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A benediction is then pronounced by the Grand Chaplain, and the procession returns to the Lodge-room.

Here all but Past Masters are caused to retire, and the Worshipful Master is solemnly inducted into the Oriental Chair of Solomon, and invested with the mysteries of the Past Master's degree.

Master Masons being then admitted, the members of the new Lodge advance in procession, pay due homage to the new Master, and signify their promise of subjection and obedience by the usual marks of distinction in the different degrees of Masonry.

The Grand Master then directs the Grand Marshal to form the procession, when the Grand Lodge returns to itits [sic] own hall, and the two Lodges are closed in due form.