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The act we do to-day is small,
The issues may be great
We know not on these little ones
"What destinies may wait
To one, perhaps, its countiy owe
Its safety or its fame
The world not willingly let die
This or the other's name.
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- ter from despair.
When the ode is concluded, the Master rises and says
W. M. Brother Master of Ceremonies, invite the godmothers o!
these children to place them at the altar, that we may there vow
to watch over and protect them.
Music.
Each godmother takes her godchild, and carries it to the altar of
they place them around and close to it—the infants upon
obligation ;
their cushions on the floor, and the older children standing, hand in
hand ; then the brethren leave their places, the Master comes down
from the East, and they form a circle around the children, and kneel on
one knee, each with his left hand upon his heai t, and his right hand
raised toward heaven, and the Master says :
W. M. My brethren, repeat after me:
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