. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. up, and conveyed to a grave as near theplace as possible where the family of the deceased are in-terred. All the people now crowd round about it; andsince the attendance on a corpse, and the conveyance of it tothe grave, is looked upon as a very meritorious action, theyall carry it upon their shoulders by turns some part of theway.
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. up, and conveyed to a grave as near theplace as possible where the family of the deceased are in-terred. All the people now crowd round about it; andsince the attendance on a corpse, and the conveyance of it tothe grave, is looked upon as a very meritorious action, theyall carry it upon their shoulders by turns some part of theway. In some places the mourners follow the corpse withlighted flambeaux in their hands, singing some melancholyanthem as they march along. In others, this ceremony isomitted. The relations, however, who are in mourning, ac-company the corpse in tears to the grave. In this solemnmanner the dead are carried to the burial-place, which ismost commonly a field set apart for that purpose, calledBeth Hachaim, or House of the living: the dead beinglooked upon as living, on account of their immortal the deceased is laid in his grave, if he has been aperson of any extraordinary merit, there is generally aproper person present, who makes his funeral oration. As. THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SANHEDBIM. (From an ancient description.) THE SANHEDRIN. 249 soon as this eulogium is over, they repeat the prayer calledZidduc Haddin, the justice of the judgment, which be-gins with these words of Deuteronomy, chapter xxxii., verse4, He is the rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways arejudgment, etc. At their departure from the grave, every onetears up two or three handfuls of grass, and throws it behindhim, repeating, at the same time, these words of the 72dPsalm, verse 6, They of the city shall nourish like thegrass of the earth. This they do by way of acknowledg-ment of the resurrection. They then wash their hands, sitdown, and rise again nine times successively, repeating the91st Psalm, He that
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