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46 localities, in accordance with the forms learned by those who officiate. Hence, we have no form, that has received the general sanction of the church, to give, but for the accommodation of those who wish something as a guide on these solemn occasions, we offer the following as suggestions:

Our funeral services are conducted about the same as the general public preaching services, except that the subject used should be somewhat in harmony with the occasion, and part of the discourse should be directed to the family of the deceased and the immediate friends.

Services at the Grave. — After the body has been placed in the grave, and before filling, an appropriate Scripture may be read. We suggest the following:

"There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is