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

150 INTENDANT OH TIlE BUILDING.Solomon—Did you find nature giving way when youindulged your grief?Tito-I must have sunk under the weight of my afflictionsif I had not been seasonably relieved by thoseabout me, whom I afterwards found to be my brothers.Solomon-How did you discern them to be yourbrothers?Tito-By their invoking the Ineffable name, havingpreviously pronounced Jachinai, which I saw in themiddle of the blazing star.Solomon—Did you promise to keep these matters secret,and under what penalty?Ttto-I did promise the strictest secrecy, and thatunder the penalty of having my body severed in twoand my bowels torn out.Solomon—How were you made to walk?Tito—-By the five points of exactitude.Solomon—What do you mean by this?Tito-I mean the five solemn steps which I took inadvancing to the throne of the powerful King of Israel,when I took my obligation in his presence.Solomon-Why were you obliged to represent a deadman at your reception, and why then covered with afiery red cloth?Ttto-In order to denote to us that good masonsought to be dead to the world and its vices.Solomon—What do the scales imply that were putinto your hands?Tito-It is an emblem of justice, and given me to- denotethat I must do justice by the brethren, and conciliateall difference that may occur among them, andby said scales, I must also weigh my own actions andregulate my conduct, in order to justify the good opinionconceived of me, by being appointed Master inIsrael and Intendant of the Laildings.LECTURE 151Solomon—Have you seen your Illustrious ThriceNissant Master this day?Tito—I have seen him.Solomon-Where was he placed and how clad?Ttto-He wa~ placed in the East under a rich canopybespangled with brilliant stars, and clad in azure andgold.Solomo*—Why was he thus clad?Tito—Because when the Almighty appeared to Moseson Mount Sinai, and delivered him the tablets of thelaw, he seemed to be in a cloud of azure and goldSolomon—Have you any remain8 of darkness aboutyou?Tito-The morning star enlightened me, and the‘nysterious one guided me.Solomon—Where were you thus conducted?Tito—.l cannot tell you.Solomon—How old are you?Tito—Twenty-seven.Solomon—What numbers have you remarked?Tito—Five, Seven and Fifteen.Solomon—Where did you perceive them and what dothey mean?7’ito-I remarked them in the arrangement of lights,and have already explained the first two numbers, thelast represents the fifteen masters, w’ho found the bodyof Hiram Abiff under the sprig of acacia, which partywas headed by Mah-hah-bone.Solomon—Why did you wear green on your apron111(1 ribbon?Tito—To teach me that virtue and zeal in masonryare the only roads to lead me to sublime knowledge.Solomon—What does our jewel represent?Tito—The triple e~scnce of Divinity.