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taught us , and the sublimity of the doetrines justifies the attention we give to the ceremony . "As yonder wheat , sown in and covered in the senseless clod , will in due course of time spring forth a new and glorious creation , so will ^ whom we may from time to time deposit here . So we thankfully frust shall we , when in our turn , be it sooner or later as God wills , kind hands may prepare for us here a resting place .
" In further token of pur trust we will again display the public grand honours of the Masonic Craft . They teach us fi ^^ of the resurrection and immortality fills our hearts to overflowing , and invigorates every holy sentiment within us . Second , that we acknowledge these doctrines to be a revelation front on high . Third , that the silence and the disappearance of the dead shall not destroy or weaken that hope . Unite with me , my Brothers , in this ceremony . "
The public grand honours of Masonry were then given as before * T ^ e p re siding officer taking a piece of evergreen , and raising it up in his right hand , saidy . This branch of evergreen which once marked the temporary resting place of the illustrious dead , is an emW the soul and
the resurrection of the body . By this we are reminded that we have an immortal part within us that shall survive the grave , and that shall never , never , never die . By it we are admonished that though we shall soon be clothed in the habiliments of death and deposited in the silent tomb , yet through the merits of a divine and ascended Saviour we may confidently hope that our souls Avill bloom in eternal spring . " '
The evergreen is then laid in the earth opened for that purpose and covered in . The speaker proceeds : u How forcibly does this instruct us of the hopes of man . When laid beyond our reach in the chamber of death , unmoved by human sighs and tears , unaffected by the outpourings of the most ardent love , despair itself is conquered and faith aroused by the view of our emblemthe evergreen
, sprig . Verdant amidst frost and snow , impervious to winter rains , genial amidst the worst rigour of the seasons , it is the very voice of God speaking through tongues of nature his will that man should stretch his weeping vision beyond the boundary of death , and draw comfort thence . By this the power of religion is manifested , strongest when all things are opposed to it , and full of .. comfort when there is nothing beside it upon earth to afford relief ^'
The procession then moved along the south line of the area to the south-west corner , where the following passages were read by the Chaplain : " The words of the Evangelist John : ' And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away , and there was no more sea .
" *¦ And I saw the holy city , new Jerusalem , coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband . " ' And I heard a great voice out of heaven , saying , Behold the tabernacle of God is with men , and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people , and God himself shall be with them and be their God ,
u L And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death , neither sorrow nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former things are passed away . "
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Mi&Ao-W ¦¦ ¦:: :: S
taught us , and the sublimity of the doetrines justifies the attention we give to the ceremony . "As yonder wheat , sown in and covered in the senseless clod , will in due course of time spring forth a new and glorious creation , so will ^ whom we may from time to time deposit here . So we thankfully frust shall we , when in our turn , be it sooner or later as God wills , kind hands may prepare for us here a resting place .
" In further token of pur trust we will again display the public grand honours of the Masonic Craft . They teach us fi ^^ of the resurrection and immortality fills our hearts to overflowing , and invigorates every holy sentiment within us . Second , that we acknowledge these doctrines to be a revelation front on high . Third , that the silence and the disappearance of the dead shall not destroy or weaken that hope . Unite with me , my Brothers , in this ceremony . "
The public grand honours of Masonry were then given as before * T ^ e p re siding officer taking a piece of evergreen , and raising it up in his right hand , saidy . This branch of evergreen which once marked the temporary resting place of the illustrious dead , is an emW the soul and
the resurrection of the body . By this we are reminded that we have an immortal part within us that shall survive the grave , and that shall never , never , never die . By it we are admonished that though we shall soon be clothed in the habiliments of death and deposited in the silent tomb , yet through the merits of a divine and ascended Saviour we may confidently hope that our souls Avill bloom in eternal spring . " '
The evergreen is then laid in the earth opened for that purpose and covered in . The speaker proceeds : u How forcibly does this instruct us of the hopes of man . When laid beyond our reach in the chamber of death , unmoved by human sighs and tears , unaffected by the outpourings of the most ardent love , despair itself is conquered and faith aroused by the view of our emblemthe evergreen
, sprig . Verdant amidst frost and snow , impervious to winter rains , genial amidst the worst rigour of the seasons , it is the very voice of God speaking through tongues of nature his will that man should stretch his weeping vision beyond the boundary of death , and draw comfort thence . By this the power of religion is manifested , strongest when all things are opposed to it , and full of .. comfort when there is nothing beside it upon earth to afford relief ^'
The procession then moved along the south line of the area to the south-west corner , where the following passages were read by the Chaplain : " The words of the Evangelist John : ' And I saw a new heaven and a new earth ; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away , and there was no more sea .
" *¦ And I saw the holy city , new Jerusalem , coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband . " ' And I heard a great voice out of heaven , saying , Behold the tabernacle of God is with men , and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people , and God himself shall be with them and be their God ,
u L And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death , neither sorrow nor crying , neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former things are passed away . "