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Rh The presiding officer then addresses him:

All but Past Masters having retired, the candidate is invested with the mysteries of that degree, and solemnly inducted into the chair. Whereupon the doors being opened, the brethren in turn, and forming an avenue on each side, from the West to the East the new Master being in the chair, the presiding officer says:

A procession is then formed, and the brethren pass around the Lodge, signifying their homage and obedience by the usual distinctive marks in the different degrees of Freemasonry, during which time the is sung.