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448 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
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to suffer ; and that we may enjoy thy divine presence
in the mansions of happiness."
G,' Com.'. It becomes my duty, at this time, to
glance at the history of Masonry from its earliest date
but it would be impossible, within the limited time al-
lowed me, to enter into a detailed account of the various
incidents connected with this subject ; I will, there-
fore, merely allude to some of the prominent points.
The incidents attending the erection of the Temple
it is to be presumed you are already acquainted
with. The conspiracy of the three assassins of the
Grand Master, H.\ A.'., the incidents of his death so
peculiarly reminding us of the death of the great
exemplar Jacques De Molay ; the zeal and energy of
the brethren in the apprehension and punishment of
the assassins ; the wisdom of King Solomon in
selecting a chosen few, and making them perfect in
the arts and sciences ; the elevation of the twelve
Sublime Knights, elected to carry out the work of
perfection ;
the great object and duty of the twelve,
and their connection with our Grand Master, the
builder of the third temple, in their completion of
the first temple, and their partaking of a mystic
oblation having reference to a portion of the body
of their Grand Master, and vow to carry out his
great designs ; and our ancient Grand Master tasting
of the bitter cup of death ; the zeal and energy of
our ancient brethren, Gibuluru, Joabert, and Stolkin,
in penetrating into the bowels of the earth and bring*
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