1°--Apprentice. 2°--Fellow-craft. 3°--Master. 4°--Secret Master. 5°--Perfect Master. 6°--Intimate Secretary. 7°--Provost and Judge. 8°--Intendant of the Building. 9°--Elu of the Nine. 10°--Elu of the Fifteen. 11°--Elu of the Twelve. 12°--Master Architect. 13°--Royal Arch of Solomon. 14°--Perfect Elu. 15°--Knight of the East. 16°--Prince of Jerusalem. 17°--Knight of the East and West. 18°--Knight Rose Croix. 19°--Pontiff. 20°--Master of the Symbolic Lodge. 21°--Noachite or Prussian Knight. 22°--Knight of the Royal Axe or Prince of Libanus. 23°--Chief of the Tabernacle. 24°--Prince of the Tabernacle. 25°--Knight of the Brazen Serpent. 26°--Prince of Mercy. 27°--Knight Commander of the Temple. 28°--Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept. 29°--Scottish Knight of St. Andrew. 30°--Knight Kadosh. 31°--Inspector Inquisitor 32°--Master of the Royal Secret. MORALS AND DOGMA. LODGE OF PERFECTION. MORALS AND DOGMA. [Illustration] I. APPRENTICE. THE TWELVE-INCH RULE AND THE COMMON GAVEL. Force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil and bruise itself. It is destruction and ruin. It is the volcano, the earthquake, the cyclone;--not growth and progress. It is Polyphemus blinded, striking at random, and falling headlong among the sharp rocks by the impetus of his own blows. The blind Force of the people is a Force that must be economized, and also managed, as the blind Force of steam, lifting the ponderous iron arms and turning the large wheels, is made to bore and rifle the cannon and to weave the most delicate lace. It must be regulated by Intellect. Intellect is to the people and the people's Force, what the slender needle of the compass is to the ship--its soul, always counselling the huge mass of wood and iron, and always pointing to the north. To attack the citadels built up on all sides against the human race by superstitions, despotisms, and prejudices, the Force must have a brain and a law. Then its deeds of daring produce permanent results, and there is real progress. Then there are sublime conquests. Thought is a force, and philosophy should be an energy, finding its aim and its effects in the amelioration of mankind. The two great motors are Truth and Love. When all these Forces are combined, and guided by the Intellect, and regulated by the RULE of Right, and Justice, and of combined and systematic movement and effort, the great revolution prepared for by the ages will begin to march. The POWER of the Deity Himself is in equilibrium with His WISDOM. Hence the only results are HARMONY.