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Masonic Consecration Of A Cemetery In Kentucky.
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BY ROB . MORRIS , DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . Tee symhology of Masonic language , as well as figure , which addresses the accomplished Mason by the channel of the ear as well as the eyey is infinite . Every form of apologue , parable or fahle 5 ^ ay be successfully used as a medium for Masonic instruction . Masonic lectures , properly which are exquisite forms of verbal symbolisms . Whoever reads the holy writings with a liking , will admire the Masonic system when once they comprehend it . writers cobtirreston 01 last
masonic - —j ^ nacrsqn , uajL , — -one century , did . not illustrate the science of symbolism as they should . Hutchinson dealt more generously with the subject ; but Ramsay "best of all . Even the poets- —if Masonry had any poets—strangely missed this feature of the Masonic system , all except "Burns , and even he seems to have exhausted his muse in his exquisite little piece , " The Farewell to Tarbolton Lodge . " There .- are not five Masonic songs from the ( c Adieu—a heartwarm . fond adieu , " clear down to the "We meet upon the . level , and we part upon the square , " whose spirit is
Masonic symbolism . Every sentiment that morality , religion ., patriotisro ; and sociability , can inspire , has been made a theme for Masonic poetry ; but there is scarcely a vestige of Masonic symbolism in a century of songs . In nothing do the American Masons agree better than the attention they pay to the funeral rites of their dead . Various forms of burial service are in vogue amongst them : drafted by intelligent craftsmen ,
and all of which display forcibly the graces of Masonic symbolism , applied to mourning purposes . Perhaps the best in use is that laid down in iC Maeoy ' s Manual , " a work of great and deserved popularity . Recently ah attempt has been made in Kentucky to extend the same series of symbolic expressions from the interment of a single body to the consecration of an entire cemetery . The following account exhibits the result . It will interest the English reader to know the circumstances
under which this novel attempt originated . It was in a sparselysettled vicinage , where thirty years since the Indian roved free , where the tall forest growth had only partially yielded before the axe of the pioneer , and the breezes came free as in the wildest woods— -that a band of Masons assembled one genial Sabbath morning in April , 1857 , to enjoy that nameless pleasure , so attractive to the Craft , which lies in social gatherings , and to unite in consecrating a country grave yard with Masonic honours . The scene was a cuxious one , even to 3 a 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Consecration Of A Cemetery In Kentucky.
Mi & ao-w ¦¦ ¦ :: :: S
BY ROB . MORRIS , DEPUTY GRAND MASTER . Tee symhology of Masonic language , as well as figure , which addresses the accomplished Mason by the channel of the ear as well as the eyey is infinite . Every form of apologue , parable or fahle 5 ^ ay be successfully used as a medium for Masonic instruction . Masonic lectures , properly which are exquisite forms of verbal symbolisms . Whoever reads the holy writings with a liking , will admire the Masonic system when once they comprehend it . writers cobtirreston 01 last
masonic - —j ^ nacrsqn , uajL , — -one century , did . not illustrate the science of symbolism as they should . Hutchinson dealt more generously with the subject ; but Ramsay "best of all . Even the poets- —if Masonry had any poets—strangely missed this feature of the Masonic system , all except "Burns , and even he seems to have exhausted his muse in his exquisite little piece , " The Farewell to Tarbolton Lodge . " There .- are not five Masonic songs from the ( c Adieu—a heartwarm . fond adieu , " clear down to the "We meet upon the . level , and we part upon the square , " whose spirit is
Masonic symbolism . Every sentiment that morality , religion ., patriotisro ; and sociability , can inspire , has been made a theme for Masonic poetry ; but there is scarcely a vestige of Masonic symbolism in a century of songs . In nothing do the American Masons agree better than the attention they pay to the funeral rites of their dead . Various forms of burial service are in vogue amongst them : drafted by intelligent craftsmen ,
and all of which display forcibly the graces of Masonic symbolism , applied to mourning purposes . Perhaps the best in use is that laid down in iC Maeoy ' s Manual , " a work of great and deserved popularity . Recently ah attempt has been made in Kentucky to extend the same series of symbolic expressions from the interment of a single body to the consecration of an entire cemetery . The following account exhibits the result . It will interest the English reader to know the circumstances
under which this novel attempt originated . It was in a sparselysettled vicinage , where thirty years since the Indian roved free , where the tall forest growth had only partially yielded before the axe of the pioneer , and the breezes came free as in the wildest woods— -that a band of Masons assembled one genial Sabbath morning in April , 1857 , to enjoy that nameless pleasure , so attractive to the Craft , which lies in social gatherings , and to unite in consecrating a country grave yard with Masonic honours . The scene was a cuxious one , even to 3 a 2