we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, toat takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then the Minister, having taken his place in the pulpit, shall deliver the Sermon; after which the service shall proceed as in the regular service for the Lord's Day.

CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL GROUND.

The people being assembled on the ground, the Minister shall say:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Let us pray.

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, who have gone before us, in the faith and fellowship of Thy holy Church, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which Thou hast prepared for all that love Thee, from the foundation of the world. Amen.

The Minister shall now read the following Lessons

The First Lesson, (Gen. xxiii.)

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the

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naan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying place amongst you. And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, saying

unto him, My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver. which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machfelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Ca

naan.

And the field, and the tave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a burying place by the sons of Heth.

The Second Lesson, (1 Cor. xv., 12–26.)

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become 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.

Then the Ninetieth Psalm shall be chanted, or said, as follows:

Minister. Lord, Thou hast been our dwellingplace in all generations.

Congregation. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

M. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

C. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is passed, and as a watch in the night.

M. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

C. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; ir the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

M. For we are consumed by Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we troubled.

C. Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.

M. For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told.

C. The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

M. Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? even according to Thy fear, so is Thy wrath.

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

Then the Minister shall say:

DEARLY BELOVED: The Holy Scriptures in divers places teach us to honor our bodies. God the Father has created them fearfully and wonderfully, and joined their destiny with that of our spirits. God the Son has honored them, by taking upon Him the