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The Funeral Service.
' providing with care against that great change , when the transitory ' pleasures of this world can no longer deli g ht us , and the reflections of ' a life spent in the exercise of piety and virtue yield the only comforC ' and consolation . ' While we drop the sympathetic tear over the grave , of our deceased ' friend , let Charity induce us to throw a veil over his foibles , whatever * ' they may haye beenand let us not withhold from his memory the
, ' praise his virtues may have claimed . Suffer the apologies of human ' nature to plead in his behalf . Perfection has nevdr been attained , and * the wisest as well as the best of men have erred . His meritorious acf tions let us imitate , and fromhis weakness derive instruction . ' Let the example of his fate excite our serious consideration , and * strengthen our resolutions of amendmentlest our expectations be also
, ' frustrated , and we be hurried unprepared into the presence of an all' wise and powerful judge , to whom the secrets of all hearts are known , ' and from whose dread tribunal no culprit can escape . ' To conclude : Let us support with propriety the character of our ' profession on every occasion , advert to the nature of our solemn ' ¦ engagementsand supplicate the divine grace--tb enable us to pursue
, ' with unwearied assiduity the sacred tenets of our order . Thus we f shall secure the favour of'that eternal Being whose goodness and * whose power can know no bound ; and prosecute our journey without ' dread or apprehension , to a far distant country , from which no tra-* veller returns . . By the lig ht of the Divine countenance , we shall pass
¦ ' without trembling through those gloomy mansions where all things c are forgotten , and atthatgreat and tremenduousday , when arraigned ' at the bar of Divine justice ,-judgment shall be pronounced in our fa' vour , we shall receive the reward of our virtue , by acquiring the ' possession of an immortal inheritance , where joy flows in one conti' nued streamand no mound can check , its course . '
, The following invocations are then made by the Master , and the usual honours accompany each . . Master . ' May we be true and faithful , and may we live and die ' in love !'
Answer . ' So mote it be . Master . ' May we ahvays profess what is good , and may we al' ways act agreeably to our profession !' Answer . * So mote it be . ' Master . ' May- the Lord bless us , and prosper us ; and may all our ' good intentions be crotvned ivith success !' ; Answer . ' So mote it be . '
The secretaries then advance and throw their' rolls into the grave ivith the usual forms , while the Master repeats with an audible voice : . ' Glory be to God on high , on earth peace , and good-will towards men . ' Answer . ' So mote it be now , from henceforth , and for evermore . ' The Master then concludes the ceremony at the grave in the following words : — . ' From time immemorial it has been an established custom among
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The Funeral Service.
' providing with care against that great change , when the transitory ' pleasures of this world can no longer deli g ht us , and the reflections of ' a life spent in the exercise of piety and virtue yield the only comforC ' and consolation . ' While we drop the sympathetic tear over the grave , of our deceased ' friend , let Charity induce us to throw a veil over his foibles , whatever * ' they may haye beenand let us not withhold from his memory the
, ' praise his virtues may have claimed . Suffer the apologies of human ' nature to plead in his behalf . Perfection has nevdr been attained , and * the wisest as well as the best of men have erred . His meritorious acf tions let us imitate , and fromhis weakness derive instruction . ' Let the example of his fate excite our serious consideration , and * strengthen our resolutions of amendmentlest our expectations be also
, ' frustrated , and we be hurried unprepared into the presence of an all' wise and powerful judge , to whom the secrets of all hearts are known , ' and from whose dread tribunal no culprit can escape . ' To conclude : Let us support with propriety the character of our ' profession on every occasion , advert to the nature of our solemn ' ¦ engagementsand supplicate the divine grace--tb enable us to pursue
, ' with unwearied assiduity the sacred tenets of our order . Thus we f shall secure the favour of'that eternal Being whose goodness and * whose power can know no bound ; and prosecute our journey without ' dread or apprehension , to a far distant country , from which no tra-* veller returns . . By the lig ht of the Divine countenance , we shall pass
¦ ' without trembling through those gloomy mansions where all things c are forgotten , and atthatgreat and tremenduousday , when arraigned ' at the bar of Divine justice ,-judgment shall be pronounced in our fa' vour , we shall receive the reward of our virtue , by acquiring the ' possession of an immortal inheritance , where joy flows in one conti' nued streamand no mound can check , its course . '
, The following invocations are then made by the Master , and the usual honours accompany each . . Master . ' May we be true and faithful , and may we live and die ' in love !'
Answer . ' So mote it be . Master . ' May we ahvays profess what is good , and may we al' ways act agreeably to our profession !' Answer . * So mote it be . ' Master . ' May- the Lord bless us , and prosper us ; and may all our ' good intentions be crotvned ivith success !' ; Answer . ' So mote it be . '
The secretaries then advance and throw their' rolls into the grave ivith the usual forms , while the Master repeats with an audible voice : . ' Glory be to God on high , on earth peace , and good-will towards men . ' Answer . ' So mote it be now , from henceforth , and for evermore . ' The Master then concludes the ceremony at the grave in the following words : — . ' From time immemorial it has been an established custom among