and teach, so others must of course learn to submit and obey. Humility in both is an essential duty. The officers who are appointed to govern your Lodge, are sufficiently conversant with the rules of propriety, and the laws of the institution, to avoid exceeding the powers with which they are entrusted; and you are of too generous dispositions to envy their preferment. I therefore trust that you will have but one aim, to please each other, and unite in the grand design of being happy, and communicating happiness.

Finally, my brethren, as this association has been formed and perfected with so much unanimity and concord, in which we greatly rejoice, so may it long continue. May you long enjoy every satisfaction and delight which disinterested friendship can afford. May kindness and brotherly affection distinguish your conduct, as men, and as Masons. Within your peaceful walls, may your children's children celebrate with joy and gratitude, the transactions of this auspicious solemnity. And may the tenets of our profession be transmitted through your Lodge, pure and unimpaired, from generation to generation.

12. The Grand Marshal then proclaims the new Lodge in the following manner, viz:

In the name of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of -, I proclaim this new Lodge by Lodge, No., to be legally

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constituted, consecrated, and the officers thereof duly

installed.

13. A piece of music is then performed. 14. Benediction.

The Grand Officers being seated, all but Master Masons are caused to retire.

A procession is then formed, and passes three times round the hall; and upon passing the Master, pays him due homage by the usual honors, in the different degrees.

While the procession is passing round, the following song is sung:

HAIL MASONRY divine!
Glory of ages shine;

Long may'st thou reign;
Where'er thy lodges stand,
May they have great command,
And always grace the land,
Thou Art divine;

Great fabrics still arise,
And grace the azure skies;

Great are thy schemes;

Thy noble orders are

Matchless, beyond compare;
No art with thee can share,
Thou Art divine.

Hiram, the Architect,

Did all the Craft direct

How they should build:

Sol'mon, great Israel's king,
Did mighty blessings bring,
And left us room to sing,
Hail, royal Art!

Chorus

three times.

The Grand Master then directs the Grand Marshal to form the procession; when the Grand Lodge walk to their own hall, and both Lodges are closed in due form. Section Third.

This section contains the ceremony observed on laying the foundation stones of public structures.

This ceremony is conducted by the M. W. Grand Master and his officers, assisted by such officers and members of subordinate Lodges, as can conveniently attend. The chief magistrate, and other civil officers of the place where the building is to be erected, also generally attend on the occasion.

At the time appointed, the Grand Lodge is convened in some suitable place. A band of martial music is provided, and the brethren appear in the insignia of the Order.

The Lodge is then opened by the Grand Master, and the rules for regulating the procession are read by the Grand Secretary. The Lodge is then adjourned; after which the procession sets out in due form, in the fol lowing order:

Procession at laying Foundation Stones.

Two Tylers with drawn Swords;

Tyler of the oldest Lodge with a drawn Sword;

Marshal.

Two Stewards of the oldest Lodge;
Entered Apprentices;

Fellow Crafts;

Master Masons:

Past Secretaries;

Past Treasurers;

Past Junior Wardens;
Past Senior Wardens;

Mark Masters;

Past Masters;
Royal Arch Masons;

Select Masters;

Knights Templars;
Masters;

Music;

Grand Tyler with a drawn Sword;
Grand Stewards with white Rods;

A Past Master with a Golden Vessel containing Corn;
Principal Architect with Square, Level and Plumb;
Two Past Masters with Silver Vessels, one containing
Wine, and the other Oil;

Grand Secretary and Treasurer;
The Five Orders;

One large light borne by a Past Master;
The Holy Bible, Square and Compasses, borne by a
Master of a Lodge, supported by two Stewards
on the right and left;

Two large Lights, borne by two Past Masters;
Grand Chaplain;

Clergy and Orator;
Grand Wardens;

Deputy Grand Master;

The Master of the oldest Lodge, carrying the Book of Constitutions on a velvet cushion;

Grand Deacons with black Rods, on a line Seven feet apart;

Grand Master;

Two Stewards with white rods;

Grand Sword Bearer with a drawn Sword.

A Triumphal Arch is usually erected at the place where the ceremony is to be performed. The procession passes through the arch; and the brethren repairing to their stands, the Grand Master and his officers take their places on a temporary platform, covered with carpet. The Grand Master commands silence. Ode on Masonry is sung; after which, the necessary preparations are made for laying the stone, on which is engraved the year of masonry, the name and title of the Grand Master, &c., &c.

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The stone is raised up by means of an engine erected for that purpose, and the Grand Chaplain or Orator repeats a short prayer.

The Grand Treasurer, then, by the Grand Master's command, places under the stone various sorts of coin and medals of the present age. Solemn music is introduced, and the stone is let down into its place.

The principal architect then presents the working tools to the Grand Master, who applies the plumb, square