Blanchard J (anti-masonic) - Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated Part I

226 SUBLIME KNIGHTS ELECTED.ment?Inspector—To take the right hand of a brother slidwith the thumb strike three times on the first joint ofthe middle finger.Thrice Puissant—What signifies this token?Inspector—Lo9e to God, Fidelity to my countr~ andCharity towards my neighbors.Thrice Puissant—What did you see on entering theChapter?Inspector—Twenty-four (24) lights.Thrice Puissant—What do they signify?I’ispector—The twelve”~ Masters Elected, snd thetwelve tribes of Israel.Thrice Puissant—What are the names of the twelveMasters Elected?lnspector—Joabert, Stolkin, Terry, Morphy,’’ Alycuber,Dorson, Kerim, Berthemen, Tito, Zerbal, Beniah,and Gaber. The first nine are those who went with thestranger in search of Akirop, the last three make up thenumber of twehe (12) Masters Electe6.Thrice Puissant—What employ did Solomon givethem?inspector—To superihtend all the masters, and there-Note 1O1.—~The nsme’ of the Twelve Illustrious Knights selected to~reulde over the twel,e tribes, a. they have been transmitted to us in theritual of this degree have undoubtedly aauumcd a very corrupted form.The restoration of their corcect orthography, and with It their truesiguiflcstion. is worthy the attention of the Masonic student. ‘—Mackey’s~cycicpeedia of fr.emssewy• Article Snbilme KnIght Elected.Note lOS.—Merphsy. The nsme of one of the twelve inspectors in theeleventh degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. This name,like the others in the same catalogue. hida deSance to any Hebraicderivation. They are sit either Freao~h corruptions. worse even thanjakmai for Shskiush, or they have some allusion to names or events con.nected with the political intrigues of the exiled house of Stuart. whichbad. it is kuowu. a connection with some of the higher degrees sprungup et Arras and other places where Masonry was patronized by theiretcnder. This word Morphey may, for instance, be a corruption forMurray. Jsmea Murray. the second son of Lord Stormoni. escaped to thecourt of the Sluarts in 1715. He was a devoted adherent of the exiled!an~lly and became the governor of the young prince and the chief mm’ister of his father. ~ho conferred upon him the empty title of Earl ofD’,ohar. He died at Avignon in 1770 B~t almost every etymology of thisdud must be entirely conjecturaL~—Xackeya Encyclopaedia of Free.masefry. Article Morphey.LECTURE. 227fore named them Inspectors, that they might be able togive him an account of what was daily done in the constructionof the temple.Thrice Puissant—In what manner were these Inspectorsemployed to survey the conduct of the workmen?lnspector—.Ioabert had inspection of the tribe ofJudaA.Stollein. had inspection of the tribe of Benjamin.Terry had inspection of the tribe of Simeon.Morphy had inspection of the tribe of Ephra.m.Alycuber had inspection of the tribe of Manasseh.Dorson had inspection of the tribe of Zebulofz..Kerimj had inspection of the tribe of Dan.Berthem c-n had inspection of the tribe of Asher.Tito had inspection of the tribe of Naphtali.Zerbal had inspection of the tribe of Reuben.Beniak had inspection of the tribe of issachar.Gaber had inspection of the tribe of Gad.These twelve masters rendered daily an account asInspectors to Solomon of the work done by all thercspective tribes and they received the amount of paymentto be distributed to all the workmen of everytribe.Thrice Puissant—What signifies the tomb at the Westdoor of the temple?inspector—It is the tomb where the body of therespectable Hiram Abiff is deposited. Solomon had itplaced at the entrance of the temple to show the Israeliteshow much he was affected at the loss of that grcaLman; dnd did it in honor of him whom he regarded andesteemed as himself.Thrice Puissant—What signifies the I. ~.H.‘.S.~.which you see in the draft?Inspector—The I.’. is the initial of “Jeva” the firstpronunciation of the Ancient Masters Word; the H.’.