Council of Kadosh
The cordon is a black watered silk ribbon, four or five inches wide, edged with narrow silver lace and worn across the body, from left to right. The letters 'K' and 'H' are embroidered in scarlet silk on the front part of the cordon. They stand for the Hebrew words meaning 'Holy Temple'. Also embroidered on the cordon are two Teutonic crosses and a double headed eagle, his wings extended, holding a poniard in his claws. The two heads and the blade of the poniard are of gold. The handle of the poniard is oval, one-half of it white and the other black. The colors represent the division of good and evil in the universe.
The jewel is a double-headed eagle, with wings spread, and measuring about one inch across from outside to outside of the wings. The eagle rests upon a Teutonic Cross one and a half inches in size. The eagle is of silver, and the cross of gold, enameled with red. DUTIES Labor unceasingly for the good of mankind.
LESSONS Arm yourself with faith in God, love toward your fellow man and knowledge. Great examples are the noblest legacies from the past; they enrich a nation more than wealth or power.
FOR REFLECTION Are the knightly values obsolete in the modern world?
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS Three skulls, three funeral urns, the mystic ladder, the double headed eagle.
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