ANCIENT CEREMONIES OF THE ORDER.
SECTION I.
CONSECRATION, DEDICATION, CONSTITUTION, AND INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF A NEW LODGE.
THOROUGH knowledge of these ceremonies is of the highest importance.
They should be well understood by every Master of a Lodge. They treat of the government of the society; the disposition of its rulers, and illustrate their proper functions and qualifications.
Any number of Master Masons, not less than seven, having determined to form a new Lodge, must apply by petition to the Grand Master, which petition should be in the following words:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ancient Freemasons of ........
