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KNIGHT OF THE ROSE CROIX.
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moment the "Word" is returned to the Most Wise,
and when all have resumed their positions.
At the West end of the table is a candelabra with
seven branches of unequal size, so as to form a triangle,
the middle branch making the top of the triangle.
In each a yellow wax candle must be burning. All being
around the table, at a sign from the Most Wise, the
officers in reverse order proceed to perform their allotted
tasks.*****
Behold, the Emancipator of mankind, the friend
of the poor and destitute, the comforter, who, cover-
ing with the mantle of his word the nakedness of the
lowest among the low, has introduced them into the
Banquet-room of Immortality, there to enjoy the seat
which has been from all eternity prepared for them
by the Father.
Guests of one day, and disinherited the next !
the
Woe unto
friend is dead, the benefactor is no more !
unto us ! Error triumphs,
us !. Woe unto us ! Woe
Truth has disappeared, ignorance has extinguished
the light of philosophy.
Thy fate is sealed, thou must die! and thy Knights
will not be there to defend thee. Pray unto our
Father to guide us in the arduous path of life, so that,
when the last hour shall have come, we may rise to
the bosom of our only friend, contemplate his beam-
ing countenance, and enjoy forever the sublime les-