61.1
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
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.
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