M. W. Sov.- — Then it is the hour in which the Veil of

the Temple was rent in twaua, when darkness overspread
the Earth, when the Altar was thrown down, when the
True Light departed from us, when the Blazing Star was
Eclipsed, when the Cubic Stone poured with blood and
water, when tlie WOED was lost, and when despair and
tribulation sat heavy on us.

(A solemn pause — all the Knights drop the points of
their Swords and bow their heads towards the East.)

Solemn Music.