The following invocations are then made by the Master, and the public grand honors accompany each response:
Master. May we be true and faithful; and may we live and die in love with our brother.
Brethren. So mote it be.
Master. May we profess what is good, and always act agreeably to our profession.
Brethren. So mote it be.
Master.—May the Lord bless us, and prosper us; and may all our good intentions be crowned with success.
Brethren. So mote it be.
The apron is then thrown into the grave, while the Master repeats, with an audible voice:
Glory be to God on high! on earth, peace, good will to men!
Brethren. So mote it be, now, from henceforth, and for evermore.
The brethren march three times round the grave, casting therein their evergreens, and the public grand honors are then given. The Master closes with the following exhortation:
From time immemorial it has been a custom among the fraternity of Freemasons, at the request of a brother on his death-bed, or at the solicitation of his friends, to accompany his body to the place of interment, and there to deposit his remains with the usual formalities of our Order.
In conformity with this usage [and at the special request of our deceased brother, whose memory we revere, and whose loss we now deplore], we have