Grand Potentate.-"Illustrious First and Second 
Ceremonial Masters accompanied by our Grand Mar-
shal, you will retire without the Temple and prepare 
those novices for reception in our Mystic Shrine." 
They salute and retire, and prepare candidates by 
takinfr off the shoes, coat, collar and vest and clothing 
them in white dominoes and slippers, handcuffed, or tied
at the wrist loosely. 
When the candidate (one, two or three) is readv, the 
Ceremonial Masters take charge of him. Three loud 
knocks at the outer door of the temple call the Orient-
al Guide to admit them. The response is, inside, a 
horrible clatter, the rasping of iron rings over an iron 
bar and the withdrawal of several large bolts; then the
door opens: "What is the cause of this clamorous 
alarm?   Who dares intrude upon the ceremonies of 
our Mvstic Shrine?" asks the Oriental Guide.
First Ceremonial Master.-"(one, two or three) 
poor Sons of the Desert, who are weary of the hot sands
aud the burning sun of the plains and humbly crave 
shelte, under the protecting dome of the Temple." 
Oriental Guide.-How may we know them to be 
worthy and not of treacherous or ignoble purpose" 
First Ceremonial Master-"Their characters having 
been canvassed and coming, within the bounds 
of good report, they have passed the ordeal of the Se-
cret Ballot of our Mystic Shrine unsoiled, and I espouse
their cause and sanction their reception with the Secret 
Pass." 
Oriental Guide-"Give me the, pass." 
First Ceremonial Master advances and whispers: 
"Mecca".