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The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes ou les planches trop grandes pour dtre reproduites en un seul cliche sont filmdes d partir de I'angle sup6rieure gauche, de gauche d droite et de haut en bas, en prenant te nombre d'images ndcessaire. Le diagramme suivant illustre la mdthode : 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 fel LC RITUAL AND SERVICE --»FOR^— 1^1 V^ l^iE^ p COMPILED. ARRANGED AND ADAPTED -^VFOR USE m*-0F THEo liold within a reasonable timo after the deeeaso of a Urol her, and tho Coroinonlcs may I)p pcrfornif d el I her in privafo or public, anci may Ix? iK-ld In tiio liod^i' Iloom, Masonic Hall or Church, in tlic presence of friends, with benellt to all concerned, sub)ect however to (he wishes of the IJrethri'n themsclveH. A I.odRe of Horrow cannf>t be held in memory of any Urol her who has not lieen raised to tin; Sublime I)e;?ree of a Master Mason, and ho must have been In good Masonic standing tit tbe lime of his decease and ntliliated with a re;,'ular Warranted liodK*'. All the Kiirnilurc, the Jewels and the Altar are draped with black clotli. Tho wallH of the Lodge Iloom or Masonic Hall arc hunt; with black garlands, and ko also are the <'olumns. Tlie tinee Candlesticks of the Altar are covered with black crape and the Candles sliould bo of black wax. In the centre of the Hall, between the Altar and the Hcnlor Warden's Chair in the West, is placed the Catafalque, which consists of a roctansular platform about six feet long by four feet wide, on which are two smaller platforms, so that three st"p8 are represented. On tho third one should bo an elevation of convenient height. The platfoiin and elevation shall be draped In black cloth, and a canopy of l)lack drapery may be raised over the elevated part. On tho Catafal()ue shall be placed an Urn, a pair of White Gloves, and a Lamb- skin yXpron, and if the deceased IJrothor had been an Ofllcer, the approprhito In- signa and Jewels of h'.s otllcc. When tlie Lodge of Sorrow Is held in memory of several Brethren, Escutche- ons bearing their names are placed round tho Catafalque. On the Master's Pedestal in tho East is a Skull and Lighted Taper. The three Altar Lights are burning when the Ceremonies begin. All the Brethren should be uniformly clothed in black, wearing White Gloves and their Uegalia. The following re(iulsltcs should bo provided before the Ceremonios commence, and put In a convenient place, ready for use at the proper time, viz. : A bunch of White Flowers, a wreath of White Flowers, a wreath of Evergreens, a Cornlcopia with Corn, and two Ewors with Wiue and Perfumed Oil. If tho Lodge of Sorrow is held In the evening the Lodge Room, Masonic Hall, or Church and approaches to same should be brilliantly lighted, and arrangements made to lower the gas or other lights at tho proper time, viz., wlien the South Altar-liglit is extinguished. After the Lodge II >. Masonic Hall is iiroperly prepared, no one should enter it except those having charge of the decorations, and the Organist, until tho hour for the Ceremonies to take place. Vocal and Instrumental music are indispensable and give proper effect to the Ceremonies, and they will bo groatly Increased if the Oflicers will speak their parts I liiHtond nf rcadtnR them. Care Hhniild he oxcrclcid In Iho Nflrrllon of Offlcoi**, ttiul none but HicthiiMi of cultur<' luul jjootl cnniiclatlon uppolntcd. DiirinK \]u' public part of lln' t'cii-nionlcH llic npproacbcs to lli(> I/kIko Iloom or Masonic Hall should be open to allow ln«its.s and caress, thus prcviMithiK un- Hccnii'Iy IntorruplloM. If the Service Is performed In a Church, the IxmIro shall be opened In the Lodge Room or Masf .tIc Hall, and the Hrelhren march In jirocosslon In the order laid down in the Funeral Service In the ConHtltulion, to where the Ceremonies are to take place. The Altar-Lights will be stood on the East, South and West of the Catafalque, which win be placed at right-angles with the aisles, the Holy Bible, Square and Compass being placed upon a Pedestal at a convenient distance from the foot of the Catafalque. The Lodge will be opened In secret, and the Brethren being assembled in the Ante-room, and it Is time to open, u procession will be formed of all the Brethren present, under the direction of two Stewards, and move into tlie Lodge Room two and two, the W'or. Master, taking his station in the East, and rapping o, will say, JVor. Master. — Brethren, our duty to the Dead hath summoned us, by all our solemn obligations, to come together here, and pay due honors to the memories of those who work with us no more. I am here to hold, with your assistance, a Lodge of Sorrow. Be pleased to take your respective chairs, and give me your assistance. When all are in their places, the Wor. Master raps o, at whlcli the Senior and Junior Wardens rise, and says, Wor. Master. — Brother Senior Warden, when the successors of those Masters who sought for the body of the Master Hiram, propose to open a Lodge of Sorrow, what is their first duty when assembled ? Senior Warden. — Worshipful Sir, it is to be assured that all present are Master Masons. Wor. Master, — Be pleased, Brother Senior Warden, calling to your assistance Brother Junior Warden, to obtain that assurance, the Senior and Junior Deacons demanding the Pass-word of a Master Mason from all. The Wor. Master raps o o o, all rise, and the Puss-word is collected In the noual manner. Senior Warden. — Worshipful Sir, I recognize all the Brethren present as Master Masons. IFor. AfasUr. — Brother Junior Warden, what is the second duty of the Masters when about to open a Lodge of Sorrow ? Junior Wanfen. — Worshipful Sir, to take care that the Lodge be duly tiled. Wor. Af aster. — Be pleased to see to that, . "d cause the Tiler to be informed that we are about to open a Lodge of Sorrow of Master Masons here, in memory of our Brethren who have gone away from us, and direct him to tile accordingly. Junior IVarden — Brother Inner Guard, be pleased to see that the Lodge is duly tiled. Inform the Tiler that we are about to open a Lodge of Sorrow here, in memory of our Brethren who have gone away from us, and direct him to tile accordingly. Inner Guard performs llils duty n.s In the ordinary