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The Histori C
The presiding office of this degree is styled Most Illustrious Grand Commander ; there are two Lieutenant Grand Commanders , a Grand Chancellor , a Grand Treasurer , and a Grand Secretary . In Prance , there is also recognized an officer called Minister of State .
The officers are Grand and Perfect , the ^ When the ritual is duly celebrated in ample form , three chambers are required , besides an ante-room for the reception of the candidate . According to the mode prescribed , and , we believe , adopted in France , the first room is hung with white drapery , and displays neither dais nor altar : at the bottom of the apartment is seen a statue of wisdom , dimly visible by the pale light of a spirit la , mp placed oyer a chafingdish . The Grand Saerificateur here receives the candidate and his
conductor . The second chamber , which is called the " Areopagus , " is hung with blue ; at the ferther end of the room is a table , covered with blue cloth , behind vvhich are placed the tAvo Lieutenants and an officer called the Orator ; these three form the " Council of the Areopagus . " The first Lieutenant , seated In the centre , presides ,
holding a golden sceptre , the other Lieutenant on his right , bears the golden scales of justice , while the Orator , who is on the left , display s a sword ; on either side of the room are ranged the seats of the Knights ; three yeUow candles light this chamber . The third hall , which is called the " Senate , " is hung with red ; in the east is the dais , on which is placed the throne , bearing on its canopy the double-headed
eagle , crowned , and holding a poniard in his claws ; a drapery of red and black , interspersed with red crosses , descends from the wings of the eagle , and forms a pavilion . On each side of the throne are placed the standards of the cross ; one white , with a green cross , bears the motto , " God wills-it : " the other , black , with a shield charged
on one side with a red cross , and on the other a double-headed eagle , has the motto , " Conquer or die . " The hall of the Senate is illuminated by eighty-one lights , which are displayed in a chandelier of nine branches : here is placed the mysterious ladder , Avhich is symbolic of virtue and science , one of the supports of which is dedicated to the love of God , and the other to the love of our neighbour ; the steps represent justice , candour , truth , wisdom , patience , and prudence ; the platform is the ne plus ultra ; the descending steps are , grammar , rhetoric , logic , arithmetic , geometry , music , and astronomy . This symbol ofthe Order appears also on the old Knight Templar certificates . The Knights wear a broad black sash , suspended from the left shoulder , ornamented and edged with silver fringe ; on it is
embroidered the Teutonic cross in crimson , and other emblems . The jewel is a naked poniard of silver with a Teutonic cross of red enamel , in the centre of which are the figures , 30 . We may here observe , that in the practice of our French brethren this is the last of the degrees which has its teaching embroidered on the cubical stone , which is divided into eighty-one points—the square of nine , and the pyramid bearing the initials N 0 i . e . ne plus ultra * , which is variously applie d to this and' the 18 th degree , h M
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The Histori C
The presiding office of this degree is styled Most Illustrious Grand Commander ; there are two Lieutenant Grand Commanders , a Grand Chancellor , a Grand Treasurer , and a Grand Secretary . In Prance , there is also recognized an officer called Minister of State .
The officers are Grand and Perfect , the ^ When the ritual is duly celebrated in ample form , three chambers are required , besides an ante-room for the reception of the candidate . According to the mode prescribed , and , we believe , adopted in France , the first room is hung with white drapery , and displays neither dais nor altar : at the bottom of the apartment is seen a statue of wisdom , dimly visible by the pale light of a spirit la , mp placed oyer a chafingdish . The Grand Saerificateur here receives the candidate and his
conductor . The second chamber , which is called the " Areopagus , " is hung with blue ; at the ferther end of the room is a table , covered with blue cloth , behind vvhich are placed the tAvo Lieutenants and an officer called the Orator ; these three form the " Council of the Areopagus . " The first Lieutenant , seated In the centre , presides ,
holding a golden sceptre , the other Lieutenant on his right , bears the golden scales of justice , while the Orator , who is on the left , display s a sword ; on either side of the room are ranged the seats of the Knights ; three yeUow candles light this chamber . The third hall , which is called the " Senate , " is hung with red ; in the east is the dais , on which is placed the throne , bearing on its canopy the double-headed
eagle , crowned , and holding a poniard in his claws ; a drapery of red and black , interspersed with red crosses , descends from the wings of the eagle , and forms a pavilion . On each side of the throne are placed the standards of the cross ; one white , with a green cross , bears the motto , " God wills-it : " the other , black , with a shield charged
on one side with a red cross , and on the other a double-headed eagle , has the motto , " Conquer or die . " The hall of the Senate is illuminated by eighty-one lights , which are displayed in a chandelier of nine branches : here is placed the mysterious ladder , Avhich is symbolic of virtue and science , one of the supports of which is dedicated to the love of God , and the other to the love of our neighbour ; the steps represent justice , candour , truth , wisdom , patience , and prudence ; the platform is the ne plus ultra ; the descending steps are , grammar , rhetoric , logic , arithmetic , geometry , music , and astronomy . This symbol ofthe Order appears also on the old Knight Templar certificates . The Knights wear a broad black sash , suspended from the left shoulder , ornamented and edged with silver fringe ; on it is
embroidered the Teutonic cross in crimson , and other emblems . The jewel is a naked poniard of silver with a Teutonic cross of red enamel , in the centre of which are the figures , 30 . We may here observe , that in the practice of our French brethren this is the last of the degrees which has its teaching embroidered on the cubical stone , which is divided into eighty-one points—the square of nine , and the pyramid bearing the initials N 0 i . e . ne plus ultra * , which is variously applie d to this and' the 18 th degree , h M