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Rh Sister Conductress, you will present this sister at the second point of the Star for further instruction.

The Conductress will lead the candidate around Adah's chair, leaving the chair to the right, then across the Star, leaving the Altar to the left, around Martha's chair, passing to Ruth for instruction. After each lecture, the labyrinth is followed in a similar manner, always leaving the chairs to the right and the Altar to the left. From Ruth around Electa to Esther; from Esther around Adah to Martha; from Martha around Ruth to Electa; from Electa around Esther to the Worthy Patron.

During the march there should be vocal or instrumental music or the Worthy Patron may recite the following:

W. P. "And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter."

"And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord and I cannot go back."

Cond. Sister Ruth.

Ruth rises and takes her position at the right of her chair.

Ruth. Sister Conductress.

Cond. I present this sister to be instructed in the duty of obedience to the demands of honor and justice in all