Master Mason'8 Ijodge, and reports: Inner Guard. — Brother Junior Warden, the Lodge is duly tiled. Junior IVanfen. — Worshipful Sir, the Lodge is duly tiled. IVor. Master. — Brother Senior Warden, are you a Master Mason ? Senior Warden. — I am. Worshipful Sir. Wor. Master What duty of a Master Mason have you now come hither to ])erforiTi ? Senior Warden. — Worshipful Sir, the last offices of Brotherhood and Loving-kindness ; to pay Masonic honors to the memory of our Masonic dead. Wor. Master. — They have but gone a little sooner than we to the silent land. Brother Junior Warden, your station in the Lodge of Sorrow is in the Sou*h. What is your duty there ? Junior Warden. — To teach the Brethren in the South the brevity and uncertainty of life and the instability of human fortune; and that, as the sun sitting high in his meridian tower calls the laborer to rest for a time from his toil, so the Master of Life, whom the Junior Warden represents, often calls those whose noon-day of life is not yet passed, to rest from the labors of this world in the more immediate presence of God. Wor. Master. — Brother Senior Warden, your station in the Lodge of Sorrow is in the West. What is your duty there? Senior Warden. — To teach the Brethren in the West that it is not all of life to live ; and that, as the golden glories of the sunset flush the western sky and clouds when the sun has sunken out of sight, so the influences of the great and good men who die after long lives of ^ .tue, remain to light the world, after their eyes arc closed in that sleep that knows no waking here. IVor. Master. — Brother Senior Warden, the station of the Worship- ful Master is in the East. What is his duty there ? Senior Warden. — To teach the Brethren in the East that this life is part of eternity, and this world also is among the stars ; and that as the sun which sets in clouds and darkness rises again in the East;, pre- ceded by the glowing splendors of ■ dawn, so the soul that seems to die with the body passes from the evening of life into the dawn of eternity, rising like a star in another world. Wor. Master. — Brethren, let us believe in the promises of God, and with the firm convictions of Faith hope for immortality ; that with that Faith and Hope we may be strong and patient and endure all things unto the end. Brother Junior Warden, has the hour arrived when this Lodge of Sorrow should be opened? Junior ^Van/en. — Worshipful Sir, it has. Wor. Master.— S'mce the hour at which this Lodge of Sorrow should open has arrived, be pleased, Brethren, Senior and Junior Ward- ens, to invite the Brethren in the West and South to assist me in open- ing the Lodge by the sacred numbers. Senior ^^ar^w.— Brethren in the West, the Worshipful Master invites you to assist him in opening this Lodge of Sorrow by the sacred numbers. Junior : Warden. — Brethren in the South, the \Von,hipful Master invites you to assist him in opening this Lodge of sorrow by the sacred numbers. Wor. Master. — With me, Brethren. The Wor. Master inps o o o , and all kIvc Iho sign of an E. A. The Senior Warden raps o o o , and all give the sign of a F. C. The Junior Warden raps o o o and all give the sign of a M. M. Tlien all give the distress sign, with the usual cry, and the Wor. Master says, Wor. Master.— Mv^y our Father who is in heaven strengthen our good resolutions, and make us strong to resist temptation ! May he enable us to bear the crosses of life patiently, to draw healing and profit from its sorrows, and to resist the evil influences of prosperity ! May he make us tolerant, generous and merciful, and worthy of the gift of immortality ! Amen ! Response. — Amen ! So mote it be. Wor. Afaster.~l declare tliis Loflge of Sorrow in the Master's Degree to he duly opened. Be seated, Brethren ! The W'or. MaHtt-r, Senior nnd Junior WanU-nw, Inner fiimrd, nnd Tiler rnps o, and the Hrethren take their seals. The two StewardN havhiK wands draped In black will then retire, open the porlalH to the Lodjje, and admit any Hrcthren waiting and the general public, and while doing 8o a voluntary should be played on the organ. Voluntary, When all are Healed the Wor. Master, .Senior and Junior Wardens raps o, when all present stand up and the Chaplain will offer up the following prayer : C//rt//a///.— Almighty God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered, make us, we beseech Thee, deeply sensible of the lessons which death is continually repeating to us ; enable us to see through the dark cloud which hides from our sight eternity and the better life, the bright sunbeams of a glorious here- after ; teach us to know and to feel that every visitation of Thy hand ought to be a stage of advancement in holy faith, every chastisement the unfolding of a new page in the book of life on which we are called to write good deeds ; every sorrow, every trial, and even the shadow of death, dark and unfathomable though its mysteries may be, but a mani- festation of Thy loving kindness. Insjjire our hearts with wisdom from on high, that the days of our pilgrimage here below may not be unprofit- able to us and to our fellow-men, so that, when, in Thy good time, we have run our race and reached the end of life's journey, we may go down into the grave having the testimony of a good conscience, in the confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort of a reasonable, religious and holy hope, in favor with Thee, our God, and in perfect charity with the world. And we beseech Thee, in Thy great mercy, graciously to hear the moanings of those upon whom this dispensation of Thy providence has brought a greater measure of .sorrow, dry their tears, pour into their hearts the balm of consolation, heal the wounds that now seem incur- able, endue their souls with patience under their affliction and with resig- nation to Thy blessed will, comfort them with a sense of 'l"hy goodness, lift up Thy countenance upon them, and give them peace, Amen ! Response. — Amen ! So mote it be ! The Wor, Master and Wanlciis will rap o, and all will rcsiim" IhiMr seals. Vol unl(ir)/ (i>i Orf/an, HYMN. Come, ye siKhinj; sons of sorrow, View with me your brother's tomb ; Learn from It your fate — to-morrow Death perhaps mny seal your doom. Sad and silent flow our numbers, While diseonsolate we mourn Loss of him who sweetly slumbers, Mould'ring 'neath the silent urn. Once, when full of life, he never Proved unfaithful to our laws; We'll, like him, be zealous over To promote the glorious ciuse. Tlie Woi. Master, rising and tailing tho Si?ull in his hand, will tiien say, Wor. Af aster.