vant, 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.
Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us, nor forsake us: that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he has commanded.
Response.—Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good-will toward men.
The Lodge is then covered and the grand honors green, when the Grand Master retires to his chair.
The following Anthem is then sung:
