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The chief object in writing th is

Burial Service, is the comfort and conso-lation of God's children, in their sorrow

and bereavement, when called uponby Providence to part with their lovedalles ; thai, by their perusing thesepages, they might realize great support.I have, therefore, striven to be DEFINITE ;and have carefully selected (by" rightlydividing the word of truth," 2. Tim. ii.,

15) many precious promises of God,which have a direct reference to theResurrection. Also, by request of Min-isters of the Baptist Mission, and others,I have compiled this Service, with thehope thai it may prove a blessing.This Service is intended for believers.

H. A. S.

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To be read while the corpse is brought

:into the C hurch or C hapel; or in the

Church or Chapel.

31 am the reSUlï'ection and the lire,,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.- John xi., 25, 26.

and it is certain we can carry notnmgout. The Lord gave, and the Lord bathtaken away, blessed be the Name of the

Lord.-I. Tim. vi., 7. Job i., 21.

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To be read in the Chz,trch or Chapel.

[(j]berefore, as by one man sin

entered into the world, and death bysin; and so death passed upon allmen, for that all have sinned. For if

through the offence of alle, many bedead; much more the grace of God,and the gift by grace, which is by oneman, J esus Christ, bath abounded untomany. For if by one man's offence,death reigned by alle, much more theywhich receive abundance of grace, andthe gift of righteousness, shall reign in

lire by one J esus Christ. Therefore,by the offence of alle, judgment came

upon all men to condemnation; evenso by the righteousness of alle, the

free gift came upon all men unto justi-fication of lire. That as sin bath

reigned unto death, even so mightgrace reign through righteousness, unto

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<lr:all upon Me in the dar of trou-bIe, 1 will deliver thee, and thou shaltglorify Me.-Ps. 1. IS.

Let us pray.

~ (fjo'O the Father of our LordJ esus Christ, who is the W ay, theTruth, and the Life; whosoever trulybelieveth in Thee, shall not perish, but

have everlasting life. Thou knowestthe secrets of all hearts, for all thingsare open, and naked to Thee, withwhom we have to do; therefore closenot thine ears to our prayer, nor Thineeyes to our grief. We beseech Thee,to give us perfect resignation to Thywill in our bereavement; and make Thystrength complete in our weakness.

Help us to gay from our heart: It isthe Lord, let Him do what seemethHim good; not our will, but Thine be

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dolle. Assist us by Thy continu algrace to be humbIe, to kiss the rad

that chastens us, to acknowledge Thyhand in all things,' and to live the lire

of the righteous; that by Thy powel-

we may overcome the world, the flesh,and the devil, that Dur end may be

everlasting peace. 0 God, Dur strengthis weakness, Dur knowledge is as nothing,we know not what shall be on themOl-row, for what is Dur life? It is

even as a vapour, that appeareth fora little time, and then vanisheth away.Yet truly, Thou bast been Dur helpand refuge, Erom one generation to

another. Before the mountains werebrought forth, or even the earth andthe world wel-e made; Thou art GodErom everlasting, and world without end.A thousand years in Thy sight, are butas yesterday that is past, as a watchin the night. Behold Thou bast made

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~lDur days as it werf a span long, Durage is as nothing, full of uncertainty,change and misery; and every manliving is altogether vanity. The daysof Dur' years are three,score and ten,and if by reason of strength' they befourscore years, Jet is Dur strength la-bour and sorrow, it is scan cut off,and we pass away. When thou rebukestfor sin, Thou makest man 's beauty,and strength, to consume away as ashadow.

Teach us to number Durdays, thai we may fear Thee, and

apply Dur hearts unto wisdom. And

ncw Lord, what is Dur hope? TrulyDur hope is in Thee, and Thee only,through Jesus Christ Dur Lord. Amen.

