I begin this service of thanksgiving and welcoming one and all in the Savior's precious name. Thank you for joining the family here for this funeral service for the late Violet Williamson. May I on behalf of the Williamson family circle thank all those who have shared messages of sympathy in recent days. I assure you that those expressions have been a tremendous comfort and a help to the family circle. As a minister of the congregation here in Portland-Owen Free Presbyterian Church, I would like, on behalf of myself, the elders, committee and church family, extend our sincere Christian sympathies to Violet's surviving siblings, to Robert, to Anne, and to Stanley. Sympathy is also expressed to Violet's niece, Karen, and nephews, Garth and Mervyn, and all those who knew Violet, whether that be through a family connection or whether that be through a friendship, we want to assure you of our thoughts and of our prayers today. God is described in Scripture as the God of all comfort, and I trust that today that you'll come to know the comfort that only comes to the soul when a person trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. May the Lord grant to family and friends, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. And we also take the opportunity to thank the undertaker, Mr. Thompson Caldwell, for his professional and for his caring arrangement of the funeral services today. It is deeply appreciated by the family circle. It was Solomon who said in Ecclesiastes 7 verse 2, it is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. God in his providence has brought us to this house of mourning, in which we are now reminded of God's sovereignty over the issues of life and of death, and I pray that the reality of our own day of death, the sureness of the final judgment, the greatness of God's unending eternity will cause our hearts to be solemnized in this funeral service. We want to commence the service and the singing off the first hymn on our order of service. Abide with me, fast falls the even tide. The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, oh, abide with me. We remain seated as we sing our hymns here in the church building, and so please remember that. Just remain seated as we sing this hymn, and we'll do so when we get some notes of music from our organist. Thank you. ♪ Darkness deepens ♪ ♪ Lord, with me abide ♪ ♪ When other have ♪ ♪ The purse, fear, the comforts flee ♪ ♪ Helm of the helpless all abide ♪ ♪ To its tolls end ♪ ♪ Hard wise little timber ♪ ♪ Joys great in its glory pass away ♪ ♪ Change and decay ♪ All thou who changest not abide with me. I need thy presence every passing hour. for the tempter's power. Thou, like thyself, my guide and stay can be. Throughout love and sunshine, O am I. O where is this state? O where, grave, I beseech thee? The triumphs still evolve with me. Keep them, I cry. Shine through the gloom, and bind me to the skies. As Barney break, and earth's vain shadows flee, Above. Let's seek the Lord together in a word of prayer. And in welcoming you, we welcome those who are watching in online, and we're very thankful for your presence with us. But let's seek now the Lord together in a word of prayer. Our gracious and loving Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and man, we now enter into thy presence. By faith, we come in prayer to thee, We believe that Thou art the God who hearest prayer. Thou hast turned Thyself as such in the Scriptures. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ear is open unto their cry. Thou hast bidden us to come boldly unto the throne of grace, that there we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. And most certainly this is a time of need for the Williamson family. Thou dost know, dear God, the suddenness of Violet's passing, and nor thou dost know the rending heart And thou didst know the tears, and thou didst know the broken heart. And we pray that the God of all comfort and the Father of all mercy will draw alongside especially to those who were so precious to Violet and Violet so precious to them. We thank thee for every remembrance of Violet. We thank thee for her faithfulness in the house of God on the Sabbath evening. We thank thee for her love to hear the gospel of redeeming grace. We've been singing about the cross. Hold thou the cross before my closing eyes. We thank thee for the day and hour that she came to the cross and she turned from her sin and she received Jesus Christ as her savior and her master and her Lord. And Lord, we come, Lord, today praying that thou will pour in all grace into the hearts of those who mourn today. We are aware, dear God, that Father, the loss is great. And yet, Lord, we praise Thee that there is sufficient grace for Thy people. Thou hast said, My grace is sufficient for Thee. And so we pray that each one will turn to the Lord in these days. We recognize that it is only He who can comfort the heart. We can come to a family. We can speak our words of consolation and sympathy. And yet, Lord, do we not need to hear from God? Does God not need to speak into the soul? We thank Thee that we're here in Thy house to hear Thy word. Lord, surely that is comfort as we come around to scriptures of truth. We pray, dear Father, that Thou will be pleased to own this meeting. Lord, we cry to Thee that we might sends thy presence in this place. Pray that the Lord himself will draw near and go with us, we pray. We pray especially for Robert, for Stanley, for Anne. Lord, draw near to them. We pray, dear Father, that thou wilt uphold them with thy strong hand and comfort them. And may they find that underneath and round about them are the everlasting arms of a loving God. We pray that thou will challenge all of our hearts as we consider the day of our death. We recognize that death has been busy within our community. We recognize, O God, that death has been industrious, as it were, within our own congregation here. And Lord, we realize that we will all die. We must needs die as scripture reminds us. Oh, may we prepare for that great day. May there be spiritual