9659 installation

9659 Installation Ceremony July 2014 John Dutchman-Smith P.A.G.D.C.
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Emulation Ritual to be used in the Lodge
The Installation Ceremony
Reference should also be made to the relevant section of the
"Guidelines to Ceremonial and Procedures" on this website.
Note
• It is up to the incoming Worshipful Master to arrange who is to present him for Installation.
• It is also up to the incoming Worshipful Master to arrange for the addresses to be done.
o The Address to the Master is usually done by the Installing Master, a close friend or his
proposer.
o The Address to the Wardens is usually done by a member of the Lodge - often by a Past
Master of the Lodge.
o The Address to the Brethren is normally done by a Senior Officer of the Lodge or the
Representative.
• The lodge is open in the first degree
• The ceremony is conducted from the WM's chair by an Installed Master who is usually the outgoing
WM of the lodge.
• If applicable the outgoing WM should at this point invite a Past Master to occupy his chair and act as
Installing Master.
IM: knocks once, repeated by SW and JW.
IM: Would all the Officers and the Brethren for the Year please stand.
WM: Stands, thanks his officers en masse and then sits
DC: Brethren be seated.
ALL: Sit
IM: I now request all Entered Apprentices to leave the Lodge for a short time.
IG: goes to door and opens it and Entered Apprentices withdraw without saluting.
IG: closes door and resumes his seat.
IM: The next business on the summons is to Install the Master Elect (W)Bro. (names (W)Bro.)
IM: W.Bro. (names WBro.) will you please assist me by occupying the chair of Installing Senior Warden?
WBro: A pleasure Worshipful Master
DC: escorts him to SW chair
IM: W.Bro. (names WBro.) will you please assist me by occupying the chair of Installing Junior Warden?
DC: escorts him to JW chair
IM: W.Bro. (names WBro.) will you please assist me by occupying the chair of Installing Inner Guard?
DC: escorts him to IG chair
IM: also requests that the Chaplain, and D.C. continue to act in their respective offices as Installing
Officers.

