Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

374 ILLUMINISM.
the Knoll of Tabor, lately so smiling ? My companions,
the altar of benevolence is deserted; what has become of
the sister who served it with a heart so tender ? Her seat
is empty. The friend of the unfortunate, the mother of
the poor, the good Almonress Adelaide; where is she ?"
Recitative. [This is in French rhymes, and is conducted
by the brother orator, by one of the dames of eloquence,
by two sister dames, and by the full choir. I substitute an
extract from our funeral ceremony, as published F. M. Library,
p. 108. and Book of Const of Mass., performed at
the grave.]
" Where is now our brother ?*
" He sqjourneth in darkness.
u Can we redeem our brother ?
u We have not the ransom. The place that knew him
shall know him no more.
w Shall his name be lost ? [Here a roll is unfolded.]
u The memory of a brother is precious. We will record
his name.
" Write it here ! [Viewing the roll.]
" We wiU write it in our hearts.
" How will it then be known ?
" It shall live in his virtues, which shall live in us, and in
every brother.
[Here strew flowers or evergreens.]
" Was he worthy ?
" Like him we will be brethren, and our last end shall be
peace.
" He was, indeed, our brother, but who hath done this ?
" The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away.
" Let us, then, bless the name of the Lord."
As cobwebs and the dust of years, are beautiful on bot-
* The reader may chang. this, for the
to corrupt the purity of the original text.
occasion, to sister, but I refine