M. M. When the words ‘hereby and here-

on’ are spoken, the Worshipful Master should place his left hand lightly—for a moment—upon the hand of the Candidate, and then on the V.S.L. At the conclusion of the Ob. the P. S. is ‘drawn ’ and ‘ recovered.’
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On sealing the Ob. on the V. S. L., the Organ plays the Kyrie eleison ; after which the Worshipful Master says, ‘ Rise, newly- obligated Master Mason,’ and the Deacons and,the Candidate step back a little.
When the Worshipful Master breaks off in the narrative, and says, ‘ Brother War- dens,’ the Wardens should leave their places, bringing the L. and the P. R., and silently take the places of the Deacons; who open out to R. and L., and then resume their seats. The S. W. stands on the left of the Can., the J. W. on his right; and the J. W. directs him to ‘c. h. f.’
The Wardens should be especially careful not to perform their respective functions too soon;.a good deal has to be said before the proper moment for action arrives, and the appropriate action should come after the corresponding word is spoken, not before. | Each Warden should wait for the cue—e.g., “temple,’ ‘sink,’ &c.; and the instant the Worshipful Master utters the word, the Warden should perform his duty.
At the moment of the final action, the ‘Senior Warden may in a whisper caution the Candidate to be perfectly passive. If, as sometimes happens, the Candidate be
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allowed to move, he cannot be placed where preparation has been made for him. The Junior Warden c. h. f.
At this point the Organist should play some suitably solemn movement or hymn, such as ‘ Days and moments, quickly flying,’ but on no account must any singing tak place. °
After the ineffectual efforts of the War- dens, the Worshipful Master descends from his Pedestal, and with their assistance .... him on the f. ps. o. f.
' The Wardens then resume their seats, and the Worshipful Master, facing N., is left in charge of the Candidate, who faces S.
The Candidate should be placed well back on the North side of the Lodge, having the Emblems of M. and the representation of the ... on his right; so that in the address which follows, the Worshipful Master may direct his attention to the one and the other with- out a change of position.
After the solemn address the Worshipful Master reverses the respective positions, and the Candidate then faces N.
In making this movement, the W. M. keeps _ himself between the Candidate and the Ped.
When the Worshipful Master communi-
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cates the Ss. of this Degree, the Candidate is instructed to advance to him as a Fellow- Craft, first as an Entered Apprentice; and then to take another a
After the Worshipful Master has com- municated the Ss. he gives the Candidate permission to ‘ retire in order, etc.,’ and the Worshipful Master resumes his seat.
The newly-made Master Mason is con- ducted by the Senior Deacon (no ‘ squaring ’) to the L. of the Senior Warden, and in- structed* to salute the Worshipful Master in the three Degrees; (P. S. only of Third Degree on leaving), and he is then conducted by the Senior Deacon to the door of the Lodge.
The Senior Deacon puts his ite by his chair; and both Deacons take up the furni- ture, restore the Ls., and resume their seats.
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When the newly-raised Brother is brought back to the Lodge, after a short interval, he is met at the door by the Senior Deacon only, who places him at the L. of the S. W., and directs* him to ‘Salute the Worshipful Master in the three Degrees. (Full signs.)’ The Senior Deacon then hands him to the
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Senior Warden, by whom he is invested with the distinguishing badge of a Master Mason. :
After a short. address by the Wor- shipful Master concerning the badge, the Senior Deacon places. the Candidate before the Worshipful Master, who gives the remain- ing portion of the Traditional History, which should always be narrated; the Working Tools with which H. Ab. was S. should be mentioned; and attention should be directed to the Emblems of M. After this, the re- maining two of the Ss. are communicated, and the Working Tools presented. After which the Senior Deacon conducts the Master Mason to a seat and resumes his own.
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The Ritual includes among the Emblems of M. the C. These were unknown in the East before and after the date assumed in the Ceremony. The use of the winding- sheet was universal.
As to ‘ the Ornaments of a Master Masons’ Lodge,’ there is no foundation in the Bible for the descriptions given of the ‘ Porch, Dormer, and Square Pavement ’; they never had an existence except.in the imagination of the old compilers of the Ritual. See
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Appendix, p. 446, wherein also the question of the ‘ re-interment ’ is mentioned.
