M. W. S. — Worthy Knight ! you have indeed, by the aid

of Faith, Hope, and Charity, succeeded in finding the lost
WOED. By Faith you have found the Eose of Sharon,
and by Faith you have been enabled to apprehend Him
who will never leave you or forsake you ! By Hope you
have obtained a heaven born blessing, which shall console
you under all difficulties and distress, and will teach you
under all the affliction of your earthly pilgrimage to ex-
pect a better and more enduring inheritance ! By Charity
you' have beheld the perfection of every Christian virtue !
Now take the initials of the last four steps of your
journey, and by putting them together you will have
found Him who is the Word, for St. John says, " In the
beginning (was the Word; ancy-the Word was with Godi,
and/ the Wo^iAvas God." "I am the Alpha /and/the
Omega, the beginning /and /the end, saith the Lord,

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which is_^nd/which was, and /which is to come, The
Almighty!" ^ '

Now, Worthy Knight, having found the WOED of the
New Law, I will affix it in its proper place.

The M. W. S. or the Prelate then places the letters on
the Cuhic Stone, on the Altar, all present point their
swords towards it, kneeling on their right knees, they
then rise and give seven salutes, the music playing softly
all the time. ^