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

264 THIRTEENTH OR ROYAL ARCh DEGREE. INITIATION. 165Expert—Ezistena.Thrice Puissant—-God is life; in him we live and haveour being.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the third of the Arches.(Which is done.)Expert—P ens.Thrice Puissant—God is power, all. things are subjectto his unlimited dominion and irresistible strength.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the fourth of the Arche..(Which is done.)Experi—Eternalis.Thrice Puissant—God is eternal, without beginningand without end, unto him the past, the present and thefuture are one.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the fifth of the Arches.(Which is done.)Experi—Infinitum.Thrice Puissant—God is infinite, he dwelleth in all,with all, and beyond all. He is the centre which hathno circumference. He is the light which shines in everydirection, without measure or limit.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the sixth of the Arches.(Which is done.)Expert—Solus.Thrice Puissant—God is one. Than him there is noother. His design and will are single and immutable.Thrice Puissant-Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the seventh of the Arches.(Which is done.)Expert-Misericora.Thrice Puissant—God is love, his unbounded andinexhaustable mercy is our trust and our hope, andgiveth joy throv.ghout the Universe.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the eighth of the Arches.(Which is done.)Expert—Sapientiez.Thrice Puissant—God is wisdom, he knoweth allthings, past, present and future, and there is no mysteryunknown to him, fo~ his understanding is the arch ofnature.Thrice Puissant—Brother Expert, you will now causeone of the candidates to lift the ninth of the arches.(Which is done.)Expert—Justus.Thrice Puissant—God is justice, his mercy and truthgiveth the weight on onq side, and on the other, hisjudgments are perfect.Expert—(Raises his hands in admiration, bends theknee to the ground and exclaims,) Jehovah.Thrice Puissant—My brethren, when of old, thechosen three had traveled the nine arches, they caine toa Dome and beheld upon the Cube Stone”t the resplendantDelta, on which the true name of the Great Architectof the Universe was impressed in letters of dazzlinglight, they fell on their knees, made the signs of admirationand. exclaimed, Jehovah, as you have done. Butthey were not able to pronounce the ineffable name.Nevertheless they hastened to inform Solomon and HiramKing of Tyre of their wonderful discovery, and thetwo kings caused the Cube Stone and Delta to be placedin a sacred vault of nine Arches similar to the ancientone. This sacred vault was beneath the temple immediatelyunder the Holy of Holies, where the Ark ofAlliance was preserved.Note 1SY.—”Ouhiosl Utous. This symbol is called by the VueaehMasons p1mm euhisue and by the German ouhik stein. It is the PerfectAshier of the Unglish and American systems. See Ashlaw. le,feet.’—Mashers ~qeIopeedia of lreemasoury. Artiels Ouhital Eteas.