Transcription of THE BOOK OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE …
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THE BOOK OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTEDSCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY: Notes THE BOOK OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY: CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN ALL THE DEGREES, FROM THE THIRD TO THE THIRTY-THIRD, AND LAST DEGREE OF THE RITE by Charles T. McClenachan, 33' (Revised and Enlarged Edition, Macoy Publishing and MasonicSupply Company, 45-49 John St., New York, 1914). [ University of Delaware Library, HS 770 .M31914 ] FIRST SERIES: SYMBOLIC OR BLUE LODGE -- SYMBOLIC DEGREES ( ANCIENT Craft) Entered Apprentice Fellow Craft, or Companion Master Mason In the Reception of the 32nd Degree (see below), the following description of the three CraftDegrees is given: "The 1st degree shows you man, such as nature has made him, with no other resources than hisphysical strength. The 2nd degree teaches the necessity and holiness of labor, and consequentlyof knowledge. The 3rd degree teaches us that our unavoidable destiny is death; but at the sametime, in the ceremony and in the very name of Hiram, it shadows forth the great doctrine ofanother life, and the immortality of the soul.
The King of Tyre had visited the Temple unannounced and full of anger concerning a treaty, and Joabert zealously defended his Master from this supposed threat. King Solomon interceded and forgave Joabert's indiscretion, and made him the Witness (Confidential Secretary) to the final treaty agreement with the King of Tyre,
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