XI. If a Past or Present Grand Master, Deputy Grand

Master, or Grand Warden, shoidd join the procession of a private 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 a Grand Warden; and when the Grand Master or Deputy Grand Master is present, the Book of Constitutions should be borne before him, a Sword- Bearer should foUow, and the Deacons, with white rods, on his right and left.
Xn. When the head of the procession shall have aiTived 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 Marsha] and Tiler pass through, and the others foUow in order.
Xm. Upon arriving at the entrance of 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
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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 in the circle, and the Stewards and Dea- cons should cross their rods over it. The bearers should thke 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 de- posited in the earth, the circle 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.
XTV. After the clergymen shall have performed the religious services of the Church, the Masonic services should begin.