A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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... the first and the last . Blessed are they that do his commandments , that they may have right to the tree of life , and may enter in through the gates into the city . I. ALMIGHTY God , we come to thee because we 6 SCRIPTURE SELECTIONS .
... the first and the last . Blessed are they that do his commandments , that they may have right to the tree of life , and may enter in through the gates into the city . I. ALMIGHTY God , we come to thee because we 6 SCRIPTURE SELECTIONS .
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... thee because we need thee . Without thee we are poor and weak , and with thee we can be brave and strong . We bow ourselves before thy will . We yield ourselves to thy law . Thou sendest forth thy Spirit , we are created ; thou takest ...
... thee because we need thee . Without thee we are poor and weak , and with thee we can be brave and strong . We bow ourselves before thy will . We yield ourselves to thy law . Thou sendest forth thy Spirit , we are created ; thou takest ...
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... thee , and more inclined to love thee , as though in this mysterious presence we had learned to know the deeper meaning and responsi- bility of life . Amid the changes of this world make us strong and calm , because we rest in thee ...
... thee , and more inclined to love thee , as though in this mysterious presence we had learned to know the deeper meaning and responsi- bility of life . Amid the changes of this world make us strong and calm , because we rest in thee ...
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... thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions , unto the man that hath nothing to vex him , and that hath prosperity in all things : yea , unto him that is yet able to receive meat ! O death , acceptable is thy sentence unto the ...
... thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions , unto the man that hath nothing to vex him , and that hath prosperity in all things : yea , unto him that is yet able to receive meat ! O death , acceptable is thy sentence unto the ...
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... thee , and were saved through wisdom . [ Wisdom ix . ] Lord , make me to know mine end , and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am . Behold , thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age is as ...
... thee , and were saved through wisdom . [ Wisdom ix . ] Lord , make me to know mine end , and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am . Behold , thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age is as ...
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A. C. Swinburne A. H. Clough Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise canst child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death doth dust earth eternal evermore eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gentle Gerald Massey give giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar immortal J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours righteousness river saith say unto Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom