CEREMONY OF CONSTITUTING A MASONIC LODGE

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

The ceremony of constitution may be held either private or public.

The members of the Lodge to be constituted, properly clothed as Master Masons, shall be seated on the North side of the Lodge, the officers by rank toward the East, with their respective aprons but without jewels.

The Lodge shall not be tyled until the Grand Officers have entered and assumed their respective places and stations.

Neither shall the Great Lights of the Lodge appear, nor the Lesser Lights be lighted.

EMBLEM

An oblong table shall be placed at the center between the Altar and the East, covered and draped with white linen reaching down to the floor. On this table shall be placed the "Emblem," (a small oblong box or casket), also covered with white linen and loosely draped with the same material.

On the East, West and South sides of the "Emblem" three candleholders shall be placed.

At the designated time the Grand Master and other officers of the Grand Lodge meet in a convenient room near to that in which the Lodge to be constituted is assembled, and open the Grand Lodge.

After the Grand Lodge is opened, the Grand Master announces the object of the communication and directs the Grand Marshal to form the Grand Officers in procession.

The Grand Marshal shall form the procession at the anteroom in the following order:

Grand Tyler - with drawn sword Lighted candle - carried by a Past Master Grand Chaplain - Grand Lecturer Bible Bearer - carrying the Great Lights Supported by the Stewards with rods.