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IM: Conducts opening the lodge in the Second Degree or resumes in that Degree (whichever is
appropriate).
See separate Opening Ritual
A PM: goes to ME and conducts him by right hand to the West about two or three paces onto the lodge
carpet both facing East.
PM: takes short pace and gives sign of Fidelity and raises ME's right hand with his 1eft hand
PM: Worshipful Master, I present to you (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.)Master Elect of this Lodge, to receive at
your hands the benefit of Installation.
IM:W.Bro (names W.Bro.) your presentation shall be attended to, for which purpose I will first address a
few observations to the Brethren and will then call the attention of the Master Elect to the necessary
qualifications in every candidate for the Master's chair.
PM: Cuts Sign, replaces ME's right hand at his side, leaves ME, and returns to his seat.
IM: Brethren, from time immemorial it has been an established custom among Freemasons for each Lodge,
once in every year at a stated period, to select from amongst those who are past Wardens. an experienced
Craftsman to preside over them in the capacity of Master. He must have been regularly elected by the
Masters, Wardens and Brethren in open Lodge assembled, and presented to a Board of Installed Masters that
he may receive from his predecessor the benefit of installation, the better to qualify him for the discharge of
the duties of his important trust.
(W)Bro (names ME) you having been so elected and presented, I claim your attention while I recite to you
the various qualifications which are essential in every Candidate for the Master's Chair. First; every
Candidate for the office of Master ought to be of good report, true and trusty, and held in high estimation
among his Brethren and Fellows. Secondly; he must have been regularly initiated, passed, and raised in the
established degrees of the Order, be well skilled in the noble science, and have duly served the office of
Warden in a regular Lodge. Thirdly; he ought to be exemplary in conduct, courteous in manners, easy of
address and steady and firm in principle, able and willing to undertake the management of the work and well
skilled in the Ancient Charges, Regulations, and Landmarks of the Order.
Can you, my worthy Brother, undertake the Mastership of this Lodge on these qualifications?
ME: I can.
IM: Then I shall direct your attention to the Secretary while he reads to you those Ancient Charges and
Regulations, to all of which your unqualified assent is essential, which you will signify by the Sign of
Fidelity after each clause.
ME: moves forward, on carpet, to level with the Secretary's desk and turns to North turns to faces him.
He takes a short pace after first Charge, and gives and drops the Sign of Fidelity.
He holds the Short Pace throughout remaining Charges and gives and drops Sign of Fidelity after each one.
SEC: stands, reads Ancient Charges from Book of Constitutions, pausing after each for Master Elect to give
Sign and sits after last Charge.
1. You agree to be a good man and true, and strictly to obey the moral law
2. You are to be a peaceable subject, and cheerfully to conform to the laws of the country in which you
reside
3. You promise not to be concerned in plots or conspiracies against Government, but patiently to
submit to the decisions of the supreme legislature
4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the Civil Magistrate, to work diligently, live creditably and act
honourably to all men
5. You agree to hold in veneration the original Rulers and Patrons of the Order of Freemasonry, and
their regular successors, supreme and subordinate, according to their stations; and to submit to the
awards and resolutions of your Brethren in general Lodge convened, in every case consistent with
the Constitutions of the Order
6. You agree to avoid private piques and quarrels and to guard against intemperance and excess
7. You agree to be cautious in your carriage and behaviour, courteous to your Brethren, and faithful to
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8. You promise to respect genuine and true Brethren, and to discountenance imposters and all
dissenters from the original plan of Freemasonry
9. You agree to promote the general good of society, to cultivate the social virtues and to propagate the
knowledge of the Mystic Art as far as your influence and ability can extend
10. You promise to pay homage to the Grand Master for the time being, and to his officers when duly
installed, and strictly to conform to every edict of the Grand Lodge
11. You admit that it is not in the power of any man or body of men to make any alteration or innovation
in the body of Masonry without the consent first obtained of the Grand Lodge
12. You promise a regular attendance on the Communications and Committees of the Grand Lodge upon
receiving proper notice thereof and to pay attention to all the duties of Freemasonry upon proper and
convenient occasions
13. You admit that no new Lodge can be formed without permission of the Grand Master or his Deputy,
and that no countenance ought to be given to any irregular Lodge, or to any person initiated therein;
and that no public procession of Masons clothed with the badges of the order can take place without
the special licence of the Grand Master or his Deputy
14. You admit that no person can be regularly made a Freemason or admitted a member of any Lodge
without previous notice and due enquiry into his character, and that no Brother can be advanced to a
higher degree except in strict conformity with the laws of Grand Lodge
15. You promise that no visitor shall be received into your Lodge without due examination, and
producing proper vouchers of his having been initiated in a regular Lodge
ME: faces IM
IM: Do you submit to, and promise to support, these Ancient Charges and Regulations as Masters have done
in all ages?
ME: I do.
IM: Then you will advance to the pedestal and take a Solemn Obligation as regards your duties as Master of
this Lodge.
ME: advances to pedestal, removing gloves.
IM: Kneel on your right knee, place your right hand on the Volume of the Sacred Law.
ME: does so.
WM: knocks once, repeated by SW and JW.
ALL: rise, take short pace and give sign of fidelity.
IM: Repeat your name at length, and recite your Obligation:
ME: I (name) in the presence of the Grand Geometrician of the Universe and of this worthy and worshipful
Lodge of Fellow Craft Freemasons regularly held, assembled, and properly dedicated, do agree to accept the
office of Master of this Lodge and the duties thereof faithfully, zealously, and impartially to administer, to
the best of my skill and ability, until the next regular period of election within this Lodge, and until a
successor shall have been duly elected and installed in my stead. I further solemnly promise that I will not,
either during my Mastership, or at any time that the Lodge may be under my direction, permit or suffer any
deviation from the established Landmarks of the Order; that I will not administer, or cause to be
administered, any rite or ceremony contrary to or subversive of our ancient Institution, but, on the contrary,
will maintain, support, and uphold, pure and unsullied, the principles and tenets of the Craft; that I will, to
the utmost of my power, strictly enforce obedience to those excellent Rules and Regulations to which I have
already given my assent, and in every respect, conscientiously discharge my duties as a ruler in the Craft and
Master of this Lodge. So help me Almighty God and keep me steadfast in this my Solemn Obligation of
Master Elect.
IM: As a pledge of your fidelity and to render this a Solemn Obligation you will seal it with your lips twice
on the Volume of the Sacred Law.
ME: does so.
ALL: cut sign.
IM: takes Master Elect's right hand with his right hand and raises him Rise, newly obligated Master Elect.
IM: sits.

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ALL: except ME, sit.
DC: conducts Master Elect to a chair in the South East.
IM: I now request all below the rank of a Master Mason to leave the Lodge for a short time.
IG: goes to door and opens it and Fellow Crafts withdraw without saluting.
IG: closes door and resumes his seat.
IM: Conducts opening the lodge in the Third Degree or resumes in that Degree (whichever is appropriate).
See separate Opening Ritual
IM: I now request all under the rank of an Installed Master, with the exception of the Master Elect, to retire
from the Lodge for a short time. Please leave the Lodge by the shortest route, no saluting. If you are to be
reappointed to your current office please retain your collars. If you are not to be reappointed please leave
your collars on your chair.
ADC: collects collars from chairs and prepares them for the investiture.
At this point a Board of Installed Masters is opened during which the Master Elect is installed in the
chair as Worshipful Master.
The ritual for the Board of Installed Masters is not included in this document however during this part of the
ceremony the new W.M. will be required to invest the I.P.M with these words.
WM: Rises Bro (name of IPM) I have much pleasure in investing you with this jewel places collar on him as
the Immediate Past Master of the Lodge, feeling assured from the manner in which you have transacted the
business of the Lodge during your Mastership, that, should I at any time require your assistance, my reliance
on your cooperation will not be misplaced shakes hands with IPM and sits.
The inner workings conclude with :-
IM on South of WM's pedestal: I now declare this Board of Installed Masters closed leans across pedestal,
knocks once, repeated by SW and JW.
All sit, except Installing Master.
IM on South of WM's pedestal: Brother Inner Guard, admit Master Masons.
IM: goes to North-East corner of Lodge and stands facing South.
IG: goes to door, opens it, admits Master Masons, closes door and returns to seat.
Master Masons enter without saluting and form a line, behind Assistant DC, along North side of Lodge
facing South. If one of them is to present the third degree working tools he should enter first
IM: gets out the third degree working tools whilst the Master Masons are entering.
IM: Brethren, you will pass round the Lodge and salute the Worshipful Master as Master Masons in passing.
ADC: followed by Master Masons turns Left and proceeds round Lodge 'squaring' each corner. During this
perambulation each pauses momentarily with right heel in heel of left foot in front of WM's pedestal and
(still facing South) gives and cuts Master Mason's Penal Sign including recovery and continues till reaching
former position in North, faces South making a line as before.
IM - at South of WM's pedestal: Brethren, during your temporary absence Brother (names WM) has been
regularly installed in the Chair of King Solomon according to ancient custom, and I now for the first time
proclaim him Worshipful Master of the Internet Lodge, Number nine thousand six hundred and fifty nine in
the Register of the Grand Lodge of England, until the next regular period of election within this Lodge and
until a successor shall have been duly elected and installed in his stead, and I call on you to greet him as
Master Masons with the Grand or Royal sign, three times, taking the time from me.

