A dramatized version of this Endowment.
OPENING
Witnesses
We testify that (Name) has been washed, anointed, and clothed in the garment of the holy priesthood.”
Recipient
Standing at the altar, facing eastward, fully dressed in the Robes of the Priesthood, gives the officiator the token and sign of the Law of Sacrifice, the Law of the Gospel, and the Son at the altar:
(New name)”
“(Given name)”
“The Son.”
Officiator 1
Standing the altar, fully dressed in the Robes of the Priesthood, facing the individual (facing west), returns the tokens and signs of the Law of Sacrifice, the Law of the Gospel, and the Son at the altar:
(New name)”
(Given name)”
The Son.”
THE ENDOWMENT
The receiver is given a tallit.
Reader 1
And it came to pass that Adam and his wife, Eve, did leave the Garden and the presence of the Lord; and they were faithful unto the commands I gave them in the Garden. For behold, I did teach them to keep sacred that which they had learned in the Garden before being cast out; and we commanded them that they should not sell them at any price nor give them unto those that know not the Lord. And this they did; and they called unto me oft saying: Pe le-El, asking God to hear the words of their mouths.” -Book of Remembrance 16:2-5
Token of the Law of Sign of the Nail
Officiator 1
I shall now give unto you the Law of Consecration as contained in the scriptures, in connection with the Law of Sacrifice and the Law of the Gospel which you have already received and remind you of your baptismal covenant; that you are Christ’s and that you are Christs.
“At that time, you consecrated yourself; your time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed you, or with which he may bless you, to the service of and discipleship to Jesus Christ. And, as a High Priest/Priestess in Zion, you have further dedicated your services to the building up of the kingdom of God on the earth, and for the establishment of Zion. The Law of Consecration is represented in the token of the Sure Sign of the Nail.
“This token has reference to the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. When He was placed upon the cross, those that crucified him drove nails through the palms of his hands; then, that the weight of his body would not cause the nails to tear through the flesh of the hands, they drove nails through his wrists. Hence in the palm is the Sign of the Nail, and in the wrist is the Sure Sign of the Nail, or the Nail in the Sure Place.”
(Gives the token by clasping the right hands, interlocking the little fingers, and placing the tip of the forefinger upon the center of the wrist, keeping the thumbs parallel with the fingers.)
The name of this token is: Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the Priesthood be upon me, and upon my posterity through all generations of time, and throughout all eternity. When the token is given, the new name is given, like so:
(Squeeze the hand in the token)
Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the Priesthood be upon me, and upon my posterity through all generations of time, and throughout all eternity.”
Receiver
Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the Priesthood be upon me, and upon my posterity through all generations of time, and throughout all eternity.”
Sign of the Law of Consecration
Officiator 1
(Gives the sign.)
The sign of the Law of Consecration is made by raising both hands high above the head, and while lowering the hands three times repeating aloud the words: Pe le-El; Pe le-El; Pe le-El, each time, with the motion of the hands. The hands should be lowered in three movements, as each word is spoken. Pe: hands above head, le: the arms are dropped to the square, El: the hands lowered to the height of one’s chest.”
Receiver & Officiator
Offer and share together the token and the sign of the Law of Consecration at the altar.
Pe le-El; Pe le-El; Pe le-El.”
Officiator 1
That is correct.”
This concludes this Endowment.