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priate music. HOPE, FAITH, CHARITY, AND LOVE. HOPE. Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, When what we now deplore Shall rise in full immortal prime, And bloom to fade no more. FAITH. 'Tis faith that purifies the heart, 'Tis faith that works by love, That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. CHARITY. O charity, thou heavenly grace, All tender, soft, and kind! A friend to all the human race, To all that's good inclined. LOVE. Love suffers long with patient eye, Nor is provoked in haste; She lets the present injury die, And long forgets the past. Four Female Figures. The above characters are represented as statues. Four females of the same height, of graceful form and fine features, are required to form the group. They should all be costumed in long white robes, that will trail eight inches, the waist cut quite low at the top, the sleeves five inches long; a wide scarf of tarleton muslin draped across the breast, tied at the side, and allowed to trail with the dress; hair confined at the back of the head, and left to fall over the shoulders; the head encircled with a wreath of myrtle and white flowers. If any ornaments are worn, they should be pure white. Hoop or any other large skirts must not be worn, as it is necessary to produce a slender figure for a statue design. The positions of the four ladies are in the following order: Hope stands at the right hand side of the stage, one foot from the drop curtain; Love at the left hand side, the same distance from the curtain; Faith and Charity at equal distances from Love and Hope, and three feet from the drop curtain. Placed in this manner, they will form a half oval. The stage furniture consists of four small pedestals, twenty-four inches square, with a cap and base extending out two inches, covered with white cloth, and ornamented in front with a small wreath of myrtle. Faith takes her position on the top of one of the pedestals. Her emblem is the cross, which she holds in her right hand; the left is raised and points upward; the eyes are raised upward, the countenance expresses meekness. Hope is poised on a pedestal, and holds an anchor, the foot of which rests on the top of the pedestal; the right hand is placed on the anchor, the left is on the breast; the eyes are raised slightly, countenance
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