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Show A peal of Iho bit; bolt In the stwplo j Binonnc.M that the doors nrw open to- ' '' ' lm n waiting m tlnv 1 ilirl, mid tho pews till rni.l .ly. Sn do 1 trie iil.ir. nail e.-rv hit of nvail:ilile "'" Vimbera of do c Mii-r.-i: itloti eTi'M cimn on iho stnir. I l.ng to tlio j psll-lt and till the iri-lor's renin !n tho nr. The alt-ir It cov. retl with flowers. flow-ers. I'a t, r p. .,, al its nt d nalM-i, aid the. o,ir i.f IiII.-h bnnus heavy In t' li'g r.-rt-i-Riilar auditorium s tho crowd a. una n silenco tho comiiii, uf too ni'ni.tets. (iiit .lilii stond In an orderly mas tV dlsapisilntod ones who came too lute to g .in admittance. At length the three young minUlers. dreaseil entirely en-tirely h, li'nrk. muni I Iho platform, tho old rich orenn bursts out In some ratsnle melody. Then the servlco begins be-gins The minister with outstretched arms motions the congregation to It. feet. ("The l ord Is risen," ho chants with te choir. "H e I onl is risen. Indeed!" answer lie ctin.re.,;it,in. " It run, mo nni'ic. 01 wtlch Ik p. rl n by Handel, perhaps bj H-'o'i. A rt.olr Itntl a s-.If.-led clonic, iralt i d and fninlllnr with the lati lcnte ii. is -lead the slncim: end tunny of lie nie-i-iiers of tho coin, relation rela-tion Join In. and t! o tionboncs belli oil with their cirrus. o n ii.-.!-- Is must uipre-slvo and lilt' li.il. i t'lt. inherent Herman love far II nil ch Is e-e ,.f the rharnctcris-tlrs rharnctcris-tlrs of i-o 1..t nliti cotmr'-gnl Ion. Ttioy Imo (!,. . - . ,ri s of the old mas. tars. None tf iho lighter rhythmic hTnirs .i. -..,. ti,,. , mi i t!,P mui.lc to wllr'i ll - v ,1,,,. torn i ,,f iiiaho Is, in moti ca-i-s. o-'n, ted from some clpulc r.nirrc. It Is tniHlo whleli. from It com plctlty, would be Iniivii. li.lo for a iv oil er courre-.:.iti n hut the Moravians hail he. m br ni-ht up on It. Even tho children In the Hninlny school have innitcrod sacred nnt-lc ntlapted from j 11.1 oh. The mlnlrters follow with readings from tlio l.ilnrv of tho Moravians ii Tha Trombones In tha Belfry. tltlch Is alio a creed, and parts of It aro chanted by tho choir. Two more byiuiis and thu congregation leaves the tluirrh. Tho organ gives forth more rlorlotta iiiuhIc an the ministers and siustclan. take tho head of tlio proces-ilon proces-ilon that has formed aud thon .tart 0i tho hill to the biirvlng ground whero the remainder of tho service Is bold. Tlio crowd which has been o'.sr.dlng patlonlly outside the church, join. In tlio procession end move, silently In the gray light of dawn. The Moravians believe that no man'r memory .hould In exalted above another's an-other's by Iho Hirrniimlltigs of his grave, alnco nil men uro equal In the tin sight of Hod. So there are no tilrb. monuments In tho cemetery; only plain rectangular stone, laid Hut on Hi" staves, which uro low and In very straight row.. In the center of tho graveyard stand the clergymen near them are tho choir ami the trombone players, and In a Hollow square around them stand nearly near-ly i.tiiill persona. There tho litany Is coiniiletod, and hymns are sung again. "And keep us In everlasting fellowship fellow-ship with those uf our brethre.i and sliters who, since lust Easter day. have entered Into tho Joy of their Ijord. and with the wholo Church 'triumphant let n. rest together In Thy presence from our labors," cli.nt. tho minister. Another hymn and the benediction, and the early morning service Is ot or. Such la the time honored observance which the Moravian. Iiavo followed for more Hi an century. |