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PROVOST AKD JUDGE. 77
INVESTITURE.
I now invest you with the apron, collar, and jewel
of this degree. I decorate you in this quality with
this golden key, suspended to a red collar.
Your apron is white, bordered with red, as an em-
blem of the ardor and zeal of the Masters : the
pocket in the middle of the area is intended for the
key of the box wherein is contained the plans and
records of the tribunal, which key is represented to
you by that on the flap. It teaches you to lock care-
fully up in your heart the secrets of Masonry, and to
keep the key ever in your own possession ; and it is
especially emblematical of that justice and upright-
ness that alone can unlock to you the mysteries con-
tained in the higher degrees, and enable you to ad-
vance towards perfection. The golden key also
opens an urn of gold.
The Lodge represents the middle chamber of King
Solomon's Temple.
The triangle is emblematical, here as elsewhere in
Masonry, of the Deity, of his omnipotence and om-
niscience ; and it is also emblematical of the three
great requisites of a Judge— possessed by him in
their perfection and infinitude
—
Justice, Equity, and
Impartiality. Let that emblem and the balance be
ever before your eyes, and remind you of the obliga-
tion which you have taken in this degree, of the du-
ties winch devolve upon you, of the responsibilities