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O almighty and eternal God, there is no number of thy days or
of thy mercies. Thou hast sent us into this world to serve thee,
but we wander far away into the path of error. Our life is but a
span in length, and yet tedious because of the calamities that en-
close us on every side. The days of our pilgrimage are few and
evil ;
our bodies frail, our passions violent and distempered, our
understandings weak, our wills perverse. We adore thy majesty,
and trust like little children to thy tender mercies. Give us
patience to live well, and firmness to resist evil. Bless us,
O God, bless our beloved fraternity throughout the world. May
we live and emulate the example of our departed brother ; and,
finally, may we in this world attain a knowledge of thy truth,
and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen.
Response. So mote it be.
His name is graven on the stone
That friendship's tears have often wet,
B it this great Order's heart upon
That name is stamped more deeply yet