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mander-in-Chief. You, Illustrious Brother and Priuce ,
I do install in and invest with the office and dignity of First
Lieutenant Commander ;
and you, Illustrious Brother and Prince
, I do install in and invest with the office and dignity of Second
Lieutenant Commander of the Consistory of Sublime Princes
and Commanders of the Royal Secret thirty-second degree, Ancient
and Accepted rite of Freemasonry, in and for ; and
each of you hereafter shall possess and enjoy all the powers,
honors, privileges, and prerogatives to his said proper office
belonging and appertaining.
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Or.'. Com.: Illustrious Second Lieutenant Commander, with
you is the bright constellation composed of the two stars, Justice
and Equity, which to a Mason should be as inseparable as the
Dioscuri, whose appearance in the heavens was deemed by the
mariners of Samothrace as indicative of fair weather; and I
commend them to your especial charge, and hope that, enforcing
them among the brethren, you will ever regulate by them
your own official and private conduct. Be seated, Illustrious
Second Lieutenant Commander
Or.: Com.:' Illustrious First Lieutenant Commander, with you
is the bright constellation composed of the three stare, Liberty,
Equality, and Brotherhood ; they will govern in this Grand
Consistory, as they govern everywhere else in Masonry. Liberty
and constitutional law, Equality with order and subordination,
Brotherhood of the virtuous and good, making the strong pro-
tectors of the weak, the rich the sympathizers of the poor
I commit the three lights to your charge: never forget or fail to
remind your brethren, that these three sublime words contain
a whole creed of which eveiy Mason ought to be an apostle. Be
seated, my brother.
Or.: Com.: Illustrious Commander-in-Chief, I invest you with
this collar and jewel of your office, to be worn in your absence by
your Illustrioi s Deputy. I am sure that each of you will wear
them worthily and well. You are to occupy the East, the place
of light, and I need not tell you that it will be your duty to
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