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A-100 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil 23rd Psalm
A-101 Believe on Him to life everlasting 1 Timothy 1:16
A-102 He shall receive in the world to come eternal life Mark 10:30
A-103 The righteous shall go into life eternal Matthew 25:46
A-104 Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life John 3:15
A-105 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Matthew 5:8
A-106 He that endureth to the end shall be saved Matthew 10:22
A-107 The Lord hath given him rest from all his enemies 11 Samuel 7:1
A-108 Thy remembrance shall endure into all generations 102nd Psalm
A-109 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Philippians 1:3
A-110 He that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life John 3:16
A-111 I rejoice in thy salvation 1 Samuel 2:1
A-112 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want 23rd Psalm
A-113 This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased Matthew 3:17
A-114 Blessed is the man who maketh the Lord his trust Psalms 40:4
A-115 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden Matthew 11:28
A-116 Sleep on now, and take your rest Matthew 26:45
A-117 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted Matthew 5:4
A-118 Well done, thou good and faithful servant Matthew 25:21
A-119 I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live John 11:25
A-120 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me John 14:1
A-121 All things work together for good to them that love God Romans 8:28
A-122 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life Revelation 2:10
A-123 Not my will, but thine be done Luke 22:42
A-124 The Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from the other Genesis 31:49
A-125 For with thee is the fountain of life: in the light shall we see light Ps.xxxvi:9
A-126 God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him 1John iv:16
A-127 Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends John xv:13
A-128 This is the promise… the life everlasting 1st Epistle of John ii:25
A-129 For of such is the kingdom of heaven Matthew xix:14
A-130 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith 11Tim.1v:7my
B-201 The soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices E. Shepard
B-202 Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven H.W. Beecher
B-203 Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, not amid joy Hemans
B-204 What seem to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven’s distant lamps Longfellow
B-205 Death is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity Milton
B-206 There is a sweet job that comes to us through sorrow Spurgeon
B-207 Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal Moore
B-208 Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy Shakespeare
B-209 Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure Sir Oliver Lodge
B-210 Every man’s life is a plan of God Horace Bushnell
B-211 The acts of this life are the destiny of the next Eastern proverb
B-212 Sorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair Margery Eldredge Howell
B-213 The heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth Lamennais
B-214 Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss Milton
B-215 To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another Leibnitz
B-216 Humble love, and not proud science, keeps the door of heaven Young
B-217 The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy Beaumont and Fletcher
B-218 Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule Cowper
B-219 Nature’s loving proxy, the watchful mother Bulwer
B-220 Dust thou art, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul Longfellow
B-221 The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, One’s nearer God’s heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth Dorothy Francis
B-222 Till the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew Rudyard Kipling
B-224 The end and the reward of toil is rest James Beattie
B-225 In His will is our peace Dante
B-226 Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past Lowell
B-227 Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory Shelley
B-228 Each lonely scene shall thee restore William Collins
B-229 Things past belong to memory alone, things future are the property of hope John Home
B-230 Yet in this heart’s most sacred place, thou, alone, shall dwell forever Moore
B-231 There hath pass’d away a glory from the earth Wordsworth
B-232 Joy, joy forever! – My task is done – the gates are pass’d and heaven is won Moore
B-233 The cross leads generations on Shelley
B-234 The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee St. Augustine
B-235 God is and all is well Whittier
B-236 Death’s but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God T. Parnell
B-237 Onward to thy glory! ‘Tis always morning somewhere in the world R. H. Horne
B-238 Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound H. Melville
B-239 He hath awakened from the dream of life Shelley
B-240 Beyond is the infinite morning of a day without tomorrow W.S. Abbott
B-241 Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er fraught heart and bids it break Shakespeare
B-242 Where He leads me I can safely go Millay
B-243 God gives us love. Something to love He lends us Tennyson
B-244 Whither thou goest, I will go Ruth i:16
B-245 But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing Ingersoll
