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Scotland.
And soon , too soon , the wintry hour Of man ' s maturer age , Will shake the soul with sorrows poiv'r , And stormy passion's rage . O God , we seek Thy spirit ' s breath , We ask Thy grace alone : In childhood , manhood , age , and death ,
To keep us still Thine own . Which was rendered admirably by a fine choir of male voices , ¦ with organ accompaniment . The following beautiful prayer was read by the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . Mr . Flindt , the brethren all upstanding : — O Lord God Almighty , before whom angels and archangels veil their fiices as they cry Holy , Holy , Holy , prepare us to
approach Thee . As we draw near to Thee , in Thy mercy draiv near to us ; let Thy blessing rest upon our gathering , and while we mourn for bim who is not , comfort us with the assurance that Thou remainestthe same for ever . Remind us that we are strangers before Thee , and sojourners as all our fathers were . Prepare our hearts unto Thee . Enable us to live for eternity , redeeming the time because the days are evil ; and when Thou has done in us and by us all the good pleasure of Thy will
, may we rest in Thee , as our hope is our brother doth , and at the general resurrection in the last day be found of Thee in peace , being living stones upon the one foundation wliich Thou hast laid in Zion . The brethren having taken their seats , Bro . M'Laren , accompanied "b y the organ , sang , most beautifully , the anthem JNo . 40 of J . R . Ogden , to Milman's pathetic hymn ,
beginning—Brother you art gone before us , And thy saintly soul is flown Where the tear is wiped away , And the sigh of grief unknown j From the burden of the flesh , And from sin and fear released , "Where the wicked cease from troubling , And the weary are at rest .
" Earth to earth and dust to dust , " Now the solemn priest hath said ; So we lay the dust above thee , And we seal thy narrow bed ; But thy spirit , brother , soareth , Free among ihe faithful blest , Where the wicked cease from troubling ,
And the weary are at rest . When the Lord shall summon us Here in sadness left behind , O may we—as pure from evil—As secure a welcome find ; Each , like thee , depart in peace , There to be a glorious guest , Where the wicked cease from troubling , And the weary are at rest .
This being finished , the brethren again rose , ivhen Bro . Flindt , Prov . G . Chap ., read the following burial service , the brethren in a body most solemnly taking their appropriate part in it : — Prov . O . Chap . —Man that is made of a ivoman hath but a short time to live , and is full of misery . Brethren . —God is our refuge and strength , a very present help in trouble .
Prov . Q . Chap . —Iu the midst of life Ave are in death . . Brethren . —We know that when this earthly house of our tabernacle is dissolved , ive have a building of God , a house not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . Prov . & . Chap . —So teach us-to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto lA-isdom . Brethren . —The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble . The
name of the God of Jacob defend thee . ' The brethren then all joined in singing , still upstanding , Doddridge ' s hymn to Howard's tune " St . Bride's , " Avhich had a very fine effect . How swift the torrent rolls That bears us to the sea . The tide that bears our thoughtless souls To vast eternity .
Our fathers , ivhere are they , With all they called their oivn ? Their joys and griefs , and hopes , and cares , And wealth , and honour—gone . But joy or grief succeeds Beyond our mortal thought , While the poor remnant of their dust
Lies in the grave forgot . There , where the fathers lie , Must all the children dwell ; Nor other heritage possess But such a gloomy cell . God of our fathers , hear , Thou everlasting friend !
While we , as on life ' s utmost verge , Our souls to Thee commend . Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace . Till with them in the land of light We dwell before Thy face . Then
followed—Prov . Gr . Chap . —Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his . Brethren—The path of the just is as the shining light , which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . Prov . O . Chap . —0 Lord , in wrath remember mercy . Brethren—In my wrath I smote thee , but iu my favour will I have mercy upon thee . Prov . G-. Chap . —Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts . Brethren—Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people . Prov . Q-. C 7 i . ap . —Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance
upon us . Brethren—The Lord fulfil all thy petitions , and give thee thy heart ' s desire . The brethren having resumed their seats , the choir , accompanied by the organ , sang in a most solemn manner Sir Walter Scott ' s hymn , to Ogden ' s No . 65 . The day of wrath ! that dreadful day , AVhen heaven and earth shall pass away What power shall be the sinner's stay ? Whom shall he trust that dreadful day ?