31 kno'w that my Redeemer liveth,and that Heshall stand at the latterday upon the earth. And though af termy skin worms destroy this body, Jet

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JFor now is Christ risen Erom thedead, and become the first-fruits ofthem that slept; for sin ce by man came

death, by man came also the reSUlï'ec-tion of the dead. For as in Adam all

die, even so in Christ, shall all bemade alive. But every man in bis own

order, Christ the first-fruits, afterwardsthey that are Christ's at His coming.But same man will say, how are thedead raised up, and with what body dothey come? That which thou sowest,is

not quickened except it die. But

God giveth it a body, as it bath pleasedHim; and to every seed bis own body.I t is sown in colï"uption, it is raised in

incorruption. I t is sown in dishonour,

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it is raised in glory. It is sown inweakness, it is raised in power. It issown a natural body, it is raised aspiritual body. The first man Adamwas made a living soul; the last Adamwas

made a quickening spirit. Thefirst man is of the earth earthy; thesecond man is the Lord from heaven.And as we have borne the image of

the earthy, we shall also bear the image-of the heavenly. Behold I show Jou

a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but

we shall all be changed. For thetrumpet shall sound, and the dead

shall be raised incorruptible, and weshall be changed, in a moment, inthe twinkling of an eye, at the lasttrump. For ibis corruptible, must puton incorruption, and th is mortal, mustput on immortality. So when this cor-

ruptible, shall have put on incorruption ;and this mortal, shall have put on

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immortality; then shall be brought topass the saying thai is written, Deathis swallowed up in victory. 0 death,where is thy sting? 0 grave, whereis thy victory? but thanks be to God,who giveth us the victory, through ourLord J esus Christ. Amen.' I. Cor. xv.

~an that is bom of a woman,bath but a short time to live, and is

full of misery. He cometh up and iscut down like a flower; he fleeth as itwere a shadow; and never continuethin one stay. Therefore, what is man,

that thou art mindful of him? or the

sou of' man, that Thou vi site st him?-Heb. ii. 6. .

mbar is man's life? lt is likethe early cloud, and the morning dew,

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the fleeting-which passeth away,shade upon the dial.

as

!De knoweth our frame, He remem-bereth that we are dust. For dustthou wert, and tinto dust shalt thoureturn.-Ps.. ciii. 14. Gen. iii. 19.

are

seek3! n the midst of life, in death: of whom may we

succour, but of Thee 0 Lord?

we

JFOta~mu(b as it bath pleased Al-

mighty God of His great mercy, totak~_~~ Himself the soul of our dearl~!~Mr~ere departed; we thereforecommit ~ody to the ground; earth-to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust;in gure and certain hope, of the resur-rection to eternal life, through our LordJ esus Christ; who shall change ourvile body thai it may be ]ike unto His

glorious body; according to the mighty

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working, whereby He is able 10 subdueall things to H imself.

3! bea.r'O a voice trom heaven sayingunto me, Write trom henceforth, Blessedare the dead which die in the Lord:

even sa saith the Spirit, for they restfrom their labours.-Re~. xiv. 13.

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IS TO BE

READ OVER CHILDREN ONLY.

Suffer little children to come untoMe, and lorbid them not, lor of such isthe Kingdom of Heaven.-Luke xviii. 16.

~be Righteous are taken Erom theevil to come, and shall be had, in ever-

.lasting remembrance. Them which

.sleep in J esus, will God bring withRim.

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[(1]berefore He saith, awake thouthat sleepest, and arise from the deadtand Christ shall give thee light.-Eph.

V.

14.

'Q[:bL' dead men shall live, togetherwith my dead body shall they rise.A\vake and sing ye that dweIl in thedust, and the earth shall cast out the

dead.-Is. xxvi. 19.

ann many of them that sleep inthe dust of the earth, shall awake to.

everlasting life.-Dan. xii. 2.

15lc.s.sctJ and holy is he, thai bath

part in the first resurrection. And thesea gave up the dead which were in

it, and death and the grave deliveredup the dead which we re in them. And

I saw the dead, small and great, standbefore God, and the hooks we re openedrand also the hook of life: and the dead

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were judged out of those things whichwere written in the books, according totheir works.-Rev. xx. 6, IJ, 12.

1.6ut, I would not have Jou tobe ignorant brethren, concerning themwhich are asleep, thai ye sorrow not.For ibis we say unto you, by the word.of the Lord, thai we which are aliveand remain unto the coming of the

Lord; shall not prevent them whichare asleep. For the Lord Himself shalldescend from heaven with a shout;with the voice of the Archangel, andwith the trump of God, and the deadin Christ shall rise first. Then wewhich are alive and remain, shall be

crught up together with them in theclouds, to meet the Lord in the air;and so shall we ever be with theLord. Wherefore, comfort one anotherwith these words.-I Thess. iv. 13, 15- 18.

