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vest. Above all, here let the benefactors of mankmd, 

 the good, the merciful, the meek, the pure in heart, 

 be congregated ; for to them belongs an undying 

 praise. And let us take comfort, nay, let us rejoice, 

 that in future ages, long after we are gathered to the 

 generations of other days, thousands of kindling hearts 

 w^ill here repeat the sublime declaration, " Blessed 

 are the dead, that die in the Lord, for they rest from 

 their labors ; and their works do follow them." 



