"So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." SINGING. The following or some other appropriate hymn may be used: Friend after friend departs; Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end. Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest. There is a world above, Where parting is unknown-- A whole eternity of love And blessedness alone; And faith beholds the dying here, Translated to that happier sphere. _W. P._ The examples and symbols of our Order are full of useful and impressive lessons. They speak to us in this solemn hour with unwonted significance. These floral tributes, the offering of sisterly affection, echo voices often heard from the several points of our Star; they symbolize, in the ritual of our Order, virtues which should adorn our lives. How appropriately, then, may they bear an important part in this solemn ceremonial. Sisters of our Star, you who represent the five distinguished heroines of our Order, have you anything to offer ere we leave the grave of our departed sister? Sister Adah, what is the voice and tribute from the Blue point of our emblematic Star? _Adah._ Blue symbolizes fidelity, and is appropriate to Jephthah's Daughter, who, in the morning of life, surrendered to the grave the brightest of earthly hopes, that she might be faithful to her convictions of right, and preserve her father's honor. As a token of faithfulness to the memory of our sister, I deposit in her grave this tribute of faithful love. At the proper time each officer will drop into the grave, or place upon the casket, the flowers provided for that purpose. Adah deposits her tribute, and then, addressing Ruth, says: Sister Ruth, what is the voice and tribute from the Yellow point of our Star? _Ruth._ Yellow symbolizes constancy, teaching faithful obedience to the demands of honor and justice. Ruth exemplified these virtues in humble station, and sought the society of the good and true. In token of appreciation of these virtues, I deposit in the grave of our sister this floral tribute. Deposits her tribute, and then, addressing Esther, says: Sister Esther, what is the voice and tribute from the White point of our Star?