The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 22, 1949, Image 5
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CHBOWICLEi CAMBEM,
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Kershaw Baptist Pastor
Tells How He Wants His
Funeral To Be Conducted
Although disclaiming any premonition of impending
death. Rev. L. W. Edwards, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Kershaw, told in an article in the Baptist Cour
ier last week how he wished his funeral conducted when
he does pass from this sphere.
His article which is a most interesting one follows:
“I have no premonition of irn- ageless, comforting hymns
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pending death, nor do I have
morbid reasons for writing
beauty and
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have cor
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meaning in my own
ife; My Task as an ex-
I have
quietly come,
casket after
ve of
of the ser-
around of
babies be-
and with
t all this
it to feel
is going
er morbid
Rock of Ages,
Co Thee, and oth-
article. But after 20 years m the cause of its
ministry, during which time I ministerial life
conducted and observed j pression of the
* tipwndfc some de- tried to perform; and An Even-
and disturbing to my mg Prayer as the expression of
and some beau-!my own plea to God. But there
in their expression of true are many good hymns suitable for
th, I simply want to use, which will comfort, such as
pm on ray observations and Abide With Me, ~
views in a statement of what I Nearer My God T
want my service to be. Not that ers.
the service said over my dead! “Please, no eulogy! If
body will do me either good or is to be said, let it be includ
harm, but my family will be pres- in the prayer, not in a harrow-
ent, and others wUl be affected ing, tear-jerking recountal of my
by the manner in which it is con- virtues. My life has been lived be-
ducted. j fore men, and has spoken for it-
, “In the first
my service
less it is necessary. is u«en me j 0 nnt i- 1 r , rr . rV , __
case that funerals are held at such nn n vft, n
a time as to conflict with the ftmeral ser
worship service
for many of our | H
have th«r services on Sunday aft
ernoon. Why should a service for
the dead be of more importance
Ulan the worship service of the
living, with its possibility of sav
ing souls? And why should my
service be held on Sunday in or
der that a larger crowd, who do
not think enough of me to come
on a week-day, might attend?
And why should my service dis
tract the mind and energies of
the minister who has the heavy
task of preaching on that day to
lost souls?
'Again, I want only one min
ister to conduct my service, un
less some imperative reason
should make two necessary. And
that one minister is to be my pas
tor, should I be retired and a
member of a church at that time.
How often have I tried to fit three,
or four ministers into a service,!
and tried in spite of it to kee^
main closed. If it be necessary to
idace my body on view, let it lie
in state before the funeral service
whore friends
but do not
the service
the beauty and
vice is tha
the congregation,
ing lifted up to
the family sitting
confusion. I do not
that this body of
to be an object of
curiosity or
“Make the service at the ceme
tery brief. Please omit the old
committal ‘earth to aath,’ etc., and
committal ‘earth to earth,’ etc.,
pronounce the benediction. Then
quietly leave and let the under
taker finish his work. For truly
I shall not be there; 1 shall be in
the realm of joy where death is
not to.be found, reunited with
those loved ones who have gone
before me into that celestial realm
of eternal day.
“And, please, let no sign of
grief mark this service marking
my personal triumph. For it win
but mean that I have triumphed
over death, and, far from being
dead, have just begun truly to
live. •-
DANGEROUS
Who Can Remember
Way Back When —?
Camden residents who can re
member way back when Clifton
McKain captivated audiences
around town when he tang
“Carolina Moon” will be pleased
to hear that Gus Ward now has a
delightful rendition of the same
song on his new 100-play Select-
o-Matic Seeburg—which he, Gus,
tries to keep all to hmiself.
Gus has the record cleverly con
cealed under another title in his
new record player—and only Gus
knows what number it is. Conse
quently, he is also the only' one
who ever gets to play it—which
se he plays it
is all right,
all the rime
nflict with the
of some church, 1 Drancr^HT^t mir
x rural churches Eon^and
let these two items speak for
themselves and compose the ser
vice, with the hymns.
“Let the casket be closed be
fore the service begins and re-
An Ohioan was mistaken in the
dark for a burglar by his wife
and she shot jum, which shows
the folly of men going home be
fore daylight — Dayton
News.
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To many others in this section,
this time, which lends such a
nostalgic note, could never be
enough. They only wish
(hat, somehow, Mr. McKain might
be induced to again sing for. them,
in person, this number which so
carried them away more than 20
years ago.
As Gus himself puts it, “if only
I could hear that boy sing the
thing once more, I think I could
die happy.”
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the service brief and dignified! |
see no reason to call a minister
to come 50 or more miles just to
say a prayer or read a verse of
scripture, when my own pastor
should be conducting the service
as a pastoral ministry to my
loved ones. Should other minis
ters come, I know that they had
rather sit in the congregation
with the family and thus ex
press their sympathy to them by
their presence. ,
“Of course I want music and
aowwtr-lfO other service ex
presses the joyous hope that is
ours more than does a true Christ
ian funeral. He that believeth on
me shall never die, and that body
that is being committed to the
ground is but the early house
which I have vacated—it is not I!
I know that undertakers have to
live, but I decidedly do not want
an expensive vault and casket in
the mistaken idea of protecting
me from the elements. Fm not
t is just the day shell
that inhabited during my brief |
earth. And flowers ex
press by their fragrance and)
beauty the hope of
that is ours. As s minister I have j
had services without flowers, and
how gloomy and cold those cer
vices were, and how lacking in the
visible beauty which flowers add]
to this solemn service,!
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