Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

13B PRINCE OF THE TARERNACLE. TNIflATION 139
and with the same blood I sprinkle thy garmente,
(sprinkling them) and do sanctify thee and them,
Thine ear is hereafter to be ever op~n to the cry of
distress, the prayer of want, the mo’~n of suffering, the
supplication pf the penitent and the call of duty. Th~c
hand is henceforth to be opened wide in charity and
ready to labor in every good work. And thy feet are to
stand firmly wherever duty places thee, howevcr dangerous
the post; nor ever to slide upon the slippery
paths of temptation. Arise my brother Eleazar. (Canclidate
rises and the Thrice Puissant invests him with
the following signs, grip and words, and with the insignia
and jewel.)
Sign of Itecognitlon,
~rlncc 01 the ‘fabernaclA
SIGN OF RECOGNITION.
Place the right hand open over the eyes,
as If to protect them from a strong light,
the left hand on the breast, then raise the
right hand to the left shoulder, and bring
it down diagonally to the right side. This
is called the sign of the scarf,
Grand 51r~, Prince
of the Tabernacle.
GRAND SIGN.
Place both hands open upon the
head, join the two thumbs and the
two forefingers by their extremities
so as to form a triangle.
N. B,—The token, battery and
word, are the same as in the preceding
degree.
MARCH —Sii equal steps and one longer, total seven
steps.
Thrice Puissant—Brethren, behola a new Prince of
the Tabernacle, to be instructed and prepared to fulfill
all his duties as a Prince of well doers in this Tabernacle
of clay, that he may be raised on the great day of
account, a shining monument of God’s glory in the
tabernacle, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens,
(Thrice Puissant resumes his station and if there is
flO business, closes the Hieraehy)