Peace for a Dying Friend After Communion
Prays for an unnamed woman nearing death, gives thanks for her life, and seeks comfort and faithful hope for those beside her.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O LORD GOD! Heavenly Father, Ruler of all things, Thou Who dost govern the worlds! yet listen to the cry of a solitary child. Have mercy upon us all. Have mercy upon this Thy child—our sister—for she is about to leave the things that are seen, and is fast verging into the things that are not seen. May she fall asleep in Thee. Grant that we may follow her, in so far as she has followed Christ. We give Thee thanks for all the mercies that have surrounded us from our childhood,—for all in her that has been according to Thy will. We pray Thee that sorrow may strengthen us, and trouble make us pure; and we beseech Thee give to this Thy servant a happy deliverance out of the storms and troubles of this world, into the Rest that remaineth for Thy saints. May none of us fail of that Rest. We thank Thee that once again we have drunk of this cup. Fit us all to drink of that other cup of which the Lord drank.—AMEN.