LESSONS OF THE SCOTTISH RITE DEGREES

 4°    LEARNING IS ENDURING

 5°    LIFE IS UNCERTAIN

 6°    ZEAL AND FIDELITY ARE REWARDED

 7°    ALL ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, BE JUST IN JUDGING

 8°    LABOR IS HONORABLE

 9°    IGNORANCE IS THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM

10°    FANATICISM CREATES INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTION

11°    LIFE IS A SCHOOL

12°    WISDOM ENABLES IMMORTALITY

13°    MORAL CHARACTER IS A HABIT

14°    THE “LEVEL” IS EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN AUTHORITY AND LIBERTY

15°    PERSEVERANCE AND CONSTANCY

16°    FOLLOW MASONIC TRUTH TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY

17°    WORK, REFLECT, PRAY/ HOPE, TRUST, BELIEVE

18°    FAITH IN GOD, MANKIND, AND SELF

19°    GOOD TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL

20°    EXAMPLE IS THE BEST TEACHER

21°    THE DOWNFALL OF EVIL IS CERTAIN

22°    WORK IS THE MISSION OF MAN

23°    SIMPLE FAITH IS WISER THAN VAIN PHILOSOPHY

24°    THE SOUL IS IMMORTAL

25°    FULFILL YOUR DESTINY

26°    TOLERATION AND MERCY

27°    VIRTUE AND DUTY ARE THE SAME

28°    THERE IS NO DEATH, ONLY CHANGE

29°    IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS WAX AND WANE

30°    LABOR UNCEASINGLY FOR GOOD

31°    AIM TO BE BEST BUT BE THE BEST POSSIBLE

32°    A SCOTTISH RITE SOLDIER IS ZEALOUS AND ARDENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES TO GOD, COUNTRY, FAMILY, BROTHERS AND SELF!

We seek to teach men a way to the truth which each man must find for himself. Our ritual instructs and affirms: it teaches members what might be expected of them in matters of demeanor and affirms the bonds of brotherhood uniting us.

Prepared by:

Ill. Charles O. Hancock, 33°

Valley of Rochester, NY