Surviving Friends Prayer Lyrics

Grant, O Lord,
We Beseech Thee,
That While We Lament
The Departure Of Thy Servant,
We May Always Remember That
We Are Most Certainly
To Follow Him.

Give Us Grace To Prepare
For The Last Hour
By A Good And Holy Life,
That We May Not Be Taken
Unprepared By Sudden Death,
But May Be Ever On The Watch, That,
When Thou Shalt Call,
We May Go Forth To Meet
The Bridegroom, And Enter
With Him Into Glory
Everlasting.

Through The Same
Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

O Most Wise And Merciful Lord,
Who Hast Ordained This Life
As A Passage To The Future,
Confining Our Repentance To
The Time Of Our Pilgrimage
Here, And Reserving For Here
After The State Of Punishment
And Reward;

Vouchsafee To Us Who Are Yet Alive,
And Have Still The Opportunity To
Reconciliation With Thee,
The Grace So To Watch Over All
Our Actions, And To Correct Every
Slightest Wandering
From The True Way Of Heaven,
That We May Not Be Surprised
With Our Sins Uncancelled,
Or Our Duties Unfulfilled;
But When Our Bodies Shall
Go Down In The Grave,
Our Souls May Ascend To Thee,
And Dwell With Thee Forever
In The Mansions Of Eternal Bliss.

Through Jesus Christ Our
Lord And Only Saviour.

Amen.