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children of its members may be trained in all trades, businesses, and
professions, and there they may study the liberal arts and humane
letters, as well as our holy and arcane science. Brethren are expected
to do all in their power to make possible the establishment of such
Universities.
ELEVENTH HOUSE
42. Every Brother is expected to do all in his power to induce his
personal friends to accept the Law and join the Order. He should
therefore endeavor to make new friends outside the Order, for the
purpose of widening its scope.
TWELFTH HOUSE
43. The Brethren are bound to secrecy only with regard to the nature
of the rituals of our Order, and to our words, signs, etc. The general
principles of the Order may be fully explained, so far as they are
understood below the VIø; as it is written, ``The ordeals I write not:
the rituals shall be half known and half concealed: the Law is for
all.'' It is to be observed that punctual performance of these duties,
so that the report thereof is noised abroad and the fame of it cometh
even unto the Throne of the Supreme and Holy King himself, will weigh
heavily in the scale when it comes to be a question of the high
advancement of a Brother in the Order.
OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE BRETHREN
FIRST HOUSE
44. The first and greatest of all privileges of a Brother is to be a
Brother; to have accepted the Law, to have become free and
independent, to have destroyed all fear, whether of custom, or of
faith, or of other men, or of death itself. In other papers the joy
and glory of those who have accepted The Book of the Law as the sole
rule of life is largely, though never fully, explained; and we will
not here recapitulate the same.
SECOND HOUSE
45. All Brethren who may fall into indigence have a right to the
direct assistance of the Order up to the full amount of fees and
subscriptions paid by them up to the time of application. This will be
regarded as a loan, but no interest will be charged upon it. That this
privilege may not be abused, the Grand Tribunal will decide whether or
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