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

INITIATION. 75Pl~O2~OtFIFTH ORCHAPTER VIPERFECT MMTU’S Duouzu.INITIATIOfI,PREPARATION OF CA~DIDATR.Zerl,~tl Proceeds to the Ante-chamber,and having prepared the candidate as aSecret Master, leads hun by the green cordwhich he puts around his neck, to the doorof the lodge, and there knocks four.Stolkin—Thrice Respectable Master,there is an alarm at the door.Adoniraan—Brother Inside Guardian,inquire who knocks.Inside Guardiaiz—(Knocks four, andopens the door.) Who knocks?Zerbal—One who has helpo’i to build amonument to hiram and who desires toknow the circle and its quadrature.Inside Guardian—Thrice Respectable Master, it isone who has helped to build a monument to Hiram andwho desires to know the circle and its quadrature.Adoniraeit—Let him be led in.maid. Guardian—Let him be led in.Zerbal then leads the Candidate by the green cordinto the lodge, and up to the Altar.Zerbal—Thrice Respectable Master, I now lead intoyour presence by the green cord of hope, one who hashelped to build a monument to Hiram.Adoniram—What Monument, Brother Zerbal?Zerbal—Thrice Respectable Master, the plan whichagreeable to the decree of Solomon the Wise, you hadthe glory of designing, having been confided to me, Ichose our most skillful and Worthy Masters, and setthem at work upon the most precious materials, and wehave erected the beautiful obelisk to the memory of himwhose death was so untimely and cruel.Adoniram—With what tools did you work?Zerbal—With the Graduated Compass, which enaabled us to measure and limit our labors with exactprecision so that all might be justly adapted.Adoiziram—By what science did you use this instrument?Zerbar—By’ the science of the Circle and Quadrature.Adoniram—What Circle?Zerbai—A sane mind.Adoniram—What is the Quadrature?Ze,’bal—A sane body.Adoniram—Does the Candidate possess these twoqualities fitly joined and balanced?Zerbal—He does.Adoniram—Then lead him with us to the mausoleumyou have erected, that I~ may behold your work.Adoniratn—(Strikes four, all rise.) Rise brethren andaccompany me. (A procession is then formed withAdoniram and Stolkin’ at the head, Zerbal and Candidatenest, and then the Brethren. When they arrive atthe Mausoleum, they form a half circle, raise theirbands in admiration and exclaim, “Jehovah,”]Note 87.—”In the elu degrees this Ia t1~c name of one of thoee ap.pointed to search for the crimluale commemorated In the legend of thethird degree. It is impossible to trace Its derivation to any flebrewroot. It may he an anagram of a name, perhaps that of one of thefriends or the house of Stuart.”—Maoksy’s ~cyolopudis of Freemsionry.Article Stolkin,