. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. BA 4 ?=E To -£2 be con - quered by the right; ^. While oppression lifts a fingerTo affront us by his might;While an error clouds the reason Of the universal heart,Or a nation longs for freedom, Action is the wise mans part. When these verses have been sung, the Master hands each godfathera jewel for his godchild—a Delta of eil/er or gold, each side of whichmeasures an inch, with the letter Yod on one side, engraved in thecentre, and round it the Pentacle of Solomon, and on the other side afive-pointed star, and in the centre a Tau Cross. Th
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. BA 4 ?=E To -£2 be con - quered by the right; ^. While oppression lifts a fingerTo affront us by his might;While an error clouds the reason Of the universal heart,Or a nation longs for freedom, Action is the wise mans part. When these verses have been sung, the Master hands each godfathera jewel for his godchild—a Delta of eil/er or gold, each side of whichmeasures an inch, with the letter Yod on one side, engraved in thecentre, and round it the Pentacle of Solomon, and on the other side afive-pointed star, and in the centre a Tau Cross. The jewels are suspended to a narrow blue ribbon by a small ring atone apex of the Delta. Each godfather hangs the jewel on the breastof his godchild, passing the ribbon over its; neck, the Master saying,as he hands them the jewels: CEREMONY OF BAPTISM. 575 W. M. Invest your godchildren, my brethren, with these jew-els, the gift of the Lodge. The Delta is the symbol of the Deity,its three sides reminding us of his all-knowing wisdom, hisalmighty power, and his all-embracing love. The letter in the
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