Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

this most sublime degree, and ancient Craft
Masonry.
Q. What does scarlet denote?
A. That fervency and zeal which should actuate
all Royal Arch Masons, and is the peculiar color
of this Degree.
Q. What does white denote?
A. That purity of life and rectitude of conduct
which should govern all those who seek to gain
admission into that Sanctum Sanctorum, or Holy
of Holies.
Q. To whom do the four veils allude?
A. To the four tribes of the children of Israel,
who bore the banners through the wilderness,
viz.: Judah, Reuben, Ephraim and Dan,
emblematically represented by the strength of the
Lion, the intelligence of the Man, the patience of
the Ox and the swiftness of the Eagle.
Q. Where were the veils placed?
A. At the outer courts of the tabernacle.
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Q. Why there?
A. To serve as a covering for the tabernacle and
stations for the guards.
Q. Why were guards stationed there?
A. To take special pains that none pass or repass,
except such as were duly qualified, as none were