Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Remember Thy Servant, O Lord

Episcopal / Anglican (1928 Prayer Book) · After the lesson, in church

Reads in about 1 minuteHe and she forms

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Remember thy servant, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, he may go from strength to strength, in the life of perfect service, in thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

For a woman

Remember thy servant, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, she may go from strength to strength, in the life of perfect service, in thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

Source: The Book of Common Prayer (1928), The Order for the Burial of the Dead. Public domain. The form for a woman changes only the words that refer to the person who died.