Ritual of the Order of the Eastern StarOrder of the Eastern Star. General Grand Chapter
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Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. General Grand Chapter
Freemasonry -- Rituals; Order of the Eastern Star -- Rituals
You will now receive your respective badges of office, and be conducted
to your proper stations in the South and North.
[Illustration: Assoc. Grand Conductress.]
_G. M._ Grand ----, it is with pleasure that I present to you, for
installation, these sisters who have been appointed to represent the
five distinguished heroines of our Order, Sister ----, as Grand Adah;
Sister ----, as Grand Ruth; Sister ----, as Grand Esther; Sister ----,
as Grand Martha; Sister ----, as Grand Electa.
_Grand ----._ My sisters, the most important lessons of our Order are
given from the five points of our emblematic Star. It should be your
study to most impressively render these lessons during the opening
ceremonies of this Grand Chapter, and whenever your services may be
needed.
You will now each be invested with the badge of your office, and
conducted to your stations.
[Illustration: Grand Officers.]
_G. M._ It is with pleasure that I present, for installation, Sister
----, appointed to be Grand Warder, and Brother ----, appointed to be
Grand Sentinel.
_Grand ----._ My sister and brother, you are, respectively, the inner
and outer guards of the Grand Chapter. Upon you, therefore, we rely to
preserve that secrecy which is essential to our proceedings, and to see
that our ceremonies are not interrupted by untimely alarms, and to
discharge such other duties as appertain to your office. A prompt and
faithful discharge of these responsibilities will afford the best
evidence of your attachment for the tenets and professions of our Order.
You will be invested with your respective badges of office, and
conducted to your stations within and without the door of the Grand
Chapter.
_G. M._ It is my pleasant duty to present for installation, Sister ----,
appointed to serve as Grand Organist for the ensuing year.
_Grand ----._ My sister, your duties are embodied in the name of your
office, admonishing you that by uniting music and harmony with our
mystic lessons the ceremonials of our Order will prove more lasting.
[Illustration: Grand Organist.]
You will be invested with your badge of office, and conducted to your
station.
_G. M._ Grand ----, my duties are ended. The several officers of this
Grand Chapter have been duly elected, installed, invested with their
badges of office, and conducted to their respective stations.
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