Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor - Rose Croix

The candidates, after passing the Living Arch, stumble over the rugged road, and arrive
again at the entrance of the arch.
Principal Sojourner--Companions, here is a very difficult and dangerous place ahead,
which lies directly in our way. Before we attempt to pass it, we must kneel down and
pray. (Reads Psalm cxii. )
"Lord, I cry unto thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice.
"Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the
evening sacrifice.
"Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
'Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work
iniquity.
"Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an
excellent oil.
"Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul
destitute.
"Keep me from the snare which they have laid before me, and the gins of the workers of
iniquity.
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"Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape."
The candidates rise and again pass under the Living Arch and over the rugged road. They
then kneel again.
Principal Sojourner--Let us pray. (Reads from text-book Psalm cxlii.)
"I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my
supplication," &c.
They then pass round the third time as before, when the candidates again kneel.
Principal Sojourner reads Psalm cxliii. from the text-book:
"Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications; in thy faithfulness answer me,
and in thy righteousness," &c.
Principal Sojourner--We have now arrived in sight of the ruins of the old Temple, near
the outer veil of the Tabernacle.