THE BROTHERHOOD INDEX ORDERS OF SERVICE
Order of Funeral Service at the Cemetery
The fuller order for a funeral service at the cemetery.
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who ce!ebrated the feast, before the blessing and eating o·f tr1e feast \tvas •10t so from the beginning. The members of tr1e fami !y used to be prayed for - f+. .f.! r T. '-~ e riat- ·1 f-"'g o-f f ea,,.t ; •........... ' ·~ ~ o1 ""'' ~ i • ;;J • Tt·ie fear that people will go away should not make \~:; t0 cr1ange the o·riginal method of doing things in Ir1is i<indomJ Even if it rernains two to three people at the end of the feast~ it is very good to bless the far11iiy with the few persons. , ORDER OF FUNERAL SERVICE· AT THE CEMETERY. When any ·n1ember is dead, all the members must rally round and he!p in any way possible. If the corpse is to stay over- nig~1t, the members should keep awake and sing as far into the night as possible or till dawn. All the members should £Jive the deceased the last f1onour by taking its remains to the cemetery for interment. [)tJring the procession with the corpse to the cemetery, there sho,Jld be continuous singing of hymns or spiritual songs. SHORT SERVICE AT THE CEMETERY 1. Someone conducts hymn. 2. Prayer by the conductor. Hyrr1n again Prayer by a member.