Having taken the chair, he examines the records of the lodge and the warrant of constitution; the officers who have been chosen are presented before him, when he inquires of the Brethren if they continue satisfied with the choice they have made.

The ceremony of consecration is then performed.

The Lodge is uncovered; and corn, wine, and oil--the masonic elements of consecration--are poured upon it, accompanied by appropriate prayers and invocations, and the lodge is finally declared to be consecrated to the honor and glory of God.
This ceremony of consecration has been handed down from the remotest antiquity.

A consecrating--a separating from profane things, and making holy or devoting to sacred purposes--was practiced by both the Jews and the Pagans in relation to their temples, their altars, and all their sacred utensils.

The tabernacle, as soon as it was completed, was consecrated to God by the unction of oil.