Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason: together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc.Thornburgh, George
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Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason: together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc.
Thornburgh, George
Freemasonry -- Rituals
3. The Master of the Lodge, having received notice of the death of a
brother (the deceased having attained the degree of Master Mason), and
of his request to be buried with the ceremonies of the Craft, fixes the
day and hour for the funeral (unless previously arranged by the friends
or relatives of the deceased), and issues his order to the Secretary to
summon the Lodge. Members of other Lodges may be invited, but they
should join with the Lodge performing the ceremonies.
4. Upon the death of a sojourner who had expressed a wish to be buried
with Masonic ceremonies, the duties prescribed in Article 3 will devolve
upon the Master of the Lodge within whose jurisdiction the death may
have occurred, unless there be more than one Lodge in the place; and if
so the funeral service will be performed by the oldest Lodge, unless
otherwise mutually arranged.
5. Whenever other societies or the military unite with Masons in the
burial of a Mason, the body of the deceased must be in charge of the
Lodge having jurisdiction, and the services should, in all respects, be
conducted as if none but Masons were present.
6. If the deceased was a Grand or Past Grand Officer the Officers of the
Grand Lodge should be invited; when the Master of the Lodge having
jurisdiction will invite the Grand Officer present who has attained the
highest rank to conduct the burial service.
7. The pallbearers should be Masons, and should be selected by the
Master, with the approval of the family of the deceased. If the deceased
was a member of a Chapter or other Masonic body, a portion of the
pallbearers should be taken from these bodies severally.
8. The proper clothing to be worn at a Masonic funeral is black or dark
clothes, a black necktie, white gloves, and a white apron, and a sprig
of evergreen on the left breast. The Master's gavel, the Wardens'
columns, the Deacons' and Stewards' rods, the Tiler's sword and the
Marshal's baton, should be trimmed with black crape. The officers of the
Lodge and Grand Officers should wear their official jewels.
9. As soon as the remains are placed in the coffin there should be
placed upon it a plain white lambskin apron.
10. If a Past or Present Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, or Grand
Warden, should join the procession of a Lodge, proper attention must be
paid to them. They take place after the Master of the Lodge. Two
Deacons, with white rods, should be appointed by the Master to attend
them.
11. When the head of the procession shall have arrived at the place of
interment, or where the services are to be performed, the lines should
be opened, and the highest officer in rank, preceded by the Marshal and
Tiler, pass through, and the others follow in order.
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