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Chapter 61: The Burial of the Dead

Part III — The Directory for the Worship of God

Sections 61.1–61.2

61-1

Section 61.1

61-1. The services proper for such an occasion are:
a. The singing of appropriate psalms or hymns;
b. The reading of some suitable portion or portions of Scripture, with
such remarks as it may seem proper to the minister to make;
c. Prayer, in which the bereaved shall be especially remembered, and
God’s grace sought on their behalf, that they may be sustained and
comforted in their sorrow, and that their affliction may be blessed
to their spiritual good.

61-2

Section 61.2

61-2. The funeral services are to be left largely to the discretion of the
minister performing them, but he should always remember that the proper
object of the service is the worship of God and the consolation of the living.