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INAUGURATION OF THE TEMPLE. 537
celestial lire—that Temple now in darkness, as a type and sym-
bol of the moral darkness of the world. And as the shadows flee
away and disappear froin between our columns, when our lamps,
kindled at the exhaustless fountain of light, blaze in the Masonic
Temple, so may that moral darkness disappear in thy good time,
before the light of truth and knowledge. Amen.
All.'. So mote it be.
I consecrate this Temple to the dissemination of truth and
knowledge in philosophy, and morals among men, and may our
Father who is in heaven deign to accept this homage of our
hearts, and smile upon our efforts to enlighten and instruct his
children, our feeble attempts to imitate his unbounded munifi-
cence, and to make of this world a real temple in which our great
family of brotherhood shall worship him in spirit and in truth !
Qr.\ Com.'. And may those who shall instruct in this temple
so practise the virtues which Masonry inculcates, and be so animated
by the spirit of peace and concord, so love, assist, and in-
struct one another, and may their conduct and demeanor be in
every respect so upright, honorable, and courteous, as to secure
the Royal Art that consideration which alone can assure and
perpetuate its stability, progress, and glory. Amen !
Or.: Com.'. In the name and by the authority of the Supreme
Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the thirty-third
degree of the Ancient and Accepted rite, for , I do declare
this temple for the occupation of the Consistory of Sublime
Princes and Commanders of the Royal Secret thirty-second de-
gree, in and for , to be inaugurated and consecrated in
due form ; and I do hereby dedicate it to the God of infinite
beneficence and love, and to the cause of humanity, now and
henceforward, invoking for it his protection and favor
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