PRESENTATION OF H.

ELECT

( The D. of C. takes H. Elect by the r. hd. to the W. in

front of P.S.’s chair.)
D. of C. (with R. or H.Sn.)- E. Comp.H., I present to
you E. Comp. (Name) ……, H. Elect, to be obligated as
Second Prin.
I.P. (to the D. of C.) E. Comp. (Name)……, your
presentation shall be attended to.
( The D. of C. sits down in one of the side chairs.)

ADDRESS OF H. ELECT

I.P.E. Comp. (Name)……, it cannot but be satisfactory

and gratifying to your feelings, that in discharging the
duties of Third Prin. of this Chapter, you have been so far
successful as to meet with approbation of its members.
This respect and gratitude have been evinced by their
selecting you for the more important office of Second Prin.
At your installation on a former occasion, the duties of
Prin. were fully pointed out to you, and, as I have no doubt
they are strongly impressed on your mind, I shall not repeat
them, under the full conviction that you will not depart
from that path of rectitude which has led you to further
honour and preferment.
I must now ask if you are willing to take Solemn Ob.
of Second Prin.?

Can. – I am.
I.P. – Then you will kl. on the side of the A.

( Asstt. D. of C. goes to S. side of A., removes the

candle and places the K.S. there. The D. of C. conducts H.
Elect to S. side of A., instructs him to kl. on b…. k…., and
stands on hir r….. side.

The I.P. advances to N. side of A., stands facing the

Can. and gives one K. All stand to order with Sn. of R.)

OBLIGATION OF H.
 I.P. – Place both hds. on the t.i.n.l. (Done), state your
name at length, and say after me:
I,……. in the presence of the All-merciful, and Eternal
God, and in this H.R.A. Chapter of J., of my own free will
and accord do here by (the I.P.touches Can.’s hds. with the
bearing on his Sceptre.) and hereon ( the I.P. touches
t.i.n.l.with the bearing on his Sceptre.) most solemnly
promise and swear that I will strictly adhere to the various
Obs. entered into me during my Masonic career, but above
all, I solemnly vow, under the penalties of all my Obs., that
I will never divulge the S..s restricted to the Second Prin.’s
chair to any individual whomsoever, unless it be to a
Comp. of this Supreme Degree, who shall have been
previously into the chair of J. regularly elected, or
appointed by lawfully constituted authority, to that of H.,
duly obligated, and installed in a conclave of installed
Second Prins. regularly congregated for that purpose. I
further solemnly ( the I.P. touches Can. ‘s hds. again with
the bearing on his Sceptre.) promise that I will discharge
the duties of the office, to the best of my ability, and I pray
the M. H. by His strength, to support me in my endeavours
and keep me steadfast in this the Solemn Ob. of second
Prin.
(All drop sign of R., but remain standing.)
I.P. as a pledge of fidelity and to render this binding as
a solemn Ob., you will seal it t.w.e. on the t.i.n.l. in the
manner most binding on you. (Done) Rise ( here the I.P.
motions with his Sceptre.) duly obligated Seond Prin.
 ADDRESS TO SECOND PRINCIPAL
( If Z . is the installing H. and delivers the Address
below, he will place his Sceptre on his pedestal and turn to
H. if it is any other P.P., then he goes direct to H., who
stands.)

Inst.H.- E. Comp H., the colour of your rob-Purple – is

an emblem of union, being composed of blue and crimson,
the former of which is the appropriate colour of Symbolical
Masonry, and the latter of the R.A. It instructs you that the
harmony and union of the Chapter should be your constant
aim, to which end you are studiously to avoid all occasions
of giving offence, or of entertaining any subject which
might create dissension or division in the Chapter and by
every means in your power endeavour to establish
permanent union and good understanding in the different
Orders of Freemasonry.

And as the glorious sun at its meridian height

disperses the mist and clouds which obscure the horizon, so
may your exertions dispel the gloom of jealousy and
discord whenever it may arise.

Inst.H. (continues)-Youtr Sceptre bearing the “All

Seeing Eye”, (pointing to H.’s Secptre) is an emblem of
vigilance. It instructs you to stands as a watchman on a
tower, to guard the Comps. and admonish them to fidelity
and Industry.

Let it at the same time be a faithful monitor to

yourself, so that when the Great Watchman of Israel, whose
eye never slumbers nor sleeps, shall relieve you from your
post on earth , you may be permitted to participate in that
happiness which will never end.

(The installing H. and H., both resume their seats.)