n to give the Royal Arch word, were instructed in the manner, and
finally invested with the all important word in due form.

Q. What is the Grand Royal Arch word? A. JAH BUH LUN.

Q. How is it to be given? A. Under a living arch by three times three,
in low breath (see description of opening a Chapter).

Q. What followed? A. We were presented with the signs belonging to
this degree.

Q. Will you give me those signs? Answered by giving the signs thus:
Raise the right hand to the forehead, the hand and arm horizontal;
thumb towards the forehead, draw it briskly across the forehead, and
drop it perpendicularly by the side. This constitutes the due-guard of
this degree, and refers to the penalty of the obligation. The grand
sign is made by locking the fingers of both hands together, and
carrying them to the top of the head, the palms upward, alluding to
the manner in which the brother who descended into the vault and found
the ark, found his hands involuntarily placed to protect his head from
the potent rays of the meridian sun.

Q. What followed. A. The High Priest then placed crowns upon our
heads, and told us that we were now invested with all the important
secrets of this degree, and crowned and received as worthy companions,
Royal Arch Masons. He then gives the charge.

The second section of the Lecture on this degree states minutely the
ceremonies and forms of exaltation (as the conferring of this degree
is styled), but there seems to be some parts which require
explanation. The Principal Sojourner conducts the candidate, and is
considered as representing Moses conducting the children of Israel
through the wilderness. He is usually dressed to represent an old man,
bowed with age, with a mask on his face, and long beard hanging down
upon his breast; is introduced to the candidate in the preparation
room by the name of Moses. On entering the Chapter, the candidates are
received under a "living arch;" that is, the companions arrange
themselves in a line on each side of the door, and each joins hands
with the one opposite to himself. The candidates entering, the
conductor says, "Stoop low, brothers! we are about to enter the
arches; remember that he that humbleth himself shall be exalted; stoop
low, brothers, stoop low!" The candidates seldom pass the first pair
of hands, or, in other words, the first arch, without being so far
humbled as to be very glad to support themselves on all fours. Their
progress may be ima