text:  "Oh merciful God! the father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever believeth shall live though he die; who also taught us by his holy apostle St Paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in _him_; WE meekly beseech thee O Father! to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that when we shall depart this life we may rest in _him_ as our hope is--that this our sister doth