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MANUAL OF THE LODGE

spoken of in Masonry as a symbol, is merely a modern substitute for the Hebrew letter yod, י, which was the initial of Jehovah, the tetragammaton, and therefore constantly used as a symbol of Deity.

The following Dirge is sung:

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Solemn strikes the funeral chime—
Notes of our departing time,
As we journey here below,
Through a pilgrimage of woe.

Mortals, now indulge a tear,
For Mortality is here!
See how wide her trophies wave
O'er the slumbers of the grave!

Calm, the good man meets his fate,
Guards celestial 'round him wait!
See! he bursts these mortal chains,
And o'er death the victory gains.

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