The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-04

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/ temple with the three-faith. hope
and charity, Each makes such appli-
cation TO his own faith and creed oi
the symbols and ceremonies Of this de.
gree as seems to him proper"
| In councils Of Kadosh are conferred
the philosophical and chvalric de-
| gre s, nine eenth TO thirtieth inclu
/ sive, which beautifully unfold the
errors and frailties Of humanity, and
instruct how to overcome them and
advance toward that perfect state
hoped for by mortality.
The degrees of the council of Ka.
dosh nineteenth TO thir .ieth inclusive.
are:
Pontiff, nineteenth degree-Is found
ed on certain apocalyptic mysteries re
lating to the New Jerusalem, and rests
on the three characteristic virtues
taught in the eighteenth degree.
"* The true Mason labors for
the benefit of those who come after
him as we'll as for the Advancement
of his race. That is poor am bitlon
which contains itself within the limits
Of single life. Therefore faint not,
my brother. nor be weary in we'll do
ing; be not discouraged at mems
apathy, nor disgusted with their fol-
lies, nor tired of their Indifference.
Care not for returns and results, but
see only what there is to do and do it,
leaving the results to God"
Master of the Symbolic Lodge, TWEEN
tieth degree-Treats of the duties,
powers and privileges of the master of
lodge in opening, closing and con-
ducting the work in the same.
Masonry long wandered in error
Less than two hundred years ago its
organization was simple and altogether
moral; its emblems, allegories and GER
emonies easy to be understood. limo
vators and inventors overturned that
primitive simplicity. Ignorance en-
gagged in the work Of making degrees.
Eight hundred degrees of one kind
and another were invented. Infdelity,
Hermeticism, Jesuitism were taught
under the mask OF Masonry.
The Ancient Accepted Rite of Mason
ry has now become what Masonry was
at first meant to be-a teacher of great
'ruths, inspired by an upright and en-
lightened reason, firm and constant
wisdom. and an affectionate and lib.
eral philanthrophy."
Noachite or Prussian knight, twenty
first degree, teaches the member TO
all persons whoms oever; to be impair
tial between the high and the low,
protect the widow, the orphan, the
poor and the helpless, and still! to ten
per Justice with mercy, remem oering
that there is no man who doth not err
and sin.
knight Royal Axe, Prince Of Liba-
nus, twenty second degrce-Sympathy
with the great laboring classes, re-
spect for labor itself, and resolution to
do some good work in our day and
generation these are lessons of this
degree and they are purely Mason c.
Masonry has made a workiugman and
his associates the heroes Of her princi-
pal legends, and himself the COM
panion of kings.
The Chief Of the Tabernacle, %, and
Prince of the Tabernacle, 24-Illus-
trate the ceremonial investure or ini-
tiation of the Priests in the ancient
Temples and explains the esoteric
meaning Of their many avocations in
equipping the Temple and sustaining
their various sacerdotal duties.
These degrees teach that the soul
is immortal but for the body life COM
eth only out of death; and death is
birth to new life"
In the Ancient Mysteries initiation
dissipated errors and banished mistor-
tune; after having filed the heart of
man with joy during life il gave him
most blissful hopes at the moment of
death.
Knight Of the Brazen Serpent, 25-
While it teaches the necessity of re-
formation as well as repentance as
means of obtaining mercy and forgive
ness, it is also devoted to an eXplana-
tion of the sym bols of Masonry, and
especially those connected with that
ancient ond universal legend
representing a murder or death and
restoration to life"
Prince of Mercy or Scottish Trims
iarian, 26-Represents an assemblage
of Christian Masons in early times,
when, during the night Of persecution
danger and death hung on their foot
steps and teaches that the Justice
the Wisdom and the Mercy of God
are alike infinite, alike perfect"
knight Commander of the Temple,
27, inculcates the excellent qualities
of Humanity, Temperance, Chastity,
Generosity and Honor, and the prac-
tice of all the Masonic virtues.
knight of the Sun or Prince Adept,
2s-But little of the instruction con-
tained in this degree can be given in
the manual of the Rite, and can only
be laid before the student and neo.
phyte direct from the ritual.
Scortish knight of St. Andrew, 80,
is intended TO inculcate Equality and
exhibits the REQUESTS of knighthood
protection to the deenseless and in>
nocent, and the possession of virtue,
patience and frmnness.
A KniRht KAdosh 30. proves him