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THOSE whom God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Then the Minister shall say,

LET us pray to God our Father, for his blessing upon these his servants.

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ALMIGHTY, all-merciful, and all-wise God!

we pray thee in behalf of these persons, who have entered into the holy estate of marriage, that thou wouldst vouchsafe to them thy Holy Spirit. Send down thy blessing upon these thy servants, whom we bless in thy name. Enable them to observe surely, and to perform faithfully, the vows and covenant between them made; and, mutually edifying each other, to live together in purity, concord and piety. Give them grace to reverence and serve thee, and to contribute to the advancement of thy glory, the honour of the gospel, and the welfare of thy church. Favourably hear us, O Father of Mercy! in the name and for the sake of thy dear Son. Amen.

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Then the Minister shall add this Benediction,

OD, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve and guide you. May you be filled with all spiritual benediction, and so live together in this life, that, in the world to come, you may have life everlasting. Amen.

SECTION SIXTH.

Service for the Burial of the Dead.

TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF U. S.

THE MINISTER MAY READ THE WHOLE, OR SUCH PART OF THIS SERVICE AS HE MAY THINK FIT.

The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say,

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AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. St. John, xi., 25, 26.

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KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job xix., 25-27.

WE brought nothing into this world, and it is cer

tain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. I. Tim., vi. 7 ; Job i., 21.

After they are come into the Church, shall be said or sung the following Anthem, taken from the xxxixth and xcth Psalms.

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During which the People stand.

From Psalm xxxix.

ORD, let me know my end, and the number of my days; that I may be certified how long I have to live.

Behold, thou hast made my days, as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

And now, Lord! what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

Deliver me from all mine offences; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! and with thine ears

consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my

tears:

For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen.

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From Psalm xc.

ORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.

Thou turnest man to destruction; again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday; seeing that is past as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep; and fade away suddenly like the grass.

In the morning it is green, and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

For we consume away, in thy displeasure; and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee; and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten;

and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen.

Then shall follow the Lesson, taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians,

OW is Christ risen from the dead, and become

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the first fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward, they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself

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