-— Brethren , In the midst of life we are in death, and the wisest cannot know what a day may bring forth. We live but to see those we love passing away into the silent land. Behold this emblem of mortality, once the abode of a spirit like our own : beneath this mouldering canopy once shone the bright and busy eye: within this hollow cavern once played the ready, swift, and tuneful tongue ; and now, sightless and mute, it is eloquent only in the lessons it teaches us. 7'hink of those brethren who, but a few days since, were among us in all the pride and power of life ; bring to your minds the remem- brance of their wisdom, their strength, and their beauty ; and then re- flect that " to this complexion have they come at last ; " think of your- selves, thus will you be when the lamp of your brief existance has burned out. Think how soon death, for you, will be a reality, Man's life is like a flower, which blooms to-day, and to-morrow is faded, cast aside, and trodden ander foot. The most of us, my brethren, are fost approaching, or have already passed the meridian of life ; our sun is setting in the West, and, oh I how much more swift is the i)assage of our declining years th-^n when we started upon the journey, and be- lieved—as the young are too apt to believe — that the roseate hues of the rising sun of our existence were always to be continued. When we look back upon the hajjpy days of our •;hiIdhood, when the dawning intellect first began to exercise its powers of thought, it seems as but yesterday, and that, by a simple effort of the will, we could put aside our manhood, and seek again the loving caresses of a mother, or be happy in the possession of a bauble ; and could we now realize the idea that our last hour had come, our whole earthly life would seem but as the space of time from yesicrday until to-day. Centuries upon centuries have rolled away behind us ; before us stretches out an eternity of years to come ; and on the narrow boundary between the past and the pres- ent flickers the puny taper we term our life. When we came into the world, we knew naught of what had been before us ; but, as we grew up to manhood, we learned of the past ; we saw the flowers bloom as they had bloomed for centuries ; we beheld the orbs of day and night pursuing their endless course among the stars, as they had pursued it from the birth of light ; we learned what men had tliought, and said, and done, from the beginning of the world to our day ; but only by the eye of faith can we behold what is to come hereafter, and only through a firm reliance upon the Divine promises can we satisfy the yearnings of an immortal soul. The cradle speaks to us of remembrance — the cofiin of hope, of a blessed trust in a never-ending existence beyond the gloomy portals of the tomb. Let these reflections convince us how vain are all the wranglings and bitterness engendered by the collisions of this world ; how little in dignity above the puny wranglings of ants over a morsel of food or for the possession of a square inch of soil. What shall survive us ? Not, let us hope, the petty strifes and bickerings, the jealousies and heart-burnings, the small triumphs and mean advantages we have gained, but rather the noble thoughts, the words of truth, the works of mercy and justice, that ennoble and light up the existence of every honest man, however humble, and live for good when his body, like this remnani of mortality, is mouldering in its parent dust. Let the proud and the vain consider how soon the gaps are filled that are made in society by those who die around them ; and how soon time heals the wounds that death inflicts upon the loving heart ; and from this let them learn humility, and that they are but drops in the great ocean of humanity. 8 And when God sends his angel to us with the scroll of death, let us look upon it as an act of mercy, to prevent many sins and many calamities of a longer life ; and lay down our heads softly and go to sleep, without wrangling like froward children. P'or tliis at least man gets by death, that his calamities are not immortal. To bear grief honorably and temperately, and to die willingly and nobly, are the duties of a good man and true mason. Voluntary on Ort/an. The .Junior Warden wiU now advance to the Catafalque, and placing upon it a bunch of While Flowers, will say, Junior Warden. — In memory of our departed Brethren I deposit these White Flowers, emblematical of that pure life to which they have been called, and reminding us that as these children of an hour will droop and fade away, so, too, we shall soon follow those who have gone before us, and inciting us so to fill the brief span of our existence that we may leave to our survivors a sweet savor of remembrance. Voluntary on Organ. The Senior Warden will now advance to the Catalalquc, and placing upon it a wreath of White Flowers, will say ; Senior Warden. — As the sun sets in the West, to close the day and herald the approach of night, so, one by one we lay us down in the darkness of the tomb to wait in its calm repose for the time when the heavens shall pass away as a scroll, and man, standing in the presence of the Infinite, shall realize the true end of his pilgrimage here below. Let these flowers be to us the symbol of remembrance of all the virtues of our Brethren who have preceded us to the silent land, the token of that fraternal alliance which binds us while on earth and which we hope will finally unite us in heaven. The Wor. Master will then advance to the Catafalque and placing upon the Urn a wreath of Evergreens will say : Wor. Master. — It is appointed unto all men once to die, and after death cometh the resurrection. The dust shall return to the earth and the spirit unto God who gave it. In the grave all men are equal ; the good deeds, the lofty thoughts, the heroic sacrifices alone survive and bear fruit in the lives of those who strive to emulate them. While, therefore, nature will have its way, and our tears will hh upon the graves of our Brethren, let us be reminded by the evergreen symbol of our fa.th in immortal life that the dead are but sleepingf and be comforted by t e reflection that their memories will not be forgmten that they will st.Il be loved by those who are soon to follow them • Z't m our archives their names are written, and that in our hearts th^re is still a place for them. And so, trusting in the infinite love and tend mercy of Hmi without whose knowledge not even a sparrow falls le us prepare to meet them where there is no parting and where ^it hem we shall enjoy eternal rest. Voluntary on Organ. The Wor. Muster, Senior and Junior Wardens will rap o o o .HI f..,. r.