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Guide and Marshal, you will conduct the Pilgrims east of the Altar for the lectures of the First and Second Messengers. We hope that the lessons of this Epoch have been deeply impressed upon you, and that they will be carried with you forever. Remember the pious and prosperous Jobe, passing in peace over his vast estates, ever stopping to give a word of cheer to his servants. Hear him bless his children and pray that they may continue to live in the fear of God. When the shades of night begin to fall, he goes forth into the gathering gloom and hears God’s voice in the waters of the river, in the song of the night birds and in all nature. He looks toward the homes of his sons and, as one by one the candle lights are extinguished, he offers a silent prayer that the morrow will be the same as today - full of love, peace and plenty. Then, as a storm out of the southland, comes blow after blow on the head of this pious man. His wealth is swept away, his family is destroyed and his body is torn with pains of disease. Yet, in his hour of trial when all the world seemed to forsake him, he remained God’s faithful servant. Jobe was steadfast. We learn from this Epoch always to remain faithful to God in our every thought, word and act, no matter what earthly trials we may be called upon to endure. Be steadfast, practice love, dispense light, shun falsehood and believe only in the truth. The sign of the First Epoch is given (Junior Princess exemplifies sign - Proficiency Lesson 2). Pilgrims, you will exemplify with me this sign. Junior Princess exemplifies the sign a second time with Pilgrims. The response is (Junior Princess gives response - Proficiency Lesson 3). Pilgrims, you will repeat after me the response of the First Epoch. Junior Princess gives the response a second time, the Pilgrims repeat the response. The mystic number of this Epoch is seven. It alludes to the number of Jobe’s sons and the measure of his flocks. The emblem of this Epoch is the White Dove, which symbolizes purity and truth. It is also symbolic of the name of Jobe’s first daughter whom he called Jemima, which means “dove.” Honored Queen, the Pilgrims are prepared for the Second Epoch.