From Page 13 in Book
Page 1st The Post Master's or fourth Degree in Masonry
As this order is merly a ceremony before you can obtain the superexcellent order
of the R. Arch, little is to be said on the subject
No. 4! The representation of the , that
was borne by the High Priest at the time that they surrounded the
walls of seven times, making long blasts with their
Ram's horns, &c. [Joshua 6] The Seven Lights on the plate is to represent the
High Priest that marched Seven times rong round the
walls of Jericho; & bore along with them the Tabernacle
& took its rise from the th time of , when the Israelites
had gained possession of the land of , by the overthrow
of Jericho, which was utterly destroyed; for the ^tabernacle^ Temple with
the aArk was then in , & kept there untill the final dedication
of the Temple by King , & was the work that king Solomon
expressed by smiting his breast three times, when so and so was
missing from the Temple &c
And God said let there be light and there was light [Genesis 1:3]
And the light shineth in darkness ^but and the darkness comprehendeth it not.
To all Most Excellent Brethren, Royal Arch Super-Excellent Masons.
No. 5 appears at the Burning Bush on Mount Horeb, [Exodus 3:1-2] on
displaying his sign, by casting his rod on the ground
turns to a serpent, and from a serpent into a rod again &c [Exodus 4:1-5]
being the first sign that Moses received by the Almighty or the
Mount, (but Moses appeared at the bush, his sandals or shoes
Page 1stx The Post Master's or fourth Degree in Masonry From Page 13 in Book
As this order is merly a ceremony before you can obtain the superexcellent order
of the R. Arch, little is to be said on the subject
No 4! The representation of the Ark of the covenant, that
was borne by the High Priest at the time that they surrounded the
walls of seven times, making long blasts with their
Ram's horns, &c. The Seven Lights on the plate is to represent the
High Priest that march Seven times round the
walls of Jericho; & fore along with them the Tabernacle
& took its rise from the time of , when the Israelites
had gained possession of the land of by the overthrow
of Jericho which was utterly destroyed; for the tabernacle with
the Ark was then in Gibeon, & kept there untill the final dedication
of the Temple by King , & [blank] was the work that King Solomon
expressed by smiting his breast three times, when so and so was
missing from the Temple &c
And God said let there be light and there was light
And the light shineth in darkness but the darkness comprehendeth it not.
To all Most Excellent Brethren, Royal Arch Super-Excellent Masons.
No. 5 appears at the Burning Bush on Mount Horeb, on
displaying his sign, by casting his rod on the ground
turns to a serpent, and from a serpent into a rod again &c
being the first sign that Moses received by the Almighty or the
Mount, (but Moses appeared at the bush his sandals or shoes