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§urtber, heaT the comforting wordsof the Lord who saith, Let not YOUîheart be troubled, neither let it beafraid.-John xiv. 27. Christ bathabolished death, and brought lire andimmortality to light. -2 Tim. i. 10.That mortality, might be swallowedup of lire. -2 Cor. v. 4. The

righteous, bath hope in bis death.-Provo xiv. 32. Precious in the sightof the Lord, is the death of His.

saints.-Ps. cxvi. IS. I will ransom'them from the power of the grave, I

will redeem them from death: 0

death, I wil I be thy plagues, 0 grave,I wilt be thy destruction.-Hos. xiii. 14.

For He must reign, till He bath putall enernies under His reet. The last

enemy that shall be destroyed, is death..-I Cor. xv. 25, 26. He will swallow.up death in victory, and the LordGod will wipt away tears from off alt

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faces; and the rebuke of His peopleshall be taken away Erom oir all the

earth: for the Lord bath spoken it.-Is. xxv. 8. V erily, verily, I gay unto

Jou, the hour is coming and now is,when the dead shall hear the voiceof the Son of God: and they thathear shall live. Marvel not at ibis,for the hour is coming in which, altthai are in the graves shall hear Hisvoice, and shall come forth.- J ohn v.

25, 28, 29. When Christ, who is ourlire shall appear, we shall be like

Him, for we shall. see Him as Heis.- I J ohn iii. 2. And J esus saidunto them, Behold My hands and Myreet, that it is I myself; handle Me

and see, for a spirit bath not fleshand bones, as ye see Me have. Andwhen He had thus spoken, He showedthem His hands and His feet.~Lukexxiv. 38-40. I am He thai liveth)

and was dead: and behold I am alivefor evermore; Amen: and have the

keys of the grave, and of death.-Rev.i. 18. AII flesh shall see the sal.vation of God.~Luke iii. 6. BecauseI live, ye shall live also.- J ohn xiv.

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l"he righteous shall hear His

voice : And they shall come Erom thethe east, and Erom the west, and Eromthe north, and Erom the south, and

shall git down in the kingdom ofGod.- Luke xiii. 29. For now we

'see through a glass darkly, but then,face to face: now I know in part,but then, shall I knoweven as also1 am known.- 1 Cor. xiii. 12. AndGod shall wipe away all tears Eromtheir eyes, é;tnd there shall be nomore death, neither sorrow nor cryin~;

neither shall there be any more pain,

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almigbtp God, to whom do li\'e inParadise the spirits of them that departhence in the Lord' and to whom thesouls of the faithful, af ter they are'de1ivered from the burden of the flesh,.are in joy and felicity: we give Thee

thanks for that it bath pleased Thee,.to' deliver this our dear Brother outof the miseries of th is sinful world;

beseeching Thee that it may p1easeThee of Thy gracious goó'dhesg, 'shortl}"to accomplish the numbet of' Thj' be-

lieving children in Christ:--"; thé êlett

And He thai sat upon the throne

said, Behold I make all things new ~write, for these words are true and

faithful.-Rev. xxi. 4, 5.

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--and to basten Thy kingdom; thatwe with all those that are departedin the true faith of Thy Holy Name,

may have our. perfect consummationand bliss, bath in body and soul, inThine everlasting glory, through J esus

Christ our Lord. We meekly beseechThee, 0 God our Heavenly Father,to l"aise us from the death of sin,unto the lire of righteousness; thatwa en we shall depart this lire, wemay rest in Christ, as our hope is

this our Brother doth; and that atthe resurrection of the just, we maybe found acceptable in Thy sight;and receive that blessing, which Thywell-beloved Son shall then pronounce,to all that love and fear 'fhee, saying,Co me ye blessed childl"en of my Fathel",receive the Kingdom prepared for Joufrom the beginning of the wol"ld :

grant this we be~eech Thee 0 merciful

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Father,Redeemer

through Jesusand Mediator.

ChristAmen.Dur

The Grace of our Lord ]esus

Christ, and the love of God, and the

fellowship of the Holy Ghost, he withus all evermore. Amen.