There is a moment of dramatic intensity in the ceremony of the first degree.
The candidate in utter darkness, in an attitude of humility declares that the predominant wish of his heart is to see light.
To the accompaniment of the sonorous phrases and majestic imagery of the opening words of Genesis the candidate is prepared for the sudden and dazzling revelation of light and the dissipation as in a thunderclap, of the darkness which had hitherto enveloped him.
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1939 - MORE LICHT ON THE FIRST DEGREE - Bro. W. E. Bate.
