JUNIOR WARDEN.

"Brother E F, you are appointed Junior Warden of this new lodge; and are now invested with the badge of your office.

"The plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in our several stations, to hold the scale of justice in equal poise, to observe the just medium between intemperance and pleasure, and to make our passions and prejudices coincide with the line of our duty.

"To you, with such assistance as may be necessary, is intrusted the examination of visiters, and the reception of candidates. To you is also committed the superintendence of the craft during the hours of refreshment; it is therefore indispensably necessary that you should not only be temperate and discreet, in the indulgence of your own inclinations, but carefully observe that none of the craft be suffered to convert the purposes of refreshment into intemperance and excess.

"Your regular and punctual attendance is particularly requested; and I have no doubt that you will faithfully execute the duty which you owe to your present appointment. -Look well to the South!"

CC BROTHER SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS,

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"You are too well acquainted with the principles of masonry to warrant any apprehension that you will be found wanting in the discharge of your respective duties fice it to mention, that what you have seen praiseworthy in others you should carefully imitate; and what in them may have appeared defective you should in yourselves amend. You should be examples of good order and regularity; for it is only by a due regard to the laws in your own conduct, that you can expect obedience to them from others. You are assiduously 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, as 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 TREASURER.

"Brother G H, you are appointed Treasurer of this new lodge. It is your duty to receive all moneys from the hands of the secretary, keep just and regular accounts of the same, and pay them out at the worshipful master's will and pleasure, with the consent of the lodge. I trust your regard for the fraternity will prompt you to the faithful discharge of the duties of your office."

THE SECRETARY.

"Brother I. K, you are appointed Secretary of this new lodge. It is your duty to observe the worshipful master's will and pleasure, to record the proceedings of the lodge, to receive all moneys, and pay them into the hands of the treas

urer.

"Your good inclination to masonry and this lodge, I hope, will induce you to discharge your office with fidelity, and by so doing you will merit the esteem and applause of your brethren."

THE DEACONS.

Brothers L M and N O, you are appointed Deacons of this new lodge It is your province to attend on the master and wardens, and to act as their proxies in the active duties of the lodge; such as in the reception of candidates into the different degrees of masonry; the introduction and accommodation of visiters, and in the immediate practice of our rites. Those columns, as badges of your office, I trust to your care, not doubting your vigilance and attention.

THE STEWARDS.

"Brothers PQ and R S, you are appointed Stewards of this new lodge. The duties of your office are, to assist

in the collection of dues and subscriptions, to keep an account of the lodge expenses, to see that the tables are properly furnished at refreshment, and that every brother is suitably provided for; and generally to assist the deacons and other officers in performing their respective duties. Your regular and early attendance will afford the best proof of your zeal and attachment to the lodge."

The TILER is then appointed, and receives the implement of his office, with a short charge:

"Brother A B, you are appointed tiler of this lodge, and I invest you with the implement of your office. It reminds you that it is always the duty of a Mason to set a guard at the avenue of his thoughts; to post a centinel at his lips, and to keep a watch over his actions.

"Your early and punctual attendance will afford the truest evidence of your zeal for the institution."

CHARGE TO THE BRETHREN.

"Such is the nature of our constitution, that as some must of necessity rule and teach, so other must of course learn to submit and obey. Humility in both

an essen

tial duty. The officers who are appointed 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 intrusted; 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 association has been formed and perfected in so much unanimity and concord, in which we greatly rejoice, 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

transactions of this auspicious solemnity. And may the tenets of our profession be transmitted through your lodge, pure and unimpaired, from generation to generation."

SECTION THIRD.

In this section we are instructed into the manner of laying the foundation stone of public structures, and the form of procession on these occasions. The following invocation is offered by the grand master:

"May the all-bountiful Author of nature bless the inhabitants of this place, with all the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of life; assist in the erection and completion of this building; protect the workmen against every accident, and long preserve this structure from decay; and grant to us all a needed supply of the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment, and the oil of joy. So mote it be !"

SECTION FOURTH.

Here the ceremony of dedication of Masonic Halls is particularly described; but, in a work like this, a display of this section is deemed unnecessary.

SECTION FIFTH.

In this place the funeral ceremony, agreeable to ancient custom is described.

No mason can be interred with the formalities of the order, unless it he by his own special request, communicated to the master of the lodge of which he died a member, foreigners and sojourners excepted; nor unless he has been advanced to the third degree of masonry; and from this restriction there can be no exception. Fellowcrafts or apprentices are not entitled to funeral obsequies, nor to attend the masonic procession on such occa

sions.

The master of a lodge, having received notice of a master mason's death, and of his request to be interred

with the ceremonies of the order, fixes the day and hour for the funeral, and issues his command to summon the lodge. He may invite as many lodges as he thinks proper, and the members of those lodges may accompany their officers in form; but the whole ceremony must be under the direction of the master of the lodge to which the deceased belonged, and he and his officers must be duly honoured, and cheerfully obeyed, on the occasion. But in case the deceased was not a member of either of the attending lodges, the procession and ceremony must be under the direction of the master of the oldest lodge.

The Brethren being assembled at the lodge room, (or some other convenient place,) the presiding master opens the lodge, in the third degree, with the usual forms, and having stated the purpose of the meeting, the service begins.

Master. "What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?"

Response. "Man walketh in a vain shadow; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them."

Master "When he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him."

Rosponse. "Naked he came into the world, and naked he must return."

Master. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!"

The grand honours are then given, and certain forms used, which cannot be here explained.

The master then, taking the sacred roll in his hand, says,

"Let us die the death of the righteous, and let our last end be like his !"

The brethren answer,