The proper title of H. Ab. would be ‘our ' Grand Master,’ he having been one of the three Grand Masters (the others being Solo- mon, King of Israel, and Hiram, King of Tyre) who presided over the Craft during the building of the Temple.
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In Lodges here and there scattered about the country the latter portion of the Tradi- tional History is seldom or never narrated; in fact, in very many Lodges the Degree is too often given with maimed rites. This should not be. The Candidate is entitled to know all that we in the Ceremonies have to teach, and if he be of an inquiring mind, and if the narrative, etc., be not completed, he will be led to consider that-the Ceremony, which began with great solemnity, and with a most interesting historical narrative, had come to an abrupt and a very lame and im- potent conclusion, An imperfect or ill- conducted performance of the Ceremonies is an injustice to the Candidate and to Freemasonry itself.
As it is true etiquette to do the right thing in the right way, at the right time, and in the
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right place, then the details of position and of action here given are not out of place in the Etiquette of Freemasonry which is in- tended to be carried through upon the lines laid down in the Introduction. These de- tails, perfectly intelligible and easy of ac- complishment though they are, still require considerable care; and it is not too much to expect of the Principal Officers of a Lodge that, they should exercise the care necessary to prevent a hitch or a fiasco in the perform- ance of the Ceremonies.
(D.) INSTALLATION OF A MASTER.
This ceremony was specially considered‘and agreed to by the Board of Installed Masters and sanctioned and approved by the Grand Master in 1827. (See pp. 126 and 127.)
It is one of the prized privileges of the Worshipful Master to instal his successor, and it is becoming quite the rule for the re- tiring Worshipful Master to exercise this function. To avoid any confusion, however, in the following description of the ceremony he will be styled Installing Master.
While the Lodge is still in the First Degree the Installing Master should appoint - Past Masters to the Wardens’ chairs. °
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There should be no declaration that ‘ all offices are vacant.’ In the first place it is not in accordance with Recognized Ritual, and in the second place no one is em- powered to make any such declaration. An officer retains his position until the new Worshipful Master appoints and invests a SUCCESSOT. ©
The Lodge is then opened in the Second Degree, and a Past Master (either the Imme- diate Past Master or the Director of Cere- monies) presents the Master Elect for the benefit of Installation. On receiving the Installing Master’s reply the Past Master resumes his seat, leaving the Master Elect standing alone. -
N.B. No Warden can be installed as Master of a Lodge (except by Dispensation from the Grand Master) unless he has served the Office as an Invested Warden for a full year— that is to say, from one regular Installation Meeting until the next regular Installation Meeting. ;
No Installing Master may proceed unless satisfied of such service,or Dispensation.
After addressing the Brethren generally and the Master Elect in particular, the In- stalling Master directs the attention of the
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Master Elect to the Secretary, who reads the Summary of the Ancient Charges, to all of which the Master Elect signifies his unqualified assent by the Sn. of F. taking the Sp. on the first occasion. The Sn. should be given with the same care as all other Sns. There should be no bowing by the Master Elect.
The Master Elect then turns again to the Installing Master, and gives his promise to support them, and then, on instructions, advances to take the Ob. as regards his duties as Master of the Lodge.
All the Brethren stand to order with the P2Sh0r BIC.
At the conclusion of the Ob. the P. S. of F. C. is dis in unison.
The Lodge is then opened in the Third Degree, the Master Elect standing in his place. All under the rank of Installed Master are invited to retire. Officers should leave their collars on their chairs.
The Master Elect remains standing in his place.
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(@2” Herve follows the Esotery of Installed Masters. Any Installed Master may have tis on application and on establishing his right to possess it.— Publisher.) :
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On their re-admission the Master Masons are ranged in the N. Preceded by the In- _ Stalling Master, they pass round and salute the Wershipful Master as M. Ms. (See p. 363.)
The Installing Master in the E. then pro- claims the Worshipful Master for the first time, and-leads the M. Ms. in greeting the Worshipful Master.
