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CEREMONY OF BAPTISM. 573
ribbon, with a cord of blue silk, tasselled, but with no onaments or
devices on it whatever, and says to them
W. M. My brethren, invest now these young children with
the apron, emblem of that labor to which man is destined by our
Father in heaven ; and in doing so we pledge ourselves diligently
to remind them, whenever occasion offers, that every Mason, and
indeed every man, should lead an active and laborious life. And
now every one, no matter of what sex, rank, condition, or fortune,
is bound to contribute his or her contingent toward the accom-
plishment of the great work, and to supply at least one ashlar toward
the rebuilding of the Temple.
The godfathers invest the children with the aprons, and immediately
the following verses are sung
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