Article XII

(Klan Prayers and Oaths)

Section 1. The prayers and oaths included in this section of this Constitution are to be used as herein prescribed and shall not be modified, misconstrued or altered or used for any other purpose than as herein stated.

Section 2. The Invocation Prayer shall open all Klan Functions unless there be Klansmen present who shall offer suitable prayers. The Invocation Prayer of the Klan:

"OH GOD, OUR HEAVENLY GUIDE, AS FINITE CREATURES OF TIME AND AS DEPENDENT CREATURES OF THINE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEE AS OUR SOVEREIGN LORD. PERMIT FREEDON AND THE JOYS THEREOF TO FOREVER REIGN THROUGHOUT OUR LAND. MAY WE AS KLANSMEN FOREVER HAVE THE COURAGE OF OUR CONVICTIONS AND THAT WE MAY ALWAYS STAND FOR THEE AND OUR GREAT NATION. MAY THE SWEET CUP OF BROTHERLY FRATERNITY EVER BE OURS TO ENJOY AND BUILD WITHIN US THAT KINDRED SPIRIT WHICH WILL KEEP US UNIFID AND STRONG. ENGENDER WITHIN US THAT WISDOM KINDRED TO HONORABLE DECISIONS AND GODLY WORK. BY THE POWER OF THY INFINITE SPIRIT AND THE ENERGIZING VIRTUE THEREIN,' EVER KEEP BEFORE US OUR OATHS OF SECRECY AND OUR PLEDGE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. BLESS US NOW IN THIS ASSEMBLY THAT WE MAY HONOR THEE IN ALL THINGS, WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF CHRIST OUR BLESSED SAVIOR. AMEN."

Section 3. The Benediction Prayer shall be used to close all Klan Meetings as follows:

"OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE INVOKE THY DIVINE BENEDICTION UPON US. KEEP US UNFETTERED FROM THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND RUN A TRUE COURSE AND BE WORTHY TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. MAY WE AS BRETHREN AND KLANSMEN BE STEADFAST AND UNREMOV

ABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF OUR LORD KNOWING THAT OUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN. THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WE PRAY. AMEN."

Section 4. The Dedication Prayer shall be used at the close of the Initiation Ceremony, as follows:

"OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WE BESEECH THER THAT AN OVERWHELMINGLY SENSE OF DEDICATION WILL EMBRACE THESE MEN KNEELING BEFORE THEE. LOOK WITH FAVOR UPON THAT TO WHICH THEY ASPIRE AND BLESS THEM IN THAT WHICH THEY HOPE TO OVERCOME. DEDICATE THEM THEREFORE TO THE FIGHT FOR RIGHT, FREEDON AND A KLANSMAN LIKE SPIRIT. ALLOW THE NOBLE ATTITUDES OF HONOR, TRUTH, AND BROTHERLY AFFILIATION TO EVER PERMEATE THEIR LIVES, THEIR HONOR, THEIR HOMES AND IDEALS. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD WE PRAY. AMEN."

Section 5. All Klan functions, regardless of time, place and manner, shall begin with prayer, and end with prayer to Almighty God.

Section 6. All persons being admitted to membership in the Klan shall be bound by

the following oath which shall be administered by the Kleagle in charge of the Initiation Ceremony:

"I,

and soberly

consciously, willingly standing in the presence

of Almighty God and these mysterious Klansdo hereby pledge, swear, and dedicate my mind, my heart, and my body

men

to

the Holy Cause of preserving Christian CiviThe diginity and integrity of And the constitution of

lization,

the Holy Writ

The United States of America as originally
written
as the greatest safeguards of

Justice and True Liverty ever written
I swear that I will preserve, protect and
defend
The Constitution of

The

White Knights of The Ku Klux Klan of Miss

issippi under

and obey the laws enacted thereand the lawful orders of the of- ·

ficers of the Klan.

I swear that I will brace

order

wholeheartedly em

the Spirit of Christian militancy which is the basic philosophy of this and I swear that I will pray for to help me determine my between the humble approach to my probshall

daily guidance

proper balance

and the militant lems

in order that my arms

always remain

as instruments of justice

and not I swear

in the hands of Almighty God Decome tools of my own vengance that I will constantly prepare myself tally and Spiritually may become ment in the hands of Almighty God and that His will be done through me part of His Divine Purpose.

and continuously Physically, Morally, Meňin order that I

an increasingly useful instru

I swear that I will remain alert

constantly

to the satanic force of evil

which is and shall remain and I swear that I will pose this force

in klonclave

ав

my enemy oppose and ex

at every opportunity and in life.

my ego in daily life
my Being

but God willing
his malignant forces
earth

preserve

Not only will I die Christian Civilization I will live and labor mightily Spirit of Christ

over

and agents here on in order to but for the

in all men.

I swear that I will cleave in this order

to my brethern

above all others

and their families and will defend and pro

tect them against all of our enemies foreign and domestic.

I awear that I will never be

a breach of secrecy

which may be detrimental

of

both

the cause of

or any other act
to the integrity

the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

of Mississippi.

All of these things I do swear to do

and

I will daily beseech Almighty God, my Creator that I may be granted

and Saviour

strength

the ability

and the grace

the

that I may be eminently successful in my performance of this sacred obligation.

Section 7. The discharge oath shall be used upon the discharge of any Klansman from this . order, provided he be discharged in accordance with instructions in this constitution. The Discharge Oath of the Klan:

Hereby surrender all pro

perty not held by me that belongs to the klan

"I,
give up my

in the Klan
Almighty God

that I will
at any time

have

always

forevermore.

and in the presence of men never betray

nor divulge

any information that I
and shall

concerning the Klan

remain absolutely neutral
so help me God."

ALL AMENDMENTS BELOW PASSED APRIL 19, 1964

Amendment 1

Section 1. No Officer nor member shall be permitted to compose, print or distribute any literature which contains the classic name of KU KLUX KLAN; nor write this name in public, nor in any way use or expose this name where alien eyes or ears can see or hear it without the knowledge and consent of the Imperial Wizard.

Section 2. The Twenty Reasons recruiting aid shall be exempt from the above rule, but great care shall still be used in its distribution to avoid alien familiarity with the classic name.

Section 3. The Klanburgesses shall have the power to invoke disciplinary measures for violations of this article.

Section 4. A person who is a prospective recruit who has been approved by the Klavern shall not be considered an alien in construing this article.

Amendment 2

Section 1. No disciplinary cross shall be burned on private property without prior approval and investigation by the Province Investigators and Province Titan. Section 2. No Province Titan shall authorize a disciplinary cross burning without a complete and prior plan of followup information in hand.

Section 3.

This amendment shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage.

Amendment 3

Section 1. All Grand, Province and Dist