Order of Service

Order of Service

PART I – PRE-BURIAL SERVICE

 

PART II - ORDER OF SERVICE


a. 1st Lesson - Psalm 23:1-6

b. 2nd Lesson - I Peter 1:3-9

 

 PART III – AT THE GRAVE SIDE


Hymns

1. Ancient Words

Holy words long preserved
for our walk in this world,
They resound with God’s own heart Oh, let the Ancient words impart.

Words of Life, words of Hope
Give us strength, help us cope
In this world, where e’er we roam Ancient words will guide us Home.

Ancient words ever true Changing me, and changing you. We have come with open hearts Oh let the ancient words impart.


2. Come, We That Love The Lord

1 Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known;
join in a song with sweet accord, and thus surround the throne.

2 Let those refuse to sing
who never knew our God;
but children of the heav’nly King may speak their joys abroad.

3 The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets
before we reach the heav’nly fields, or walk the golden streets.


3. On Christ the Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus’ name
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness
When darkness veils His lovely face I’ll rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy day
My anchor holds within the veil
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand


4. How Sweet The Name of Jesus Sounds

1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,

and drives away our fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole and calms the troubled breast;
‘tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary, rest.

3 O Jesus, shepherd, guardian, friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring.


5. Savior Blessed Savior

1 Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing, hearts and voices raising praises to our King. All we have we offer, all we hope to do,body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to you. Refrain:

Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing, hearts and voice raising praises to our King.

2 Great and even greater, are your mercies here,
true and everlasting are the glories there, where no pain or sorrow, toil or care is known,

where the angel legions circle ‘round your throne. [Refrain]

3 Clearer still and clearer, dawns the light from heav’n,
in our sadness bringing news of sin forgiv’n. Life has lost its shadows, pure the light within;

you have shed your radiance on a world of sin. [Refrain]


6. I need Thee Every Hour

1 I need Thee ev’ry hour, Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine Can peace afford.

Refrain:
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Ev’ry hour I need Thee;
Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee.

2 I need Thee ev’ry hour,
Stay Thou nearby; Temptations lose their pow’r When Thou art nigh. [Refrain]


7. Abide With Me

1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see.
O thou who changest not, abide with me.

3 I need thy presence every passing hour. What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like thyself my guide and strength can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.


8. My Jesus I Love Thee

1 My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; for thee all the follies of sin I resign;
my gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.

2 I love thee because thou hast first loved me and purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.

3 I’ll love thee in life, I will love thee in death, and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath,
and say when the deathdew lies cold on my brow:

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.


9. Guide Me O, Thou Great Jehovah

1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty; hold me with your powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore,

feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain, where the healing waters flow. Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through. Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, ever be my strength and shield, ever be my strength and shield.



10. Captain of Israel’s Host

1 Captain of Israel’s host, and guide
of all who seek the land above, beneath your shadow we abide,
the cloud of your protecting love;
our strength, your grace; our rule, your word:

our end, the glory of the Lord.
2 By your unerring Spirit led,
we shall not in the desert stray; we shall not full direction need, nor miss our providential way; as far from danger as from fear while love, almighty love, is near.


11. I hear Thy Welcome Voice

1 I hear Your welcome voice
that calls me by Your will,
for cleansing in Your precious blood that flowed on Calvary’s hill. Refrain
I am coming, Lord,
coming by Your will:
wash me, cleanse me, by the blood that flowed on Calvary’s hill.

2 ’Tis Jesus calls me on
to perfect faith and love,
to perfect hope, and peace, and trust, for earth and heaven above. [Refrain]


12. Hark, Hark my Soul

1 Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore;

How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.

Refrain:
Angels of Jesus, Angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night.
2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing:
“Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come;”
And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the gospel leads us home. [Refrain]


13. Safe in the Arms of Jesus

1 Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast, There by His love o’ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest. Hark! ’tis the voice of angels, Borne in a song to me,

Over the fields of glory,
Over the jasper sea.
Refrain:
Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast, There by His love o’ershaded, Sweetly my soul shall rest.


14. Pleasant are Thy Courts Above

1 Pleasant are Thy courts above In the land of light and love; Pleasant are Thy courts below In this land of sin and woe.

O my spirit longs and faints For the converse of Thy saints, For the brightness of Thy face, For Thy fullness, God of grace.

2 Happy birds that sing and fly Round Thy altars, O Most High; Happier souls that find a rest
In a heavenly Father’s breast!
Like the wandering dove that found No repose on earth around,

They can to their ark repair And enjoy it ever there.


15. Fearless in the Fire of Tribulation

1 Head of Thy Church triumphant, We joyfully adore Thee;
Till Thou appear, Thy members here Shall sing like those in glory:

We lift our hearts and voices With blest anticipation,
And cry aloud, and give to God The praise of our salvation.

2 While in affliction’s furnace,
And passing through the fire,
Thy love we praise Which knows our days,
And ever brings us nigher:
We lift our hands exulting
In Thine almighty favor;
The love Divine Which made us Thine, Shall keep us Thine for ever.


16. O Jesus, I have promised

1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; be Thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend; I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side,

nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my Guide.

2 O let me feel Thee near me, the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me, around me and within

but, Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.


17. Simply Trusting Everyday

1. Simply trusting every day, Trusting through a stormy way; Even when my faith is small, Trusting Jesus, that is all. Refrain:

Trusting as the moments fly, Trusting as the days go by; Trusting Him whate’er befall, Trusting Jesus, that is all.

2. Brightly doth His Spirit shine Into this poor heart of mine; While He leads I cannot fall; Trusting Jesus, that is all.


18. Father I know all my life is portioned

1 Father, I know that all my life
is portioned out for me;
the changes that are sure to come I do not fear to see:

I ask thee for a present mind, intent on pleasing thee.

2 I would not have the restless will that hurries to and fro,
seeking for some great thing to do or secret thing to know;

I would be treated as a child, and guided where to go.


19. When Peace like a River

1 When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,

“It is well, it is well with my soul.” Refrain (may be sung after final stanza only):
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.
2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control:
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and has shed his own blood for my soul. Refrain


20. Great is Thy Faithfulness

1 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;

as Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be. Refrain:
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed Thy hand hath provid- ed:
great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest;
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above

join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain]