The sublime virtues exemplified in the lives of the distinguished heroines whom you represent, are worthy of imitation, and I trust that while you teach those virtues to others, they will be illustrated in your lives. Thus you may honor the positions to which you have been appointed, and lay up for yourselves those Heavenly treasures which shall never fade and which will render you "Fairest among thousands, altogether lovely." Sister Marshal, you will conduct our sisters to their several stations. _I. O._ Sister Marshal, you will present the Warder and Sentinel for installation. _M._ Worthy ----, I have the pleasure of presenting Sister ----, who has been appointed Warder, and Bro. ----, appointed Sentinel of this Chapter for the ensuing year. _I. O._ My sister and brother, you are respectively the inner and outer guards of the Chapter. Upon you, therefore, we rely to preserve that secrecy which is essential to our proceedings, and to see that the solemnity of our ceremonies is not interrupted by untimely alarms. Be ever watchful in your positions, and allow none to enter or leave the Chapter without permission of the presiding officer. Sister Marshal, you will invest our sister and brother with their badges of office. Sister Warder, your badge is the Dove within the Star, an emblem of peace, admonishing you that peace and harmony are necessary to the success of our Order. [Illustration: Warder.] Brother Sentinel, your badge is the Cross-swords within the Star, an emblem of protection, admonishing you that upon your watchful care depends our security from interruption. [Illustration: Sentinel.] Sister Marshal, you will conduct our sister and brother to their stations within and without the door. _I. O._ Sister Marshal, you will present the Organist elect. _M._ Worthy ----, I have the pleasure of presenting Sister ----, who has been appointed Organist for the ensuing year. _I. O._ My sister, your duties are embodied in the name of your office. To make the initiation ceremonies as impressive and effective as we desire, it is important that you should be faithful to your trust. Sister Marshal, you will invest our sister with the badge of her office. Your badge is the Lyre within the Star, an emblem of music and poetry, admonishing you that by uniting harmony with our mystic rites, the impressions will be more lasting. [Illustration: Organist.] Sister Marshal, you will conduct our sister to her station. _I. O._ Sisters and Brothers, such is the nature of all associations, that some must rule and govern, and others submit and obey. The officers whom you have selected to preside over your deliberations during the ensuing year, are, I trust, sufficiently conversant with the rules of our Order to avoid exceeding the powers with which you have intrusted them.