Knight Kadosh—A. A. Rite.

blessed the seventh day and sanctified it , " ( Gen . iii . 3 ) . He separated and distinguished it from the days of the week , setting it apart for the purpose of a Sabbath , agreeably to the primary meaning of the word here made use of ( in the

Hebrew ) , Kadosh signifying " separated / ' or " consecrated . " In the law , as delivered by Moses , we find the following precept concerning the feasts and sacred assemblages : " Six days work shall be done ; but the

seventh day is a Sabbath of rest , a holy coronation ; " in the Hebrew , mihra hodesh ( Lev . xxiii . 3 . )

Mr . Taylor says the word kadesh , as he writes it—for translators differ—signifies "holy , " or " holiness , " and is equivalent to the Greek ieros , " sacred . " In its application to this degree , we must

consider it to be derived from the appointments of the priestly office . The presiding officer of the degree is styled Most 111 . Pres . Gr . Commander . There are two Lieut . Gr . Commanders , a Grand Chancellor , a

Grand Minister of State , a Grand Treasurer , and a Grand Secretary . When the ritual is duly celebrated in ample

form , three chambers are required , besides an ante-room for the reception of the candidates . The first is , or ought to be , hung with drapery , and displays neither dais or altar . At the bottom of the apartment is seen a statue of wisdom ,

dimly visible by the pale light of a spirit lamp , placed over a chafing-dish . The Grand Sacrificateur here receives the candidate and his conductor . The second chamber , which is called the " Areopagus , " is hung

with blue . At the farther end of the room is a table , covered with blue cloth , behind ivhich are placed two 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 ,

displays a sword . On either side of the room are ranged the seats of the Knights . Three yellow candles light this chamber . The third hall , which , is called the " Senate , " is huna with red . In the east is the dais , on ivhich

is placed the throne , bearing on its canopy a double-headed eagle , crowned , and holding a poignard , in its 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 mofcfco , " God wills it ; " the other , black , with a shield charged on one side with a red cross , and on the other side a double-headed eagle has

the motto , " Conquer or die . " The hall of the Senate is illuminated by eightyone lights , which are displayed in a chandelier of nine branches . Here is placed the mysterious ladder , which 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 neighbours . 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 .

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 poignard 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 , especially of our French brethren , this is the last degree ivhich has its teachings embroidered in the

cubical stone , which is divided into eighty-one points—the square of nine , and the pyramid bearing the initials N . P . U ., that is , ne plus ultra , , which is variously applied to this and the

eighteenth degrees . We cannot but think this degree is of high antiquity , and the admixture of the military and religious ceremonies is more conspicuous in this than in any other degree . In its present form it

bears evident traces of its Teutonic origin ; and most probably it was devised by the German Knig hts . One standard used in this rite bears a green cross , which designated that nation in the Holy Land ; the motto is the same as was borne

by the pilgrims in the first crusade ; the red cross belonged to the Templars , and was assumed by the two other Orders ou the extermination of the Templars- —JPomeroy ' s Democrat .