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coffin, richly embossed with silver, and placed chap. 
beneath the dome of the church. Upon a throne, ' — y- — 
raised at the head of the coffin, stood the arch- 
bishop, who read the service. On each side were 
ranged the inferior clergy, clothed, as usual, in the 
most costly robes, bearing in their hands wax ta- 
pers, and burning incense. This ceremony began 
at ten in the morning. Having obtained admission 
to the church, we placed ourselves among the 
spectators, immediately behind his Eminence. 
The chaunting had a solemn and sublime effect: 
it seemed as if choristers were placed in the 
upper part of the dome; and this perhaps was 
really the case. The words uttered were only 
a constant repetition of “ Lord have mercy upon 
us!" or, in Russian 1 , “ Ghospodi pomilui!" When 
the archbishop turned to give his benediction to 
all the people, he observed us, and added, in 
Latin, “ Pax vobiscum!" to the astonishment of 
the Russians ; who, not comprehending the new 
words introduced into the service, muttered 
(1) These Russian words are written, in books of good authority, 
u Ghospodi pomilui /” See Lord Wh ilworth's Account of Russia, p.43. 
Also XJnivers. Hist. vol. XXXV. p. ISA. But they seem generally pro- 
nounced Roscpodi pamUa ! The supplication itself was originally de- 
rived front the Heathen ritual, and, like other parts of our Liturgy, 
retains a proof of indulgence granted to the prejudices of the Fathers ; 
some of whom were attached to the forms used in the Pagan Mys- 
teries. Thus the Priest, before prayer, said “ Lf.t Us pray !” 
And the Kv{is Morn , “ Lord iia vk mercy upon us I” was a part of 
the Pagan Litany. See Arrian. Epict. /. ii. c.7 , 
