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If then thou feel'st within thee faith assured; That faith, which may, ev'n through devouring flames, Its passage hold to heaven, baptismal rites Shall give thee entrance to a purer life, Receive thee, as thy Saviour's valiant soldier, For his high warfare arm'd.

I am resolved, and feel that in my heart There lives that faith; baptize me ere we part.

So be it then. But yet that holy rite Must be deferr'd; for, lo! our brethren come, Bearing the ashes of our honour'd saints, Which must, with hymns of honour, be received.

Enter, ''seen advancing slowly along one of the aisles, and hearing a large veiled urn, which they set down near the front. They then lift off the veil and range themselves round it, while one sings and the rest join in the Chorus at the end of each short verse.''