preparation, not just physical preparation, but Lord, most importantly, the spiritual preparation of faith in Christ and a turning from sin. So answer prayer. We think of the extended family. who gather with us today, friends and neighbors and loved ones. We pray that each one will know the Lord's presence here and the speaking voice of God and so answer prayer and continue to comfort the hearts of those whose hearts are broken today. We offer these our petitions and prayers and through the precious and blessed name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen and amen. The Word of God is the place where comfort is found in days of tragedy and times of sorrow. I want to turn your attention to a number of portions within the Word of God. I want to turn your attention to those words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He spoke to his disciples there in John chapter 14, and I'll read from the verse number one. The Lord said, on that occasion, let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there ye may be also. Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. And then words from the Apostle Paul over there in Romans in the chapter number 8 and the verse 31. What shall we say then to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of God? the love of God, or the love of Christ, shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword. As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And then one final portion over there in the book of the Revelation and the chapter number 7, the Word of God says in the verse 9, after this I beheld Though a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne. And about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne and their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen, blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might be unto our God forever and ever, amen. One of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes, and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest, And he said unto me, these are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple. And he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more. Neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them on to living fountains of waters and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. What a wonderful vision, what a wonderful view of heaven and all that those who die in Christ enjoy even today. I asked Robert and the family to provide a little tribute with regard to Violet's life and they have done so and I want to thank the family for doing that and for Karen for her assistance in that. I'm going to read that just at this particular time. Violet was born on the 30th of March 1961 into the Williamson family at the Chesney Crescent home in Portland, Owen. Violet was the youngest from a family of seven, a loving daughter to her late father, Thomas, and late mother, Agnes, including her late three brothers, Mervyn, Samuel, and William, and late sister-in-law, Jennifer. Today, Violet is lovingly remembered by her sister, Anne, brother, Stanley, and Robert, niece, Karen, and nephews, Gareth and Mervyn. At the age of five years, Violet attended Portlanone Primary School. Around the age of 12, she then attended Cullabakee Secondary School. And when leaving secondary school at 16, she started her working life, beginning that working life there in Hanna's Factory at Banside River, where she worked for five years. Due to the closure of Hanna's Factory, Violet then continued employment at Peter England in Macrafelt for a few years. Sadly, due to health reasons, Violet's employment life ended. Around the late 90s, Violet, along with her sister Anne, moved from the family home to Garvackie Crescent in Portland, OWN. And then after eight years there, Violet and her sister Anne moved to number 26 Killian Park in Hohocall, where Violet spent her remaining years. Violet was well known for, to be her happiest, spending time shopping. Well, what woman doesn't find happiness with regard to that? She also found happiness in meeting with other people and occasionally going on family outings. also enjoyed attending Woodville Beacon Day Center every Thursday where she took part there in numerous activities and her family would often hear stories about Woodville. Violet has left many precious and loving memories for her remaining family, her sister, brothers, niece, nephews, a contagious smile that will never be forgotten. Violet often told her family individually how much they meant to her and how fond she was of her family. What a wonderful memory to have, what wonderful words to remember. My own personal recollection of Violet was since coming to the congregation here just now some eight years ago, the Williamson family have attended faithfully the services, especially the Sabbath evening services, the gospel services, And I have to admit that it took me a little time to decipher between which sister I was speaking to. I don't know if you found it difficult, but I found it difficult, whether it was Violet or whether it was Anne. And I thought that I had cracked it until COVID came, and then the mass went on, and I was back to square one again. I was calling Anne Violet and Violet Anne. They just came together, as you would know, both Violet and Anne. But I think I got there on occasions. I don't know what my percentage rate was, but I'm sure it was over 50%. I eventually got it. You know, I was always glad to see Violet at the gospel service. In actual fact, she was here just over a week ago, just sitting down there. Just a week ago, whenever I greeted her at the door at the conclusion of the service, little did I think that Violet Williamson would be gone before the next gospel service was convened in this house. And how solemnizing it is for a preacher to think that you preach to people one week, and the next week they're out into God's eternity. It certainly brought to my mind the responsibility of being faithful in preaching the gospel of redeeming grace. I remember many occasions, a number of occasions going to the family or to Anne