mangani or manganelle,) and considered as the principal defence of the great harbor, (Porto di Mandracchio,) the huge chain being drawn across the inlet from its lower batteries to the opposite eastern turret of St. John.†

This magnificent quadrangular structure, solidly built with large free-stones, has four round turrets on the battlements and an octagonal beacon on the upper platform. On the south front is seen the escutcheon of the Grand Master Guy de Blanchefort, representing two rampant lions in gules. We ascended to the platform on a fine stair-case of one hundred and sixty-eight steps, and enjoyed a most delightful view of both the subjacent harbors, the city, with its numerous walls and towers, and all the charming environs. The site of the ancient Rhodes, in a circumference of ten miles, enclosing all the modern Greek suburbs, the gardens and vineyards, is distinctly traced from this place.

The sun in the mean time set behind the Cum-Burnu; from the minarets re-echoed the wailing evening-prayers of the Imaums; the Christians left the fortress, and the volume of dark smoke arising from our steamer announced the moment of our departure. We descended, highly gratified with the happy hours spent in this interesting city. On our arrival on board, the anchors were heaved, we left the harbor, and standing away to the south-east during the twilight of the mild vernal night, passed along the snow-topped mountains of Caramania toward Cyprus.

Lancaster, Pa.

A. L. K.

Therefore, it is called by Coronelli, Dapper, and the more ancient authors, "Torre del Trabocco." Vertot has "Tour S. Michel."

ART. IX.-LITURGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

NO. I.

FOR PIOUS ADULTS.

I 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.

I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so also them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

Meanwhile none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord, and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's: for to this end Christ both died and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

And now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.

Therefore, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; even so saith the SPIRIT; for they rest from their labors.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

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.

[An address may be made here.]

Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord; and with whom the souls of the

faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh are in joy and felicity; we give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors. And we beseech Thee, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of Thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in Thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Thou ever-blessed Mediator, who wast dead but livest forever, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, and who hast knit all thy saints in one communion unto life eternal, in that mystical body of which thou art the glorious and ever-living Head; grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints of thy holy Church, who have gone before us, in the faith and fellowship, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for all that love Thee from the foundation of the world.

O Holy and ever-blessed Spirit, who art one with the Father and the Son, and who dwellest in all thy saints, to comfort and quicken them; do Thou, we beseech thee, comfort us in the prospect of death, and in the hope of the resurrection of the just, and abide with us, that these mortal bodies may be quickened, and fashioned like unto the Saviour's glorious body to the inheritance of the life everlasting.

O Holy and adorable Trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit, Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier of our bodies and spirits, we humbly confess our sins, and acknowledge them as the cause of our misery and death, and that, on account of our sins Thou art justly displeased. Yet, through infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, we implore thee, blot out our transgressions, wash us from our iniquity, and cleanse us from our sins. O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: shut not thy merciful cars to our prayers; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death to fall from thee. But keep us in everlasting

fellowship with the Church triumphant, and let us rest together in thy presence from our labors, through Jesus Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Forasmuch as it hath pleased ALMIGHTY GOD, in His wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased BROTHER, we, therefore, commit HIS body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust: looking for the general resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Here a hymn may be sung, while the grave is filling ]

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with you all evermore. Amen.

NO. II.

FOR INFANTS.

Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. For what is our life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

As touching little children, Jesus saith, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little chlld, he shall not enter therein.

Weep not, saith the Lord, the child is not dead, but sleepeth. While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live. But now it is dead, wherefore should I weep? Can I bring it back again? I shall go to it, but it shall not return to me!

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.

Glory be to Him who is the Resurrection and the life; who quickeneth us, while in the dying state, and after we have obtained the true life, doth not suffer us to die any more.

Glory be to him, in the Church which waiteth for Him, and in that which is around Him, for ever and ever. Amen.

[An address may be made here.]

O Almighty God, our Father in heaven, who, out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained praise, and madest infants to glorify thee by their death: mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ

our Lord.

O holy and compassionate Saviour, who didst thyself become an infant sanctifying infants, and who didst comfort all parents with the blessed words: Of such is the kingdom of heaven; draw us, we beseech thee, to thyself, that we may receive the kingdom of God as a little child, and that our desires may ever ascend to where thou art and where our departed children are, that so our hearts may be with our treasures. Teach us the vanity of all earthly things, so that we may be led to number our days and apply our hearts unto wisdom. And as thou art the Great Head of thy body the Church, and as all power is given unto thee in heaven and on the earth; keep us in everlasting fellowship with the Church triumphant, and let us rest together in thy presence from our labors.

O Holy, and ever blessed Spirit, who art one with the Father and the Son, thou Comforter of the Saints, abide with us forever, sanctify us in soul and body, quicken us for every duty and every trial, and seal us unto the day of eternal redemption, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Holy and adorable Trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit, Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier of all thy saints; we humbly confess our sins, and acknowledge them as the source of our misery and death, and that, on account of our many sins thou