Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor - Rose Croix

Principal Sojourner (to candidates.)--Companions, we have now passed the Third Veil:
let us make an alarm at the Fourth. (Stamps as before.)
Royal Arch Captain--Who comes there? Who dares approach the Fourth Veil of our
sacred Tabernacle, where incense burns, day and night, upon the holy altar? Who are you,
and what are your intentions?
Principal Sojourner--Three weary sojourners from Babylon, who have come up thus far
to aid and assist in the noble and
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glorious work of rebuilding the house of the Lord, without the hope of fee or reward.
Royal Arch Captain--How do you expect to enter this Fourth Veil of our sacred
Tabernacle?
Principal Sojourner--By the words, sign, and word of exhortation of the Master of the
Third Veil.
Royal Arch Captain--Give them.
Principal Sojourner--Haggai, Joshua, and Zerubbabel (Pours a little water from a tumbler,
or cup, upon the floor, foe the sign.)
Royal Arch Captain--They are right. You have my permission to enter the Fourth Veil.
The Veils are now drawn aside, and the candidates enter amid a dazzling light, and
behold the High Priest, King, and Scribe sitting in Grand Council. The light is usually
made by igniting gum camphor in an urn upon the altar
Royal Arch Captain--Three Most Excellent Masters you must have been, or thus far you
could not have come. I will present you to the Grand Council. (Stamps his foot nine
times.)
High Priest--Who comes here?
Principal Sojourner--Three weary sojourners from Babylon, who have come up thus far
to aid and assist in rebuilding the house of the Lord, without the hope of fee or reward.
High Priest--Have you the signet of Zerubbabel?
Principal Sojourner--We have. (Presents the signet given him by Master of Third Veil.)
High Priest takes it, and reads from the second chapter of Haggai: