Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

288 GW~D ELUCT KNIGHT SADOSH.
5IG~( OW ORDER.
Hold the eword in the left hand and
place the right hand extended over the
b’~arL
5Igu of Order.
Knight Kadoab.
Taken. Knight Kadosh. Second Position.
TOKEN.
Place right foot to
right foot, and knee to
knee; present the right
firet, the thumb elevated,seizethe
thumb alternately,
let it slip and
step back a pace, then
raise the arm as if to
strikewith the poniard.
In doing this the firsL
says, Nekamakbealim,
and the other answer.,
Pharag
BATTERY :—Seven strokes, by three, two and one; 000
00 0.
HOURS OF MEETINGS—The Council opens at’ the
beginning of night and closes at daybreak. —
Note SIS.—”Pbarz*l. A stgnlficant word In tbe h~gb degweeS. and
tbere iatd. tn tbe old rituals, to s1gn~ry we aball all be unlted. Delanu.vgIvi~stt
a. sham. kol, and Nay. it mean. all in explaIned.’ “—Ka*.
of. ‘Encyolopudia of fte.maaonr7 Article Phamial.
AGE :—The Knights Kadosh have no age; they have a
century or more.
PASS WORD :—To enter, Nekam. Answer Menahhem,
that is Consolator. To retire, Phaal-Kol. Answer
Pharash-Kok.
SACRED WORD ;—Nekamah-bealim. Answer P1? ~zrash-
Kok. But more generally Nekam-Adonai. Answer
Pharash-Kol.
MARCH :—Make three hurried steps, the hands crossed
on the head. Kneel on one knee. Present the poniard,
by the handle, to the President, who leaves his seat.
raises the Knight and conducts him to the East. The
word Mish tar, which expresses the rights of a Knight
Kadosh, means that it is the duty of one who is commissioned
to execute the deeree of the Judge.
MUSIC.
[Thrice Puissant Grand N~aster leaves his seat and
introduces the candidate to all the Knights, who shake
hands with him, and a moment after the music stops
when Thrice Puissant Grand Master returns to his
seat.]
Thrice Pui~sani Grand Master—Sir Knight Master
of Ceremonies, eonduct the candidate to the seat of
honor in the East. (Order i~ obeyed.)
Thrice Puissant Grand Master—Be seated, Sir
Knights. Sir Knight~ of Eloquence, the floor is yours.
(Knight of Eloquence rises, bows and delivers the following
discourse:)
DISCOURSE.
Sir Knights, newly initiated. You have just passed
through a most solemn, instructive and impressive ceremony.
You rise from an intellectual repast, which will
no doubt, furnish rich material for future reflection,
and I feel confident that you will make a profitable application
of the lessons you have received. By virtue of