IIe geste esthétique. Catalogue officiel illustré de 160 dessins du second Salon de la Rose + Croix avec la règle esthétique et les constitutions de l'ordre. 28 Mars au 30 Avril 1893

WALGREN. — 14, avenue du Maine.

269 — To Die and Be Reborn (bronze).
270 — In Front of the Church (bronze), belongs to M. Poterel.
271 — The Blind Man (bronze).
272 — Simplicity (bronze).
273 — Sorrow (stone).
274 — Deluge (stone).

ZILCKEN (Ph.). — Helene-Villa, The Hague.

275 — The Poet Paul Verlaine, after a sketch by JAN TOOROP (drypoint).

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We, by divine mercy and the assent of our brothers — Grand Master of the ROSE † CROIX OF THE TEMPLE AND THE GRAAL;

In Roman Catholic communion with JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, HUGHES DE PAYENS, AND DANTE,

To all those of this century — so that it may be remembered forever.

Prostrate before the Holy Spirit and imploring its light — we beseech humanity and history to forgive our unworthiness.

The priest alone touches the Holy Species the bread and wine of the Eucharist; but the least of Christians would piously take in his hand the host lying in the dust and keep it with veneration until the moment of returning it to the tabernacle. Should the oriflamme the sacred battle banner of the French kings slip from the hands of the ensign, every soldier present must raise it and hold it during the action.

Thus, the third divine person appeared to Us forgotten, if not blasphemed, deprived of honor and following; and to the misunderstood God, Our poor heart was an altar.

Thus, the works of the Word the Logos or divine creative principle seemed to be fading and deserted: without measuring Our strength, We have assumed an immense duty where none other strived.

As a Christian collecting the host, as a warrior who raises the abandoned Beauséant the black and white banner of the Knights Templar to the wind of glory, as a humble depositary, We shall return to Peter the Pope or the formal Church these sublimities which belong only to him, when Peter shall stretch out his arms to receive them.