with a three-edge blade, my feet flayed and I be forc-
ed to walk the hot sands  upon the sterile shores of the
Red Sea until the flaming sun shall strike me with livid
plague, and may Allah, the god of Arab, Moslem and 
Mohammedan, the god of our fathers, support me to the 
entire fulfillment of the same, Amen, Amen. Amem." 
Grand Potentate-"In token of your sincerity sa-
lute the Sacred Book, the Bible." 
Priest-"Unbind the Sons of the Desert. They are 
now of noble birth. The ravs of the hot, flaming, sun
upon the sterile shores of the Red Sea are strong and 
more scathing, than the hempen thong." 
Nobles are all seated by- the Grand Potentate's 
striking once. Candidates are ordered to arise and 
their wrists are unbound. 
Priest-"Our Oriental will now conduct the Sons 
of the Desert to our purifying cavern in the South. 
It is the fountain of Mecca. Let them there wash their
hands in innocency themselves of the snares 
of sin and vice that may have surrounded them, and let
them be returned to us free from the stains of iniquity."
 Conducted to fountain or urn, with music and 
verses then conducted to to the East. 
Grand Potentate-"My friends, it is with pleasure 
that I extend to vou the greeting, of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine and congratulate you upon having thus 
far passed the ceremonies of our order; bear bravely up
to the Moslem test and prove your fidelitv to our cause. 
Although vague may appear the prospect in our cere-
mony and the aspect of our purposes let me assure you