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122 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE.
over the tribute, with the resolution to discharge
those duties faithfully and impartially ?
Will }"ou promise to deal honestly and fairly by all
men—to know no distinctions of persons—and to see
that none are subjected to exaction, extortion, or un-
just impositions of burdens ?
T.\ P.'. I invest you, my brother, with the apron,
collar, and jewel of this degree ; remember that you
wear them as the successor and representative of a
Sublime Elu or Prince Emeth of the Court of King
Solomon ; and that your conduct and conversation
nmst be such as becomes one invested with so high
an honor. The flaming hearts are symbols of that
zeal and devotedness that ought to animate you, and
the motto is your pledge that you will rather die
than betray the cause of the people, or be overcome
through your own fear or fault.
HISTOKr.
G.'. Or.'. The history of this degree is brief.
After punishment had been inflicted on the mur-
derers mentioned in the preceding degrees, King
Solomon instituted this degree, both as a recom-
pense for the zeal and constancy of the Elus of the
Fifteen, who had assisted him to discover them, and
also to enable him to elevate other deserving breth-
ren from the lower degrees to those of places in the