Temple, and from its sacred Royal Arch brought to Of our ancient Grand Masters, and the justly celebratedĬraftsmen:-having wrought in the ruins of the first Temple-induction to the oriental chair, witnessing theĬompletion and dedication of that superb model of ex¬Ĭellence, the Temple, which has immortalized the names Torum-your regularly passing the several gates of the

Lated masonic ground floor-your ascent into the middleĬhamber-your entrance to the unfinished sanctum sanc¬

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24-28ĪN ADDRESS TO A NEW CREATED SIR KNIGHT TEMPLAR. Hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless,īut believing. Then saith he to Thomas, Beach hither thyįinger, and behold my hands and reach hither thy Then came Jesus, the doorsīeing shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be The nails, and thrust my hand into his side I will notĪnd after eight days, again his disciples were within,Īnd Thomas with them. Print of the nails-, and put my finger into the print of He said unto them, “ except I shall see in his hands the Therefore said unto him, “we have seen the Lord.” But The beast into the fire, and felt no harm.- Acts xxviii,Īnd Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.Īnd the writing was Jesus of Nazareth, the King ofīut Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was Is a murderer, -whom, though he hath escaped the sea,

Hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this mar When the barbarians saw the venemous beast hang on his Viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. And when Paul had gatheredĪ bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a Shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire,Īnd received us every one, because of the present rain,Īnd because of the cold. Ihe following portions of Scripture are rehearsed :Īnd when they were escaped, then they knew that 'ĭuring the ceremonies of initiation to this Degree, Full text of ' The Freemason's manual : a companion for the initiated through all the degrees of Freemasonry, from the entered apprentice to the higher degrees of knighthood.

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