What should a Lodge do if one of the Altar lights goes out?

This is one of those instances when we should heed the famous advice of Most Worshipful Cal Bond when he was Grand Lecturer: “Use your common sense.” Certainly this does not represent an occurrence that should stop or interrupt the Work of the Lodge. When possible a Brother may be dispatched to retrieve a fresh lightbulb or candle with which he can discretely replace the extinguished light at an appropriate moment. If this is impracticable, the Work of the evening should continue unabated with only two Altar lights illuminated. The kind of “Ritual book fundamentalism” that would disrupt or suspend the business of the Lodge because an Altar light burned out is not helpful to the aims of Masonry.