With you a part of me hath passed away
For in the peopled forest of my mind
A tree made leafless by this wintry wind,
Shall never don again its green array.
Chapel and fireside, country road and bay
Have something of their friendliness resigned.
Another, if I would, I could not find,
And I am grown much older in a day.
But yet I treasure in my memory
Your gift of charity, and young heart’s ease,
And the dear honor of your amity.
For these once mine, my life is rich with these,
And I scarce know which part may greater be,
What I keep of you, or you rob of me.
Let us pray.
Almighty God our heavenly father, the spirit of thy life is within us all, and in thee we live and move and have our being. We pray thee, that we may look on death as a part of life, and find in death and life together the living witness of thy spirit. Wilt thou bring comfort to our souls, and give us strength anew, and teach us to walk steadfastly in the way of brotherhood and peace wherein the great and good have trod. And so may the peace of God which passeth all understanding, that peace which the world can neither give nor yet take away, rest upon our minds and hearts this day and evermore.
Amen.
POSTLUDE
“Solemn Melody”
Davies
Organist, Jesse Walker Chairman, Board of Ushers, Hector Piazza
The Pulpit Flowers were given by the Community Church in memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Gandhi Bust on the church platform was done by Mrs. William Floyd.
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