Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

For Mortality is here:
See how wide her trophies wave
O’er the slumbers of the grave!
III.
"Here another guest we bring.
Seraphs of celestial wing,
To our funeral altar come:
Waft this friend and brother home.
IV.
"Lord of all! below--above--
Fill our hearts with truth and love;
When dissolves our earthly tie,
Take us to thy Lodge on High."
Master (as K. S.) makes the "grand hailing sign
of distress" (see Fig. 7, p. 18--some Masters
make this sign twice), accompanied by the
following exclamation, viz.: "O Lord my God, I
fear the Master's word is forever lost!" He then
turns to the Junior Warden, and says: "You will
take the body by the Entered Apprentice grip, and
see if it can be raised."
The Junior Warden then takes hold of the
candidate's right hand, giving him the Entered
Apprentice's grip (see Fig. 9, p. 36), and then lets
his hand slip off in a careless manner, and
reports:
"Most Worshipful King Solomon, owing to the
high state of putrefaction, it having been dead
already fifteen days, the skin slips, and the body
cannot be raised."
K. S. (making grand hailing sign of distress.)--O
Lord my God, I fear the Master's word is forever