The Masonic Funeral

The Masonic FuneralA new Worshipful Master in a small Georgia town spent the firstfour days making personal visits to each of the members, inviting themto come to his first Lodge meeting. The following Thursday the Lodge was all but empty. Accordingly, theWorshipful Master placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that,because the Lodge was dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a decentMasonic burial. The funeral would be held the following Mondayafternoon, the notice said. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for the "funeral." Infront of the Altar, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers.After the Chaplain delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin andinvited his Brethren to come forward and pay their final respects totheir dead Lodge Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a "deadLodge," all the Brethren eagerly lined up to look in the coffin. Each"mourner" peeped into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty,sheepish look. In the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror. Remember the obligation we all took my brethren attend and supportyour Lodge!!!! Author Unknown