CLOSING CHARGE & BENEDICTION
Brethren: We are now about to quit this sacred retreat of friendship and virtue, to mingle again with the outer world.
Amid its concerns and employments, forget not the duties which you have heard so frequently inculcated, and so forcefully recommended, in this Lodge.
Be diligent, prudent, temperate, discreet. Remember that at this altar you have promised to befriend and relieve every Brother who shall need your assistance.
You have been enjoined to remind a Brother in the most friendly manner of his fault, to endeavor to aid his reformation, and to defend his character.
These generous principles extend further, for every human being has a claim upon your kind offices. Do good unto all.
Finally, my Brethren, by ye all of one mind; live in peace; and may the God of Love and Peace delight to dwell with you and bless you.
Benediction at Closing:
And now may the blessing of Heaven rest upon us and all regular Masons. May brotherly love prevail and every moral and social virtue cement us. Amen!