HOJ Court Positions
This Officer displays the Scarlet Line at the outer gate and ensures that only duly qualified Heroines enter the Court
Who is the Outer Gate Keeper?
During the Opening, the Bible is opened to this chapter, with a Palm leaf displayed, in the degree of Master Mason’s Daughter.
What is Mark chapter 11?
This is the password of this degree
What is Naomi?
In the Heroines of Jericho, the Scarlet Line or cord is symbolic of this biblical woman who protected Israelite spies.
Who is Rahab?
This emblem symbolizes the many different threads and people within a community, working together to keep it strong and vibrant.
WHAT IS THE SPINNING WHEEL?
The officer who receives the Pass and Token from each person present during the opening, beginning at the left of the Senior Matron.
Who is the Senior Attendant?
This is the Password that must be given to the Outer Gate Keeper upon entering a Court opened on the degree of Master Mason’s Daughter.”
What is “Hosanna”?
This person is the heroine of this degree and considered to be a "true friend".
Who is Ruth?
This virtue, defined in the ceremony as that which binds the members to secrecy and obedience, inspired Rahab to ask for kindness after she had shown kindness first.
What is Honor?
A symbol of connection and devotion, often featured in the organization's regalia.
WHAT IS THE SCARLET CHORD?
This Officer sits directly in front of the MAM.
Who is the Chaplin?
This hymn, often sung after the opening of the degree of Master Mason’s Daughter.
What is “Blest Be the Tie That Binds”?
This sign is made by four (4) motions. 1. Place yourself in the position as if in the act of pulling off your slipper. 2. Hold up your open hand palm out, hand on a line with the right ear. 3. Carry the right hand to the left breast and bow. 4. Drop the hand to the side
What is the sign of the Slipper or of Distress?
During the Heroine of Jericho conferral, the candidate makes multiple circuits around the Court, encountering symbolic obstacles, passing under or over certain barriers, culminating in this number of trumpet blasts before being presented.
What are seven trumpet blasts?
An emblem of abundance, with its use in the Order of the Eastern Star, the Heroines of Jericho also see it as a symbol for the constant pursuit and diffusion of knowledge.
WHAT IS CORN?
This officer sits to left of the MAM.
Who is the Secretary?
In the MMD degree, the obligation includes a penalty symbolically denoted as suffering this, should the vow be willfully violated.
What is leprosy?
In the True Kinsman degree, the Bible is opened to the First Chapter of Ruth (verses 12-17), the sheaf of wheat, a slipper, and this additional emblem are placed upon the open volume.
What is an ear of corn?
In HOJ, this is the book of the Bible, and scripture is the Bible opened to.
WHAT IS JOSHUA 2?
The traditional colors associated with the Heroines of Jericho.
WHAT ARE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE?
These officers represent the four cardinal directions and the four elements.
Who are the Ark Bearers?
In the ceremony, after the presentation, the newly adopted Master Mason’s Daughter is bound with this emblem around her waist, said to remind her of the purity of life and the rectitude of conduct.
What is the white cord?
In the True Kinsman degree, the candidate is prepared by being adorned with a thin veil of this color, holding this, and then presented with this object, which in Ruth’s story is central to her redemption.
What is a blue veil, sheaf of wheat, and the slipper?
In the Order, the color white symbolizes innocence and purity, the color red symbolizes zeal, and the color, once associated with prostitution, now represents salvation, while blue stands primarily for this.
What is friendship?
Represented in the regalia and as an emblem, this symbolizes bounty and the importance of distributing knowledge.
WHAT IS THE SHEAF OF WHEAT?