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Ceremonies.

There's no more occasion for level or plumb-line, For trowel or gavel, for compass or square; Our works are completed, the ark safely seated, And we shall be greeted as workmen most rare.

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Now those that are worthy,

Our toils who have shar'd,
And prov'd themselves faithful,
Shall meet their reward.
Their virtue and knowledge,
Industry and skill,

Have our approbation,

Have gain'd our good will.

We accept and receive them most excellent masters,
Invested with honours, and power to preside;
mong worthy craftsmen, wherever assembled,
The knowledge of masons to spread far and wide.

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ALMIGHTY JEHOVAH,

Descend now, and fill

This lodge with thy glory,

Our hearts with good will!

Preside at our meetings,

Assist us to find
True pleasure in teaching

Good will to mankind.

wisdom inspired the great institution,

strength shall support it, till nature expire; Nhen the creation shall fall into ruin,

beauty shall rise, through the midst of the fire!

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MASTER'S SONG.

RY BROTHER T. S. WEBB.

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21 SionING the mason's glory,

22 Solo Whose prying mind doth burn,
25 Anmto complete perfection
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and,

Our mysteries to learn;

Not those who visit lodges

To eat and drink their fill,
Not those who at our meetings

Hear lectures 'gainst their will:

Ghor. But only those whose pleasure,
At every lodge, can be

T'improve themselves by lectures,
In glorious masonry.

Hail! glorious masonry

The faithful, worthy brother,

Whose heart can feel for grief,

Whose bosom with compassion
Steps forth to its relief,
'Whose soul is ever ready,
Around him to diffuse
The principles of masons,
And guard them from abuse;

Chor. These are thy sons, whose pleasure,
At every lodge, will be,

T'improve themselves by lectures

In glorious masonry.

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Hail! glorious masonry!

King Solomon, our patron,

Transmitted this command

"The faithful and praise-worthy

True light must understand;

And my descendants, also,

Who're seated in the East,

Have not fulfill'd their duty,

Till light has reach'd the West."

Chor. Therefore, our highest pleasure,
At every lodge, should be,
T'improve ourselves by lectures
In glorious masonry.

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all! glorious masonry!

The duty and the station,
Of master in the chair,

Obliges him to summon

Each brother to prepare ;

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That all may be enabled,

By slow, though sure degrees,

To answer in rotation,

With honour and with ease.

Chor. Such are thy sons, whose pleasure,
At every lodge, will be,

T'improve themselves by lectures

In glorious masonry.

Hail! glorious masonry!

SENIOR WARDEN'S SONG.

BY BROTHER T. S. WEBB.

[TUNE-" When the hollow drum doth beat to bed."]

WHEN the Senior Warden, standing in the West,
Calls us from our labours to partake of rest,
We unite, while he recites
The duties of a mason.

On the level meet,

On the square we part,

Repeats each worthy brother.

This rule in view,

We thus renew

Chorus. When the Senior, &c.

Our friendship for each other.

When our work is over, implements secure, Each returning homeward, with intentions pure, Our wives we kiss, give sweethearts bliss, Which makes them both love masons; nd thus we may

h day,

Enjoy tack

At home, and at our meetings:

Our sweethearts eas'd,

Our wives well pleas'd,

Saluted with such greetings.

Chorus. When the Senior, &c.

JUNIOR WARDEN'S SONG.

BY BROTHER T. S. WEBB.

[TUNE-" Faint and wearily, &c."]

WHEN the Junior Warden calls us from our labours,
When the sun is at meridian height,
Let us merrily unite most cheerily,
With social harmony new joys invite.
One and all, at his call,

To the feast repairing,

All around joys resound,

Each the pleasure sharing.

Chorus. When the Junior Warden, &e.

Mirth and jollity, without frivolity,

Pervade our meetings at the festive board;
Justice, temperance and prudence govern us,
There's nought but harmony among us heard.
One and all, at the call,

To the feast repairing,

All around joys resound,

Each the pleasure sharing.

Chorus. Mirth and jollity, &c.

Thus we ever may enjoy the pleasant moments
Given unto us from the master's chair,
Till the sun an hour has past meridian,
And then each brother to his work repair.
One and all hear the call,

From the feast repairing,

All around gavels sound,

Each the labour sharing.

Chorus. Thus we ever may, &c.

SENIOR WARDEN'S TOAST.

FREEMASONS all
Attend the call;

'Tis by command

You are all warn'd

To fill up a bumper and keep it at hand,
To drink to "The mother of masons."
Let each give the word to his brother,
To prove that we love one another;
Let's fill to the dame

From whom we all came;

And call her Of masons the mother."? Chor. The stewards have laid foundations, To prove that we love our relations, By toasting the dame

From whom we all came;

We'll call her "The mother of masons."

In days of yore
Freemasons bore
A flask of wine,

Of mirth the sign,

And often they fill'd with the liquor divine,

To drink to "The mother of masons."

'Twas on these joyful occasions,

All charged stood firm to their stations,
And toasted the dame

From whom we all came,
Repeating, "The mother of masons."
Chor. The stewards have laid, &c.

Be all prépar❜d,

Each motion squar'd,

And at the nod,

With one accord,

In strictest rotation we'll pass round the word,
Drink, drink, to "The mother of masons."
Have a care, right and left, and make ready,
Be all in your exercise steady,

And fill to the dame

From whom we all came,

"The mother of masons," the lady. Chor. The stewards have laid, &e.

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