to form the avenue at the approach
of the Sovereign Master, and prepare the lines for inspection and
review.

Q. Prelate's station? A. On the right of the Chancellor.

Q. His duty? A. To preside in the Royal Arch Council; administer at
the altar; to offer up prayers and adoration to Deity.

Q. Station of Master of the Palace? A. On the left of the Sovereign
Master in the East.

Q. His duty? A. To see that the proper officers make all due
preparations for the several meetings of the Council; to take special
care that the Council chamber is in suitable array for the reception
of candidates and the dispatch of business; to receive and communicate
all orders issued by the Sovereign Master through the officers of the
line.

Q. Chancellor's station? A. On the right of the Sovereign Master.

Q. His duty? A. To receive and communicate all orders and petitions;
to assist the Sovereign Master in the discharge of his various duties,
and in his absence to preside in the Council.

Q. Sovereign Master's station? A. In the East.

Q. His duty? A. To preside in the Council; confer this order of
knighthood upon those whom his Council may approve; to preserve
inviolable the laws and constitution of our Order; to dispense
justice, reward merit, encourage truth, and diffuse the sublime
principles of universal benevolence.

S. M.--"Sir Knight Chancellor, it is my will and pleasure that a
Council of Knights of the Red Cross be now opened, and to stand open
for the dispatch of such business as may regularly come before it at
this time, requiring all Sir Knights now assembled, or who may come at
this time, to govern themselves according to the sublime principles of
our Order. You will communicate this to the Sir Knight Master of the
Palace, that the Sir Knights present may have due notice thereof, and
govern themselves accordingly." [The Sir Knight Chancellor communicates
it to the Sir Knight Master of the Palace, and he to the Knights.] S.
M.--"Return arms--right about face--to your posts--march--center
face--Sir Knights, this Council is now open for the dispatch of
business."

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SECOND SECTION.

Question--What were the preparatory circumstances attending your
reception to this illustrious Order? Answer--A Council of Royal Arch
Masons being assembled in a room adjacent to the Council chamber, I
was conducted to the door, where a regular demand was made by two,
three, and two.

Q. Wh