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11. To
recite Scriptural extracts from the Volumes of the
Sacred law.
Verses 16 to 19
We are Thy children and Thou art Thou art our Mother
and Father
Thou art the Creator of the world and the reins are in
Thy hands
S.M.I.B.
M.E.Z. rises but remains standing with the other
Companions.
(to offer a prayer from the South in front of the Scribe N’s
pedestal).
(to offer a prayer from the East and on the left of the
M.E.Z’s Chair)
May the Most Holy and Blessed favour fill our heart
with joy and peace and in knowledge and in service.
May He pour forth the oil of Harmony and loving
kindness upon every enterprise and undertaking and
bring us all at length to the Temple of Perfection, to that
House, not made with hands, eternal in the Heaven.
S.M.I.B.
M.E. First G. Prin. will address the Chapter and will hand
over charge of the Chapter to the M.E.Z.
15. To call the Roll of the Past Z’s of and in the Chapter.
M.E.Z: Companions, I would be falling in my duty were
I not to assure, as I do, all my past Z’s that we shall keep
this our Chapter, pure and unsullied from generation to
generation and in so doing we should honour each one of
them present here individually. I would request each of
them to please rise and acknowledge our humble offering
as our scribe ‘E’ reads their names and their year when
they were the Rulling Z. And you, my Companion, will
please give an applause as each of them resumes his seat.