The Installing Master then presents to the Worshipful Master the Working Tools of a M. M. These must be presented i” ex- tenso ; and the Lodge is then“closed in the Third Degree. (See p. 364.)
It is, unfortunately, too common to see the Lodge ‘ resumed’ on the plea of ‘ want of time.’ If the Worshipful Master is cap- able of doing his work he will be well advised to take this opportunity of demonstrating his fitness to rule and direct his Lodge.
The F. Cs. are then admitted, and the same process repeated.
The Working Tools of the F. C. should be presented to the Worshipful Master 11 extenso; and the Lodge closed in the Second Degree.
The E. As. are then admitted, procession and greeting as before, the Working Tools of an E. A. presented, and the Brethren directed to resume their seats.
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The Installing Master then delivers the Warrant, presents the Book of Constitutions and the By-laws of the Lodge, each with appropriate advice; and then calls on the © Worshipful Master to appoint and invest his officers. i
This is done in order of precedence, as set out on p. 98.
All the officers are ‘ appointed’ except the Treasurer and Tyler, who are ‘ elected.’
If the officer to be invested is already an Installed Master he is conducted to the S. side of the Pedestal; if not, to the N. side.
The Installing Master should, with his left hand, hold the right hand of the officer he is conducting.
When the Installing Master accompanies the newly-invested officer to his place, he should under no circumstances forget to conduct the Past Master, so displaced, to a seat among the Past Masters.
On Installation Nights it is customary in some Lodges to salute each officer as he takes his place with a single clap in volley. This is not ‘ orthodox’; and although it isa kindly and unobjectionable custom, and quite “ Masonic,’ it were better avoided.
All officers within the Lodge having been
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invested, the Worshipful Master summons the Tyler or Outer Guard with the proper —¥
The Tyler, having saluted on entrance from the L. of the S. W., advances alone to the Worshipful Master to be invested, and this having been done, he retires and salutes alone.
In the event, ‘however, of the Tyler being, as is often the case, a very, old officer and not quite so active as formerly, the Installing Master will lose nothing of ‘his dignity if he- fraternally conducts the Tyler also to the Worshipful Master for investiture.
In either case, if the before-mentioned ~ unorthodox salute in ‘ volley’ has been given to the other officers, it should on no account be omitted on the withdrawal of the Tyler, who is a Brother; and ‘he who is placed on the lowest spoke of Fortune’s wheel is equally entitled to our regard.’
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All the officers present having been in- vested, the Installing Master proceeds to deliver the three Addresses: the first, to the Worshipful Master, he delivers from. the left of the Senior Warden; the second, to: the Wardens, from the left of the Worship-. ful Master. The Wardens should remain:
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seated during this address. Some make a point that the Wardens should stand; but there is not even any logic in it, as they do
not suggest that all the Brethren should
stand during the third and last address, which is delivered by the Installing Master from the left of the Worshipful Master.
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At the conclusion of these addresses, it is customary for a Past Master to move that a vote of thanks bé accorded to the Installing Master and recorded on the Minutes, ex- pressing the appreciation of the assembled Brethren of the admirable manner in which ' the Installation Ceremony has been per- formed. Of course if the Installing Master is also the Immediate Past Master, this occasion is taken to pin on his breast, with appropriate words, the P. M. Jewel, which has been, no doubt, already voted to him.
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(E.) CALLING OFF AND CALLING ON.
These useful ceremonies will be found in the Ritual 77 extenso, and there is no occas sion for any detailed comment thereon, except that there is no legal necessity for the Junior Warden to remain in his seat during the recess as one has sometimes seen.
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-(F.) CONSECRATION OF A LopGE. ORDER OF CEREMONY.*
1. THE Brethren assemble in the Lodge Room.
2. The Consecrating Officer having entered in procession with the Grand Officers, takes the Chair and appoints his
Officers.
3. The Lodge is opened in the Three Degrees. .
4. Opening Ode.
Hail Eternal, by Whose aid *
All created things were made, Heaven and earth Thy vast design; Hear us, Architect Divine.
May our work begun in Thee Ever blest with order be;
And may we when labours cease