Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

This charge closes the initiation, and a motion is
generally made to adjourn, and close the Lodge.
Master (to J. W.)--Brother Junior, you will please
assemble the brethren around the altar, for the
purpose of closing this Lodge of Most Excellent
Masters.
The brethren immediately assemble around the
altar in a circle, and kneel on the right knee, put
their left arms over, and join hands as before.
While kneeling in this position, the Master reads
the following verses from the one hundred and
thirty-fourth Psalm:
"Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the
Lord, which by night stand in the house of the
Lord.
"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless
the Lord. "The Lord, that made heaven and earth,
bless thee out of Zion."
The Master then closes the circle as in opening,
when they balance six times, rise and balance six
times more, disengaging their hands, and giving
the signs from this Degree downward. The Lodge
is then closed as in the preceding Degrees. The
following is read at closing:--
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he
leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth
my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of
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righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and