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GRAND ELECT MASON. 169
flie colors are arranged according to the mystio
numbers of this degree—3, 5, 7, 9.
The three are blue, red, and yellow, by the due
mixture of which the primitive colors are all formed.
The five consist of the first three, and green and
purple.
The seven consist of the first five, and of white and
black.
The nine consist of the first seven, and of stone
and flame color.
They are thus explained :
The blue is an emblem of friendship ; the red of
zeal ; the yellow of wisdom, on account of its resem-
blance to gold. Wisdom, saith the wisest of kings,
is far better than fine gold. The green is a beautiful
emblem of hope, and of that immortal part of man
which never, never dies ; the purple, being a royal
color, of dignity and majesty ; the white, of purity
and innocence ;
the black, of seriousness and modest-
ness of demeanor. The next color is that of stone,
which denotes firmness and durability, and is an em-
blem of constancy, fidelity, and decision of character
—qualities which should be possessed by those who
take the degree of Grand Master Architect, and at-
tempt to walk in the footsteps of our Grand Master
H.\ A.*. ; and the flame color, of ardent affection and
charity, the peculiar traits of a Grand Elect Mason.
The various colors united in this one girdle are ex-
pressive of that unity, and the olive interwoven of