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

138 INTENDANT OF THU BUILDING.Solomon—Most Illustrious Brother Tito, your adviceis too good to be neglected, and to show yoi. how much.1 am swayed by it, I will now appoint you, brotherAdoniram and Abda to inspect and conduct the work.You will now send to the middle chamber and see ifthere are any of the chiefs of the five orders of a~’chiteo- Iture there “dead to sin and vice.”Ts’to—Brother Expert, you will repair to the middlechamber and see if there are any of the chiefs of thefive orders of architecture there dead to sin and vice.Expert—(Goes to door and knocks five; 00000.)Master of Ceremonies—{Knocks 00000 from within.)Kxpert—(Opens the door) Are there any of the chiefsof the five orders of architecture here dead to sin andvice?Master of Ceremonies—(Fol, candidate) Therc is onehere—Joabert, dead to sin and vice.Expert—Brother Joabert, are you possessel of zealenough to apply with scrupulous attention to the workwhich the Thrice Puissant will commit to your care?Master of Ceremonies—(For Joabert.) I look upon itas the greatest happiness and advantage that I can beblessed with, to have an opporunity with him in thegreat and glorious object which he proposes; that oferecting a temple to the Almighty, worthy of his glory.&pert—(Shuts the door) Thrice Illustrious there isin the ante-chamber one who says he is dead to sin andvice and looks upon it as the greatest happiness and advantagehe can be blessed with to have an opportunityof assisting in the great and glorious object which isproposed to him; that of erecting a temple to theAlmighty worthy of his glory.Solomon—Let him be admitted.Expert— (Knocks 00000.)INITIATION. 189Master of Cerernonies—(Knocks 00000 from within.)Ezpert—( Opens the door,) Let him be admitted.He then leads him five times around the [lodgejand then by five steps of exactitudc to the altar,Solomo.n—(To candidate,) I will restore thy Judgesas at first, and thy councilors as at ttie teginnxng. Thelight of the righteous shall be established, for the Lordgiveth wisdom; out of his mouth conieth undelstandingand knowledge. Then shhlt thou understand righteousness,judgment and equity, yea every good path.Brother Expert, you will now present the candidatewith a sprig of acacia; cause him to lie down and coverhim with a red veil. (Order is obeyed.)Solomon—My brother, you now personate again, dosbert,one of the most skillful artisans employed in theconstruction ofthe temple. HiramAbjif hadiiot at the timeJosben Petsonaung niram AbIS Dead W Sin and he was murdered.vice.finished the fine works of the inner chamber and Holyof Holies.The beautiful symmetry he nad designed was to oercalized and the utensils that were to be made, were toavoid all disarray and confusion in use.Joabert was selected to take Hiram’s office as he possessedscience and skill of the highest order. He wasthe ablest in the use of numbers and measurement ofwork, but the letters upon the designs prepared by Hirambelonged to the lost word, and it was necessary to knowthrt word to understand the designs. My brother, doyou know that word?Candidate—I ~ not.