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those accustomed to backwoods life . Thousands of persons had gathered together in that forest place from every point of the compass , many of whom had ridden twenty miles that morning , attracted by the rumour that the Masons would perform some new and astounding feats ! Many had brought their families , as is the custom in those parts , and with them large baskets of provisions , destined , according
to the system of Kentucky hospitality , not only for themselves , but for all who would partake . Negroes in multitudes had accompanied , or preceded their masters , and were entering into the enjoyment of the occasion with a zest which none hut a negro can enjoy . And moving amongst them all were the members of the fraternity , recognised by their Masonic apparel , no less than by the hearty salutation and brotherly grasp which distinguish those who hahdle an offered hand with the same excess of muscular zeal as the handle of
the plough , or the stock of the rifle gun . The Grand Lodge was opened in the third degree , in the ufeei ; room of a building not far from the grave yard , and a procession formed in the usual order . At the country church religious exercises were performed , Masonic songs being used in place of those in the
hymn books . An address upon the ¦ " Religion of Masonry , " was delivered , and the procession moved along the forest paths , flanked by multitudes of curious gazers , black and white , to the spot at which the proper exercises of the day had been appointed to begin , This was of course the north-east corner .
The site of the cemetery occupies about three acres , lying upon a hill with gently sloping sides . It had been shortly before cleared of its heavy primitive vegetation for the purpose . Graves had already been dug in a scattered way , immediately following the departure of the Indians , but now lanes and avenues were designed , and square lots apportioned off to families , that order and system might henceforth have their proper work .
Arrived at the spot , the Bible bearer laid his burden upon a rude table , which had been improvised for the occasion , and the following selections therefrom were read . The words of the patriarch Job : — u There the wicked cease from troubling , and the weary are at rest , u The small and great are there : and the servant is free from his
master . tc As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away ; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more . u He shall return no more to his house , neither shall his place know him any more .
u I shall sleep in the dust , and thou shall seek me in the morning , but I shall not be found . u not my days few ! Cease then and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little before I go , whence I shall not return even to the land of dai'kness and the shadow of death ; a land of darkness as darkness itself , and of the shadow of death without any order , and where the light is as darkness . " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again , and
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Mi&Ao-W ¦¦ ¦:: :: S
those accustomed to backwoods life . Thousands of persons had gathered together in that forest place from every point of the compass , many of whom had ridden twenty miles that morning , attracted by the rumour that the Masons would perform some new and astounding feats ! Many had brought their families , as is the custom in those parts , and with them large baskets of provisions , destined , according
to the system of Kentucky hospitality , not only for themselves , but for all who would partake . Negroes in multitudes had accompanied , or preceded their masters , and were entering into the enjoyment of the occasion with a zest which none hut a negro can enjoy . And moving amongst them all were the members of the fraternity , recognised by their Masonic apparel , no less than by the hearty salutation and brotherly grasp which distinguish those who hahdle an offered hand with the same excess of muscular zeal as the handle of
the plough , or the stock of the rifle gun . The Grand Lodge was opened in the third degree , in the ufeei ; room of a building not far from the grave yard , and a procession formed in the usual order . At the country church religious exercises were performed , Masonic songs being used in place of those in the
hymn books . An address upon the ¦ " Religion of Masonry , " was delivered , and the procession moved along the forest paths , flanked by multitudes of curious gazers , black and white , to the spot at which the proper exercises of the day had been appointed to begin , This was of course the north-east corner .
The site of the cemetery occupies about three acres , lying upon a hill with gently sloping sides . It had been shortly before cleared of its heavy primitive vegetation for the purpose . Graves had already been dug in a scattered way , immediately following the departure of the Indians , but now lanes and avenues were designed , and square lots apportioned off to families , that order and system might henceforth have their proper work .
Arrived at the spot , the Bible bearer laid his burden upon a rude table , which had been improvised for the occasion , and the following selections therefrom were read . The words of the patriarch Job : — u There the wicked cease from troubling , and the weary are at rest , u The small and great are there : and the servant is free from his
master . tc As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away ; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more . u He shall return no more to his house , neither shall his place know him any more .
u I shall sleep in the dust , and thou shall seek me in the morning , but I shall not be found . u not my days few ! Cease then and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little before I go , whence I shall not return even to the land of dai'kness and the shadow of death ; a land of darkness as darkness itself , and of the shadow of death without any order , and where the light is as darkness . " There is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again , and