-
Articles/Ads
Article THE MANNER OF CONSTITUTING A LODGE, ← Page 2 of 6 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Manner Of Constituting A Lodge,
If the Grand Master attends , with all his officers , the Lodge will be constituted IN AMPLE FORM ; if the Deputy Grand Master and the other grand officers attend , it will be constituted IN DUE FORM ; but if the power is vested in any subordinate Lodge , it will only be constituted IN FORM . On the day and , hour appointed , the Grand Master , with his officers , ( or the Master and officers of any private Lodgeauthorized b
, y the Grand Master , ) meet in . a convenient room , and , being properly , clothed , walk in procession to the Lodge room . , The Lodge is opened by the Grand Master in all the degrees of Masonry . A prayer being repeated in due form , and an ode , inlionour of the So ^ ciety , sung , the Grand Master ( or Master in the Chair ) is informed , " That a certain number of Brethren then present , ' duly instructed
in the mysteries of Masonry , desire to be formed into a new Lod ge , under his Worship ' s ( or the Grand Master ' s ) patronage ; that a Dispensation had been granted them , by virtue of which authority they had assembled . as regular Masons ; and that the transactions of their several meetings had been properly recorded . " The petition is then read , as is also the Dispensation , and the Warrant , or Charter , of
Constitution , granted in consequence of it . The minutes of all the transactions of the new Lodge , while under Dispensation , are likewise read , and , being approved , they are declared to be regular and valid . Then the . Grand Master ( or Master in the Chair ) takes the Warrant in his hand , and requests the Brethren of the new Lodge to signify their approbation or disapprobation of the -pificers nominated in the said Warrant to preside over them . This being signified accordingly , an anthem is sung , and an oration on the nature and desi gn of Masonry is delivered . - _
CEREMONY OF CONSECRATION . * THE Grand Master , attended by his officers , and some dignified clergyman , form themselves in order , round the Lodge , in the centre . All devoutly kneeling , the preparatory prayer is rehearsed . The Chaplain produces his authority , and , being properly . assisted , proceeds to consecrate . Solemn'mtisic strikes up , and the necessary preparations are made . The first clause of the Consecration Prayer
is rehearsed , all devoutl y kneeling . The Response is made , " Glory to . GOD on High . " Incense is scattered over the Lodge , and the Grand Honours of Masonry are given . The Consecration Prayer is concluded , and the Response repeated , together with the Grand Honours , as before . All rising up , solemn music is introduced ;_ after whichthe Blessing- is givenand the Response made as
beforeac-, , , companied with the usual honours . An anthem is then sung , and the Brethren of the new Lodge corning- forward and doing homage , the Grand Master pronounces these words : ' In this my exalted character , and in the name of the MOST PIIGH , ' to whom be glory and honour , I constitute and form these good
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Manner Of Constituting A Lodge,
If the Grand Master attends , with all his officers , the Lodge will be constituted IN AMPLE FORM ; if the Deputy Grand Master and the other grand officers attend , it will be constituted IN DUE FORM ; but if the power is vested in any subordinate Lodge , it will only be constituted IN FORM . On the day and , hour appointed , the Grand Master , with his officers , ( or the Master and officers of any private Lodgeauthorized b
, y the Grand Master , ) meet in . a convenient room , and , being properly , clothed , walk in procession to the Lodge room . , The Lodge is opened by the Grand Master in all the degrees of Masonry . A prayer being repeated in due form , and an ode , inlionour of the So ^ ciety , sung , the Grand Master ( or Master in the Chair ) is informed , " That a certain number of Brethren then present , ' duly instructed
in the mysteries of Masonry , desire to be formed into a new Lod ge , under his Worship ' s ( or the Grand Master ' s ) patronage ; that a Dispensation had been granted them , by virtue of which authority they had assembled . as regular Masons ; and that the transactions of their several meetings had been properly recorded . " The petition is then read , as is also the Dispensation , and the Warrant , or Charter , of
Constitution , granted in consequence of it . The minutes of all the transactions of the new Lodge , while under Dispensation , are likewise read , and , being approved , they are declared to be regular and valid . Then the . Grand Master ( or Master in the Chair ) takes the Warrant in his hand , and requests the Brethren of the new Lodge to signify their approbation or disapprobation of the -pificers nominated in the said Warrant to preside over them . This being signified accordingly , an anthem is sung , and an oration on the nature and desi gn of Masonry is delivered . - _
CEREMONY OF CONSECRATION . * THE Grand Master , attended by his officers , and some dignified clergyman , form themselves in order , round the Lodge , in the centre . All devoutly kneeling , the preparatory prayer is rehearsed . The Chaplain produces his authority , and , being properly . assisted , proceeds to consecrate . Solemn'mtisic strikes up , and the necessary preparations are made . The first clause of the Consecration Prayer
is rehearsed , all devoutl y kneeling . The Response is made , " Glory to . GOD on High . " Incense is scattered over the Lodge , and the Grand Honours of Masonry are given . The Consecration Prayer is concluded , and the Response repeated , together with the Grand Honours , as before . All rising up , solemn music is introduced ;_ after whichthe Blessing- is givenand the Response made as
beforeac-, , , companied with the usual honours . An anthem is then sung , and the Brethren of the new Lodge corning- forward and doing homage , the Grand Master pronounces these words : ' In this my exalted character , and in the name of the MOST PIIGH , ' to whom be glory and honour , I constitute and form these good