We leave in this lowly bed the earthly form of our departed sister, and may the hallowing influence of this providence go with us in the remaining journey of our life, and when our earthly mission is over, and we are "beyond the smiling and the weeping" of earth, may we gather with the loved ones gone before. Let us unite in prayer. PRAYER. Our Father who art in Heaven, in whom we live, and in whom are all the issues of life and death. We come to Thee, in this hour of sorrow, and ask that we may so learn the lessons of this hour, that when it shall be our turn to lay aside our mortality, that we may do it with trustful faith in Thee and hope of a glorious immortality. We pray Thee to look with tender compassion upon these Thy children, whose household has been broken by this providence. May they lie passive in the arms of Thy chastening love, and realize that there is wisdom and goodness in all Thy appointments. Sanctify this bereavement to the good of us all. May it be the means of drawing us closer to Thee, and of our loving and serving Thee forever. And as it has pleased Thee to call from the toils of earth the soul of our beloved sister, we commit her remains to the silent tomb. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, hopefully looking to a joyful reunion with her, in that land where separation and death are known no more, forever. AMEN. _Response._ So may it ever be. SINGING. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Ev'n though it be a cross That raiseth me! Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Though like a wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone, Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, My God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Or, if on joyful wing Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, My God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee. Forms. PETITION FOR DEGREES. _To the Worthy Matron, Officers, and Members of ...... Chapter, No. ......, Order of the Eastern Star_: _The undersigned respectfully petitions to receive the Degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star, and become a member of your Chapter._ _If accepted, ... he pledges .... self to a cheerful obedience to the laws of the Order._ _Residence_ ........... _Signed_ ................. _Recommended by_ .............. _of_ .............. ................ _of_ ...... _Lodge_, _F. & A. M. of_ ............ PETITION FOR AFFILIATION. _To the Worthy Matron, Officers, and Members of ...... Chapter, No. ......, Order of the Eastern Star_: