pose, who will deliver them to the architect on
arriving at the corner-stone.

When a procession is composed of other than the officers of the Grand
Lodge and Master Masons, it should be formed in the following order:

G Music.
R
A M Military.
N A
D R Civic Societies and Organizations.
S
H Chief Magistrate, Mayor or other Official Guests.
A
L Knights Templar Escort.
.
Grand Lodge.

Should any Masonic body other than those above named appear, they will
be assigned an appropriate place in the procession.

A triumphal arch is usually erected near the place where the ceremony is
to be performed; and the corner-stone should have engraved on its face
the words, "Laid by the Masonic Fraternity," with the date, the year of
Masonry, the name of the Grand Master, and such other particulars as may
be deemed proper.

When the head of the procession reaches the Arch, it will open to the
right and left, facing inward. The Grand Master, uncovering, preceded by
the Grand Marshal and Grand Tyler, and followed by the other Grand
Officers and the Chief Magistrate and civil officers of the place, will
pass through the lines and ascend to the platform. As the Grand Master
and others advance, the remainder of the procession will counter-march
and surround the platform.

The stone should be suspended about six feet from its bed, by a machine
having suitable arrangements for slowly lowering it to its place. All
being in readiness--

The Grand Master will command silence and address the assembly,
announcing the purposes of the occasion, etc., concluding as follows:

The teachings of Freemasonry inculcate, that in all our works, great or
small, begun and finished, we should seek the aid of Almighty God. It is
our first duty, then, to invoke the blessing of the great Architect of
the Universe upon the work in which we are about to engage. I therefore
command the utmost silence, and call upon all to unite with our Grand
Chaplain in an address to the Throne of Grace.

The brethren uncover, while the Grand Chaplain delivers the following,
or some other appropriate

Prayer.

Almighty God! who hath given us grace at this time, with one accord, to
make our common supplication unto Thee, and dost promise, that where two
or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt grant their
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