Page 113 CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION.THE Grand Master *) asks his deputy, "Whether he has examined the Master nominated in the warrant, and finds him well skilled in the noble science and the royal art." The deputy, answering in the affirmative, +) by the Grand Master's order, takes the candidate from among his fellows, and presents him at the pedestal, saying,
The Grand Master then addresses him:
*) In this, and other similar instances, where the Grand Master is specified in acting, may be understood any Master who performs the ceremony. +) A private examination is understood to precede the installation of every officer. |
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The Grand Master then reads, or orders to be read, a summary of the ancient charges to the Master elect, as follows, viz.:
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tice, and to pay attention to all the duties of Masonry on convenient occasions. These are the regulations of Free and Accepted Masons. The Grand Master then addresses the Master elect in the following manner:
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The new Master is then regularly invested with the insignia of his office, and the furniture and implements of his Lodge. The various implements of the profession are emblematical of our conduct in- life, and upon this occasion carefully enumerated.
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The jewels of the officers of the (new) Lodge being then returned to the Master, he delivers them, respectively, to the several officers of the Grand Lodge, according to their rank. The subordinate officers of the (new) Lodge are then invested with their jewels by the grand officers of corresponding rank; and are by them, severally in turn, conducted to the Grand Master, who delivers each of them a short charge, as follows, viz.:
THE SENIOR WARDEN.
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The Grand Master then addresses the officers and members of the (new) Lodge as follows:
CHARGEUpon the Installation of the Officers of a Lodge.
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The GRAND MARSHAL then proclaims the new Lodge in the following manner, viz.:
This proclamation is made thrice, and each time followed with a flourish of drums or trumpets. The Grand Chaplain then makes the concluding prayer, which ends the public ceremonies. The grand procession is then formed in'the same order as before, and returns to the hall. |