B-246 There never was night that had no morn DMN Craik
B-247 Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death Young
B-248 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away Cant. ii: 17
B-249 ‘Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die J. Montgomery
B-250 Where there is sorrow there is holy ground Wilde
B-251 Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star L. M. Child
B-252 Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal Moore
B-253 Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest Goethe
B-254 His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was simple doing good Whittier
C-301 Hush my dear, be still and slumber: Jolly angels guard your bed Watts
C-302 The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtue Cicero
C-303 Children bring their own love with them when they come Jean Ingelow
C-304 What would the world be to us if children were no more? Longfellow
C-305 Oh, for boyhood’s time of June crowding years into one brief moon Whittier
C-306 Sleep undisturbed within the peaceful shrine Till angels wake thee with a note like thine Samuel Johnson
C-307 No jewel is as perfect as the innocence of childhood Anonymous
C-308 Sleep, my little one, sleep Harrington
C-309 Children are a heritage of the Lord Psalms 127: 3
C-310 The child is the father of the man Wordsworth
C-311 Little Boy Blue has gone away Field
C-312 God’s garden has need of little flowers
C-313 Remembering a tiny angel
C-314 So small, so sweet, so soon
C-315 Lord, we give you our littlest angel
C-316 Budded (or blossomed) on earth to bloom in Heaven
C-317 For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
C-318 His was a man’s courage
C-319 Our littlest angel who went back to Heaven
C-320 Called by one who loves him dearly
C-321 Let thy child rest in hope and rise in glory
C-322 Awaiting the touch of a little hand, and the smile of a little face E. Field
C-324 Children are the keys of paradise R. H. Stoddard
C-325 An angel visited the green earth, and took a flower away (Adapted) Longfellow
E-501 God’s greatest gift returned to God – my mother
E-502 O, Lord I put her in thy hands
E-503 She had a kindly word for each and she died beloved by all
E-504 She lives with us in memory and will for evermore
E-505 May God grant you eternal rest, dear Mother
E-506 She concealed her tears but shared her smiles
E-507 God took her home, it was his will, but in our hearts she liveth still
E-508 God bless thee wheresoe’er thou art in his great universe today
E-509 She is resting peacefully with Jesus in that beautiful home above
E-510 Her memory is enshrined in our hearts
E-511 Her friendship was an inspiration, her love a blessing
E-512 Resting with those she loved
E-513 She served and kept the faith
E-514 She walked in beauty
E-515 Her friends were her world
E-516 She loved people and laughter
E-517 She would rather give than receive
E-518 God called her from among us to a home of eternal rest
E-519 Always loving: always loved
E-520 To know her was to love her
E-521 She gave so much and demanded so little
E-522 Her children arise up and call her blessed
E-523 A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive
E-524 Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love
E-525 When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music
E-526 She passed through glory’s morning gate and walked in paradise
D-401 Gone, but not forgotten
D-402 In loving memory
D-403 To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die
D-404 Entered into rest
D-405 Until we meet again
D-406 I shall but love thee better after death
D-407 Forever in our hearts
D-408 Always in our hearts
D-409 At rest with God
D-410 Rest in Peace
D-411 Too well loved to ever be forgotten
D-412 Asleep in Jesus
D-413 Home with God, which is far better
D-414 Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever
D-415 Everlasting life through Christ
D-416 Asleep in Christ Jesus
D-417 Beloved of the Lord
D-418 The song is ended, but the melody lingers on
D-419 Rest is thine, sweet memory ours
D-420 Sweetly sleeping
D-421 Loving memories last forever
D-422 Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion
D-423 Not lost to memory! Not lost to love! But gone to our Father’s house, above
D-424 Step softly, a dream lies buried here
D-425 Your love will light my way your memory will ever be with me
D-426 What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever
D-427 Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven
D-428 At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them
D-429 He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting
D-430 May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace
D-431 He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee
D-432 God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity
D-401 Gone, but not forgotten
D-402 In loving memory
D-403 To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die
D-404 Entered into rest
D-405 Until we meet again
D-406 I shall but love thee better after death
D-407 Forever in our hearts
D-408 Always in our hearts
D-409 At rest with God
D-410 Rest in Peace
D-411 Too well loved to ever be forgotten
D-412 Asleep in Jesus
D-413 Home with God, which is far better
D-414 Ours for a little while, with Jesus forever
D-415 Everlasting life through Christ
D-416 Asleep in Christ Jesus
D-417 Beloved of the Lord
D-418 The song is ended, but the melody lingers on