-wv, rising, then may be chanted ; v i i.ip o o o , all the Brethren ^i: ©trxjfwtjbifir. I3e Profiindis olaraavi ad Te, Domine-, Domiiuj, cxaudi vocom moara ! i Fiaiit aiiros tuie intendentos, in voccm deprecation's mere ! (Si iniquitatos obscrvaveris, Domine; Domiiie, qiiis siisliiiL'biL? Quia apud Tc proplMatio est; ot prop- tor legem tuam sustinui To Domine! Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus • sporavil, anima mea in Domino! Et ipse redinieL Israel ex omnibus in- iquitatibus ejus. Kequiem ffiternam dona ei [or. iisi Domine! •' Et lux perpetua luceat ei [or, lis]. Out of the depths I liavo cried unto rhee, O Lord; Lord, boar my voice' Let thine ears hearken to the voice of my snpp!ica(jon ! If thou, OLord, Shalt mark our iniqul- ties, O Lord, who shall stand " For wiih Thee thore is morev ; and by Thr,'o\■^,T;7 '*-' ^ '-- waited foi: sou;^.^h'.rd^ritLo^:^^--"='"- And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. O Lm'd 1""'° ^™ ^°''' *^*^™^' '''*''■"''' '■•'•'*'' If the De Profundis cannot be chanted, it may be read by the Chaplain. Sh.llT'",f'''?~^^'r.' "''" '' ^'' ^'^'^ liveth. and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hands of the grave ? Scnwr Wan^eu.-Uan walketh in a vain shadow ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. ^ /uuwr IF«;v/.//.-Man that is bom of woman, is of (c^v davs and ull of trouble. He cometh forth like a .lower, and is ct. d wn\ ' fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. ^Vor. Mas^er.-Whcn he diet!,, he shall cany nothin. awav His glory s all not descend after him. Naked came he into °e woTm and naked he must return. ' xo 'f f^ejiior Warden. — We go whence we shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death. A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, chaotic, and where the very light is as darkness. Junior Warden. — There the wicked cease from troubling, and there 'he weary be at rest. There the priscaers rest together ; they hear not the :e of the oppressor. The small and the great are there ; and the slave is freed of his burden. Wor. Master. — That land .is darkness ; God regards it not from above, neither doth the light shine upon it. Senior Warden. — Darkness and the shadow of death blot it ; a cloud abides upon it ; the darkness of its day terrifies it. Junior Warden. — It is solitary, and a great desert on which the night broods, and no joyful voice comes therein. Wor. Master. — There is no dawn of day ; the stars of the twilight thereof are dark It looks for light, and has none ; it sees no dawning of the day. Senior Warden. — T!iere we lie still and are quiet ; there we sleep ; there we are at rest. With kings and councellors of the earth, which build for themselves places now desolate : v/ith princes that had gold, and filled their houses with silver. Junior Warden. — We are destroyed from morning to evening. We perish forever, without any regarding it. Our days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Our life is but a breath ; as the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. The Altar-Light on the South is extinguished by the Director of Ceremonies and then may be chanted part of Miserere mei.Deus; secundum mag- nam mlscricordiam tuam ? Et secundum multitudlneni mlsera- tlonum tuarum ; dele iniqultatem meam ! Amplius lava me ab Inlqultate meA ; et a. peccato men munda me ! Quonium iniquitatem meam ego cog- nosco ; et peccatum meum contra me est semper. Tibl soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci; ut Jut-tlHccris in sermonlbus tuis, et vlncas cum Judlcarls. Have mercy on me O God ! according to Tliy Great Mercy ! And according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquities ! Wash me yet more from my iniquity; and cleanse me from my sin ! For I know my inlquUy, and my sin Is always before me. To Thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before Thee; that Thou mayest be justified in Thy words, and mayest overcome when Thou Judgest. If the Miserere cannot be chanted, it may bo read by the Chaplain. II Sloiv j/lniiiti{r ^fl(.<|ic Tlio following verse may be sun" : As distant lands beyond Iho sea, When friends go thence, draw nigh ; So heaven, when friends have ihlther gone. Draws nearer from the sky. IVor. 3fasfer.—Wha.t profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth always. Senior War^eu.~Man dieth and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? /unior Warde/i.—Om light also will be put out, and the spark of our fire will cease to shine ; the light will be dark in our tabernacle, and our candle will be put out with us. War. Master.— AW flesh shall alike perish : and man shall turn again unto dust. If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness : for they shall be many. All that liveth is vanity. Senior Wardeu.—Wt fly away as a dream, and are no more found ; yea, we are chased away as a vision of the night. The eyes which saw us, shall see us no more, neither shall our place any more behold us. /wiior War^e/i.~One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet ; another dieth in the bitterness of his soul ; They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Wor. Master.- -Every man shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. Se?iior Warden—The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall follow after him, as there were innumerable before him. Junior Warden.— God accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they all are the work of His hands. Wor. Master.— In a moment they die, and the people are troubled at midnight, and pass away ; and the mighty are taken away without hand. Senior Warden.