and Perfect Masons of H-R-D-M. Art. 3. — The Princes have the right of presiding in all Lodges working; under the A.\ and A.', rite; and if the chair is refused them, they take their place at the right of the Master : if this honor is not offered them, 210 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. they may seat themselves on the floor in the X.'. EL\ of the Lodge in token of humility, when the works will at once cease. Art. 4. — All Princes of Rose-Croix are forbidden any Chapter or Lodge, without the jewel or order belonging to this degree ; and they should never sign any Masonic document without affixing their quality to their name, and dating it " from the Orient of Herodim." Art. 5. — When a Knight visits a Chapter not hia own, he places himself in humility; but the M.\ W.\ may cause him to take a place by his side in the E.\ A Knight Rose-Croix is not to be tyled when he pre- sents himself for admission into a Lodge. He should therefore have a special brief evidencing his rank. Art. 6. — A regular Chapter must meet at least five times in a year ; that is, Ash- Wednesday. Thursday before Easter, Good Friday, Easter Sunday. Ascension Day, and Christmas. They should also join with their brethren in the observance of St. John's days. Art. 7. — If a Knight of Rose-Croix, being alone, hears of another Knight sojourning, not over three leagues from him, he should invite him to participate in the observance of Holy Thursday; in which case they meet each other half-way. Art. 8. — No Chapter can be opened unless five Knights be present. The minutes must be signed by at least three of the Knights present. Art. 9. — A Knight of Rose-Croix must be charitable. He must relieve the indigent, visit the sick and the prisons. No Chapter should be held without a collection for the poor. The Sovereign is the Treasurer of this fund, as necessity may require. Art. 10. — Duels between Knights are stiictly forbi« den, under the most severe penalties. INTRODUCTION TO FOURTH SERDZS. 217 Art. II. — A Knight of Rose-Croix is bound by hia honor to the service of his God, his government, and hia com /try, to the last drop of his blood. Art. 12. — No Knight of Rose-Croix can refuse to attend the Chapter when summoned, unless sick, — when he shall present his reasons to the Chapter. Art. 13. The Chapter must be lighted with white or yellow wax candles, or pure olive-oil. Art. 14. — No discussions foreign to the business of the Chapter can be allowed. Calumny, satire, and per- sonal remarks are ever to be avoided as crimes. Art. 15.— The grade of S.\ IV. R.\ Croix de II.*. should never be conferred without the most scrupulous inquiries and circumspection as to the moral, religious, and other necessary qualifications of the applicant. Art. 16. — No document can be valid unless signed by the Sovereign Secretary, and sealed by the Keeper of the Seals. Art. 17. — The officers must be elected annually on Holy Thursday, and immediately enter on their duties. The retiring officers should be prepared to hand their books, accounts, and funds to their successors on that day. Art. IS. — No serving brother can be admitted in any Chapter. The two brethren last received must act in that capacity. Art. 19. — If a Knight of Rose-Croix dies, all the Knights must participate in the funeral ceremonies, and wearing under their coats, if they cannot openly display them without scandal, the order and jewel of the grade. Great care must be taken that the deceased is buried with his collar. Art. 20. — A Knight at his admission adopts as his own some characteristic, the choice of which is left to 10 218 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE. himself, as Fortitude, Toleration, &c, but expressed in Latin, as Eques a Fortitudine,