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KNIGHTS OF THE EAST AND WEST. 239
The fifth seal displayed a white cloth stained with
blood, invoking us that we should not hesitate if
necessary, to spill our blood in the defence or in the
promotion of the cause of Freemasonry.
The sixth seal when opened caused the sun to be
darkened and the moon to be changed to blood, as a
representation of the power of Supreme Councils to
interdict the works of inferior bodies, when irregu-
lar, until they shall have acknowledged their error
and submitted to the rules and regulations of the
Craft.
The seventh seal when broken was followed by
silence, broken by the successive blasts of the seven
trumpets, signifying that Freemasonry is extended
over the surface of the earth on the wings of the
wind and fame, and supports itself with honor. The
perfume from the altar represents the good odor of
virtue, and denotes that the life of a good Freemason
should be free from all reproach and perfumed by a
good report.
Your Masonic age is very ancient, and you are
termed a Patmian, as coming from Patmos.
The seven golden candlesticks denote the seven
churches—to wit, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thya-
tira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.
The two-edged sword pendent in the East has been
explained when referring to the opening of the second
seal, and that none, not even the Ven.'. Master, is
exempt from the exercise of judgment and justice.
The Yen/. Master represents John the Baptist, and