Ans. “Raised it in a Masonic form and carried it up to the temple for more decent interment.”
“Where was it buried?”
Ans. “Under the Sanctum Sanctorum, or holy of holies of King Solomon’s Temple, over which they erected a marble
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monument, with this inscription delineated thereon: A virgin weeping over a broken column, with a book open before her, in her right hand a sprig of cassia, in her left ant urn. Time standing behind her, with his hands infolded in the ringlets of her hair.”
“What do they denote?”
Ans. “The weeping virgin denotes the unfinished state of the temple; the broken column, that one of the principal supports of Masonry had fallen; the book open before her, that his memory was on perpetual record; the sprig of cassia, the timely discovery of his grave; the urn in her left hand, that his ashes are safely deposited under the Sanctum Sanctorum, or holy of holies of King Solomon’s Temple, and Time, standing behind her, with his hands infolded in the ringlets of her hair, that time, patience and perseverance will accomplish all things.”
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