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

324 PI~ovosT AND JUDGE.Tito——I also invest you with’ your apron, as an emblemof the ardor and zeal of the Masters. The pocketin the apron is intended to keep the keys of the chest-containing the plans.Tito—Brother ~E~pert,conduct our newly electedbrother to the altar and proclaim him duly installed aProvost and Judge.Expert—(Conducts him to the altar.) To the gloryof the Grand Architect of the universe, under the auspicesof the Supreme Council of the 33d degree of theAncient and Accepted Scotch Rite,” in and for theSovereign and Independent State of New York, I dohereby proclaim Brother as a Provost and Judge,.and an active member of our tribunal throughout tIleworld.T’to—Together, brethren. (All give the battcry byclapping hands, four and one.)Tito—Brother Expert, lead our associate to his seatamong us, to listen to our lecture.LECTURE PROVOST AND JUDGE.Tito—Brothcr Adoniram, are youJudge?a Provost andAdonirarn—Thrice Illustrious, I distributed justiceimpartially to all the workmen.Tito—.How did you get admittancc into the ~[lodge] of Provost and Judge?Adoniram—By striking four strokes and a fifth oneafter a little pause.Tito—What do these four knocks and fifth separatesignify?Nets 65.—”Anoisnt and Aecepted sit., or Ineffable degrees; first kneWUIn France, in 1755. as the Emperors of the East and West. with twenty.five degrees. suheequently these degrees were Inersased to thirty-three.under the title ot Ancient and Accepted Bcottlah Rite, at the city ofCharleston. where. in the year 1801. a supreme Council for the southernportion of the United 5tates was organised. 1. 180? another SupremeCooncil was established In New Toek for the northern nortioiz of ft IUnited 5tstea. “—Kacoy’s EnayelepsadlA sad Dfetteaaiy o(tesmaaesq’,Art. Rite.LECTURN. 125Adoniram—The four are emblems of the four frontsof the temple, and the fifth the unity 3f God, whosetemple it is, and to whom is due every homage from us.Tito—What did you meet with at your entrance?Adoniram—With a brother who conducted me to thealtar.Tito—What became of you then?Adonsram—After giving proofs of my skili to theThrice Illustrious, and taking upon myself the solemnobligation, I was conducted to the tomb, caused to kneeland pronounce the word Cit’f, which signifies kneel.Tsto—What answer did the Thrice Illustrious makeyou?Adoniram—He pronounced the word Ky, which signifiesto rise.Ttto—What did the Thrice Illustrious do next?Adotziram—He constituted me Provost and Judge,depending on the good account he had of my zeal forthe craft.Tito—What did he give you?Adoniram—A golden key to distinguish the degree Ihad received, and with this a sign, token, and word, bywhich I may be known as a Provost and Judge.Tito—.-What is the use of that key?Adoniram—To open a small ebony box where all theplans required for the construction of the temple arekept.Tito—What do you mean by this ?“Adoniram—I niean that we are only entrusted withthe word and secret to know where the heart of ourMaster Hiram AblE is deposited.TUo—What is your word?Adoniram—Tito.