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276 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
hand to you in the hour of peril ! The
Infinite are opened unto you.
tion.
doors of the
Close, as in the Table Ceremony, with the Benedic-
FUNERAL CEREMONY.
DECORATIONS OF THE CHAPTER—ROSE-CROIX.
The throne, altar, and seat of the officers must be
hung with black. In the place formerly occupied by the
deceased, there must be a chair covered with black
cloth, strewed with tears, and an escutcheon of the
Scotch Rite colors, upon which is written the name of
the deceased. The escutcheon is surmounted with a
death's head resting on two thigh-bones crossed. The
collar of the highest degree possessed by the deceased,
surrounds the escutcheon. At the lower extremity of
the escutcheon hangs the jewel of the order, and
behind it is a sword across its scabbard, the point
downward.