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266 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
The three columns, Faith, Hope, and Charity, should
be displayed in position.
The silver salver with Passover-bread and goblet of
white wine should also be provided.
The altar should be plain and hung with black, with
the Book of Constitutions, and a square, compass, and
Crux ansaia of gold upon it. On the Crux ansata
should be enamelled the letters —.'. —.'. —.'. —.*.
A little in front of the Master, on his right and left,
are two triangular columns, draped in white, five feet ir
height. Upon each is a triangular transparency, on one
side of which is a word. This word, on the column on
his right, is I ; on that on his left, I . In the
West, a little in front of the Wardens, on the right and
left, are two columns, precisely alike, each with a similar
transparency. On that upon the right is the word
R ,
and on that upon the left, the word N .
Each transparency turns upon a pivot, so that the words
(until then concealed) may be displayed at the proper
moment, which will not transpire until Easter Sunday.
On this most solemn festival, a young lamb, roasted,
is to be eaten at the feast. It must be white, with-
out spot or blemish, and killed with a single blow of a
knife. One of the brethren must prepare it ; and the
head and feet must be cut off, and burned as an offering.
At the repast, each must eat a piece. If a brother be
travelling, and meet another brother on the road, they
are obliged to go to some convenient place to perform
this duty. This particular repast is styled the Mystic
Banquet.
On Holy Thursday, in the rear of the East will be
depicted the following scene. The Celestial Vault stud-
ded with stars ; the sun absent, and the moon obscured