Excerpt from The Hand-Book of the Chapter
The want of a Monitor for the Chapter Degrees, in conformity with the Work and Lectures as practiced in the jurisdiction of California, has long been felt; and the Grand Chapter, at its last Annual Convocation, wisely directed that one should be prepared.
The undersigned, having been charged with the performance of that duty, has carefully avoided everything like invention, and has endeavored to give a faithful outline of the ritual as adopted by the Grand Chapter at its Special Convocation in September, 1855; with such extracts and illustrations from the best Masonic writers as seemed plainly to comport therewith. The committee who submitted the work then adopted, hailed from jurisdictions widely separated, and represented systems of work differing materially in everything save in the essentials of the Royal Art. Each had prejudices, engrafted by time, to contend against and to strive for; but in their conferences each recognized the many excellences of the others. Preferences and prejudices were alike forgotten; and with most praiseworthy unanimity our present ritual, combining the beauties of all, was agreed upon and recommended for adoption.
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