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Chapter 7 - Rituals 569
explained to her. She is told to love Masonry because her Masonic father loves
it, even if she does not grasp its meaning, because women could not be
Freemasons at that time. Sister of Charity predicts that the candidate will find
other treasures in the Pot of Gold in a life of Service, and that she should keep in
mind that the great Fraternity which has sponsored this Assembly has preserved
them for her (p. 59). Then, the new sister is conducted to the station of the
Worthy Advisor to be instructed in the secret work, i.e. the signs and passwords.
Hereafter, the candidate has to sign the By-Laws of the Assembly at the
Recorder's desk, and finally, the Worthy Advisor presents the new member to the
Mother Advisor, who welcomes her heartily and admonishes her to let the Order
have a real place in her life: "Let it make you stronger and better every day and
give you a new interest in your church and school" (p. 60). Her lesson terminates
with a Christian advice:
We all love the pages of the Holy Bible, and as a Rainbow girl, I want
you to open your Bible at the 9 th Chapter of Genesis 1518 every night and
leave it lying open in your room as a symbol of the thought that you are
asking God to watch over you while you sleep. When you arise in the
morning, after looking upon its open pages, you should close The Book.
(p. 61)
Then, Sister of Faith causes the new member to face the West, the other
members hail the sister with the sign of the Rainbow, and the candidate is
prompted by Faith to respond with the same sign. Afterwards, she is seated in the
Assembly.
7.2.6.3 Job's Daughters: The Trials of Job
Symbolizing the Journey Through
Life 1519
After having inspected two "Masonic" youth orders that deal with legends -
the quest for a treasure at the end of the rainbow, and the martyrdom of the last
Grand Master of the Knights Templar, - we are going to analyze an order for
girls that takes its examples from the Old Testament, because this order bears
1518
This is the chapter in which God establishes a covenant with Noah after the Flood: "I do set my
bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall
come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I
will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh."
1519
If not otherwise noted, the quotations for this chapter are taken from Ritual of International
Order of Job's Daughters, 1945.