These floral tributes, the offering of sisterly affection, echo voices often heard from the several points of our Star; they symbolize, in the ritual of our Order, virtues which should adorn our lives. How appropriately, then, may they bear an important part in this solemn ceremonial.
Sisters of our Star, you who represent the five distinguished heroines of our Order, have you anything to offer ere we leave the grave of our departed sister?
Sister Adah, what is the voice and tribute from the Blue point of our emblematic Star?
Adah. Blue symbolizes fidelity, and is appropriate to Jephthah's Daughter, who, in the morning of life, surrendered to the grave the brightest of earthly hopes, that she might be faithful to her convictions of right, and preserve her father's honor. As a token of faithfulness to the memory of our sister, I deposit in her grave this tribute of faithful love.
At the proper time each officer will drop into the grave, or place upon the casket, the flowers provided for that purpose.
Adah deposits her tribute, and then, addressing Ruth, says:
Sister Ruth, what is the voice and tribute from the Yellow point of our Star?
Ruth. Yellow symbolizes constancy, teaching faithful obedience to the demands of honor and justice. Ruth exemplified these virtues in humble station, and sought the society of the good and true. In token of appreciation of these virtues, I deposit in the grave of our sister this floral tribute.
Deposits her tribute, and then, addressing Esther, says:
Sister Esther, what is the voice and tribute from the White point of our Star?