. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. hich a fellowcreature may kneel for aid or consolation ;— For we are doomed our native dustTo wet with many a fruitless shower;And ill it suits us to disdainThe Altar, to deride the faneWhere simple sufferers bend in trustTo win a happier hour. To those who seek in this work a knowledge of ttietenets and inculcations of the Rite, who may perusethe instructions and formula herein contained, the handof sympathetic fellowship is extended, believing thatthe result of a careful study, combined with the ambitionof the Enthusiast, will convince ea
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. hich a fellowcreature may kneel for aid or consolation ;— For we are doomed our native dustTo wet with many a fruitless shower;And ill it suits us to disdainThe Altar, to deride the faneWhere simple sufferers bend in trustTo win a happier hour. To those who seek in this work a knowledge of ttietenets and inculcations of the Rite, who may perusethe instructions and formula herein contained, the handof sympathetic fellowship is extended, believing thatthe result of a careful study, combined with the ambitionof the Enthusiast, will convince each and all that theRite of which we essay to teach is replete in all itsparts with the highest morality and fraternal devotion,leading man to sublimest thoughts and appreciation ofthe Present and a Hereafter; ever realizing in its sur-roundings and adornments the truth of that happythought of Englands youthful poet: A thing of beauty is a joy forever:Its loveliness increases; it will neverPass to nothingness. * * * V tf** . ^toBtw ** ^«wi a«r^ ^. TOLERATIO. SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTOR-GENERAL. THE THIRTY-THIRD AND LAST DEGREE OF THE ANCIEN1AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE. The assembly is styled a Supreme Council, only oneof which is allowed in any country except the UnitedStates, where there are two. DECORATIONS. Hangings, purple; with skeletons, deaths heads, cross-bones, etc., painted or embroidered thereon. In the Easta magnificent throne ; over it a purple canopy trimmedwith gold. Beneath the canopy is a transparency re-presenting a delta, in the centre of which are seen the 492 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. ineffable characters. Near the centre of the room is aquadrangular pedestal covered with scarlet cloth, onwhich rests a naked sword. On the north side of thecouncil chamber is a skeleton erect, holding the whitebanner of the Order, opposite which, in the South, isthe flag of the country. Over the interior portion ofthe entrance is a blue scarf bearing the device DeusMeumque
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