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CEREMONIAL FOR A LODGE OF SORROW. 591
jfe ; to whose ineffable name let all true Masons pay profoundest
homage; for whose thousand blessings poured upon us, let us
feel the sincerest gratitude, now, henceforth, and forever.
Death has some time since entered our , and called from its
labors our Brother ; and now we, obeying
the demands of duty, pay these last honors to his memoiy.
Our Illustrious brother , having been selected by
, to deliver an oration on the life, character, and public vir-
tues of our departed brother, I now have the honor to present
him to the ZZ .
ORATION.
At the conclusion of the oration, by permission of the R. W. any
orother present may deliver a short address, touching the character of
any of the deceased brethren for whom the of sorrow is held. • • •
R W. What man is he that liveth and shall not see death ?
Shall he deliver his soul from the hands of the grave ?
Organ response and chant, after each paragraph of the lesson
Glory be to thee, Lord.
S. W. Man walketh in a vain shadow. He heapeth up riches,
and cannot tell who shall gather them.
R. W. We go whence we shall not return, even to the land of
darkness and of the valley of the shadow of death, without any
order, and where the light is as darkness.
8. W. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the
weary be at rest.
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R. W. Man dieth and wasteth away. Yea, man giveth up the
ghost, and where is he ?
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S. W. As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth
and drieth up; so man lieth down and riseth not up, till the
heavens shall be no more.
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R W. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the
house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living
will lay it to his heart.
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