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IM: going to a convenient point facing the line of Master Masons Brethren, half left turn and to order
Master Masons take a short pace when the Installing Master does and give Grand or Royal Sign audibly in
unison with him.
IM: The Working tools of the degree will be presented and explained by (names Bro.)
Named Bro: Collects Working tools from IM and stands in front of WM's pedestal, facing WM.
Named Bro: I now present to you the working tools of a Master Mason. They are the Skirret, Pencil, and
Compasses. The Skirret is an implement which acts on a centre pin, whence a line is drawn to mark out
ground for the foundation of the intended structure. With the Pencil the skilful artist delineates the building
in a draft or plan for the instruction and guidance of the workmen. The Compasses enable him with accuracy
and precision to ascertain and determine the limits and proportions of its several parts. But as we are not all
operative Masons but rather free and accepted, or speculative, we apply these tools to our morals.
In this sense, the Skirret points out that straight and undeviating line of conduct laid down for our pursuit in
the Volume of the Sacred Law; the Pencil teaches us that our words and actions are observed and recorded
by the Almighty Architect, to Whom we must give an account of our conduct through life; the Compasses
remind us of His unerring and impartial justice, Who, having defined for our instruction the limits of good
and evil, will reward or punish as we have obeyed or disregarded His Divine commands. Thus the working
tools of a Master Mason teach us to bear in mind, and act according to, the laws of our Divine Creator, that,
when we shall be summoned from this sublunary abode, we may ascend to the Grand Lodge above, where
the world's Great Architect lives and reigns for ever.
Named Bro: Hands tools to WM, salutes and returns to his previous position
WM: Hands tools to IPM
IM to WM: You will now close the Lodge in the Third Degree.
WM: closes the lodge by either the full closing or the shortened version
See separate Closing Ritual
IM: changes Tracing Board. and changes Square and Compasses
IM: Bro Inner Guard, admit Fellow Crafts.
IG: goes to door, opens it, admits Fellow Crafts, closes door and returns to seat.
IM: gets out the second degree working tools whilst the Fellow Crafts are entering.
Fellow Crafts enter without saluting and join the line of Master Masons in the North standing immediately
on the right of the Assistant DC and face South. If one of them is to present the second degree working tools
he should enter first
IM: Brethren, you will pass round the Lodge and salute the Worshipful Master as Fellow Crafts in passing.
ADC: followed by Fellow Crafts and Master Masons turns Left and proceeds round Lodge 'squaring' each
corner. During this perambulation each pauses momentarily with right heel in heel of left foot in front of
WM's pedestal and (still facing South) gives and cuts Fellow Craft's Sign and continues till reaching former
position in North, faces South making a line as before.
IM: joins the line after the last Master Mason has saluted and proceeds with line only as far as the North of
the Senior Warden's pedestal and then faces East.
IM: waits at North of Senior Warden's pedestal until the line is reformed in the North
IM: Brethren, during your temporary absence Brother (names WM) has been regularly installed in the Chair
of King Solomon according to ancient custom, and I now for the second time proclaim him Worshipful
Master of the Internet Lodge, Number nine thousand six hundred and fifty nine in the Register of the Grand
Lodge of England, until the next regular period of election within this Lodge and until a successor shall have

