Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

32 GRAND PONTXTF.
masons who have given proof of their attachment to the
statutes and rules of the order, which in the end will
make them deserving of entering the celestial Jerusalein.
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Query—What is your name?
Answer—Faithful and True brother.
Note 313.—”AIi that is venerable, all that is nnivera5.. sal sjiat IA
preserving cry, dates from Jerusalem. the Golden City.
1he city of the Great King. There is no locality in the world so
worthy of a mason’s •tndy as this. and, thanks to the researches of
travelers, there Is no city of ancient renown that has been so thorongLi?
mplered and opened out to public view. ‘—Mereis’s Masonie Dlotionasl
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CLOSING CEREMONIES
DEGREE OF GRAND PONTIFF.
Thrice Puissant—Brother Warden, what is the hour?
Warden—Thrice Puissant, the hour is aecomplithed.
Thrice Puissant—What then remains to be done?
Warden—To work, to wait and be patient.
Thrice Puissant—Work then my brethren while it is
yet day, for the night cometh in which no man can work.
For what do we wait, brother Warden?
Warden—For the light of noon-day.
Thrice Puissant—Let us then close this Chapter and
be patient brother Warden; inform the Knights and
Pontiffs that I am about to close this Chapter if they
consent in order that each may go forth into Ihe world
and do his duty as soldier and priest of Truth, Light
and Toleration.
Warden—Brothers Knights and Pontiffs, the Thrice
Puissant Master is about to close this Chapter if you
consent that we may each go forth into the world and
labor to elevate and enoble humanity as true soldier and
priest of Light, Truth and Toleration. If you eoDseut
give me the sign. (All give the sign.)
Thrice Puissant—Eaps as in opening.
Warden~—Raps as in opening.
All—Clap twelve and cry three times, Iloslies.
Thrice Puissant—The sun climbs toward the Zenith
and this Chapter is closed.