Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

184 COMMANDER OP THE TEMPLE.
and over it a knight mantle of red, lined with ermine;
on his head he wea.rs a ducal-coronet.
APRON :—Flesh colored, lined and edged with black,
on the flap is a Teutonic cross, (which is also the jewel
of the order)
1encircled by a laurel wreath, and beneath
it, on the apron a key. The cross, wreath and
key are all black.
GLOVES :—White, lined and bordered with black. The
scabbard and belt of the sword are black.
5A5H :—White, edged with red, worn as a collar, and
the jewel suspcnded from it. On each side of the collar
are two black Teutonic crosses, there is also a
sash, red, bordered with black; worn from right to
left, from which hangs a gold enameled tau cross.
JEWEL:—The principal jewel is a triangle of gold, on
which is engraved the sacred name
OPENING CEREMONIES
COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE.
Grand Commander—(Three knocks; 000.) Attention
Commanders. I pray you to assist me to open
this Sublime Court of Grand Commna.nders of the Masonic
Temple. (All rise in their stations, draw sMords,
salute the Grand Commander and stand at a carry.)
Grand Commander—Brother Junior Deacon, see that
the doors of this Court are duly guarded and inform the
Sentinel that we are about to open this Court, that none
may enter without the words and signs.
Junior Deacon—(Having obeyed orders and returned.)
Most Potent Grand Commander, the Sentinels
are posted and we are in seeurity.
Grand Commander—Most Sovereign Commander in
the West. What are the duties of a Commander of the
Temple?
Senior Warden—To guard the temple and city of
Jerusalem, to succor and assist the helpless and feeble
and to defend the innocent.
Grand Commander—Assemble round the altar Sovereign
Commanders, that we may Open this Court of Commanders
of the temple of Jerusalem. (All form a circle
round the altar, hold the horizontal point of the sword