and Violet's home, and I always find them to be most hospitable. I remember the day that I asked Violet very directly, Violet, are you saved? And I remember she said that she was. She had put her faith and her trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is what brings the comfort to any sorrowing family, to know that Violet professed faith in Jesus Christ. And for her, it's absent from the body, but present with the Lord. Violet has been taken from us. The place she occupied on earth in the family home and in the congregation here, knows her no more, her seat is empty. And therefore, it is my responsibility as a gospel preacher to confront you with the same question that I asked Violet on that occasion. Are you saved? Are you a Christian? So for a few moments, I want to turn your attention to some words that we find in the book of Romans in the chapter number three, and I want to begin our reading at the verse number 19. Now we know that whatsoever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore, by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in the sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe, for there is no difference. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Let's briefly bow in prayer. Our Father, bless now the preaching of thy word. Challenge the hearts of the living today. As this preacher stands literally between the dead and the living, we pray that the word of God will be applied by the spirit of God to every waiting heart. I pray this in Jesus' precious and holy name. Amen. As I've already said, Violet was here and sat in this building to engage in the act of public worship for the final time on Sunday evening, the 6th of February. Violet sat halfway down the church on my left-hand side. It was on a regular basis that Violet was present when the gospel was preached. And as I thought about the funeral service, I thought that the gospel most certainly is the most suitable thing to preach on such an occasion as this. Now, whenever we come to preach the gospel, there is never any need for the gospel preacher to be complicated in his presentation of the good news of Jesus Christ. We have the greatest example of uncomplicated presentation of the gospel illustrated for us in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. When Jesus Christ came to preach the gospel, his speech was plain, his message was clear, and his instruction was simple. Repent ye and believe the gospel was his first gospel text. And as he continued to preach the gospel of the kingdom, we're told by Mark that the common people heard him gladly. You see, as a preacher, Jesus Christ spoke the language of the common man. He employed their vocabulary, and he used simple illustrations to drive home the spiritual truth that he was wanting his congregation to hear. Such people could only have been but impressed by the nature, the content, and the spirit by which the greatest of preachers communicated the gospel of Jesus Christ. Simplicity is certainly a word that I will employ for this gospel message today. And I'm in no way embarrassed that that is the case, for the gospel in one sense is simple, and therefore it ought to be uncomplicated. So for this funeral service, I want to preach a gospel message that I've entitled, Four Simple Truths That Every Person Should Seriously Consider. Four simple truths that every person should seriously consider. Now admittedly, we live in a world where people give little consideration to the gospel. There is an awful flippancy. lightheartedness when it comes to spiritual matters in these days. The majority of citizens within our nation, they live their lives with little or no thought of God, little or no thought about their soul, little or no thought about what lies beyond this life after they die. I trust that this service will arrest that very trend. and bring these four matters to your heart today. The first truth that every person should seriously consider in this funeral service is the truth of your depravity. Your depravity. When I use the term depravity, I'm speaking about the matter of sin. This truth, this biblical truth, is an unpalatable truth for any sinner to hear. Men and women, they want to hear about how good they are, how great they are, how generous they are. The sinner desires to be flattered. However, no one will ever seek mercy and grace of God if they are not fully convinced of their sinnership or entirely persuaded that they are guilty before Holy God. Every one of us, preacher included, enter this world as sinners. Sinners at heart. Sinners in nature. Sinners by choice. Sinners by practice. We read of that in our text. For all have sinned. and come short of the glory of God. This is the fallout of Adam's disobedience at the dawn of human history when he willfully partook of the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil there in the Garden of Eden. And while many pulpits in our land are silent about the issue of sin, the Bible isn't. No, the Bible is very clear that all are sinners. For example, the Bible reminds us in Ecclesiastes 7 verse 20, Isaiah 53, verse 6. I don't think I need to draw your attention to any other text of Scripture. These texts are ample proof with regard to the issue of your sinnership. These are sufficient to confirm that all of us born of Adam, and we're all born of Adam's race, all of us are sinners by nature and by practice, and as a result we find ourselves Holy, depraved, with not an ounce of spiritual goodness about us. Now that deals a death blow to the sinner's pride. That maybe deals a death blow to your pride today. But this is the gospel that Violet heard from this pulpit. She heard on many occasions the very fact that we are sinners through and through. The sinner is pictured in the Bible as being dead. their trespasses and sins, blind to the things of God, deaf to the voice of God. And in addition to that, the Bible speaks about the sinner unable to do anything about their sinful state. One preacher said this, what is needed today is a scriptural setting forth of the condition of