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been duly elected and installed in his stead, and I call on you to greet him as Fellow Crafts with the Fellow
Crafts' sign, five times, taking the time from me.
IM: going to a convenient point facing the line of Fellow Crafts Brethren, half left turn and to order takes a
short pace and gives and holds Fellow Craft sign Breast - Hand - Badge. He then gives breast, hand badge
five times, each impact of the right hand being made audibly to the rythym of the Fellow Craft knocks
MMs and FCs: take a short pace and give Fellow Craft sign and hold it when IM does and give breast,
hand, badge greeting five times audibly to the rythym of the Fellow craft's knocks in unison with the IM.
IM: returns to East at the South of the Worshipful Master's pedestal.
IM: gets out the second degree working tools and places on the Worshipful Master's pedestal.
IM: The Working tools of the degree will be presented and explained by (names Bro.)
Named Bro: Collects Working tools from IM and stands in front of WM's pedestal, facing WM.
NOTE there are alternative versions of the ritual for the presentation of the Second Degree tools known as
the "short" version and the "long" version. The IM or DC will agree beforehand with the Named Bro. as to
which version will be used.
Short Version
Named Bro: I now present to you the working tools of a Fellow Craft Freemason; they are the Square, the
Level and the Plumb Rule indicates working tools as he names them.
The Square is to try, and adjust rectangular corners of buildings, and assist in bringing rude matter into due
form; the Level to lay levels and prove horizontals and the Plumb Rule to try, and adjust uprights while
fixing them on their proper bases. But as we are not all operative Masons, but rather free and accepted, or
speculative, we apply these tools to our morals. In this sense, the Square teaches morality, the Level
equality, and the Plumb Rule justness and uprightness of life and actions. Thus by square conduct, level
steps, and upright intentions we hope to ascend to those immortal mansions whence all goodness emanates.
Long Version
Named Bro: I now present to you the working tools of a Fellow Craft Freemason; they are the Square, the
Level and the Plumb Rule indicates working tools as he names them.
The Square is to try, and adjust rectangular corners of buildings, and assist in bringing rude matter into due
form; the Level to lay levels and prove horizontals and the Plumb Rule to try, and adjust uprights while
fixing them on their proper bases. But as we are not all operative Masons, but rather free and accepted, or
speculative, we apply these tools to our morals. In this sense, the Square teaches us to regulate our lives and
actions according to the Masonic line and rule, and to harmonise our conduct in this life so as to render us
acceptable to that Divine Being from whom all goodness springs, and to whom we must give an account of
all our actions.
The Level demonstrates that we are all sprung from the same stock, partakers of the same nature and sharers
in the same hope; and although distinctions among men are necessary to preserve subordination, yet ought
no eminence of situation make us forget that we are Brothers, for he who is placed on the lowest spoke of
fortune's wheel is equally entitled to our regard, as a time will come - and the wisest of us knows not how
soon - when all distinctions, save those of goodness and virtue, shall cease, and death, the grand leveller of
all human greatness, reduce us to the same state.
The infallible Plumb Rule, which, like Jacob's ladder, connects heaven and earth, is the criterion of rectitude
and truth. It teaches us to walk justly and uprightly before God and man, neither turning to the right nor left
from the paths of virtue; not to be an enthusiast, persecutor, or slanderer of religion, neither bending towards

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avarice, injustice, malice, revenge, nor the envy and contempt of mankind, but giving up every selfish
propensity which might injure others. To steer the bark of this life over the seas of passion without quitting
the helm of rectitude is the highest perfection to which human nature can attain; and as the builder raises his
column by the level and perpendicular, so ought every Mason to conduct himself towards this world, to
observe a due medium between avarice and profusion, to hold the scales of justice with equal poise, to make
his passions and prejudices coincide with the just line his conduct, and in all his pursuits to have eternity in
view.
Thus, the Square teaches morality, the Level equality, and the Plumb Rule justness and uprightness of life
and actions. Thus by square conduct, level steps, and upright intentions we hope to ascend to those immortal
mansions whence all goodness emanates.
IM to WM: You will now close the Lodge in the Second Degree.
WM: closes the lodge by either the full closing or the shortened version
See separate Closing Ritual
IM: changes Tracing Board. and changes Square and Compasses
IM: Bro Inner Guard, admit all masons.
IG: goes to door, opens it, admits all masons, closes door and returns to seat.
IM: gets out the first degree working tools whilst the Entered Apprentices are entering.
Remaining masons enter without saluting and join the line of Master Masons and Fellow Crafts in the North
standing immediately on the right of the Assistant DC and face South. If one of them is to present the first
degree working tools he should enter first
IM: Brethren, you will pass round the Lodge and salute the Worshipful Master as Entered Apprentices in
passing.
ADC: followed by all those stood in the North turns Left and proceeds round Lodge 'squaring' each corner.
During this perambulation each pauses momentarily with right heel in heel of left foot in front of WM's
pedestal and (still facing South) gives and cuts Entered Apprentice Sign and continues till reaching former
position in North, faces South making a line as before.
IM: joins the line after the last Master Mason has saluted and proceeds with line only as far as the West of
the Junior Warden's pedestal and then faces North.
IM: waits at West of Junior Warden's pedestal until the line is reformed in the North
IM: Brethren, during your temporary absence Brother (names WM) has been regularly installed in the Chair
of King Solomon according to ancient custom, and I now for the third time proclaim him Worshipful Master
of the Internet Lodge, Number nine thousand six hundred and fifty nine in the Register of the Grand Lodge
of England, until the next regular period of election within this Lodge and until a successor shall have been
duly elected and installed in his stead, and I call on you to greet him as Entered Apprentices with the
Entered Apprentices sign, three times, taking the time from me.
IM: going to a convenient point facing the line of Entered Apprentices Brethren, half left turn and to order
takes a short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign three times, the final movement of the right hand for
each sign making an audible impact on the thigh.

