Order of the Eastern Star Pendant. Material: metal. Size: 1/4" diameter. Description: silver pendant with emblem of the Order; five-pointed star with the white ray of the star pointing downwards towards the manger (in the Chapter room, the downward-pointing white ray points to the West.); The character-building lessons taught in the Order are stories inspired by Biblical figures: Adah (Jephthah's daughter, from the Book of Judges); Ruth, the widow from the Book of Ruth; Esther, the wife from the Book of Esther; Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus, from the Gospel of John; Electa (the "elect lady" from II John), the mother.
