. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. ves emblems of strengthand beauty, the two pillars at the threshold ofMasonry. In the year 1127 Pope Honorius II., atthe request of Stephen, a Patriarch of Jerusalem, KNIGHTS OF THE EAST AND WEST. 235 ordained the Knights should be clothed in white; towhich Pope Eugenius III. added a red cross, to beworn on the breast. I finally present you with this coronet, in token ofyour present rank in Masonry. Remember that it,like the other insignia of the Ancient and AcceptedRite, is honorable only so long as it is worn withhonor. On the brow of the
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. ves emblems of strengthand beauty, the two pillars at the threshold ofMasonry. In the year 1127 Pope Honorius II., atthe request of Stephen, a Patriarch of Jerusalem, KNIGHTS OF THE EAST AND WEST. 235 ordained the Knights should be clothed in white; towhich Pope Eugenius III. added a red cross, to beworn on the breast. I finally present you with this coronet, in token ofyour present rank in Masonry. Remember that it,like the other insignia of the Ancient and AcceptedRite, is honorable only so long as it is worn withhonor. On the brow of the dishonest, the dissipated,fche vicious, or the base, honors undeserved are theextremest disgrace. See, therefore, that you wearit worthily and well. HYMN. Hallenbeok. 3EE -t*—£—^—£-c-| r-c soul, And Truth dawns up - on the hu - man *=t —i G£- -:—m.—|—l£W—m—m——j—m-\ er • m ror m dis - ap - pears; No long - er darkness hath con- /»> h i ii K K n &K1 l- __|_ . 9 _^ B -1 k -j J • - *-+$. —m-± -1 1— m—m—m. 236 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. No longer for mens sorrow groan,Their sins, their shame, their tears, But still and stately past Gods throneMarch onward, banish fears. The sun is radiant in the sky, The earth hi regal stateWaits but the Hallelujah cry That opes the holy gate. LECTURE. My brother, this Preceptory is in the form of aleptagon, hung with crimson, and sprinlded withstars of gold. In each angle is a column, on thecapitals of which, beginning at the southeast andgoing round by the southwest in regular succession,are the initials respectively of the words Beauty,Divinity, Wisdom, Power, Honor, Glory, and Force—the seven mystic characters of the pentagon, sig-nifying : Beauty, to adorn our works. Divinity, to study which is one of our principalaims. Wisdom, to invent and work. Power, to punish and confound the calumnies ofwicked brethren and the profane. Honor is an indispensable quality in a .Freemason,to labor with respecta
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