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MMs FCs and EAs take a short pace when IM does and give Entered Apprentice three times audibly in
unison with the IM.
IM: returns to East at the South of the Worshipful Master's pedestal.
IM: gets out the first degree working tools and places on the Worshipful Master's pedestal.
IM: The working tools of the degree will be presented and explained by (names Bro.)
Named Bro: Collects working tools from IM and stands in front of WM's pedestal, facing WM.
Named Bro: I now present to you the working tools of an Entered Apprentice freemason: they are the twenty
four inch gauge, the common gavel and the chisel indicates working tools as he names them.
The twenty four inch gauge is to measure our work, the common gavel to knock off all superfluous knobs
and excrescences, and the chisel to further smooth and prepare the stone and render it fit for the hands of the
more expert workman.
But, as we are not all operative Masons, but rather free and accepted or speculative, we apply these tools. to
our morals. In this sense, the twenty four inch gauge represents the twenty four hours of the day, part to be
spent in prayer to Almighty God, part in labour and refreshment, and part in serving a friend or Brother in
time of need, without detriment to ourselves or connections.
The common gavel represents the force of conscience, which should keep down all vain and unbecoming
thoughts which might obtrude during any of the aforementioned periods, so that our words and actions may
ascend unpolluted to the Throne of Grace.
The chisel points out to us the advantages of education, by which means alone we are rendered fit members
of regularly organised Society.
IM: Brethren be seated
ALL except IM: sit.
IPM: hands Lodge warrant to IM
IM: Would the Founders and Past Masters of the Lodge please stand.
Founders and Past Masters of the Lodge stand.
DC goes to North Side of WM's pedestal.
IM: hands warrant to WM from the South at appropriate time I now deliver into your special keeping the
Warrant of the Lodge. It has been for many years entrusted to the hands of very worthy and distinguished
Brethren, and I am sure that in delivering it into your charge it will lose none of its former splendour, but
will be transmitted to your successor pure and unsullied as you now receive it.
WM hands warrant to DC at the North of WM's pedestal
DC returns warrant to IPM and resumes his place sitting if appropriate
IPM: hands Book of Constitutions and Lodge By-laws warrant to IM
IM: The Book of Constitutions I also present to you hands Book of Constitutions to WM which I strongly
recommend to your notice, for you will find that there is scarcely a case of difficulty can occur in the Lodge
in which that book will not set you right.
IM: These hands By-laws to WM are the By-laws of your Lodge.
IM: goes to Banner of the Lodge and takes hold of the bottom corner furthest from the WM with the
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IM: Worshipful Master would you please stand and take hold of the Banner.
WM stands and takes hold of opposite bottom corner of the Banner
IM: Worshipful Master, I deliver into your especial keeping this sacred Banner, the banner of this, the
Internet Lodge, yours to hand down on the day of installation to your successor, and by him and those who
succeed him to theirs. Under this banner may unanimity and concord ever remain, may the Lodge prosper,
and may the true and genuine principles of our great and glorious institution always flourish under its
auspices.
IM: Worshipful Master please be seated
IM: Brethren be seated
IM to WM: You will now appoint and invest your officers.
Notes re appointment of officers
• When announcing the officers, the Worshipful Master normally takes the opportunity to bring out
some of the unique features of the Lodge: e.g. the nature of the non- progressive offices of Senior
Deacon, Junior Deacon and Inner Guards, the special roles of the Stewards and the Membership
Registrar (Assistant Secretary).
• Officers who are being re-appointed do not approach the pedestal, they stand, acknowledge the WM
with a court bow and then sit
• The presentation of officers is carried out initially by the IM. The DC takes over after his
appointment.
• Officers to be invested by the WM are conducted to the pedestal initially by the IM. The DC takes
over after his appointment.
• All officers to be invested who are Past Masters go to the South of the WM's pedestal other Brethren
to the North Side in each case facing the WM.
• The presenting officer hands collar etc to the WM at the appropriate time for each investiture.
• There is no need for the appointee to salute before being conducted to his place by the IM, DC or
ADC as appropriate.
• Once appointed the ADC conducts officers back to their seats after investiture.
IM: goes to a point facing WM's pedestal and a convenient distance from it.
IM: takes short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign.
IM: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint your Senior Warden ?
WM: (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.)
Named (W)Bro: rises
IM: cuts sign and conducts named (W)Bro by the right hand to the WM's pedestal.
IM: hands collar to WM.
WM rises - to new SW: (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) I appoint you my Senior Warden, and I now invest you
with the insignia of your office invests SW with Collar.
IM: conducts SW to the left side of SW's pedestal.
ISW: takes SW by the right hand, guides him into his chair and then places himself in front of SW pedestal
ISW: (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) The Worshipful Master has appointed you his Senior Warden and invested
you with the insignia of your office. The Level takes it in 1eft hand being an emblem of equality, points out
the equal measures you are bound to pursue in conjunction with the Worshipful Master in the well ruling
and governing of the Lodge. releases Level I therefore place in your hand this Gavel hands Gavel to SW as
an emblem of power, to enable you to assist the Worshipful Master in preserving order in the Lodge,
especially in the West. I also present to you the Column of your office points to Column which you will
place erect when the Lodge is opened to point out to the Brethren that the Lodge is engaged in Masonic
business. Your place is in the West, your duty to mark the setting sun, to close the Lodge by command of the
Worshipful Master, after having seen that every Brother has had his due. Shakes hands with SW.

