Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

424 SUBLIME PRINCE OP THE ROYAL SECRET. INITIATION. 425
tc 1 restore to their hands. Let no criminal action; no
b.tse word, evil thought, or unholy feeling ever defile
the temple which we have builded to Thee in our hearts.
Enable us, with the aid of this candidate, to prevail
against the selfi~hness, the apathy and the indifference
of the world around us, and to overcome the same in
our own natures, and so remove the last and greatest
obstacle to the final triumph of the new land of love,
and the universal dominion of the true principles of
Masonry. Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen I
Commander in Chief—Be seated my brethren! (The
three circuits being completed, the Grand Master of
Ceremonies halts with the candidate facing the throne.
Master of Ceremonies—Illustrious Commander in
Chief, the candidate has returned in safety from his fifth
and last campaign.
Commander in Chief—My brother, we congratulate
you upon your safe return among us. The three-fold
enemy against whom you last marched, is found in Masonry,
in our own bosoms as well as in the world. We
incur no personal hazard in encountering this triune
evil spirit, but it is the more~obstinate and almost unconquerable,
because it i~ passive, stationary find inert.
It is the spirit of selfishness, apathy and indifference.
Could we but overcome it, and substitute in its place
zeal, ardour and disinterestedness, the victory over the
giant wrongs and injustices, would be certain and
speedy.
It is difficult to louse even Masons to energetic action.
It is difficult to convince them that there is anything
in Masonry beyond the mere work of the lodge. If,
remembering your pledge now given us, you do not fall
into this apathy—indifference, but are faithful to your
obligations, Masonry will profit by your labors and the
- ‘It of your experience. Sublime Prince Grand lisa-
ter of Ceremonies, invest the candidate with the token,
battery, etc., of this degree.
TOKEN.
Seize the sword with the
right hand; unsheath it ai~d
carry it up to the rIght side,
the hIlt resting on the right
hip, the point upwards.
Place the right foot behind
the left, so as to form a
square, leaving a small tlistance
between the feet thus
arranged. Raise the left
Token snbiime Prince of the•~~~ arm, the hand open and ex-
Secret. 14 Position Roy. tended, as if to repulse an
attack. Seize each other’s left hand, the fingers interlaced.
Then draw close to each other and embrace.
One says Hochmah, (that is wisdom or philosophy) and
the other answers Tsedakah, that is, truth, justice and
equity. (In some rituals these-two words are said to be
the sacred and pass of the degree.)
BATTERY.
Is five strokes, by one and four:
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