— "i^one of us can by any means redeem our Brother, 12 nor give to God a ransom for him, that he should still Hvc forever, and not see corruption. Junior Warden.— Yo\ wise men die. and the fool and the brutish person perish, and man being in honor abideth not. All are laid in the grave. Death feeds on them, and their beauty consumes in the grave which they inhabit. Tho Altar-Light, on tlio Wost is cxtlngiiishcd by liio .Tunior Deacon, and i .len may bo chanted anotlier portion of Averte faciem tuam t pcccatis meis ; et oninos iniqnitatos moas dolo ! Cor mundum crca in me, Deus !— et spirituin rectum innova in viscerlbus meis ! Ne projicias me it facie tut'i ; et spiritnm sanctum tuum ne auferas a me ! Redde milii ln:'titiam salutaris tui ; et spiritu principal! conlirma me ! Turn away Tliy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities ! Create a clean heart in tho, O God ! — and renew a ri^ht spirit in me ! Cast mc not away from Thy face; and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy Salva- tion, and witli a perfect spirit strengthen me. Or it may be read by the Chaplain — Slow, sad Music, And the following verse sung ; ^^nttt. And as those lands tlie dearer grow. When friends are long away. So heaven Itself, tlirough loved ones dead, Grows dearer day by day. IVor. Master.— Lord, make us to know our end, and the measure of our days, what it is ; that we may know how frail we are 1 Senior Warden.— Behold, Thou hast made our days as a hand- breadth : and our age is as nothing before Thee. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. /jmior Warden.— lAfc is a vapor that appeareth for a little while, and then vanishes away. All flesh is as grass ; and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. '3 JVof. Masfcr.— Who knoweth wliat is ,';oocl for man in this life, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? Se/iior JVar(/c/i.— Man knoweth not his time. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it fliUeth suddenly ui)on them. /um'or IVar^en.— Man's days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. IFor. MasUr.— Daily we draw nearer unto tlie gates of death. We go like the shadow when it declineth. All our days are sorrows ; and our travail grief; yea, our hearts take not rest in the night. Sem'or Warden.— ThcvQ is no man that hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit ; neither power in the day of death ; and there is no discharge in that war. Junior War, And TinR'.s turned glass Win Ihrougli iMo sighing sands ; Tills Is the end of evnry man's desire ! Wor. Mastrr The burden of sad sayings ! In that day Thou Shalt tell all thy days and hours, and tell Thy times and ways and words of love, and say How one was dear and one desirable, How life was sweet and everything went well ; But now with lights reversed, th' old hours retire, And ttie last hour rings loud the funeral knoll, This is the end of every man's desire ! Soft and plaintiff Music. After the music, an Interval of silence takes place, and the Wor. Master says. Wor. Master.— Death has entered our For against him no bolts or bars prevail, nor can the Tiler, though never so vigilant and resolute, prevent or stay his entrance. He hath lately called from labor to rest our Brethren , who have gone before us, yet only a little while before, into the foreign and unknown country beyond the dark river; there, if they have the True Word of a Master Mason to receive the wages of faithful service. ' We, following our ancient Masonic custom, and obeying the com- mands of duty, do now pay these last honors to their memory Them they cannot profit. They are beyond the reach of honors and of censure alike. To us, they may and should be profitable. They gratify those whom they loved; they show our appreciation of their virtues- they encourage others to labor and endeavor to deserve like honors • and they show to the world that the ties and sympathies and obligations of Masonry catniot be snapped asunder by the hand of Death Strmw* Among the dead our Brother sleeps, His life was rounded true and well; And love in bitter sorrow weeps Above his dark and silent cell. i6 No pain, no anxlons sloppIcNn I'Vnr Invades hlslionsc; no mortal wo<«m Ills narrow ri'NilnK-plaro ooine near, To tronble IiIh sormio ruposo. His namo Is aravnn on the stono That FrkMidslilp's toars will ollcn wet ; But each triu! Hrother's heart upon, That narao in stampeU moro deeply yet. As Hiram slept, the Widow's Son, So doth our Brotlicr take his rest ; Life's battle fought, Life's duties done, His faults forgot, his worth confessed. So lot him sleep that dreamless sleep, Our sorrows clustering round his head ; Bu comforted, ye loved, who weep ! He lives with Ood; he Is not dead. Wor. Master.— 1 cried, by reason of my affliction, unto the Lord, and He heard me. Out of the depths I cried, and He heard my voice. S or Warden.— Yox Thou hadst cast me into the abyss, into the midst of the seas ; and the floods compassed me about ; ah Thy billows and Thy waves passed over me. Junior Warden.— Then I said, I am cast out of Thy sight ; yet I will look again toward Thy Holy Temple. Wor. Master.— Thy waters compass me about to the soul ; the deeps closed around me, the weeds were wrapped around my head. Senior Warden.— I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth, with her bars was about me, as if forever; yet hast Thou rescued my life from corruption, O Lord, my God ! Junior Warden.— ^N\^Q\\ my soul fainteth within me, I remembered the Lord ; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy Holy Temple. Wor. Master.— I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanks- giving ; I will i)ay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord : »7 Then mny bo chanted fho following portlonn of the lilitiniificrtt MnKnltloat nnlrna nn'ii Dumlninii. Rl rxiillavll Njililiiis niciiM In Deo Kuinlai'i inco. tMla l.cit iiiliii niHKiia qui potons out; ft saiioliiiii Munu 11 KJiis. Kt nils.M'iconllii Kjiis A iir(.;,'ciilf In progenies, liniciillbiiN viun. Mywoul CI. .h maKnify llip Lord. And my Kplrlt hath rijolcfd In Gud my Suvlfir. For H(> II, at Ismlsjhly InithdonoKreat tliitii;s to me; und holy Is HIn name. And His niticy Is fiDni nciH-ratlon to KiiHTutlon, to lilin that leiir Him. Or, if tlu. Magnlllcat .