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 places, Father almighty, eternal God, through Jesus Christ our Lord; through Whom Thou hast given us the hope of a blessed resurrection, to the end that, if the recollection of the sentence of death passed upon all men comes to sadden us, the promise of immortality may encourage and console our faith; for to those who are faithful to Thee, Lord, to die is to lose a mortal life to pass into a better, and when this their earthly tabernacle is dissolved, they obtain one in the heavens, which shall endure eternally. And therefore, with all the heavenly host, we sing a hymn to Thy glory, saying, without ceasing: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; His blood cries aloud for pardon, and its voice reacheth even to the throne of mercy.

O almighty God, Whose providence extendeth over all Thy creatures, for Thou art their Father, cast an eye of pity on the souls that love Thee, and whose bitterest pain is to be separated from Thee. Remember, my God, that they are the work of Thine hands, and the price of the sufferings, the death, and the infinite merits of Thy