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SW: sits
IM: conducts ISW to his seat.
IM: returns to face the WM.
IM: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint your Junior Warden ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM rises - to new JW: (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) I appoint you my Junior Warden, and I now invest you
with the insignia of your office invests JW with Collar.
IM: conducts JW to the left side of JW's pedestal.
IJW: takes JW by the right hand, guides him into his chair and then places himself in front of JW pedestal
ISW: (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) The Worshipful Master has appointed you his Junior Warden and invested
you with the insignia of your office. The Plumb Rule takes it in 1eft hand being an emblem of uprightness,
points out the integrity of the measures you are bound to pursue in conjunction with the Worshipful Master
and your Brother Senior Warden in the well ruling and governing of the Lodge releases Plumb Rule
particularly in the examination of Visitors, lest through your neglect any unqualified person should gain
admission to our assemblies and the Brethren be thereby innocently led to violate their Obligation. I
therefore place in your hand this Gavel hands Gavel to JW as an emblem of power to enable you to assist the
Worshipful Master and your Brother Senior Warden in preserving order in the Lodge, especially in the
South. I also present to you the Column of your office points to Column which you will place horizontal
whenever the Lodge is opened for business and erect whenever the Lodge is called from labour to
refreshment, that matter being under your immediate supervision as the ostensible steward of the Lodge.
Your place is in the South, your duty to mark the sun at its meridian, to call the Brethren from labour to
refreshment and from refreshment to labour, that profit and pleasure may be the result. Shakes hands with
JW.
JW: sits
IM: conducts IJW to his seat.
IM: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Chaplain ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises, invests Chaplain with suitable words, shakes hand with him when the investiture is finished and
sits.
IM: Conducts Chaplain to his seat.
IM:takes short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign.
IM: Worshipful Master (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) having been elected Treasurer of the Lodge, will you
please invest him? ?
WM: I will (or other appropriate words)
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) you having been elected Treasurer of the Lodge, I now invest you with
the insignia of your office invests Treasurer with Collar and takes Jewel in 1eft hand which is a key

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appended to a collar releases Jewel, shakes hands with Treasurer and sits.
IM: Conducts Treasurer to his seat.
IM: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Secretary ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises , (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) I appoint you Secretary of the Lodge and I now invest you with the
insignia of your office invests Secretary with Collar and takes Jewel in 1eft hand which is two pens in saltire
releases Jewel, shakes hands with Secretary and sits.
IM: Conducts Secretary to his seat.
IM: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Director of Ceremonies ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises, invests Director of Ceremonies with suitable words, shakes hand with him when the investiture is
finished and sits.
DC: Conducts IM to his seat.
DC: goes to a point facing WM's pedestal and a convenient distance from it.
DC: takes short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Almoner ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
DC: cuts sign and conducts named (W)Bro by the right hand to the WM's pedestal.
DC: hands collar to WM.
WM: rises I appoint you Almoner of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office which is a scrip
purse , on which is a heart.
DC: Should be aware that if this is a new appointment there may be an explanation of the duties of the
Almoner by a representative of the Province.
DC: Conducts Almoner to his seat.
DC:: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Charity Steward ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises I appoint you Charity Steward of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office which is
a trowel.
DC: Conducts Charity Steward to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Mentor ?

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Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises I appoint you Mentor of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office which is two
chisels in saltire.
DC: Should be aware that if this is a new appointment there may be an explanation of the duties of the
Mentor by a representative of the Province.
DC: Conducts Mentor to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Senior Deacon ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
DC: cuts sign, collects appropriate wand and conducts named (W)Bro by the right hand to the WM's
pedestal.
WM: rises I appoint you Senior Deacon of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office invests SD
with collar and takes jewel in left hand which is dove bearing an olive branch releases jewel. .
Your place is at or near to my right, your duty to bear all messages and commands from me to the Senior
Warden and await the return of the Junior Deacon. It is also part of your duty to attend on Candidates during
the Ceremonies of Passing and Raising. I therefore entrust you with this wand as a badge of your office
hands wand to SD's left hand not doubting you will exercise the care and attention that office requires.
shakes hands with SD and sits.
SD: changes wand to right hand.
DC: Conducts SD to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Junior Deacon ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
DC: cuts sign , collects appropriate wand and conducts named (W)Bro by the right hand to the WM's
pedestal.
WM: rises I appoint you Junior Deacon of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office invests JD
with collar and takes jewel in left hand which is in every respect similar to that of the Senior Deacon
releases jewel. .
Your place is at the right of the Senior Warden, your duty to carry all my messages and communications
from the Senior to the Junior Warden and to see that the same are punctually obeyed. It is also part of your
duty to attend on Candidates during the Ceremony of Initiation and to assist the Senior Deacon while
attending on Candidates during the Ceremonies of Passing and Raising. I therefore place in your hand this
wand hands wand to JD's left hand as a badge of your office, which I have no doubt you will fill with proper
care and attention. shakes hands with JD and sits.
JD: changes wand to right hand.
DC: Conducts JD to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Assistant Director of Ceremonies ?
Named (W)Bro: rises

