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

trnui176 MASTER ELECT OP NINE.and I will give you the first letter of the second syllable.Moat Sovereign-The first is N. Now give me theother.Stolkin—K.Moat Sovereig,~&—What do these two letters N a~id Kmean?Btolkrn—Nekam, which signifies revenge.Most Sovereign—How was your election consummated?Stolksn—By revenge, disobedience, clemency andeight and one.Moat Sovereign—Explain this.Stolkir~—By revenge I destroyed the traitor, by disobedienceI exceeded the orders given me by the king,and by clemency, through the intercession of my brethren,I obtained the king’s pardon; and lastly, by eightand one, as we were only nine chosen for this business.Moat Sovereign-What did you do after having killedthe traitor?StoLkw~—I cut off his head and quenched my thirst atthe spring, and being fatigued laid myself down to sleepuntil my eight brethren entered the cave crying revenge.Moat Sovereign-Row did Solomon behave and receiveyou when you presented him the traitor’s head?Stolkin—With indignation, as he had proposed tohimself much gratification in punishing that villain,and he even doomed me to death, but on account of myzeal, forgave me.Most Sovereign—What did the dark room representinto which you were conducted before your reception?Stolkin-It is the representation of the cave where Ifound the traitor.Most Sovereign-How came you to be left thereblindfolded?LECTURE. 177Stolkin,—To call to my mind the traitor’s sleep, an4how often we may think ourselves secure after committinga crime, when we are in the most danger.Most Sovereign-How did the Elected walk?Stolkin-Darknesa obliged them to put their handsbefore their eyes and heads, to prevent being hurt orknocking themselves against anything. As the roadswere bad and uneven they were obliged often to crosstheir legs over one another.Most Sovereign-What does the dog represent thatyou see in the Chapter on the road near the cave?Stolkin-The unknown person or the good citizen whoconducted the Elected.Moat Sovereign—What does the naked bloody armwith the poniard mean?Stollcin—The grief still subsisting for Hiram Abiffthough one of the murderers was punished, and it wasdone by a mason; and as yet some unpunished.Moat Sovereign—What emblems do you use to expressthe number of nine elected?Stolkin—The first, by the nine red roses at the bottomof the black order; second, by the nine lights in theChapter; third, by the nine strokes of the scepter andmallet and fourth, by the nine kisses, four on each cheekand one on the forehead. These are the emblems of thenine elected. The red is the emblem of the preciousblood that was spilt in the temple and ordered to remsinthere until revenge was fully completed.Most Sovereign—How do you wear that large blackribbon?Stolkin-From the left shoulder to the right hip withthe poniard hanging at the bottom of said order.Moat Sovereign—Of what color is your apron?Stolkin—White skin, lined and bordered with black