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Excerpt from Mount Hope Cemetery in Dorchester and West Roxbury: With the Exercises at the Consecration
Not with any uncharitable or superstitious meaning, not to forbid any sect, nor to forestall any mystic male diction, but in the natural, religious spirit of the place and its uses, we have come out to set this field apart for Christian Burial. We separate it, not from the admission of disciples Of any creed, or citizens Of any country; but from profane intrusion and vulgar publicity. We would reserve and secure, not only by tasteful enclosures, but by these ceremonies of worship, the retirement and sanc tity Of the spot. We would hallow it, as the possession and resting-place of beloved kindred, venerated friends, respected strangers, human brothers. We dedicate it, in the faith of Jesus Christ our Lord, who has brought immortality to light. We consecrate it by prayers to the Father of the living and the dead, - Himself living for evermore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
