Benevolence! May it be protected from
accident, and long remain a monument of their attachment to Freemasonry!
May their Lodge continue to flourish; their union to strengthen; and
their happiness to abound!--And when they, and we all, shall be removed
from the labors of the earthly Lodge, may we be admitted to the
brotherhood of the perfect, in the building of God, the Hall not made
with hands, eternal in the heavens!

The Grand Lodge is again formed in procession, as at first, returns to
the room where it was opened, and is closed in ample form.

MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICE

General Directions.

1. No Freemason can be buried with the formalities of the Fraternity
unless it be at his own request or that of some of his family,
communicated to the Master of the Lodge of which he was a member at the
time of his death, foreigners or sojourners excepted; nor unless he has
received the Master Mason degree; and to this rule there can be no
exception.

2. Fellow Crafts or Entered Apprentices are not entitled to these
obsequies, nor can they be allowed in the procession, as Masons, at a
Masonic funeral.

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
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