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- 11 Be helpful. Do your share of the work.
- 12 Be joyful. Seek the joy of being alive. The longer form of the laws is the one used for Grand Council; and for this, usually each Lamp is recited by one member, making a group of 4 about the fire.
The four Reciters enter the Council Ring, face the Chief each at his own Lamp, salute with the flat hand held up palm forward; then, facing the fire, get down on both knees and squat back.
The first Reciter now rises to one knee, lights his torch at the Central Fire, and says:
“From the Great Central Fire I light this the Lamp of Beauty. From it are these three rays:
- 1. Be clean, both yourself and the place you live in. For there is no perfect beauty without cleanliness of body, soul and estate. The body is the sacred temple of the spirit, therefore reverence your body. Cleanliness helps first yourself, then those around; and those who keep this law are truly in their country’s loving service.
- 2. Be strong. Understand and respect your body. It is the temple of the spirit; and without health can neither strength nor beauty be.
- 3. Protect all harmless wild life for the joy its beauty gives. Conserve the woods and flowers, and especially be ready to fight wild-fire in forest or in town.”
The second Reciter now rises to one knee, lights his torch at the Central Fire, and says:
“From the Great Central Fire, I light this, the Lamp of Truth. From it are these three rays:
- 4. Hold your word of honor sacred. This is the law of truth, and any one not bound by this cannot be bound, and truth is wisdom.
- 5. Play fair, for fair play is truth, and foul play is treachery.