-annot l.o chantod, it liuiy be read by the Chaplain. liiiUI, siiiiiiruvs Afrsic, ^Vor. Afasfcr.-^R^-pkc not against me, O mine enemy ; wlien I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light unto me. , ° Seu/or Wan/en.-I will hear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause, and execute judg- ment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness. /uuwr II a;v/V//._For all people will walk, every one in the name Its God; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God, forever and ever. Wor. Afaster—Hi, that trusteth in man, and maketh tlesh his arm and whose heart dcparteth from the Lord, shall be like heath in the de.sert, and grass that groweth on a house-top; no good shall come unto h.m ; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness in a salt and uninhabited land. ' Senior IFanfeu.-But he who trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord IS, .s ill be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and suffereth not when the hot days come but her leaf shall continue green ; neither shall be concerned in the year of drought, neither shall cease from bearing fruit. _ /nmor IFan/eu.—Many shall be puril^ed and made white, and tried. The wicked will still do wickedly ; and none of the wicked shall miderstand ; but the wise shall understand. IFor. Afas^er.~T\ms saith the Lord : Stand ye in the ways, and look and inquire for the old paths, where is the good way ; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. It is the Faith of all true Masons, that Prayer, like the will, is one of the forces of the universe. Let us pray ! i8 Tho CImplnin olTcrii up ttin follow I ng Chaplain. — Our Father, who art here i)reserit among us, and dost graciously permit us to cry unto Thee in distress and sorrow, it hath pleased Thee to take back the breath of life which 'I'hou diilst breathe into the bodies of the Brethren whom we mourn, and to take their spirits away from the miseries of this sinful world. Let Time, as it heals the wounds thus inflicted on the hearts of those who loved them, not erase or make illegible the salutary lessons engraven there ; but let those lessons, always continuing distinct and legible, make each one wiser and better, who now sorrows for the dead. In whatevei trouble or distress may hereafter come upon us, may we be consoled oy the reflection that Thy wisdom and power are no more infinite than Thy love ; and that our sorrows are not visitations of Thy anger, but results of the great laws of harmony by which every- thing is being conducted to a good and perfect issue in the fulness of Thy time. And may we not be disappointed in our hope, nor find our faith to be a delusion, that we shall meet our Brethren again hereafter, in another and more excellent life. Amen ! Response. — Amen ! So mote it be ! Wor. Master. — Enlighten, O Lord, those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. Response — The Lord is our God forever; He will be our i^uide, even unto death. Wor. Master. — We are but sojourners on the earth ; let us not stray fron? Thy commandments ! Response. — Lord, make us to know our end, and the measure of our days, what it is ! Wor. Master. — That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, and may finish the work Thou hast given us to do. Response. — Let us die the death of the righteous, and let our last end be I'.ke his ! Wor. Master. — We commit ourselves to Thy loving-kindness and tender mercies. Response. — Strengthen T'lou our hands and purify our hearts ! Wor. Master. — Confirm and make effectual, and multiply, our good resolves 1 lead us away from temptation, and deliver us out of the power of evil ! »9 fore) Jies/>ome.-Vov Thine are he Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, .*ver. Amen ! IVor. A/as/cr.— The will (.f God is accomplished. Amen Resf>onse. — Amen ! So mote it be ! Then may \w «hnntod the Ibllowing ncnecllrlte ornnln opoia nnmlnl Do- mino ; hiiulalc I't siipLMTxaltc I'lini In ► ipciila. l!i'Mc(llcltt> Anifcjl Domini l)entMllclt(> (-(I'll DoMilno. Hfncdlciit Terra Itonilnnni; suix-ri-xaltft enm in sii-cnia. Hcnc'diclt.' saci-rdotcs Domini Domino; ncnodiclt.' scr\l Domini Domino. niMiodictusPN. Domin.-, In tirmiiini-nlo fwW ; i-i iandahllis, ct Nupt'i-fxaliatns In srpcnia. Domino ; laudet et Ail yo works of tlio LonI, bicsN iho r.')rd; pralHo and cxaK Him above all, I'orcvor. O yo anKoIs of tlip Lord, bloxH the Lord; O yc hpavens, hioss tho Lord. Oh It I tho earth bless the Lord ; let It praise and exalt Him above ail, forever. (Jyo Pri(!stsof the Lord, bless the fiOrd; O ye servantsof the Lord, bless the Lord. Blessed art Tlioii, O Lord, In the fir- mament o( Heaven; and praiseworthy and glorious, and supcrexaitod above all forever. U- the Lau. During each circuit there is music, which ceases when the procession has 20 8lov> and sol turn Diroc When the Wor. Masior roaches the head of the Catafalque, at the end of the first eirciiit, all halt and face inward, coutinulnfj under the same sign; and the Wor. Master says : — JFor. Master. — Ma}' all the influences of our Brethren for good, that do survive them be continually expanded and increased to the benefit of their fellow men ; and may our Father who is in Heaven in His wisdom, counteract and annul all those that tend to evil ! Response. — Amen ! So mote it be. All now give, together, the Funeral Honors. These are: To cross the arrnson the breast, the right over the left ; the handsopen and palinsin front of the shoulders; raise both hands perpendicularly toward Heaven, the hands open and palms to the front , at the same time loolting upvard — bring down the arms till they are extended horizontally in front of the body, liands oiien, and palms downward — then flrop them by the side. ]^o this tliree times; cross tlie arms again on the breast; and say three times, "Farewell !" Slmv and solemn Dircje. When tlie Wor. Master reaches the head of the Catafalque, at the end of the second circuit, ail lialt and face inward, continuing under the same sign, the Woi-. Master says ; ]Vor. Master. — I\Iay we not forget the lessons taught us b> our Brethren's death ! but, remembering the uncertainty of life, and the little value o*" 'hose things for which men most strive, may we more earnestly endeavor to obey the laws of God, avoid dissensions, hatreds, and re- venges, and labor to do good to our fellow-men ! May we be true and faithful, and live and die loving our Brethren 1 Response. — Amen ! So mote it be ! All again give the Honors as before. aidw and solemn Dinje. When llie Wor. Master reaahes the head of the Catafalque, at the end of the third circuit, all halt and face inward. Conilnuir.g under ihe same sign, tlie Wor. Master says : 21 IVor. Afas/cr.