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ARGUMENT.
The three degrees called elect, or Elu—nanely, Elect of Nine.
Elect of Fifteen, and Sublime Master Elected—are intimately
and essentially connected They are of an important and inter-
esting nature, the first of the three being established to reward
the fidelity and zeal of one of the favorites of the King of Israel,
who was the first to detect and bring to justice a certain Craftsman,
who, pending the construction of the Temple, had been en-
gaged in an execrable deed.
The great purpose of the degree is to inculcate and illustrate
this lesson : That we should be careful how we allow ourselves
to be led away by an excess of zeal, even in a good cause, to in-
dict, as an individual, the punishment justly due for the violation
of human or divine laws.