INVOCATION We, a few Our Father of thy who BY art children, FRED G. TAYLOR heaven, | 112. J lowed in have met together be eat ag Gad Ls Pe _ tity name. SOP ee SS eat ber ti0o0o0n ie oS gi 4 Solemn assembly to pay a tribute of respect to the life an memory of thy son and servant, Matthew S. Browning, who hhas: recently departed this life; and to extend our condolences S and to express our sympathies for those of his dear ones wio are Soreély atilicted, and to raise our thoucsits trom the dust of materialism while we briefly contemplate the mystery of thy providences e i. Father we dedicate this service unto t Mees, i@~e@, and We : express unto thee ovr thanks and to as <a ples SSlneg desire to hy hand. At pS eM G@UBSCGTLOine Go thes. cus com P O25 00st. ot the remains of our beloved and sacred ceady we thank thee for the favoreble circumstances under whicn Se aye me. Toke ters Ve thank thee for the sweet music, for the beautiful flowers with their radiant perfume. We thank thee ‘for the evidence of respect and sympathy made manifest by this splendid audience. We thank thee for the presence of those of thy servents who will speak to uSe Grant unto them the inspiration of thy spirit to prompt and direct their utterance. We thank privilege tne rare as fellows, privilege thee for which we friends and that sacred of ideal as a husbend we have drawn from and his the life have had brothers. We relationship father. genial, of of this good man and for associating with him thank thee wherein We thank wholesome he for the rarer approached thee for society, the for the inspiration the example of his modest Strength, his fine courage; his unpretentious bDicness and for the high and unfeiling fidelity with which he met every trust. Will be as an loved and We thank thee for our pleasant memory of him abiding benediction to the multituce of those those who called him friend. We thank thee for which hi all hat he has wrought in commerce, in industry, in finance, in civics, for his splendid ideals of citizenship, and for his contribut lions to the educational and other opportunities of his TeELlow mene | We pray, Feather in heaven, that thou wilt bless and and imstivutions, and bis and prosper his Creations preserve that through the agency of his successors, them, preserve unto Spirit of humanity with which he has endowed them. upon those And of lather, we especially pray thy choicest oe his loved ones who mourn this day. Bless that humility and they may no soul ment therein, but rather of life through the find discretion residue of may accompany bitterness that they memory of their nor oe) impoverishment of shall find a hallowed enrich-= that blessed and sacred association with him, which shall at once be a solace to their aching hearts and a. beacon light to their soulss Bless them fateer With Lasthn 27 -a72 things, Geoccisliiy with faith to believe i Cee oe ty PLrOVIGeNces « Bless them with wisdom to know, with things courage to dare and with strength that tnou woulast have tnem Jn, J- do. to do even all of those