—May the relatives of our Brethren be consoled in their great affliction, and sustained in all the trials and hardships which they may have to encounter in the world. Response. — Amen ! So mote it be ! All again give the Honors as before. The Wor. Master, Wardens and Brethren forming the procession will now resume their respective seats'. ^yor. Master. — Let us nray ! The Cliiii)hiin offers nji tlie following Chaplain.— O merciful and loving Father, encourage to persever- ance all who labor in the cause of truth and virtue and the rights of men, and keep them from becoming weary and faint-hearted, assuring them that none so labor without result, nor at the last are unrewarded Protect and perpetuate, we pray Thee, civil and religious liberty in this land, and prevent tyranny, subversion of constitutional government, oppression, injustice and usurpation ; and defeat all mad or wicked schemes that with plausible pretexts lead to ruin. Teach all the great truth, that peace, good government, and pure religion walk hand in hand ; and as Thou hast united these, let none put them asunder ! Make the Order of Freemasonry worthy of its high pretensions t Persuade its initiates everywhere to illustrate its holy principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. And when our labors in this earthly Lodge in which we serve our apprenticeship, are finished, admit us to the companionship of those who have worthily worked and gone away before us, m that temple of the Heavens wherein Thy throne of love is established for ever. Amen ! ^. Then may be chanted t.om the Te Deum laudamus; Te Dominum contitemui'. Te .I'^ternum Patrem, omnis terra veneratur. Tibl omnes .\n!j;eli; tibi cceli, et u'l- Iversie pot estates. Tll)l CMieruhim and Seraphim in- cessahili voce proclamanl : Sanetus, Sanctus, Sane: us, Dominus Deus Sabaol h ! Or, it may be read by the Cliaplain. We praise Thee, O Ood ; we acknow- ledge Th«-e to be our Lord. All the earth worships Thee, the Fatlier everlasting. To Thee all the angels cry aloud ; the HcMvens and all the heavenly powers. To Thee the Cherubim and Seriiphim continually do cry : Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sa- baoth ! Trln i)ijih((nt Music. After the musie the Senior Warden, approaching the CatafaUiue on the West, will sprinkle upon it a few drops of Wine, saying, as he does so; Senior Warden.— The wine of refreshment ! May our Father, who art in heaven, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, refresh our souls with the healthful spirit of his grace, and that we may truly please him, pour upon us the continual dew of his blessing ; and may he, in his fatherly goodness, give bounteously the wine of refreshment to all those who are in any way afflicted or distressed in mind, body or estate, comforting and relieving them according to their several neces- sities ; giving them patience under sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. He win also say :— 23 Senior "W.//. -Our Brethren shall live again. The seed that - sown, .s not ciu,cken:d unless it die. Then that which is sownt corruption and dishonor shall be raised in glory The ^r ve infnM ts eml)nrp ilir. i>^.i. .1 ^ ^" "I glory, i lie grave infolds in Its embrace llie body, once that of our Brother ; but he is not there He ,s not dead, bi., live.li and hath returned ,„ God his Father Then may be cliantcd also n-om the ®^ f mm ^aitt»ttmit0 : Per siiigulos dies, bonedicimus Tc. miau.iamn.snomcntuumin.sfoculuni, el in ,sa>eiiluni siPculi. We praise Thee, O God; we acknow- ledge Thee to bo our Lord. Heaven and earlli are mil of (he majesty or Thy glory. Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless riiy inheriianee ! ^^Govcrn them, and rai.se them up lor- Every day we l)less Thee. ever"' '''' ^"''''*^ ^''^ "*""*' '°'' ^^'-"' ^^'^ Or, it may be read by tlie Cliaplain. Jiohf, Spiritca Music. H'^;'. .^/a./.^'.-The oil of joy ! May our Heavenly F.ther from «o mds that now seem unto them irremediable. Lilte the nrecious "jr ?d ''"'• ''r ™' ^°'™ ""™ ''- ^eard,even Tar 1. ui'r;, and , 7 '° "" ^''"' °''"^ 8-n-„,s, may the Lord pour ton lo, each other, and malie us more lenient, indulgent and fortavinir .tnd more punctual in the performance of all the dudes whfcl F ,e d' tl l:Tr TT''""' '"' "°"°^ ^«>-"^- ^"d whin it es" dreTd of d LsT, t '" •■ "' ■'''■'""« '^"^' " his mercy dispel the .' to the liJ t "h . "" ""'^ '°''""' ^''' "'^"8" *= da* vale Z 1 m r "'""^'' ^'"^ ''"''''^^ f™'" «- -* -d dan. 24 Ho will also Hay : — War. Master.— Behold ! I sliow you :i .aystery. Wc shall not all sleep ; but we shall all be c .; nged, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. So when this corruptible shall have put on m- corruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brout Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as \Vii have hoped ii Thee ! In Thee, O Lord, I have hoped; let me n 'ver be confounded ! Or it may be read by the Chaplain. Majestic Music Wor. Af aster.— The will of God is accomplished. Hes/ouse.