The White, Purple and Gold - Text for Presentation of White Leather Apron

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offent ANWARD legal 212-The White, Purple and Gold. My Brother, I now present you this lambskin or white leather apron. It is an emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason -the distinguished badge of a Mason. It may be that, in the coming years, upon your head may rest the laurel wreaths of victory; pendant from your breast may hang jewels fit to grace the diadem of an Eastern potentate; nay, more than these, with light added to the coming light, your am- bitious feet may tread round after round of the ladder that leads to fame in our mystic circle, and even the purple of the Fratern- ity may rest upon your honored shoulders; but never again from mortal hands, never again until your enfranchised spirit shall have passed upward and inward through the pearly gates, shall any honor so distinguished, so emblematical of purity and all perfections, be conferred upon you as this which I now bestow. is yours; yours to wear throughout an honorable life, and at your death to be deposited upon the coffin which shall inclose your lifeless remains, and with them laid beneath the clods of the valley. Let its pure and spotless surface be to you an ever-present re- minder of a purity of life and rectitude of conduct," a never- ending argument for nobler deeds, for higher thoughts, for greater achievements. And when at last your weary feet shall have come to the end of life's toilsome journey, and from your nerveless grasp shall drop forever the working tools of life, may the record of your life and actions be as pure and spotless as this fair emblem which I place in your hands to-night; and when your trembling soul shall stand naked and alone before the Great White Throne, there to receive judgment for the deeds done while here in the body, may it be your portion to hear from Him who sitteth as the Judge Supreme the welcome words; "Well done, good and faithful servant! Thou hast been faith- ful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."-Standard Monitor.

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200 MACOY PUBLISHING AND MASONIC SUPPLY COMPANY. THIRTY FOUR PARK ROW NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 28 20 poco PLACE STAMP HERE. FOR UNITED STATES, CANADA AND TWO CENT STAMP FOR ALL OTHER COUNTRIES. SEND FOR COMPLETE LIST OF EMBLEMATIC FOST CARDE AND OTHER SOCIETY SPECIALTIES