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Left Lancet: Eleventh degree - Sublime master elected - be earnest, honest, and sincere. This degree dwells on good citizenship. Evil doings should be punished. Honesty and respect for others should be rewarded. Be earnest, honest and sincere.
Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
This window depicts the herdsman, Prophet Amos, standing up for the children of his people. An insignia of the degree, a flaming heart, is seen near the top of the panel.
Right Lancet: Twelfth degree - Grand master architect - Building for the ages. This degree teaches that the mason, as he learns to use the tools and instrument of his trade and skill, also learns to contemplate the many aspects of life and deal with them as a child of God, steadily advancing to those heights of experience which we call perfection.
I Corinthians 3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
This degree is illustrated by Bezaliel, the builder of The Ark of the Covenant, making the great wings that adorn orders of architectrue.
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