New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
LODGEN OF SORRON.

Lodges Of Sorrow are comparatively few I'm this
country. They have much earlier date I'm Con-
tinenta Europe and had their ritualistc form and
origin in Germany. France has don" much TO
broaden and scatter the seed Of hs beautiful rite
by her observance OF IL. and II has been garnered
with affection wherever Masonry I'm root and
branch has Hourished ard had luxurl NJ growth
to prepare the under elements OF mans nature FOR
is reception the advance guard ~ civilization.
II has no; aourished in tho United States TO that
extent that any who j. a; all familiar WIKI ,te
beautiful ute would wish. In Germany they
are usually h'ard annually but are common
in France msre frequently he'd Il occasion
requires. The we're fret introduced as
Masonr ritualisn IT, his coEntry by Pythagoras
Lodge a. NcwYork. II my memory Is not a. fauii
that is M only guide and that is slipping away
from The frs; American iodgr IN which the
ceremony was ever practis"d VAS =. JOINS Lodge
Of New York city iu 1875 iSi1. when -; ".
Isaac Phillips wa Worshipful Mast. I ,el III
love with ;h- ritual at sight and il hroadeacd my
views ana gave me suporcons"l ton Of the "a
oeodirg beauty and touching pathos ~ ITS liturgy
and its e,erglade of howers and tears Brother
DAME Sickle and RoJcri Macoy assis, ed M IN
braidug ih" strands thtl gnr form ard direc-
ton 10 aiI nj. AID appointed Lodge o. SORROW
TO no held in Olive Branch Lodge II 1885, 1861. 20
commem0ratr IN. death % Brothers 2. VI. Lurius
Parks. A@or CErti-s. William Sheldon ard Consider
Warner. VINO had followed each other in rapid
succession 70 the grave and were o. the heroic
Eleven" and had stood 10y Olive Branch Lodges
fortunes rom ls25 untM death relieved them from
their pos, II was tho first Lodge ~ Sorrow ever
hcid oat 0t flc c.i, o. Sew-Yovk and VAS Sue
c,ss. Tickets wsr" issued 10 two hundred o. orr
h"sf r.fizer~ and our lodg"room WI packed %
OVERLOOKING and the Lord sustained me In the
part had 70 perform and IN the lftl" lght had
TO engraft upon the mud- ~ those present 10y my
funeral Grafton for honoreI beloved dead 'nst
w. Rad laid away to rest In orr own beautiful
rural cemetery. Machpelah
II has beel we'll said mat Masoirv IN frs cerc-
monies is an 1llegory. which Nv understand and
which is therefore constantly exposed TO disf.u-e-
mcnt by those who NEEDLE and experiment. with
It's ritual which l. ever taking place with the
chang o. IFS cusio1ianship. This brir1ey.es and
belittlcs o. and SPOTS beyond recovery the beauty
of our Hfurgi.s. Every symbol ~ Masonry diT-
courses 20 ID" living 'n"ir duties 10 Goa dn'
themselves bar none more eloquenty imam inos'
used when assembled around -. grave OF +, rs-
ceased brother. or .n The perform nance OF i"N''"i
rite. in Il mourning .odgc-
u va. the ancie-t custom of ne oriental "a
s-av-s u iheir friends This custom las" i'm
d~ed descended 10 - rom ihe Hebrew ana ma
been perfctiIi-d h, Christians and VI homeihn- 10
th, present day Dr. ta' calendar ~ tho-" ,htlS'iai
,..,'s,. - .h.ir .-inltive lines many days lu
earh wear are observed and dedicated - inr
r,.r,arr of some exalted person or bruefactor.
A.uta1v .n.if tempi.s and altar are decorated
With flowers and evergreen 81 memory o' th'lr
,,sf.u.u!,h.d dead Their Cemeteries whether %
sn,,.nt Or modern Iat~ everywhere unite me sym
hols % Affection and hope WIKI mos" "t d"hf ana
The cllptured stone The beds o.
no~rr~ from conservatory ard garden. the grass
and. the irooping ALLOW th" - IN" 10y" ~
bur he emhlem- 81 unfalt-rIng faitn. unfadins
hop- and grfading love amidst ~ad""~- ana -0i-
row bur when ~ consider 20" iH"'n'". y, ~
riysil. symbols used iu ~" 'un~fti t.i'7 OF RE-
lnAsOnry 90 l- very "vid~n' thal 'th~ ~t"rHrc~n.
alone are me true ~nh'~m- ~ .mnor''liy -
They have ever O'ru regarded a'd '"n-'rI".~H ~
those lands ~hene' me 9nc'ri' n} -''rr, nav ,r
de.cended 10 our I'm. r. ., w. P.,pnn. ~
pluto whose empir" wa n"nrain me ''it. \