ghest rank to conduct the burial service.

7. The pallbearers should be Masons, and should be selected by the
Master, with the approval of the family of the deceased. If the deceased
was a member of a Chapter or other Masonic body, a portion of the
pallbearers should be taken from these bodies severally.

8. The proper clothing to be worn at a Masonic funeral is black or dark
clothes, a black necktie, white gloves, and a white apron, and a sprig
of evergreen on the left breast. The Master's gavel, the Wardens'
columns, the Deacons' and Stewards' rods, the Tiler's sword and the
Marshal's baton, should be trimmed with black crape. The officers of the
Lodge and Grand Officers should wear their official jewels.

9. As soon as the remains are placed in the coffin there should be
placed upon it a plain white lambskin apron.

10. If a Past or Present Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, or Grand
Warden, should join the procession of a Lodge, proper attention must be
paid to them. They take place after the Master of the Lodge. Two
Deacons, with white rods, should be appointed by the Master to attend
them.

11. When the head of the procession shall have arrived at the place of
interment, or where the services are to be performed, the lines should
be opened, and the highest officer in rank, preceded by the Marshal and
Tiler, pass through, and the others follow in order.

12. Upon arriving at the entrance to the cemetery, the brethren should
march in open order to the tomb or grave. If the body is to be placed in
the former, the Tiler should take his place in front of the open door,
and the lines be spread so as to form a circle. The coffin should be
deposited within the circle, and the Stewards and Deacons should cross
their rods over it. The bearers should take their places on either
side--the mourners at the foot of the coffin, and the Master and other
officers at the head. After the coffin has been placed in the tomb, the
Stewards should cross their rods over the door and the Deacons over the
Master. If the body is to be deposited in the earth, an oblong square
should be formed around the grave, the body being placed on rests over
it; the Stewards should cross their rods over the foot, and the Deacons
the head, and retain their places throughout the services.

13. After the clergymen shall have performed the religious services of
the church, the Masonic services should begin.

14. When a number of Lodges join in a funera