When shrivelling like a parched scroll , The flaming heavens together roll ; When louder yet , and yet more dread , Swells the high trump that wakes the dead . Oh ! on that day , that dreadful day , When man to judgment wakes from clay , Be thou , 0 God , the sinners' stay ,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away . Bro . Sir A . Alison then delivered the subjoined eloquent oration : — Provincial Grand Masters , Grand Wardens , and Brethren , — AVe are noiv assembled to discharge one of the most momentous , but at the same time melancholy duties ivhieh belongs to our fraternity . AVe have met to celebrate a solemn funeral service
to the memory of the late Duke of Athole , Grand Master of the ivhole Scotch Freemasons , and whose premature decease in the 2 irime of life has , I am sure , realised the prediction of the Grand Lodge in the circular announcing it , that it has been a matter of deep regret to the Freemasons of Scotland in every part of the world . So various , indeed , have been the merits to our Craft of our late Grand Master , that we can scarcely hope
to see his ' place adequately supplied . It is no sinecure wliich is devolved upon the nobleman ivho is nominated to that high and dignified office . Independent of the actual laying of the foundation stones of the most distinguished edifices in all parts of the country which are constructed during his time—a duty which from their number of late years has been very considerable—he is expected to mingle frequently in social intercourse
with the lodges , how distant soever , to contribute largely to the relief of the distress of their members , and since all of our fraternity are not always actuated by its spirit , sometimes to reconcile their differences . In a word , a Grand Master who really discharges the duty of his office must live more for others than himself . And it is fitting that it should be so ; for what is the spirit of Freemasonry hut a constant readiness to sacrifice self to others ? and what can be so good a model for
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Scotland.
And soon , too soon , the wintry hour Of man ' s maturer age , Will shake the soul with sorrows poiv'r , And stormy passion's rage . O God , we seek Thy spirit ' s breath , We ask Thy grace alone : In childhood , manhood , age , and death ,
To keep us still Thine own . Which was rendered admirably by a fine choir of male voices , ¦ with organ accompaniment . The following beautiful prayer was read by the Prov . G . Chap ., Bro . the Rev . Mr . Flindt , the brethren all upstanding : — O Lord God Almighty , before whom angels and archangels veil their fiices as they cry Holy , Holy , Holy , prepare us to
approach Thee . As we draw near to Thee , in Thy mercy draiv near to us ; let Thy blessing rest upon our gathering , and while we mourn for bim who is not , comfort us with the assurance that Thou remainestthe same for ever . Remind us that we are strangers before Thee , and sojourners as all our fathers were . Prepare our hearts unto Thee . Enable us to live for eternity , redeeming the time because the days are evil ; and when Thou has done in us and by us all the good pleasure of Thy will
, may we rest in Thee , as our hope is our brother doth , and at the general resurrection in the last day be found of Thee in peace , being living stones upon the one foundation wliich Thou hast laid in Zion . The brethren having taken their seats , Bro . M'Laren , accompanied "b y the organ , sang , most beautifully , the anthem JNo . 40 of J . R . Ogden , to Milman's pathetic hymn ,
beginning—Brother you art gone before us , And thy saintly soul is flown Where the tear is wiped away , And the sigh of grief unknown j From the burden of the flesh , And from sin and fear released , "Where the wicked cease from troubling , And the weary are at rest .
" Earth to earth and dust to dust , " Now the solemn priest hath said ; So we lay the dust above thee , And we seal thy narrow bed ; But thy spirit , brother , soareth , Free among ihe faithful blest , Where the wicked cease from troubling ,
And the weary are at rest . When the Lord shall summon us Here in sadness left behind , O may we—as pure from evil—As secure a welcome find ; Each , like thee , depart in peace , There to be a glorious guest , Where the wicked cease from troubling , And the weary are at rest .
This being finished , the brethren again rose , ivhen Bro . Flindt , Prov . G . Chap ., read the following burial service , the brethren in a body most solemnly taking their appropriate part in it : — Prov . O . Chap . —Man that is made of a ivoman hath but a short time to live , and is full of misery . Brethren . —God is our refuge and strength , a very present help in trouble .
Prov . Q . Chap . —Iu the midst of life Ave are in death . . Brethren . —We know that when this earthly house of our tabernacle is dissolved , ive have a building of God , a house not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . Prov . & . Chap . —So teach us-to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto lA-isdom . Brethren . —The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble . The
name of the God of Jacob defend thee . ' The brethren then all joined in singing , still upstanding , Doddridge ' s hymn to Howard's tune " St . Bride's , " Avhich had a very fine effect . How swift the torrent rolls That bears us to the sea . The tide that bears our thoughtless souls To vast eternity .
Our fathers , ivhere are they , With all they called their oivn ? Their joys and griefs , and hopes , and cares , And wealth , and honour—gone . But joy or grief succeeds Beyond our mortal thought , While the poor remnant of their dust
Lies in the grave forgot . There , where the fathers lie , Must all the children dwell ; Nor other heritage possess But such a gloomy cell . God of our fathers , hear , Thou everlasting friend !
While we , as on life ' s utmost verge , Our souls to Thee commend . Of all the pious dead May we the footsteps trace . Till with them in the land of light We dwell before Thy face . Then
followed—Prov . Gr . Chap . —Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his . Brethren—The path of the just is as the shining light , which shineth more and more unto the perfect day . Prov . O . Chap . —0 Lord , in wrath remember mercy . Brethren—In my wrath I smote thee , but iu my favour will I have mercy upon thee . Prov . G-. Chap . —Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts . Brethren—Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people . Prov . Q-. C 7 i . ap . —Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance
upon us . Brethren—The Lord fulfil all thy petitions , and give thee thy heart ' s desire . The brethren having resumed their seats , the choir , accompanied by the organ , sang in a most solemn manner Sir Walter Scott ' s hymn , to Ogden ' s No . 65 . The day of wrath ! that dreadful day , AVhen heaven and earth shall pass away What power shall be the sinner's stay ? Whom shall he trust that dreadful day ?
When shrivelling like a parched scroll , The flaming heavens together roll ; When louder yet , and yet more dread , Swells the high trump that wakes the dead . Oh ! on that day , that dreadful day , When man to judgment wakes from clay , Be thou , 0 God , the sinners' stay ,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away . Bro . Sir A . Alison then delivered the subjoined eloquent oration : — Provincial Grand Masters , Grand Wardens , and Brethren , — AVe are noiv assembled to discharge one of the most momentous , but at the same time melancholy duties ivhieh belongs to our fraternity . AVe have met to celebrate a solemn funeral service
to the memory of the late Duke of Athole , Grand Master of the ivhole Scotch Freemasons , and whose premature decease in the 2 irime of life has , I am sure , realised the prediction of the Grand Lodge in the circular announcing it , that it has been a matter of deep regret to the Freemasons of Scotland in every part of the world . So various , indeed , have been the merits to our Craft of our late Grand Master , that we can scarcely hope
to see his ' place adequately supplied . It is no sinecure wliich is devolved upon the nobleman ivho is nominated to that high and dignified office . Independent of the actual laying of the foundation stones of the most distinguished edifices in all parts of the country which are constructed during his time—a duty which from their number of late years has been very considerable—he is expected to mingle frequently in social intercourse
with the lodges , how distant soever , to contribute largely to the relief of the distress of their members , and since all of our fraternity are not always actuated by its spirit , sometimes to reconcile their differences . In a word , a Grand Master who really discharges the duty of his office must live more for others than himself . And it is fitting that it should be so ; for what is the spirit of Freemasonry hut a constant readiness to sacrifice self to others ? and what can be so good a model for