Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

174 PRINCE OF MERCY. INITIATION. 175
SIGN OF HELP.
Cross both arms above the head, the
hands open, palms outwards and say: To
me, the children of Truth.
SIGN OF ORDER.
Stand up, the right hand resting on the,
hip.
Sign of o-iler.
Prince of Mercy.
TOKEN.
Place both hands, each on the
other’s shoulders, press them slightly
thrice and say, Gomel.
BATTERY :—Fiftet~ti ~.trokcs, by three, five and seven.
MARCh :—Tlirec i.qu.ih steps, commencing with the
left foot.
AGE :—Eighity-one years.
PASS WOOl) —Gomcl.
COMMON WORDS :—Ghiiblim’
0 and Gabaon.
SACRED wonDs:—Jehovah, Jachiin.
SUBLIME WoRD:—Ednh-pen-cagu, that is, do as you
would be done by. (After he is invested with the abovc
he is seated in front of the table facing the East, and
listens to the following lecture:)
LECTURE PRINCE OF NIERCY.
Moat Excellent—Brother Senior Warden, are you a
Prince of Mercy?
Senior Warden—I have seen the Delta, and the holy
name upon it, and an Ameth55 like yourself, in the
triple covenant of which we bear the mark.
Note 304.—”Ghiblim. The form in which Dr AnderSon spells Giblim.
In the 5.e,k of Constitution. ed. 1718. psg.~ 70. it is stated that in
iSSO. ‘John de Spoulee. caild Master ef the Ohiblim.’ rebuilt St.
George’s Chapel. “—Mackay’s Enciop&edia of Freemasonry, Aztiole
Ohiblim.
Note 3O5.—’Amsth, Properly. Emath, which see ‘ CUes Note Wi—
Neoheys Encyciepadia of Freemasonry, Article Ameth.