the natural man, his total depravity, his spiritual insensibility, his chronic hostility to God, the fact that he is condemned already, and that the wrath of a sin-hating God is even now abiding on him." You'll not hear that from too many pulpits today, but that is the teaching of Scripture. And sinner, you need to be confronted with the teaching of Holy Scripture, not the teaching of this church, not the teaching of this denomination, not the teaching of this preacher, but the teaching of Holy Scripture. This is where you're found today. Now, admittedly, you're not going to hear this on the radio. You're not going to turn on Stephen Nolan tomorrow and he's going to be talking about sin. You're not going to find it broadcast on the soaps of the world. You're not going to see this on your television. You're not going to read this online. But it is something that you need to give serious consideration to, that you are a sinner. Born a sinner. And unless God in mercy and grace steps into your life, you'll die a sinner. And where Christ is, you'll never be. I wonder, have you any appreciation of your true standing before God today? Do you accept the Scripture teaching that you've entered this world not as a child of God, but as a child of wrath? And that by nature and by practice that you're a sinner, and unless God and grace works in that soul of yours, you will die in your sin. As I've said, these are the truths that Violet heard from this pulpit. These are the truths that you need to hear if you're ever going to be delivered from your sin. That's the first thing to consider today in this funeral service, your depravity. The second thing to consider in this funeral service is your mortality. History records that Philip, King of Maston, or Maeston, ordered one of his pages from the royal court to come in every morning into his bedroom and cry out the following words, Philip, remember you are mortal. Philip, remember you are mortal. Mortal. You see, pride would have us to believe that we are going to live in this world forever. And yet, this King, this King Philip, wished to be reminded on a daily basis that he was mortal, that he was a dying man. How can we not think about our own mortality today? A coffin rests at the front of this pulpit. And in it rests the earthly remains of Violet Williamson. Literally death is staring you in the face today. This great reality that we're not living in the world or we're not living in the land of the living, we're living in the land of the dying. Today reminds us that we are mortal and that someday our little day will close. The sun will set on our life. Horatius Bonner, he said that the voice of death is heard everywhere, not from the coffin alone, nor the funeral procession, nor the dark vault. nor the heaving churchyard. Death springs up all around. He said, each season speaks of death. The dropping spring blossom, the scorched leaf of summer, the ripe sheaf of autumn, the chill winter cold, all tell of death. He said, death reigns over land and sea. City and village are his. Into every house this last enemy is entered. In spite of man's desperate efforts to keep him out, there's no family without some empty chair. or some empty crib, no fireside without a blank, no circle out of which some brightness has not departed. While many earthly things speak to us of death, more importantly, the Word of God speaks about our mortality. Ezekiel 18, 20, the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 2 Samuel 14, 14, for we must needs die. Romans 6, 23, the wages of sin is death. 1 Corinthians 15, 22, for us and Adam all die. Hebrews 9, 27, and as it is appointed unto man, wants to die. But after this, the judgment. Serious consideration must be given to the day of your death. In light of that fact that we are mortal beings, And the focus of your consideration should be with regard to the answers to these following questions. Will I die in Christ or will I die out of Christ? Will I die the death of the righteous or will I die the death of a sinner? Will I die having received Christ as my Savior or will I die as one who rejected Him? How you answer those questions reveals where you will be when you leave this world, and so gives serious consideration to the fact of your mortality. Death is coming for us all. Are you ready to die? And that brings me to a third consideration we thought about our depravity, we've thought about our mortality, want to think about your eternity, your eternity. I've already quoted from Hebrews 9, 27, and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment. It is the statement after this that should deeply concern all in this funeral service who have no saving interest in Jesus Christ. Now, for the Christian, life after death carries no fear. It carries no trepidation for the judgment of sin has fallen upon Jesus Christ at the hillside of Calvary. Yes, there is a day of accountability for our service for Christ, but as for our sins, our sins have been dealt with, cleansed in Jesus' blood, forgiven and pardoned. The Christian's been reconciled to God because of the death of Christ upon the cross. For the Christian life after death is glorious. endless joy, uninterrupted peace, everlasting consolation and satisfaction, and the bliss and the glory of heaven. However, the after this of the sinner is a most terrifying matter for any individual to consider. After this, to go into death and into eternity without a saving interest in Jesus Christ, to stand before God at the judgment bar without knowing the Redeemer, to have never bowed the knee and received Christ as your Savior, the after this of judgment and of hell. That is the after this. Those who die without Christ, those who die having never repented of sin and placed their trust in Jesus Christ, the scripture says that it's hell. It's hell. One Christian poet wrote the following lines when he thought about eternity. Eternity, stupendous theme. Compared herewith, our life's a dream. Eternity, O solemn sound, a deep where all our thoughts are drowned. Eternity, the dread abode and habitation of our