Ministers' Hand-Book; For Christenings, Weddings, and Funerals (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889. Excerpt: ... 1. Singing. 2. Readings of Scripture Selections. 3. Reading Poetic Selections. 4. Singing. 5. Address. 6. Prayer. 7. Singing. 8. Benediction. If there is singing only twice, let it be at Nos. I and 7, omitting No. 4. Frequently, no singing will be provided. In that case, the above order may be observed, only with the singing omitted. Sometimes, it may be best to extend the readings and omit the address. ISurtal of tfje IJeatr. Deatlj. Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle. They are passed away as the swift ships. There is but a step between me and death. All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. (Men) dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. We are strangers before thee, and sojo.urners, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. See, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou earnest them away as with a...