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GRAND MASTER ARCHITECT. 133
speeches, and the solutions of arguments ;
she know-
eth signs and wonders before they be done, and the
events of times and ages. By means of her we shall
have hnmortahty.
LECTURE.
It is the true Masonic Light. He who obeys the
Masonic law shall find it. The degree which you
seek was first conferred upon Adoniram, the son of
Abda, when he was appointed Chief Architect of the
Temple, and as such the successor of the Master
Khurum, after having been for a time the chief of
the five Intendants of the Building, and after his
skill and science as an architect had been thoroughly
tested, and he found to be superior to the other four
Intendants. It was but the ceremony of his investi-
ture with that office. Afterward it became an hono-
rary degree, conferred first upon the other Lntend-
ants, and then upon the Elus, as a mark of honor
and distinction. As he advanced, the ancient Freemason
ceased to work with the instruments of the
laborer, the square, the level, the plumb, and the
trowel, and assumed those of the Architect and Geo-
metrician. As he advanced, also, he passed from
that branch of geometry and mathematics which
occupies itself with the earth, its surface and the
things that belong to it, with right lines and angles,