. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. udge, ye shall be judged. And withwhat measure ye mete, it shall be measured to youagain. If thy brother trespass against thee, go andtell him his fault between thee and him alone. If heshall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Judgenot according to the appearance, but judge righteousjudgment. If thy brother trespass against thee, re*buke him, and if he repent, forgive him; and if hetrespass against thee seven times in a day, and seventimes in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent, 20* m BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. thou shalt forg
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. udge, ye shall be judged. And withwhat measure ye mete, it shall be measured to youagain. If thy brother trespass against thee, go andtell him his fault between thee and him alone. If heshall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Judgenot according to the appearance, but judge righteousjudgment. If thy brother trespass against thee, re*buke him, and if he repent, forgive him; and if hetrespass against thee seven times in a day, and seventimes in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent, 20* m BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. thou shalt forgive him. Blessed are the merciful;for they shall obtain mercy. You have heard the lessons of immortal wisdom,once uttered by mortal lips that have long sincemouldered into dust. Through those lips God spakeunto men; for of him alone cometh all wisdom. M.\ P.\ Press. I invest you with the white collarand jewel of this degree; see that the purity of theformer and the lustre of the latter be never sulliedor dimmed by injustice, inhumanity, or THIKTY-SECOND DEGKEE. SkMwt §««* ut tU §l0p! Jtat, ARGUMENT. Tins is the third and last of the Kadosh degrees, and t»on«Eliminates the Templarism of Masonry. The degree was origin-ally a Christian degree of knighthood; its object was, for a longtime, to reconquer the Holy Land and plant the Banner of theCross once more on the ruined walls of Jerusalem. Many of theKnights of the Crusades were Masons, and thus became acquaint-ed with the legend which Masonry had preserved. The Knights Kadosh are the legitimate successors of theTemplars. None but earnest and sincere men, unselfish, and whose philan-thropy is not a mere name, but a practical reality, should enterhere—such as will do Masonry good service in the war which sheis waging agaiust the ancient enemies of the human race—a loverof wisdom and an apostle of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. —Bakbow.
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