r empire; and it will subsist, until the moment that the
true elected shall appear and destroy her entirely.

The degree of Sublime Elected, that you have passed, gives you the
knowledge of those things which conducts you to the true and solid
good. The grand circle represents the immensity of the Eternal
Supreme, who has neither beginning nor end.

[Illustration: (4 concentric circles or 'bulls-eye')]

The triangle, or Delta, is the mysterious figure of the Eternal. The
three letters which you see, signify as follows:--G, at the top of the
triangle, "the grand cause of the Masons": the S, at the left hand,
the "submission to the same order": and the U, at the right hand, the
"union that ought to reign among the brethren: which, altogether make
but one body, or equal figure in all its parts." This is the triangle
called "equilateral." The great letter G, placed in the centre of the
triangle, signifies "Great Architect of the Universe," who is God; and
in this ineffable name is found all the divine attributes. This letter
being placed in the centre of the triangle, is for us to understand
that every true Mason must have it profoundly in his heart.

[Illustration: (Triangle with G at the top corner, S at the left
corner, U at the right corner, and a larger G in the middle)]

There is another triangle, on which is engraved S. B. and N., of which
you have had an explanation in a preceding degree. This triangle
designs the connection of the brethren in virtue. The solemn promise
they have made to love each other; to help, succor, and keep
inviolably secret, their mysteries of the perfection proposed, in all
their enterprises. It is said in that degree, that "You have entered
the Third Heaven, that means you have entered the place where pure
truth resides, since she abandoned the earth to monsters who
persecuted her."

[Illustration: (Triangle with 'B' at top, 'S' & 'N' below.)]

The end of the degree of Perfection is a preparation to come more
clearly to the knowledge of true happiness, in becoming a true Mason,
enlightened by the celestial luminary of truth, in renouncing,
voluntarily, all adorations but those that are made to one God, the
Creator of heaven and earth, great, good, and merciful. End of Brother
Truth's harangue.

Father Adam then says to the candidate, "My dear son, what you have
heard from the mouth of Truth is an abridgment of all the consequences
of all the degrees you have gone through, in order