The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-06-27 00:00:00

8100 ND PRATZ2.

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0 Merciful Lord God, whose throne is the lineentes
and the earth Thy f,rotatool, and yet Thou dwellest la
the hearts of the humblest of Thy ereatares, whoa
Thou haat made capable of knowing and
Thee; regard we pray Thee, with Thine
favour this, our preterit unctrrtaking, that in the
releMation of these our solemn rites, we may eel
forth Thy glory, and receive from Thee the blessings
of thy grace. Grant, 0 Lord, that all tholes who may
here be admitted to the privileges of this our Ordeg.
may be distinguished by a faithful regard to the °blips
Lions which in Thy name and under Thine &Meeting eye,
they may here enter Into; that they abounding in ha
holy conversation and godliness of living, and with
fervent charity to those in need. may become examples)
for.good to all around thrm. And to .11 those who shall
be invested with the government of this Lodge, grant
thet their life and conduot may ever be guided by Thy
word and power ; that they may bear rule with diligence
and good acceptance, and with brotherly kindness to all
under their charge, that they may be endued with
wisdom to erable them faithfully to define the sacre&
mysteries of our Order, for the instruction and welfare
of Or ir brethren, end to engage them le • doe obedience
of Thy precepts. Bless, 0 Lord, all our brethren
whatever dispersed over the earth, and all those in
sorrow, oh:dimes, trial, or need, send to them halo flow
Thy holy plsce, as in mercy Than swat needful for
them. And may the bond of union continue to
strengthen all our Lodges throughout the world, that
T'y n me may he known and adored through all
the nstions of the earth. And to all of an let
Thy good Proyidenoe surround tie with the
blessings Thou seest needful for us, and inspire
our hearts with thankfulness for Thy
and lying kindness towards Os; and looking fo7wers4
to those graci,ms rewards which Thou bust laid up (Sr
them thst faithfully "TV, Thee, may we all with
pst,enoe, sod hope, and faqh, wait f.r the aotromplish•
ment of Thy good pleasure troneereing us.
Omega

The second le.son Wl' pert of Isaiah it/. Then followedi
the Pr..emional Psalm, 122nd :

1. I was Kind when thq laid onto :we will go
Into the hen.e of the Lord.
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2. Our feet shall stand-in th 7 rites: 0 Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem is built on • etty i that is is out; is
[Waif.

4. For they. the tribes so up, even the tribes of ths
Lord: to Writ,' unto Israel, to give thanks unto the
name of the Lord.

5. For Vivo is the Beat of judgment: eve' the led
of the house of David.

6. 0 pray -for the. pallor) of Jerusalem: they WWI
prover t.kat love thee. _

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7., Niece be within thy wills: and plenteousness
within thy palaces.
8. For my Brethren and Companions : I will
wish thee prosperity.
9. Yea because of the house of the Lord onr God : I
will seek to do thee good.
10. They that put their trust in the Lord shall be
even as the mount Zion: which may not be removed,
but atandeth feet for ever.

11. Toe hills stand about Jerusalem : even es
standeth the Lord round about his people, from this
time forth for evermore.
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12. Ble.ed b.-th—e-E;rd God of Israel from everlast.
jog, and world without end: and let aLI the people
say,—Amen
During the Prooemional Psalm the brethren 13scams
so inipn-esed with the sinritual mewning of the oeremony
tbalesner all joinel grarlusPy as the procession pas.l
till .t length a comol•de circle was accidentally formed
as true AS Atretohed by a comna,s enmi o.ed of nearly 60
of th, brethren. in which the concluding prayer was
offered up with the hymn folio sing and then the
bowlful Pwriarchal bl,sing concluded this very
interesting masonic ceremonial