God. His glory fills the vast expanse beyond the reach of mortal sense. But an eternity there is of endless war, joyful bliss, and swift as time fulfills its round, we to eternity are bound. And is eternity so near? Must we all and soon be there? Prepare our souls, oh blessed God, to meet our long and last abode. Eternity. Eternity. Where will you be in eternity? Have you made any preparation for it? We have thought about our depravity, our mortality, our eternity. One final brief thought. God's remedy. God's remedy. Because the news to this moment has been pretty dire. The fact that I'm a sinner, that I'm mortal, and I'm going out into eternity, not very much good news there, preacher. But thank God in the gospel there is good news. There's a remedy for my depravity. There's a remedy for my sin. That is the crosswork of Jesus Christ. You see, Jesus Christ entered death for His people. And in entering death for His people, He triumphed over death. How do I know that? Because His tomb is empty. He's the risen Christ. He's ascended on high. He's at the Father's right hand. He has dealt with death. He has dealt with the broken law. He has dealt with the devil. Thank God the cross of Jesus Christ is the remedy for my depravity. The cross deals with everything that stands between me the sinner and holy God. It deals with my sin. It deals with my shame. It deals with my guilt. It deals with my condemnation. It deals with my enmity. It deals with the curse. It deals with God's broken law. It deals with the devil. It deals with death. And it deals with hell, the cross. And that's where Violet came to one day. She came to the cross. And there she turned from her sin. And she placed her faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. When a person does that, thank God, the fear of death is taken. Thank God all gospel blessings flow into the life of the person who turns from sin and trusts in Christ, the blessing of pardon and forgiveness and assurance and peace and joy and a home in heaven and a father who loves his children and the Spirit of God who comforts the child of God even in life's trials and troubles. As I close, let me ask you, have you ever been to the cross? By faith, have you ever been to the cross? Have you ever taken your rightful place as a sinner before God, confessed your sins, and received the gift of eternal life? I tell you, nothing else matters. Nothing else matters. In my interactions with this family, I have never spoken to them since the death of Violet. I have never spoken to her about her jewelry. I've never spoken to her about how much money she had in the bank. I never spoke to her about her home. All I spoke about was salvation. Salvation. Because that's all that matters. If this hasn't come to your attention until this funeral service. But let me say that this ought to consume your thinking from your first waking moment until your last thought before you go to bed at night. This is what you should be thinking about. Have I availed of the remedy for sin that is freely offered to me in the gospel? Have I availed of it? Friend, don't neglect salvation. Take Christ today to be your savior. The gospel. The bad news must be received before the good news is understood to be good news. May God challenge our hearts today. And may God bring everyone to faith in Jesus Christ. Amen and amen. We're going to sing our closing hymn on the order of service. And just before we do that, let me say that after we have sung the hymn, I'm going to ask the congregation to stand for prayer. I want you then to remain standing for prayer Whenever that prayer has concluded, the earthly remains of Violet will be taken from the church building. So please remember that after we sing this hymn, we'll sing that seated. I'll ask you to stand for prayer, and then just remain standing. while those who are officiating here today will then take the earthly remains of Violet out of the church building. Please just continue to maintain social distancing measures as you leave the building and the burial and committal will take place there in the new cemetery on Lovers Lane here in Portland. So let's sing this closing psalm together. The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want He makes me down to lie, and pastures green he leadeth me, the quiet waters by. We'll sing this psalm together when we get notes of introduction from our organist today. Thank you. He makes me dull to lie. In pastures green he leadeth me. The grove it waters by. Restore again of righteousness before his own name say. Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will me and thy rod and staff hath become first still. My table-bowl hath furnished in presence of With oil and light, and my cup overflows. Goodness and mercy all my life shall show. Our Father and our God in heaven we come before thee ever thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ our Blessed be the remedy provided in the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Christ being set forth as the propitiation, the sacrifice that puts away sin. Blessed be, dear Father, the blood has been shed. Sin can be cleansed. Those who are held fast by sin can know the liberty and freedom that is in the gospel of Jesus Christ. We thank thee that because of Violet's acceptance of the gospel, we sorrow not as others that have no hope, but we bless thee that today she is with thee in heaven, beholding the face of the one who bled and died for her upon the cruel tree. We pray for those of the family left here on earth. We pray that thou will comfort them continually May thy presence be known not only this day, but tomorrow, and on Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday of this week, and then the next week, and the next month, and the next year, and so on, until we find ourselves taken by death. We pray that each one will know Christ, so that whenever the role is called up yonder, The family will be there. Answer prayer. And bless, Lord, around the graveside. We pray this in our Savior's precious name. Amen. Amen. Remain standing, please. Thank you.