Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

400 SUBLIME PRiNCE OF THE ROYAL SECR~~.
the people, rising from the death of vassalage and ignorance,
to the life of freedom and inteLligence.
Commander in Chief—Sublime Prince Grand Master
of Ceremonies, conduct the candidate to the next tenth
(Order is obey~d:)
Master of Ceremonies—IllustriouS Commander
Joshua, be pleased to communicate to our brother the
esoteric meaning of the tent No. 8.
Joshua—The tent which you have now reached i 5 the
eighth, the letter of which is N.. Its flag and pennon
are green, and here are supposed to be encamped the
Secret Masters and Perfect Masters, or the Masons of
the 4th and 5th degreeL The commanding officer represents
Joshua.
THE FOURT H DEGREE :—Teaches truth and consequently
the existence of one God, and the relations existing
between man and his Iteavenly Father.
THE P17TH DEGREE :—Teaches us the love of God for
the human race, and the magnitude of divine attributes.
Commander in Chief—Sublime Prince Grand Mast~r
of Ceremonies, conduct the candidate to the next tent.
(Order is obeyed.) ~
Master of Cerem9nies—IllUstriOus Commander Aholtab,
be pleased to communicate to our brother the
esoteric meaning of the tent No. 7.
Aholiab—The tent which you have now reached is
the seventh, the letter of which is O.~. Its flag and pennon
are red and green. IHere are supposed to be encamped
the Intimate Secretaries and Provosts and
Judges, or the Masons of the 6th and 7th degrees. The
commanding officer represents Aholiab.
THE SIXTH DEGREE :—Develops. and fully proves the
sublime and consoling doctrine of the immortality of
the soul.
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- THE SEVENTH DEGREE :—Teaches justice as the necessary
consequence of the relations between God and man
Commander in Chief—Sublime Prince, Grand Master
of Ceremonies, conduct the candidate to the next tent.
(Order is ‘obeyed.)
Master of Ceremontes—Illustrious Commander Jehoiada,
be pleased lo communicate to our brother the
esoteric meaning of the tent No. 6.
Jehoiada—The tent which you have now reached is
the sixth, the letter of which is N.:. Its flag and pennon
are red and black, in lozenges. Here is supposed
to be encamped the Intendants of the Building, or the
Masons of the 8th degree. The commanding officer
represents Jehoiada.
THE EIGHTH DEGREE :—Teaches the necessity of order,
without which, society cannot exist.
Commander in Chief—Sublime Prince Grand Master
of Ceremonies, conduct the candidate to the next tent.
(Order is obeyed.)
Master of Ceremonies—Illustrious Commander Paleg,
be pleased to communicate to our brother the esoteric
meaning of the tent No. 5.
Paleg—The tent which you have now reached is the
fifth, the letter of which is X.:. Its flag and pennon are
black. Here are supposed to be encamped the Knights
Elect of Nine, the Illustrious Elect of Fifteen, and the
Sublime Knights Elected. The commanding officer
represents Paleg.
TI-fE NINTH DEGREE :—Teaches us that no one has the
right to take the law into his own hands. That the
interests of society require that the adminisiration of
justice should be entrusted to a certain number of pure
and upright men, for the benefit of all, and that true
Masonry discountenances all acts of violence.