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AEGUMENT.
The Lodge represents the Secret Vault under the Sanctum
Sanctorum, in which is t he Pillar of Beauty, and on this is placed
the Boly four-letter Name. This degree reveals and explains the
tetragrammaton, completes the construction of the Holy Temple,
and narrates the destruction of both it and the city of Jerusalem,
together with the death of Solomon.
TETRAGRAMMATON.
By J F. Adams, M. D.
There is a word—no mortal tongue
May dare its mystic sounds combine ;
Nor saint hath breathed, nor prophet sung
That holiest of the names divine !
Nor may the finger of the scribe
Presume that hallowed word to write ;
Accursed alike from Israel's tribe
Were he who dared that nann- indite !
Yet though no lip nor pen may dare
That name unspeakable impart,
'Tis ever breathed in secret prayer
'Tis ever written on the heart
!
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With care preserved, the sacred word
Is erst indeed a blessed dower :
We bow before thy name, O Lord,
And own its great and marv'lous power 1
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