Lodge shall be formed without permission of
the Grand Lodge, and that no countenance be given to any irregular
Lodge, or to any person clandestinely made therein, being contrary to
the ancient charges of Freemasonry?

XIV. You admit that no person can be regularly made a Mason in, or
admitted a member of, any regular Lodge without previous notice and due
inquiry into his character?

XV. You agree that no visitor shall be received into your Lodge without
due examination, or being properly vouched for?

These are the regulations of Free and Accepted Masons. Do you submit to
these charges and promise to support these regulations, as Masters have
done in all ages before you?

The Master answers: I do.

Inst. Off.: Brother ---- ----, in consequence of your conformity to the
charges and regulations of the Fraternity, you are now to be installed
Master of this Lodge, in full confidence of your skill and capacity to
govern the same.

The Master is then regularly invested with the insignia of his office,
and the furniture and implements of the Lodge are placed in his charge.
The various implements of his profession are emblematical of his conduct
in life, and are fully explained, as follows:

Inst. Off.: The Holy Writings, that Great Light in Masonry, which guides
us to all truth, directs our path to the temple of happiness, and points
out the whole duty of man.

The Square teaches us to regulate our actions and harmonize our conduct
with the principles of morality and virtue.

The Compasses teach us to limit our desires in every station, that,
rising to eminence by merit, we may live respected and die regretted.

The Rule directs us to punctually observe our duty, press forward in the
path of virtue, and, inclining neither to the right nor to the left, in
all our actions to have eternity in view.

The Line, the emblem of moral rectitude, teaches us to avoid
dissimulation in conversation and action, and to walk in the path which
leads to a blessed immortality.

The Constitution and Laws you are to search at all times and cause to be
read in your Lodge, that none may pretend ignorance of the excellent
precepts they enjoin.

You now receive in charge the Charter, by the authority of which this
Lodge is held. You are carefully to preserve the same and duly transmit
it to your successor in office.

You will also receive in charge the By-Laws of your Lodge, which you are
to see carefully and punctually executed.