Funeral
1. I arrive first at St. Mary's. I alight at the Main Gate and, on foot, I precede the hearse to the Church doors reciting the approved psalms.
2. The coffin is carried in as at Ardmore.
THE SERVICE
Hymn 504: 'O God our help in ages past'.
Psalm 130.
Lesson: St. Matthew 5. 1-10
Prayers.
Hymn 511. The Lord Is My Shepherd.
I leave my reading desk and go to the coffin. The pall bearers raise the coffin and turn it.
I precede the coffin out while the congregation and choir sing the Nunc Dimittis.
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