sly to assist
the Master in the discharge of his trust, diffusing light and imparting
knowledge to all whom he shall place under your care. In the absence of
the Master, you will succeed to higher duties; your acquirements must
therefore be such that the Craft may never suffer for want of proper
instruction. From the spirit which you have hitherto evinced, I
entertain no doubt that your future conduct will be such as to merit the
applause of your brethren and the testimony of a good conscience.

The Lodge being called up, the Installing Officer continues as follows:

Brethren of ---- Lodge: Such is the nature of our constitution, that as
some must of necessity rule and teach, so others must, of course, learn
to submit and obey. Humility in both is an essential duty. The officers
who are chosen 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 Lodge has been formed and perfected in so
much unanimity and concord, 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 annual recurrence of
this auspicious solemnity; and may the tenets of our profession be
transmitted through this Lodge, pure and unimpaired, from generation to
generation."

The Marshal then makes proclamation from the South, West and East in the
following manner:

"I am directed to proclaim, and I do hereby proclaim, that the
Worshipful Master, Wardens, and other officers, elected and appointed,
of ---- Lodge, have been regularly installed into their respective
stations."

INSTITUTING AND CONSTITUTING NEW LODGE

Ceremony for Instituting a Lodge Under Dispensation.

The members of the new Lodge, whether they are to be instituted by the
Grand Master, or by a brother deputized by him, will, in either case, be
notified by the Master to assemble in their Lodge room at the time
determined upon. After the brethren are assembled, the Grand Master, or