— messed be the name of the Lord ! Mourn not him whose stiir has set. While Us light is with us yet ; While remembered words are dear, Wliile ills spirit meets us here. Though the blast shake down the fruit, Though tlie leaves drop on th<- root, When the death-wiml withering blows. Still the great tree, broadening, grows, Nothing done is done in vain, Words and deeds alike remain ; Memories Koft, and sad become Angels luring us to home. Humblest men do mightier things, Often, than the sccptered kings ; Roughest pat lis, by Virtue trod, Lead the n( arest way to God. Living men are heaveward led By tlie errors of tiio dead ; Murmur not, but work and pray ; JJeath is Heaven's dawn of day. The Wor. Master, rising, will read the following: IVor. JW-In Egypt, among our old masters, where Masonry was more cultivated than Vanity, no one could gain admittanceTothe Sa red Asylum of the Tomb until he had passed under the most solemn judgment. A grave Tribunal sat in judgment upon all, even the k " They sa,d to the dead-" Whoever thou art, give account to 1 y coun- try o thine actions 1 What has thou done with thy time and hfeP Ihe law interrogates thee; thine country hears thee; Trutl sit in judgment on thee." Princes came there to be judged, e cort d o y by heir virtues and their vices. A public accuser recounted the history of dotf intV'" I'^T!"' ''''' ""'''^ '-^' Of Truth 01 a,7l • actions. If It were adjudged that he had led an evil life his memorv was condemned in the presence of the nation, and his body L denied the honors of sepulchre. ' w»k*k"'"°7 '''■" "° ""'' '"'"'"''' '° '" "!»■> ''" dead and judge them VV th her, the good that hey have done hves after .hem, and the evilTs' m rred w„h .heu- bones. But she requires that whate;er is said , r be alf concern.ng them shall be the simple truth ; and should it ever^o silence '"°"™ ^ ""■ ""'■"^'*' ^"'^ '"" °"' "f ^<=' '^'S^^ » Rre„!^''°""l' ?'■""' '" '^'■"°"''>'' ""°"S'' "'y >'1«. >il«ak to us of our Bre hren who have gone away from us, to be seen among us in th s world no more for ever. Tell us the story of their lives.Ld recou,^ the.r vrtues and their good deeds, that we mayremembe aiKi mitate E'WJSSi a6 them ; but let their faults and errors be forgiven and forgotten ; for to say that they had them is but to say that they were human. The Orator, or a Brother selected for the occasion, will now be introduced by the Wor. Master, and will delivers an At the conclusion of the Oration, by permission of the Wor. Master, any Brother present may deliver a short address, touching the character of any of the deceased brethren for whom the Lodge of Sorrow is held. Voluntary on Organ. When the Music ceases the Wor. Master will read as follows : IVor. Master.— Uy Brethren, the duty we owed the dead is per- formed. It remains, that we who are alive should so live, and by our actions attend the coming of the day of Fate, that we neither be sur- prised, nor leave our duties imperfect, nor our sins uncanceled, nor our persons unreconciled, nor God unappeased ; but that, when our bodies in their turn descend to their graves, our souls may ascend to the regions of Eternal light, wherein is the Holy House of the Heavenly Temple of the Lord. Amen 1 Response. — Amen ! So mote it be. The Wor. Master raps o, all rise and the Chaplain will then pronounce this Chaplain.— Uz-y the blessings of our Father who is in Heaven rest upon us all, now and forevermore ! May Brotherly Love increase among us, and the rememberance of our Brethren who have gone away from us, make more dear unto us those who remain ! And may all those virtues which Masonry inculcates be continually and faithfully practiced by all of us, and cement us and all good Masons closely together ! The peace and blessing of Almighty God descend upon us and abide forever ! Amen 1 Response. — Amen ! So mote it be. The Wor. Master will rap o, the Brethren taking their seats, and all but Master Masons will retire while a voluntary is being played on the organ, and the Lodge will be closed. Voluntary on Organ. 'jm 27 Wor. Master, rapping o, at vrlilch the Senior and Junior Wardens rise and says ; — Wor. Master.— Brother Senior Warden, our recollection of our departed Brethren has been refreshed, and we may now ask ourselves, were they just and perfect Masons, worthy men, unwearied toilers in the vineyard, and possessed [of so many virtues as to overcome their faults and shortcomings ? Answer these questions, as Masons should answer. Senior Wardefi. -Man judgeth not of man. He whose infinite and tender mercy passeth all comprehension, whose goodness endureth for- ever, has called our Brethren hence. Let Him judge. Wor. Master.— BxQihxtn, let us profit by the admonitions of this solemn occasion, lay to heart the truths to which we have listened, and resolve so to walk that when we lay us down to the last sleep i' lay be the privilege of the Brethren to strew white flowers upon our graves and keep our memories as a pleasant remembrance. Brother Senior Warden, the labors of this Lodge of Sorrow being ended, and the hour having arrived when it should be closed, it is my pleasure that it be closed. Make due announcement to the Brethren and invite them to assist. Senior IVar den. -Brother Junior Warden, the labors of this Lodge of Sorrow being ended, and the hour having arrived when it should be closed, it is the pleasure of the Worshipful Master that it be closed. Make due announcement to the Brethren and invite them to assist. Junior Warden.— Brethren, the labors of this Lodge of Sorrow bemg ended, and the hour having arrived when it should be closed, it is the pleasure of the Worshipful Master that it be now closed. You are invited to assist. The Wor. Master raps 000, and the Brethren aU rise. Wor. Master.— With me, Brethren. The Wor. Master raps o o o , and all give the sign of a M. M. The Senior Warden raps o o o , and all give the sign of a F. C. The Junior Warden raps 000 and all give the sign of an E. A. Wor. Master.— Ix^ the name of T. G. A. O. T. U. I declare this Lodge of Sorrow closed. The Senior and Junior Wardens and all the officers rap o. 28 Great Go(i, what do I see and hoar, The end of things croated, The Judge of man I see appear, On clouds of glory seated ; The trumpet sounds, the grav.'S restore The dead which they contained hofore, Prepare, my soul, to meet lllm. The dead In God shall first arise At the last trumpet's sounding ; Caught up to meet Him in the skies, With Joy the liord surrounding: No gloomy fears their souls dismay, His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet him. But sinners, filled w'th guilty fears, Behold His wrath prevailing; For they shall rise, and find their tears And sighs are unavailing. The day of grace Is past and gone; Trembling they stand before the throne All unprepared to meet him. Great God,what do I see and hear ! The end of things created ! The Judge of man I see appear. On clouds of glory seated ! Beneath his cross I view the day When heaven and earth shall pass away And thus prepare to meet him.