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196 , and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer of thy servant, and thy people,

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place consecrated to thy name.

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people; and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place; and when thou hearest, forgive. For they be thy people, and thine inheritance. For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth to be thine inheritance.

Response by the Brethren.—The Lord is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever.

The Grand Chaplain then pronounces the following

BENEDICTION.

The Lodge is then covered and the grand honors green, when the Grand Master retires to his chair.

The following is then sung: