Presentation Address of GL Certificate [ pocket ]

There is no formal ritual for the presentation to a Master Mason of his Grand Lodge Certificate but many Lodges prefer that some formality be observed in the presentation and the attention of the recipient drawn to the significance of the document and the nature of its design. Several forms are in general use and that printed below which was extensively used by the late Bro O. C. Klagge, PJGD, is suggested as appropriate in its following the Masonic Lectures in dealing with those parts of the Certificate which are similar in design to the First Degree Tracing Board in its representation of the Lodge and its Furniture, Ornaments and Jewels.
Attention is also drawn to the Recommendations adopted by Grand Lodge on points of procedure in which that relating to attendance at Lodges overseas recommends that on the presentation to a Master Mason of his Grand Lodge Certificate he should be warned not to make any Masonic contacts overseas with members of other Jurisdictions without having ascertained by application to the Grand Secretary the existence of regular Masonry in the country concerned, and the address to which Masonic enquiries in that country should be directed.During the ceremony of installation there comes a time when the current Master installs the Master Elect of the lodge in his stead. To do this a board of Installed Masters is called in and a ceremony takes place to transfer the authority of the lodge and place the new Master in the chair of King Solomon. This section of the ritual is known as the Inner Working. This book contains the official Emulation edition of the Inner Working and is to be used with the 13th edition of the Emulation Ritual.