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When the Grand Officers arrive at the center of the Lodge room, the
Grand honors are given.

The Grand Officers then repair to their respective stations.

The Lodge is placed in front of the altar, toward the East, and the gold
and silver vessels and lights are placed around it.

These arrangements being completed, the following or some other
appropriate Ode is sung:

Master Supreme! accept our praise;
Still bless this consecrated band;
Parent of light! illume our ways,
And guide us by thy sovereign hand.

May Faith, Hope, Charity, divine,
Here hold their undivided reign;
Friendship and Harmony combine
To soothe our cares--to banish pain.

May pity dwell within each breast,
Relief attend the suffering poor;
Thousands by this, our Lodge, be blest,
Till worth, distress'd, shall want no more.

The Master of the Lodge to which the hall to be dedicated belongs, then
rises, and addresses the Grand Master as follows:

Most Worshipful: The brethren of ...... Lodge, being animated with a
desire to promote the honor and interest of the Craft, have erected a
Masonic Hall, for their convenience and accommodation. They are desirous
that the same should be examined by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge; and
if it should meet their approbation, that it be solemnly dedicated to
Masonic purposes, agreeably to ancient form and usage.

The Architect or Brother who has had the management of the structure
then addresses the Grand Master as follows:

Most Worshipful: Having been entrusted with the superintendence and
management of the workmen employed in the construction of this edifice;
and having, according to the best of my ability, accomplished the task
assigned me, I now return my thanks for the honor of this appointment,
and beg leave to surrender up the implements which were committed to my
care, when the foundation of this fabric was laid, (presenting to the
Grand Master the Square, Level and Plumb), humbly hoping that the
exertions which have been made on this occasion will be crowned with
your approbation, and that of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge.

To which the Grand Master replies:

Brother Architect: The skill and fidelity displayed in the execution of
the trust reposed in you at the commencement of this undertaking, have
secured the entire approbation of the Grand Lodge; and they sincerely
pray that this edifice may continue a lasting monument of t