Please stand
Burial Sentences & Introduction
Please remain standing to sing
Hymn
1. There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
2. We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains he had to bear,
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
3. He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good;
That we might go at last to heaven,
Saved by his precious blood.
4. There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin,
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven, and let us in.
5. O dearly, dearly has he loved,
And we must love him too,
And trust in his redeeming blood,
And try his works to do.
Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–95)
William Horsley (1774–1858)
Please sit for
The Readings
From Prospero’s Speech in Act IV, Scene 1 from the Tempest,
by William Shakespeare – read by Deborah
Revelation 21: 1–7 – read by Jonathan
St John 14: 1-6, 27 – read by Colin
The Address
Poem & Tribute
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning –
Please stand to sing
Hymn
1. Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.
2. Open, now, the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.
William Williams (1716–91)
John Hughes (1873–1932)
The Minister says
Let us pray.
Please kneel or remain seated for the
Prayers
At the end, all say
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all, evermore. Amen.
Please stand to sing
Hymn
1. The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
The darkness falls at thy behest;
To thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
2. We thank thee that thy Church, unsleeping,
While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.
3. As o’er each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.
4. The sun, that bids us rest, is waking
Our brethren ’neath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.
5. So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
Like earth’s proud empires, pass away;
Thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
Till all thy creatures own thy sway.
John Ellerton (1826–93)
Clement Scholefield (1839–1904)