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and acquire a portion of that experience necessary to his exercising an influence in the world , no sooner does he begin to ripen and develope fruits of honour and usefulness—taking a man ' s part in the world—than he becomes an object for the great reaper , Death ; and in spite of all struggle , all opposition , all regret , he is cut down and covered from ou ^ sight as I have now covered these grains . "
They were then sprinhled upon the fresh earth and covered in . The procession then moved down the eastern line of the area and halted at the south-east corner , where the following passages were read by the Chaplain : " The words of the Apostle Paul : 'Some man will say how are the dead raisedand with what body do they come ?
, " Thou fool ¦ ; that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die . u And that which thou sowest , thou sowest not that body which shall be , hut hare grain ; it may chance of wheat or some other grain ; u 4 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him , and to every seed his own body . " So also is the resurrection of the dead . It is sown in corruption , it is
raised in lncorruption . " It is sown in dishonour , it is raised in glory . It is sown in weakness , it is raised in power . " ; It is sowrn a natural body , it is raised a spiritual body . '" . " We shall all he changed in a moment , in the twinkling of an eye , at the last trump . For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall he raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed . For this corruptible must put on
incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality . u ¦* ' So when this corruption shall have put on incorruption , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall be brought to ' pass the saying that is written—Death is -Swallowed up in victory . . " O death , where is thy sting 1 O grave , where is thy victory ! " Following this , three verses of the consecration ode were next siiing
u From each cold bed a form shall rise When the great hour shall come : The trump shall shake the upper skies And break the lower tomb . " No weeping then , no tear nor groan , For these around us spread ; A shout shall reach the very throne From the long silent dead .
u Then hush our hearts , be dry each tear , Wake , oh , desponding faith ! And when our Saviour shall appear , We , ^ too , shall conquer death . Tho presiding officer made this exhortation :
" It were poorly to be esteemed , the attention and respect we pay to the remains of our dead , were it not that we surely expect to meet them again . Hut in all ages Freemasons have thought it well to close their mystic circle around the grave of one who has gone the * dark and narrow way before them , and to manifest by many forms and ceremonies , full of meaning , their faith in the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body , it was chiefly these that our first Most Excellent Grand Master
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and acquire a portion of that experience necessary to his exercising an influence in the world , no sooner does he begin to ripen and develope fruits of honour and usefulness—taking a man ' s part in the world—than he becomes an object for the great reaper , Death ; and in spite of all struggle , all opposition , all regret , he is cut down and covered from ou ^ sight as I have now covered these grains . "
They were then sprinhled upon the fresh earth and covered in . The procession then moved down the eastern line of the area and halted at the south-east corner , where the following passages were read by the Chaplain : " The words of the Apostle Paul : 'Some man will say how are the dead raisedand with what body do they come ?
, " Thou fool ¦ ; that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die . u And that which thou sowest , thou sowest not that body which shall be , hut hare grain ; it may chance of wheat or some other grain ; u 4 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him , and to every seed his own body . " So also is the resurrection of the dead . It is sown in corruption , it is
raised in lncorruption . " It is sown in dishonour , it is raised in glory . It is sown in weakness , it is raised in power . " ; It is sowrn a natural body , it is raised a spiritual body . '" . " We shall all he changed in a moment , in the twinkling of an eye , at the last trump . For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall he raised incorruptible , and we shall be changed . For this corruptible must put on
incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality . u ¦* ' So when this corruption shall have put on incorruption , and this mortal shall have put on immortality , then shall be brought to ' pass the saying that is written—Death is -Swallowed up in victory . . " O death , where is thy sting 1 O grave , where is thy victory ! " Following this , three verses of the consecration ode were next siiing
u From each cold bed a form shall rise When the great hour shall come : The trump shall shake the upper skies And break the lower tomb . " No weeping then , no tear nor groan , For these around us spread ; A shout shall reach the very throne From the long silent dead .
u Then hush our hearts , be dry each tear , Wake , oh , desponding faith ! And when our Saviour shall appear , We , ^ too , shall conquer death . Tho presiding officer made this exhortation :
" It were poorly to be esteemed , the attention and respect we pay to the remains of our dead , were it not that we surely expect to meet them again . Hut in all ages Freemasons have thought it well to close their mystic circle around the grave of one who has gone the * dark and narrow way before them , and to manifest by many forms and ceremonies , full of meaning , their faith in the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body , it was chiefly these that our first Most Excellent Grand Master