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

4~8 SOV3RHIGN PBINCU 01 lOSE OROIL INITIATION. 479CHAHGk~ TO CANDiDATE.I congratulate you my brother on the recovery of theword, which entitIes you to this degree of Perfect Masonry.[shall make no comment or eulogium on it. Itssublimity will no doubt be duly appreciated by you.You perceive, no doubt, with satisfaction, that you~werenot deceived when you were promised an aim Sublimewhich makes you perfect in the mysteries of masonr’and unveils to you its allegorical emblems. To thatpoint we are about to arrive. Now that you have attainedthis high estate in masonry, you have found in itall that is beautiful and good; you have become per rect.The sublime and the true have been developed to youreyes. It is not enough, my brother, to have been ab]e~merit and acquire it, you must more and more renderyourself perfect in it aiid study to draw from it fQr thefuture all the fruita possible, and rhay you my dearbrother long enjoy it among us. Grant us that friendz~hip,which is the bond of all associations, and be assuredof ours, which you have now acquired.I will now instruct you in the signs, tokcns and wordaof this degree.UtguSIGN OP RECONCILIATION.Raise right hand and with index fingerpoint upward.ANSWUB.Point downward with index finger ofright hand.U’SIGN 01 THE GOOT SERPHIED.Cross the arms on breast with hands ox.tended and eyes raised to heaven.SIGN OP HELP.Cross the legs, the right behind the left.