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WM: rises, invests Assistant Director of Ceremonies with suitable words, shakes hand with him and sits.
DC: Conducts ADC to the South East corner of the lodge where he remains standing to assist the DC during
following appointments.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Organist ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises, invests Organist with suitable words, shakes hand with him and sits.
ADC: Conducts Organist to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Assistant Secretary ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises , (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) I appoint you Assistant Secretary of the Lodge and I now invest you
with the insignia of your office invests Assistant Secretary with Collar and takes Jewel in 1eft hand which is
two pens in saltire releases Jewel, shakes hands with Assistant Secretary and sits.
ADC: Conducts Assistant Secretary to his seat.
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Inner Guard ?
Named (W)Bro: rises
WM: rises I appoint you Inner Guard of the Lodge and invest you with the jewel of your office invests IG
with collar and takes jewel in left hand which is two swords in saltire. releases jewel .
Your place is within the entrance of the Lodge, your duty to report to the Master when Brethren claim
admission, to admit Masons on proof, receive the Candidates in due form and obey the commands of the
Junior Warden. WM: shakes hands with IG and sits.
ADC: Conducts IG to his seat.
ADC: conducts Installing IG to his seat and then returns to his place in the South East.
Note re appointment of stewards
Internet lodge usually has a great number of stewards by comparison with other lodges.
They have many and various duties which it is helpful to describe briefly as they are announced.
Traditionally these comprise of :-
• Stewards to assist the WM in planning and arranging meetings
• Steward for the members' photos
• Steward for the General Photo Album
• Stewards for the Web Team

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• A Historian
• An Orator
• A Badge Steward
• A Table Plan Steward
• Regional Stewards ( Their area of responsibility should be mentioned as they are announced )
DC: Worshipful Master whom do you appoint Stewards of the Lodge ?
DC: Brethren please stand when your name is called. If you are being re-appointed please acknowledge the
Worshipful Master with a court bow and then sit. If yours is a new appointment please join the line in the
East
WM: (W)Bros (names (W)Bros.)See above Note
Stewards : who are being appointed form a line across the Lodge in the East facing the WM.
DC: hands collars to WM.
WM: rises and leaves chair by the South side and goes to a point facing the line of stewards. He commences
at the South East and moves along the line of appointees saying to each I appoint you Steward of the Lodge
and invest you with the jewel of your office. and shakes their hand. When he has invested all the appointees
he returns to face he stewards in the centre of the line.
WM: Your duties as Stewards are to introduce visitors, and see that they are properly accommodated, to
assist in the collection of the dues and subscriptions, to keep an eye on the Lodge expenses at refreshment,
and see that the tables are properly furnished 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 be the best proof of your zeal and attachment
WM: Returns to his chair by the north side and sits.
DC: Brethren be seated
Stewards: Return to their seats and all sit at the same time on a cue from the DC.
Note re appointment of Tyler
If the Tyler is to be re-appointed this procedure is followed.
If a new appointment is to be made the alternative procedure below is adopted.
WM: knocks loudly twice, not repeated by the wardens
IG: goes to door , admits Tyler, closes door , returns to his seat and sits,
Tyler: Enters holding sword in left hand, point down and wearing collar, goes to North of SW pedestal.
Takes a short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign. He then walks direct to the appropriate side of the
WM pedestal, hands collar to WM and places sword across the pedestal NOT on the Volume of the Sacred
Law.
WM: rises (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) You having been re-elected Tyler of the Lodge I thank you for agreeing
to continue in this office and I place in your hands this sword adds other words if appropriate. Hands sword
point down to Tyler who takes it with his right hand and transfers it to his left hand.
WM shakes hands with Tyler and sits.
Tyler: proceeds direct to North of SW Pedestal, faces WM, takes a short pace and gives Entered Apprentice
sign and retires from the lodge
IG: goes to door in font of Tyler, opens it, and when the Tyler has gone out closes it and returns to his seat
Aternative procedure for new appointment.
DC:takes short pace and gives Entered Apprentice sign.
DC: Worshipful Master (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) having been elected Tyler of the Lodge, will you please
invest him ?

