Service at Grave.

When the solemn rites of the dead are to be performed at the grave, the procession should be formed, and proceed to the place of interment in the following order:

Tiler, with drawn sword.
Masters of Ceremony, with white rods.
Musicians,
if they are Masons; otherwise they follow theTiler.
Master Masons.
Secretary and Treasurer.
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.		Senior and Junior Wardens.
Past Masters.
Chaplain.
The Three Great Lights
on a cushion, covered with black cloth, carried by
a member of the Lodge.
The Master, Supported by two Deacons, with white rods.
Officiating Clergy

If the deceased was a member of a Royal Arch Chapter and a Commandery of Knights Templar, and members of those bodies should unite in the procession, clothed as such, the former will follow the Past Masters, and the latter will act as an escort or guard of honor to the corpse, outside the pallbearers, marching in the form of a triangle, the officers of the Commandery forming the base of the triangle, with the Eminent Commander in the center.

When the procession has arrived at the place of interment the members of the Lodge should form a square around the grave; when the Master, Chaplain and other officers of the acting Lodge, take their position at the head of the grave, and the mourners at the foot.

After the clergyman has performed the religious service of the Church, the Masonic service should begin.

The Chaplain rehearses the following, or some other suitable prayer: