The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-26
The Memorial Service.
prayer for the Dead and Petition for the
Living.

1 am the resurrection and the life, saith the
Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall live; and whosoever liveth and
believeth in me, shall never die.
/ know that my Redeemer liveth, and that
he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth
And though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I see God; whom l
shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold,
and not another.
We brought nothing into this world, and it Is
certain we can carry nothing OUT The Lord
gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed
be the name of the Lord.
"Out of the deep have called unto thee, y
Lordl Lordl hear my voice.
30 let thine ears consider well the voice Of
my complaint.
what is done amiss, o Lord. who may abide
lit?
.'For there is mercy with thee; therefore
shalt thou be feared.
sI look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for
him; in his woid is my trust
Ny soul heeth unto the Lord before the
morning watch; / say before the morning
o Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous re-
8demption.
4 And he shall redeem Israel from all his
&sins.'
80 merciful God and heavenly Father, who
8hast taught us in thy holy word that thou dost
not willingly afflict or grieve the children OF
linen; look with pity, we beseech thee, upon
Xtte sorrows of thy servants. the family OF the
late President of these United States.
In thy wisdom thou hast seen lit to visit him
with trouble, and to bring distress upon him
Remember him, . Lord, in mercy; sanctlfy
the fatherly correction to him; endue his soul
with patience under his affiiction, and with
resignation to thy blessed will; comfort him
with sense of thy goodness; lift up thy coun-
tenance upon him, and give him peace;
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlast
ling and power infinite, have mercy upon the
land and all that dwell therein, and so rule
the hearts of thy servant, the President OF the
limited States, and all others in authority over
Jus, that they, remembering whose ministers
they are, may above all things seek thy honor
and glsry; and that we, duly considering
whose authority they bear, may honor and
thy blessed word and ordinance, through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.
SO God, whose days are without end, and
whose mereies cannot be numbered, make us,
we beseech thee, deeply sensible OF thesshortness
and uncertainty of human life; and let thy
Holy spirit lead us through this vale of misery,
in holiness and righteousness all the days OF
our ives that when we have served thee IN
our generation, we may be gathered unto our
fathers having the testimony of gooc con-
science, in the communion OF the cathollc
church, in the confidence OF certain faith; In
the comfort of a reasonable, religious and holy
hope in favor of thee our God, and in perfect
charity with the world All which we ask
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship OF the Ho-
ly Ghost be with US all evermore. Amen"