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WM: I will (or other appropriate words)
Named (W)Bro: rises
ADC: collects sword, carries it point down and hands it to WM who places it across the pedestal NOT on
the Volume of the Sacred Law.
WM: rises (W)Bro (names (W)Bro.) you having been elected Tyler of the Lodge, I now invest you with the
jewel of your office invests Tyler with Collar and takes jewel in left hand which is a sword appended to a
Collar. releases Jewel Your place is outside the door of the Lodge, your duty, to see that the Candidates are
properly prepared and to give the proper reports on the door of the Lodge when Candidates, members, or
visitors require admission. I therefore place in your hand this sword hands sword, point down, to Tyler who
takes it with his right hand and transfers it to his left hand to enable you to keep off all intruders and cowans
to Masonry, and suffer none to pass but such as are duly qualified. From your well known zeal, I am sure
that the confidence which the Brethren have shown by your election will not be misplaced. shakes hands
with Tyler and sits.
Tyler: proceeds direct to North of SW Pedestal, faces WM, takes a short pace and gives Entered Apprentice
sign and retires from the lodge
IG: goes to door in font of Tyler, opens it, and when the Tyler has gone out closes it and returns to his seat
Address to the Worshipful Master
Nominated Person: stands unannouced and proceeds to the North West of the lodge.
WM: stands.
Nominated Person: Worshipful Master, you, having been installed in the Chair of this worthy and
worshipful Lodge, cannot be insensible to the obligations which devolve on you as its head, or to your
responsibility for the faithful discharge of the duties annexed to the appointment. The honour, reputation,
and usefulness of this Lodge will materially depend on the skill and assiduity with which you manage its
concerns; while the happiness of its members will be generally promoted in proportion to the zeal and ability
with which you promulgate the genuine principles of the Institution.
As a pattern for imitation, consider that glorious luminary of Nature, which, rising in the East, regularly
diffuses light and lustre to all within its circle; in like manner it is your peculiar province to communicate
light and instruction to the Brethren of your Lodge. Forcibly impress upon them the dignity and high
importance of Masonry; seriously admonish them never to disgrace it; charge them to practise out of the
Lodge those duties they have been taught in it; and by virtuous, amiable, and discreet conduct to prove to the
world the happy and beneficial effects of our Ancient Institution, so that when anyone is said to be a
member of it, the world may know that he is one to whom the burdened heart may pour forth its sorrow, to
whom the distressed may prefer their suit, whose hand is guided by justice, and whose heart is expanded by
benevolence.
In fine, Worshipful Master, by a strict observance of the By-laws of your Lodge, the Constitutions of
Masonry, and above all by the use of the Sacred Writings which are given as the rule and guide of our Faith,
you will be enabled to lay up a Crown of Joy and Rejoicing which will continue when time with you shall be
no more gives and holds Sign of Reverence And may God grant you health and strength to perform the
duties of your high office with satisfaction to yourself, and advantage to your Lodge. drops Sign of
Reverence.
WM: sits.
Nominated Person: resumes his seat.
Address to the Wardens
Nominated Person: stands unannounced and proceeds to a position in front of the secretary's table.
SW and JW: stand
Nominated Person: Brother Senior and Junior Wardens, the Worshipful Master having appointed you to the
principal offices, you are to consider yourselves pledged by your acceptance thereof to a strict performance

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of your duties, as well as to a regular attendance during the time for which you are appointed.
You are sufficiently acquainted with the principles of Masonry to prevent any mistrust that you will be
found wanting in the discharge of the duties of your respective offices. Suffice it to say that what you
observe praiseworthy in others you should carefully imitate, and what in them may appear defective you
should in yourselves amend. You ought to be examples of good order and regularity, for it is only by paying
due obedience to the laws in our own conduct that we can reasonably expect compliance with them from
others. You are assiduously to assist the WM in the discharge of the duties of his important trust, by
communicating L and imparting knowledge to all whom he may place under your direction.
From the spirit you have hitherto evinced, we entertain no doubt your future conduct will be such as to merit
the esteem of your Brethren and the gratifying testimony of a clear conscience.
SW and JW: sit
Nominated Person: resumes his seat
Address to the Brethren
DC: Members of Internet Lodge with the exception of the Master and his wardens upstanding.
DC: conducts Nominated Person to a position in the South East of the lodge.
Nominated Person: Brethren, such is the nature of our Constitution that as some must of necessity rule and
teach, so others must of course learn, submit, and obey. Humility in each is an essential qualification.
The Brethren whom the Worshipful Master has selected to assist him in the ruling and governing of the
Lodge are too well acquainted with the principles of Masonry, and the Laws of our Institution, to warrant
any mistrust that they will be found wanting in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, or that
they will exceed the powers with which they are entrusted; and you, Brethren, 1 am sure, are of too generous
a disposition to envy their preferment.
I therefore trust that we shall have but one aim in view, to please each other and unite in the grand design of
being happy and communicating happiness. And as this association has been formed and perfected with so
much unanimity and concord, long may it continue. May brotherly love and affection ever distinguish us as
men and as Masons.
May the principles and tenets of our profession, which are founded on the basis of religious truth and virtue,
teach us to measure our actions by the rule of rectitude, square our conduct by the principles of morality, and
guide our inclinations, and even our thoughts, within the compass of propriety. Hence we learn to be meek,
humble and resigned; to be faithful to our God, our Country, and our Laws; to drop a tear of sympathy over
the failings of a Brother; and to pour the healing balm of consolation into the bosom of the afflicted.
May these principles and tenets be transmitted pure and unpolluted, through this Lodge from generation to
generation.
DC: conducts Nominated Person to his seat and he sits
DC: Brethren be seated.
ALL: sit
DC: rises Worshipful Master that completes the ceremony of your installation. The lodge is now under your
control.
DC: sits.

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