D-419 Rest is thine, sweet memory ours
D-420 Sweetly sleeping
D-421 Loving memories last forever
D-422 Hasten, oh blessed hour of reunion
D-423 Not lost to memory! Not lost to love! But gone to our Father’s house, above
D-424 Step softly, a dream lies buried here
D-425 Your love will light my way your memory will ever be with me
D-426 What we keep in memory is ours unchanged forever
D-427 Death is only a shadow across the path to heaven
D-428 At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them
D-429 He longest lives who most to others gives, himself forgetting
D-430 May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace
D-431 He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee
D-432 God could not have made earthly ties so strong to break them in eternity
1. May God be with you and comfort you
2. Out of sorrow God speaks to us best
3. In God’s care
4. In the cross of Christ I glory
5. The Lord is my Shepherd
6. I know that my Redeemer lives, therefore I too shall live
7. May heaven’s eternal joy be thine
8. He gives his beloved sleep
9. Love is eternal
10. God gives us love….Something to love He lends us
11. Where there is great love there are always miracles
12. Our love goes with you and our souls wait to join you
13. May she (he) rest in peace with God
14. In His will is our peace
15. Not my will but thine be done Unto them that love God, all things work for good
16. Blessed sleep to which we all return
17. And I will give you rest
18. Sweet in her ways
19. Observant in her mitzuas
20. Trust in God
21. Let her own works praise her at the gates
22. May the peace of the Lord be with you
23. Generous of heart, constant of faith
24. For this to end Christ died
25. I will lift up thine eyes unto the hills
26. We lived together in happiness we rest together in peace
27. All things change, but God remains
28. A beloved Mother (Father) (Son) (Daughter)
29. God is our refuge and our strength
30. She (He) touched everyone with special love and kindness
31. All things to the glory of God
32. Love lives on
33. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
34. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others
35. Whither thou goest I will go
36. A free spirit
37. Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal
38. Precious are the memories of (name)
39. What we keep in memory is ours forever
40. An inspiration to all
41. We miss you
42. We love you always
43. Always in our hearts
44. With all my love
45. Gone from home, but not from our hearts
46. Great love lives on
47. There was grace in her steps, love in every gesture
48. Our little angel
49. Forever young, forever in our hearts
50. Her works were kindness, her deeds were love
51. Life is not forever. Love is.
52. How beautiful life was to me
53. May she (he) be remembered as she (he) remembered others
54. A tender mother (father).a faithful friend
55. A life full of years of understanding
56. A friend to many and sadly missed
57. Of tender heart and generous spirit
58. A woman of virtue, kindness and modesty
59. Peace is thine and sweet remembrance is ours
60. She graced her family with acts of loving kindness
61. Our love is love forever
62. Love never ends
63. Your patient courage is a beloved memory
64. They gave their today for our tomorrow
65. Wonderful was your love for us
66. Loving memories last forever
67. I have fought the good fight
68. I have finished my course
69. I have kept the faith
70. The saddened hearts were healed
71. In knowing the pain of life is over
72. And the beauty of the soul revealed
73. Love makes memory eternal
74. He (she) loved and was loved
75. Too well loved to ever be forgotten
76. To live in the hearts of others is not to die
77. Rest, O weary traveler
78. For with the dawn comes great joy
79. I am not afraid of tomorrow
80. For I have seen yesterday
81. And I love today
82. Step softly, a dream lies buried here
83. If our love could have saved him (her)
84. He (she) would not have died
85. A gentle man (woman)
86. Gone fishin’
87. She (he) touched the lives of many
88. She (He) loved everyone
89. While we have time, let us do good
90. Those we love remain with us
91. For love itself lives on
92. His courage, his smile, his grace gladdened the hearts of those who have the privilege of loving him
93. God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change. The courage to change the things we can. And the wisdom to know the difference
94. While we have time, let us do good
95. Those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on
96. As the bird free of its cage seeks the heights, so the Christian soul in death flies home to God
97. Its hard to look back on any gain in life that does not have a loss attached to it
98. The unity that binds us all together, that makes this earth a family and all men brothers and the Sons of God is alive Wolfe
99. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Psalms 23:4
100. I am going the way of the earth Joshua 23:14
101. Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted Matthew 5:4
102. But O for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still Tennyson
103. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Matthew 5:7
104. For they conquer who they believe they can Virgil
105. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God Matthew 5:8
106. They who forgive most, shall be most forgiven.
107. But many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first Matthew 19:30